Chapter 201: Lack of Hardware Technology Sense of Crisis
Have you found out? ”
In the evening, the entire multi-purpose hall is brightly lit. Wu Hao sat in the last row, staring at the changing numbers on the big screen in front of him, and asked Dong Yiming who came over.
Dong Yiming nodded and said: "Basically, it is clear that there is a problem in the foundry in Su Province, which caused some of our system firmware to be leaked." ”
"What's going on?" Wu Hao frowned and said.
Dong Yiming shook his head: "The foundry doesn't know very well, but they have promised to thoroughly investigate as soon as possible and give us an official answer." ”
"How much did you leak out in total?" Wu Hao took a puff of his flue.
Dong Yiming shook his head: "It's not very clear, the preliminary estimate is about twenty or thirty thousand." ”
"So many, how did they get it?" Wu Hao said with a slight anger. It is understandable to leak one or two hundred copies, after all, it is basically impossible for a huge foundry to achieve complete secrecy. But twenty or thirty thousand copies were leaked at once, which is definitely the responsibility of the foundry.
Seeing that Dong Yiming didn't speak, Wu Hao then said solemnly: "Let them hurry up and investigate thoroughly and give us a reasonable answer." Otherwise, we will have to re-evaluate our cooperation with them.
No, cancel the cooperation with them until there is a reasonable response. ”
"Haozi, this is not good, let's focus on the current overall situation." Zhang Jun on the side hurriedly persuaded.
"That's right, Mr. Wu, fortunately, it didn't have much impact, let's get over this first." Huang Zhihua also said.
Wu Hao took a deep puff of his cigarette, and then said, "Twenty or thirty thousand copies should be enough to file a case." ”
Hearing his words, Dong Yiming immediately persuaded: "Mr. Wu, I think let's not call the police first." Once the police are called, it will inevitably be known and hyped by the outside world, which will have an adverse impact on our corporate image and product sales.
And there will also be a stalemate with the foundry, so let's look at their attitude before deciding on the next move.
Anyway, the number of stolen cases is not too much, and all intelligent voice systems must be registered and activated online before they can be used normally. Without the numeric serial number we issue, these things cannot be registered and activated. ”
Of course, Wu Hao also knew this, but it was not these that he was worried about. If it's just 20,000 or 30,000 copies, it's nothing, and he can lose it. But the question is whether this time is an occasional time, or someone is planning behind it, specifically choosing to snipe them at the Double 11 stall.
If that's all there is to it, it's nothing. But this online store sells these knockoffs under their banner. Once it can't be used, then these users will be counted on their heads, which is tantamount to letting them take the blame. As a result, their brand image is damaged and the reputation of the product is affected.
"Has the announcement been made?" Wu Hao eased his tone and said.
Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and they were afraid that Wu Hao would be irrational and do something impulsive.
Huang Zhihua nodded and responded: "After you give your order in the morning, we will publish an announcement on the official website and official malls of each platform." Our products are only sold in the official flagship stores of major online shopping platforms and our official website mall, as well as offline Sumei stores. Other sources are non-authorized channels, and we will not bear any consequences if there is a problem. ”
Wu Hao nodded, then sighed and said, "The more this happens, the more I feel the necessity and urgency of our establishment of a manufacturing plant. It's not our own factory, so it's not comfortable to use. ”
"Even if we have our own manufacturing plant, it is not enough to face such a huge market." Zhang Jun replied.
"It is certainly impossible to completely replace it, but the key core components are still more assured that we produce them ourselves."
Wu Hao shook his head, and then said to everyone: "According to the upgrading and transformation progress of the Binhe Intelligent Manufacturing Factory, it will be put into use as early as next autumn." At that time, the production lines that have initially realized intelligent and unmanned will be able to meet the daily output of 100,000 units. All intelligent and unmanned factories can double or even more in this output. ”
"If that's the case, then we're going to be able to significantly reduce our dependence on the foundries, or even get rid of them." Dong Yiming smiled when he heard this.
This is far from enough, and it just so happens that this incident has also given us a wake-up call. That is, we must pay attention to the production of hardware and products, otherwise we will be like other Internet companies.
Without a real industry, the ability to resist risks will be very poor. A little wind and rain can cause us to catch a severe cold.
Wu Hao looked at the crowd: "When this time is busy, we will start the demonstration and site selection inspection of the new factory, and our new three-dimensional intelligent manufacturing factory construction project should also be officially launched." ”
"Isn't it a little early?" Zhang Jun said worriedly. It was spread out so much at once, and he was worried that he would be too busy, which would cause confusion and problems.
"Not early, this new three-dimensional intelligent manufacturing factory is mainly used to produce cutting-edge hardware products, and the purpose is different. At that time, the results of our hardware technology research and development laboratory can be produced through it, which can further reduce our situation of being controlled by others.
Especially in the field of chips, more than 80% of the chips used in our current products come from foreign companies, which is very unreliable. ”
"But chip technology is a high-precision technology, can we take it with our ability?" Dong Yiming couldn't help worrying.
Wu Hao smiled slightly, and then said confidently: "Intelligent voice technology has also been regarded as a high-precision technology, are we not the same as winning it." ”
Hehehehe...... Zhang Jun, Yang Fan, Zou Xiaodong and others laughed when they heard this. Although they knew that this technology was difficult, they didn't know how to get it, so they were blindly full of confidence in Wu Hao.
They don't know where this confidence comes from, but it is trust in the end, and they believe from the bottom of their hearts that nothing can be difficult to surpass Wu Hao.
Despite the impact of the copycat turmoil, they still set a new sales record throughout the day on Double 11.
One of the most important products is the intelligent voice assistant, which has sold nearly six million units on various platforms. In terms of other accessories, there are nearly one million units, and the total sales have reached 12 billion.
The total sales of the whole day are second only to a domestic mobile phone brand, and the whole network ranks second. Although they failed to win the championship, they were already satisfied with such sales.
At least for the next month or so, they will have a headache about how to produce and send these orders.
Therefore, Wu Hao and them were also regarded as a typical example of the hot-selling products of this shopping festival and were reported by major media, and successfully swiped the wave screen in various mainstream foreign media.
While lamenting the madness of the Double 11 shopping festival in China, many overseas people are also asking when this hot-selling smart voice assistant will be sold overseas and where they can buy it.
Some domestic and overseas students also saw business opportunities and started purchasing business. It's just that at present, this intelligent voice assistant only supports Chinese, and there is no English version, which makes overseas users a little crazy.
And some people who know Chinese are chattering on various social media every day, showing off what amazing new features they have discovered, attracting a group of netizens to become lemons.
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