DNSPod Ten Questions Zhou Kang: How to become the Steve Jobs in the field of office hardware?

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Zhou Kangcheng CEO of Zhe Technology  

Zhou Kang, CEO and Chief Product Officer of Chengzhe Technology. Founded Chengzhe Technology in 2013 to promote the intelligence of office equipment through AI and Internet technology. During his tenure as CEO, he led Chengzhe Technology to overcome book scanning technology, integrated a large number of AI visual technologies, optimized scanning quality, and accumulated a large number of technical barriers and patented technologies with a global layout. Chengzhe's intelligent hardware has also become Global AI office head enterprise. The products are sold to more than 160 countries, setting an example for China to create overseas. The three national high-tech enterprises under Chengzhe have outstanding research and development capabilities, and have completed tens of millions of yuan in A+ round financing.

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Zhao Jiuzhou Tencent Cloud-Director of Enterprise Center  

Zhao Jiuzhou, Director of Tencent Cloud-Enterprise Center, Director of Observable Platform. Responsible for Tencent Cloud Observable Platform, DNSPod, Tencent Documents, Tencent Questionnaire and other products. He has successively served as the general manager of 58 Daojia platform and the vice president of the 360 ​​Group's Tongchengbang business. , Heli Capital and other VCs invested USD 10 million in venture capital. At the same time, he is also a senior expert in digitalization of physical enterprises, and took the lead in formulating the "China SME Digitalization Standard Certification".

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Zhao Jiuzhou : I heard that you started your business in your junior year, and you have 13 years of entrepreneurial experience. You were just a student at the time, what drove you to start a business so early? How to solve the source of funds? Then what was the opportunity to found Cheng Zhe? Did you encounter a "darkest moment" during this process?

Zhou Kang: When I first started my business , it was around 2007. At that time, there was no concept of "entrepreneurship", but there was a program called "Win in China". Homeowners and investors are the judges, and they began to promote some entrepreneurial culture in China, which gave me a lot of inspiration.

In school, I was more independent in thinking. Compared with doing academics, I felt that I was more interested in making products . At that time, we worked with a few classmates as a platform to help students find internships and jobs for free. On the one hand, we knew the school better, and on the other hand, we accumulated extra-campus resources when working in the external relations department of the Student Union, so we made money at that time . The first pot of gold .

Then why did you devote yourself to hardware? The main reason is that I have always been very interested in electronic products, and I can be regarded as a typical enthusiast . In addition, I worked as an incubator in Dalian in the early days, and often connected with the project team in Shenzhen. After learning about the hardware entrepreneurial ecology in Shenzhen, I just ignited the idea of ​​​​making AI smart hardware.

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Zhou Kang, CEO of Chengzhe Technology

Along the way, I believe that every entrepreneur will frequently encounter "darkest moments"-lack of funds and teams in the early stage, lack of marketing later, and lack of management later. The entire entrepreneurial process is constantly facing difficulties and filling holes . , of course, we must continue to solve problems . Such a long-term high-pressure state is a test of the physical strength and mentality of entrepreneurs.

But thinking about it the other way around, the reason why entrepreneurship is full of charm and imagination is because we have been exploring new things beyond the boundaries , which will inevitably bring various challenges. If you feel relaxed, you may be stuck in your comfort zone and unable to see the bigger world.

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Zhao Jiuzhou: Chengzhe started out as a smart scanner. Scanners are relatively a niche market, and the overall market size is not large. Last year, the document scanner shipments were only 300,000-400,000 units. Compared with Why do you still choose this track that does not look so "fragrant" because of other smart hardware that costs millions of units? Now that mobile phone scanning is becoming more and more convenient, coupled with the fact that paperless and online offices are becoming more and more common, does it mean that the scanner market will shrink at an accelerated rate and will soon become a "sunset industry"?

Zhou Kang : The scanner industry is indeed relatively niche, and I agree that the market may shrink, but this does not conflict with our entrepreneurial philosophy, which is "only different can be better" .

We made it very clear at the beginning of our business. First of all, we must fill the market gap in the direction we are interested in. Secondly, our products must be able to improve the industry and lead the development of the industry to reflect unique value. This is the mission of a startup company feel. Therefore, we have always insisted on making innovative product forms that are not available in the world .

Why do people like Apple and Jobs so much? Because many of Apple's products have changed the world, such as the iPhone and Airpods, Apple defines the shape of the future. We never dare to claim to change the world, but improving the industry is our goal . When we improve more industries, we will change a part of the world.

The early stage of our business was at the outbreak of smart hardware. We saw that in the field of smart home, there are already many companies working hard to make everyone's life better. So can we work hard to make everyone's work better ?

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Chengzhe smart scanner, through the patented three-dimensional surface flattening technology, can realize functions such as surface flattening, automatic page sorting, and automatic angle adjustment, which solves the pain points that traditional equipment is difficult to scan books and account books.

Based on this idea, we chose AI Office. Our way of thinking about making products is: What will the future form of this kind of product be? What might it look like, what underlying needs it will solve, what new technologies will be used, and what new experiences will it bring.

Our scanners involve not only hardware, but also software and AI. The entire technology covers a wide range, so the first scanner product was developed for more than 3 years, and it was only launched in 2016. However, since 2018, the entire industry has begun to Follow the winners to make scanners with strong AI, and we have predicted it a long time ago , and it has also confirmed that our products will indeed improve the industry and lead the industry in this direction.

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Zhao Jiuzhou : Chengzhe scanner is aimed at scanning volumes of publications in office scenarios, and has been the top seller of Amazon's CMOS scanner category in overseas markets for many years. When you first entered the overseas market, you chose the US indiegogo crowdfunding platform as the main front. It received 13 official recommendations from overseas crowdfunding platforms and became the product with the highest number of recommendations on the entire platform. How did you do it? Many cross-border e-commerce companies in China generally buy advertisements and brush orders on social platforms. Why do you think of using crowdfunding for overseas marketing? Why should a to B product be promoted in a way of crowdfunding to C?

Zhou Kang: First of all, we understand the differences between domestic and overseas business environments . Due to the per capita living area, many families in China do not have a separate study room, but overseas is different. Many people will have an independent study room at home for office use. In addition, mobile office has been popular for many years. Overseas users are very willing Purchase all kinds of advanced office equipment for home to enhance experience .

Therefore, scanners, which seem to be more to B products, are often used overseas in to C scenarios , so the boundaries between to B and to C products are not so obvious, and crowdfunding, a way of promoting to C, is also Take advantage of the trend.

Secondly, domestic and overseas attitudes towards innovative products are different . Every time our products have new functions, they are easily accepted by users of overseas crowdfunding platforms, because many products in their own countries are well-polished, and the production is relatively standardized, so they have a natural sense of trust in innovative products .

In China, consumers have always been "fooled" (laughs). Even if the merchant tells you that there is such an innovative function, your first reaction will be to wonder if it is "blowing", and then go to see it. Check to see if there are any bad reviews, even if they are all positive reviews, you will doubt whether the order has been booked.

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A successful scanner has been crowdfunded on the indiegogo platform to exceed 100 million yuan

Almost every product of ours will be promoted on the crowdfunding platform, with over one million projects every year, because the crowdfunding platform has its advantages.

First, product pricing can be tested . The first batch of people on the crowdfunding platform grabbed the cost price, and we will increase it little by little to see where the user’s acceptance is, and how much the price will affect the conversion; crowdfunding can also verify the early marketing of the product Is the selling point attractive?

Second, during the crowdfunding period, users are happy to discuss the product and give feedback , but when it is directly listed on a platform like Amazon, users will only give positive or negative reviews directly, making it difficult to communicate in depth with users.

I still recommend innovative product teams to promote on crowdfunding platforms , which is a good link for new product announcements. But at this stage, we should pay attention to the fact that the cost of crowdfunding is not low, and it takes a few more times to get the right feeling, and we must be prepared to "step on the pit".

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Zhao Jiuzhou : Going overseas means to deal with unpredictable international relations. For example, from time to time, you will be blocked because of the identity of a Chinese seller, and you have to clarify cultural differences and differences in local platform systems. Based on your years of overseas marketing experience, you have figured out What is the marketing method with low investment but high conversion? How to quickly build up your own competitive barriers in overseas markets as an outsider?

Zhou Kang: Low investment and high returns are definitely what all companies want to pursue, butthere are only two situations for all high returns: innovation profits and monopoly profits. If the business is based on traffic, there are not many opportunities on a relatively mature and stable platform, and perhaps emerging platforms will provide traffic support.

In fact, everyone now feels that overseas marketing is difficult. The very important reason is that the overall environment is declining . First of all, the traffic of a large platform like Amazon is not increasing; secondly, the payment ability of European and American consumers is also weakening, which makes it easy for merchants to involve.

Based on our experience, we believe that high-end products with a certain degree of scarcity still have opportunities at this stage . Platforms like Amazon have a very high degree of protection for high-quality products, and fraudulent behavior such as order swiping is strictly prohibited. Therefore, as long as the product is well done, it can basically hedge against the impact of the general environment. As for mid-to-low-end products, if there is no scarcity in itself, and you have to face the impact of the transfer of the advantages of the low-end industrial chain to Southeast Asia, it will indeed be easy to roll.

Products with strong R&D and product capabilities are more likely to succeed on overseas platforms and have the opportunity to become well-known international brands. This is due to the advantages of China's industrial chain, and this advantage will last for a long time .

First of all, our product iteration ability is very strong . With the advantages of a complete supply chain, hardware + software + electronics + AI, there are abundant talents in all aspects. What foreign companies can't finish in a few years, we may finish in half a year, and new products will be released every six months, which is why DJI quickly surpassed GoPro with the same level of sound volume.

Secondly, our AI application has more advantages , that is, the advantage of intelligent hardware. Based on China's catching up in the Internet era, the United States will be more cutting-edge in the subject research of AI, while China will focus more on the application of AI. For example, the Cobos sweeper quickly changed from an OEM to a leading brand, and Stone, Cloud Whale, etc. all showed strong competitiveness, while iRobot, the leader in this field, is declining.

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Zhao Jiuzhou : B-end customers have a long decision-making cycle and a more cautious attitude. Online marketing methods are often difficult to drive customers to place orders passionately, and offline channel coverage is also a decisive part. On the other hand, the manufacturing cost of to B hardware equipment itself is high, the repurchase rate is low, and the profitability is not as strong as that of software products and to C products. So how do you deal with these problems when you are commercializing to B hardware? What experience can you share?

Zhou Kang: as long as to C makes a blockbuster product, it can sell well in a short period of time, whileto B really lacks this kind of explosive power, and it is more about solid commercial capabilities.

I think the commercialization of to B hardware products like ours is the most difficult to do . When selling online, we are no different from selling to C products. We have to learn how to market, how to attract traffic, and how to do a good job of advertising. Follow the commercial logic of to C; when selling offline, we have to consider how to dig deep into the agents in the industry, how to gain their trust, how to make them earn money, and how to let them sell products to users smoothly. Yet another logic.

In the path to B, we pay great attention to offline sales, which account for more than 50%. Offline mainly relies on the establishment of an agent system. In our logic, the role of agents is not purely selling goods, but a full range of service providers. Their core advantage is that they can provide users with timely and comprehensive services . For example, according to your situation, the product will be packaged for you as a whole, and if you don’t know how to use it, you can teach you immediately, etc. This is why we started selling products in 2016, but in fact we had to start building a channel system in 2015.

So far, we have accumulated agents in 107 countries , and we mainly cooperate with three types of agents: first, office equipment channels; second, software agents, such as office conference software; third, system integrators, software and hardware solutions for major customers .

The establishment of an overseas agent system will be more difficult, because we are not so familiar with overseas markets , and the efficiency of analyzing the commercial capabilities and sales models of agents will be lower. In addition, it will be more difficult to build trust between the two parties , especially when Chinese companies often face doubts when entering overseas countries or government agencies. However, in our overseas fan base, many foreigners will take the initiative to speak for us, and even "answer" some questions. (laugh)

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Zhao Jiuzhou : You released a new blockbuster product last year—StarryHub conference star, which is a smart conference projector that integrates projection, camera, and sound pickup. I heard that you spent 4 years polishing the conference star product. What is the difficulty? From the top seller of scanners to the rookie of projectors, it seems that the two categories have a large span. I even saw that you have sitting posture correctors, and the category is even more indistinguishable. What is the thinking behind your product matrix?

Zhou Kang: As we discussed earlier, the scanner market will narrow in the future, so we have been building a diverse product matrix. However, these products are based on the accumulation of our AI technology in productization, and have been extended in office scenarios , including AI vision and AI audio technology.

For example, our display camera has a bird's-eye view. In live broadcast or educational scenes, it can show the audience writing, drawing and so on. Another example is our sitting posture corrector . AI will recognize the state of bowing the head and slumping the waist, helping teenagers prevent myopia, or helping office workers prevent cervical and lumbar spondylosis.

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Adult display camera

The conference star StarryHub is more complicated. We originally considered that traditional business projectors were complained by many users, and we had to purchase parts and equipment such as cameras and pickups, which could not improve the conference experience at all, so we created a new form. ——Use a box to combine various projections, cameras, speakers, pickups, etc. for meetings, so that they can reach a balanced state, and also innovate the form of interaction .

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Adult Meeting Star StarryHub

Our meeting star StarryHub has several highlights:

First, the remote. Unlike remotes with buttons, our remotes are similar to a computer's touchpad , allowing you to slide your fingers to operate the screen and automatically display the keyboard when typing. When not in use, put the remote control on the top of the projector, it can be charged automatically, and the meeting star will go to sleep with the screen off.

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Second, AI pickups . Our pickup is embedded in the projection box, which can pick up sound at 8-10 meters, and can receive sound clearly even if you sit far away. In addition, our AI voice will reduce the noise outside the meeting room, the sound of the air conditioner, closing or knocking on the door and other sounds.

Third, portrait tracking . We will automatically track the portrait of the speaker and focus the picture on the speaker. With this visual technology, we have achieved no rivals within the price range of 30,000 yuan.

Fourth, four-screen simultaneous projection . Our unlimited screen projection can cast four screens at the same time, and the size can be adaptive, so that there is no need to switch screens frequently during discussions.

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Therefore, it can be seen that the innovation of Conference Star is all-round, so the workload will become very large . It has not only done the work of home projectors such as XGIMI and JMGO, but also made AI cameras, AI microphones, etc. work, but also to improve the heat dissipation of the projector, to stabilize the intelligent system, to use AI to optimize the vision and sound, and to have a new UI design for the new interactive form, so that the user experience can be achieved immediately Get started and so on. These are considered the workload of a large factory, so it took us 4 years to polish the details.

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Zhao Jiuzhou : In the field of projectors, there are already established players such as Epson and BenQ. In recent years, home projector unicorns such as XGIMI and JMGO have emerged. Even in the subdivision of conference projectors that specifically target the B-end market, HKUST Xunfei and Ali Dingding have already entered the game. StarryHub conference star was just released last year, relatively speaking, it has entered the market relatively late. Do you have confidence in replicating the miracle of scanner sales in such fierce competition? What is the source of confidence?

Zhou Kang: Of course I have confidence. On the one hand, it comes from our own understanding of to B , so we are not too worried about competing with big platforms. For example, in terms of going overseas, the offline channel system of other domestic Chinese companies is basically not as extensive as ours , and the number of partners is not as large as ours, and the partners all trust our attitude in making products, which benefited from our earlier experience. Recognize the value of channels. The innovative ability of the meeting star product is unmatched at the same price. As long as you demonstrate the product to users, the final effect will be good.

On the other hand, our innovation ability advantage . Maybe you see Conference Star now and feel that it is already the most imaginative conference projection product on the market, but in fact this is not the most future form in our minds . Our thinking about the future form of smart conference room equipment may have some The opportunity is about 5 years ahead of its peers.

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Zhao Jiuzhou : The technical disputes involved in projectors include several aspects such as light source technology, algorithm technology, display technology, perception technology and control technology. What are the technical differences between conference projectors and home projectors that readers are more familiar with? Image quality performance is a major pain point of projectors, so algorithms and display technologies that determine the level of image quality optimization are particularly important. What actions are you taking in this area?

Zhou Kang: In terms of projection and optical mechanics, there is basically no difference between conference stars and home projectors. However, home projectors are basically used at night, and users will turn off the lights, mainly focusing on the resolution of the image quality; while conference stars basically hold meetings during the day, and do not pay so much attention to whether the image quality is 4K, but we The meeting star is very clear in daytime environment.

The obvious difference in hardware is that the meeting star comes with a camera and a pickup, and the audio will be biased towards the original mid-frequency, and it also involves AI vision technology, AI pickup technology, and so on . Home projectors are generally entertainment speakers, which tend to be more low-frequency, so watching movies will make you feel more comfortable, but if you imagine such a sound appearing in a meeting, it will be very inappropriate.

Another difference is that home projectors are basically closed-source systems . For example, Xiaomi’s TV has its own system, and Tencent Conference cannot be installed in it. It is relatively easier to develop a closed system. Conference Star is a semi-open system that supports the direct installation of applications such as Tencent Conference and Tencent Classroom. You can use Conference Star to hold meetings and take online classes. Of course, you can also install Tencent Video to watch movies directly, but this means that we have to be compatible with many Third-party APP, the underlying pressure is very high .

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Zhao Jiuzhou : Despite the rapid development of projectors in China in recent years, most companies in the industry are still integrating equipment components and relying entirely on procurement of components such as chips, prisms, CPUs, and memory, especially DLP chips. The entire industry is at the mercy of Texas Instruments. Therefore, many commentators think that there are no technical barriers in the projector industry, mainly relying on channel and price wars. What do you think of this point of view?

Zhou Kang : This comment is telling the truth. DLP is indeed dependent on the supply from Texas Instruments (TI), including other mainstream projection display technologies such as 3LCD, which are also developed by Japanese companies such as Epson and Sony. These are mainstream projector companies . The choice is also normal . This is the same as mobile phones. Many domestic mobile phones are actually just parts integrators.

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Even if the same components are used, the product strength of different manufacturers is still different. For example, XGIMI and other manufacturers, your experience is also different. And for consumers, he will not pay attention to your technology, but your product experience .

The reason why we choose Texas Instruments is because it can make our equipment smaller. What we have to do is to use the most reasonable technology to realize product design .

In addition, tuning is also very important . For example, Tencent Teana is a very powerful AI audio technology. Our self-developed Chengzhe Linjing™️ AI audio and video technology has also done a lot of optimization on the conference star products.

Products with unique forms and functions like Conference Star can provide users with a better experience in the market and have the opportunity to escape the trap of homogeneity. When homogenization is involuted, all manufacturers should only make basic profits, which is very reasonable. Only through continuous innovation, products that can provide consumers with unique value can have long-term value.

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Zhao Jiuzhou : The main function of the conference projector is to replace the conference flat-screen TV, but in fact, the current TV has become the king of cost-effectiveness. The regular 65-inch and 75-inch TVs only cost 2,000 yuan. They have 4K resolution, AI voice control and other functions. The event price of the screen TV can also be reduced to 8,000 yuan, and the picture quality of the conference projector is not as good as the TV, and the price is close to 10,000 yuan. So why do business customers choose projectors?

Zhou Kang: We can refer to the development of televisions. From wired to wireless, there was a TV box product during the transition period, but it disappeared after three to five years. Now it is all smart TVs.

Therefore, what we need to consider when making innovative products is what users need in the future, and the most reasonable form of projectors in the future is smart conference terminals . I can boldly predict that purely functional projections will slowly lose their value in the next 5-10 years.

Now there are several options for building a smart conference room. The first is screen projection + camera, pickup and other equipment; the second is TV + camera, pickup and other equipment; the third is a conference tablet, which itself is a TV that can touch and write. At the same time, cameras and pickups are also installed on it; the fourth is our conference star.

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From the perspective of the path of the smart conference room, if you want to hold a video conference, you have to install the parts in a hurry, and the computer needs to use the HDMI interface to connect to the TV. When someone speaks, you have to push the computer over. It is not a very pleasant meeting experience, and the conference TV has not played a role in improving the efficiency of the meeting. Therefore, only conference panels and conference star projectors can meet the scene of smart conference rooms.

If you compare the conference tablet with the conference star, it is actually the essential dispute between the two. We think that small conference rooms with 3-5 people are more suitable for conference tablets , and 55-inch and 65-inch small screens are also sufficient for handwriting. If it is a medium-sized conference room with 6-30 people, it is more suitable for conference stars . Our projection screen can reach 80-120 inches, and the improvement of LED laser technology can already provide a picture quality comparable to that of a TV. If it is a large conference room, neither of them is reasonable. What is needed is a 300-inch splicing large screen with a sense of ceremony.

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In addition, smart conference projection also has the advantage of portability . What users really need is a 100-inch screen, not a 100-inch device. 100-inch equipment means huge handling pressure, it is not easy to buy or sell, and many companies do not need a conference tablet for every conference room. Our conference star can be carried away, and multiple conference rooms can be used .

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Zhao Jiuzhou : In the era when you started your business, there were still many entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs were everywhere, but now, with the three-year baptism of the epidemic, the entrepreneurial environment has become very poor. Do you feel the same? In this environment, what do you rely on to persevere? Your team is based in Shenzhen. What do you think is the biggest difference between Shenzhen's entrepreneurial environment and other cities?

Zhou Kang: When the epidemic broke out, we felt the decline in the entrepreneurial environment . The Sino-US trade frictions in the past few years have also affected us to a certain extent. Last year was the most sluggish year for our business. A large number of business activities were restricted, business trips were not possible, and the communication efficiency with customers was also very low.

However, from a macro perspective, the economy is inherently cyclical, and it is normal to go up and down. Like I said, entrepreneurs need to constantly solve problems. During the epidemic, thanks to our early diversification around the world, the entire channel has been spread widely, and a mature sales system has been formed online and offline. When the domestic business is seriously declining, we still maintain the overseas growth rate. , Overall, there was a growth of 10%+ last year, and the ability to resist risks has been verified.

The entrepreneurial environment in Shenzhen is still very good. First of all, Shenzhen has a high degree of entrepreneurial activity; secondly, the entrepreneurial teams here are relatively down-to-earth; finally, Shenzhen has an obvious bonus, that is, the maturity of going overseas and cross-border e-commerce is relatively high.

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Zhao Jiuzhou : Entrepreneurs are inseparable from team management, especially the team size of the successful ones is constantly changing. How do you manage employees well according to the growth rate of the team? Now a large number of post-95s and post-00s "little fresh meat" have entered the workplace. Their personalities are more flamboyant, and their ideas are different from our post-80s. There are always rumors on the Internet that they are starting to "rectify the workplace", so how do you manage these employees well? of?

Zhou Kang: Frankly speaking, I am still a little apprehensive when facing young people. I worry about whether the atmosphere of the whole company will curb the creativity of young people, and whether some of my own ideas will be too old-fashioned . The enthusiasm for exploring new things needs to be protected.

But after all, the management is still dominated by those born in the 1980s. This situation cannot be completely avoided, but we will continue to encourage young people and give them opportunities to undertake important projects . In addition, we will pay great attention to the creation of company values, to emphasize what we want to do, what kind of company we want to be, and how we want to do things.

Speaking of "rectifying the workplace", in fact, behind this phenomenon is that young people need to be "empathized" in the workplace. In this regard, our company has a rule that it is not allowed to bring female colleagues to dinner with customers, unless the female colleagues want to participate; in addition, we have an anonymous mailbox system, although hierarchical management is necessary, but through this Ways to make some communication that needs to be conveyed upwards smoother.

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Zhao Jiuzhou : Chengzhe mainly focuses on smart office hardware, and you yourself are a smart hardware enthusiast. Before, you claimed to have experienced almost all the smart devices that can be bought in Shenzhen, as many as thousands of models. Among so many smart devices, which TOP3 can make you feel amazing? What is the reason for recommendation?

Zhou Kang: The first one is Google Glass. Although this product has many immature places, but at that time it gave a vision of a new form of the future , which made people feel very imaginative.

The second is the cloud whale sweeper. In the sweeping machine industry, there are already many well-done brands, such as Cobos, Stone, Xiaomi, etc., but Cloud Whale can still squeeze out the competition space and continue to pull in by innovating unique function points. Big , develop commercial value as a latecomer.

The third is a Dyson hair dryer. It does not have much innovation and invention, but the definition of products and the control of hardware details are the most extreme I have ever seen . Its feel and air volume give people a sense of ingenuity, and even the noise when blowing hair has been specially adjusted to make it sound less harsh.

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Zhao Jiuzhou : Office projection actually creates a smart office scene, which not only requires the participation of hardware equipment, but also the participation of conference software. Tencent Conference is one of the most mainstream conference software. How do you integrate with Tencent Conference? What are the future directions of cooperation?

Zhou Kang: We have already integrated commonly used conference software such as Tencent Conference, Feishu, DingTalk, and Zoom into Conference Star, and users can click and use them immediately. In the future, we will have in-depth cooperation with Tencent Conference to adapt the system of Tencent Conference, authenticate each other, integrate into Tencent Conference rooms, and become a member of Tencent Conference solutions. We are continuing to polish the product to a more perfect state Meet everyone!

* Image source: Success, indiegogo

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Column coordinator | Zhao Jiuzhou

Responsible editor | Huang Qiting Zhuang Yajie Zhang Jie

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"DNSPod Ten Questions" is an in-depth talk column launched by Tencent Cloud Enterprise Center. Through each issue, ten questions are asked to the guests, leading readers to stand on the shoulders of elites in the industrial Internet and technology fields, and overlook the development of major industries Trends and cutting-edge technological innovations.

The field of column guests is gradually expanding, from the initial circle of domain names and webmasters to the circle of programmers, entrepreneurs, and investors. Ding Ke, vice president of Tencent, Jiang Tao, chairman of CSDN, Dai Zhikang, founder of Discuz!, Wu Lujia of Knowledge Planet, Yang Qing, vice president of Tencent Security Academy, and other technical experts and industry leaders have left their insights in this column .

"DNSPod Ten Questions" is also extremely influential and active in the Tencent Cloud ecosystem. We are on Tencent's internal platforms - DNSPod official account, Tencent SME service official account, Tencent cloud official account, Tencent cloud host official account, Tencent cloud server official account, Tencent cloud assistant, Tencent Lewen, Tencent code guest circle, Tencent KM platform, Tencent Cloud + Community, Tencent Cloud + University and other platforms have accumulated hundreds of thousands of attentions. The total number of media readings such as agency account, penguin account, Sohu account, headline account, open source Chinese technology community, IT home, InfoQ community information site, Twitter agency account, and Facebook agency account exceeds one million.

In the future, we hope that the influence of this column will cover a more diverse audience and spread more correct ideas to the outside world. Readers are welcome to leave the guests you want to see and the questions you want to ask in the comment area. We invite you to become the questioners and voicers of the "DNSPod Ten Questions" column.


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