Author: Wilderness Elegy

AI Assistant

Li Zaiyong didn't understand for a while and asked: "Help? Help for what?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Rokid."

"ah?"

Li Zaiyong was shocked and opened his eyes wide in disbelief.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Although the functionality of this kind of AI assistant is not too strong, it is very popular in the market. iPhone and Aster both have their own AI assistants. Don't Samsung phones need them?"

Li Zaiyong was speechless.

Need it!

Of course!

The key is that products like Siri and Rokid are among the world's top technologies in the field of artificial intelligence, and they can't be developed even if they want to!

In fact, there are many artificial intelligence startups in the market, and they have developed some products like Rokid and Siri. Many of them are also launched as third-party apps in the Apple Store and Android Store.

Samsung has already paid attention to this.

But after searching around, there was simply nothing suitable.

Not to mention compared to Rokid, even Siri is inferior.

This leaves people with no choice.

How embarrassing would it be if Samsung launched a smart assistant in its mobile phones, and after using it, users found that it was much worse than its competitors? So I would rather not do it.

When the market matures and a product appears that is comparable to Rokid or Siri, Samsung will buy it and install it in Samsung mobile phones.

Zhou Buqi looked at him with a half-smile, "How is it? Do you need it?"

Li Zaiyong said in a daze: "Is it okay?"

Zhou Buqi said strangely: "Why not?"

"This...this..."

Li Zaiyong still couldn't believe it.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "You may have misunderstood. Rokid is an AI product launched by Ziweixing. Ziweixing and Aisda are two companies. Aisda only purchased Rokid's services from Ziweixing. Ziweixing

It can support Asda mobile phones, and of course it can also support Samsung mobile phones. The most important attribute of the Internet is equality."

Li Zairong felt his throat was dry, "Ziweixing is willing to license Rokid to Samsung?"

"Of course." Zhou Buqi waved his hand grandly and said with a smile, "I guess you must have misunderstood something before. Ziweixing and Aisda have a shareholding relationship, but they are two companies after all.

I am the chairman and CEO of Ziweixing, and of course I have to put Ziweixing’s interests first.”

Li Zaiyong was a little distracted.

Very surprised.

Really?

Is this the truth?

This boss Zhou is really elusive!

You know, this interesting product of Rokid is only available in the Aster series of mobile phones, so it has become a major selling point of the Aster series of mobile phones.

Many mobile phone users buy Aster mobile phones just to experience the Rokid product. If Samsung mobile phones are also equipped with Rokid products, wouldn't it reduce the appeal of Aster mobile phones to a great extent? Many users will buy it because of this.

Got a Samsung phone?

Zhou Buqi won’t say much more since he has just finished talking about it. Next, he followed Lee Jae-yong to visit the headquarters of Samsung Electronics. They walked around a lot and left a very good impression.

The overall working atmosphere in the workplace and the general environment in the park feel similar to those in China, and much better than Japanese technology companies.

When you walk around Japan's technology giants, you get the same feeling - lifeless.

Samsung Electronics is very good and full of vitality.

During this period, some Samsung employees greeted him in Chinese.

Zhou Buqi called him over and inquired, and found out that he was of Korean ethnicity, had studied at Tsinghua University for his undergraduate degree, and had studied in Germany for his master's and doctorate degrees.

His original plan was to become a teacher, and he got two offers, one from Tsinghua University and one from Seoul National University.

Tsinghua offers associate professors, while Seoul National University directly offers full professors, and the salary is three times that of Tsinghua.

Then there is nothing more to say.

He came to Korea.

In his early thirties, he was already a doctoral tutor in the field of materials science at Seoul National University. Because the cooperation project with Samsung Electronics was very successful, he was recruited by Samsung and became a scientist at Samsung Electronics.

Zhou Buqi's mood was very complicated, so he smiled and encouraged him a few words.

I watched a lot in the afternoon.

I also met with executives from Samsung Electronics.

Lee Jae-yong also apologized, saying that his father was not in good health and was in the hospital, so he might not see him this time.

Zhou Buqi didn't expose him, so he accepted it happily.

His father was sentenced a few years ago and has been in prison. Although he was pardoned by the president again, he is still in a "suspended" and "monitored" stage.

Coupled with my age, I haven't shown up much in the past few years, and I feel that I can't afford to embarrass that person.

Many major matters were handled by Prince Lee Jae-yong.

In the evening, it was naturally Li Zaiyong who made the arrangements.

Tomorrow, Xu Baihui and Ma Pingshan will come from China.

Boss Zhou came here first today, mainly to stand in front of us and have friendly contact with each other. In doing business, the first step is to establish interpersonal relationships.

However, what Zhou Buqi said around Rokid during the day made Li Zaiyong uneasy. The mobile phone business is the most profitable business of Samsung Electronics, and it is also the business with the greatest influence and the highest brand. This is his heart.

Meat.

This is very critical.

As early as 2007, there were statistics showing that Samsung's mobile phone sales had surpassed Motorola's, becoming the second largest in the world after Nokia.

By now, even Nokia is dying.

There is a general consensus in the industry about the decline of Nokia and Motorola, as well as the continuity of Samsung mobile phones. Especially within Samsung, there is more theoretical analysis in this regard.

The most important reason is change!

Be able to keep up with the changes of the times!

Don't stick to the rules, keep up with the main trends in the mobile phone market in a timely manner!

Today's Rokid and Siri are what Samsung is worried about.

If this is an important development direction but Samsung fails to keep up in time, will there be a risk that Samsung mobile phones will follow in the footsteps of Nokia and Motorola?

Very worried!

Lee Jae-yong is now the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics and the designated successor.

But if the mobile phone business collapses in his hands, he will be basically useless.

Unexpectedly, Boss Zhou came from thousands of miles away to help!

This is so exciting.

The dinner was Korean style, with no chairs. There was a large tatami in the single room with electric heating turned on. A large square table was placed on the tatami. Li Zaiyong and several assistants sat on one side, and Zhou Buqi and others sat opposite.

Men always sit cross-legged, but women should be more elegant and sit on their knees.

After a long time, my legs became numb.

On Zhou Buqi's left is Ning Lu, and on his right is "escort" Son Ye Jin. He has no interest in this Korean movie star at all. He has told her in private before that he will let her go home after dinner.

After talking for thirty years, Li Zairong couldn't bear it anymore and asked about Rokid, "Mr. Zhou, is Ziweixing really willing to license Rokid to more partners?"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Is this surprising? Ziweixing spent so much money to develop a relatively successful product, after all, it is for the market. The investment in the field of artificial intelligence is too big, if Rokid

Being able to monetize it appropriately can be regarded as bringing confidence to Ziweixing's board of directors, allowing them to continue to support their heavy investment in artificial intelligence. At the same time, it can also inject confidence into the artificial intelligence team, and it will bear fruit and have the joy of harvest.

, will have greater motivation to continue sowing.”

Li Zaiyong said with great admiration: "Mr. Zhou is indeed a world-class entrepreneur. I admire him! I admire him!"

Zhou Buqi didn't care if he said it was hypocritical or sincere, he said calmly: "However, after all, Rokid is the flagship product developed by Ziweixing in the field of artificial intelligence, and we cannot license it to the company regardless of the brand image just for the sake of monetization.

Just a random mobile phone manufacturer.”

Li Zaiyong's heart moved, "Samsung has the opportunity to cooperate."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Of course! In the past ten years or so, Samsung's mobile phones have always been one of the best brands in the world, and it is a potential partner of Ziweixing."

Now comes the most critical point. Li Zaiyong asked: "How to cooperate?"
To be continued...