The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 528
The concept of the Internet of Things is actually not new. On the contrary, it can be said to be an old-fashioned thing.

But in fact, it was not until recent years, especially with the promotion and popularization of smart phones, that it began to fully enter the lives of ordinary people, especially when more and more services are connected with mobile phones, all Talents begin to have a newer and more comprehensive impression and concept of the Internet of Things.

What is at the heart of the Internet of Things?
Many people will naturally think of the network, but in fact the network is the foundation, and the sensor is the key!

The most critical core of the so-called smart city Internet of Things is to enable those traditional dead things, such as trash cans, traffic lights, bus stops, etc., or even a high-rise building, to speak, and let them speak It is the sensor that speaks.

It is difficult to say whether the concept of the Internet of Things first created the development of sensors, or it was not until the emergence and development of sensors that the realization of the Internet of Things became possible, but everyone knows that sensors and sensors integrated The sensory network is the two core foundations of the realization of the Internet of Things. Without one of them, it is impossible to succeed.

Why can Zeus second-generation mobile phone be sold at a high price, and soon caused other mobile phone manufacturers to follow suit?

It is because of the addition of light sensors and gyroscopes, both of which are one type of sensors. In today's world, there are thousands of types of sensors, which have already been used in various industries and fields. If there is no sensor , the world will not know what to become.

Leaf Technology established a semiconductor research center in China, not only cooperating with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but also cooperating with many well-known domestic universities and research institutions such as Xiamen University, BJ University, and Fudan University to fund their research and development in this area , I don’t know how much money is invested in this every year.

Not only that, Leaf Technology has also acquired a number of semiconductor companies in China and the United States, and has continuously invested in research and development. There are also many products that have been applied to tablet computers, and Leaf Technology will continue to invest in semiconductors in the future. research, because the future prospects of this market are too large.

According to Ye Qiu's idea, for the time being, with the backing of Leaf Technology, it will vigorously support the research and development of semiconductors. When the company has formed enough technology and products in semiconductors, it will be separated separately to form a subsidiary of the company. It seems that Samsung Group separated Samsung Electronics.

Not only that, Leaf Technology is also preparing to gradually separate the company's business to form an independent subsidiary. This will be the first major change in the company's structure since the establishment of Leaf Technology. Eliza Moon believes that only through this Separation can further stimulate the vitality of the company's business.

As for the semiconductor business, Ye Qiu hopes to have the entire industry chain, from design, manufacturing, packaging to sales, and become a one-stop vertically integrated semiconductor company, just like Intel, Texas Instruments or Infineon.

It's not that Ye Qiu is too ambitious and wants to monopolize everything, but that he has to do so, because Leaf Technology's current business spread is too large, if technology research and development and product support cannot keep up, sooner or later it will still suffer a big loss .

Just like another very important business of Leaf Technology, smart cars.

Leaf Technology itself is not familiar with the automobile industry, so it has recruited many experts in this field, and has formed cooperation with many automobile manufacturers, including GM, Ford, BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen. To provide professional support, while Leaf Technology develops intelligent solutions.

At present, Leaf Technology has achieved a rough result, and auto manufacturers have also seen the prospect. Two aspects are very important. One is the positioning of Leaf Technology for smart cars, safety and convenience.

Science and technology is always a double-edged sword. It has a good side, but it will inevitably produce risks and crises. Therefore, the most important thing about science and technology is not to blindly pursue advancement, but to pursue more convenience while ensuring safety and reliability. , to bring convenience to people.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Leaf Technology's positioning of smart cars is safety and convenience, which organically integrates people, cars and life, instead of simply bringing mobile Internet into cars, which is innovative at all. ?

Then, the second aspect, what kind of operation method is the most convenient in the car?

mouse?touch?keyboard?Wrong, it's voice!

Therefore, Leaf Technology acquired Nuance, which is the industry's largest company specializing in the development and sales of speech recognition software and image processing software. More than 80% of the world's speech recognition comes from their technology.

The voice control method, you use it on a mobile phone or a tablet, it seems a bit useless, even in Ye Qiu’s previous life, a TV manufacturer used voice to control the TV, my God, how boring it must be for people to face it The TV talks, and if you are sitting in the living room and there are guests at home, do you control the TV with your voice?Or, reach out and gesture in mid-air?
Different control methods have a suitable environment for him to play, such as voice recognition, it must be when your hands cannot be freed, such as when you are driving, so Leaf Technology has made great efforts to acquire Nuance, just for Improve the important control means of smart cars.

Of course, this is not to say that speech recognition can only be applied to cars, but that it will show advantages when applied to cars. Leaf Technology is also developing some speech applications, and at the same time plans to open some technologies to the outside world to attract developers. However, there are still some problems in speech at present, such as semantic recognition. It is easy to hear clearly, but it is difficult to understand.

In the smart car system, sensors are also very important means, including safety measures such as tire pressure monitoring, braking system assistance, airbag system, and driving assistance systems such as automatic parking, driving safety, power control, and fuel consumption assistance. There is also to help car owners collect information on maintenance, safety, etc. Of course, some entertainment services are inevitable in the end.

From the perspective of this series of services, sensors are crucial links. Without sensors, these functions and services are impossible to realize. Therefore, Leaf Technology has a very clear vision of the future of the semiconductor industry, and Ye Qiu invests a lot of money every year for this reason. The funds are in R&D and acquisitions, and the purpose is to ensure that Leaf Technology maintains its progress in the semiconductor field.

In the smart ecosystem outlined by Leaf Technology, smartphones and tablets are essential items to carry with you. At present, Leaf Technology is a leading company in this regard, and it also holds a considerable patent base in its hands. The next thing to do is Keep improving and stay ahead.

Portable devices, such as smart watches, smart glasses, and smart cameras, can only be regarded as auxiliary devices. In Ye Qiu's previous life, many companies thought about these things too complicatedly. They had to make watches and glasses the same as mobile phones, with text messages , taking pictures and a lot of functions, why bother?Don't people who wear watches carry mobile phones?

If you wear it, then the mobile phone has the function of taking pictures and text messages, why do you need a watch?Is it more convenient to face the watch screen than the phone screen?Or, some people think that texting on the watch screen is very high-tech?

Just like what Ye Qiu said in a meeting with the management and R&D personnel of Leaf Technology, technology must always be people-oriented, and it will always have only one theme, which is to bring convenience to people, not to cause trouble for people!

Similar to smart cars, smart TVs, smart homes, and smart cities, these are all part of the entire smart ecosystem, large or small, or part of society or individuals, and they all have their own characteristics. They feature to develop smart services and devices adapted to them.

Just like smart TVs, Leaf Technology has not yet found an effective user experience, whether it is controlled by voice, gestures, or remote mouse touch, it is obviously unable to achieve real innovation, because in the final analysis, it Still can't get rid of the traditional TV control and user experience. If it is not convenient, it is impossible for smart TV to be popularized?

At present, Leaf Technology has Youtube and Android stores. These two content providing platforms have no problems at all in terms of content. The main problem is user experience, which Leaf Technology cannot solve for the time being. Find the most suitable control method, and the smart TV system will be impossible to start.

Chen Zhong was really convinced by Ye Qiu's great prospects. At the very least, he knew very clearly that the central government paid great attention to and supported this attempt in Xiamen. Once it succeeds, it will definitely be further promoted .

Moreover, around the planning of the entire smart city, there is a huge demand for supporting services. If Huangtian Group can further cooperate with Leaf Technology, it will definitely seize the opportunity before all competitors.

In the next two days, Ye Qiu took Chen Zhong to Leaf Technology's semiconductor R&D center in Xiang'an District, Xiamen, and Leaf Technology's China headquarters, and showed Chen Zhong the concept of Leaf Technology's smart home. Including many concepts and ideas that Chen Zhong may not be able to hear outside.

This trip has benefited Chen Zhong a lot, but he is also a person who has seen the world. At first, he was full of surprises, but soon he realized a big problem, that is, such a complicated intelligent ecosystem, although It can bring great convenience and excellent experience to users, but how to ensure security?

For example, the smart phone payment displayed by Leaf Technology, or even the car and home door locks will all adopt intelligent control in the future, but if it is hacked, wouldn’t it cause huge losses?
Ye Qiu said that Leaf Science and Technology has long had the means to deal with it.

In fact, five days later, he received a call from Eliza Moon in the United States.

When Ye Qiuyuan was on vacation in China, the European football transfer market was also in full swing.

Manchester United took the lead in firing the first shot of the acquisition. After the end of the season, Manchester United took the lead in announcing that the Red Devils had paid 500 million euros from Ligue [-] to dominate Lyon and from many giants including Real Madrid. , snatched the French genius striker Karim Benzema.

This talented French striker is recognized in Europe and may become the world's top striker in the future. Quite a few people think that he is very similar to Ronaldo back then except for his speed and explosive power. When Ferguson announced the introduction of Benzema, he also Said that Benzema will become a vital member of the team's striker.

Benzema's arrival is also seen by many as a signal that Manchester United is going to sell Cristiano Ronaldo, and the most likely place for the Portuguese superstar to go is undoubtedly Real Madrid, where Florentino took office. It's no secret anymore, it's just that no one will tell the outside world.

In addition to Benzema, Ferguson also announced that he has poached England's native Rooney from Chelsea, but the specific transfer amount has not been announced, but it is revealed that Rooney's transfer fee may reach 5000 million euros Rooney refused to renew his contract with Chelsea. On the other hand, Chelsea was dissatisfied with Rooney's frequent bombardments in the past.

This is also seen as a signal for Pini Zahavi to reorganize Chelsea, and the Israeli agent said that Rooney's departure will not affect Chelsea's competitiveness, but many media believe that the Israelis are bluffing, With Abramovich making it clear that he will not continue to increase the club's transfer fee, Chelsea can only rely on selling people to support the team's signings.

At present, the most scarce position for Chelsea is the goalkeeper. It is hard to find a good goalkeeper in today's football, let alone the world's top Juventus goalkeeper Buffon, Tottenham Hotspur Petr Cech, and Real Madrid's Iker Casillas. God, even goalkeepers such as Liverpool's Reina and Barcelona's Valdez are equally difficult to poach.

According to information received by peter kenyon, chelsea's targets include lyon's ugo loris, ajax's stekelenberg, CSKA moscow's igor akinfeev, There is also Julio Cesar of Inter Milan, but this Inter Milan has made it clear that it is not for sale.

Good goalkeepers are scarce in European football today. Arsenal, Chelsea, AC Milan, Bayern Munich and other teams are all looking for goalkeepers. Even Barcelona has not given up on the pursuit of goalkeepers. Manchester United also hopes to find a goalkeeper to take over Van der Sa's version, so the goalkeeper position has become more and more popular.

For Tottenham Hotspur's Petr Cech, don't even think about digging, let alone digging or not, even if Tottenham Hotspur is willing to sell, how much can you pay for it?Without a sky-high price of tens of millions, don't expect Ye Qiu to ask.

Because of this, Chelsea has been looking for a goalkeeper almost every year these years, but they have never found a suitable candidate. Many people even suspect that if Chelsea continue to use the same transfer operation methods as in the past this season, the goalkeeper will still be unavailable.

The biggest buyers in the Premier League transfer market are undoubtedly Manchester City, Everton's Lescott, Barcelona's Sylvinho, Arsenal's Kolo Toure and Adebayor, Blackburn's Saint Ke russ , aston villa ' s gareth barry
Many people have to be surprised to see that Manchester City almost wants to poach all the teams in the entire Premier League, and after spending more than 1 million euros, they still have one of the most important signings that has not been announced to the public. That is the long-rumored news that Messi of Tottenham Hotspur switched to Manchester City for 5000 million euros.

Everyone is aware of this transfer, just like Cristiano Ronaldo's decision to switch to Real Madrid. Turnham Hotspur is worried that the North American trip will be affected, and some people say that this is Manchester City preparing for Messi's joining.

There is another big crocodile in the European transfer market, and that is La Liga giants Real Madrid.

Florentino's promise when he came to power was to buy the superstars that Real Madrid missed in the past three years in one year, and to fill in the regrets of Real Madrid fans in the past three years in one year.

This slogan immediately ignited the passion of Real Madrid fans, and all Real Madrid fans were eagerly waiting for the superstar to join.

The first to come to the team was Kaka from AC Milan. This Brazilian superstar who rejected Manchester City half a year ago finally left AC Milan and joined Real Madrid. This also confirmed everyone's suspicion half a year ago. That is why Kaka rejected Manchester City, a very important reason is that Florentino is determined to return to Real Madrid.

At the same time, Florentino personally called Peter Kenyon and Ye Qiu to inquire about the transfer of three players in the Tottenham Hotspur team, Ribery, Fabregas and Tia Go Silva.

The three players are an important part of Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt, midfield and backcourt. After deciding to let Messi go, Ye Qiu expressed his refusal to let go of Ribery, and Cesc Fabregas Also an important member of the team, Tottenham Hotspur made it clear that they would not sell, and Cesc Fabregas himself was unwilling to join Real Madrid.

As for Thiago Silva, Ye Qiu made it clear that the captain of Tottenham Hotspur is not for sale.

It was not easy to train Thiago Silva, who was the most stable central defender in the Premier League and even European football last season. If he is sold like this, then Tottenham Hotspur's defense Isn't it going to experience turmoil again?
Florentino is also a straightforward master. After he clearly got Ye Qiu's meaning, he didn't bother him too much. The importance of Wa and Fabregas, and Ribery's performance after his return from injury was not very good, so Florentino did not dwell too much on the issues of these three players.

This is also the reason why other European teams like to do business with Florentino. He is very straightforward. If he likes your player, he will talk to you directly instead of contacting the player privately. He always believes that, Buying and selling transactions must be based on your willingness, and this method of secretly digging corners has always been somewhat different from his flaunting of Real Madrid's image.

But giving up Ribery and Cesc Fabregas does not mean that Florentino is not interested in others. He began to turn his target to the other two players, and soon opened up to Peter Kenyon. A price that Tottenham Hotspur couldn't refuse.

(End of this chapter)