Chapter 285 Pony takes action personally
Being able to convince the already successful Yu Jiawei, who has backgrounds in Tencent and Microsoft, Zhang Chao had no doubt about the prospects of this matter.

"Leader, you know I'm a Buddhist. I don't have a strong obsession with making achievements. I think my life is pretty good now." Zhang Chao was already politely declining the offer.

Yu Jiawei listened to the other party patiently and then laughed: "Amazing, have you ever thought that Taobao will be eliminated in the new round of e-commerce revolution launched by Tencent?

Once Taobao is eliminated, how can Alibaba support you guys?
If you lie low now, you will face a mid-life crisis in the near future. By that time, I believe that no company in the market will have the need for ground marketing.

Because the entire market will be unified by Tencent, all merchants will be integrated by Tencent.

Think about it carefully. You joined Tencent in order to be able to lie flat in the future. If you continue to stay in Alibaba, it is true that you can lie flat now, but don't think about lying flat in the future.

If you doubt that Tencent can do this, just look at Baidu now and you will know that Tencent's use of artificial intelligence to disrupt the e-commerce field will be even more dramatic than the search engine."

Zhang Chao was shocked. He was naturally well aware of the search engine revolution brought about by Hornbill.

This has been defined as a revolutionary event in the Internet field. Traditional search engines are powerless in the face of Hornbill.

This phenomenon is even more serious overseas.

That’s right, overseas users are much more loyal to Hornbill than users in China.

Due to the limitations of the perfect copyright protection mechanism, it is difficult to search for pirated download resources through Google. However, if you use Hornbill, as long as there are pirated resources on the Internet, it can help you find them.

This even seriously affected Netflix's revenue and profits, but they had no way to say it directly because Hornbill was banned in America, and Microsoft's special version of Hornbill also blocked similar functions.

But many people still use the Malaysian Hornbill when hanging ladders. According to them, they like the original flavor.

Not only Netflix is ​​affected, but also HBO, Disney and some film and television apps in China. Disney will not tolerate it and directly sued Alpha Technology for copyright infringement in Malaysia.

This case is still pending in the Malaysian court. Is it unrealistic to let Malaysia punish its own companies?

News like how much Americans like Hornbill is not available on the simplified Chinese Internet, but if you browse Twitter regularly, you can often see it.

On Twitter, Hornbill is hailed as a piece of software that you cannot fail to use, and its status is comparable to that of Twitter to China's hungry otakus.

Zhang Chao is this kind of otaku, and he often sees similar news.

If this generation of applications of Alpha Technology is really as Yu Jiawei said, then it is indeed bad news for Alibaba.

"Chao, people need to think about the future, not just the present. Three days, I'll give you three days. Think it through and tell me." Yu Jiawei's tone was full of confidence, as if he was sure that you would come to me.

"Thanks for the advice, boss. I will definitely think it over carefully." Zhang Chao wiped the sweat off his forehead and thought to himself that it was a good thing that he knew how to behave and that the boss didn't forget to give him some advice.

He has made up his mind to find someone to ask about it.

“Dear audience friends, isn’t Tencent testing the next generation of Hornbill? It is said that the biggest update of this generation of Hornbill is that it can help you shop online!

Yes, you heard it right. When you ask, for example, I want to buy a pair of pants, it will automatically help you select the goods and place an order based on the shopping data in your mobile phone. You don’t even need to fill in the default delivery address as long as you have set it.

It's basically like this, you just need to say, "I want a pair of trousers," and then you can wait for two days to receive a pair of trousers suitable for this season.

You may think that this sounds easy, but in fact, this is artificial intelligence thinking for humans.

Shopping is a complicated process, and I am really shocked. I am waiting for Tencent to send me the beta version of the app." Pony had no expression on his face, not pretending to be shocked for the sake of show effect.

Tencent is very clear about how public opinion works. They first developed an internal beta version and provided it to self-media bloggers for use.

Let them stir up a lot of discussion on the Internet.

Whether it is positive or negative discussion, as long as it can build momentum for the next generation of hornbills, it is fine.

They are well aware that if artificial intelligence replaces humans in shopping, it will definitely cause an uproar, and it is useless to just let self-media bloggers say good things.

There are so many macro issues involved, such as artificial intelligence threats, data security, industrial revolution, etc., that it is impossible to control public opinion.

It is better to be open from the beginning and let everyone discuss freely. This way, even if everyone talks about the shortcomings from a negative perspective, they will be able to make up for it in the end.

Videos that are apparently negative but actually positive are like, "Although Hornbill AI has various problems, we believe that it will become more and more useful as technology iterates."

In order to achieve the desired publicity effect, Tencent even persuaded Pony to personally shoot the promotional video for Hornbill AI.

As the second largest shareholder of Bilibili, Pony will definitely set up his own personal account on Bilibili instead of Douyin, even though Douyin’s publicity effect will be better.

Pony first created his own personal account on Bilibili and posted a video similar to a self-introduction.

Chen Rui was the first to congratulate below. Many friends thought that when Mongolia was on the top lane, the time had come and they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble but were banned.

Pony then released a second video, which was about the next generation of Hornbill AI.

In the video, Pony briefly introduced what Hornbill AI can be used for.

Although I was attracted by the novelty of a socially anxious entrepreneur like Pony coming out to shoot a video for me, coupled with the crazy traffic from Bilibili, Pony's second video topped the hot list of the day and received two million views.

But honestly speaking, the effect is not very good. This kind of boring content is difficult to attract users' attention. The comments below the video are also discussing Pony's video shooting, rather than the video content itself.

The questions on Zhihu about Pony's video shooting were full of sarcasm:

"It made me laugh. The fans who watched it later must have wondered why a video with a million views didn't have any comments, because from the first video, Pony was being bullied by a group of people, and the whole screen was full of comments.

Then it was dealt with urgently by Bilibili, and the second one was the same. The people in the front were spamming it, and the people behind followed suit. There was no other content for everyone except this one.”

By the time of Pony's third video, because the content was interesting enough, serious comments finally appeared.

"Hello everyone, I have introduced some things that Hornbill can help you buy, which cover all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation. There are many up-loaders who have shot similar content. Today I want it to do something different, and it actually did it." Pony's expression was finally no longer a poker face, but a hint of surprise.

In a sense, after shooting three videos, I can be considered a veteran actor.

Fortunately, Bilibili handled the barrage quickly enough, and Pony didn't see the scrolling text. If he had seen it, he would probably be upset for a while.

"I have always been interested in space, and Tencent has invested in a number of commercial aerospace-related companies, including American Global Hydrogen Energy, which went bankrupt two years ago, and Argentina's Satellite Logic.

I told Hornbill last night that I wanted to launch a satellite into space, and it just replied with an OK and then no more.

I thought it was too difficult and that it couldn't do it. But three days later, it told me that it had contacted the manufacturer and that I needed to follow up personally because I had set a payment limit.

The payment limit of Hornbill is RMB 10,000, and you can adjust it according to your needs, with a maximum limit of RMB 20,000.

As we all know, the cost of launching a satellite has dropped a lot in recent years, but it will never be less than 1 yuan.

As a result, Hornbill helped me contact the manufacturer, paid the deposit, and got the contact information for me. The order invoice for the deposit has been sent to me. "

The video shows a series of images, played at a very slow speed.

“As you can see, we have connected the ecosystems of Hornbill and WeChat.

Everyone should know that many companies have opened corporate accounts and then asked you to join a group. After joining the group, you can receive coupons and enjoy discounts.

In order to avoid some problems caused by artificial intelligence, we cannot authorize Hornbill to directly operate your WeChat account.

What should I do? As long as you have a Hornbill account and have authorized it, we will simultaneously open a Hornbill WeChat account for you. Hornbill can use this WeChat account to join groups to receive coupons and communicate with merchants.

You can see that here my Hornbill completed the payment of the deposit with a salesperson named Jenny from Guangjia Aerospace.

So next we have to go to Guangjia Aerospace to complete the follow-up process of this order."

After Pony finished speaking, the scene in the video began to change, elevator, airplane, car, Pony came all the way from Pengcheng to Shenhai.

"Okay, we've arrived at the headquarters of Light Armor Aerospace." When Pony arrived, Lin Jia was already waiting at the door.

"Mr. Lin, long time no see. I'm here this time for my personal purposes. Let Jenny, the salesperson who had previously connected with Hornbill, be responsible for the subsequent connections." Pony was very polite.

This is of course a lie, because this is a show that Pony personally put on to promote the next generation of hornbills, and he specially invited Lin Jia to appear in the show for the effect.

"Mr. Ma, how could you let your subordinates be responsible for such an important business? It must be me who does it to show my appreciation for you." Lin Jia was also very polite.

As one of the largest entrances to domestic Internet traffic, the future sales of Space will still need to rely on Tencent's advertising channels.

"Mr. Lin is so good at talking, no wonder he can make such a big business." After Pony finished speaking, he said to the camera: "Didn't I mention earlier that Tencent has invested in many commercial aerospace projects?
Our biggest regret is that we did not invest in Guangjia Aerospace in 21 years.

Tencent actually had a chance at that time.”

"There will be opportunities in the future. We feel that our funds are burning through very quickly, and we may face the dilemma of cash flow depletion at any time. By then, we may have to rely on cash cows like Tencent," said Lin Jia.

Even though Pony knew it was a compliment, he couldn't help but say, "Boss Lin, don't make fun of me. If the day comes when the funds really run out, we will contact Tencent as soon as possible. We will do our best to help you."

The subtext of this sentence is, look to Tencent instead of other companies, we can help you get all the funding.

The camera followed Pony's steps and walked into the meeting room of Guangjia Aerospace, where Pony briefly introduced the situation.

Lin Jia was shocked at first: "Artificial intelligence can actually find Light Armor Aerospace based on your needs, Mr. Ma, and complete the negotiation, determine the purchase intention, and complete the deposit payment like a human?"

After Lin Jia finished speaking, he looked at the lens again, then turned to Pony and said, "Mr. Ma, to be honest, this is a bit fake. In the Internet age, information is public on major social platforms.

Guangjia Aerospace, like Tencent, is an investor in Alpha Technology. I said I’m not sure if the next generation of Hornbill will be a bit fake?
I think it's more natural?"

Pony naturally wouldn’t refute Lin Jia’s face, he nodded and said: “Try it as you say, young people must know more about the Internet than me.”

Lin Jia calmed down his expression and said, "Did you see this? This is the power of the next generation of hornbills.

Because Alpha sends quarterly work reports to directors every quarter, revealing some major progress currently made.

When I saw the next generation Hornbill, I was skeptical, wondering if artificial intelligence could really do this. "

When Lin Jia saw it, he also thought that Chen Yuanguang wanted to use Alpha to control the production and sales ends of most of Malaysia’s products.

She was surprised at how fast Chen Yuanguang's strategic vision had progressed, and she was also extremely curious about what exactly Chen Yuanguang wanted to achieve in Malaysia.

Fortunately, business wars and wars are different after all. The difficulty of war is that it is easy to start but difficult to end. Even if the person who makes the decision wants to end the war, he may be overwhelmed and unable to make the decision to end it.

It is easy to end the business war. Baidu withdrew from the food delivery market, Tencent shut down PaiPai.com, and Xiaomi stopped promoting MiTalk. These things happened naturally.

“When I learned that Tencent was going to introduce the next generation Hornbill technology to China, I was full of anticipation, because to be honest, for a workaholic like me, the emergence of Hornbill really saved me a lot of trouble.

I originally thought that it could only purchase goods from existing platforms and use platforms like Taobao and Pinduoduo to complete transactions, but I didn't expect that it could directly combine public information on the Internet and contact merchants for negotiations.

It’s really amazing, the progress of artificial intelligence has exceeded my imagination.”

Pony nodded: "We localized Hornbill to make it more suitable for the needs of China's business ecosystem."

Pony has to say that although the so-called localization processing is just deploying the service locally, it is also localization processing.

In short, it is very important to let netizens know that Tencent has also made contributions to this technology.

(End of this chapter)