Morning market, Xingling Group headquarters, main office building.
Qin Wuyou led the engineering team to start moving in. His daily job was to wander around the building with instruments. Any department could enter and exit freely, and no one was allowed to block it.
This is an order issued by the chairman. Only a few people know what Qin Wuyou and others are doing, and 99% of the people have no idea what Qin Wuyou and others are doing.
Including assistants to the chairman Jane and Sonia.
After Qin Wuyou's plan was approved by Gao Jin last year, he began to organize people to start developing the program. He was so busy that he finally had a basic program.
The specific application still needs to be verified.
The best way to verify it was to find a building as a test subject. With a stroke of his pen, Gao Jin asked Qin Wuyou to start from the main building.
There is a two-story parking lot below the main building. From now on, the second floor is not allowed to enter. It is used by Qin Wuyou's team. A special pass is required for entry and exit. Without this pass, you cannot enter the second floor.
According to Qin Wuyou's plan, he spent more than a month measuring the main building, and then installed various sensors and cameras based on the measured data.
At the same time, construction has begun on the second floor of the basement to build a database room and a supercomputer room. It will be this supercomputer that will run artificial intelligence programs in the future.
Many electronic components use the latest generation products in the laboratory. According to the plans of those manufacturers, these products will not be launched in three years. Now Xingling Group has contributed to the procurement.
USA, California, Cupertino, Guoguo Company Headquarters.
In the artificial intelligence project research and development area, Cook is wearing a white coat and waiting in the project team to watch experiments. Today, Guoguo Company is testing a new generation of artificial intelligence IOS system.
Thirty testers were sitting at divided test booths, each holding a golden Guoguo mobile phone. This is the new generation mobile phone that Guoguo Company will launch, the Golden Apple.
Both sides of the seat are separated by soundproof and muffler panels, so you will not be disturbed by other sounds when giving commands to your mobile phone.
Russell, the chief engineer of the new generation Android program, glanced at Cook, who nodded, and Russell ordered, "Start testing, thirty minutes."
After hearing Russell's words, thirty testers started to open the golden iPhone. Soon, a golden little man popped up after turning on the phone. This golden little man was the artificial intelligence technology of Guoguo Company.
Various sounds began to appear, the built-in artificial intelligence program began to execute commands, and the golden iPhone began to run at high speed.
There are thirty people in this room, and another thirty in the next room. There are seven rooms like this in total.
American English, English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Indian, each room has a different version. Only by passing the test in several major global languages can you pass the test.
More than ten minutes passed slowly, and the sound of "di" appeared, and Lasse frowned. This was the sound of the tester pressing the button when there was a crash problem.
With a wave of his hand, a staff member walked over thinking of making a comment.
As time passed, the sound of "beeping" began to appear in the room of the arm. After a short time, the sound of "beeping", "beeping", "beeping" and "beeping" came from various rooms.
At twenty-seven minutes, the test stopped and all mobile phones froze. When Cook saw this, he waved to Russell, who came over.
"I'll give you half an hour to find out the cause. Whether it's a hardware or software problem, I'll wait for you to report in the office." After saying this, Cook patted Russell on the shoulder and left directly.
Russell is one of his old subordinates, and this time he has done a great job for Russell. He must save face for Russell.
If it were Howard's person, Cook would have gotten angry in front of him and told him to get out.
Applying artificial intelligence technology to mobile phone systems is not that simple. Even Gu Ge announced that it will take half a year. From here you can see how difficult it is.
Guoguo's artificial intelligence technology is definitely not as good as Guge's, and it is more difficult to implement. Cook is mentally prepared to fail the test.
When he arrived at the door of the office, Cook said to his assistant, "Bring me a cup of coffee." After saying that, he pushed the door open and entered the office, taking off his white coat and throwing it aside.
Not long after, the assistant came in with a cup of coffee. Cook waved his hand and asked the assistant to leave. He sat there alone, drinking coffee and thinking deeply.
Time passed minute by minute, and about thirty minutes later, the small speaker next to Cook's desk rang. Cook pressed the button and asked, "What's going on?"
The assistant's voice came from the small speaker, "Mr. Russell is here and wants to see you."
"Bring him in, and get two cups of coffee by the way." After saying this, Cook released the button. Soon, the office door was pushed open, and Cook's signature smile appeared on his face.
He walked over and shook hands with Lasse and asked Lasse to sit on the sofa aside. Soon, the assistant came over with two cups of coffee and placed them in front of the two of them.
"Leffi, don't let anyone interrupt my conversation with Russell," Cook said, and the assistant nodded and left.
The office door was closed, leaving Cook and Russell alone in the room.
"What problem caused the crash?" Cook asked.
"The hardware problem is caused by the heating of internal electronic components. To solve this problem, we must use ultra-high thermal conductivity materials from the Xingling Group."
Russell looked at Cook and said this. So far, the internal electronic components of Guoguo mobile phones are still using ultra-high thermal conductivity materials from Moganshan Company.
This level of ultra-high thermal conductivity material fully meets the needs of Guoguo mobile phone software. There is no need to spend more money to use better materials. Unexpectedly, the crash problem is actually due to this.
After listening to Russell's words, Cook leaned back, raised his hand and rubbed his head and said, "Gao of the Star Spirit Group is too cunning."
Russell was stunned, what does this have to do with Gao Jin, the chairman of Xingling Group? Cook glanced at Russell and knew that Russell did not understand what he said.
Not intending to explain, I asked again, "Can changing the hardware completely solve this problem?"
"have no idea"
"I have ordered them to manufacture electronic components made of ultra-high thermal conductivity materials. The prototype is expected to be available within a week. The specific requirements will only be clear after testing."
"In addition, I analyze that our system can pass the half-hour test, but it may not pass the one-hour test."
Russell was also ambiguous in his words, and would never say anything that was true. Anyone who said something to death would end up being the scapegoat.
"Lasse, keep your idea secret. If you want to speed up the progress secretly, you can make a reward plan and submit it."
"We must fully mobilize the enthusiasm of those R&D personnel"
Cook looked at Russell and said this with great meaning.
"Understood, I will write a report immediately and hand it to the boss after work tomorrow at the latest." Russell is very good at talking, and he always addresses Cook as boss.
Even when Cook resigned as CEO, Russell still called Cook boss when he met him, which was Cook's favorite title.
"The intensity can be stronger, now we need to succeed, do you understand?" Cook warned, Russell nodded and agreed. The two chatted for a while, and Russell took his leave and left.
The day passed quickly. Early the next morning, Russell submitted the report to Cook. After reading it, Cook nodded. This time, the intensity was really strong.
He picked up the pen and signed directly, approving Russell's incentive plan.
At noon, Russell gathered the staff of the R&D department and announced the incentive plan, and everyone's eyes lit up.
Points value, Steve Jobs used this policy for a while, but it was later abolished.
When Cook saw Russell's plan, he knew that Russell had copied Jobs' plan. Now that Jobs has been dead for many years, no one will talk about it.
Besides, when Steve Jobs formulated this points system, he copied it from Europe, which also abandoned this system many years ago.
In addition to the points system, Russell also added a bonus policy. The overtime pay for R&D personnel is 50% higher than that for regular employees, and the company is also responsible for dinner.
Those who work overtime will be rewarded with an additional US$300 in gas expenses every week. Many other rewards are also available.
After the research and development project reaches a breakthrough, bonuses will be issued based on your points, and the bonus amount will also increase.
In short, you only need to focus on research and development, and there is no need to take care of other messy things. The company will be responsible for all expenses.
Successful research and development can also receive huge bonuses.
After getting off work that afternoon, half of the people in the R&D department stayed to work overtime. They could make money, and Americans are also very hardworking.
A week passed slowly, and a new prototype was made. This time, there were only ten units. The test took 30 minutes and passed smoothly. There was no possibility of the phone heating up.
Russell reported the data to Cook. Cook looked at the data and sighed helplessly. The Protoss Group's advanced progress and layout are really too long-term.
If you want to suppress Xingguang mobile phones, Xingling Group will cut off your goods. Only electronic components produced by Xingling Group's ultra-high thermal conductivity materials can solve the problem.
This alone has blocked Guoguo Mobile's path of conspiracy. It wants some congressmen to come forward and say that Starlight mobile phones are unsafe and endanger national security as before, and Starlight mobile phones must be banned.
This method doesn't work anymore.
If you dare to play like this, Xingling Group's Gaojin will dare to cut off your electronic components. Don't expect your Guoguo mobile phone to enter the high-end market.
Cook is very clear about who Gao Jin is. The standard of conduct is, if I feel uncomfortable, you must feel more uncomfortable than me. To achieve this goal, do whatever it takes!
If there really was a secret fight with the Xingling Group, it would be Guoguo Company that would suffer in the end, and Cook was a little bit cautious.
Starlight Mobile Company is only one of the subsidiaries of Xingling Group, and there are many subsidiaries that are no less profitable than Starlight Mobile Company.
(Sorry for being late, I am typing, there is still one chapter left)