In terms of cooperation in brain-computer-connected VR, Goose Factory’s goal has been clear from beginning to end, which is to create an ecosystem that is comparable to smartphones.
What Lei Jun saw was virtual reality, and what Goose Factory saw was a vast entertainment ecology.
Because of this, both companies are very enthusiastic about this cooperation.
As for science and technology innovation, Zheng’s ideal is to lay the foundation for subsequent virtual reality.
Controllable nuclear fusion combined with artificial intelligence technology can greatly unleash productivity.
In the future, society will not be able to provide so many jobs for everyone, and the employment rate will be reduced to 50%. At this time, the employment structure can be adjusted and more people will be directed to the research field.
But not everyone is suitable for research. Virtual reality technology is the best entertainment product in the new era.
Lei Jun only saw the virtual reality market, while Zheng Li saw the future society that he would dominate through technological revolution.
This is not to say that Lei Jun is small, but because his background means that he can only look at the future from the perspective of an entrepreneur in the current era.
Zheng Li is an intelligent life that came to Blue Star from other more developed societies, so he will naturally subconsciously promote the transformation of human society into a mage society.
After Zheng Li's real body arrived in Kuala Lumpur and saw the lower class people in Chinatown where he lived, Zheng Li was surprised by how unfriendly and exploitative Blue Star society was to the lower class.
Because the population of the Mage Alliance is cultivated through artificial womb technology, even the artificial next generation, the people who have been reduced to the lowest level, can have free food, clothing, housing, transportation and certain entertainment products.
So much so that Zheng Li has great doubts about whether controllable nuclear fusion and artificial intelligence have achieved breakthroughs, and whether the liberation of productivity can indirectly liberate the people at the bottom.
"Pony, after the introduction of science and technology innovation, we need to make certain changes in the positioning of Black Shark." Ren Yu found Brother Xiao Ma and wanted to talk about his strategic plan.
"The concept of a gaming phone itself is a false concept, and the market segment it represents is too small. It has been more than three years since we acquired Black Shark. Even with the support of Goose Factory, Black Shark's market share still has not grown much. "
Originally, Goose Factory's positioning of Black Shark was to make hardware as a complementary part of Goose Factory's strategy. The expectations were not high.
But the problem is that now that there is a future of science and technology, the brain-computer connection VR, whether it is in terms of prospects or current scale, Black Shark is a bit dispensable.
Brother Xiao Ma knows that Ren Yu must have complete thoughts when reporting work. All he has to do is listen to what the other party has to say and then make a decision:
"The black shark can be sold or kept. Raising the black shark is just a piece of cake for the goose factory. Please tell me what you think first."
At this time, the Penguin Island in Goose Factory has been delivered. The two of them stood in one of the Penguin Island office buildings, looking at the sea view outside.
Ren Yu was poached from Huawei by Goose Factory and became chief operating officer along the way.
Because he worked at Huawei, he also has a strong understanding of hardware:
"You can keep the Black Shark, but you shouldn't invest in gaming phones anymore."
"It's clear there's not much future in this direction."
“Black Shark should build supporting hardware around brain-computer connected VR, and even participate in the industry chain of brain-computer connected VR.”
"After the sales came out, I felt relieved. If it failed, it would be too difficult to gather the strength of the entire group."
Even at Ren Yu's level, whatever he wants to accomplish, he still needs to use his results to speak for himself.
Only if you achieve success can you obtain subsequent resource support.
If the brain-computer connection VR does not achieve the expected results, some people will naturally use this matter to criticize him in the internal struggle, and his right to speak will also be reduced.
Ren Yu continued: "FB has fully invested its resources in the VR field. FB is very afraid of Futureverse."
FB was very concerned about Kechuang’s future brain-computer connected VR products before they came out.
FB’s global vice president even went to Suzhou to meet with Cheng Gang, hoping that FB would be involved in science and technology innovation in the future.
They expressed their willingness to take Quest in exchange for shares. Zuckerberg asked the vice president to send a message. If Zheng Li was willing, he could go to the Lion City to negotiate in person.
Kechuang Biotech has not agreed to cooperate, but FB has been paying attention to the development of brain-computer VR.
It was not until the release of brain-computer connection products that the potential for global popularity of brain-computer connection VR became clear.
FB struggled for the last time and asked Kechuang Biotech if the brain-computer connection VR technology can be licensed?
After being rejected, he was originally hesitant to cooperate with Musk's Neuralink. Later, Zuckerberg and Musk met and chatted for a long time, and the two parties reached a strategic cooperation.
The reason why he is hesitant to cooperate with Neuralink is because Neuralink’s technology is too far from that of Kechuang Biotech. Zuckerberg, as a person who knows the inside story, has serious doubts about Neuralink’s technology.
What if Kechuang Biotech opens up its technology in the future and they cooperate with Neuralink and are unable to obtain the technology authorization from Kechuang Biotech?
Globally, Kechuang Biotechnology is synonymous with brain-computer connection.
The brand recognition is even higher than DJI. After all, the number of users of drones is far less than that of brain-computer connected mobile phones.
"Brain-computer connected VR is not only very popular in China, but its popularity abroad is no less popular than at home. The ecology of Goose Factory has a rare opportunity to enter overseas markets."
"We also need to increase investment in the VR field. Gaming phones are not in line with the current development environment, and they should play their due role."
Pony was puzzled: "Mark, brain-computer connection VR has received the greatest support from the group."
"The traffic of the entire group is already giving way to VR. I can see broad prospects for the VR industry in the future."
LOL has been losing players and lacks fresh blood. Although it still occupies the first position in PC games in China, its stamina is obviously insufficient.
As the LOL e-sports industry enters its 13th year, the actual number of global viewers of S games has declined year by year.
"Heroic Doomsday" developed by Goose Factory Photon Studio, Goose Factory hopes that it will become the next global hot online game and improve Goose Factory's e-sports ecology.
Therefore, "The End of Heroes" has only been online for three months, and leagues around the world are already in preparation.
Goose Factory has done its best to cultivate the VR industry ecology.
"But Black Shark is transforming into a brain-computer connected VR package. What can the supporting equipment do?"
"The only thing I can think of that has a market is speakers. They are specially designed to be surround-type speakers for brain-computer connection in VR, so that players can have a more immersive experience."
"But how many people will buy specialized speakers? Isn't this a smaller market than gaming phones?"
Ren Yu explained: "No, the speakers are only one aspect. The brain-computer connection to VR can already give the user sounds. But we can do more than just speakers."
"Human senses include vision, smell, touch, taste, hearing, etc. Hearing is what the brain-computer connection VR itself can give to the user."
"Even if Black Shark is an enhanced speaker, it is just the icing on the cake. My expectation for Black Shark is to function as an olfactory panel and add a sense that is not there before."
"Black Shark can use enhanced speakers and peripheral seats for early branding, and later develop olfactory supplement equipment."
The chairman of a company only needs to make decisions, and the specific content of the plan is the task of the executives.
It's not that Pony couldn't think of the points mentioned by Ren Yu, but he doesn't need to do this work. He only needs to judge the plan provided by his subordinates.
The job at the top of an enterprise is very simple: decision-making, constant decision-making.
In fact, there are very few senior executives who make plans themselves. Most of them ask their subordinates to provide a plan, and they choose one and report it to a higher-level executive.
This is why many high-level leaders do not want to retire, because they do not need to do specific work themselves and the work intensity is not high.
Pony thinks Mark is crazy: "Smell? I personally feel that taste is more reliable than smell. Taste has some basic tastes."
"The reason why humans can develop displays to simulate so many colors is because of the existence of the three primary colors. But humans have tens of thousands of senses of smell."
"And odors can't be fused together. It would be too difficult for us to develop an olfactory supplement device."
Pony is a man from a science and engineering background, so he is not easily fooled.
Basic judgment is still there.
There are three primary colors because the human eye is a trichromatic visual system with only three types of photoreceptor cells.
If humans had more than three types of photoreceptor cells, then the three primary colors would not be the basic principle of current displays.
Human beings have made further progress in taste receptors than in smell.
For example, humans have studied a lot of the specific high expression effects of which gene segments have different tastes.
Ren Yu nodded and said, "Yes, I know it's difficult."
Pony interrupted, "It's very difficult."
Ren Yu continued to nod: "Yes, it is very difficult."
“But we can’t stop doing it just because it’s difficult.”
"The Goose Factory can now do something without considering profits."
“Instead of letting Black Shark survive half-dead, it’s better to let them do something more meaningful.”
“Brain-computer connection VR’s most important brain-computer connection patent is still in the hands of Kechuang Biotechnology.”
"Although the agreement signed by Kechuang Biotech and Kechuang Future is an exclusive licensing agreement for ten years."
“But what if Kechuang Biotech doesn’t license Kechuang’s future technologies in ten years?”
Since brain-computer connection technology is the core technology of Kechuang Biotechnology, it only provides Kechuang with future brain-computer connection technology in the form of patent authorization.
The development of brain-computer connection chips is also in the hands of Kechuang Biotechnology, which is provided to Kechuang Future in the form of supply.
Super lithium batteries used for brain-computer connection in VR are also supplied by Kechuang Biotechnology.
Because mobile phone batteries and car batteries are different, the graphene coating manufacturing machine created by Kechuang Biotechnology is specially developed for car batteries.
Therefore, none of the domestic mobile phone manufacturers have used super lithium battery technology.
When Lei Jun met Zheng Li in Lion City, he specifically mentioned super lithium batteries and asked if he could supply rice phones.
It is precisely because the ownership of brain-computer connection technology is not in the hands of Kechuang Future that Goose Factory can obtain 40% of the shares.
"If virtual reality is really going to be realized in ten years, what should we do if the national level feels that it needs state-owned enterprises to enter the market and let them replace the goose factory?"
"Ten years is a long time, but ten years is also a short time. We need to prepare for a rainy day."
“Brain-computer connected VR is just an entertainment device now, but that doesn’t mean it will still be an entertainment device ten years from now.”
"It is difficult to make olfactory sensing equipment, but we have ten years to form Goose Factory's own technical barriers in this field."
"Even if things change in the future, Kechuang Biotech will not be able to avoid us. We can continue to cooperate."
Ren Yu's strategic vision is very long-term.
"I also know that there are tens of thousands of senses of smell, and the sense of smell does not have a basic color or a basic taste like taste and vision."
"But precisely because it is difficult, this is our opportunity. Precisely because it is difficult to do, it is almost unrealistic to achieve olfactory EEG signal conversion through brain-computer connection."
"We can specialize in this area. In the early stage, it will be used as an external device, and in the later stage, it can be embedded into the brain-computer connected VR."
“Since Goose Factory has plans to make hardware, it’s better to take a long-term view.”
"Instead of holding on to the current gaming mobile phone field."
It can only be said that the situation is different.
When Goose Factory acquired Black Shark, it was during the final expansion period of major Internet companies. Byte, Ali, and Qiandu were making big moves in hardware.
Goose Factory couldn't hold it back, so it made a small purchase of Black Shark. The price of 3 billion to 4 billion is indeed a small deal for the goose factory.
If Goose Factory could have known about the future and would have the opportunity to cooperate with Kechuang Biotechnology, Pony would definitely not have chosen to acquire Black Shark.
After listening to Ren Yu's words, Pony was already convinced.
Although it is unlikely that Kechuang Biotech will abandon them and start a new business ten years later.
But Zheng Li sold 8% of his shares to Huaguo Investment Group, which made Pony think what if?
It’s better to plan ahead than to do it ten years from now.
It’s not like the goose factory can’t afford a specialized laboratory.
In recent years, when investing in venture capital in China, the most important thing is whether the company has hard technology.
It is not only because of the changes brought about by scientific and technological creatures, but also because of the general environment that the previous gameplay cannot be played anymore.
Relying on market scale advantages and business models to start a business is no longer in line with the general environment.
Pony nodded and said: "You convinced me, but there is no need for us to leave this matter to Black Shark."
"Package and sell Black Shark Technology, and then set up a new company to do this."
"You prepare some materials to report to the board of directors."
Goose Factory plans to engage in hard technology research and development, and Kechuang Biotechnology has always been synonymous with hard technology in China.
Hard technology is defined in Qiandu Encyclopedia as key core technologies that can represent the world's most advanced level of scientific and technological development, lead a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and have a significant supporting role in economic and social development.
Ke Chuang Bio's brain-computer connection technology cannot be more advanced.
However, Kechuang Biotech has not relaxed its investment in technology research and development in recent years.
For example, brain-computer connection technology was initiated by Zheng Li, and the subsequent brain-computer connection VR technology was also provided by Zheng Li.
However, the brain-computer connection chip was independently developed by Kechuang Biotechnology, and Zheng Li had no technical reserves in the silicon-based semiconductor industry.
The Mage Alliance does not engage in silicon-based computers. The mages are playing with carbon-based computer technology.
At this time, Zheng Li's clone on Clark Island was undergoing critical research.
