289: Chapter 288 Mr. Wang, do you manufacture mobile phones?

When General Manager Yu Tongguang knocked on the door and re-entered the reception room, Wang Shuo had already basically finished evaluating He Chenguang.

It had to be said that He Chenguang was indeed the most talented person he had ever met; no matter what the subject was, he grasped it almost instantly.

In a short time, He Chenguang had continuously asked him three or four questions encountered during his studies, and almost every question went straight to the essence, cutting to the core.

This made Wang Shuo exceptionally gratified.

He felt that the time for him to shed the title of mentor was not far off.

Meanwhile, He Chenguang was once again shocked by Wang Shuo's unbridled imagination. He sometimes even felt that the things he was learning had been proposed by Wang Shuo himself; otherwise, how could he explain why Wang Shuo, who was younger than him, understood more than he did?

However, after thinking about it for a moment, he cast this thought to the back of his mind.

This was impossible.

No one could complete the journey from elementary school to university in just ten years and still achieve such a degree of self-sublimation.

Even with his own confidence, he felt he could not do it.

But because of this, he became even more curious about the mentor behind Wang Shuo.

Just what kind of expert could teach such a disciple?

Or rather, was Wang Shuo's master not a single person, but a top-tier figure in the field of electronics?

But... was there any professor currently proposing the concept of a Super Chip?

He Chenguang racked his brains, trying to find a clue.

Until General Manager Yu Tongguang re-entered the room, he still hadn't thought of anyone similar.

"General Manager Yu."

Wang Shuo looked at General Manager Yu Tongguang and smiled: "Finished the tour so soon?"

General Manager Yu Tongguang nodded, sat opposite Wang Shuo, and remained in deep thought.

He Chenguang looked at General Manager Yu Tongguang's state and was not at all surprised.

Here, no matter what happened, it was not worth being surprised about; even if Wang Shuo asked zero egg to board a moon landing spacecraft tomorrow, he would find it quite normal.

zero egg was qualified enough to board a rocket.

Seeing the atmosphere about to fall into silence, General Manager Yu Tongguang suddenly asked: "General Manager Wang."

Wang Shuo turned his head slightly, listening attentively.

The next moment, he heard General Manager Yu Tongguang say: "Are you selling the patent for zero egg that you have in your hands?"

"Pfft!"

Even the emotionally dull He Chenguang was so startled by General Manager Yu's almost heaven-defying statement that he spat out a mouthful of water, coughing repeatedly.

He looked at General Manager Yu Tongguang and said:

"General Manager Yu..."

General Manager Yu Tongguang didn't look at him, but kept his eyes on Wang Shuo.

Wang Shuo was also a bit strange. He cast his gaze toward General Manager Yu Tongguang, and seeing that he was very serious, he pondered slightly and said: "May I ask why?"

General Manager Yu Tongguang shook his head with slight regret. He knew that since Wang Shuo didn't agree immediately, this matter was already impossible, but he still explained: "I was thinking, could something like zero be embedded into our mobile phones? This could elevate our mobile phones to another level."

The deeper reason was that he wanted to purchase zero egg to figure out the underlying principles, so as to develop more advanced technology.

This was also the only once-and-for-all method he could think of.

After all, following the path of technological development had always been the basic policy of Huaneng Technology.

Elder Ren's philosophy was: What you buy isn't necessarily the best.

Wang Shuo nodded in understanding. Having this idea was not surprising; if Huaneng Group's mobile phone business could match the intelligence of zero, the effect would certainly be quite good.

But unfortunately, this conflicted with his follow-up plans. To ensure the normal development of his follow-up plans, he needed to guarantee the absolute advantage of zero.

Sighing inwardly, Wang Shuo was about to shake his head and refuse, but suddenly thought of something, and his eyes lit up.

Right, what he needed to guarantee was the absolute advantage of zero, not its uniqueness.

In fact, he couldn't guarantee the uniqueness of zero anyway.

According to Liu Yemei's estimates, in at most two months, that is, before March of next year, the same Artificial Intelligence would appear on the market.

Whether it could reach the performance of zero egg was another matter, but in terms of price, it would definitely be unbeatable.

Wang Shuo dared to price it at 13888, and those people would dare to price it at 3888.

Price wars were always the trump card of those people.

By then, the sales of zero egg would definitely be affected.

Since the problem wasn't major, Wang Shuo hadn't taken it to heart originally, letting quality and time prove everything.

But now, there seemed to be a better choice in front of him?

"It's not impossible."

Wang Shuo stroked his chin.

"Providing the patent for zero egg directly to your company is definitely out of the question, but why don't we change the way we cooperate?"

Wang Shuo looked at the surprised General Manager Yu Tongguang and said: "I can provide your company with a separate version of zero egg, and guarantee that it will not interoperate with our company's zero data, ensuring the privacy of your company's users' data; in addition, I can also provide your company with some technical support, and even train your personnel for daily maintenance. But in return, your company needs to pay our company a portion of the rental fee annually. How about it?"

General Manager Yu Tongguang's brows twitched.

"General Manager Wang means... renting zero egg?"

"Not renting zero egg." Wang Shuo corrected him: "It is renting the technology of zero egg, and supporting deep customization for your company's products."

"General Manager Yu can imagine, if your company's products had the blessing of zero egg, what kind of changes would occur?"

Wang Shuo didn't need to remind him of this part; General Manager Yu Tongguang was the one in consumer business, and he knew what would happen better than Wang Shuo.

But he didn't agree rashly, just asked: "What are the requirements?"

Wang Shuo smiled: "General Manager Yu is wise indeed. I only have one requirement: the Artificial Intelligence system licensed to your company must also be called zero egg, and at the same time, its version will be at least two versions behind the officially released zero egg."

General Manager Yu Tongguang frowned slightly: "Is being two versions behind too much?"

"General Manager Yu can rest assured about this." Wang Shuo said sternly: "Currently, the program for zero egg is basically mature and will undergo major updates soon. Lacking two versions only means it lacks some agility in character emotion simulation and humanization, but it will not affect the positioning of the intelligent assistant. If your company's underlying system can be opened up, I can even guarantee that users can control all the functions of the mobile phone just by using voice."

"In addition, some functions I designed specifically for zero egg, such as permission functions, pet simulation functions, etc., will not be launched on your company's version. Your company's Artificial Intelligence permissions are fixed. I will provide a detailed list of the specific content when we cooperate."

General Manager Yu Tongguang nodded slightly. As long as there were no defects in functionality, a lack of anthropomorphism in the Artificial Intelligence was not a problem. As for permission functions, pet simulation, etc., in his view, they were not important.

What he valued most was that Wang Shuo provided deep customization, which was enough to make him tempted.

As mentioned before, he was the one who knew best what impact Artificial Intelligence could bring to Huaneng Technology's consumer business, and an Artificial Intelligence customized for the product was enough to double the experience.

General Manager Yu Tongguang raised his head slightly and asked: "What about the price?"

"As for the price... previously, the Hanzhong City branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences customized a zero egg, and the price given was 50 million per year, but your company is using it for production and operation, so it certainly cannot be at this price."

Wang Shuo thought for a moment and said: "Why don't we sign a profit-sharing contract, how about that? As long as it is equipped with our company's Artificial Intelligence, no matter how much your company sells it for, pay our company 500 yuan per unit, how about that?"

Five hundred?

General Manager Yu Tongguang frowned: "Five hundred is a bit too much; we can pay at most one hundred."

Wang Shuo felt a toothache.

It turned out that these big companies also cared about money; he had thought these companies spent money like water without caring at all.

"One hundred is a bit too little."

Seeing General Manager Yu Tongguang about to frown again, Wang Shuo said helplessly: "How about this, I won't ask for more, 200 yuan per unit. This price cannot be any lower, how about it?"

"Deal."

General Manager Yu Tongguang said crisply.

Wang Shuo suddenly felt that he had asked for too little.

General Manager Yu Tongguang glanced at him: "Two hundred yuan is not a small amount. The profit of mobile phones is already very thin, and we still have to support stores across the country and give profits to distributors. Being able to set aside two hundred for you is already not bad."

Wang Shuo spread his hands. The way he said it, it was as if he had taken advantage; if you have the ability, don't raise the price.

In fact, what Wang Shuo didn't know was that this was indeed him taking some advantage.

Generally, the cooperation between enterprises and Huaneng Technology usually adopted a buyout method; profit-sharing cooperation methods were generally not adopted, and even if adopted, the profit-sharing would not be too high.

Two hundred per machine?

What are you thinking?

Important ones might give you ten or twenty yuan; unimportant ones, giving you one or two yuan was already not bad.

If it weren't for the fact that the performance of zero egg really tempted General Manager Yu Tongguang, otherwise General Manager Yu Tongguang would rather pay a rental fee every year than agree to profit-sharing cooperation.

Even if he paid a rental fee of 100 million or even 200 million a year, it was much better than profit-sharing cooperation.

"Since we are talking about this, then I also have a condition for cooperation."

General Manager Yu Tongguang's voice was very steady.

"Please go ahead, General Manager Yu."

Wang Shuo nodded slightly, signaling for General Manager Yu Tongguang to continue.

General Manager Yu Tongguang glanced at He Chenguang next to him, and seeing that he was unmoved, he was a little helpless. Looking at Wang Shuo again, Wang Shuo was also completely unaware.

Gently exhaling, steadying his mind, General Manager Yu Tongguang finally said:

"General Manager Wang, do you... have any plans to enter the mobile phone industry?"