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"Boss, yesterday the new intern took a photo of Xing Ling's virtual projection and posted it online. However, I didn't expect it to have a good effect. Now there are basically no voices of doubt on the Internet. Should this matter be forgotten?"

"Wouldn't this happen next time?"

In Longhu High-tech Park, in a Xiaoxing car specially designed for park travel, Lin Wan talked about what happened online yesterday, and asked a tentative question at the end.

His eyes always fell on Niu Geng's face.

The negative impact on Xingyao on the Internet was eliminated because of this video. In Lin Wan's view, although these interns violated the company's regulations, they made contributions to the company. When the merits and demerits balance out, there is no need for punishment.

Naihe, the interns recruited by the company this time were all assigned to Xingyuan Technology and were not under the Xingyao brand she was responsible for, which made it difficult for her to make a decision directly.

So I took the initiative to mention this matter to Niu Geng on the way to the research center for inspection.

Niu Geng turned his head and glanced at Lin Wan, then quickly looked away and said: "Having no doubts is not necessarily a good thing, because it will make users have higher expectations of us and increase the difficulty of the smart terminal project in disguise."

What he said is not wrong. If the Internet is full of doubts about Xingyao's smart terminals, then the products that will be launched by then will only need to implement a few functions in the concept video to arouse users' pursuit and carnival. For the company and This is undoubtedly a very good result for the project team.

But the opposite will only make the situation worse.

When users look at this product with very high expectations, even a minor flaw will be magnified.

It becomes an excuse for competitors to attack Xingyao.

"What do you mean, boss, that these interns will be punished according to company regulations?" Lin Wan asked again after hearing Niu Geng's words.

Niu Geng shook his head: "That's not necessary. After all, it's their first day on the job. There's definitely no way they can compare with older employees in some places, but they must pay more attention in the future."

Now that everything has happened and the direction of online public opinion has been successfully changed, Niu Geng cannot ask the navy to deliberately discredit Xingyao's smart terminal. That would be too extreme.

Anyway, he is confident that the smart terminal will be launched on time and will basically not leave any opportunity for users to complain.

"I understand." Lin Wan responded.

After a while.

Niu Geng, Lin Wan and his party successfully arrived at the location of the research center.

After getting off the car, under the guidance of Lin Wan, he walked directly towards the laboratory responsible for the smart terminal project.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Tong Xiangyun wearing a white lab coat and hurriedly greeted him from inside, and said hello: "Mr. Niu, we are working with the staff of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to study how to upgrade the existing high-end lithography machines of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. , which is related to whether the chips required for smart terminals can be successfully manufactured."

However, Niu Geng did not notice that Tong Xiangyun was more passionate than when he was in the office before, and his eyes were full of adoration and admiration.

When Tong Xiangyun received the task from Niu Geng to install holographic projection equipment throughout the park, he thought it was a complete waste. Although he still completed the project in a very short time, he was by no means completely willing.

It is inevitable that there will be some criticism in my heart.

But what happened yesterday made Tong Xiangyun suddenly realize, and finally understood Niu Geng's intention.

It turns out that Mr. Niu has been laying out plans for smart terminals for a long time!

That's right.

Tong Xiangyun initially thought that Niu Geng's installation of projection equipment throughout the park was a waste of resources, but only after seeing the news online yesterday did he realize Niu Geng's foresight.

Even in his opinion, the virtual projection video of Xing Ling circulating on the Internet was specially created by Niu Geng. His purpose was to eliminate the negative public opinion of Xing Yao by showing off the holographic projection technology owned by the company.

It's simply terrifying to think about.

It can be said that Tong Xiangyun was standing on the second level of thinking and thought of Niu Geng on the first level, but in fact Niu Geng had already been on the fifth level and watched the development of the situation.

It is natural for Tong Xiangyun to show admiration and admiration at this time.

Of course, Niu Geng did not carefully observe the changes in Tong Xiangyun's expression. After hearing these words and replying, he said directly: "Let others continue to work. Don't pay attention to us. Just pretend that we are not here."

"It's Mr. Niu."

Tong Xiangyun nodded quickly, then turned around and whispered a few words to another male researcher.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Wan's voice sounded in her ears again: "Team Leader Tong, how far is the smart terminal project progressing now? Can all technical problems be solved before the Spring Festival?"

"Mr. Lin, I'm really sorry. I'm afraid it won't be completed at the current pace." A trace of embarrassment flashed across Tong Xiangyun's face.

The research center and the Chinese Academy of Sciences do have strong strength, and their scientific research strength can be ranked among the top in the world. With the auxiliary support of Xingling, the intelligent brain, no matter what technology is developed, it should be relatively fast, but even if There is also a time limit in Kuaishou.

Although the holographic projection technology, one of the core of smart terminals, has been solved, if you want smart terminals to reach the level shown in the concept video, various technologies are indispensable.

For example, the current chip problem needs to be solved as soon as possible.

It is simply impossible to upgrade the 5-nanometer chip manufacturing technology mastered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences to 1 nanometer in just a few months.

Tong Xiangyun's answer was also based on the facts. Although he was unwilling to do so, he was helpless.

However, Lin Wan asked this question not to put pressure on scientific researchers. After all, according to the announced time, this smart terminal will need to be sold online next spring. Taking into account the manufacturing time of the chip and the assembly and factory process of the product, there are definitely technical problems. It needs to be resolved in advance.

But after hearing this answer, Lin Wan's expression dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye, and there was a trace of worry between his eyebrows.

Especially when I just heard Niu Geng say that because of what happened last night, users' expectations were higher, and now the research and development progress has come to a standstill. Under such a predicament, the image of Xingyao being denounced by the entire network of users emerged in his mind.

The whole person's emotions couldn't calm down at all.

Niu Geng noticed Lin Wan's emotional changes and knew that verbal persuasion was of no use at this time, so he walked and talked with Tong Xiangyun: "What are the main technical problems facing the project team now?"

"If we want to improve the chip manufacturing process, we need to have new requirements in terms of light source lens and resolution. These are very difficult problems whether at our research center or the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and there is no good solution yet. solution."

Tong Xiangyun thought for a while and then said the biggest dilemma facing the project team.

At the end, I didn’t forget to add: “The only thing you don’t have to worry about is high-end photoresist.”

After listening to Tong Xiangyun's detailed report, Niu Geng kept moving his feet, but he was secretly calculating in his heart.

To solve the problems raised by Tong Xiangyun, it is obviously not possible to rely solely on the scientific researchers and Xingling involved in the project. The best way is to use optimization points.

Although this may require spending tens or even hundreds of thousands of optimization points.

Fortunately, when we first solved the problem of high-end photoresist, we put a lot of optimization points into it, so that the quality of the photoresist produced can still be used even for more precise chips, without spending additional optimization points.

It's good news among bad news.

At this moment, Niu Geng suddenly stopped tactically, turned around, put his hand on Tong Xiangyun's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "There are still a few months until the Spring Festival. As our star source technology, The core strength of the research center must be confident in themselves, because how can the results be easily determined until the last moment?"

"Perhaps Xingling can bring us a surprise."

Being so encouraged by his boss and admirer, Tong Xiangyun felt as if his whole body was full of strength. Feeling the weight coming from his shoulders, he immediately nodded sharply and replied: "We will never let Mr. Niu and the company down." trust."

While speaking, my mind was also carefully analyzing Niu Geng's words, and I always felt that the information contained in them was not that simple.

Perhaps because of his last experience, Tong Xiangyun had something in mind in just a few seconds and accurately grasped the key points of this sentence.

Xingling.

As the core brain of the company, Xingling has abilities that exceed all intelligent programs in the world and far exceed human understanding. If a miracle is possible, changes will also happen to Xingling.

Maybe it will suddenly solve the project team’s worries?

But what Tong Xiangyun didn't know this time was that what he was thinking of were the results Niu Geng wanted to see.

Because since Niu Geng decided to use optimization points to solve the troubles encountered by the project team, he had to make certain preparations in advance. It would not be feasible to act rashly.

The photoresist incident last time had already gained him a fanboy named Wang Chenbo. If he suddenly comes up with more advanced chip manufacturing technology this time, it will inevitably be too eye-catching, so let Xingling be the middleman. Couldn't be more appropriate.

Later, Niu Geng, Lin Wan and others, led by Tong Xiangyun, inspected the research center for a while, went through a formality and left in a hurry.

For fear of disturbing the scientific researchers inside.

After all, the entire research center has many laboratories, and not all of them are working on smart terminal projects.

But when Niu Geng came out of the research center, Lin Wan's voice reached his ears again: "Boss, according to the current progress of the project, let alone before the Spring Festival, it is estimated that we will not be able to get our smart terminal online until next summer. .”

"It's all my fault for thinking things were too simple!"

…

“Can you think of a way to postpone the launch of smart terminals while stabilizing users’ emotions?”

After talking about it, I didn’t forget to propose a solution.

What Niu Geng said to Tong Xiangyun in the laboratory just now seemed to Lin Wan to be nothing more than normal relief. Even if Xing Ling had very powerful abilities, it might not be able to solve the problems encountered by the project team.

Just in case, you still need to think of a more secure plan in advance.

Postponing the time is undoubtedly the most appropriate.

However, this plan was not in Niu Geng's plan, so he immediately replied: "Don't worry, there will be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Give everyone more time."

"But...but..."

Lin Wan saw that her proposal was not taken seriously. She wanted to explain a few words, but as soon as the words came to her mouth, she noticed that Niu Geng had already got into the car. In desperation, she had to swallow what she wanted to say first and walk quickly. He walked to the car at the back and quickly got in it.

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at the same time.

Although it was dark night in Merijian, which was far away from overseas, Kulas, as the CEO of Fruit, had no intention of taking a rest and was still dealing with the company's affairs.

Of course, he is accompanied by his assistant and secretary Lucy.

Any information related to Xingyuan Technology is likely to create a big sensation not only on the internal network, but also on the external network.

And the time difference between the two places will not be too long.

That is to say, while the Xingling holographic projection video spread rapidly on the internal network, it was also immediately uploaded to the external network. The lively discussion among netizens was not even inferior to that on the internal network. Looking at the history of network development, it is almost rare to see it. Similar scenario.

Information related to Xingyuan Technology's latest smart terminal project has always been a focus of observation on the fruit side. As Kulas' assistant, Lucy is naturally obliged to collect this and report it to Kulas as soon as possible to avoid Make judgments that are unfavorable to the company.

"Boss, judging from the results shown in the video, Xingyuan Technology has indeed mastered advanced holographic projection technology, and I am afraid their smart terminal project does exist."

"Now there are almost all voices supporting them on the Chinese Internet, and we can no longer interfere in this aspect."

At this time, Lucy was standing next to Kuras, looking at Kuras who was watching the video and was worried, because she knew very well what kind of impact the fruit phone would have once Xingyuan Technology's smart terminal came online.

What will be lost by then is definitely not just the Chinese market.

But on the other hand, after hearing these words, Kuras's face remained as usual, as if he was not affected at all.

After watching this video of just a few seconds several times, I put down my phone and said in a foreign language with a smile: "It's just a holographic projection, it's nothing. If I want to, I can still do it in this spaceship building." Make the same effect.”

What Kulas said was true.

really.

If it were the effect shown in the single-talk video, Fruit Company is indeed capable of replicating it. After all, the world is still somewhat successful in holographic projection technology.

However, this sentence made Lucy a little confused and asked: "Boss, you mean Xingyuan Technology..."

"If my guess is correct, this should be deliberately released by Xingyuan Technology to guide public opinion. Unfortunately, this approach can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause. In the end, it still cannot avoid the backlash of users. On the contrary, it further proves that they did not create the so-called The strength of smart terminals.”

Kuras couldn't help but express his analysis and judgment before Lucy finished speaking. Both his eyes and tone showed strong confidence.

"Since this solution cannot solve the actual problem, why does Xingyuan Technology still do it?" Lucy thought for a few seconds, and there was still a big question mark in her heart, which was very puzzling.