Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 2203 Obvious order grabbing

Big Robert smiled disdainfully: "Miss No. [-], please clarify the fact that there are many manufacturers in this world who can design and manufacture computers, but there are only three of us who can write programs that meet the requirements of the military. From this, it is not difficult to see that our voice accounts for a larger proportion, so we will not compromise with hardware manufacturers, but they can only compromise with us.”

Big Robert changed the subject here: "From another perspective, if we compromise with them, the performance of the program we write will definitely not meet the requirements of the military, which will greatly reduce the function and power of this system, and eventually lose The interests of the military are still in the interests of the military, so even if it is out of self-interest, the military should cooperate with us in putting pressure on hardware suppliers, right?"

Miss No. [-] felt that these words made sense, she accepted Big Robert's point of view, nodded and said: "You guys wait a moment, I will call my superiors to explain the situation."

Miss No. [-] took the satellite phone and went to the next room to make a call. Big Robert stretched his waist: "At last, I can take a rest."

Niu Xiaoqiang rolled his eyes at him: "Didn't you guys start working in the past few months when I returned to China? You just started working yesterday, and you feel tired today. By the way, have you gone out for a romantic trip again?"

After hearing the words, Big Robert immediately said with a bitter face: "Where do I have time to find other women now? I put all my heart and soul on Mona. Unfortunately, even though I have paid so much, Mona still did not agree to do it." My girlfriend, it makes me almost lose my mind to work."

Niu Xiaoqiang persuaded: "This more and more proves that Mengna is a trustworthy and good girl. You can't be discouraged. As long as you work harder to chase her, you will get real happiness."

Big Robert hummed: "I think so too, the more a girl sticks to her principles, the more reliable she is. Don't worry, I will never give up easily."

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and said: "That's right, don't be lazy, just keep programming. It doesn't matter if the program is not compatible now, and the hardware problem will definitely be solved in the future. This project is quite big, and we can't waste too much time."

Big Robert nodded, entered the inner office with a spare computer, and continued to work.

Niu Xiaoqiang continued to pick up books to replenish his knowledge, and after about a quarter of an hour, Miss No. [-] came out with a satellite phone.

Seeing her frowning, Niu Xiaoqiang still guessed the result in his heart: "Miss No. [-], did your superior not agree with your opinion?"

Miss No. [-] sighed, shook her head slightly and said, "My superior agrees with me, but Intel disagrees. My superior has already called Intel just now, and the other party made it clear that they will not redesign the chip just for this project alone. Architecture, unless we are willing to add more money, but the price they proposed is too high, and they want a billion dollars, which is obviously a rip-off. My superiors broke down the negotiation with them because of the price, and the trouble was very unpleasant."

Niu Xiaoqiang rolled his eyes when he heard the words: "This problem is actually easy to solve. Isn't Intel the only company in the world that makes chips? Why do you hang yourself on a tree?"

Miss No. [-] was taken aback when she heard this, then hesitated and said, "Intel's position in the chip field is well known, who else can we go to if we don't go to them?"

Niu Xiaoqiang chuckled: "You should know Hewlett-Packard Computer Company, right? This company is somewhat related to me. If your superior trusts my ability, I can assure him that I will help him solve the problem before the system program is written. The chip problem, at the same time, we can also provide the whole machine for this project, the price will definitely be much cheaper than other computer companies, but the quality and performance will never be discounted because of the low price, or you can give it to the superior Make a call and report this matter?"

Niu Xiaoqiang is obviously grabbing orders. Military orders have always been synonymous with high profits. Even if he sells at a lower price, the profits he earns are at least twice as high as those in the civilian market.

Miss No. [-] knew that Hewlett-Packard Computer Company was an industry that Niu Xiaoqiang understood, and she also knew what Niu Xiaoqiang was planning.

If it were anyone else, Miss No. [-] would definitely not help with the order, but facing Niu Xiaoqiang, she immediately nodded happily: "Okay, I will call my superior to explain the situation."

Miss No. [-] entered the lounge next door again and called her superior: "Director, I'm No. [-]. I have something I want to tell you."

Number two repeated Niu Xiaoqiang's words, and then persuaded him: "Director, I think this matter is very reliable. You know Niu Xiaoqiang's ability. His understanding of computer technology is far better than others. Coupled with his superb IQ, it is not a problem to solve hardware problems. As long as he is willing, he can easily design a brand new chip to help us solve all problems. At the same time, he is a participant in this project. He knows better than Intel how to solve the chip problem. In addition, he already has a computer company under his name. As long as we hand over the order to him, he can not only ensure the performance of the equipment, but also give a substantial discount on the price. , why don't we choose to give the order to him to do?"

The supervisor on the other end of the phone pondered for a while, and then asked: "We don't have much funds on hand, and we only have a little over 50 billion US dollars. If there is any problem, this project will be affected. At that time, we will not have any money." If he is willing to sign a gambling agreement with us to ensure that there are no problems with the hardware, we can consider handing over the order to him. If he is not willing, then we It’s better to cooperate with those old manufacturers.”

Miss No. [-] hummed: "I'll go talk to him right away, and I'll let you know as soon as there's a result."

After hanging up the phone, No. [-] returned to the outside office and explained the situation to Niu Xiaoqiang.

Niu Xiaoqiang roughly estimated the number of hardware devices needed for this project. According to the software program he wrote, at least five supercomputers are needed for this project.

The director currently only has about US$50 billion in funds, which means that his expectation for the low price of the supercomputer is no more than one billion US dollars.

Supercomputers these days are very expensive high-tech products, and one billion dollars can only buy a model with very average performance. The price of a high-performance supercomputer is at least 15 billion U.S. dollars.

(End of this chapter)