I asked you to save a bankrupt factory and you became the richest man in the world.

Chapter 266 Chapter 091-092: Everyone’s reaction! (Two chapters in total)

Hillhouse Map looks very simple. It is an active electronic map that integrates GPS, online maps, and offline users. On the surface, it is a very simple UI interface.

But its complexity is beyond the scope of rebuilding a new underlying operating system from beginning to end!

As early as 2002, the current AMAP of this time and space has already begun to do refined map design. Baidu Maps also began to build accordingly in the following years. However, until 2011, their map was five years away from Gao Huaijun's map. Just ask for it, it’s still very far away!
The reason for this is actually very simple.

The core is that they are looking for answers in countless directions. If they go down any dead end, they may go deeper and deeper and waste money!

In addition, they could not imagine the important role of this thing in future generations, especially the role of collecting big data in forming the core foundation for building an unmanned posture system. Therefore, the investment has been very small, only 1000 per year to Wanhua. It's just Yuan. It's completely impossible to be like Gao Huaijun's Gao Ling. As long as he continues to direct, he will feel like he is giving orders.

However, even if Gao Huaijun raised corresponding questions and pointed out the corresponding research and development direction, it would still be very difficult to produce such a product in a short period of time.

"These demands from Mr. Gao are really outrageous!"

"Yes! It is difficult to collect and update map data alone. Continuously collect and update geographic data, including road networks, traffic flows, buildings, etc. This requires a large number of data sources and data processing capabilities, and requires accurate data. issues of timeliness and timeliness.”

"Not only that, this thing requires hundreds of surveying and mapping vehicles to run and map in China. The amount of data is so large that it will explode!"

"There is also the acquisition and processing of real-time traffic information. Traffic information must be obtained in real time, processed and analyzed to provide real-time traffic status and road condition information. This requires establishing cooperative relationships with traffic management departments and other data providers, And develop efficient data processing algorithms! This workload will be overwhelming!"

“Your optimization of navigation algorithms is not something that really bothers me. Navigation algorithms need to be continuously optimized to provide accurate and efficient route planning and navigation services. This includes considering traffic conditions, road restrictions, and user preferences. and other factors, and carry out real-time path adjustment and re-planning. Especially for user preferences, I also need to conduct personalized tracing with each user, and make optimal optimization suggestions based on different user preferences. Oops, I guess This time we can only make the initial version first, and then slowly iterate and improve it.”

"It is difficult to use GPS now! A large amount of geographical information needs to be processed and analyzed to provide accurate navigation and positioning services. This includes technical difficulties in geographical coordinate conversion, path planning, geocoding, etc., which were all rough before Positioning doesn’t require too precise positioning, but that’s not possible now.”

"Indeed, if General Gao doesn't direct his baton, he really won't know it without looking at it. He will be shocked when he sees it. Just the simplest thing, the in-car voice recording and playback at the right time, requires modification of the underlying logic."

Amid the turmoil, the two major departments of Hillhouse Vehicles and Hillhouse Artificial Intelligence have launched major actions respectively.

First of all, Hillhouse Maps, a small third-level department with only about 100 people, was directly independent from the Hillhouse Vehicle R&D Center and became a specialized working group. The work will not report to Iger but directly to Wang Xiuying. , and at the same time started recruitment, it is bound to increase the number of staff to 2000 people in the short term, which does not include the non-staff outdoor information collection team.

Don't think that 2000 people is a lot. You have to know that the number of employees of Amap in later generations is about 3500. This number is just to seriously support the shelf.

The establishment is only for 2000 people. One is the taxi service, hotel ordering service and other ancillary services that are often used by many later generations of Amap, but they have not yet been opened. The second one is mainly for algorithm employees, mainly for changes. The underlying logic of this product.

Secondly, the Hillhouse artificial intelligence team will also set up a task force in the Hillhouse Magic City branch to focus on the cross-research and development of this related business.

Now that Gao Huaijun's baton has been focused on this field, it is natural to step up research and development.

Although Gao Huaijun made so many requests, this Hillhouse map is just an enhanced version of the beggar. Except for the taxi service mentioned just now, the hotel ordering service has not been touched.

There are also sections such as real-time public transportation, hillhouse sports, peripheral travel, food, leisure and entertainment, etc. that can make a lot of money through traffic in the future.

Compared to later generations of Gaode maps, the functionality is less than a quarter.

Such performance, although it can already support a stunning work in this era, is not the goal of Gao Huaijun.

Far from enough!

In his eyes, this is a universal artifact for communicating with customers and artificial intelligence systems, even a tool terminal!
Food, drink, entertainment, etc. can be embedded accordingly in this software.

With a Hillhouse car, you can meet all your life needs.

The ability of this tool to become a platform is the best way to make this car profitable.

How much money can you make from selling your car?

Basically, in China's automobile industry, in this era, except for Hillhouse, which can reach the price point of 20 yuan, the products of other companies are basically below 10 yuan.

Unable to increase high premiums, they tried their best to keep costs down, but the average profit per car was only 1818 yuan.

How can we support research and development with profits like this?

Now Hillhouse's cars can not only be sold at high premiums, but can also use Hillhouse's original passenger flow to function as a platform.

Use the Hillhouse map as a terminal closed loop.

Only this thing can amplify this wonderful capital story!

Only with Hillhouse Vehicles can we complete the initial purpose before listing and release the most suitable proportion of premium space!
【Chapter 92】

As a rising high-tech company that is attracting more attention in China, Hillhouse will receive corresponding attention if it basically makes a move.

Hillhouse Vehicles has not released new models since the last "Ming" release.

With the successive facelifts of 'Qin' and 'Han', many people are looking forward to whether Hillhouse can produce a low-priced version of its A-class car.

After all, of all the car companies, none of them will not make A-class cars after making B-class cars!

Because the total price of A-class cars is low and the quantity is large!
Fengtian Automobile's Corolla, Suisang's Sylphy, and Dazhong's Lavida are all leaders among them. With tens of thousands of vehicles every month, and even hundreds of thousands of traffic at the peak, they are really not B-class cars and people are optimistic about the seats. Sports car, comparable.

Other automobile companies will also focus on this area.

In the latest promotion post of the official Hillhouse Vehicle Company Weapon promoting the latest model 'Han', there are a large number of customers making relevant discussions.

[I'm kind of looking forward to what the scene will be like if Han's configuration is transferred to their A-level cars. It looks like it will definitely be a mess! 】

[A friend of mine originally thought that domestic cars were difficult to drive. The Mercedes-Benz she drove was quite comfortable and she never considered domestic cars. However, her husband decided to buy a Han and drive it himself. This is good. After buying it, her I can’t drive the Mercedes-Benz anymore, so I drive that Hanban every day, saying it looks good and has good looks! 】

[Their cars are good-looking, but they are too expensive. If the configuration is decentralized, the price will probably be very high! 】

【yes! It would be great if there were cars worth around 10 yuan. 】

[Within 10? Dream on you! You may have seen the configuration of a domestically produced car that costs around 10 yuan on the market. The cars made by the company Hillhouse are very expensive! 】However, the number of PSTD (referring to mental disorders that occur after psychological trauma) in Hillhouse is very huge, and there are a lot of little black people under each post.

[Hillhouse? It’s just a niche product! Comparing their B-segment car heroes, as well as the real B-segment car kings Camry and Passat, the distance and gap between them is not generally large. 】

[If they decentralize their products, can they still control the quality well? It's a big problem! Quality control is not something that ordinary companies can do well! 】

[Their Han cannot be decentralized at all! The costs of batteries, electronic controls, motors, and range extenders are all fixed. After it sinks, it will definitely be killed. 】

These comments were quickly refuted.

[Hillhead's Han can break 5 mph in 2.0 seconds, which is equivalent to a 3.8T fuel vehicle, with a fuel consumption of liters. Its stability has also been tested by the market. It is very suitable for home use, and other their A-class cars. 】

[I won’t talk about other things. Since the sales of Hillhouse’s cars have increased, there are not many gasoline cars that use 100 kilometers acceleration as a promotional point. Isn’t it interesting? 】

[The Hillhouse is still too expensive. Although this car has many shortcomings, if the price is controlled at more than 15, it will be a perfect car. 】

[90% of domestic car buyers do it because of money. The reason for buying an A-class car is also because of money. After all, those who buy petrol cars and electric cars costing 40, , , or even yuan are not the main consumers. The mainstream is a group of more than yuan. If Hillhouse’s new cars are cheap to travel with, so needless to say, they will definitely sell like hotcakes! In the future, oil prices will only become more and more expensive, oil trucks will only become more and more targeted, policies will only become more and more unbalanced, and oil trucks will only become more and more declining. Support Hillhouse! 】

On the other side, after Gao Huaijun handed over the sketch of his idea for this A-class car, Hillhouse Vehicles and Hillhouse Artificial Intelligence divided into two groups. After the backbones of Hillhouse Vehicles compiled a preliminary plan, Gao Huaijun A special team for the vehicle was immediately established, and all received notification of the emergency meeting.

The person who convened the relevant meeting was undoubtedly Iger, the head of research and development of Hillhouse Vehicles.

In the conference room, I saw everyone looking at Egger excitedly.

Egg smiled slightly and nodded with satisfaction.

A-class cars can be said to be the research and development dream of the entire Hillhouse vehicle.

Now Hillhouse Vehicle's profits are limited, which has also indirectly affected the income of the people in front of them.

If A-class cars come out and are sold together with the SUV Qin, it will definitely make Hillhouse Vehicle's financial statements look much better!
It can be said that unlike Ming, the development of this car does not require too much mobilization.

It seems that the goal-oriented management method is still much stronger than the "rule-oriented" management method previously adhered to.

Iger shook his head and recovered his wandering thoughts. He said, "Everyone, I can inform you today that we have finally waited for the development of the A-class car that everyone has been waiting for. Everyone should be very happy."

All the R&D backbones in the audience smiled slightly.

A-level cars belong to the decentralization of technology. Compared with the new ones of Han, Qin and Ming, the research and development difficulty is significantly reduced, so it can be easily obtained.

If they make another invention, they will lose a layer of skin.

"However, this car is not as simple as you think!"

The faces of the key players present turned slightly solemn.

Could it be that A-class car owners also want to play tricks on hardware?
They knew about the Hillhouse map, but they didn't know how to change the hardware, right?
Iger asked the middle-level managers below to distribute the relevant optimized sketches.

Everyone who originally had a relaxed look on their faces now looked serious.

Underneath the faces with different appearances are faces that fall into the same dull state.

Everyone's brains are buzzing.

Boss Gao, you really can’t be a devil if you’re not crazy!
Even A-class cars need to be rolled!
I admire you!
"Damn it! Compared to Han Lai, this car looks better!"

"It seems that this A-class car has put a lot of effort into its appearance."

"The downgrade is just right. The starting speed of 7 meters in over seconds is just right."

"That's awesome! The boss's innovation gene is really strong."

After everyone finished the discussion, an employee who participated in the discussion frowned and said, "This appearance is even more curved and perfect than that of the Han Lai. It is estimated that it will take more blowing in the wind tunnel to come out, and the most important thing is that it also has more The design of an invisible door adds a lot of cost. Is it possible to keep the overall cost down?"

The speaker was a senior appearance expert who knew the core costs of automobile research and development very well.

So I'm worried that if we add on and add on, the ROM of a single car will end up being more expensive than the Hanlai. That would be very funny.

“President Gao’s research and development idea is to maximize the appearance and function, and make subtractions in invisible areas such as interior and power, as well as floor and frame materials. We must maintain a controllable state as a whole, so as to maintain the competitiveness of the product. , one plus and one minus, unbalanced empowerment, you two go together." Ige was well prepared and answered directly.

"Although from the perspective of the entire vehicle development, this is dancing on the tip of a knife and it is easy for the vehicle to overturn, but this is also a test of your work ability."

"As long as we are sufficiently careful in the selection of materials, we will definitely win this research and development battle!"

"Remember, this car is not developed for Mr. Gao, but for you. If this car is just hastily finished, even if the quality of Han is decentralized, it will definitely not sell well!"

"You know, many of our competitors already know Han, imitate Han, and start to transform Han!"

"In short, your short-term tasks are very clear. Everyone can perform their duties according to the division of labor."

"have you understood!"

At the end, Iger said sternly.

Developing this kind of product is actually more tiring than tomorrow!

Obviously there is no need to compare the costs of various materials, just stacking materials. This A-class car must have the ultimate performance.

(End of this chapter)