Technological Hegemony

Hiraba Sakura's leaving without saying goodbye made everyone feel a strange atmosphere.

At the dinner table, after a moment of silence, Jiang Lei drank his glass of red wine and said to Luo Jia, "Now I understand a little bit, why we all think you are doing business, but you tell us that this is war .”

"The total amount of wealth in the world is limited. If we have more, others will have less. It's not that Ping Yuying doesn't want to be friends with us. She's just doing her duty as a neon person. She cares about her heart. If I were her , I am afraid that I will choose to return to China to help my hometown and compatriots.”

Luo Jia smiled, "In any case, we respect Hiraba Sakura's choice. It's rare to see you once, so don't discuss these things. You are about to graduate, what are your plans for the future?"

Everyone chattered and discussed, the girls all planned to go to France for two years of further study, and then to work.

Although French is a small language, there are still many job opportunities. In addition to the need for translators in France, there are also a large number of French colonies in Africa. In African countries such as Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Benin, French is the official first language. .

As Huaxia companies continue to expand their territories around the world, a large number of Huaxia employees are sent to work around the world. Nie Xiaodou and the others can be sent as translators in the future, or they can stay in China as teachers, enter French foreign-funded enterprises, and so on.

As for Luo Jia’s roommates, they all plan to work in the IT field. Among them, Jiang Lei will accompany Lu Qiu to France. Luo Jia has already greeted Huawei’s French branch and will give Jiang Lei a local position. .

"By the way, President Li asked me to ask you, can you go back to school to give a speech when you graduate, after all, you are also considered a super graduate of Tunghai University." Gao Feng said.

Luo Jia shook his head with a smile, "I haven't attended many classes, and the school issued me a diploma purely through connections and backdoors."

"Besides, I'm not a role model for everyone to follow. It's not advisable to drop out of school halfway. I won't go to the graduation speech, so as not to spoil the atmosphere of the school."

Everyone chuckled. Although Luo Jia was a successful entrepreneur, he was by no means a good student. He graduated purely because of his great reputation, otherwise he would have been expelled a hundred times.

There will only be fewer and fewer gatherings like this in the future. Everyone cherishes the short time we spend together. The Songjiang campus is very close. After lunch, Jiang Lei and the others took two cars to the school, and Luo Jia went back to the company directly. .

Hiraba Sakura's message aroused Luo Jia's vigilance. After graduating last year, she worked as a senior R\u0026D engineer in Denso Group, the world's largest auto parts group under Toyota,

Therefore, Hiraba Sakura has a better understanding of the Toyota Group's trends.

Asking Luo Jia to pay attention to the CES Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas should be a kind reminder from Hiraba Sakura.

Luo Jia sat in the office and inquired about the details of this CES. It seemed that there was nothing unusual. As the world's largest consumer electronics exhibition, it mainly displayed some of the world's top technologies in camera, display, communication, and digital.

If it is related to the current research and development direction of Xingchen Technology, it is probably in-vehicle Internet technology and autonomous driving technology.

Luo Jia frowned. He knew Ping Yuying. If there were no special circumstances, Ping Yuying would not remind herself that with the launch of the three core technologies, the opponent would definitely counterattack frantically. Could it be that they moved so fast?

The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. Luo Jia made a call to the most well-informed figure in the automotive field, Boss Li of Geely Company.

The phone was connected quickly, after a few pleasantries, Luo Jia directly turned to the topic.

Boss Li was slightly taken aback, "If you want to talk about news, Tesla Group has launched a new version of automatic driving, I don't know if it counts."

"However, it has been several years in a row. Every year, Musk demonstrates the self-driving technology in Las Vegas. It is only the L2 level of self-driving. , and killed people.”

Luo Jia pursed her lips. In the field of autonomous driving, there are five levels in total. The lowest level of automatic driving is called L1, and the highest level is called L5.

L1 is a vehicle with assisted driving, free feet, adaptive cruise, and emergency braking functions, all of which meet the definition of first-level automatic driving.

L2 is partially automatic driving, which frees hands and no longer needs to manipulate the steering wheel. The representative model is Tesla S.

L3 is conditional automatic driving, liberating eyes, relying on dozens of radar systems in the whole car, and humans and machines drive the car together.

L4 is a highly automated driving that liberates the brain and does not require human intervention under certain conditions.

L5 is fully automated, liberating the driver. At this stage, even the steering wheel can be removed from the car, and everything can be handled by an intelligent system. People can play mahjong and take a shower in the car. Anyway, they can do whatever they want except driving. No problem.

On July 11, 2017, Audi officially announced the world's first L3 level autonomous driving plan, but the plan is only a plan after all. So far, no products that have reached the third level of autonomous driving have come out.

The world's best self-driving technology is still Tesla's 2.5-generation technology. As Boss Li said, this technology is not safe and has recently killed people.

"Mr. Luo, did you get any news?" Boss Li asked with great concern.

Luo Jia was silent for a few seconds, "I'm not sure, anyway, let's all pay attention to this CES exhibition."

"Yeah, I got it."

The two of them chatted about the product supply chain again. The three major automobile groups had gone all out this time. The factory was running 24 hours a day to catch up with new products. For old-fashioned products, the three major automobile groups chose to cut prices to clear the inventory.

In a blink of an eye, it was January 5th.

Since China time is 16 hours ahead of Las Vegas, it was the early morning of January 6, China time when Tesla's self-driving technology conference started.

Luo Jia turned on the live broadcast of station B on time to watch Tesla's technology conference.

To everyone's surprise, Musk didn't come to the scene alone. He was accompanied by a figure with glasses and an obvious scientist's temperament.

Soon some technology enthusiasts recognized this person and sent out barrage.

"This is the head of Bell Labs, Dr. Tommy Jerryn! He is also the chief scientist of Bell Labs!"

"The famous Bell Labs has teamed up with Tesla? Could it be that they want to make big news?"

"Is Bell Labs amazing? We have Star Technology!"

"Don't say that, after all, it is a super laboratory with a history of a hundred years, with a profound foundation. How do you say that, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse."

"Musk and the person in charge of Bell Labs appeared together, and I suddenly had a bad feeling."

The bullet screen has refreshed a wave. In the field of scientific research, the world's top ten laboratories are powerful, which is recognized by mankind.

So far, in North America, the two major laboratories, Bell and Ross, have engaged in a tit-for-tat scientific research war with Star Technology.

Germany's Federal Laboratory of Physics and Technology has also provided some scientific research strength, coupled with global auto giants, such as Siemens and Rheinland Group, the strength of the Western world cannot be underestimated.

Musk made a very brief opening, thanking the media reporters and guests from all walks of life, etc., and then he waved his hand and ordered people to light up the screen on the stage.

The information displayed on the screen is very concise, but powerful and shocking like an explosion.

L3.5 level autonomous driving technology!