Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 471: The Onslaught of Public Opinion
"Originally, we were more cautious about Changcheng, but Changcheng has never made a move." Liu Xiaoyue was unaware that Changcheng had been scared off by Chen Yiyang.
So she immediately continued, "But actually, Changcheng’s products and ours are not on the same track. Our main competitors are some new forces and low-cost car competitors like Geely and Biya Mansion."
"In any case, we must do a good job of monitoring public opinion during this period. Handle any negative reviews promptly."
Chen Yiyang didn’t believe that, after Changcheng retreated, he could rest easy.
The business world is like a battlefield.
Even companies like Biya Mansion, who have a good relationship with us, will not hesitate to kick a man when he’s down if they have the chance.
While Chen Yiyang and Liu Xiaoyue were chatting, an assistant suddenly came in to report.
"The PR department reported that our new car is starting to hit the news on a large scale, and it’s trending on multiple social media platforms."
"What’s the problem?" Chen Yiyang immediately stood up and asked.
If the PR department was sending someone to report that their car was trending all over social media, it was certainly not good news.
"Here are the related trending topics and news, please have a look."
The assistant took out a tablet and directly showed it to Chen Yiyang and Li Xiaoyue.
Chen Yiyang took the tablet and looked at it.
’A man is frequently misjudged for fatigued driving by Yiyang Automobile’s intelligent driving system due to his small eyes, receiving over twenty reminders on his journey.’
What kind of nonsense news is this?
Chen Yiyang was shocked after seeing this headline.
He hastily read the article.
The article was simple—it was about a man with small eyes who bought Yiyang Automobile’s Bai Ze Ling Guang, intending to drive on the highway to visit his parents.
However, throughout the trip, the car frequently reminded him of fatigued driving, not only with voice alerts but also with pop-up notifications on the car’s big screen.
The originally good driving experience was disturbed, and he couldn’t drive seriously.
"Where is the technical department?" Chen Yiyang immediately shouted.
The technical department soon arrived.
"What caused this issue?" Chen Yiyang asked.
"Here’s what happened." The technical staff took a glance at the news and immediately understood the reason, answering,
"Each of our cars is equipped with a monitoring function. There is a camera on the steering wheel to detect the driver’s state. When it detects the driver closing their eyes, turning their head, yawning, using a phone to make calls, or other fatigue or distraction behaviors, the system will determine that the driver may be fatigued.
So this is a normal phenomenon, mainly to prevent drivers from driving overly fatigued and causing accidents."
"But the man in the news wasn’t fatigued." Chen Yiyang asked.
"Boss, if you look carefully at the news video, you can see that his eyes are so small that our current technology is likely to misjudge him as driving with his eyes closed, which is why this alert function is triggered."
Listening to the technical staff, Chen Yiyang watched the news video carefully.
Then he found that what the technical staff said wasn’t wrong.
Because the man naturally had small eyes, when he squinted, it indeed looked no different from having closed eyes.
The associated news picture showed him driving with his eyes open.
"This problem isn’t exactly the first time it’s come up either."
The technical staff continued to explain to Chen Yiyang, "For example, when Tesla first developed its intelligent assistance system, similar incidents also occurred.
Tesla’s system would determine whether the driver had closed their eyes, and because the white person’s eyes were too small, they were always judged as having closed eyes, leading to frequent alerts.
Until now, major car manufacturers have not solved this problem.
After listening to the technical staff, Chen Yiyang rubbed his head.
With such small eyes, even a human eye might not confirm if the person really closed their eyes, let alone a car’s intelligent system, even if it had a face real-time monitoring system.
"How about making a switch for this feature?" Chen Yiyang asked.
"If there is a switch for this function, most car owners would turn it off to avoid trouble.
If someone really had an accident due to fatigue driving, the public opinion would be even bigger than it is now."
Liu Xiaoyue reminded Chen Yiyang from the side.
In the initial stages, public opinion is driven by people with intentions and is irrational.
It looks only at the outcome without considering the reason.
If Yiyang Automobile’s intelligent assistance system dared to disable this feature, the news at that time would be:
Yiyang Automobile’s fatigue monitoring system is completely ineffective, leading to traffic accidents.
Although you can argue that the car owner voluntarily disabled the related feature, in the early stages of public opinion, this explanation appears like an excuse to outsiders.
Because this life-saving system should originally be set up to not be turned off independently.
"Is it possible to avoid it through technological upgrades? After all, you mentioned Tesla’s issue was a long time ago." Chen Yiyang asked the technical staff again.
"Adding sensors on the steering wheel, adding sensors on the seat, and then having a multi-sensor collaborative determination could likely work. But that would increase the cost by tens of thousands, and it’s unrealistic to incur such high costs solely for this particular case."
Now Chen Yiyang was really stumped.
This trending topic was definitely being pushed by someone, but Chen Yiyang really couldn’t think of a good solution.
Was he supposed to just watch this trending topic stay online for several days?
Wouldn’t Yiyang Automobile become a laughingstock then?
Just then, Chen Yiyang’s phone rang.
He looked at the phone, and it was Zhao Feipeng from Fei Peng Automobile calling.
Although Chen Yiyang and Fei Peng Automobile had become half-competitors, it didn’t affect their personal relationship. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Chen Yiyang answered the phone.
"Haha, brother, I saw the trending topic."
"Seeing it is one thing, why are you so happy about it?" Chen Yiyang couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
"No, there’s a reason I’m so happy. I sent you a picture, take a look."
Hearing Zhao Feipeng, Chen Yiyang opened his social media app and saw Zhao Feipeng did send him a picture.
As he opened the picture, he saw it was a three-year-old trending Weibo topic.
On the top of the three-year-old Weibo trending list, the headline was startling: ’Car owner misjudged by self-driving due to small eyes.’
Chen Yiyang immediately took out his phone and searched for this trending topic from three years ago.
Then he found that the star of this trending news was Fei Peng Automobile.
Good one!
Chen Yiyang almost laughed out of anger.
Three years ago, Fei Peng Automobile was at its peak, becoming the leader of the new powers in the new energy field at the time.
So this bunch of guys couldn’t come up with new ways and used the same approach from three years ago that attacked Fei Peng to mess with me now!
