1991 Starting from the core

"Let's go, get in line!"

After confirming that the Yuanxin store in Silicon Valley would start selling Yidoo5S directly after dawn, Leonard stood up decisively.

They have now set up an evaluation studio, and in addition to the SPC forum, they have also opened a video channel on ivideo. Judging from the response to the videos released in the past few issues, users are very satisfied with their way of interpreting digital products from a professional perspective.

So, of course, a blockbuster digital product like the Yuanxin mobile phone must be in your hands as soon as possible.

"Okay, wait, there is a new email." Rajesh was about to close the laptop, but saw a new email prompt pop up on the email client.

"Open it and walk around to take a look." Leonard didn't want to waste time, so he found a coat from the side and put it on before getting ready to go out.

"Uh... wait, come and take a look." Rajesh opened the email and only glanced at it, making him feel a little stupid.

Leonard glanced at his companions suspiciously, and also moved closer to the notebook.

——An email signed by Yuanxin Overseas Business Department lay quietly, and it was not subtle at all. The opening paragraph was clear, telling them directly that Yuanxin hoped that they could conduct an objective evaluation of the newly launched Yidoo5S. If they are willing, they can inform their address after replying to the email and have the Yidoo 5S phone delivered to them by mail.

Of course, the email also provides the address of Yuanxin's Silicon Valley branch. If it is convenient for them, they can also go to the branch to collect it directly.

The signature is Jim Carter, President of Yuanxin Global Business Unit.

This name brought their minds back to three years ago.

At that time, Yuanxin launched a notebook, and the two of them were entrusted by forum netizens to test it, and developed special evaluation software for this purpose. At Yuanxin's Silicon Valley direct store, they met Carter, who claimed to be an AT\u0026T employee, to seek their opinions - and they were fooled at that time. But as they got to know Yuanxin later, they naturally found out that Carter, who claimed to be an AT\u0026T employee, was actually the global president of Yuanxin.

But neither of them ever dreamed that... three years later, Carter would still contact him, and he would contact him through the email address he left on the forum.

"Yuanxin...doesn't he want us...to promote them?"

Rajesh scratched his head and asked tentatively.

"I don't know, but the promotion didn't mention the price."

"Is that the price of two phones?"

"...No, Raj." Leonard only hesitated for a moment and then shook his head: "We have not experienced the actual machine now, everything is still unknown - if Yuanxin's mobile phone has shortcomings, then we should not hesitate Point it out.”

After a pause, Leonard said seriously: "Just like Yidoo5 in May, compared to Yidoo4, this product, which is a year old, except that the theoretical response speed is slightly improved, the experience does not bring revolutionary changes. Upgrade, so our advice is not to upgrade."

"Yes, we have a bottom line." Rajesh smiled slightly and said immediately: "Then do you want to reply?"

"Go back, let's go take a look tomorrow!"

*

*

Since he had just arrived in Silicon Valley directly from the United States, there was no time difference, and he had to video chat with his son. Therefore, Carter did not take a rest immediately after sending Leonard the email, but connected to the online video chat with his son.

——My son is already in high school at Yuanxin, and he speaks Mandarin even more fluently than he does.

Not only can I speak Mandarin fluently, but I am currently on a seven-day National Day holiday in the Mainland.

"Old man, have you returned to Silicon Valley?"

"Speak English." Carter couldn't laugh or cry when he heard that his son actually used Trump: "Don't forget your mother tongue by then."

"Hey, don't forget, I am the English class representative and the host of the English Corner! And our teacher said that even if I don't get into college, I can easily become an English teacher with just my English. You, don’t worry."

"...Your pursuit is to be an English teacher?"

"Then what do you think I should pursue? I don't like your job." The son straightened his hair in front of the camera, looking unconcerned.

"..." Carter suddenly didn't know what to say.

He must admit that after staying in the mainland for a long time and having contact with a group of traditional Chinese people from Yuanxin, his thoughts have been subtly changed - the business leaders in the executive board of Yuanxin, although they keep saying Children can do whatever they want, as long as they are happy and an upright and kind person.

But in fact, everyone has extremely strict requirements for their children, whether it is conduct or study, which reflects the strictness of Chinese-style parents.

Su Yuanshan has a saying that is deeply recognized by everyone.

——"Our children have the most precious luck in the world. They don't have to worry about their livelihood when they are born. If our hopes for them are still the same as ordinary people, we just hope that their children will have enough food and clothing to live a happy life." Even better, that would be a waste of their ability to reincarnate.”

"You have to study some knowledge seriously." Carter sighed after a few seconds of silence: "It's not impossible to be a teacher, but you should still have a broader ideal."

"I don't think being a teacher is undesirable. A teacher is someone who preaches, learns, and resolves doubts. Confucius said so."

Seeing that his son had moved all the Confucius students out, Carter couldn't help but be speechless. After a moment, he smiled and shook his head: "Okay, whatever you want. But even if you are an English teacher, you can't do something else that you just don't understand at all. English teacher, right?”

"Don't worry, my grades are very good, and Fu Xiaoyi is helping me with my classes."

"Huh? Who is Fu Xiaoyi?"

As soon as Carter asked, he saw that his son's picture was motionless, a bit like a network interruption - but he soon discovered that his son's hair moved.

Then, the screen disconnected directly.

Looking at the phone, Carter was dumbfounded for a few seconds, remembering who Fu Xiaoyi was - she was Fu Zhenhua's second daughter. During the parent-teacher meeting, he and Fu Zhenhua were still sitting together.

Well, that little girl is quite pretty.

…

Although he was not intentionally jet-lagged, Carter still took a nap. At dawn, he opened his email and found that Mr. Leonard had already replied to his email.

——As the global president of Yuanxin, Carter will naturally not be too busy to remember two young people who met by chance three years ago. But a latest analysis report on the Internet communication index by the marketing department reminded him of these two people.

The report of the Marketing Department pointed out that with the expansion of the Internet, the continuous emergence of various applications and communication platforms, and the growth of Internet users, the element of "word of mouth" has become more and more important in the spread of the Internet, and can even start from Online influences offline.

In addition to analysis, the report also lists several currently influential discussion vouchers - SPC, Tieba, and Ivideo. These platforms that have gradually turned to WEB2.0 interaction have gathered a lot of popularity in a short period of time, and at the same time, there are also Several professional evaluation teams with a certain degree of popularity and appeal have emerged.

The first one to bear the brunt is the TBBT team.

The TBBT team is a veteran PC and digital evaluation team. In addition to their professional knowledge, they are also good at using various evaluation software - and they also write it themselves, so as to obtain objective data and horizontal comparisons.

The report finally pointed out that establishing word-of-mouth is as important as establishing a brand image. It is necessary to always pay attention to the trends of these evaluation groups, and even provide some product help to those groups that have always had positive emotions and comments about Yuanxin products.

After reading the report, Carter suddenly thought of the two people he had met by chance, so he went to the forum to find their email addresses and sent an invitation email.

*

*

"Do you have a lot of doubts?"

In the office, Carter asked his secretary to bring coffee to the two of them. Seeing that they didn't seem to have breakfast, Carter brought a plate of donuts and put them on the coffee table.

He also took a piece of donut and stuffed it into his mouth, took a sip of coffee, and then smiled at the somewhat reserved Leonard and Rajesh.

"Yes, Mr. President." Leonard held the coffee, looked at each other with Rajesh, and took a gentle breath: "When we received your email, we had just finished watching the video of the press conference, and then prepared Go get in line.”

"Well, Yidoo5S has a lot of upgrades this time, both in terms of hardware and system. Users are also full of expectations." Carter smiled and pointed at the donut and said: "Eat something, you're welcome. "

"But... we didn't expect you to send us an email."

Carter blinked: "Just think that I want to see your evaluation of Yidoo5S - if you compare it to a piece of art, there is no doubt that you are one of the audiences who understand it best in the world. Whether it’s criticism or recognition, it’s all valuable opinions to us.”

Leonard and Rajesh looked at each other again and were about to get straight to the point when the secretary knocked on the door and came in with two unopened boxes.

Looking at the words Yidoo5S printed on the milky white packaging box, their eyelids jumped and their heartbeats accelerated sharply.

"This is for you, you're welcome - do you want to open it now and take a look?"

Rajesh immediately shook his head: "No, our evaluation starts with unboxing."

Leonard immediately glared at his companion, took a deep breath, hesitated for a few seconds and said: "Mr. President, thank you for providing the prototype, but we will return it after evaluation, and we will also make objective judgments and conclusion.”

"Of course, this is why I sent you an email." Carter smiled and nodded, then glanced at his watch and stood up: "I hope to see your comments soon."

*

*

After getting their mobile phones back, the two immediately returned to the rental house - unlike the messy bedroom and living room, their studio was extremely clean and tidy.

In order to maintain the most precious first sight, Leonard did not make any preparations in advance, but sat directly under the fill light.

As Rajesh signaled the shooting to begin, he took a deep breath and smiled on his face.

"Hello everyone, this is TBBT, I'm Leonard."

"As you have seen, what I have in front of me is an unopened Yidoo5S mobile phone. Today, we are going to make a review video for it to see if it is as stated in the press conference. It will be The most versatile and advanced handheld electronic product to date."

"Well, as usual, let's start with unpacking."

After carefully unpacking the plastic with a utility knife, Leonard held his breath and gently opened the box with his hands.

"In order to support surround, Yuanxin Yidoo5S uses a small box packaging, which is a good review - but this also brings difficulties to the packaging design. Let's see if Yuanxin can still maintain the consistent design aesthetic."

“The damping feeling is great.”

Leonard watched the inner box slowly fall, exhaled softly, with a smile on his face.

…

"From the appearance, we can see that Yidoo5S does not adopt the sandwich structure of Yidoo4 - I still think that the sandwich structure of Yidoo4 is the most beautiful structure so far. But the larger curvature makes it easier to hold when held for a long time. Being able to stay comfortable all the time.”

"In addition, the power button has also been moved from the top to the right side. Well, it just allows the right thumb to complete one-handed operation. Let's light up the screen now..."

As the filming paused, Leonard quickly logged in to his account, entered the system, and connected to WiFi.

He did not continue to shoot and evaluate, but directly pressed and held the HOME button.

I saw an abstract robot icon flashing conveniently under the screen.

Leonard took a deep breath, lowered his head, and shouted softly into the phone.

"Hi, Siri."

"Hello, I'm here. You can enter the quick settings options by telling me to set up Siri, and customize your own Siri and wake-up methods..."

Following the voice prompts, Leonard completed the settings step by step, and then called up the Siri icon again.

After thinking for a while, Leonard asked: "Siri, who are you?"

"I am Siri, the artificial intelligence of Yuanxin."

"Can you really chat?" Rajesh had already been lying on the table, looking curiously at the blinking little robot head.

"You'll know after you try it." Leonard geared up, perfectly demonstrating a technology enthusiast's yearning for artificial intelligence.

"Siri, who is your father?"

"I don't have a father. If you have to ask me to answer, then I will tell you that he is in Pandora Labs."

"Where is Pandora's Laboratory?"

Siri seemed to hesitate for two seconds this time.

"Pandora Labs is where I was born."

Leonard and Rajesh looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise.

"Fuck, that's awesome."

"This should be connected to the Internet, right?" Rajesh pursed his lips, with an excited look on his face: "Looking at this, it doesn't look like a simple judgment answer."

"Of course it is connected to the Internet. And it is not a simple countermeasure answer. They should use AI training... But even so, I would think that there is a special customer service center in Yuanxin to answer similar conversations." Reiner De took a deep breath and looked up to the east, his eyes full of yearning.

He is a CS major himself and is well aware of the advancement of Pandora Labs in the field of AI.

But I didn’t expect that this Siri could actually chat to this extent?