Chapter 2279: A Product Launch Event that Subverts the Thermostat Industry

On March 20th, the day when Xiao Qi returned to Chengdu, a company called Next Labs held a grand product launch ceremony at the Los Angeles International Convention Center in North America.

There were not many fans attending the entire product launch event, but almost 200 journalists came, which can be described as quite a large scale.

Of course, the reason why Next Labs can attract so many reporters is that they are a company under Xiao Qi’s, and it is a company almost entirely controlled by Xiao Qi.

Many of Xiao Qi's investments have already been known.

Generally, his investment is divided into two types. One is to invest in big companies he is optimistic about, such as 10% of Apple's shares, 20% of Amazon's shares, etc. This shows that Xiao Qi is fully optimistic about them.

The other is a company founded by Xiao Qi himself or fully acquired by him. Basically, the shares controlled by Xiao Qi in it will not be less than 80%, at least generally not less than 66%.

The two investment methods are different, but any investment that Xiao Qi participates in will be favored by capital.

The reason is very simple, Xiao Qi has never done a loss-making business, his own ability is outstanding, and his vision is very good, he is really worthy of the title of "boy genius".

People have the mentality of following the crowd, and following talented people to make a fortune is what many people hope for.

It doesn't take much effort, just follow Xiao Qi's investment, he eats meat, everyone drinks soup, such days are very comfortable.

Not to mention the stocks of unlisted companies that no one can buy, let’s take a look at the stocks of companies such as Apple, Amazon, Qualcomm, Oracle, etc. that Xiao Qi bought. When the financial crisis comes, although they will inevitably suffer Although they were severely injured, they were the first to recover, and actively returned to the original correct track.

Even the best-growing Apple, relying on buying 7% of the app store shares from Fairy Company and the hot sales of IPHONE2, its market value has broken through a terrifying $140 billion—a distance from Apple’s market value last year. fell below 80 billion US dollars. It's only less than half a year, and now it's almost doubled!

Xiao Qi bought 10% of the stock. The current market value has risen from 8 billion US dollars to 14 billion US dollars. In less than half a year, the increase in stock value alone has allowed Xiao Qi to earn 6 billion US dollars!

Naturally, when Apple and Fairy Company announced that Xiao Qi held 10% of Apple's shares, it was considered one of the reasons for the rapid rise of Apple's stock price.

Many people followed Xiao Qi and bought Apple's stock, which made Apple's stock popular. They have been hyped up one after another, which is a matter of course.

Leaving aside the companies in which Xiao Qi holds shares, the ones that people are most interested in are, of course, the companies that Xiao Qi wholly acquired or founded by himself.

Although according to Xiao Qi's stingy personality, it is unlikely that everyone will buy the shares of these companies, but this does not hinder everyone's gossip mentality. They all want to see what company Xiao Qi bought and what they are doing.

Many of these companies have specific business scopes. It has been reported by reporters, but this Next Labs company is a very mysterious company. The outside world has never known much about what products they are working on.

There was news before. Next Labs is developing smart home products, but no one has figured out what kind of smart home products can make Xiao Qi invest so much money.

Today is the time to solve the mystery.

At 9 o'clock, Danny Fadell stepped onto the stage of the press conference.

"Gentlemen and ladies, I'm very glad to be here to participate in the product launch of Next Labs." Fadell first walked and talked on the spacious table, very much like his idol Joe Gang, "As we all know, Next Labs is The company founded by Mr. Xiao Qi. But many people are wondering. What exactly does Next Labs do? Why did Mr. Xiao Qi invest in and establish it? It can change the entire industry just like the products produced and developed by other companies in Fairy Company ?"

The reporters below nodded. Isn't it for these problems that they came today?

"Today, the first smart product launched by Next Labs, I believe it will answer your doubts." Fadell smiled slightly, and took out a cylinder about the size of a palm from his pocket.

The light shines on the cylinder at once.

This smooth cylinder has a radius of about 3 cm and a thickness of about 3 cm. In addition, it can be clearly seen that the gorgeous silver side is not integrated, but divided into a 0.5 cm control rotation button and a 2.5 cm stainless steel Wrap the cylinder.

The most beautiful thing is the front, the outer layer is transparent glass.

Fadell lightly pressed the glass on the front, and saw a circle in the middle of the cylinder flickering with light, and a circular LED blue LCD screen with backlight was displayed behind the glass. temperature.

"This is our smart thermostat, the name is Nest." Fadell turned the outer ring slightly, and the temperature automatically started to adjust, "When it is orange, it shows that it is heating; when it is blue, it is Cooling; when it’s green, it’s energy-saving mode.”

"Crack, click!"

Immediately, the camera below flashed the spotlight.

Compared with traditional central air conditioners or heating thermostats, Nest smart thermostats are far ahead, at least in terms of appearance and form, and people will like them at first glance.

In addition to taking pictures, the reporters also cared about the name of Nest-smart thermostat.

Since it is a smart thermostat, how is it smart?

Fadell did not disappoint them, "Please look at the screen, I will tell you according to the screen display."

Following his words, a set of images appeared on the large LCD screen behind him.

First, the wall of a family is inlaid with a rectangular controller for controlling the central air conditioner, with temperature display and various buttons on it.

Then a girl took a beautiful small box with the words "Nest Smart Thermostat". After opening it, she took out the parts of the Nest Smart Thermostat and put them on the table.

Fadell explained to everyone the function of each component, as well as the thoughtful attachment of lithium batteries and other measures, until the installation workers removed the old-fashioned thermostat and replaced it with a Nest smart thermostat.

"The reason why the Nest smart thermostat is called smart is because we have designed a sophisticated learning algorithm for it." Cooperating with the girl's various movements, Fadell continued to talk: "During the first week of use, Nest Smart thermostats require people to manually adjust the temperature. It will record your daily work and rest habits, as well as the temperature control setting habits of each time period, such as getting up, going to work, leaving get off work, sleeping and so on.

We installed 8 sensors on the Nest smart thermostat to continuously monitor and consider the temperature, humidity, ambient light and surrounding equipment. So it can intelligently judge whether there are people in the room, so as to decide whether to close it automatically.

In order to make the living room more comfortable, the Nest smart thermostat will also synchronize with the real-time outdoor temperature through WIFI and built-in programs. The built-in humidity sensor can also allow household appliances such as air conditioners and electric heating systems to provide suitable airflow and wind speed.

In addition, the most important point is that the Nest smart thermostat is a very important first step in our "smart home plan". We have developed an APP. Free download from STORE and Android store.

This APP is connected through smart WIFI, which allows you to use it out of your daily habits. For example, when you go on vacation, you can automatically turn off the Nest smart thermostat through the APP on your mobile phone; and when you get off the plane and go home by car, you can turn on the Nest smart thermostat through the remote control of your mobile phone. Refresh the air in your home, make your home cooler or warmer.

Friends, please start cheering! Starting with the Nest smart thermostat, you can already enjoy the fun of smart home! Since then, technology will continue to change our lives and make us live a happier life! ! "

When Fadell said this, a young man in one of the few fan seats suddenly stood up and clapped vigorously.

The second, the third...

First the fans stood up, and then one reporter after another stood up, and in the blink of an eye, everyone stood up.

They clapped their hands non-stop, their faces filled with excitement and joy.

Everyone is American, or lives in the United States, and they know very well about the thermostat system that has not changed for decades.

Originally, manufacturers were unwilling to change, and they didn't think there was anything wrong.

But now Next Labs suddenly launched the Nest smart thermostat, which directly subverted the entire concept of a thermostat.

In the short video on the screen, in Fadell's description, they all saw the situation of home intelligence that could only be seen on TV in the past.

Think about it, there is no need for you to do it yourself. There are smart thermostats to help you adjust the temperature in all seasons of the day and night, spring, summer, autumn and winter, so that you can live in a comfortable environment anytime, anywhere. How is that? Enjoy it comfortably!

Even just looking at this Nest smart thermostat, looking at it with such exquisite workmanship, everyone will feel a kind of beautiful enjoyment.

It really deserves to be Xiao Qi's company!

Not only the product can subvert the entire industry, but even the appearance is so exquisite that people will scream and fall in love with it! (to be continued ~^~)