God-level Trader of Rebirth

Lin Zeju was overjoyed when he heard Chen Weidong's proposal, and thought it was a good idea.

He is the senior executive who knows the most about technology in Infinity Company.

If there is such a laboratory, it will be of great help to the research of optical brains.

But after hearing Zhao Gong and Liu Weitao's complaints, he silently calculated the company's investment, which was probably an astronomical figure, and immediately said fiercely: "Ah Wei! I firmly oppose the establishment of such a laboratory!"

"Even if he can help us achieve research success faster, compared with the investment and the funds required for maintenance, the gain is not worth the loss!"

"If all the laboratories are remodeled like this, we may have to build all of Lilan in the next ten years!"

"So, this is an impractical, non-commercial idea and I vote against it!"

Li Xi'er, who had been editing documents by the side, brewed a few cups of new tea for everyone, and tactfully advised Chen Weidong: "To build such a laboratory, I calculated that it would cost several billion dollars, which is about 400 yuan according to the exchange rate." More than [-] million RMB."

"Is it too risky for us to do this? Because this is just your idea, and researchers are likely to face more other difficulties when implementing it."

"If it doesn't succeed in the end, even we will not be able to bear the loss."

Chen Weidong watched everyone's reactions quietly. He smiled lightly and said, "If we don't need to produce all the special alloy materials, we only need to make a sample of everything, and the investment will be enough." Isn't it very big?"

"Huh? Don't we need to go out?"

Everyone in the office looked at each other suspiciously, and then suddenly realized: "Mr. Chen! You mean."

Chen Weidong smiled and pointed to the ceiling.

Lin Zeju was thoughtful, and said cautiously: "So, they will also participate in this research project? If most of the expenses are reimbursed by them, then I don't care about anything."

Chen Weidong shook his head: "It's just part of the reimbursement, just like this laboratory, most of it still needs to be borne by us, otherwise the ownership will be disputed."

Lin Zeju lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "Although I have no objection, I still have reservations. I don't know much about the specific technology, but according to several scientists, photonic computers cannot be realized in the short term. of."

"For such a long-term project, Director Zhang and the others should pay for the research funding, rather than us, a commercial company, taking the risk."

"But you are so determined, I can't say anything more, I just want to say one thing, if the annual research and development expenditure of this project exceeds 20 billion, I will use the rights of the general manager and the company's shareholders to veto this appropriation plan!"

"And, as the research time grows, I will decrease this funding year by year."

"Unless you can come up with results that convince me, otherwise, I can no longer watch you take the company's Lilan to fill this bottomless pit!"

With the frankness of a business person, he expressed his strong dissatisfaction with this project.

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Capitalists will also look at long-term benefits, but at least they must be visible and have rough expectations.

Any illusory bright future, if the possibility of realization is very small, or if it takes decades or hundreds of years to realize, a fool will invest money in it.

In the end, it is very likely that the company will go bankrupt before the project is successful!
Anyway, after a few decades, all kinds of technologies around the world will gradually mature. No matter how advanced or impossible the technology was in the past, it will naturally result and land.

He disagrees with Chen Weidong's obsession with creating a photonic computer now.

In his view, the company now needs to occupy more markets and earn more money, which is the real business.

Of course, if Chen Weidong creates a miracle and develops a photonic computer decades ahead of the world, he will also be very excited.

With the help of optical brain, the big tree of Infinity Company will be more tenacious.

The premise is that it can be worked out, rather than staying on paper.

Because of Chen Weidong's strong support, everyone could only reluctantly agree to fully cooperate again, and the time limit was two years.

Within two years, if the photonic computer project team has not achieved satisfactory results, both Lin Zeju and the academic committee will drastically cut their research funding.

At most, it will maintain its basic research, and the scientists supported by other departments will also return to the original project department, and will no longer stay in the photonic computer project team for a long time, causing a waste of manpower.

At the end of the meeting, Chen Weidong asked Yu Guangbin to convene all the members of the project team to conduct a technical seminar in the internal meeting room.

At the meeting, he asked the project team members to sort out the technology required for photonic computers in detail, and discuss the research results of more than one year one by one.

What aspects of technology can be directly applied.

Which technologies still need to be perfected, and which ones need more research.

The discussion lasted until the evening, and as the discussion deepened, the debate among the researchers became more intense.

Chen Weidong and the members of the project team simply filled their stomachs, and then held meetings until late at night and early in the morning. It was after three o'clock that they had a clear and comprehensive understanding of the existing technological achievements.

The preliminary meeting lasted for half a month, and Chen Weidong also stayed in the project team for half a month, presiding over the entire discussion process.

The meeting here is about the same time.

Mr. Zhao also submitted the proposal for the automation laboratory, and then he turned to the automation instrument department to participate in the renovation project of the laboratory.

However, the quotation of the special alloy on the cost accounting sheet still made Chen Weidong gasp.

According to this quotation, the cost of completing a laboratory robot is as high as 800 million US dollars. Every part of it, the required materials, and the difficulty of processing require a large amount of capital investment.

Some special alloys are necessary.Composite materials and their international prices have reached tens of thousands of dollars.

Just building one of these sophisticated robots is already so expensive.

At this time, Chen Weidong really felt the difficulty of its research and development, which was even more difficult than he imagined.

...

Many research institutions around the world have actually launched research on robots a long time ago, but robots have never been put into practical use, and even if they were made, they would be extremely clumsy.

The key is the precision of the robot.

Because robots are not like humans, they have eyesight, can accurately distinguish the shape, color, and texture of objects, and judge its temperature and weight according to some subtle phenomena, and make appropriate responses.

It doesn't have its own intelligent behavior, all actions are set according to the program.

You ask it to fetch a glass of water, and the robot will come to the table according to the program, then reach out and grab the water glass.

However, if you change the place of the water cup, if the robot does not have a certain recognition ability, it will still be rigid in the original place of the water cup, stretch out the robotic arm, and repeat the grabbing action.

In other words, all his actions depend on the settings of the program, and he has no ability to judge independently.

Therefore, there are many difficulties that need to be overcome in order to complete this vision, manufacture robots that meet their needs, and automate research.

But at present, the most important thing is the issue of funds.

A large number of scientific research projects of Infinity Company are launched, like a monster that can't eat enough. In many cases, the funds are poured in, and even a splash is not seen.

But once the projects have started, it is impossible to stop casually.

Otherwise, it is not an easy task for you to gather so many people together to conduct research.

He found Lin Zeju, discussed with him for a long time, and finally decided to find ways to get some money back from the United States.

It's best to go there yourself.

Otherwise, the cash flow is not enough, and there is always a lack of confidence in doing things.

After returning to the office.

Chen Weidong accidentally glanced at the calendar on the wall, looking at the date on it, June 24, [-].

Can't help but fall into deep thought...

God-level Trader of Rebirth