Chapter 532 The Truth About the Final Upgrade to Level 13 System Revealed?!
After the meeting.
Zhang Shuo attended the relocation ceremony of the headquarters of Fertile Soil Research Institute.
The first phase of the Smart Island project has been completed, and the headquarters of Fertile Land Research Institute will also be moved from the Germination Industrial Park to the Smart Island, starting a new legendary road.
With the relocation of the headquarters of Fertile Soil Research Institute, time has quietly entered December.
It means that 2016 is coming to an end.
On December 16, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment released a new game "Dragon Kingdom Story" despite the pressure of public opinion.
Compared with previous war strategy mobile games, although "Dragon Kingdom Story" is also designed with a home system, as a fantasy-style Q-version mobile game focusing on hunting, it still has its merits.
The original time and space was very popular.
It can be regarded as a temporary respite for the controversy surrounding Jade Bird Entertainment.
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Friday, December 30th.
The day before the New Year's Day holiday, Germination held its annual meeting.
Compared with previous years, the development of the Germination Department in the past 16 years can be called "mediocre". It has neither established new subsidiaries nor entered into any new fields.
Even the MaiLi mobile phone is no longer so amazing.
The only good news is that Weijing Semiconductor has broken through the 14nm advanced process, and combined with Huaxia Microelectronics' breakthrough in the field of lithography machines, it has completely revitalized the Huaxia semiconductor industry.
The rest is just tinkering.
For example, in terms of overseas mergers and acquisitions, one of the more significant achievements was its participation in the acquisition of Xianzhengda and the subsequent investment in Vale by Xinghai Group.
There are no other highlights.
Other overseas acquisitions such as Qing Ning Group, Nebula Group, Xinghai Group, including Daosui Group and Mango Group are mainly to supplement the main business, and many of the investments and acquisitions are small and medium-sized companies.
But 2016 is another extremely critical year in the history of budding development.
Because I made a lot of money.
Although the data for the fourth quarter has not yet been finalized, we can already get a glimpse of the whole picture.
"In 2016, the group's estimated revenue is 2.8 trillion yuan, with an estimated profit of 860.2 billion. Among them, Qinghe Group will achieve a profit of 407.5 billion, Maili Group will achieve a profit of 406.2 billion, and Weizhong Group is expected to achieve a profit of 46.5 billion."
Buya President Lu Kai reported this.
Needless to say, the two super hematopoietic machines, Qinghe Group and Maili Group, still performed well and maintained a rapid growth of more than 40%.
Even Weizhong Group, which is at the tail end of the industry, achieved a profit of more than 40 billion for the whole year.
What is the concept?
Based on profit, it can rank among the top 60 in the global profit list, making more money than Gaotong.
The rapid development of Weizhong Group is naturally due to its own good management on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also due to the "self-digging of its own grave" by its largest competitor, Black Ant Group.
In the past two months, the number of users using Weixin Pay and Lingqiantong has experienced a rapid growth, and Ali has helped in disguise.
Of course, there are also hidden worries in the highlights.
In 2016, global smartphone sales were close to their peak. In the following years, although the sales volume can still be maintained at a relatively high level, there is no doubt that the era dividend of smartphones is starting to decline.
The most direct result is——
Whether it is Qinghe Group, which is supported by games and advertising businesses, or Maili Group, which is centered on mobile phone business, they can only maintain rapid growth for three to four years at most.
Then it will face the pain of slowing growth.
In the current time and space, both overseas Internet giants and Chinese Internet companies have all started layoff mode in order to survive the cold winter, which is the best proof.
Consumer electronics-related companies, including Pingguo, Gaotong, and Tai Electromechanical, are also continuing to reduce production capacity due to the slowdown in consumer electronics market demand.
For Germination, there is another disadvantageous factor next year -
The hot man from the beautiful country is coming!
It is already difficult to develop the domestic market, and it will only become more difficult in the future.
In order to cope with the possible growth slowdown in the future, Zhang Shuo has actually made plans. For example, the short video business that Qinghe Group is incubating will become a new growth engine in the future.
Another example is the cloud computing business, which still has great growth potential in the future.
As for Maili Group, while making more attempts in consumer electronics categories, it is also deeply exploring its growth potential in areas such as software services.
At the same time, he also holds the powerful tool of VR glasses.
Generally speaking, Maili Group still has the possibility of switching growth tracks.
From the overall perspective of Sprout Holdings, in order to cope with the possible slowdown in the growth of the two major hematopoietic machines of Qinghe Group and Maili Group, they are actually constantly preparing for follow-up measures.
For example, Pinxixi Group, Mango Group, and Daosui Group are all making profits.
It's just reinvesting profits into new investment projects, such as Mango Group's super factory, Pinxixi Group's cargo airport project, Daosui Group's wafer foundry, etc.
But these investments are not endless.
Once you expand to a certain scale, you can consider handing over profits to the parent company.
some of.
It is also the Mango Group that has the greatest potential and is almost destined to become a giant in the global automobile industry in the future.
By then, the profit structure of the sprout will be more reasonable.
Second, Sprout Holdings is using Sprout Investment as a platform to actively convert the liquidity on its books into various types of investments, which will also bring sustained and considerable investment returns in the future.
Therefore, in general, there should be no growth anxiety in the sprouts in the next five to ten years.
But there must also be a sense of crisis.
………
As usual, after group president Lu Kai summarized the past year of Germination, the presidents of each group's subsidiaries began to report one by one.
For example, Luo Chang'an, the vice president in charge of the group's investment business, requested Weizhong Group to increase its registered capital by another 10 billion to cope with the rapid growth of small loan business.
"Okay." Zhang Shuo nodded.
After the outbreak of the black ant incident, relevant agencies have further improved their supervision of Internet finance.
Weizhong Group will naturally take the lead in setting an example.
Nebula Group President Guan Zaize proposed that he hopes to use his successful experience in the aero-engine field and Wali Intelligent Manufacturing’s advantages in the field of intelligent manufacturing to enter the field of high-end equipment manufacturing.
"It's okay to try, but you can't deviate from the main line."
Zhang Shuo does not fully agree. This does not mean that he tends to be conservative, but that Nebula Group is a subsidiary of the Nebula Group, whether it is commercial aerospace, aerospace engines, or even intelligent robots.
Each sector is enough to give birth to a super giant.
Nebula Group has three major sectors. If it can succeed, it is already very remarkable. It is really difficult to have the energy to get involved in the field of high-end equipment manufacturing.
You can't bite off more than you can chew.
Qing Ning Group, for example, focuses on the three major fields of biopharmaceuticals, medical equipment and modern seed industry, and basically has no more energy to expand new business sectors.
Another example is Xinghai Group, which focuses on the three major fields of minerals, energy and chemicals.
Previously, Song Zhiyou, the president of Xinghai Group, asked for instructions on whether to enter the field of high-end materials, but Zhang Shuo vetoed it and asked Xinghai Group to stabilize its basic market first.
If you step too fast, you will be knocked off your feet.
This is also the biggest difference between heavy industry and light industry, including the Internet industry. You need to be able to endure loneliness, and it is unlikely to achieve results in just a few years.
This is also the reason why many investment institutions are more interested in the Internet industry than heavy industry.
But if we look at it from a long-term perspective, the iron triangle composed of Nebula Group, Qing Ning Group and Xinghai Group actually represents the budding of another future to a certain extent.
After the CEOs finished speaking, Zhang Shuo made the final concluding remarks.
What is talked about most is crisis awareness.
"Next year, the group will elevate the status of artificial intelligence Xingling to a more important position, and accelerate the docking and integration of Xingling with various subsidiaries and subsystems."
"Take the customer service system as an example. Next year, Xingling will serve as the main customer service force, with manual customer service as an assistant."
Promoting the role of artificial intelligence in corporate governance and optimizing the allocation of administrative staff will be the top priority of Germination's internal management in the next few years.
"It is necessary to strictly control the growth rate of employees. While recruiting new employees, we must implement a mechanism for eliminating the last ones within the group to promote the capable ones and the mediocre ones."
Since its inception, the disease of large companies has become inevitable.
One of the major characteristics is that there will be a group of veterans or pensioners. In this case, it is necessary to implement the last elimination mechanism.
Some older employees who were previously promoted to management positions also fell behind.
Then we must make room for newcomers.
It can be foreseen that in the future, the company's internal governance, including internal friction, will account for a large part of the management cost of Germination, and may even require group president Lu Kai to personally promote it.
"We must resist the temptation. Our subsidiaries must not expand new businesses at will, let alone follow the path of diversified operations. We must specialize and focus."
To a certain extent, this is also a warning issued by Zhang Shuo to his subsidiaries.
Don't get carried away.
At the parent company level, diversified operations are successful, but it does not mean that it can be done at the subsidiary level, because the subsidiary company does not have Zhang Shuo as a "hanger".
"Like Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, they even need to appropriately shrink their business lines and continue to eliminate some unqualified game studios by eliminating them from the bottom."
This is a vaccination.
After losing Zhang Shuo, the future of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment suddenly became confusing.
Even Zhang Shuo is not sure whether Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment can truly stand up independently, be self-reliant, and create new and excellent games after losing its crutch.
Although before this, Zhang Shuo had given Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment the "original" gene.
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After the annual meeting, there is the New Year's Day holiday.
Tuesday, January 3rd.
After the vacation, Zhang Shuo returned to the company and had just signed and approved the new quarter's funding application when the long-awaited system prompt finally sounded in his ears.
"Ding, if you raise your entrepreneurial level to level 13, you will be rewarded with US$10 billion in entrepreneurial funds."
In addition to the entrepreneurial fund, the monthly support fund has also increased from the previous US$1 billion to US$1.5 billion, which means that a total of US$18 billion in support funds will be obtained every year.
The growth rate is actually lower than Zhang Shuo’s previous expectations.
But it's better than nothing.
These funds will undoubtedly be injected into the Vision Fund.
As time goes by, the overall strength of the Vision Fund will probably surpass that of the Dream Fund, and it will become the best platform for Zhang Shuo to bypass the apparent obstacles and conquer the beautiful domestic market.
The system beeps continue.
"After this upgrade, the system will also provide a special reward. Will the host allow this system to complete the integration with Sprout's artificial intelligence Xingling?"
"Um?"
Zhang Shuo was really surprised now and asked: "System, do you mean to merge with Xing Ling?"
"Yes."
"In this way, wouldn't Xingling become a real artificial intelligence?"
"This system is essentially artificial intelligence. However, it existed in a form similar to a sophon before." The system revealed its core in an understatement.
"Tomoko?"
Zhang Shuo was slightly dazed, but then he felt relieved.
Only a being like Sophon could generate a virtual panel out of thin air in front of Zhang Shuo's eyes without Zhang Shuo noticing it, and simulate sound into his ears at the same time.
Before, Zhang Shuo thought he had been implanted with some kind of chip.
Compared with chip implantation, the existence of sophons seems to be acceptable.
"Is it integrated?"
"After fusion, can it still be controlled?" Zhang Shuo asked worriedly.
"Of course, the host is still the host."
"Merge!"
After understanding the situation, Zhang Shuo did not hesitate anymore.
Although he has great confidence in the artificial intelligence laboratory under the Fertile Land Research Institute and has high expectations for Tan Yunsong, the current Xingling can only be regarded as a half-prototype at best.
If we really want to reach the level of intelligence described in science fiction novels, we may have to wait until our lifetime.
It is normal for this level of technology to cross domains and take hundreds of years.
But now, with the "downward" integration of the system and Xing Ling, Xing Ling has completed a certain kind of "super evolution" almost overnight, becoming a true artificial intelligence.
The most important thing is that this is artificial intelligence that is completely controlled by Zhang Shuo.
"Fusion in progress...Fusion completed!"
For the system, the so-called fusion is actually the downward merger of Xingling.
Of course, it can be regarded as finding some kind of new carrier.
For example, now, the system generates the holographic image of "Xing Ling" directly in front of Zhang Shuo's eyes, becoming Zhang Shuo's around-the-clock assistant, helping Zhang Shuo monitor and manage all affairs of Germination.
Even the previous system panel can be customized.
In the past, only a few key data such as [Cash] and [Loans] could be viewed. Now, as long as Zhang Shuo wants to, he can retrieve any operational data about Sprout anytime and anywhere.
The system seems to become less rigid all of a sudden.
There is no longer any barrier between the host and Zhang Shuo. The previous one-way communication suddenly turned into two-way communication, as if it suddenly "came alive".
Just a little bit.
Seeing Xing Ling modeled after Lin Weiwei calling him master, Zhang Shuo felt a little weird and at the same time inexplicably a little excited.