Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 1489 The money-seeking strategy of boiling frogs in warm water
The three continued to eat and drink, and then talked about the research and development of drones.

Watson first said: "Xiaoqiang, we only have intelligent programs in our hands and have never studied aircraft. If we accept this project from the military, how can we solve the hardware problems?"

Niu Xiaoqiang had been concerned about this for a long time, he smiled slightly and said: "Professor, this problem is actually very easy to solve. Although we have not studied the aircraft, others have. We might as well subcontract the hardware research work to A company that knows how to do it, as for ourselves, we just need to cooperate with this company to tinker with the intelligent control system.”

Watson's eyes lit up: "You still have a solution. I originally wanted to go to the military for help. Speaking of which, does anyone know a company that knows how to build airplanes?"

Big Robert immediately shook his head: "If it's a software company, I know a lot. When it comes to building airplanes, I only know one Boeing, and I don't have any intersection with Boeing. I don't know anything about the others. Brother, you are outside When doing business, you must know more people than me and the teacher, so let you handle this matter."

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded immediately, and said with a duty-bound expression: "No problem, leave this matter to me, and I promise to find a suitable company to provide us with hardware technology as soon as possible."

He said this, but he thought to himself: I just established a smart drone company with Li Fuyou, and I received a project from the military. This is really like someone handing us a pillow when we want to sleep. This If the project is operated properly, earning 3000 to [-] million US dollars is just like playing!

Niu Xiaoqiang plans to subcontract the research and development of the aircraft to the intelligent drone company jointly established by himself and Li Fuyou. This company is already planning to develop drones with automatic camera functions. The projects seem to overlap.

Niu Xiaoqiang can completely leave the writing of the automatic control system to the professor and Big Robert, and he can be lazy again.

Thinking that he could earn money while lying down, Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help being in a good mood. He raised his glass and said, "In order to wish the Boston Smart Technology R&D Company a better and better development, let's toast."

The other two all raised their glasses with a smile, and the three of them clinked glasses and drank them all in one gulp.

Then Big Robert asked such a question: "Student, you are in business, and you are better at business matters than me and the teacher. Why don't you contact the other party's personnel and determine the funds for this project?" How about coming down?"

Although Niu Xiaoqiang no longer minds having contact with the military, this contact is also principled.He only wanted to have technical contact with the military, and he didn't want to face each other directly.

So upon hearing what Robert said, Niu Xiaoqiang immediately waved his hands and said: "I don't want to have too much interaction with the military people yet, let the professor do the negotiation. The status of the professor and Hull's status are there, even if the negotiation If it collapses, it is impossible for the military to use extraordinary means."

Big Robert nodded slightly, turned his head to look at Watson: "Teacher, I think what my junior said makes sense, and it is most appropriate for you to come forward in this matter."

Watson didn't refuse, he nodded: "It's not a problem for me to come forward to negotiate, but before that, I want to find out what is the right price for us, Xiaoqiang, you are better at this. It's up to you to set the price."

The pricing of this project is directly related to the income of the three people. According to Niu Xiaoqiang's thinking, the higher the asking price, the better.However, considering that it was the military that cooperated this time, Niu Xiaoqiang had to restrain his thoughts.

After pondering for a while, he said: "The other party is willing to give 2000 million U.S. dollars in research and development expenses as soon as he opened his mouth, which shows that the other party is not short of money. The relevant departments must have set a very high budget for this project. Of course, it is not ruled out. They want to produce results as soon as possible, so they pay high research and development expenses to stimulate us to speed up the progress of research and development. Considering the status of the other party, I personally think that we should not ask too high a price at the beginning, and we should adopt a strategy of step by step."

Big Robert hesitated: "You mean, let's give them a boiled frog in warm water, take over this project first, and then ask for money while developing it?"

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "This is basically the case, but we can't ask for too much money, otherwise if the military is angered, we won't be able to make money if they don't cooperate with us next time. According to my idea, We need to set a bottom line, and the bottom line is tentatively determined to be 6000 million U.S. dollars, and the military should not find it unbearable at this price."

Professor Watson hummed: "Then I will take over the project on behalf of the Boston Smart Technology Application Company, and then ask them for additional investment."

Niu Xiaoqiang suggested: "Professor, you can raise the price to 3000 million US dollars first, and don't sign a contract with the other party if it is lower than this amount. If the other party thinks the price is too high, you can tell him that the plane is a valuable commodity. We need to find other companies to book special-made aircraft, so the asking price is so high, so I believe the other party will not object."

Watson nodded: "Okay, just negotiate with them according to your wishes."

After finishing the business, Professor Watson asked, "Xiaoqiang, when are you going to challenge Stanford University?"

Niu Xiaoqiang estimated the time, and then replied: "It will be next month, I will familiarize myself with chess first, and I will notify the professor when I am familiar with it."

Niu Xiaoqiang is going to attend the Black Card Annual Meeting next month, and he plans to complete the attack on Stanford University's intelligence research team by the way. It is best to beat the other party to death with a stick, so as to prevent the other party from robbing him of the smart technology market in the future.

Watson nodded and stopped talking. The three of them ate and drank until eight o'clock in the evening, and then went home to rest.

Niu Xiaoqiang first went back to the rental house, took a few changes of clothes, and then Xie Jun drove him to the yacht.

On the way to the dock, Niu Xiaoqiang asked Xie Jun, "Tie Hammer, I am going to set up a professional bodyguard team to protect important people in the company. Do you know anyone who is more reliable?"

Xie Jun pondered for a moment before replying: "When it comes to trustworthy people, I think the people in our village are the most reliable. In addition, I am familiar with their situation and their bodies are relatively strong, so I think they They are the bodyguard candidates who most agree with the boss's expectations, of course, they have not yet been exposed to security knowledge, and they need to be trained before they can use them."

(End of this chapter)