newbobooks Chapter 1244 Entering the AI field?
Chapter 1244 Entering the AI field?
Thinking of this, Lu Feng slowly stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window in the office.
Like most people in power, Li Hongwei's office is also on the top floor of Qiandu Building, and there is also a huge floor-to-ceiling window in the office.
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can take in the prosperity of the imperial capital.
As for why these people in power like to install a floor-to-ceiling window in their offices, the reason is actually very simple, that is, it can stimulate their ambitions.
Imagine that you are standing on the top floor of a building, with a bustling city at your feet, and you can see the entire city at a glance.
In this situation, you don't need to do anything, and a sense of ambition will naturally arise in your heart.
You have to conquer this city, and make your company the business card of this city, just like Tengfei in Shenzhen and Alibaba in Hangzhou.
"Mr. Li, do you think that given its current situation, can Baidu surpass Tengfei, Alibaba, Hanzi Dance, and other groups?"
he asked softly.
Upon hearing this, Li Hongwei, who also came to the floor-to-ceiling window, was stunned for a moment, and then a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
It is extremely difficult to surpass these Internet empires. Without special opportunities, Qiandu will never be able to surpass these business empires in its lifetime.
After all, while you are making progress, others are also making progress. Some people may even have more resources than you and progress faster.
And most importantly, the current Internet structure and development have basically been established.
There simply aren't that many resources for Qiandu to plunder.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Lu Feng turned around and looked at him with a smile:
"Mr. Li doesn't seem to have enough confidence in himself!"
The corner of Li Hongwei's eye twitched. Did he lack confidence in himself? He was self-aware.
Lu Feng ignored him and continued to speak:
"I still remember when I was in school, my teacher once told me that learning is like rowing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind."
"In fact, it seems that the same is true in the business world, and even more obvious. If you don't make progress, when others become much stronger than you, they will swallow you up."
"Look at Tengfei. It has acquired so many companies over the years. As soon as those excellent teams start to show their potential, they are aggressively acquired by Tengfei."
"To be frank, even though Qiandu can maintain its current status, it hasn't made any progress in a long time. At this rate, it might not even be able to catch up with Tengfei in ten years."
"By then, I don't need to tell you what's waiting for Qiandu, right?"
Li Hongwei's face became more and more ugly as Lu Feng said these words, and mixed with this ugliness was endless helplessness. If possible, he didn't want to sit and wait for death.
But the problem is that the Internet market is now saturated and many related industries have already taken shape.
For example, in terms of browsers, the most famous ones now are CU, Qiandu of Qiandu Group, Tengfei's QO browser, and Ali's Kekua.
If other groups want to get involved in this field, they will have to pay a huge price, and they may not succeed.
Situations like this are common on the Internet.
Navigation field: Qiandu, Tengfei, Degao, etc.
In the field of short videos: Hanzi Tiaodong is the only dominant player, and its subsidiary Doushou has almost killed Manjiao, the originator of short videos.
Not to mention the communications and payment fields. In the communications field, Tengfei is the only dominant company, and no company in China can compete with it. It also occupies half of the payment field.
What about the shopping sector? These have also been divided up completely.
In a nutshell, it is very difficult for Baidu to grow bigger. No matter which field it wants to enter, it will require countless funds and crazy suppression from competitors.
"Mr. Lu, I understand what you mean, but given the current situation, it's extremely difficult for Qiandu Group to rise. There are simply no new development opportunities, and those old areas have been completely divided up."
Li Hongwei spoke reluctantly, perhaps to prove that he was not a waste, and pulled out the Chinese Character Group again.
"The reason why Hanzi Tiaodong rose so quickly in the past few years is that it seized the right opportunity and took advantage of the rise of short videos to soar to the sky."
"That's a new module of the Internet, but there are no new modules for us to develop right now."
Lu Feng naturally understood his explanation, but the reason he brought the topic to this aspect was not to listen to Li Hongwei's complaints.
"You're right. Internet development is difficult right now, but that doesn't mean there aren't opportunities. Isn't there a new opportunity right now?"
"This trend is even bigger than the short video trend back then. Once we succeed, not only will we surpass Tengfei, but even becoming the leader of the Blue Star internet industry won't be a problem!"
A new trend?
Li Hongwei frowned, and then thought of something:
"Is Mr. Lu talking about the field of AI?"
As the founder of Baidu, he is not a fool. If you ask what is the hottest field in the Internet industry now, it must be the AI field.
This field does have unlimited prospects. Once we can create AI that far surpasses other companies, soaring to new heights will no longer be a dream.
But the problem is that although this field has just emerged, major Internet companies are already making plans, and each one is more willing to spend money than the other.
The situation is completely different from the previous short video field.
When the short video field first emerged, major groups did not take it seriously, believing that the benefits it could bring were limited, and the same was true for Qiandu.
By the time they reacted, the Internet had already been taken over by Douyin and Slow Foot, and it became very difficult to intervene.
In the end, all the major groups simply gave up. Except for Tengfei, which relied on its large size and power to create one, the others did not get involved.
It is precisely because of the negligence of major Internet groups that the current situation of Chinese characters jumping has been created.
It was also because of this previous experience that as soon as the AI field emerged, major platforms entered the market and developed their own AI.
For example, Jinbao from Tengfei, 720AI from 720, Baodou from Chinese characters jumping, and even Qiandu itself has its own Wanfan AI.
Everyone is working hard to conduct in-depth research in this field in order to prevent the recurrence of the "mistakes" in the short video field.
But at the same time, this also makes it very difficult to stand out in this field.
"Hey! Mr. Lu, I'm aware of the importance of the AI field. As soon as it emerged, I invested billions in research."
"But the problem now is that all the major internet groups are already researching this, and Baidu really doesn't have the confidence to surpass them in terms of progress!"
Li Hongwei felt so uncomfortable that he wanted to cry.
Especially when he thought about how Tengfei had recently spent 300 million yuan to recruit several experts in the field of AI, if he hadn't cared about his face, he would have wanted to cry at this moment.
Why is it so difficult to develop?