Chapter 201 The sense of crisis due to lack of hardware technology
"Have you checked it out?"
In the evening, the entire multi-functional hall was brightly lit. Wu Hao was sitting in the last row, watching the changing numbers on the big screen in front of him, and asked Dong Yiming, who was walking over.
Dong Yiming nodded and said: "Basically, we figured it out. There was a problem in the foundry in Su Province, which caused part of our system firmware to be leaked."
"What's going on?" Wu Hao frowned.
Dong Yiming shook his head: "The foundry is not sure, but they have promised to investigate thoroughly as soon as possible and give us a formal answer."
"How many were leaked in total?" Wu Hao took a breath of smoke.
Dong Yiming shook his head: "I'm not sure yet. Preliminary estimate is about 20,000 to 30,000 copies."
"How did they get so many?" Wu Hao said slightly angrily. It is understandable that one or two hundred copies were leaked. After all, it is basically impossible for such a large foundry to keep complete confidentiality. But it was leaked all at once.
Twenty to thirty thousand copies were purchased, which is definitely the responsibility of the foundry.
Seeing that Dong Yiming did not speak, Wu Hao then said seriously: "Let them seize the time to investigate thoroughly and give us a reasonable answer. Otherwise, we will re-evaluate our cooperation with them.
No, cancel cooperation with them before there is a reasonable reply."
"Haozi, isn't this good? We should focus on the current overall situation." Zhang Jun on the side quickly persuaded.
"That's right, Mr. Wu, fortunately it won't have much impact. Let's get through this first." Huang Zhihua also said.
Wu Hao took a deep drag on his cigarette and then said: "Twenty to thirty thousand copies should be enough for filing a case."
After hearing his words, Dong Yiming immediately advised: "Mr. Wu, I think we should not call the police yet. Once we call the police, it will be known to the outside world and hyped, which will have a negative impact on our corporate image and product sales.
Moreover, there will also be a stalemate with the foundry. It is better to see their attitude first and then decide on the next move.
Anyway, the number stolen is not too much, and all smart voice systems must be registered and activated online before they can be used normally. Without the digital serial number issued by us, these things cannot be registered and activated."
Of course Wu Hao also knows this, but that's not what he's worried about. If it's just two to thirty thousand copies, it's nothing, he can afford the loss. But the question is whether this is an accident, or there is someone behind it.
Planned and specifically chose the Double Eleven stall to snipe them.
If it were just like this, it would be nothing. But this online store sells these knock-off products under their own name. Once they cannot be used, these users will bear the blame on them, which is equivalent to letting them bear the burden.
Pot. This will damage their brand image and affect the reputation of the product.
"Has the announcement been released?" Wu Hao softened his tone and said.
Everyone was somewhat relieved when they saw this, but they were afraid that Wu Hao would be irrational and do something impulsive.
Huang Zhihua nodded and responded: "After your instructions in the morning, we published announcements on the official website and official malls of each platform. Our products are only available in the official flagship stores of major online shopping platforms and our official website malls, as well as offline
It is sold in Sumei stores. Other sources are unauthorized channels, and we will not bear any consequences if there is any problem."
Wu Hao nodded, then sighed and said: "The more this happens, the more I feel the necessity and urgency of building a manufacturing factory. It is not our own factory, and it is not comfortable to use it."
"Even if we have our own manufacturing factory, it is not enough to face such a huge market." Zhang Jun replied.
"It's definitely impossible to completely replace them, but it's more reliable for us to produce the key core components ourselves."
Wu Hao shook his head, and then said to everyone: "According to the progress of the upgrade and transformation of the Binhe Intelligent Manufacturing Factory, it will be put into use as early as next fall. By then, each production line that has initially achieved intelligent and unmanned production will be able to meet the daily output of 100,000 units.
If all factories are fully intelligent and unmanned, the output can be doubled or even more."
"If this is the case, then we will greatly reduce our dependence on various foundries, and even be able to get rid of our dependence on these foundries." Dong Yiming said with a smile after hearing this.
This is not enough. This incident also reminds us that we must pay attention to the production of hardware and products, otherwise we will be like other Internet companies.
Without real industries, our ability to resist risks will be very poor. If there is a little bit of wind and rain, we may catch a serious cold.
Wu Hao looked at the crowd and said: "When this busy period is over, we will start the demonstration and site selection inspection work for the new factory. Our new three-dimensional smart manufacturing factory construction project will also be officially launched."
"Isn't it a bit early?" Zhang Jun asked worriedly. With the pavilion so open all of a sudden, he was worried that he would be overwhelmed and cause confusion and problems.
"Not long ago, this new three-dimensional intelligent manufacturing factory is mainly used to produce cutting-edge hardware products, with different uses. By then, the results of our hardware technology research and development laboratory can be produced through it, which can further reduce our situation of being controlled by others.
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Especially in the field of chips, more than 80% of the chips used in our current products come from foreign companies, which is very unreliable."
"But chip technology is a high-precision technology, can we handle it with our capabilities?" Dong Yiming couldn't help but worry.
Wu Hao smiled slightly, and then said confidently: "Intelligent voice technology is also regarded as a high-precision technology, haven't we won it?"
Hehehe... Zhang Jun, Yang Fan, Zou Xiaodong and others all laughed when they heard this. Although they knew that this technology was difficult, they didn't know how to obtain it, so they had blind confidence in Wu Hao.
They don't know where this confidence comes from, but it is trust after all. From the bottom of their hearts, they believe that nothing can be difficult for Wu Hao.
Despite being affected by the copycat controversy, they still set a new sales record throughout Double Eleven.
Among them, the most important product, intelligent voice assistant, they have sold a total of nearly 6 million units on various platforms. There are also nearly a million units of other accessories, and the total sales have reached 12 billion.
The total sales throughout the day were second only to a certain domestic mobile phone brand, ranking second in the entire network. Although they failed to win the championship, such sales volume already made them very satisfied.
For at least the next month or so, they will have a headache on how to produce and ship these orders.
Therefore, Wu Hao and others were regarded as typical examples of the best-selling products in this shopping festival and were reported by major media, and successfully made waves in mainstream foreign media.
While many overseas people lament the craziness of the Double Eleven shopping festival in China, they are also asking when this popular smart voice assistant will be released overseas and where they can buy it.
Some domestic and overseas students have also seen business opportunities and started to start purchasing agents. However, this smart voice assistant currently only supports Chinese and does not have an English version, which makes overseas users a little crazy.
And some people who understand Chinese are chatting on various social media every day, showing off what great new features they have discovered, which has attracted a bunch of netizens to be jealous.
