Technological Hegemony

"Neon boys also work overtime every day." While waiting for the elevator, Ping Yuying said to Luo Jia, "If one day the husband comes home early, the wives will complain, thinking that the husband is not valued by the company, a man who does big things You have to work overtime every day."

"I don't understand either. Anyway, as long as I can remember, my father came home late every night and smelled of alcohol. I thought that was bad, but my mother said that my father was very up-to-date and had a heavy workload. He was off work. It's really hard get off work, and it's her pride."

Luo Jia curled her lips, "I've heard of this. Neon has an overtime culture similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder, but it's different here. This is the front line of our company's war."

"War? Frontline?" Hiraha Sakura tilted her head with an incredulous expression.

Luo Jia explained, "The war between us and Google is not over. Under Star Technology, only Star Search is for consumers and merchants, and the rest are for partners, and there is no need to personally develop the market."

"The only difference here is that although we have withdrawn from the Americas and Oceania markets, we still compete with Google in Asia and Europe, doing a lot of promotion and competing for advertisers."

Ping Yuying understood Luo Jia's meaning. The main profit model of search engines is advertising. Customers are used to placing advertisements on Google Search. If they want them to trust the newly established Star Search, it will take a lot of time to win customers' approval.

The reason why Star Search became independent is precisely because of the need for competition. After all, the headquarters is a pure research and development institution, and the atmosphere is too relaxed, and there is no fixed working hours.

A leisurely and undisciplined environment can stimulate everyone's creativity, but it is not an ideal workplace for a competitive team. Business development requires wolfishness and ambition.

Therefore, Luo Jia separated the most capable group of people from the software army and let them be responsible for the remaining stages of the Google search war.

Guo Guangmao and Tang Jie are the people in charge here. Among them, Guo Guangmao graduated from Fudan University and joined the company first. He worked with Luo Jia as a mobile assistant.

Tang Jie, who graduated from Princeton, once served as the deputy director of the advertising department at Twitter and is an overseas marketing expert.

It was past ten o'clock, and Star Search was still brightly lit. Most of the colleagues had gone back, but some of them stayed to work overtime.

The arrival of Luo Jia caused an uproar. In their eyes, Luo Jia was the legend of the company, and it could even be said that it was the legend of the entire China.

On weekdays, Luo Jia often came to the stars to search, but this time he brought Hiraba Sakura,

The colleagues were very surprised, and Hiraba Sakura was also very frightened, and bowed to everyone again and again.

"Girlfriend?" Tang Jie glanced at Ping Yuying and asked Luo Jia.

"No, ordinary friends." Luo Jia said.

He asked Ping Yuying to wait outside, and then entered the office with Tang Jie and Guo Guangmao to listen to their report.

Star Search is currently in an inextricable fight with Google, and it can be said that every inch of land must be contested.

Google has four main businesses. Android has been almost killed by Xingchen Technology. The mobile browser has also lost to Xingchen Technology because there is no system support. But on the computer side, Google's chrome browser still dominates.

In addition, their Youtube video business is booming, and the search engine business has an advantage, but the market share is being quickly eroded by Star Search. As for businesses such as Google Maps, due to lack of income, they are not their core interests.

The search engine market is not so easy to grab. Although Star Search is obviously better than Google in terms of technology, old customers have the habit of using it, and it is not easy to switch over in a short while.

At present, the strategy of Xingchen Search is to base itself on Huaxia and gradually map it.

Huaxia, with a population of 1.3 billion, is the largest single market in the world. It operates properly and can make a lot of profits. Only with profits can it fight a protracted war with Google all over the world.

Of course, Star Search will not be like Baidu, who is desperate to make money. Regardless of the number of advertisements or the selection, Star Search has a long-term vision. Pay attention to the accumulation of word of mouth.

All in all, Star Search has great potential, and it is an important pawn that Luo Jia uses to compete in the tens of billions of dollars in the global search advertising market.

If you carefully observe the organizational structure of Star Technology, you will find that all independently operated branches are all major profit earners. The six major branches of display, electrical, optical, chemical, battery, and search all have very strong earning power.

The headquarters of Xingchen Science and Technology is a purely money-consuming organization, without any assessment pressure, everyone can carry out the research they like, no matter how whimsical it is, as long as they give full play to their talents and imagination, it's fine, a bit of a genius camp mean.

Now that he is independent, Luo Jia will not intervene in the operation of Xingchen Search unless necessary. After listening to the current situation, he made some suggestions and got up to go home.

Hiraba Sakura had already fallen asleep on the sofa, her small body curled up like a lazy cat.

From Boston to Shanghai, she flew for more than 20 hours. In fact, she worked very hard. She tried to go shopping with Luo Jia, but Luo Jia brought her to the branch...

Luo Jia woke her up softly, and then took a taxi home together.

 …

Seoul.

In a conference room that was so silent that it was suffocating, Samsung President Lee Jae-yong, LG President Koo Kwang-mo, and Hyundai President Xun Xuan, these bigwigs who were elated not long ago and vowed to fight for the hegemony of the battery and even the automobile industry, are all at the moment. He didn't speak, his face was ashen.

Just a few hours ago, news came from Jiangnan Hospital that after almost a month of struggle and rescue, Cui Guanglin was still dead.

Cui Guanglin is the young man who suffered serious head burns in the explosion accident at the Ulsan base. He is 25 years old this year and is a test engineer for Hyundai Group.

Originally, an ordinary commoner like Cui Guanglin should not have any intersection with the big chaebols, but at this moment, this son of a local fisherman born in Ulsan has become the last straw that crushes these chaebols.

He died, and the battery accident eventually led to human life. It is conceivable that tomorrow morning, the news will be overwhelming again.

It doesn't even have to wait until tomorrow, the global network media has already launched a frenzied attack on the Korean Communist Party in the first place.

**Xuan stood up and bowed to everyone present, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault! I am willing to bear all the consequences of the accident!"

As the leader of Hyundai Group, it is not easy for ** Xuan to say such a thing.

But Prince Li Zairong just replied coldly, "Can you afford it?"

In an instant, **Xuan felt his mind go blank, and sat back stiffly.

**Xuan Xuan's aggressive advances have not only brought in Hyundai Group, but even implicated the whole of South Korea.

According to the forecast of economists, due to the continuous failure of Samsung Group, LG Group, Hyundai Group, SK Group, and Dongjin Chemical Group, these big chaebols will cause the Korean economy to officially enter recession starting this year.

Of course, ** Xuan could not afford such serious consequences.

Li Zairong said unusually calmly, "The only thing we can do now is to withdraw from the battery competition and sell the factory."

"Only in this way can the storm be calmed."

Gu Guangmo suddenly leaned back and let out a sigh.

By now, they have already understood that things are far from being as simple as they seem. As long as Samsung and LG don't quit for a day, the European and American powers will not let them go, and will use the power of public opinion to destroy them.

In fact, for a large group like Samsung, batteries are only a small business.

But behind the battery, the huge automobile industry is involved. Once the upstream battery-making companies withdraw from the competition, the downstream companies must use imported batteries to build cars, and imported batteries will lead to increased costs and a series of problems such as being stuck by others.

Gu Guangmo said in a deep voice: "The only problem now is who will sell the factory to."

"Huaxia Xingchen Technology's bid is relatively high, I think..."

As soon as he said this, Li Zairong suddenly slammed the table hard, gritted his teeth, and said word by word, "Don't mention Xingchen Technology to me!"

Koo Kwang-mo shrugged, "Well, Neon, North America, and Germany are basically a two-choice question. As for the UK, I guess they are here to spoil the game. Among all the players, they are the ones who develop the next generation of battery technology. least likely."

Everyone expressed that they didn't like Huaxia, and they didn't like Neon very much.

Besides, Neon Panasonic is already the most powerful battery manufacturer in the world. If the factory is sold to them again, the output of the Panasonic and Sony Alliance will even surpass that of the China Battery Alliance. The factory is sold to Neon.

In the end, the meeting ended in a depressing atmosphere.

Samsung's battery factory will accept quotations from North America.

LG's battery factory will accept offers from Germany.

 …

Luo Jia got the news a few hours before the signing of the agreement. The owner of Geely Li revealed it to him. As for the channel from which Boss Li got the news, that is his own problem.

An Ran frowned, "The Koreans withdrew. In this way, there are four major players in the world. We, Neon, Germany, and North America."

"Although the factory did not fall into our hands, Hong Tao did a good job this time. He insisted on forcing North America and Germany to offer almost double the price, which cost them a lot of blood."

Luo Jia shook his head, "It may not be because of our team's strength. I'm afraid it is the British who really let them bleed. Don't underestimate the ability of the British to interfere. They are the real experts in this regard."

An Ran curled her lips. Indeed, when it comes to the ability to interfere, the British are ranked second, and no one dares to be the first.

He thought for a while, "Boss Li said just now that the reason why Panasonic and Sony Alliance have not released the fifth-generation product is because they are waiting for our electric car to go on the market? What good will this do for them?"

Luo Jia rubbed her temples, "Of course it's good, the neon abacus is very smart."

"We already have a clear card on our side. We want to push a 300WH model with a battery life of 600 kilometers, but the Panasonic and Toyota alliances are holding a dark card."

"Supposing they release new cars at the same time as us, we push products with 600 kilometers, they push products with 800 kilometers, we push products with 800 kilometers, and they push products with 1,000 kilometers, so they can completely suppress us."