October 17th, Monday …
Pei Qian sat in the office for a while as usual but no one came looking for him.
He browsed the web casually and suddenly thought of something. He quickly took out his cell phone and checked Ma Yang's Weibo.
In the end, Old Ma's Weibo had not been updated for the entire weekend!
Pei Qian was a little confused. What did this mean? Did Old Ma forget?
Did he go out to have fun over the weekend? He did not log into Weibo at all?
However, it was not possible. Old Ma might be a person who did things for three minutes, but this time, it was too short. Three minutes had not passed. Old Ma did not have a reason to give up so quickly, right?
Why did he not post a new Weibo over the weekend?
Pei Qian was afraid that there was something fishy going on so he quickly called Old Ma.
"Hello? Brother Qian? "Old Ma's voice came from the other end of the line. He was very awake and did not seem to be sleeping.
Pei Qian knew very well that Old Ma was not a person who liked to sleep in. He could wake up successfully in the morning even if there were classes in the winter.
Old Ma was a hardworking slacker so it was very suspicious that he did not post a second Weibo over the entire weekend.
Pei Qian did not beat around the bush with Ma Yang and asked directly, "How much money have you sent out so far?"
Ma Yang, "I haven't sent a single cent."
Pei Qian was stunned. "Why?"
Ma Yang said matter-of-factly, "This is the Dream Fund that I won with much difficulty. Brother Qian, it's your affirmation of my hard work! I have to see comments or reposts with real dreams before I can send money. I can't send money casually! "
Pei Qian did not know whether to laugh or cry.
So that was the reason!
After Ma Yang posted that Weibo, he had been reading comments and reposts. Once he saw comments with more dreams, he would consider sending money.
However, he only had so many fans in total and not many people saw his Weibo. Those who saw it did not believe him and thought that he was lying. Even those who were skeptical did not seriously write about their dreams.
Therefore, these comments did not enter Old Ma's eyes. He did not send a single cent to these people.
If he did not send money, others would think that this was a scammer trying to pull a stunt and would not write serious comments.
Thus, he dragged on for the entire weekend.
Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. As expected of Old Ma, you're really good!
Pei Qian asked curiously, "Why don't you emphasize it to everyone and ask them to write more comments with dreams?"
Ma Yang: "That won't do! I'm an official employee of Tengda. I can't lose my status! Besides, I'm the one who gave them the money. If I post another Weibo post to emphasize this, wouldn't it seem like I'm kneeling down and giving them money? Definitely not! "
"Believe it or not, I want to see who the first lucky person is."
Pei Qian silently raised his thumb and said, "Sure. In ancient times, there was Shang Yang who established his faith by converting trees. Today, there is Ma Yang who spreads money on Weibo. They are all heroes among men. "
When Shang Tu asked Mu Li to believe in him, many people also surrounded him but no one really did it because no one believed in him.
For some reason, these two matters were actually a little similar to each other.
Of course, Pei Qian could not tell if this was a good thing or a bad thing.
There was no risk in Old Ma not being able to become an internet celebrity, but he had not spent the money!
Thus, Pei Qian did not know whether to support or oppose such behavior.
After thinking about it, he decided to let Old Ma decide for himself!
"Yes, you did the right thing. Continue to hold on to your beliefs!"
After hanging up, Pei Qian looked at the time and prepared to make a trip to Otto Technologies.
Last cycle, Pei Qian had spent a lot of money on Otto Technologies. He had mainly spent it on Otto Technologies' newly established imaging and software laboratory.
During this cycle, Otto Technologies' previous research had to produce a product. Otherwise, it would violate the system rules.
Considering that this cycle was rather tight, Pei Qian felt that he had to go over and take a look to ensure that there was a product that could be produced without making a huge profit.
…
Otto Technologies, conference room …
Chang You and the core employees of Otto Technologies had all arrived and began to report their work.
"Boss Pei, according to your previous work arrangements, we have two main tasks until January next year."
"First, it's for Otto.
The OS update is a version with rich functions, including many practical system functions, especially the adjustment of the camera system in the imaging laboratory. "
"We have prepared some optimization algorithms for the new camera system, including beautifying effects for users when taking selfies."
"What's more, we have reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Xunke Technologies to develop an intelligent voice assistant that belongs to us on the basis of their artificial intelligence voice assistant. We should be able to update it to the new Otto in time.
On the OS! "
"You have to know that only Pineapple's flagship cell phone is equipped with this function at the moment.
If we can update it to the E1 cell phone first, that would definitely be very beneficial to improving our brand value! "
"Secondly, we plan to create a smart speaker product for the new intelligent voice assistant. At the moment, this field is still blank in the country. If we can seize the opportunity, it would definitely be good news to enrich our product line!"
A question mark slowly floated above Pei Qian's head.
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Artificial intelligence voice assistant?
That's not right. There shouldn't be this in the previous development plan, right?
What's more, this thing shouldn't have appeared so early in the country, right?
Pineapple's latest flagship cell phone could use a voice assistant because Pineapple had spent 200 million US dollars to acquire an artificial intelligence company whose main business was text chat services. Then, they worked with the world's largest voice recognition manufacturer to realize the voice recognition function.
All of this had just happened this year.
Pei Qian had originally expected that it would take at least five years for a similar artificial intelligence voice assistant to appear in the country because of the different languages.
However, based on Chang You's words, this company called Xunke Technologies seemed to have been doing research in this area. They already had a relatively mature Chinese intelligent voice assistant. They could use it directly after making some changes on this basis!
Pei Qian suddenly felt a sense of crisis and thought of the special reward at settlement.
Could this be the random technological breakthrough that the system was talking about?
The domestic technology in this area was five years ahead of schedule? It was directly on par with the top foreign companies?
Pei Qian suddenly panicked. However, after thinking about it calmly, he felt that things were not that bad.
These artificial intelligence voice assistants were quite retarded when they were first released. Calling them artificial intelligence was an exaggeration. They could only be considered artificial retarded.
It would take at least three to five years for the technology to mature. Thus, there was no need to be too nervous.
Of course, Pei Qian did not dare to let his guard down.
This was a new market after all. It might be artificial retarded, but it was still very attractive to consumers who had not seen the world. They would buy it crazily.
At that thought, Pei Qian asked tentatively, "In other words, there was no artificial intelligence voice assistant in the original development plan? Did you see the technological breakthrough at Xunke Technologies and decide to add it at the last minute?
"If that's the case, I think it's best to slow down.
"There's still a lot of work in other aspects. I'm afraid that you won't be able to arrange enough time or affect the completion of other work."
Chang You smiled. "Boss Pei, don't worry, it definitely won't!
"Previously, we planned to work on the software and hardware together and release a new phone. However, Boss Pei, you said that it would be best to only work on the software. It would be best to release the cell phone once a year. Thus, we cut off all the hardware research and development plans.
"Thus, we happened to have some free time! This belongs to Otto.
The OS's artificial intelligence voice assistant is very suitable!
"Therefore, Boss Pei, your thinking is right. We have to leave some money for research and development. Otherwise, it would be difficult to seize such an opportunity!"
Pei Qian: "…"
That was very awkward.
Could it be my fault again?
Every time he encountered such a situation, Pei Qian wanted to transmigrate back to the previous cycle and beat himself up. However, he could not.
It looked like this artificial intelligence voice assistant had to be made.
Then, he would enter the next topic.
He had to think of a way to prevent this thing from succeeding!
In the current market environment, there were smart homes. For example, when Pei Qian asked Liang Qingfan to renovate the Sloth Apartments, the lights, glass, and the like could be intelligently adjusted through the LCD panel.
However, these things were relatively rare. Because of the high cost, many people found them impractical. Thus, they were rarely installed in the home.
If Pei Qian did not want to raise the rent of the Sloth Apartments, he would not have thought of installing these things.
It was the same for artificial intelligence voice assistants on cell phones. They were not cheap. Only the flagship cell phones of certain manufacturers, such as Pineapple cell phones, were equipped with them.
If he made a smart speaker, he might be able to sell it for a lot of money!
Pei Qian thought about it carefully and thought of a countermeasure.
However … where should he start?
Let's start with its name!
Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, "Then … does this artificial intelligence voice system have a name?"
Chang You was stunned. "Oh, not yet. Boss Pei, why don't you come up with one?
"I think the names that Boss Pei comes up with are very interesting!"
Pei Qian nodded. "Then, let's call it: AIS.
"Its English name is AEEIS."
"AIS …" Chang You repeated it twice. "Does it have a deeper meaning?"
Pei Qian explained, "It's' An '.
The abbreviation for 'System' is … S. "
Chang You suddenly understood. "An efficient and labor-saving intelligent system? Good name! It's very appropriate!
"As an intelligent voice assistant, its purpose is to help us save time and effort and increase efficiency. This name is very appropriate!"
Pei Qian smiled.
The deeper meaning of this name was' An '
The abbreviation for 'System' was' an elegant and easy-going intelligent system '.
What did elegant and easy-going mean? Everyone knew.
As for why he came up with this name, of course, it was because Pei Qian had already thought of how to arrange it.
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