Rewrite the Technological Landscape

After returning to Hangzhou after the e-commerce conference, on July 31, members of the Global Cloud Intelligence Standards Association finally got together for a large-scale meeting.

Half of them are Chinese companies and institutions, and there are also a number of overseas companies and institutions such as Neon National FANUC, the Machine Learning and Vision Laboratory of the National University of Singapore, and Germany's SAP.

Up to now, there are 285 enterprises and institutions participating in the Global Cloud Intelligence Standards Association, and 18 enterprises and institutions occupy a dominant position.

Everyone sat together today to determine the relevant standards, but the whole meeting was a little discordant

Because wanting to unify standards means accommodating, and then no one wants to accommodate.

Take the home appliance industry as an example. At this moment, smart home appliances have not yet started to develop. From chips to electronic devices to interfaces, the standards are not uniform. In the era of smart home appliances, the standards are really messy.

At that time, the smart home appliance working group of the roundtable meeting of the International Home Appliance Manufacturers Association sorted out and summarized the smart home appliance standards of the United States, the European Union, the neon country and China, and finally came to the conclusion that the unified standard is almost wishful thinking.

The reason why some people made the meeting scene a bit unharmonious today is because this is the first comprehensive meeting of the Global Cloud Intelligence Standards Association. Many people are trying to find out, and they are also fighting for their own companies. association.

If they were all Chinese companies, with the current influence of the Dafeng Group, everyone would work hard in accordance with the association's guidelines, but because there are many foreign companies and institutions, the standards are more different and there are more disputes.

So Meng Qian had to say, "To be honest, I'm very happy to see everyone's current state, because the more conflicts you have about standards, the more it proves that it is absolutely correct for me to propose a unified standard at this stage.

What kind of cloud and intelligence is it? I believe that it is no longer a vague concept, but a technology that everyone can understand.

It can be said that the most important part of the cloud-connected technology lies in its openness and the interconnection of everything. Then you can imagine that in the future, all enterprises will use their own standards. How can everything be interconnected? What to connect?

No matter how much conflicts you may have with each other now, I can tell you with certainty that if we don't set the standard now, the conflicts in the future will only get bigger and bigger, and even lead to a point of no return.

Wait until everyone has developed and matured under their own standards, and at that time to change, you will know how much the cost will be and how difficult it will be.

At present, everyone has not really let go of their hands to develop in the direction of Yunzhilian. It is obviously the most beneficial way to set the standard now. "

In fact, everyone understands the truth, that is, some people are unwilling to compromise, "but it is difficult to find a balance point for our existing standard differences, and there will definitely be more losses for enterprises."

"In fact, it has been clearly stated in our association rules that this is a technology-based standard association, and technology must be prioritized. Under the premise of technology priority, as a team, we follow the principle of the minority obeying the majority.

If you cannot accept the damage of collective interests to individual interests, you can withdraw. "

After finishing speaking, Meng Qian took out the rules of the association and read a few key rules, expressing that if everyone wants to make trouble in this place, they should leave immediately.

Meng Qian made a tough statement, because leaders must be tough in the face of chaos, especially when facing such a group of old foxes, once they smell a little opportunity to benefit themselves, they will never miss it.

Next, according to the standard plan submitted by everyone, the voting session of growing up for five days and five nights began.

In the process, Meng Qian also had the opportunity to have a more comprehensive understanding of the situation in some industries, and many things were ahead of schedule.

For example, the home appliance industry mentioned above brought many surprises to Meng Qian.

"Mr. Meng, we have successfully realized the independent research and development of the remote control chip this year, and now we have started preparations for the Communication Technology Experimental Institute, and it is estimated that it will be put into use early next year." Ms. Dong talked to Meng Qian about Gree's latest In fact, Gree's communication technology laboratory was only opened in 2015.

"Congratulations to Gree, so Gree is ready to challenge high-end chips next?"

"That's right, core chips such as variable frequency drive chips and host chips are the direction of our next attack. Mr. Meng may not know that Gree spends 3 billion a year to purchase chips, and we have to face being attacked by these chips at any time." The risk of the company getting stuck, so since 2000, Gree has set the general direction of independent research and development of chips.

In the past two years, the domestic semiconductor environment in China has also improved, and we also want to make a big breakthrough. "

"Dong Zong is right. Now is not only a great opportunity to make efforts, but also a special period when we must make efforts." Hisense's Zhou Houjian said, "We have already fixed the TV main control chip this year."

Hisense and Haier are the first home appliance companies in China to start independently manufacturing chips, while Haier Zhang Ruiming said more directly, "Now the era of cloud and intelligence is in front of everyone. I believe everyone has the same question today. I want to ask Mr. Meng about the AI ​​mobile phone chip launched by Dafeng Group this year.

The concept of smart home appliances has already emerged, and the development of this field may be the next three to five years. Then the research and development of smart chips in the home appliance industry is a key point. "

Meng Qian glanced at the eight people in the meeting room, they were from Haier, Hisense, Gree, TCL, Changhong, Skyworth, Midea and Konka.

Being able to discuss this topic face-to-face with eight competitors has already made Meng Qian aware of everyone's determination, "As long as the money is in place, we can provide technical authorization and technical guidance."

Meng Qian knew that the wave of semiconductor research and development in China's home appliance industry had begun.

In the automotive field, Li Shufu told Meng Qian that Geely's acquisition of Volvo has reached the final stage, and it is estimated that the signing of the acquisition agreement will be completed in August.

"As for Geely's acquisition of Volvo, I saw a lot of doubts on the Internet, saying that Geely acquired a company that was on the verge of bankruptcy."

"If it weren't for the fact that we were on the verge of bankruptcy, we wouldn't have had the chance to acquire it." Li Shufu smiled. "As for whether such an acquisition is worthwhile, Mr. Meng should be very clear."

"So what is Geely's plan after the acquisition?"

"Quickly absorb and assimilate Volvo's technology, quickly integrate Volvo's talents, and fill in our technical deficiencies."

Meng Qian nodded in approval, this is what an acquisition should look like, not for being a comprador.

"It seems that Geely is going to invest a lot of money."

"We have to thank Mr. Meng for accurately predicting the development of the subprime mortgage crisis and the financial crisis, which gave us the opportunity to prepare in advance and were not greatly affected.

The capital retained from the crisis this time was just used to invest in research and development.

I wonder if Mr. Meng has any suggestions for us? "

"After Miguo changed its boss, it immediately began to vigorously promote the development of electric vehicles. Mr. Li should know about this."

"I know that the previous funder was involved in oil after all. The first thing the new one did in the auto industry was to attach great importance to clean energy. Now those brands in the United States that do not have electric vehicles are panicking."

"So, maybe this is a trend."

"Speaking of this, I heard from Musk that Mr. Meng refused to withdraw the capital?"

Meng Qian smiled, "Why should I withdraw the capital? Musk begged me to inject capital back then. Now that I am asked to withdraw the capital, I will withdraw the capital. What does he think of me?"

"But if Mr. Meng doesn't withdraw the investment, NASA will be unlikely to support Tesla."

"What NASA really cares about is not my investment in Tesla. To put it bluntly, Tesla is just an attempt by Musk to use IT thinking to impact traditional manufacturing technology.

What NASA really cares about is my 10% stake in Space Exploration Technologies. Space Exploration Technologies is the root of Musk, so I only got 10 points of shares after working hard.

However, the sensitivity of NASA has made these 10 points a big problem facing Musk now. "

Li Shufu was sensitively aware of something, "Did Mr. Meng start from the beginning"

Meng Qian shook his head, "I didn't know what NASA's attitude would be in the future at all. There was no way to judge this matter. I just knew that no matter which direction the future develops, it will be a good thing for me."

Li Shufu was puzzled, "If NASA doesn't cooperate with Musk, Mr. Meng's investment will fail. Why is it a good thing?"

Meng Qian smiled mysteriously, "Li will always understand in the future."