Under the auspices of Li Zetian, Cainiao Network was formally established, with Li Zetian as the chairman and Jack Ma as the CEO of Cainiao Network.
In the entire logistics network, warehousing is the storage and management link of commodities, and it is the most important! Li Zetian spent huge sums of money to build the rookie network, and naturally he would not use the money to build traditional warehousing. The times are developing, to build modern warehouses! In Li Zetian's vision, warehousing should be built into an "unmanned warehouse"! ! !
"Unmanned Warehouse" uses a large number of intelligent logistics robots for coordination and cooperation. Through artificial intelligence, deep learning, intelligent image recognition, big data applications and many other advanced technologies, industrial robots can make independent judgments and behaviors to adapt to different application scenarios. , commodity types and forms, complete various complex tasks, and realize automation in commodity sorting, transportation, warehouse delivery and other links.
Amazon has built some unmanned warehouses in the United States. According to statistics, the storage efficiency of "unmanned warehouses" is more than 10 times that of traditional beam shelves, and the picking speed of parallel robots can reach 3,600 times per hour, which is equivalent to 5 to 6 times that of traditional manual labor.
"Unmanned warehouse" can not help saving a lot of labor costs, but also greatly improve work efficiency! However, the initial investment is relatively large and the technical requirements are relatively high, but these two points are no problem for Li Zetian.
On the morning of November 30, the weather was fine and the quiet West Lake was beautiful.
Cainiao Network hosted a business summit at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hangzhou's West Lake, where manufacturers, online merchants, third-party service providers, Alibaba, SF Express, Three Links and One Da and many more courier companies gathered in Hangzhou, and even government officials.
At the beginning of the summit, Li Zetian was the first to take the stage. He first gave a speech at the summit, and put forward the idea of "unmanned warehouse", and even mentioned drones and unmanned vehicles a little. He said: "'No Human warehouses are the development trend of modern warehousing, so I believe that one day, couriers may be gradually replaced by drones and unmanned vehicles!!! In the future, the warehousing of the entire logistics line will be deployed to the final distribution, All intelligent equipment will be fully enabled, from unmanned warehouses, drones to unmanned vehicles, which will provide users with a more efficient and smoother shopping experience!!!”
At the end of the speech, the bigwigs who came to the summit all expressed their shock.
What Li Zetian said vividly depicted the future logistics scene for them, which surprised them and broadened their horizons!
As far as the current situation is concerned, the unmanned warehouse is already awesome enough, how can you still think of using unmanned aircraft or even unmanned vehicles to deliver goods? Just crazy! ! !
Of course, there are many people who have questioned this. They think Li Zetian's ideas are a bit whimsical, and once thought that he is a combination of a lunatic and a genius!
"I can't believe it, if it's really like what Chronos Li said, then many logistics personnel will lose their jobs in the future..."
"It's okay to say unmanned warehouses, but drones and unmanned vehicles are a bit unreliable for delivery."
"Hehe, how complicated the modern traffic road environment is, even old drivers can't guarantee their own safety, let alone unmanned vehicles. If unmanned vehicles drive on the road, there may be many traffic accidents..."
"Chronos Li has a big heart, hehe, he really dares to think about anything!"
"… "
Some people are dismissive of Li Zetian's ideas, and naturally some people are full of curiosity and interest in Li Zetian's ideas.
After the summit, major media around the world reported the content of the summit.
Within a few days, the chairman of BMW contacted Li Zetian.
"Hello, Chronos Li, my name is Norbert Reithofer, Chairman and CEO of BMW."
Li Zetian was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, what did the chairman of BMW do to contact him
"Oh, hello, Mr. Norbert Reithof!" Li Zetian paused and asked, "Excuse me, do you have anything to do with me?"
"Yes, Mr. Li." Norbert Reithofer smiled, "A few days ago, your speech at the Hangzhou Summit was very good, in which you mentioned the self-driving car project, and BMW is very interested in it. "
Li Zetian smiled bitterly: "I heard that many people do not agree with the self-driving car project, but your company is actually interested?"
"Haha, Mr. Li, can I say that those people are short-sighted?" Norbert Reithof laughed, then flattered and said, "Who in the world doesn't know that Chronos Li, you are a super genius, Which design project has not been successful. Although the self-driving car project seems absurd, BMW believes that it is possible! Mr. Li, BMW is very willing to cooperate with you!!!”
Li Zetian was stunned when he heard the words, and he said lightly: "Mr. Lesef, I think you should know that I have a car company under my name..."
"Yes, of course I know, it's Rolls-Royce Motor Company. However, Mr. Li, you also know that BMW's technology is much stronger than Rolls-Royce Motor Company! If you want to develop self-driving cars , then cooperating with BMW will definitely be beneficial to both parties!" Norbert Rethyf said, "Mr. Li, BMW and Rolls-Royce can jointly form a self-driving car company, you How does it look?"
Li Zetian pondered at this time. He was thinking about why BMW, one of the world's leading auto giants, had to cooperate with him. Suddenly, Li Zetian thought that self-driving cars need a lot of artificial intelligence technology, and artificial intelligence technology, Ke Luonuo Sri Lanka Industrial Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is the leader. You must know that almost the entire Internet is currently using the artificial intelligence technology of the Cronos Industrial Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, such as Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri, Google Home, Baidu Dubi and so on.
The focus of unmanned vehicles is "unmanned driving". Obviously, BMW can't beat Li Zetian by making self-driving cars alone. But if it cooperates with Li Zetian, BMW can quickly cut into the unmanned car market and become the first company to eat crabs. In the future, if BMW develops its own brand of unmanned vehicles, it will have technical advantages and rich development experience over other car companies.
In addition, since Li Zetian proposed the unmanned vehicle delivery project, this means that after the unmanned vehicle is built, there will be a large number of orders.
Li Zetian quickly thought of this, he smiled and declined: "Mr. Norbert Reithof, I need to think about this matter carefully!"
"No problem, Mr. Li, we have time. You can call me anytime you want."
"Oh well."
After speaking, the two ended the call.
Li Zetian shook his head secretly. Although the unmanned vehicle project has not yet been approved at this time, he has been doing technical reserve work. The self-driving car project has great potential for development, and would rather develop it independently than let BMW get a share of the pie, unless BMW is willing to accept its own acquisition.
Self-driving cars caused a stir in the auto industry, but they soon calmed down. Research and reports on self-driving cars have always existed. In 2004, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) took the lead in carrying out the most important challenge of self-driving cars. The team successfully made self-driving cars The car travels through the Mojave desert. By 2005, a modified Volkswagen Touareg from Stanford University had done the challenge even more perfectly.
However, no car company really regards unmanned vehicles as a key development project, at least until they see the prospect of unmanned vehicles, they will not spend their main resources on the development of unmanned vehicles.
Where there is demand, there is a market.
In Li Zetian's view, people have great doubts about the safety of unmanned vehicles, and they are by no means the best users. Just go to the street to do market research, and most people say they don't dare to ride in an unmanned car!
Unmanned vehicles must first be tested by the market, and after they are approved, people will buy drones with confidence. Therefore, the best use of the first batch of unmanned vehicles is delivery. When people find that unmanned vehicles deliver goods without car accidents, they will gradually recognize unmanned vehicles.
Therefore, Li Zetian vigorously developed logistics, and after forming a huge scale, he felt that he could develop unmanned vehicles, produce and sell them himself, without worrying about sales.
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After the Hangzhou Summit, Li Zetian did not return to the United States immediately, but continued to stay in China for a period of time. He then went to Shenzhen to inspect Xiaomi.
Because of the support of the Android system and strong spare parts suppliers, the development cycle of Xiaomi mobile phones will not be very long.
When Li Zetian came to Xiaomi, Lei Jun led the company's executives to greet him.
This was the first time Li Zetian saw Lei Jun, and he could not help but look at him carefully. He was tall and gentle, perhaps because of the high pressure of work, his dark circles were a bit serious.
Another tech giant from a previous life...
Li Zetian smiled, and Lei Jun stepped forward at this time, with excitement on his face, and said excitedly: "Mr. Li, hello, I'm Lei Jun, welcome to Xiaomi company!!!"
The amazing degree of iPhone is indescribable!
Lei Jun can't help but regard Li Zetian as his idol, and the Xiaomi mobile phone is almost developed after the iPhone.
Li Zetian reached out and shook hands with him, and said, "Hehe, hello, Lei Jun."
"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you to these people around me. This is Zhou Guangping, the former senior director of Motorola's Beijing R&D Center, and this is Liu De, the former director of the Industrial Design Department of Beijing University of Science and Technology..." Lei Jun pointed to his side one after another. Several people introduced them one by one.
"Hello!" Li Zetian nodded at them and shook hands.
After a brief introduction, Lei Jun took Li Zetian to visit the Xiaomi mobile phone research and development laboratory.
In the Xiaomi mobile phone research and development laboratory, Lei Jun introduced the characteristics and research and development progress of Xiaomi mobile phones to Li Zetian in detail.
Li Zetian nodded secretly, very satisfied.
The development speed of Xiaomi mobile phones is very fast. From September to the present, after two months, Xiaomi mobile phones have almost completed 35% of the development progress.
"Xiaomi is still recruiting people, and the speed of mobile phone development will be further improved in the future!" Lei Jun said, "We will strive to officially launch Xiaomi mobile phones in April next year!"
Li Zetian nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "By April next year, Nokia should also release a new mobile phone, which will be a huge challenge for Xiaomi!"
Lei Jun said confidently: "Mr. Li, don't worry, my team and I are full of confidence in Xiaomi phones!!!"
"Well," Li Zetian nodded again. He wanted to mention Xiaomi's marketing tactics, but he swallowed the words. If Lei Jun and others don't have the ability to be independent, what's the use of it...
There are many Li Zetian properties in Shenzhen.
The next morning, Li Zetian went to Tencent (China) company, and in the afternoon, he went to Baidu company.
On the third day, Li Zetian went from Shenzhen to Hong Kong to visit his parents. He spent two days in Hong Kong before returning to the United States.
As soon as he arrived in the United States, Norbert Reiseff, chairman of BMW, called again. It can be seen that BMW is really interested in unmanned vehicles.
Li Zetian thought about it for a while and decided to show him off, so he said, "Mr. Norbert Reithofer, it's not impossible for BMW to cooperate with me, but I have one condition."
"You said, what are the conditions?"
"I want to take a stake in BMW!" Li Zetian said lightly.
"If Mr. Li wants to invest in BMW, of course we are very welcome!"
"Mr. Norbert Reithofer, maybe you don't quite understand what I mean, I want to buy BMW!" Li Zetian paused and said, "Rolls-Ross Motors can be merged into BMW. In addition, I will also contribute $25 billion, and BMW will give me 60% of the shares.”
Norbert Reithofer frowned upon hearing this!
PS: I have something to do in the last few days, so the update is a little less, and I will update a little more tomorrow