Chapter 3204 Hearing Aid

This matter is settled.

However, the official signing time will have to wait.

See you in June!

Now Alibaba is still struggling with the selling pressure it may encounter when the stock lock-up expires. At this time, the news that Ali has entered the football industry is released to the outside world, which is a super negative for the capital market.

For this reason, Boss Ma will go to Wall Street again to communicate with the capital institutions there, just in case.

Once the stock price falls sharply, this kind of thing is very dangerous.

If not, they might be sued by U.S. stock investors.

Someone bought your stock, and then you invested blindly, causing the stock price to plummet and causing huge losses to investors, who must be compensated with real money. When listed in China, listed companies can do whatever they want and do all kinds of messing around, even if they make false accounts, there won't be any big penalties, and no one cares about the rights and interests of shareholders at all.

This is not acceptable in the U.S. stock market.

The logic of the US stock market is to share excellent companies so that more people can have the opportunity to share the dividends of the company's growth. If you share losses instead of dividends, this goes against the logic of U.S. stocks and you may get into trouble.

The point is sharing.

The logic of the domestic securities market is to pool investors' money and provide financing to outstanding companies, thereby solving the dilemma of many companies that have difficulty obtaining loans and need funds for development.

The focus is on fulfilling the financing function.

Boss Ma is going to the United States, and Zhou Buqi happens to be going too.

Asda is about to IPO.

This is one of the things that Zhou Buqi is most concerned about recently. Many times he has to personally intervene, so he called Zhou Shaoning, and together with their financial team, they went straight to New York to talk to the heads of Nasdaq. They meet.

For Nasdaq, Boss Zhou is really an old acquaintance and old friend.

In the past few years, Boss Zhou has been able to send two or three major projects to Nasdaq every year. The New York Stock Exchange is jealous and has contacted Boss Zhou many times, asking him to bring high-quality projects to the New York Stock Exchange. .

But Zhou Buqi has a long-term relationship, and his first choice is Nasdaq.

With this relationship, the listing process will be much easier.

Zhou Buqi is a big plane.

There are more than 30 people in two teams, which is more than enough and there is enough space.

Boss Ma actually didn’t quite understand. While chatting on the plane, he asked, “Let me see, there’s still a lot of room for growth in Asda, right?”

"good."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

Zhou Shaoning is very honest, "If you only look at the mobile phone business, there is not much room for growth. In terms of sales, Asda is already the number one in the world. In the field of mid-to-high-end mobile phones, there are two major competitors, Apple and Samsung. We want to strive for greater success." It’s probably difficult to increase market share. The biggest growth point is actually low-end phones.”

"The cheaper the product, the greater the profit!"

Boss Ma has long said a similar point of view.

The more expensive the product, the lower the profit; the cheaper the product, the more profit.

It is mainly related to market size and sales volume.

Zhou Buqi said amusedly: "Then why did Alibaba shift its strategic focus from Taobao to Tmall?"

Boss Ma said: “Consumption upgrading is a major trend.”

Zhou Buqi did not refute him and said: "Mobile phones are different. The profits of cheap phones are too thin. It is more of an ecological construction. In particular, the lawsuit initiated by Ericsson has cut off the possibility of MediaTek chips going overseas. For low-end machines, the profits are even lower.”

“Can’t MediaTek chips go overseas?”

Boss Ma doesn’t know much about the mobile phone industry.

Zhou Buqi said: "You can go overseas, but you have to pay a lot of patent fees. Who can afford it? It's better to just buy Qualcomm's chips directly. If it's mid-to-high-end chips like Samsung and Apple, it's okay, but low-end chips can't be used Sorry."

"It's not surprising if you are in trouble."

Boss Ma nodded, this was in line with his logic.

When a company is developing the fastest and has the best momentum, don't go public easily, as this will suffer a lot. Only when you encounter some possible development risks and the momentum may slow down, you will seek listing, and then use the strong relationships in the capital market to fight against future risks.

Alibaba chose to go public last year because of such considerations.

Because the data has shown it.

The emergence of micro-business has also brought them strategic risks.

Sure enough, there have been some problems in the domestic capital market this year, and the development of the Internet industry may slow down in the future.

Zhou Buqi said: "To say it's troublesome, it's not that serious."

Zhou Shaoning said with a smile: "The smartphone market is not yet saturated, but the growth rate will certainly not be as fast as in the past few years. If Asda wants to maintain its industry advantage, it needs to make breakthroughs in other fields. In May We will launch a new product, maybe it will lead the trend.”

"Oh? What product?"

"earphone."

"Headphones?" Boss Ma was very curious, "What trend can this lead? Smart earphones?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, smart headphones."

Boss Ma was a little funny, "I can still understand the smart watch. After all, the watch also has a display screen and can integrate many Internet functions. Don't the earphones have to be inserted into the ears? What function can this have?"

"Bluetooth headset." Zhou Shaoning was very confident about this and pointed at Zhou Buqi, "He is the chief product manager and he designed it."

Boss Ma was surprised, "Are you out of business?"

Zhou Buqi hesitated for a moment and said, "By the way, I'm working on a public welfare project, a super big project, no worse than the desert afforestation you did. I'm trying to find a way to solve the problem of hearing impairment in China and even around the world."

"Um?"

Boss Ma opened his eyes wide.

Zhou Buqi said: "Hearing impairments are mainly divided into two types. One is a real physiological problem, which is very troublesome and requires surgery and cochlear surgery. It will take at least ten or twenty years to complete this set. 10,000. I looked at the data a few days ago and found that my team has successfully performed more than 8,700 operations on children under the age of 5. If they are operated on at a very young age, there will be no impact. Their speech ability will allow them to live like normal people in the future.”

"I've also heard that this project is very big." Boss Ma expressed admiration from the bottom of his heart, "This is a good thing."

"Serve the people."

"It should."

"However, this is not enough." Zhou Buqi continued, "There are also some hearing impairments that are acquired, such as impact, otitis media, or eardrum perforation. Even as age increases, there will be some comparisons. Mild hearing impairment. They can hear, but they need to speak loudly, which actually has a certain impact on their lives. "

Boss Ma's heart began to fluctuate, and he understood what he meant, which was to combine earphones with hearing aids.

Even Zhou Shaoning looked shocked.

Boss Zhou didn’t even mention this idea to him!

He also thought that this headset named AsterPods was just a Bluetooth headset that could be connected to a smartphone and had good sound quality. I didn’t expect that there was such a big idea behind it. This is really amazing!

It’s really in line with Boss Zhou’s style!

Zhou Buqi said: "I have learned that the principle of this kind of external hearing aid equipment is actually very simple. It is nothing more than using earphones to collect external sound signals, then amplifying them and transmitting them to the eardrum. But many hearing aids nowadays are expensive and have limited functions. The most important thing is that it is unsightly to wear, and for many young people with mild hearing impairment, it is also related to their dignity. "

Boss Ma thought what he said was very good, "Yes, many times the public treats disabled people as monsters. Even if there is no discriminatory mentality, you just look at him a few times and you may cause harm to him."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes, just like black people, people in a strong position cannot understand the kind of psychological inferiority formed by years of being in a weak position."

When you meet a disabled person or a black person on the street, the best way is to treat them like a normal person and glance at them, or not even look at them.

If you can't help but look at it a few more times, even if it's not discriminatory, this kind of curious behavior will cause psychological harm to people.

Many older people, with more experience and maturity, have become accustomed to it, so it may not be a big deal.

Young people may not be able to accept it.

I feel like I am different from others, I feel like I am a monster.

If a young person goes out with a hearing aid, it will inevitably attract the curiosity and observation of many people, which will make them very uncomfortable. It's different if you are wearing AsterPods headphones. Young people all over the street are using these Bluetooth headphones to listen to music or make calls.

Hearing-impaired people can use headphones to cleverly hide in the crowd.

Boss Ma praised: “This is what technology should do.”

"This is just one aspect." Zhou Buqi smiled, "It is difficult to solve big problems. In the future, we will see whether we can solve hearing and visual obstacles for humans. Today's engineering technology and artificial intelligence are really It is possible to solve the problems that have troubled mankind for thousands of years.”