Although Pinduoduo has expanded significantly in various fields in recent times, Zhou Yujie still asked the entire team to continue to deepen its efforts in the agricultural field, which is an area that other e-commerce companies cannot involve. Once successful, they will have their own moat.

At the same time, there are many farmers in China. If this channel can be opened up and the income of some farmers will be increased, it will be in line with the strategic purpose of "eliminating poverty" that the country is currently working hard to achieve, which is very beneficial to the entire headline.

However, due to the current popularity of smartphones, there is no big result in the rural market, but now we start to do it. In a few years, the mobile Internet market and express delivery industry will develop to its peak, and agricultural support projects will achieve the greatest results.

Supporting farmers to start businesses is not only to help them sell fruits [food cannot be sold, they have monopoly rights], but also a very large market, which is easier for farmers to make a fortune quickly.

However, the biggest problem with the breeding industry is the opacity of the information in the intermediate channel. In big cities, many rich people have a very high demand for local chickens and ducks, but it is difficult to buy them. A large number of chickens and ducks on the market are raised in cages. Maybe these chickens and ducks have never walked more than ten meters in their lifetime. Many people do not like these chickens and ducks, but like free-range poultry in the countryside.

However, near big cities, land prices are expensive, so it is unrealistic to use it to breed chickens and ducks. Most of the places where free-range chickens and ducks are raised are in rural areas. There is currently no platform to open up the channels in the middle. To the bottom of this, it may be that big e-commerce companies are not looking at this market.

"Pinduoduo, I have heard that the things on the market are quite cheap, but sending things is still too troublesome. Our nearest express station is a few kilometers away." Chen Hanyang waved his hand and said.

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "It's okay. As long as you have a large quantity, the courier can pick up the goods at home, and you don't even need to consider various freezing measures. The courier company will prepare everything."

Cold chain investment is a business just established by Tiantian Express, providing delivery services for a large number of foods. However, due to cost factors, the main business time is from spring, autumn and winter, and in small quantities are operated in summer, because the cost in summer will exceed the range that Pinduoduo can afford, and users will also be skeptical about express foods in summer.

Chen Hanyang thought for a while and said, "This is OK. I heard that Pinduoduo usually orders are issued at a time, which is much more convenient. Thank you, Boss Zhou. If you get rich, I will treat you for free next time, brothers will come again."

"Okay, then I'm not polite." Zhou Yujie laughed.

Chen Hanyang asked: "Boss Zhou is so young, is he also engaged in e-commerce business?"

"That's right!" Zhou Yujie thought about it and felt that it was not wrong.

...

After lunch break, Toutiao's senior executives once again came to the institute, where 30 vehicles with only chassis and four wheels were prepared.

"Mr. Zhou and Mr. Lin, these 30 cars use BYD's chassis and some supporting technologies, plus the primary running program we wrote ourselves, and also have laser sensors and microwave sensors in 12 directions. Now we are constantly testing the operation of these cars in different scenarios to detect loopholes in the program." A man about 50 years old introduced to Zhou Yujie and Lin Youde.

Among the approximately 100 acres of site, there are cement land, gravel roads, mud roads, various obstacles, and sports dummies. Everything is for testing the internal procedures of the car.

Lin Youde asked: "Mr. Qin, what are the speeds of these cars?"

"30 yards?" Qin Gong explained: "Because of the immaturity of technology, every car we now is observed by people at any time. If an abnormality occurs, it will stop immediately. If the speed is too fast, the observer may not have time to stop the car."

"Is the energy of these cars a battery?" Zhou Yujie asked.

"Yes, it's the battery." Qin Gong explained: "The layout of the internal battery is imitating Tesla, but we are very different in terms of battery algorithms. For the same battery, our maximum range is only half that of Tesla. However, we don't need to be on the road, and these power is enough. The computer program has its own charging function. Once these cars are almost out of power, they will return to the charging place to charge themselves."

"This is a bit like an intelligent sweeping robot." Zhou Yujie said with a smile.

Qin Gong also said: "In fact, with our technical reserves, as long as we practice for a period of time, we will definitely not have any problems using this technology on intelligent sweeping robots."

"Let's talk about this later." Zhou Yujie smiled indifferently.

For the autonomous driving project, Toutiao has invested a lot of resources. Just recruiting talents is poaching people from all over the world, especially Tesla. Almost all Chinese engineers have been contacted. Those who are willing to return to China will give money and houses, and Qin Gong is one of them.

A large amount of resources and capital investment has enabled the development of the autonomous driving project to be very rapid. The derivative products born from a technology are sometimes a broad market. Smart home is actually a kind of, but there is no need to worry for the time being.

When Zhou Yujie and his group entered the entire test site, the speed of all cars immediately dropped to 10 yards, which was also for safety reasons.

Only when Zhou Yujie walked closer could he see the camera on each car. It was not big, but aimed at all directions.

While visiting the venue with everyone, Qin Gong introduced: "At present, through the daily videos of DiDi Car owners and the most basic driving logic, the primary algorithm we wrote has entered all cars, and the car also has another system, which is an anti-collision system composed of lasers, microwaves and ultrasonic sensors.

Now we have entered the third phase of testing. When the tenth phase is over, we can prepare to apply for road tests.”

"What is the tenth issue?" Lin Youde asked.

Qin Gong said: "In our place, driving at a speed of 100 yards, there is at least 1 million kilometers of itinerary, and if a major accident occurs, it will need to be postponed."
Chapter completed!