Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 1062 Let's develop smart technology ourselves

Professor Bona didn't know much about Niu Xiaoqiang's programming ability, he hesitated and asked, "Can you really do it?"

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded seriously: "If I say yes, I will definitely do it."

Professor Bona stared at Niu Xiaoqiang for a long time, and seeing that Niu Xiaoqiang didn't seem to be talking big, he gave a half-believing voice: "In this case, I will trouble you a lot, I will design the blueprint first, and then How do you feel about discussing the follow-up with you?"

"No problem, this is my personal call, I'm always on call."

"Okay, this is the phone number of the boss. I will contact her after class and introduce you to her. You can call her in an hour and just talk to her."

Niu Xiaoqiang thanked him, the two sides exchanged numbers, and then Niu Xiaoqiang walked to the artificial intelligence research room.

Robert was sitting on a chair and smoking a cigarette, and the programming interface was displayed on the computer in front of him.

Seeing Niu Xiaoqiang coming in, Robert grinned and said, "Student, you are back. Teacher and I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Niu Xiaoqiang asked curiously, "Do you have something to do with the teacher?"

Robert smiled, and slid the armchair to Niu Xiaoqiang with his feet: "My teacher and I recently negotiated a deal with someone, and we will help people research artificial intelligence in the future. Are you interested in joining?"

Niu Xiaoqiang is also counting on making money from artificial intelligence projects, so naturally he will not refuse to join.However, the symbolic significance of the artificial intelligence project is greater than the actual significance, at least in recent years, it has been impossible to get returns from this project.Niu Xiaoqiang didn't know who would be willing to spend a large sum of money to invest in this project.

He nodded: "Of course I would like to join, I wonder who spent money to invest?"

"It was jointly invested by several large companies. They feel that artificial intelligence is the future development direction of the industrial manufacturing field. They want to take the lead in advance. Just half a month ago, they sent representatives to discuss with me and the teacher. The other party The conditions offered are very generous, and the teacher initially agreed to their cooperation plan, but since you went back to China to visit relatives, the teacher did not sign a contract with the other party, and wants to discuss with you after you come back before making a decision."

Niu Xiaoqiang snorted: "I don't know what kind of favorable conditions they proposed?"

"The first is the salary. All the core R&D personnel recognized by the teacher can get a basic salary of 50 US dollars per year. If the research and development results are achieved, there will be additional bonuses. The bonuses are determined according to the importance of the results. Yes, the more important the achievement, the higher the bonus, the upper limit is 1000 million US dollars. In addition, they will also set up a special company. This company is actually a research institution, which is fully managed by the teacher. They will Give us the greatest degree of freedom, will not interfere with any affairs of this company, and will not even conduct financial audits, as long as we study the technologies they need, and finally they provide research and development funds, with an annual investment of 3000 Ten thousand dollars, we can spend it as we want, it's just lying around and making money."

It is indeed very attractive to be able to spend 3000 million US dollars as R&D funds at one time, and not to insist on R&D results. Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help but feel very curious about these companies, and continued to ask: "Senior, I don't know if it is Which companies jointly invested?"

"Boeing, Ford, and Cal Mechanics, they each contributed $1000 million."

Niu Xiaoqiang thought to himself: Does Boeing make planes?Could it be that they want to develop an intelligent autonomous driving system?Ford is a manufacturer of automobiles. They may want to achieve the goal of intelligent assembly line production. As for California Machinery, I am not familiar with this company, but judging from the name, they should be a professional manufacturing equipment supplier, maybe Think about developing automated industrial manufacturing equipment.

Niu Xiaoqiang's guess was quite accurate, and the general situation was basically like this.Although the conditions offered by these companies are very attractive, Niu Xiaoqiang did not lose sight of the money because of this. He raised the question he was most concerned about: "Once the technology is developed, who will own the ownership?"

Robert immediately replied: "Of course they are jointly owned by the three companies. They paid the money and offered such good conditions. It can't be that the technology has nothing to do with them, right? This is not in line with business laws at all. .”

Niu Xiaoqiang showed a dissatisfied look: "Isn't this the same as we are working for them? To put it bluntly, they are high-level wage earners? Senior, I think this deal is not very cost-effective. Compared with the technology we have developed, no matter what Whether it's salary or bonus, it's a bit low, we should think carefully about it."

Robert didn't expect that Niu Xiaoqiang, who had expressed his approval just now, would suddenly raise an objection. He was stunned for a moment before he said, "Student, are you overestimating yourself? Among the investment funds of 3000 million US dollars, we can at least take away Half, it means that the three of us can get an extra 500 million US dollars in extra money, isn't that still a little?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and waved his hands: "Senior, you have never done business, so you don't know the true value of smart technology. Let's take Boeing as an example. As long as they get the smart driving technology developed by us, they can use it Raise the price of each aircraft equipped with this technology, at least one or two million US dollars, how much is their annual shipment? It is no exaggeration to say that this alone can bring them Hundreds of millions of dollars in pure profits, and they can also use this to improve the diversity of flight controls and obtain a better user experience, thereby stimulating the sales of aircraft to further increase, and the profits will only increase. From this point of view, we Did the three suffer a lot?"

When it comes to doing business, ten Roberts together are no match for Niu Xiaoqiang, even if he is also a genius, he won't win.

Robert was stunned when he heard this: "Yes, the three of us really suffered a big loss, but we lack research and development funds, if no one else invests, how can we make a lot of money? "

Niu Xiaoqiang chuckled: "Senior, you should have at least 200 million dollars in deposits in your hand, right? The teacher started his own company and can earn at least one million dollars a year, plus the money he earned from going out to earn extra money, so After a few years, I still have two or three million dollars in deposits. As for me, I can invest a few million dollars at the moment. As long as the three of us put together our money, we can do it alone and develop a new product in the future. If you acquire the technology, you can earn profits far exceeding the investment amount, this transaction is not small, I wonder if you are interested in participating?"

(End of this chapter)