Li Dong, Ma Yun, and the rest had agreed to meet at Huashan on the 10th. Naturally, it was impossible to leave on the 10th.
On the 9th, Li Dong set off for Huashan.
Huashan was located in the east of the Three Qins. It was not too far from Beijing. For convenience, Li Dong did not take a plane this time. Instead, he took a car.
Far away business was spread all over the country. No matter where he went, Li Dong did not have to worry about cars. He could mobilize a lot of cars in the area at any time.
…
This time, Li Dong did not take his own car. It was a temporary car from Beijing.
When he left Beijing, at the traffic light, Li Dong did not pay attention. Tan Yong, who was driving, suddenly said, "General Manager Li. It seems to be Baidu's General Manager Li's car."
As a driver and the head of bodyguards, Tan Yong had the necessary qualities. At the very least, his observation and memory were good.
He had not seen Li Yanhong's car many times, but he still had an impression of it.
It was Li Yanhong's Audi that was waiting for the traffic light.
In the business world, it was unknown whether everyone avoided it subconsciously or because they had their own preferences. Most of the big shots' cars would not be the same brand.
Even if they were, no one would choose the same car model.
There were many people who drove Audis. However, among the big shots in the IT industry, only Li Yanhong still drove Audi. The others all drove other brands.
Hearing that it was Li Yanhong in front, Li Dong smiled. "I'll go up and say hello later."
Tan Yong saw that he did not call and looked at his boss's expression. He felt a little helpless. It was obvious that the boss's greeting was not a normal greeting.
…
In front.
Although Li Yanhong was on his way, he was not idle.
While listening to the secretary's work report, he quickly replied, "The Phoenix Nest system has to be switched over as soon as possible. The bidding system has been criticized too much. Once the market accepts it, quickly go offline and seamlessly integrate it … Also, how is the preparation progress for the QiYi website? If everything goes well, go online as soon as possible … "
The secretary hurriedly recorded what he said. The QiYi website that Li Yanhong mentioned would become iQiYi in the future. It was a video website that Baidu had invested in.
Right now, among the IT giants, Baidu was the most comfortable. Hence, Li Yanhong had the time and energy to build Baidu's ecosystem.
As for Ali, Tencent …
Tencent was already Far Away, and Ali had a lot of trouble on his hands. Naturally, he didn't have the time to make more arrangements.
Just as the secretary was taking notes, Li Yanhong suddenly said, "By the way, do you know about the ordering website?"
The secretary quickly replied: "I know. It is an online food ordering website that started in Shanghai. It has recently entered Beijing and is expanding its business in Beijing. A few days ago, Mr. Gao had suggested to you that Baidu should also enter the O2O market. At that time, I mentioned the online ordering website and some group buying websites … "
As Li Yanhong's secretary, there were some basic things that she had to understand.
As the secretary spoke, Li Yanhong shook her head and said, "It's difficult to set up a food ordering website. Mr. Zhang said that Baidu has also set up a group buying website that includes the F&B O2O business. Or we can simply acquire the online ordering system and create our own O2O system. It's a good idea, but it's a pity that it's not realistic. "
The driver and secretary were not the only ones in the car. A Baidu executive was also in the car.
The executive was sitting in the front passenger seat. He turned his head and asked curiously. "I have heard of the online ordering website. They had entered Zhongguancun recently, but their scale and strength are not that strong. I don't think they are worth our attention."
IT companies had reached Baidu's level and had 80% of the search market share. It was time for them to diversify from the application layer to the open platform.
Online video, third-party payment, e-commerce, internet finance, group buying …
As long as they had the ability, they could set up these things.
Compared to other businesses, Baidu's staff felt that group buying should be the easiest.
As for the F&B O2O business, it was just a small part of the business and was not worth mentioning.
But they didn't know why Li Yanhong mentioned the online ordering website at this time.
Li Yanhong shook his head and didn't explain. He knew Qin Yuhan.
When he went to Pingchuan to ask Li Dong for help and to discuss Li Dong's acquisition of Baidu shares, Li Dong had picked him up at the airport.
Who was the one who picked him up?
It was Qin Yuhan!
After Li Dong got married, Li Yanhong had almost forgotten about this.
But a few days ago, when Li Yanhong saw the information of the online ordering website's CEO, he suddenly remembered this girl.
He didn't expect the online ordering website to be set up by Qin Yuhan.
After learning about this, Li Yanhong did some more research and discovered a lot of interesting things.
Far Away's former board member, Qin Hai, had been working at the online ordering website after he resigned. He was also Qin Yuhan's father.
The online ordering website had risen very quickly and had ample funds. According to statistics, it had invested more than 50 million yuan.
How could a fresh graduate, even if her father had been an executive in Far Away, have so much money?
Clearly, the source of this start-up capital was complicated.
Moreover, Li Dong was protective of his children. Who knew if he would come out and cause a conflict between Baidu and Far Away.
Everyone in the business world knew that whoever was targeted by Li Dong would not have a good ending no matter who won or lost.
If they lost, it was needless to say.
If they won, they were afraid that Li Dong would continue to fight with them. Just like Ali now. He was being watched by Far Away. The pressure was huge and he felt like he was going to collapse at any moment.
Li Yanhong didn't want to go against Far Away just because of a small part of the plan. The losses outweighed the gains.
Baidu and Far Away didn't have much competition. In Li Yanhong's opinion, the value of a F&B O2O couldn't be compared to the value of working with Far Away.
Just as Li Yanhong was considering whether or not she should avoid this, she suddenly heard the urgent sound of a horn behind her.
Li Yanhong frowned slightly but didn't say anything.
The driver and the others didn't say anything either. They were driving normally and didn't need to care.
In the end, the horn became louder and louder. It wasn't just one car. A few cars came from behind and seemed to want to force them to stop.
At this moment, the driver couldn't help but say, "General Manager Li is now out of Beijing …"
Out of Beijing meant that anything could happen.
With so many cars suddenly appearing on the road, who knew what would happen after they stopped?
Li Yanhong frowned. Just as she was thinking about how to deal with it, she saw a car suddenly drive over from behind and drive side by side with her car.
Immediately after, the car window was rolled down. Li Dong shouted with a smile, "Old Li, the robbers are here!"
Li Yanhong heard the voice and turned to look at Li Dong's face. She couldn't help but curse softly, "That bastard!"
With that said, Li Yanhong called out, "Stop the car."
At this moment, the driver also recognized Li Dong and slowly stopped the car on the side of the road in front.
Li Yanhong waited for the car to stop, rolled down the window, and scolded, "Watch your manners. Do you really think it's a robbery on the road? Only you would do such a thing! "
Li Dong chuckled and said, "Since we have nothing to do, cut the crap. Get in my car. There's no one to talk to on the road. Let's have a chat."
"It's not on the way!"
"Bullsh * t. Aren't you going to Mount Hua?"
"It's not on the way either!"
"You're still being unreasonable. Believe it or not, I'll call my sister-in-law and tell her that you're alone in the car with your secretary. I asked you to get in my car, but you refused …"
Li Yanhong's face darkened. She was completely speechless.
Although she and Li Dong didn't interact much, they had known each other for several years. Sometimes, Li Yanhong would bring her husband to some gatherings.
His wife was from Pingchuan, so she and Li Dong could be considered to be from the same hometown.
They had met a few times, and because they were from the same hometown, they were quite familiar with each other.
Li Dong wasn't polite to them, but he was respectful to their families. He called them sister-in-law. Li Yanhong's husband felt that Li Dong was quite gentlemanly.
When Li Dong said that he would call to complain, he was naturally joking.
But at this point, Li Yanhong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She reminded the people in the car, then got out of the car and got into Li Dong's car.
…
In the car.
Li Yanhong laughed and scolded the moment she got in the car. "You're even threatening me. Believe it or not, I'll call CEO Shen to complain!"
"What do I have to complain about …"
"Ordering online …"
Li Yanhong said in a low voice. Li Dong raised his eyebrows slightly, then said nonchalantly, "That's quite detailed. Why? You want to be a spy? Or is Baidu ready to enter the market? "
"I have an idea."
Li Yanhong didn't deny it. She thought for a moment and said, "With the advent of the mobile Internet era, the IT industry is also changing. Focusing on community-oriented, localized lifestyle platforms, there were still prospects. You're all planning for O2O and the Internet. Baidu naturally can't fall behind. A single search service is no longer enough for Baidu's current development … "
Li Dong pondered and said, "This is your company's business. I have no right to interfere. How you plan to do it is also your business. As long as it's a legitimate business competition, what else can I do about it? Moreover, the new generation excels the old. Who knows if you'll be killed on the beach? You can enter the market if you want. "
Li Yanhong understood and could not help but laugh. "That's true. Then let's not talk about this. By the way, do you have any good suggestions for going to Huashan this time? "
"Suggestions?"
Li Dong said curiously, "What suggestions do I need? Isn't it enough for everyone to eat, drink, and have fun? I'm not a tour guide. If you want suggestions, find a tour guide when the time comes. "
Li Yanhong laughed and shook her head. "You're not being honest."
Li Dong smiled and said, "It's not that I'm not being honest. I really don't have any good suggestions.
It's just a casual chat. We're not going to fight.
This is a rare opportunity. We haven't gathered in a long time.
When Ma Yun mentioned this matter, I thought that we should get together and talk about it, so I agreed to it.
In the end, it was you people who wanted to make it seem like you're going to war.
Now, outsiders are saying that we're going to divide the territory.
In fact, there's no such thing.
Moreover, the territory has already been divided by us. Is there a need to divide it again? "
Li Dong said casually and then changed the topic. "Let's not talk about this. Didn't you propose a 'frame computing' technology concept at the Baidu Technology Innovation Conference not long ago? There's been a lot of news these days, so I've forgotten about it. Let me ask you the truth. Can you achieve automatic computer recognition now, or is there a human involved in the information sorting? "
Li Yanhong smiled bitterly. "What do you think?"
Li Dong understood and then shook his head. "You're still using the same old method. In the end, I'm afraid it'll be a bidding ranking model.
I still have some expectations for you. If you can really do this automatically through the computer, then I'd like to introduce it to Far away.
The current big data and open platform are not very reliable. It's mainly manual search.
It's too troublesome!
It's fine if there's less data to be processed. Sometimes, it's hard to react when there's too much data to process.
In recent years, the internet is developing very fast, and some of the existing technologies can't keep up. If there's a new technology, it will be considered as contributing to the development of the IT industry. "
The reason why Li Dong brought this up was mainly to serve the upcoming Double 11.
Baidu's frame computing technology is not complicated. It's just a precise location search.
Enter a keyword, and Baidu will identify it and show you the results you want.
This is the future Baidu model.
Before Baidu's frame computing was implemented, Baidu's search page did not only have one search box, but many categories.
But later on, Baidu removed all these, leaving only one search box. This is the simplification brought about by the use of frame computing.
Now, because the technology is not up to standard, platforms like Far Away Mall and Taobao also have search services, but the location is not very accurate, and the data processing is also very complicated.
Big data services had just started not long ago, and the processing is not very accurate.
If Baidu's frame computing technology has a breakthrough, platforms like Far Away Mall will be able to simplify the search categories on their homepage.
It might not be very useful during normal times, but when it comes to promotions and more people participate, it will be very useful.
Li Yanhong smiled and did not say anything after being scolded by Li Dong.
Now, in the professional field, many people are still exclaiming that frame computing will change the future of IT.
But for people like Li Dong, flattery is not worth mentioning. The key is that it has to be practical.
But when Li Yanhong heard this, she said thoughtfully, "Far Away's current technology foundation should be enough to meet your needs. You are in a hurry to simplify and make it more accurate. Is there anything you want to do next? "
Smart people would often be able to see through a few sentences.
Li Dong nodded and said, "That's right. I want to use this technology on Weibo to carry out precise location search.
Now, Weibo has hundreds of millions of messages to handle, and it's hard for users to find what they want to see.
Also, Weibo is still closed, and I want to use this opportunity to make Weibo an open platform for more collaborators.
Frame computing is not a new concept. Isn't it the initial application of AI?
Speaking of which, we can talk about it during the party. With the rise of big data and cloud computing, the foundation of AI is already there.
Now, the complicated manual identification and sorting of information can no longer keep up with the pace of the times.
For example, Far Away Mall can handle 1 million to 10 million orders every day. But once it handles 100 million orders, it is unrealistic to rely on manpower.
If you sell so many things, the platform will not be able to handle it … "
When Li Dong said this, Li Yanhong replied, "Let's talk about it after you handle 100 million orders every day."
Far Away Mall is growing fast, and its sales in the first half of the year even exceeded Amazon.
But sales do not represent the number of orders handled. Far Away Mall's daily transactions are around 800 million RMB, and each transaction is above 250 RMB.
In other words, Far Away Mall handles less than 4 million orders every day.
If it handles 100 million orders every day, the daily transaction volume will increase by at least 30 times.
In fact, it should be more than 30 times. With such a high transaction volume, it means the users are very enthusiastic, and the transaction volume might be higher.
That means if it handles 100 million orders every day, the minimum transaction volume will not be less than 30 billion.
What is 30 billion transactions a day?!
Currently, no company in the world can achieve such results.
If it is the same for the whole year, its annual revenue will exceed 10 trillion RMB. Among the Fortune 500 companies, only the top four companies can match it.
Now, no company in Hua Xia has this hope. Let's not talk about 10 trillion RMB. Even 2 trillion RMB will not be possible.
Li Dong saw Dong Xuebing did not reply and laughed. "I did not say it will be like this every day. Never mind. Let's not talk about this first. Let's talk when we arrive. Speaking of which, aren't you interested in AI? Why don't you talk to me? "
Li Yanhong looked at Dong Xuebing and said after a while. "When did I become interested in AI?"
"Haha … I must have remembered wrongly. But it is still promising …"
Li Dong did not mind. The development of AI is not like what ordinary people think of as robots.
The IT industry has reached the point where it needs these kinds of AI.
At the very least, some data processing, analysis, and calculation can be very effective with the help of AI.
For example, Li Dong wants to achieve a 100 billion daily transaction volume. Without big data and AI, even if there are so many orders, the platform will not be able to handle it.
But the conditions are not ripe yet. This time, Li Dong also knows that he will not be able to achieve a 100 billion daily transaction volume.
It will be a miracle if it can exceed 20 billion.
But even if it reaches 20 billion, it will be an unsurpassable legend in the e-commerce industry.
Li Dong is now looking forward to Old Ma's reaction when everyone gathers tomorrow. Far away is the start of the promotional campaign.
He remembers that in his previous life, Ali also launched the Double 11 in 2009. He does not know if he will do it in this life.
But looking at the situation now, Ali does not seem to be doing anything. It is not likely that he will do it.
…
Along the way, Li Dong and Li Yanhong chatted. Time passed very quickly.
At three in the afternoon, the car stopped in front of a hotel at the foot of Huashan.
As for the hotel, it had been booked by Li Dong and the others. A banner had been hung up in front of the hotel, which was nothing more than a warm welcome for a certain guest.
Li Dong glanced at it and did not care.
This gathering has been hyped up. Now that everyone knows that they will be meeting here, there is no value in hiding it.
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