giants of the era

Chapter 237 The Father of Robots (Fourth Change)
There are so many robots of all kinds in the world, so who invented the first real robot in the world?

In Li Zetian's investigation, his name is Joseph Engelberg, and he enjoys the reputation of "the father of robots"!

Engelberger is one of the most famous robot experts in the world. He established Unimation in 1958 and developed the world's first industrial robot in 1959. He has made outstanding contributions to the creation of the robot industry.But in 1983, just as sales of industrial robots were booming, Engelberg decided to sell Unimation.

At this moment, Unimation is negotiating with Westinghouse.

"Holy shit, this just happened to make me catch up!!!" Li Zetian couldn't help but feel lucky, "Dongfang Yuqin, contact Unimation immediately and buy it!!!"

"Yes, Mr. Li." Dongfang Yuqin nodded, and immediately started making calls to convey Li Zetian's order.

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That afternoon, Unimation received an offer from Umbrella.

Joseph Engelberg was taken aback!
"Oh, Chronos Li is going to acquire Unimation, what do you think?" He called several major shareholders to the office, and then asked.

Everyone was startled at first, and immediately, one of the shareholders said: "Then we will discuss with both sides, whoever offers the highest price, we will sell to whoever."

"That's right!"

"..."

Several major shareholders agreed unanimously.

Joseph Engelberg said with the final word: "Okay, talk to both sides, Cruise negotiates with Westinghouse, and I personally negotiate with Umbrella."

"Okay." The man who spoke just now nodded.

Joseph Engelberg then flew to Los Angeles and met Li Zetian at a hotel.Li Zetian invited him to dinner.

This time, Li Zetian went out in person, in fact, to subdue this person.

After all, Joseph Engelberg is one of the most famous roboticists, such a talent is worthy of Li Zetian himself.

After the two met, Li Zetian looked at him carefully. He was nearly 60 years old, with a bald head, wearing a pair of round glasses, not tall, and wearing a very formal gray suit.

"Mr. Joseph Engelberg, hello!" Li Zetian smiled and reached out to greet him, Corporal Lixian.

"Mr. Chronos Li, hello!" He shook hands with Li Zetian, surprised at his youth.

The two sat down, Li Zetian called the waiter, ordered a sumptuous dinner, and planned to chat with him while eating.

"Mr. Engelberg, I'm curious, Unimation is developing well, why did you sell it?" Li Zetian asked.

Joseph Engelberg thought for a while and replied: "I plan to sell Unimation and start a company to develop 'service robots'. A service robot is a robot that works semi-autonomously or fully autonomously. Human health service work, but does not include production equipment, such as lawn mowing robots, cleaning robots, underwater robots and medical robots, etc.

Li Zetian understood that because Unimation was an industrial robot production company, Joseph Engelberg was not interested in it.

"Mr. Engelberg, after I acquired Unimation, I will naturally enter the field of 'service robots'. Otherwise, after I acquire Unimation, if you stay in the company, I can provide you with enough funds to develop service robots! " Li Zetian asked tentatively.

Joseph Engelberg shook his head and said, "Sorry, Mr. Li, I am more inclined to start my own business!"

Now it was Li Zetian's turn to be dazed, but the other party didn't think much, so he rejected him straight away.

Li Zetian said in a deep voice: "Mr. Engelberg, don't you stop thinking about it? If you can stay in Unimation, you can have a bigger stage and give full play to your talents!"

When Joseph Engelberg heard this, he hesitated for a while.

Li Zetian didn't continue talking at this time, but looked at him quietly and gave him a while.

After a while, the waiter served the dishes, all of which are delicacies that are typical of Los Angeles.

"Mr. Engelberg, let's have a toast first!"

Li Zetian held up his wine glass, "This is 'Lafite from last year', the quality is very good, try it."

This year is 1983, and last year was 1982. 1982 was a rare good year, with excellent weather conditions. This year made the quality of the grapes very good. Therefore, the wine of this year was well received by wine collectors all over the world, so it was also very expensive.Li Zetian bought many bottles of Lafite in 82 and kept them at home.Of course, in 1983, using the wine from 1982 as a pretense felt very low, but now Li Zetian does not use it as a pretense, he just thinks the wine is not bad to drink.If you want to act forcefully, you will pretend to be in the future. When Lafite becomes popular in 82, Li Zetian will open the wine cellar, take a photo, share it with Moments or something...

"Okay." Joseph Engelberg nodded, then raised his wine glass, and lightly touched the glass with Li Zetian, tasting wine like a gentleman.

Li Zetian put down his wine glass and smiled at Engelberg, "Mr. Engelberg, let's chat while eating." Then, Li Zetian picked up a silver table knife and cut a small piece of Kobe steak into his mouth.

Seeing that Li Zetian was eating, Joseph Engelberg also took out the tableware and started dinner.

He came to the appointment as soon as he got off the plane. He was really hungry!

At the dinner table, Li Zetian tapped and reminded him many times that he could enjoy the shade by leaning against a big tree.

"JP Morgan once said, 'It is not laws that move history, but money, money!!!' I think this sentence is very reasonable, the power of money is very powerful, Mr. Engelberg, if you If you want to make a difference in the field of "service robots", and even achieve impressive results, you must be inseparable from the support of money! In fact, you plan to sell Unimation for money! In this case, then, I can provide you with Money, why do you have to work so hard to start your own business again?!"

At this moment, Joseph Engelberg's expression changed, obviously he was moved by Li Zetian.He drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp, then looked directly at Li Zetian, and said, "Well, Mr. Li, I have been convinced by you, if you buy Unimation, I am willing to stay in the company! But, you know, I am not the only one who decides the company, there are other shareholders. They are negotiating with Westinghouse, if your purchase price is too low..."

Hearing this, Li Zetian was overjoyed, interrupted him and said, "In terms of price, you can rest assured that you will be satisfied. However, I hope to acquire Unimation through corporate financing and obtain a controlling stake in the company, rather than acquiring The shares in your hands. Of course, if some shareholders really don't want to continue to hold Unimation shares, I can also buy them!"

Joseph Engelberg thought for a while, nodded and said, "This request can be considered."

"Okay, let's discuss the specific financing situation when the formal negotiations are held tomorrow morning! I know you are not here alone, you can go back and discuss with them." Li Zetian said.

"Yeah!" Joseph Engelberg nodded.

PS: The fourth update is complete

(End of this chapter)