Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 862 estimated income of $350

Zhang Xiaolan shook her head: "No, why did you suddenly ask such a question?"

Niu Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "Compared to last time, your appearance has changed a lot. As the saying goes, a woman is the one who pleases herself. If you don't have a date, why do you have to dress so fashionable?"

Zhang Xiaolan giggled: "I'm a girl, and it's a woman's nature to love beauty. Speaking of it, I have to thank you. If you didn't lead me to earn money, I wouldn't be able to dress myself up."

Niu Xiaoqiang said: "It seems that I am thinking too much. Are you free these days? If I have time, I would like to design the drawings with you. I am in charge of the mechanical design, and you focus on the circuit structure. In this way Work efficiency will be higher.”

Zhang Xiaolan already knew that Niu Xiaoqiang and Kailinna were living together. This is a very indecent thing in China, but it is very common in the United States.Zhang Xiaolan was not very disgusted by this, and she asked seriously: "I still have plenty of time, and I can start work at any time. I wonder where you plan to do the design? If it is in your rented house, Will Miss Karina have any objections after seeing it?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and waved his hands: "I have computers and printers at my place, so you can do design at my place. Don't worry, Karina is not the kind of woman you imagined, and she will never have any objections."

Zhang Xiaolan couldn't help laughing and said: "You are quite good, you have trained a beautiful American girl so obediently, since you have said so, then I would rather be respectful than obedient."

Niu Xiaoqiang pretended not to hear Zhang Xiaolan's teasing, nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, let's start work tomorrow, your wages are calculated at 120 U.S. dollars per day, eight hours a day, and [-] U.S. dollars per hour for less than a day. fee."

Niu Xiaoqiang has always been very generous to Zhang Xiaolan. Every time he asks Zhang Xiaolan to work, he always pays a high salary.

Zhang Xiaolan said thank you, and nodded in agreement with a smile.

Niu Xiaoqiang said goodbye and went home. Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, he simply put on his apron and went to the kitchen to make dinner.

During dinner, he told Kailina that Zhang Xiaolan was coming to his house to do design work. After hearing this, Kailinna really didn't have any objections, but she just told her not to let Zhang Xiaolan enter her room at will.

Niu Xiaoqiang knew that Kailinna was a person who paid great attention to personal privacy, so he said with a smile that he would definitely pay attention.

There was nothing to say all night, and from the next morning, Niu Xiaoqiang and Zhang Xiaolan worked together to design the second-generation artificial intelligence robot.

Different from the casual design of the first generation of intelligent robots, Niu Xiaoqiang is more serious this time.He felt that the income this time was much higher than last time. Since he took so much money from others, it would be better to be more serious. At least the work he did had to be worthy of the high income.

Once Niu Xiaoqiang started to get serious, it would be a completely different concept.Under his leadership, the second-generation artificial intelligence robot has a more sci-fi appearance, a more precise and flexible transmission device, and a more reasonable mechanical structure.

Niu Xiaoqiang is very sure: as long as this brand-new robot can be manufactured according to his own idea, its hardware performance will rise by at least two steps.

Niu Xiaoqiang not only takes himself very seriously, but also asks Zhang Xiaolan to be as serious as him.

Zhang Xiaolan was not surprised by Niu Xiaoqiang's rigorous work attitude, because this time she started the design from scratch with Niu Xiaoqiang, so she was very independent in terms of circuit structure, and could always come up with very feasible design solutions. Niu Xiaoqiang admired this very much.

Zhang Xiaolan already has a high talent in electronic information, and later studied at Boston University, and she studied very hard, so her own talent has been better expanded and explored. It is no exaggeration to say that, Her attainments in this field have surpassed many of the most professional electronic engineers.

Time slipped away unconsciously, and eight days had passed by the time the two completed the design.

On the afternoon of the eighth day, Niu Xiaoqiang printed out the designed drawings.While the printer was spouting out paper, Zhang Xiaolan couldn't help stretching, then rubbed her sore eyes: "Finally, it's finished. Designing is really a labor-intensive job."

Niu Xiaoqiang joked with a smile: "Otherwise, you think money is really easy to earn."

Zhang Xiaolan couldn't help asking: "Xiaoqiang, how much money can you earn this time?"

Professor Watson has successfully applied for the upgrade funds, the amount is lower than the original expectation, and only received a total of 850 million US dollars.

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't hide anything from Zhang Xiaolan, and said truthfully: "If you put aside the manufacturing cost, I should be able to earn 350 million US dollars this time."

In order to make investors feel that the money is worth it, Niu Xiaoqiang did not shoddy it this time like last time. The parts he selected were all top-notch, so the price was relatively expensive. As a result, the production cost of the robot doubled. According to his estimates, it will cost about US$150 million to manufacture the second-generation intelligent robot.

The total cost of the upgrade was $850 million, leaving $150 million after subtracting $700 million in manufacturing costs.According to the agreement between Niu Xiaoqiang and Robert, the money will be divided equally between the two.

As for the cost of writing software, this basically does not exist. Robert does not need to pay for any equipment, and he can use the supercomputer in the research room to complete the programming work.

Zhang Xiaolan admired Niu Xiaoqiang's ability to make money, and she couldn't help but sigh: "Not long ago, you made a lot of money through supercomputers, and in just a few days, you have launched such a big project , I am completely convinced, since you have earned so much money, can you start implementing the plan to invest in the home appliance industry?"

Niu Xiaoqiang chuckled: "I told you before that I will implement this matter when I go back to visit relatives at the end of the year, so I will definitely not break my promise. In order to implement this plan, I am going to spend 500 million US dollars to purchase major equipment, such as manufacturing televisions. Motherboard and display equipment, these things are not available in China, they can only be purchased from abroad, the price is very expensive, even for the smallest model, the total cost is at least 450 million US dollars, as for the production equipment of the shell and signal decoder, this It is relatively cheaper, and it is estimated that 50 US dollars is almost enough, these are the main parts, and we can purchase the less important parts from outside, and then ship them back for assembly.”

(End of this chapter)