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The news that Arrow Motors would hold a robot quota auction after lunch was indeed a bit of a surprise. After all, no news had been released before, and everyone was unprepared. It was a bit like a surprise attack.

Generally, it is rare for a business promotion meeting or auction like this to not notify others in advance, because if you do not notify others in advance and let others prepare, it is not a good thing for anyone, at least for the product seller. It is difficult to maximize profits without making buyers more prepared.

Of course, a surprise attack also has the advantage of a surprise attack, that is, people cannot think too much. If the product is unique, it is easy to have irrational behavior at the auction, and it is not difficult to raise the price. Such as the market where it is difficult to identify the actual value, rather than the mechanical equipment market-yes, most people still define intelligent robots as high-tech mechanical equipment.

Moreover, things like intelligent robots that can almost change the industrial structure are no less important and sensitive than arms sales of high-end weapons. Usually, things like this can't be bought just by spending money. There is something political about it, even now in this post-Cold War era.

Now, the Arrow Motor Company is doing it like an auction of art. It is obviously that the highest bidder wins, and political factors are not considered in all likelihood.

Thinking of this, most people at the scene were secretly delighted, but only a very small number of people, such as representatives of the United States, Britain and other Western powers, were worried.Representatives of these big countries are not worried that they cannot afford the money and cannot buy quotas, but they are worried about the proliferation of such high-tech robots, which will bring about a series of uncontrollable changes in the situation.

To put it bluntly, these construction robots are said to be only engaged in construction, but they can become a robot army with a slight change, even if they don't change, they can be used as engineers on the battlefield.That is also quite sharp. There is no engineer in any country in the world that can do better than these robots.

Of course, the most worrying thing is the United States. The United States is the only superpower in the world and is leading the world in all aspects. Here comes the crisis.

to be honest.If it weren't for the rapid rise of the Orstein Group, if it weren't for the changing times, if it weren't for the Nordic countries and the United States to be considered allies, if not... In short, it is precisely because there are too many ifs that the United States dare not act like an opponent. Like other small countries, they dictate to Sweden, the big owner of the Olstein Group, but do everything possible to benefit Sweden.It is hope that we can work together, not engage in confrontation.

But whoever was happy or not, the auction was decided to take place an hour after lunch.

Although the time is short, there is still a buffer of more than an hour after all.Therefore, everyone who got the news immediately started to make phone calls and contact their superiors, mostly asking where the bottom line is, or asking for more authorization.Of course, someone went to the people at Arrow Motor Company to get more details about the auction.For example, how the quota is calculated, whether the quota can be bought unlimitedly, or each family can only buy one quota, etc. The atmosphere is very urgent.I'm afraid no one would have guessed that this auction was just Cheng Yuan's temporary idea.

"You guys are making a surprise attack." Wu Hongfei, who had just finished talking with the higher-ups, sighed, "Boss Cheng, you're not acting like this."

"Sudden attack is good, but it is more advantageous for you, isn't it?" Cheng Yuan smiled, "You are the first to know this news, and this is also in the territory of Huaguo, as long as you are not too stingy, you will definitely There are gains."

Hearing what Cheng Yuan said, Wu Hongfei couldn't say anything, after all, the other party was right.After all, he is a bureaucrat with a technical background, and he still has some reservations. It is not his style to stalk, be arrogant and unreasonable.

In this way, an hour later, the smart robot quota auction began as scheduled in the central multi-functional hall of the company's administrative building, which is where the smart bus conference was once held.

Due to the previous experience of holding smart bus conferences, and the high level of intelligence in this central venue, like a Transformer, it can change at any time according to the situation, so although this auction is very hasty, it is still well-organized .

When everyone entered the arena in order and filled up the pre-configured seats in the entire venue, Liang Hua appeared in the direction of the auction table. It was obvious that he planned to go straight to the point and not engage in any pre-conference singing and dancing performances. something.

After clearing his throat, Liang Hua put his hands on the podium, smiled and said to the audience: "Everyone's time is precious, so I won't talk nonsense. Well, I believe you all have seen it before. The performance of our batch of construction robots is definitely a product of the pioneering era, and I don’t need to say more about its excellence, everyone can see it clearly.”

After a pause, Liang Hua continued: "Robot technology has been around for many years. The reason why it has not had much performance and has not really replaced manpower, such as in the field of construction, is because there are several key technologies that have not been resolved. These days The two key technologies are the intelligent control system and the energy power system. In comparison, the body skeleton and surface skin are trivial. At the same time, compared with these technical indicators, there is another important condition for the popularization of robots. That is the price. If the robot is too expensive, it can only be a laboratory product and cannot be used in large-scale industrial production, so it cannot be popularized.

It is a great honor that our agent for this product, that is, the Austen Group, has solved the two biggest technical problems and developed a smaller and stronger operation control system, as well as a smaller and stronger new battery. and powertrain.While solving technical problems, they are also very good at cost control. With their production capacity, they can produce this kind of robot with a steel skeleton at a very low cost. Smarter and more capable robots can be introduced to the market like mobile home appliances, and this kind of intelligent machines that can save human effort will be truly popularized. "

"Can you tell me how much these robots are selling for?" A middle-aged woman who was impatient in the audience immediately said loudly, "This is what we are most concerned about!"

"That's exactly what I'm going to say next." Liang Hua smiled at the middle-aged woman in the audience, "I don't know how much this kind of robot can sell, because it's what we all will pay for later. A topic to discuss together. I can only say here what the base price of this robot is.”

After speaking, Liang Hua took out his mobile phone, tapped the screen of the mobile phone, and followed.Behind Liang Hua, a large white curtain fell from top to bottom. Immediately afterwards, several rays of light hit the curtain, and it began to look like a movie screen, and a huge screen like a table with diagrams appeared.

"Everyone, look at the big screen." Liang Hua half turned around, and casually pointed to the big screen behind him, "The table above is all the benchmark prices of all types of construction robots."

When the people in the audience heard about it, they immediately began to carefully look at the form on the screen.Take a deep breath now!

The price is too... low!

大屏幕上的表格中分别写着：泰坦1号机器人——60000欧元；泰坦2号机器人——45000欧元；钻地鼠1号——120000欧元；钻地鼠2号——85000欧元；多用途人形机器人——15000欧元；中型蜘蛛机器人——10000欧元；蚊型机器人——5000欧元。

It can be said that, apart from the lack of small spider robots, these steel robots are heavy, and basically have large, medium and small sizes. Of course, the most important thing is that the price is lower than everyone's expectations.

Not to mention anything else, the base price of the Titan No. 1 robot, which looks like a heavy tank, is only 60000 euros.At the current exchange rate, it is equivalent to less than 50 RMB. It is more than this price to buy a slightly better car, and even many excavators are made in China.It must have this price, but the ability of the excavator is far worse than that of the Titan robot.

So to speak, excavator can do.Titan 1 can do it, and do it better, what the excavator can't do.Titan 1 can do it too.Moreover, Titan 1 is an intelligent robot with independent judgment ability, and can adapt to a certain degree according to the actual situation. Its accuracy is stronger than that of humans, and it does not need humans to operate at all, so that it can save high labor costs. Once you do, you save even more money.

There is also the gopher, which is mainly used to dig tunnels and perform tunnel operations. It is somewhat similar to a shield machine, or it is simply an intelligent shield machine.But how much is a shield machine?One set costs tens of millions, but this kind of shield machine with better performance and more intelligent, a large drill mouse is only 12 euros, which is only more than 98 yuan, less than 100 million !

There are also humanoid robots that are closer to humans. This kind of robot with extended arms can do most of the work that humans can do, and it can do more accurately and efficiently. It can work 24 hours a day without eating and drinking.Not to mention anything else, just looking at the construction situation ahead, one humanoid robot can work as efficiently as twenty construction workers!In other words, a humanoid robot is twenty times more efficient than a human construction worker!

However, how much does it cost to keep twenty construction workers?Even in China, it would definitely exceed [-] euros!More than ten times!What's more, once a construction worker has an accident, such as death or injury, the compensation will be astronomical. Fifteen thousand euros is probably not enough for one person, let alone twenty people, but what about the robot?Once it is damaged, it can be sent to be repaired at most, or replaced, without any moral constraints and other troubles.

It can be said that not being afraid of accidents is the most important thing in Western countries, especially in Europe. You must know that most European countries are high-welfare countries, and their workers are also high-welfare workers. Many of their construction behaviors are the most important. Afraid of personnel accidents, because once an accident occurs, the entire project may be shut down, and the contractor will most likely lose money for it.

Now that there are robot construction workers, especially the price is so cheap, it really makes everyone, especially the representatives of the European construction industry, overjoyed!

Not to mention other spider robots and mosquito robots, these robots can do a lot of work that ordinary human construction workers can't do, especially in terms of detail processing, they are the best decorators, and decorators are just the most expensive one of the workers.

In the past, when construction robots first appeared and showed amazing construction capabilities, everyone saw them, but few companies had real intentions to buy them. Robots are all made of carbon nanomaterials that are cheaper than gold.It would be too expensive to use these things as construction workers.You must know that construction workers are a relatively high-risk job. For robots, they are prone to wear and tear. If carbon nanomaterials are worn out and repaired, the price will be too high. Therefore, in the commercial field , some of the losses outweigh the gains.

but.Now that these steel-skeleton construction robots appear, especially after seeing such a low price, everyone is immediately tempted.Just like what Liang Hua said before, only solving the technical problems is not enough. Only when the technical and cost problems are solved, can this product be truly introduced to the market.

But everyone also understands that what people are talking about is the benchmark price, that is, things like ex-factory price or wholesale price, not the final selling price for them.But no matter what, the benchmark price is so low, no matter how high it floats up, there is a limit.

After thinking of this, some caring people began to look at each other in blank dismay.Because they understand that once this cost-effective intelligent robot is really introduced to the market, many areas of the entire human society will undergo major changes in the future, just like the Internet has changed the world.

This change.While bringing opportunities to many people, it will definitely bring losses to many people, but no matter what.Now that it has appeared, it can no longer be stopped. What everyone needs to consider is how to seize this opportunity so that they will not be left behind.

Liang Hua was very aware of the capabilities of these robots and the impact brought by the ultra-low prices, so after turning on the big screen for the price list, she went to the side and sat down to rest, drank some water, and took a few shots. After making a phone call, and waiting for the people below to discuss in private with each other for a full 5 minutes, Liang Hua walked up to the stage again, tapped on the microphone, and coughed lightly, finally attracting everyone's attention again. The buzzing gradually faded away.

"I think everyone understands that this is just a benchmark price, that is to say, it is the benchmark price for our external sales, but it is not the final market price. Or it can be said that this is our external wholesale price. As for the market retail price, It is up to the winning retailer to decide. In other words, we hold this auction to auction [-] export quotas, or to auction [-] retailer agency rights.”

Speaking of this, Liang Hua paused, giving the following a buffer time, and then continued: "The reason why only twelve retailers are authorized is because some of the key technologies of these robots can only be found in It is manufactured in the headquarters in Sweden, so the output is limited. Due to various considerations, we decided to set up [-] export quotas. I hope everyone understands."

"Then why doesn't the Olstein Group directly announce this quota in Sweden, that is, the retailer's agency? Why do you announce it through you?" One of the middle-aged white men in his forties asked.

"Good question." Liang Hua nodded to the white man with a smile, "The reason why we are announcing this is because we have obtained the general agency rights of this kind of construction robot. In other words, the Austen Group, as well as the Group The subsidiary company specializing in the manufacture of these robots has given us the global sales rights for this set of construction robots. Therefore, we have the final say on how to sell these robots and who to sell them to. I don’t know, you are satisfied with this answer Is it?"

"This..." The white man frowned, "Why didn't the Austen Group announce this news before? Why did you make such a hasty decision on such a big matter? Sorry, I'm not saying that your Arrow Motor Company is not qualified, I'm just saying that this kind of general agency business should at least be held in an open bidding meeting as it is now."

"I'm sorry, the Austen Group is not a listed company, but a private company, so the group does not need to explain to the public when making decisions."

"This is simply..." The white man opened his mouth, but he stopped talking in the end, because the facts are already in front of his eyes. If he continues to be serious, he will really hate Liang Hua and the Arrow Motor Company, and it will not be good for his own company. Lose that retailer qualification.

After all, what they said is right, they don't need to explain to anyone when they make decisions, and their products are unique.

This is not to say that others cannot produce similar robots. After all, laboratories in many countries can also produce robots with similar functions, but in terms of cost performance, the difference is too much. At the very least, those produced by scientific research institutions in various countries Intelligent robots can never be so cheap, and it is difficult to put them into practical use in large quantities like those robots.

"This gentleman." Liang Hua looked at the white man and said, "Do you have any other questions?"

"Oh, no more." The man smiled and shook his head immediately.It's a small gesture.

"Then what about the others?" Liang Hua looked at the audience again, "Does anyone have any questions?"

"We're fine!" It was the middle-aged woman who seemed to be impatient before, and she said quickly, "You'd better talk about how to bid for this retailer's quota carefully."

"Okay." Liang Hua nodded with a smile, "A total of twelve export quotas, that is, retailer qualifications, are all one-year contracts, and each contract can obtain robots with a total value of 500 billion U.S. dollars. That is Say, once you win a contract, you can buy construction robots with a total price of no more than 500 billion US dollars from us. As for the types of robots you buy, there is no limit. That is to say, how to match and buy is up to you things."

"The total value does not exceed 500 billion U.S. dollars. Does it mean based on your benchmark price?" the middle-aged woman asked again.

"Yes." Liang Hua nodded, "I've already said that the price on the big screen is our external wholesale price, that is, the purchase price of retailers with purchase rights contracts. As for the market price on the market, it is Let the market decide."

"It's only one year. Does it mean that this purchase contract has to be re-shot every year?" the woman asked again.

"Yes."

"What's the contract price? What about the one-year contract price?"

"The starting price of each contract is 100 billion US dollars, there is no upper limit, and the highest price wins."

Hearing the price, everyone at the scene took a deep breath.

"100 billion dollars? Just a one-year purchase right? Is this outrageous? It's clearly a money grab!" the middle-aged woman said angrily. "If you add this, the price of your robot will not be cheap at all."

"If you don't think it's suitable, you don't have to buy it." Liang Hua smiled. "No one is forcing you to buy. By the way, this is the final price, and no counter-offering is allowed. In fact, to put it bluntly, we set the price of the purchase right just to see if you have the strength, and it's only for one year. It changes as the market changes.”

"So, can we buy a lot of this 100 billion US dollars a year contract?" The middle-aged woman asked again, "For example, if we have the ability, can we buy all twelve agency rights at once? "

"Of course not." Liang Hua smiled, "If that's the case, then we'll just sell it as a package, and we don't need to bother to divide it into twelve purchase rights. In fact, the reason why we divide the twelve agency rights is that It is divided according to the region. That is to say, we divide it into twelve regions according to the existing world structure, such as East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, North Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Southern Europe, and North America. , Central and South America, South America, etc. In each region, only one quota is given, and only the countries in this region can compete with each other for this quota, and it is not acceptable to have two quotas in one region. So, in theory, There is only one quota per country."

"Including your Huaguo?" The middle-aged woman asked immediately.

"Yes, including the Huaguo government." Liang Hua nodded with a smile, "but not including our company. The number of robots used by our company is not limited, and similarly, the Austen Group itself is not limited."

"Then what if you sell the agency rights to others privately?" The middle-aged woman continued, "If you do this, the market will be chaotic? Even if you are the boss, you can't do it like this." .”

"Please rest assured about this." Liang Hua said with a smile, "Robots that can be bought and sold freely in the market can only be sold from retailers. As for the unplanned robots used by our company and the Austen Group, they can only be used by ourselves. Or it can be used by specific related organizations and cannot be sold externally. As for how to supervise, each robot has a unique number and unique code, just like a human fingerprint, and it will never be mistaken. If you find out that it is not a quota If the robots in our plan are on the market, you can report them at any time, and after we find out, we can paralyze this unplanned robot at any time, so even if someone steals our unplanned robot, it cannot be sold externally.” (To be completed continued..)