Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 772
No matter how Niu Xiaoqiang thought about it, he couldn't figure it out. In the end, he could only attribute it to the difference in culture.

At eight o'clock the next morning, Niu Xiaoqiang woke up leisurely.

Kailinna was packing the suitcases on the first floor, and when she saw Niu Xiaoqiang coming downstairs, she smiled and said hello.

Niu Xiaoqiang was a little embarrassed at first, but when he saw that Kailinna was so relaxed, he didn't bother to bother others, so he asked with a smile, "Kailinna, how long do you need to travel this time?"

"It will take about ten days, mainly because the process of registering a company is required. By the way, can you make a copy of your student ID card for me? I need a certificate to put the company under your name."

"Wait a moment, I'll go out and copy."

Niu Xiaoqiang trotted all the way and found the nearest printing shop to make a copy of his student ID card.By the time he got home, Karin had packed her things and was ready to go.

Niu Xiaoqiang handed over the copy: "Karina, I wish you the best of luck."

"Thank you."

Kailinna put the copy in the suitcase, then waved goodbye to Niu Xiaoqiang.Niu Xiaoqiang kept sending her to the taxi before giving up.

For the next week, Niu Xiaoqiang was busy all the time, often working overtime until two o'clock in the morning before resting.With his hard work, he finally completed the drawing design of the robot.

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't delay, and immediately called Watson to explain the situation.

Watson's programming work cannot be carried out until the robot is made.As soon as he heard that Niu Xiaoqiang had completed the drawing design, he immediately laughed happily and said, "Very good, you can take a day off, and we will start the next work tomorrow."

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't feel tired at all, and said with a smile: "My mental state is very good, I don't need to rest, just wait a moment, I'll take the design drawings over, let's discuss the purchase together."

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the office."

After hanging up the phone, Niu Xiaoqiang rushed to Watson's office with his laptop.

The two discussed the purchase of spare parts according to the blueprint design. What Niu Xiaoqiang didn't expect was that many spare parts could not be bought in the United States and could only be purchased from Japan.

In Niu Xiaoqiang's impression, the technological level of the United States is definitely the first in the world, so facing this reality, he is a little hard to accept: "Professor, the technological level of the United States is so powerful, how can it be necessary to go to Japan to purchase spare parts? "

Watson explained: "The technological strength of the United States is indeed very strong, but not as strong as you imagine in every field, such as electronic sensing and automation equipment. Japan is very powerful in these fields, even stronger than the United States. So we had to buy from them."

Niu Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment before accepting the reality: "So that's the case, do you need to go to Japan for business trip for this purchase?"

Watson shook his head: "It doesn't need to be so cumbersome. We just need to contact the relevant manufacturers in the name of MIT and place an order with them, and they will send the goods to us."

This is the United States. As long as military secrets are not involved, they can purchase anything without hindrance among countries in the same camp.If you change to other countries, the Japanese may not be so easy to talk to.

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't wait for this: "I'll trouble the professor with the inquiry. I'm Chinese, so it's not convenient to show up. Japan has many export restrictions to China, so as not to cause accidents and delay the follow-up progress."

Watson nodded: "I know this. You finalize the list of spare parts that need to be purchased. After confirming, I will immediately inquire with the relevant manufacturers."

Niu Xiaoqiang stopped talking and began to carefully review the purchase list.

He kept an eye out, and excluded all the gadgets that he could make by hand from the purchase list, and only those that could not be made would be included in the purchase list.In this way, he can take the opportunity to make more money.

The artificial intelligence project was originally a cover used by Niu Xiaoqiang to earn start-up funds. The 11 US dollars he handed over to Karina last night all came from this project.This money has already been classified as blueprint design fees by him, and even if the people of the foundation conduct an audit, they can't find any problems.

According to Niu Xiaoqiang's overall estimate, an artificial intelligence project requires at least US$100 million in research and development funding.The initial 30 US dollars can only barely manufacture the robot, and subsequent testing and improvement require a lot of financial support.

Of course, among the funds spent on testing and improvement, labor costs will account for the bulk.This is a money-making project that Niu Xiaoqiang planned long ago.

"Professor, this is the list of spare parts that need to be purchased. Some of them can be made by ourselves, so there is no need to purchase them. This can save research and development costs."

Niu Xiaoqiang obviously wanted to make more money, but he spoke in such a high-sounding way, those who didn't know thought he really wanted to consider this project.

Watson took the list and checked it, then nodded: "I will inquire about the price and see how much it will cost to purchase these spare parts."

Watson is impatient, he immediately pulled out a list after speaking, all of which are world-renowned big companies.This list is compiled by MIT itself, in order to facilitate researchers to purchase what they need when doing research.

After more than half an hour of inquiry, the total price of this purchase list was calculated.Including shipping, the total cost was $13.

Those electronic sensors are not very expensive, mainly a few micro motors, each of which costs [-] US dollars, and they don't even bargain.A total of eight of these tiny motors were required to be purchased on the list, plus shipping costs, and this item alone cost $[-].

After calculating the purchase price, Watson showed a dignified look: "You still have 5 US dollars left over there, and with the purchase cost this time, we only have [-] US dollars left in total. Not enough."

If calculated according to Niu Xiaoqiang's technical strength, 5 US dollars is only enough to pay him a salary, and the remaining funds are a bit short.Even if Professor Watson does not want a penny of salary, it is not enough to support the next research.

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled slightly: "Professor, we can make the robot first. As long as we have the real robot and the robot can operate normally, we will have no problem applying for subsequent research and development funds."

This is equivalent to throwing a bait first and using it to defraud money.As long as the bait is attractive enough, there is no need to worry about not getting research and development funds.

Watson couldn't help laughing and said: "I know you like money very much, just now I was worried that you didn't want to work for nothing, since you have said so, I naturally have nothing to worry about, just do what you want. "

　Thank you book friend "Twilight Reaper" for your support, bow!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)