Chapter 152: Smart Butler Xiao Wei

Su Xin nodded casually.

"Fine, then proceed with the expansion; just report it to President Liu. I have no issues here."

Although Ding Kuiyong had proposed this suggestion, Su Xin's prompt agreement left him momentarily stunned.

After a moment, he continued:

"Understood, I will begin the preparations now."

"There is one more thing. Eight major car companies, including Junma and Yutian, have jointly established a Laboratory."

"I heard they are researching a new type of Solid-state Battery, wanting to break the monopoly of the Thor Battery. With the capital and R&D strength of those eight top car companies, it is possible they might actually develop a new type of Solid-state Battery, which could cause a huge impact on our business."

"Boss, what do you think? Should we do something?"

The implication of Ding Kuiyong's words was that he hoped Su Xin could spend more effort on upgrading the Thor Battery. With Su Xin's R&D capabilities, as long as he was willing to put in the Kung Fu, it surely wouldn't be too difficult to develop an even better Thor Battery.

By then, they would not fear the alliance of the eight car companies.

Only then did Su Xin become slightly more serious:

"Didn't you recruit many top R&D personnel? Even if they might not necessarily achieve any major breakthroughs, with my technical foundation, they should be able to continue optimizing and improving the product competitiveness of the Thor Battery."

"Moreover, even if those major car companies really do develop a Solid-state Battery through a new route, it will still take time to put it into mass production."

"When that time comes, once they truly announce they have clear results, you tell me."

"Before their Solid-state Battery hits the market, I will re-develop a stronger Thor Battery to crush and shatter their achievements, making all their investments go completely down the drain."

Ding Kuiyong only felt his head buzzing.

Wait until the eight car companies have results before taking action?

Su Xin's confidence both shocked him and left him somewhat speechless.

From developing results to achieving mass production, there is at most only a few months in between.

After all, under the cultivation of the Thor Battery, the supply chain and equipment production lines for Solid-state Batteries are already quite mature. The eight car companies only need to acquire a few factories, modify the production lines, and calibrate the processes to go directly into mass production.

By then, even if the opponent's product parameters and performance cannot compare to the Thor Battery, it could still cause a significant impact on the Thor Battery's business.

The only Solid-state Battery on the market.

Versus one of two Solid-state Batteries.

These are two completely different statuses.

The bargaining power and pricing power brought by the Thor Battery will also be greatly weakened.

Logically speaking, to ensure nothing goes wrong, they should definitely develop follow-up upgrade products in advance so they can always maintain maximum competitiveness.

Yet Su Xin, not only has he not looked at the Thor Battery for so long, but now that he knows eight top car companies have joined forces to develop a competing product, he remains as steady as Mount Tai, waiting for the other side to produce a finished product before starting to develop upgrades for their own products.

This is simply confident to the point of being willful.

However, who let Su Xin be the boss and the company's top researcher?

Ding Kuiyong could only withdraw.

Subsequently, Fu Benjing also entered the office.

"Boss, the Smart Butler you ordered has been designed. The engineering samples should be finished in a few days."

"Boss, please take a look."

As he spoke, he handed over a thin tablet computer, and on the screen, a beautifully designed cylindrical device was displayed.

Su Xin took it and looked.

As his finger swiped, the 3D model of the cylindrical device disassembled into several components, with names and descriptions next to each one.

Fu Benjing introduced from the side:

"We have temporarily named it Xiao Wei."

"As per your requirements, Boss, Xiao Wei is equipped with Tiantian Assistant; it has the functions of a smart speaker and cloud drive, and can also control all smart appliances in the home."

"At the same time, as a Small Base Station, it can simultaneously receive and transmit all 4G and 5G signal bands of the Four Major Operators."

"Its signal transmission distance reaches one hundred meters, and the radiation level is about 0.3 microwatts per square centimeter, far lower than our country's electromagnetic radiation safety limit of 40 microwatts per square centimeter, only slightly higher than a mobile phone, with no negative impact on the human body."

"According to preliminary calculations, the production cost of Xiao Wei is about 800 yuan per unit."

"After several discussions, we decided to set the retail price at 1000 yuan."

"At the same time, according to your requirements, Boss, we will provide cash back based on the user's online duration. As long as it is not turned off for long periods, users can basically get 800 yuan back within five years."

"It is equivalent to us losing 600 yuan per device."

"And the subsidies obtained from the Four Major Operators are expected to reach about 350 yuan per unit."

"In this way, the loss per device can be reduced to about 250 yuan."

"This is data estimated based on an expected sales volume of 100 million. If the sales volume is too high, the loss rate per device will be higher, and the total loss amount will be much more."

"If the sales volume is too low and the penetration rate cannot be reached, the operator subsidies will decrease, and our loss rate will also increase."

"In other words, in the most ideal state, this project will still lose a total of 25 billion."

Su Xin nodded nonchalantly, completely unconcerned about this loss amount, and said casually:

"This cost is actually much lower than originally expected."

Fu Benjing smiled: "Before, without detailed market research and understanding of the communication market, the estimate was indeed much higher."

"So, when we learned the cost was only 800 yuan, many team members were happy about it, as the company's losses were reduced significantly."

Su Xin nodded and said:

"Just proceed according to your plan. Other things don't matter, but you must remember that the modular design of the RF chip must be well-executed so that every user can easily replace it."

"Understood."

Fu Benjing responded and then withdrew.

Not long after.

The new president of Tianqi Software, Song Yanyong, also pushed the door and walked in.

"Boss!"

After Song Yanyong respectfully greeted him, he sat down opposite Su Xin and said:

"The growth trend of Tiantian Assistant members is very encouraging, especially overseas users; a few days ago, it reached a cumulative total of 500 million members."

"Adding in the more than 300 million members in Long Country, the total number of members has already reached over 800 million."

"General Manager Liu previously mentioned the company's strategic plan, which is to develop an intelligent search engine next."

"But Boss has not had time to arrange it."

"Therefore, some time ago, I required all of the company's top technical personnel to focus their efforts in this direction."

"Because Boss personally provided guidance to the company's top technicians previously, everyone's understanding of Artificial Intelligence has increased significantly."

"Coupled with having part of the source code of Tiantian Assistant as a foundation, everyone has actually developed an initial version of the intelligent search engine."

Hearing this, Su Xin said in surprise:

"It has already been developed?"