The two of them quickly described the smart car in their minds.
First was pure electricity.
Zhang Puhe had been supportive of fuel cars from the start.
However, Chen Fang had a different opinion.
Electric cars were the future. It just so happened that battery technology had made a breakthrough. With the current battery capacity, it could completely meet the daily use, smart programs, and the power supply needs of various electronic devices.
At the same time, making electric cars could make up for the Dragon Country's lack of technology in the three core parts of the car.
One had to know that the Dragon Country was definitely the world's top in electric vehicle technology.
Secondly, he had to add in the automatic driving mode.
With autonomous driving, it could free up the hands to a greater extent and give the driver a greater sense of comfort.
Perhaps it was not fun to drive, but for ordinary people, there were not many people who really liked to drive.
Especially when it came to long-distance driving, it was simply a form of torture.
The interior design of the car could be as sci-fi as possible. It was aimed at the smart car of the future.
"We, Wuling, aren't very good at electric vehicle technology. We're only briefly involved in autonomous driving.”
Zhang Puhe frowned.
The international level of autonomous driving ranged from L0 to L5. Among them, the L5 level could completely replace the driver and drive safely on the road.
And internationally, there was no one who could truly reach L4, let alone L5.
"That's easy. We'll find someone else. For electric cars, we can look for Byd. For autonomous vehicles, we can look for Baidu.”
Zhang Puhe frowned again.
If he were to look for Baidu or Byd, they would definitely be the best in the country in terms of autonomous driving. The key was Byd. If he found Byd, what would Wuling do?
Chen Fang patted Zhang Puhe's shoulder.
"Wuling's production capacity is still very strong. If it doesn't work, you can just invest. Don't worry, if this matter succeeds, I won't leave Wuling behind.”
Zhang Puhe was touched and nodded his head vigorously.
"Alright, then let's work hard together to make smart cars.”
The next day, the two of them visited Baidu.
"President Chen, President Zhang."
Baidu's CEO, Lin Heping, greeted them warmly.
In the Dragon Country's business world, Zhang Puhe was an old businessman, and Chen Fang was even more amazing. He could be said to be a legend in the Dragon Country's business world.
Game engine, solid-state membranes, virtual reality technology, any one of them was an epoch-making technology.
"CEO Lin, how far has Baidu's automatic driving gone?”
After some pleasantries, Chen Fang asked about the serious matter.
Lin Heping sized up Chen Fang and Zhang Pu He, unable to figure out the purpose of Chen Fang's unexpected visit and asking about the automatic pilot.
Could it be that they were preparing to add autonomous driving technology to the Nian?
"I won't lie in front of the real person. Our automatic driving system claims to be at L4 level, but in reality, there are still some shortcomings.”
Chen Fang placed a document in front of Lin Heping.
Lin Heping picked it up in confusion.
"Smart car?"
Lin Heping frowned.
"President Chen, President Zhang, the concept of smart cars has long been proposed, but I'm not trying to pour cold water on the two of you. It's easy to build a smart car, but the biggest difficulty is to make this car truly smart.”
"I think that it might only be possible when there is a breakthrough in artificial intelligence technology.”
As he spoke, Lin Heping pushed the document back.
"President Lin, what if I say that artificial intelligence technology has already made a breakthrough?”
Chen Fang said with a smile.
Lin Heping was stunned for a moment before he laughed.
"Chen Fang, stop joking. This is an epoch-making technology. How can it be so easy to break through?”
Chen Fang picked up his phone.
"Blackie, come in."
"Blackie?"
Lin Heping was confused and didn't know what Chen Fang wanted to do.
Soon, a series of faint exclamations could be heard outside the conference room.
Then, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Heping shouted to come in, but it was not a person from the company who came in, but a humanoid robot.
"What the hell is this?!"
Lin Heping was shocked.
"CEO Lin, the robot, this robot broke into our company. He can even get into the elevator and ask for directions!”
The secretary shouted in panic from behind the robot.
Just now, a robot barged into the company building, asked for directions at the front desk, and then pressed the elevator to go upstairs. It really scared the entire Baidu.
The robot swung its arm and walked in front of Lin Heping, stretching out its hand.
"Hello, CEO Lin. My name is Hei Zi. It's an honor to meet you.”
A man's voice came from the robot.
Lin Heping's jaw dropped.
Blackie, Chen Fang had let Blackie in just now.
"President Chen, what's going on?”
Chen Fang stood up and walked in front of Hei Zi.
"CEO Lin, the one in front of you is a robot with real artificial intelligence. It was made by our company. I gave it a name, Hei Zi.”
"Didn't you say before that the breakthrough in artificial intelligence technology is the key? Alright, now you see, artificial intelligence technology has already made a breakthrough.”
Lin Heping's eyes widened. It took him a while to calm down.
"Are you sure it's real artificial intelligence?”
Lin Heping slowly walked forward, carefully sizing up Hei Zi.
Blackie turned to look at him.
"President Lin, what do you think is artificial intelligence?”
Lin Heping hesitated for a moment. He wanted to say the Turing Test, but he changed his words.
"You said that you are an artificial intelligence. How do you prove it?”
Blackie suddenly turned to Chen Fang.
"Master, he suspects that I'm not an artificial intelligence. I feel insulted.”
Lin Heping's mind went blank. A robot was insulted?
Chen Fang ignored Blackie.
At the beginning of the programming, the personalities of the intelligent programs were all the same. Or rather, they were like a blank piece of paper without any personalities. After interacting with humans, their personalities slowly formed.
Chen Fang suspected that Blackie's current despicable personality was taught by Taoist Priest Zhongmiao. Previously, Blackie had even asked Taoist Priest Zhongmiao to learn martial arts, saying that he wanted to make a robot that was both civil and martial.
"Boss Lin, do you think Boss Zhang and I would lie to you for no reason? Artificial intelligence technology, my company has really made a breakthrough.”
Lin Heping nodded, but he still couldn't believe it.
Some people in the academic community predicted that humans might not be able to create real artificial intelligence.
No one knew how many top scientists in the country had yet to make a breakthrough in artificial intelligence technology. Chen Fang was just a small company. Of course, Chen Fang's company wasn't small either. How could Lin Heping believe that it could actually make a breakthrough?
"CEO Lin, I'm interested in Baidu's autonomous driving technology. I'm a very direct person. If you're willing to work with us, we'll work together and earn money together. If you're not willing, then treat it as us making friends.”
In the smart car plan that Chen Fang took out, he planned to set up a brand new company. It would be jointly established by Chen Fang Company, Wuling Group, Baidu, and Byd.
Chen Fang invented the technology of intelligent programming.
Baidu had developed autonomous driving technology.
Byd, the manufacturing technology for electric cars.
As for Wuling, other than being able to provide production lines or design capabilities, its biggest role was to provide money.
The project plan was to invest 100 billion yuan.
First, he had to confirm that Chen Fang owned 50% of the shares.
The remaining shares would be split among the three Wuling companies.
Chen Fang got a lot because the core of a smart car was a smart program. Without a smart program, it was just an electric car.
This was equivalent to the other three companies investing 50 billion to buy Chen Fang's smart program technology license.
Lin Heping looked at Chen Fang, then at Blackie, and nodded his head vigorously.
If Chen Fang really managed to solve the intelligent programming technology...
That smart car was definitely something.
"President Lin, if you're happy, then we'll have a happy cooperation.”
Chen Fang smiled and extended his hand.
Lin Heping took a deep breath and shook hands with Chen Fang.
After settling Baidu, Chen Fang and Zhang Puhe rushed to Byd.
Byd was much easier to deal with.
They were originally in the electric car industry.
The launch of Ming was an attempt by Byd to break into the high-end market.
The sales volume was still okay, but it was far from enough to let Byd gain a foothold in the high-end market.
Byd still needed to think of a way to find a new breakthrough.
At this time, Chen Fang came with the smart car plan, and it was a hit.
Chen Fangwen took half of the shares, leaving the Wuling Group. After a few discussions, the share distribution was confirmed.
Wuling accounted for 20%, while Byd and Baidu each accounted for 15%.
The specific plan was to jointly establish a new company, and the three companies would allocate 100 billion yuan according to the proportion of shares.
The new company that was established later would use any technology from the three companies and would purchase it at the market price.
For example, if they wanted to produce cars, they would spend money to hire Byd to do the manufacturing to ensure financial separation.
The company was named Qihang.
After completing the industrial and commercial registration, Zhang Puhe still wanted to hold a press conference or something. After all, it was a big project with three companies investing 100 billion yuan to build a smart car.
Chen Fang rejected him directly.
This car hasn't even been designed yet, and you're already busy with the press conference.
Chen Fang's principles had always been true. It would not be too late to promote it when there was a real one.
In mid-May, Qihang brought out the initial version of the smart car design.
Capital, Qihang Headquarters.
Chen Fang and the other three were listening to the report from Zhou Yichao, CEO of Qihang Group.
"My four bosses, I have always kept in mind the purpose of our company's establishment. It is to reform the existing car market and define the future car.”
" The current car is a driving tool, and we want to give it a new definition, which is a mobile home.”
"In other words, we want to weaken the attributes of driving tools and make it an add-on to your lifestyle. With a car, you can enjoy the attributes of solitude, rest, and comfort.”
"For this reason, not only did we make huge changes to the interior layout of the car, but we also made changes to the exterior.”
Zhou Yichao opened the powerpoint and showed the design of the new car.
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