Su Zhirong frowned slightly and asked, "Why is that?"
Su Xu said, "The product's functions are not enough. Another thing is that we don't have the habit of using smart homes in China."
"Last year, Amazon's Echo smart speaker sold more than 10 million units in the North American market. This is comparable to the sales of smartphones and computers! However, in China, the manufacturer with the highest sales volume of smart speakers is less than 1% of theirs. "
"In the United States, some families treat smart speakers as a necessity like smartphones. However, this market demand in our country has not opened up yet."
Lu Zixin said, "The product's functions limit its development."
To be honest, with the standard of Xiao Yu's smart speaker, he would not buy it. Its performance was too poor.
"This is also related to the development of smart home appliances! There is no uniform standard for home appliances in China. Some families buy smart speakers, but they don't have smart televisions, refrigerators, switches, air conditioners, and other smart home appliances that can be connected to management. Even if they buy them, they can only play music. The price-performance ratio is too low. "Su Xu said helplessly.
"No matter what, we have to do it. You have to be forward-looking in a business. If you can't develop now, it doesn't mean that you can't develop in the future. I don't plan to rest this New Year. I'll urge them to improve the product as soon as possible. When the next shareholders' meeting comes, we'll have the capital to convince them to continue this project. "
Su Xiaomeng interrupted, "Dad, you've been tinkering with it for two years, but you haven't seen how powerful this smart speaker has become. Why don't you ask brother-in-law for help? He'll solve it for you in minutes! "
Su Xiaomeng gave Su Xu a critical blow. He said with a dark face, "Child, what do you know?"
Lu Zixin saw this and said, "Actually, I can really help in terms of voice interaction and smart information processing."
"You?" Su Xu looked at him suspiciously. He knew that Lu Zixin was a high-ranking official in Hongxin and was very rich. However, he did not know much about him and Hongxin.
"You know this?" he asked.
"A little. I've also participated in the development of our Hongxin smart voice assistant, "Lu Zixin said.
Su Xu still did not believe him. He had asked Lu Zixin about his education before, and it was just average. His so-called participation in the development should be in name only. He didn't know much about the technology.
Su Zhirong said, "Yes, Dad. If you have any questions, you can ask Lu Zixin directly."
"There's no need." Su Xu did not believe him. Moreover, as an elder, it would be beneath him to ask his son-in-law.
At this time, Liu Rui said, "Hongxin's AI is called Hongyun Voice Assistant. It's very powerful. Why don't you let Little Lu go with you to take a look? Perhaps it will be of some help? "
She then asked Lu Zixin, "Little Lu, do you have time?"
"Yes, I will be staying in Shanghai for the next few days." Lu Zixin nodded.
Su Xu was skeptical, but he had been tormented by this troublesome matter for too long. He thought that perhaps Lu Zixin could really give some advice, so he might as well bring him along and understand his son-in-law's ability.
He still asked cautiously, "This won't involve your company's secrets, right?"
"It's okay, I know what to do." Lu Zixin naturally would not give them the company's confidential information. It would be enough for them to help solve a few problems.
"Okay, then come with me to the company now," Su Xu said immediately.
"I want to go too!" Su Xiaomeng shouted.
"Don't cause trouble. Stay at home obediently." Su Zhirong shouted, "Later, we'll go out with Mom to buy some New Year's goods."
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Lu Zixin followed Su Xu to Thunderstorm Home Appliances Co., Ltd. After more than an hour, they arrived at their destination.
In the building of Thunderstorm Home Appliances Co., Ltd., as soon as Su Xu entered, the employees greeted him, "Hello, President Su."
When they saw the young man behind Su Xu, they were very curious. They had never seen him before. Could he be a customer?
When they got into the elevator, Su Xu met an acquaintance. That person was about the same age as him. The nameplate on his chest read: Thunderstorm Home Appliances, Vice President, Cai Yun.
"Old Su, didn't you go home?" Cai Yun asked in surprise.
"I had a meal and came back to take a look at the project," Su Xu replied simply.
Hearing Su Xu's answer, Cai Yun smiled and said, "Old Su, you still don't want to give up! We've discussed this project in our last meeting. We'll cut it after the New Year. "
"I know you've put in a lot of effort, but if the project doesn't produce results, the shareholders won't agree. The research and development costs too much. I can wait until the smart home appliance market in the Huaxia market opens up before investing. "
Su Xu disagreed with his point of view and said, "Now, the big home appliance brands are all doing smart home appliances. There are also companies in other fields like Keli, Jingdong, Da Mi, and Lenovo. If we do it too late, it won't be good for our development prospects. "
Cai Yun disagreed and said, "There's no need to research it yourself. We can just act as an agent for foreign brands. Right now, the smart speakers in North America are better than those in Huaxia. "
Su Xu shook his head and said, "How can acting as an agent be that simple? It's better to develop it ourselves. "
Cai Yun saw that he couldn't convince him, so he changed the topic and asked, "Oh right, who is this?"
Su Xun introduced, "This is the girl's boyfriend. He's also in business. I'm bringing him to our company for a tour."
"Oh. He's really talented, "Cai Yun said politely. Lu Zixin also gave him a simple reply.
Soon, they arrived at the department that developed the smart speaker. When they saw Su Xu enter, everyone was used to it. Mr. Su worked longer than the employees. It could be said that he was a model of professionalism in the company.
"Old Xia, Little Wan, come here for a moment." Su Xu pointed at two people. A middle-aged man and a young man about the same age as Lu Zixin walked over.
Su Xu introduced them to Lu Zixin, "Old Xia, Xia Ankang, the director of Little Rain's smart speaker research and development department. He's very experienced and has worked in the smart home appliance field for more than ten years!"
"This is Wan Yongzhi, a top student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. He was a graduate student in a foreign voice artificial intelligence research lab. His standards are not bad."
"You can communicate with them on technical issues."
Su Xu looked at Lu Zixin as he spoke. Until now, he still doubted Lu Zixin's words. Previously, when Lu Zixin criticized the smart speaker, he was already dissatisfied. Later on, when his two daughters and wife thought that Hongxin's technology was better than Thunderstorm's, he felt a little awkward.
Since Lu Zixin had volunteered to help, he would let him see that Thunderstorm's research and development standards were not low either! He immediately showed Lu Zixin two expert-level talents and gave Lu Zixin a show of strength. Even if Lu Zixin had some standards, he believed that these two people would definitely be able to suppress him in terms of professional knowledge. He wanted to let him know that young people still had to know how to be humble!
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