Su Zhirong frowned slightly and asked, "Why is this?"
Su Xu said: "The product's functions are insufficient, and another factor is that we in China still have no habit of using smart homes."
"Last year, the sales of Amazon Echo smart speakers in the North American market exceeded 10 million units, which is comparable to the sales of smartphones and computers! However, our Chinese manufacturer with the highest sales volume of smart speakers is less than one percent of theirs."
"In the United States, some families regard smart speakers as a necessity like smartphones. However, the market demand in our country has not yet opened up."
Lu Zixin said: "The function of the product limits its development."
To be honest, he would not buy a Xiaoyu smart speaker of this caliber because its performance is too poor.
"This is also related to the development of smart home appliances! There is no unified standard for domestic home appliances. Some families have bought smart speakers, but they do not have smart home appliances such as smart TVs, refrigerators, switches, and air conditioners that can be connected and managed. They can only buy them. Playing songs, the price/performance ratio is too low." Su Xu felt helpless.
"No matter what, it must be done. To run a business, you must be forward-looking. If you can't develop now, it doesn't mean you won't be able to do it in the future. I don't plan to take a break during the New Year this year. I urge them to improve their products as soon as possible. I'll wait for the next shareholder meeting. Only then can we have the capital to convince them to continue the project.”
On the side, Su Xiaomeng interjected: "Dad, you have been tinkering with it for two years, and you haven't seen how powerful this smart speaker has become. You might as well ask your brother-in-law for help, and I will solve it for you in minutes!"
Su Xiaomeng gave Su Xu a critical hit, and he said with a dark face: "Kid, what do you know?"
Lu Zixin saw this and said, "Actually, I can really help with voice interaction and intelligent information processing."
"You?" Su Xu looked at him questioningly. He knew that Lu Zixin was a senior executive of Hongxin and had a lot of money. But I don’t know much about him or other aspects of Hongxin.
"Do you still understand this?" he asked.
"Understand one thing. I also participated in the development of our Hongxin intelligent voice assistant." Lu Zixin said.
Su Xu still didn't believe it. He had asked Lu Zixin's academic qualifications before, and they were just average. His so-called participation in development should be in name only, and he doesn't know much about technology.
Su Zhirong said: "Yes, Dad, if you have any questions, you can ask Lu Zixin directly."
"No need." Su Xu didn't believe it, and as an elder, it was beneath his status to ask his son-in-law.
At this time, Liu Rui said: "Hongxin's smart phone is called Hongyun Voice Assistant. It's very powerful. You might as well ask Xiao Lu to come with you to have a look. Maybe it will be helpful?"
She asked Lu Zixin again, "Xiao Lu, do you have time?"
"Yes, I will stay in the Magic City these days." Lu Zixin nodded.
Su Xu was doubtful, but he had been tortured by this trouble for too long. He thought that maybe Lu Zixin could really give some advice, so he might as well take him with him and get to know his son-in-law's abilities at that time.
He still asked cautiously: "This doesn't involve your company's secrets, right?"
"It's okay, I have a sense of discretion." Of course Lu Zixin would not give them the company's confidential information, just helping them solve a few problems would be enough for them.
"Okay, then you will go to the company with me now." Su Xu said immediately.
"I want to go too!" Su Xiaomeng shouted.
"Don't cause trouble, just stay at home." Su Zhirong shouted, "We'll go out with mom to buy some New Year's goods later."
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Lu Zixin and Su Xu went to Leiyu Home Appliances Co., Ltd. More than an hour later, they arrived.
In the building of Leiyu Home Appliances Co., Ltd., as soon as Su Xu entered, the employees greeted him one after another, "Hello, Mr. Su."
They were curious when they saw the young man following Su Xu. They seemed to have never seen him before. Could he be a customer
When getting on the elevator, Su Xu also met an acquaintance. The man was about the same age as him, and the nameplate on his chest read: Leiyu Appliances, Vice President, Cai Yun.
"Old Su, haven't you gone home?" Cai Yun said in surprise.
"Have a meal and come back to take a look at the project." Su Xu simply replied.
Hearing Su Xu's answer, Cai Yun smiled and said: "Old Su, you still refuse to give up! This project was discussed at our last meeting and will be laid off after the year."
"I know you have put in a lot of effort, but if the project fails to produce results, the shareholders will not agree. R&D costs too much. I can wait for the smart home appliance market in China to open up before investing again."
Su Xu disagreed with his point of view and said: "Now all the major home appliance brands are making smart homes, and companies in other fields such as Keli, Jingdong, Daimi, and Lianxiang are also getting involved. If we are late, it will be detrimental to our development. The outlook is unfavorable.”
Cai Yun disagreed and said: "There is no need to do your own research. It is enough to directly represent foreign brands. The performance of smart speakers in North America is better than ours in China."
Su Xu shook his head and said: "How can it be so simple to be an agent? It is better to develop it yourself."
Seeing that he couldn't be convinced, Cai Yun simply changed the subject and asked, "By the way, who is this?"
Su Xun introduced: "The girl's boyfriend is also in the business. I took him to visit our company."
"Oh. What a talented person." Cai Yun said politely, and Lu Zixin responded simply.
Soon, they arrived at the department that develops smart speakers. Seeing Su Xu come in, everyone took it for granted that Mr. Su worked longer hours than other employees, and he could be said to be a model of dedication to the whole company.
"Lao Xia, Xiao Wan, come here." Su Xu ordered two people and saw a middle-aged man and a young man about the same age as Lu Zixin walking over.
Su Xu introduced to Lu Zixin, "Lao Xia, Xia Ankang, the director of our Xiaoyu smart speaker R&D department, has rich experience and has been working in the field of smart home appliances for more than ten years!"
"This is Wan Yongzhi, a top student who came back from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. He worked as a graduate student in a speech intelligence laboratory abroad, and his level is also very good."
“You and them can talk and talk about technical issues.”
Su Xu said, looking at Lu Zixin. To this day, he is still very suspicious of Lu Zixin's words. When Lu Zixin criticized this smart speaker before, he was dissatisfied. Later, his two daughters and his wife all thought that Hongxin's skills were higher than theirs, Leiyu's, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
Since Lu Zixin volunteered to help, let him see that Leiyu’s research and development level is not low! When he came up, he presented two expert-level talents to Lu Zixin, giving Lu Zixin a show of strength. Even if Lu Zixin is somewhat competent, I believe these two people can definitely suppress him in terms of professional knowledge. Let him know that young people still need to be humble!