Chapter 863 Wealth Forum
Ant Forest of Fanxing Fund cooperates with many companies, including Time Jumei and Honor, Meituan and Didi, etc. Cashless mobile payment, including no tableware, is considered "low-carbon life", which will harvest "energy". If you accumulate more, you can plant trees, protect the environment, and donate money.
After Double Eleven, the annual Internet Conference came soon. Qu Li did not attend it. He counted the harvest of the year in Yangcheng, and the number of trees planted in Ant Forest was the focus.
Because they have to ensure the survival rate and pay attention to the ecological environment, they cannot plant a single tree species. Therefore, even if they have cooperated with more than ten environmental protection organizations, their progress is not fast. From the establishment of this project to now, they have only planted about 100 million trees.
The key is that there are really many mobile Internet users participating in Ant Forest. Now there are nearly 300 million people. It is unknown when it will have 600 million users and when it will reach 1 billion users. It is difficult to do it domestically alone, and it is still necessary to go abroad.
Qu Li will not go overseas to send warmth now. At least he will wait until the relevant departments directly confront the US father, and then he will make great efforts. Why do you do this? Because the kindness of the poor is cheap, only the kindness expressed by the great country after it becomes rich and strong will be unforgettable.
While others were bragging in the meeting, Qu Li was promoting the development of his NIL lithography company. This company is located in Shanghai. As for technology, of course, it relies on acquisitions. For example, Canon, which later monopolized the NIL lithography technology, acquired a nanoimprint basic technology research and development company called MII in the United States.
The NIL lithography machine was first proposed by Chinese scientist Professor Zhou Yu in 1995. Unfortunately, this technology has great defects and has not been developed. Lithography machines also have X-ray lithography proposed by Russia, which is a technology for pattern writing based on X-ray light sources; the European DSA solution is a self-assembly technology that uses the principle of self-interaction to self-assemble polymers into the desired pattern. The BLE technology solution in the United States uses electron beams to directly write patterns on the chip.
Qu Li chose the NIL lithography machine because it is the least difficult, low-cost and can be used for emergency situations. Canon will soon be the first to apply this technology in Hynix. Changjiang Storage is likely to use NIL lithography machines in the future. In the long run, the BLE technical solution may be better, and the problems of high cost and low efficiency should be solved through technological progress.
When you really want to invest in this industry, you will find that there are more difficulties than you imagined. It is not a matter of money, but there are too few companies in the relevant industrial chain and talents are scarce. It took 20 years for domestic semiconductor foundry to accumulate talents. How long will it take to make photolithography machines?
So after establishing a company in Shanghai, it still uses capital means to acquire or establish branches and laboratories overseas, and cooperate with universities in related fields around the world for development, and keep a certain distance from the American father and do a good job of isolation.
Compared with their difficulties in the field of photolithography machines, Liang Mengsong quickly improved the 28nm process after joining Sino-Singapore International, and the yield rate increased to 90%. Now it has started to build a new factory for 14nm wafers and strive to put it into production next year. However, at Qu Li's request, he continued to keep a low profile, and kept it if he could not make it public. It must be said that he must also be reserved.
For example, the yield rate of the 28nm process has been increased to 90%, and it can only be made public after half a year of production. Anyway, no matter whether it is useful or not, don't waste it now, buy more time for yourself, and increase the production capacity of the 14nm wafer factory. In the future, you will be controlled by money, so don't waste it if you can, and enhance the confidence of the team.
He was busy here. Without him, the Internet Conference was successfully held and was still the center of the news. I thought someone would target Shiguang Jumei, but I didn't expect it to target Ali. Someone invited everyone, but not Ma Yun.
This is embarrassing. Qu Li has been worried for a long time, but he didn't expect someone to do such a thing. He has never asked others to stand in line, and he doesn't care about these things. Fortunately, no one blamed him for the matter, but Shiguang Jumei must be suspected.
After the Internet Conference, Yangcheng held a "Fortune" forum, which was held by the famous American magazine. Qu Li, who had not left yet, was invited to participate in this forum. They have been promoting this forum globally since the beginning of the year, so he can't miss it.
There is no doubt that with Qu Li present, he is the only protagonist. Even if Ma Yun blows back, he is not more attractive than the world's richest man.
"Why did you choose to leave Shiguang Jumei and Honor, the two companies you founded?" the forum interviewer asked
"The main reason is that I am too busy. I still have a lot of things to do. Secondly, the teams of these two companies are very good..." Qu Li answered in English
"Aren't you worried that the development of the two companies will not meet expectations after you leave?" Reporter
"I don't like to set goals for myself and the company. These are the requirements of capital. They hope to see better and better, but I am more concerned about whether the existence of the company can create value for society..." Qu Li
"Some people think that you don't understand technology and can't keep up with the changes of the times, so you choose to retreat at the peak of your career. What do you think of this view?" Reporter
"It makes sense. Compared with changes, I pay more attention to the unchanging things of the company, such as allowing consumers to buy better quality products at a more reasonable price..."
"Don't you pay attention to the things that change? For example, artificial intelligence."
"Also pay attention. Geometry Future is still doing research on autonomous driving. Honor and Shiguang Jumei have invested a lot of research and development in the field of artificial intelligence." Qu Li
"Do you think artificial intelligence will threaten human society?"
"I am not worried about machines becoming like people, but I am more worried about people becoming like machines, abandoning empathy and values, and doing things without considering the consequences..."
"What do you mean?" Qu Li has become not good at communication and often needs the guidance of reporters.
"We believe that technology can be the greatest force to change life, but technology itself is not good or bad. Everything is determined by us humans. We must inject humanity into technology. This is a better promise to society and family..." Qu Li replied
Such an answer is of high level and can be understood by both Eastern and Western thinking. The reporter continued to ask: "It is generally believed that Google, Baidu, and even Tesla's autonomous driving have surpassed Honor and Qiancheng Geometry. What do you think of this?"
"I don't care what the outside world thinks. I insist on the judgment of the first principle. To implement autonomous driving, there are roughly three steps: perception, and control." Qu Li has done a lot of research on this and has a say:
"The development direction of Geometry Auto is the electrification and intelligence of automobiles. Now it can be upgraded online through OTA. It is the beginning of software-defined hardware. It can also be said that I We have the strongest control over the car."
"Perception is the collection and processing of environmental information and in-car information. We need to use cameras to see the road, radar to listen to surrounding obstacles, and use extremely fast speeds to analyze and judge road conditions, drivable areas, traffic rules, speed limits, and obstacles."
"Planning is based on our goals, combined with the information obtained from perception..."
"This requires us to have powerful hardware, such as cameras, radars, GPS positioning, navigation, etc.; we also need excellent deep learning algorithms and powerful computing power..."
"Now the entire industrial chain is not perfect, Honor and Future Geometry are working hard to make up for it bit by bit through various means such as investment. It can be said that there is no foundation for autonomous driving. How can they achieve industrialization? Are they dreaming?" Qu Li said bluntly (end of this chapter)