giants of the era

Chapter 527 Come out, unmanned supermarket! ! !

After Li Zetian's Weibo was updated, it immediately aroused heated discussions.

With so many workers laid off, the U.S. economy has been hit hard.People originally pinned their hopes on Li Zetian, after all, so many workers were his employees before.But Li Zetian didn't care about this matter, which made the American people feel a little bit disappointed, as if Li Zetian had given up on them.

As we all know, if there is no job, people will have no money to consume, and without consumption, enterprises will have difficulty in surviving, enterprises will go bankrupt if they cannot survive, and enterprise bankruptcy will cause more people to lose their jobs. In a vicious circle, the economic situation in the United States will getting worse.

The most obvious reflection right now is the sharp drop in the U.S. stock market, with many listed companies on the verge of bankruptcy.

Moreover, overseas investors have also withdrawn their capital from the United States.

A netizen in the United States: "Oh, damn it, Chronos Li fired so many American workers, causing another crisis in the American economy. Fortunately, I voted against him at the beginning! Hehe, he is a Chinese and wants to be the president of the United States, it's ridiculous ! I believe that President Gal will definitely solve the employment problem of so many laid-off workers!"

"That's right, we have to trust President Garr, the employment problem of workers will be resolved soon, and the White House is actively trying to find a solution."

"Find a way? There are many people in the United States who are unemployed, but they haven't seen the government solve the employment problem for them. Now they have added tens of thousands of people. How do you think the U.S. government can solve it? Let me say that Chronos Li is better than the U.S. The government has more ways! With so many companies under his name, he can easily solve the employment problems of millions of people!"

"If Chronos Li becomes president, will employment still be a problem? Because too many idiots did not support him as president, and people are now focusing their investment on foreign countries. No wonder he wants to lay off workers on a large scale!"

"Chronos Li must be very disappointed with the United States. He has made unparalleled contributions to the economy, technology, education, medical care, charity, and employment of the United States, but the result? Americans still do not recognize him. This kind of thing Anyone who puts it on will feel uncomfortable!"

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White House.

Since Li Zetian did not intend to help the US government solve these unemployed workers, President Gal had to contact other consortiums.

It's just that these consortiums can't afford so many workers.In addition, the American consortium at this time was suppressed by Li Zetian, and it was already difficult for the mud bodhisattva to cross the river.The power of many consortiums has been eaten by Li Zetian.

To solve the employment problem of American workers is only a matter of Li Zetian's words.

It's a pity that Li Zetian refused to agree, and even worse, he wanted to make more Americans unemployed.

……

The factory construction of artificial intelligence robots is completed.

A large number of low-profile robots have begun to be produced. The body of these low-profile robots is mainly made of steel, so the cost is very different from that of Eve, which is less than 5000 US dollars.

The artificial intelligence program is almost zero cost.

The artificial intelligence robots produced were quickly transported to the factory and participated in the work.

These robots may be a little rusty about their work at first, but they are very capable of learning and will soon be able to do their own work, and the production speed is getting faster and faster.At the same time, Chronos Industry has more data support, which is conducive to improving and perfecting artificial intelligence robots.

The unmanned factory under the name of Li Zetian has always attracted attention. When the video of the unmanned factory broke out on the Internet, the whole world couldn't help being shocked!People thought they had walked into a sci-fi movie!
"No wonder there will be layoffs. It turns out that artificial intelligence robots are used to replace workers' jobs. It's so awesome!"

"Fuck, seeing so many robots is simply shocking!!!"

After watching the video, the owner of a certain factory's eyes lit up: "If my factory also uses robots, it can greatly reduce labor costs and improve production efficiency!"

All of a sudden, major factories all over the world consulted with Chronos Industries, intending to purchase robots.

It is not difficult to imagine that more and more unmanned factories will appear in the future.

……

While everyone was still amazed at the "unmanned factory", Li Zetian had already started planning an unmanned supermarket.

"Unmanned supermarket???"

When Dongfang Yuqin heard Li Zetian mentioned the unmanned supermarket, her face was full of astonishment.

Li Zetian smiled faintly: "That's right, it's a supermarket without people! There is no need for cashiers in the supermarket. Customers can leave the supermarket directly after choosing something, and complete a shopping happily and quickly."

Dongfang Yuqin thought for a while and asked, "Then how do they pay?"

"It's simple," Li Zetian said with a smile, "Pay by face recognition!"

Dongfang Yuqin was even more startled, and asked, "How do you pay for facial recognition?"

"Face recognition scanning machines are installed at the entrance and exit of the supermarket. When the customer enters the unmanned supermarket for the first time, the face recognition scanning machine will scan the customer once. If the customer's face data is not changed in the database Face ID, then, the face recognition scanning machine will make a sound to prompt the user to scan the QR code on the machine, and bind the customer's Face ID to payment software such as PayPal or Alipay."

"When a customer leaves the supermarket, the facial recognition scanning machine at the exit will also scan and verify the customer to complete the payment function. Of course, there is also a machine for scanning goods at the exit..."

After Li Zetian finished speaking, Dongfang Yuqin felt a little unbelievable, but after thinking about it carefully, Li Zetian's unmanned supermarket plan was very feasible.

"Is the face recognition technology reliable? What if I make a mistake?" Dongfang Yuqin asked worriedly.

"The face recognition scanning machine installed in the unmanned supermarket is a large-scale, relatively sophisticated and advanced instrument. Under close-range recognition, the accuracy can reach more than 99.9%."

"The things sold in the supermarket are not expensive. Even if the brush is wrong, we can make compensation and urge us to improve the technology. At the same time, we can also collect customers' Face ID data on a large scale through the unmanned supermarket. With these Face IDs, we can also cooperate with governments around the world, such as surveillance..."

Dongfang Yuqin couldn't help but nodded at this time. The concept of an unmanned supermarket is very gimmick, and it will definitely attract many people to come to experience shopping.And because the supermarket cashier is omitted, the cost of the supermarket will be greatly reduced.Thinking about it, the supermarket tally staff will also be replaced by robots, which can also reduce costs.

Dongfang Yuqin thought for a while and said, "Right now, the U.S. economy is in a downturn, coupled with the impact of e-commerce, many U.S. supermarkets are not doing well. We can take the opportunity to buy them."

"Well, that's right, but it's best not to expose us as the people behind the scenes." Li Zetian paused for a moment, and then said, "First, it won't make Wal-Mart and other supermarket giants take precautions; !"

"Okay, I know, then I will arrange it now!"

"Well, you are in charge of acquiring the supermarket, then I will be in charge of the technology!"

After the two talked, they each performed their duties.

……

Soon, a month passed, and the employment problem of workers was not well resolved. Many American citizens could not help complaining and questioning President Gal's ability.

"It's been so long, but the jobs of the unemployed are still unresolved. What are President Gal and the US government doing!"

"According to the statistics of relevant agencies, the number of unemployed people in the United States is still increasing!"

"Wall Street Journal": "Since last month, the Dow Jones index has fallen by more than 1100 points, and the situation in the US stock market is not optimistic!"

Li Zetian learned from the news that due to the economic downturn in the United States, many companies have laid off employees one after another, and the number of unemployed people in the United States has increased by more than 75.

So many people lost their jobs again, OK! ! !
Li Zetian felt very happy in his heart. Although it would cause losses to him, Li Zetian no longer cared about the money.Li Zetian focuses on the global market, and the loss in the US market alone is actually nothing.In fact, his companies are profitable, just not as much as before.

So far, Li Zetian's worth has far exceeded other people's imagination, ten trillion US dollars? NO, it has already exceeded 20 trillion US dollars, and 30 trillion US dollars is not far away!
The richer you are, the faster you make money.

Investing 1 million yuan and investing 1 yuan, the income is completely different.

The wealth accumulated by Li Zetian will increase in the future, and it will become more and more frightening! ! !
Dongfang Yuqin's acquisition of supermarkets was very fast. In this month, it acquired five medium and large supermarket groups with a total of more than 3200 stores, some of which are not in the United States.But it doesn't matter, unmanned supermarkets will enter overseas markets sooner or later.

Next, the supermarket has to buy.

Wal-Mart has 8500 stores distributed in 15 countries around the world. As the richest man in the world, Li Zetian has only more than 3500 stores, so he can't show his strength.

Soon, another month passed.

At this time, Dongfang Yuqin has acquired nearly 3500 stores, of which nearly [-] stores are located in the United States.

3500 stores across the United States are clearly enough.

So from the end of March 2011, many supermarket stores in the United States have been renovated one after another.

Since the supermarket is going to be renovated, the supermarket will naturally not be open for business in a short time.

So……

That's right, layoffs again! ! !

Many supermarkets under Li Zetian's name have started large-scale layoffs, with as many as 60 people!
60 is not actually the total number of employees in the supermarkets under Li Zetian’s name. Wal-Mart has 220 million employees. Li Zetian’s supermarkets have more stores than Wal-Mart, so the number of employees is naturally higher, as high as 260 million. And the 60 layoffs basically belong to these supermarket employees in the United States!
60 is not a small number, and this layoff action immediately caused a huge sensation in the United States.

"Oh God, how come so many supermarkets are going to lay off workers all of a sudden?"

"OMG, 60 more workers out of work!!"

"I read the news reports. It seems that these supermarkets are being renovated and will not open for business in a short period of time, so they laid off employees. As long as the supermarkets reopen, they should recruit new employees!"

American White House.

President Gal put down the document, his face was extremely ugly: "What's the situation, how can there be so many companies redecorated at almost the same time?"

"Your Excellency, if it was the supermarkets in the past, they would never have such financial resources! In the past one or two months, there have been frequent mergers and acquisitions of American supermarkets. It is very strange to think about it now. I speculate that behind these supermarket mergers and acquisitions should be related to Chronos. Li is related." At this time, a middle-aged lady standing in front of President Gal said immediately.She is Bryce, an assistant to President Gal.

After listening to President Gal, he set the table and said loudly: "It's not supposed to be, it's him! Who else in the world has such financial resources except him!!!"

Bryce pondered for a while and said, "Your Excellency, you don't have to worry too much. After these supermarkets are renovated, if they want to open, they will definitely recruit people..."

When President Gal heard this, he felt a little better, and he also felt that the supermarket would definitely recruit people after it was renovated.

However, the fact that so many people are unemployed right now is really a headache for the government.

"Bryce, go and contact other supermarkets, such as Walmart and Costco, and try to recommend these people to their supermarkets!"

"Okay, Your Excellency, I understand, I will contact you right away!"

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Wal-Mart, in the conference room.

A middle-aged man with a pot belly wondered: "Are these supermarkets crazy? It's nothing more than redecorating, but they have fired so many employees. If they want to recruit people again, it will not be easy!"

"Yeah, I really don't know what they think!"

"Everyone, this matter should not be underestimated!" At this time, the CEO of Walmart frowned and said, "According to our intelligence data analysis, the boss behind these supermarkets should most likely be Chronos Li, the richest man in the world. He acquired so many in one go." The supermarket is obviously menacing, we have to guard against it!"

"Hehe, doesn't Chronos Li think that e-commerce is better than brick-and-mortar stores, and even started a supermarket!" Someone pouted and laughed.

The CEO of Wal-Mart said in a deep voice: "Okay, no matter what, this is very bad for us! Oh, by the way, just now the US Presidential Assistant Bryce called and said that the 60 unemployed supermarket employees , I hope our Wal-Mart can help solve some..."

"You want our help again? No, absolutely not, this will greatly increase the labor cost!" The middle-aged man with a big belly shook his head.

The CEO of Wal-Mart said: "I think it can be considered. This group of unemployed people are supermarket employees with rich work experience, and we can recruit the best of them into the company. In addition, for employees with poor performance within the company, we just We can take this opportunity to drive them out and bring in a new batch of blood!"

After finishing speaking, everyone couldn't help but nodded.

"It really kills two birds with one stone. It can not only meet the requirements of the White House, but also change the company's blood!"

Other supermarkets are similar to what Wal-Mart Supermarket thinks, so Gall expects that these supermarkets can absorb 60 employees, which is obviously impossible.

In times of economic downturn, companies generally lay off employees. Where will more employees be recruited?

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The decoration of unmanned supermarkets is different from that of traditional supermarkets.An unmanned supermarket is an intelligent supermarket and a type of new retail. It will rely on the Internet and use advanced technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to upgrade and transform the production, circulation and sales of commodities, thereby reshaping the business model. structure and ecological circle, and deeply integrate online services, offline experience and modern logistics. The merchandise display in the store will pay more attention to the classification of goods and the display of information, so as to facilitate robot tallying and system management.

In mid-May, almost all the unmanned supermarkets in the United States have been renovated, so the unmanned supermarkets will start operating.

With a smile on the corner of Li Zetian's mouth, he looked into the distance and said lightly:

"Come out, Tmall Supermarket!!!"

(End of this chapter)