I asked you to save a bankrupt factory and you became the richest man in the world.

Chapter 528: Chapter 361-362: Gao Lingzhi's innovative treatment! (4000 words)
Shock!

Too shocked!

The executives off the field have learned about the latest developments in the field of robotics.

However, is it certain that China’s robotics industry has developed to this level now?
Also, this is too high-tech.

As they work in a technology company, they all feel that this product is quite high-tech.

A toy for the big capitalists in the beautiful country to play with.

Now it's their turn to play.

This more or less gave them a sense of dreaminess.

They also know that the most popular robot at the moment is the robotic dog developed by Boston Dynamics in the United States.

This is a hot topic in artificial intelligence!
It is truly a frontier of scientific research.

This thing doesn't even have a clear profit direction in the United States. Has Boss Gao really thought about doing this?
But no matter what, if this field is to be developed, the scope of its use will be very, very wide.

Needless to say, an intelligent robot that replaces realistic dolls can definitely provide otakus with full emotional value. If this can be developed, it will be worth all the investment.

There are also some housekeeping needs.

The wages of domestic service workers are so high nowadays, and it is often difficult to find good domestic service workers.

If you can help with cleaning, housework, and taking care of the elderly.

The demand for this sector alone is in the billions.

Not to mention, the most critical need for robot dogs is the military.

The military is definitely the most generous party A on earth, no doubt about it!

As long as they are given qualified products and Hillhouse Capital is a high-tech company, they can make money without doing anything.

Robot dogs have unique advantages in street fighting, complex terrain surveying, and advance line shooting.

More importantly...

Hillhouse has an artificial intelligence department!
Other teams, even Wang Xingxing’s own team, if they want to develop robots, must also consider the intelligent characteristics given by artificial intelligence.

Now it is a very good path to start with robot dogs, then slowly apply China's abundant engineering resources, and slowly climb up to human-like robots.

However, according to Wang Xingxing.

The kinematic model of a car is four-wheeled, which is not logically consistent with the coordination of joints in the design of robots or robot dogs.

From the perspective of data energy, the correlation is not that high and the ROI (return on input) cannot be calculated.

So although Hillhouse has a complete industrial system, the robot demo needs to be recalculated.

According to Gao Huaijun's requirements, since the robot dog Wang Xingxing had undergone preliminary research in the early stages, two demos needed to be made within three months, and then a third demo needed to be made in the fifth month.

By the sixth month, the demo3 version will be basically finalized, then the component plan will be locked and enter the mass production stage.

We will start with small batches.

Then slowly iterate according to usage.

It is absolutely impossible to keep products in the laboratory all the time!
It is necessary to produce industrial products as quickly as possible, through continuous trial and error.

Like Boston Dog, the product has always lived in PPT, which is useless.

When it comes to industrial products, Todai is the industrial Crusoe monster!

"You are too few!"

“30-40 full-time people?”

“Are you also responsible for the architecture of core algorithms and underlying capabilities?”

"And let Hillhouse's vehicle team have 20 people working full-time to integrate suppliers and build an ecosystem?"

"To be honest, you are sorry for me setting up a BU for you!"

"I will ask Hillhouse AI's AGI large model group to assign you a 50-person core AI team."

"Your 30-40 full-time employees are too few! Increase it to 300!"

“The number will reach 1000 in the later stage!”

"Don't think that having too many people is a waste. I, Gao Ling, never fight a war with a shortage of soldiers and food."

“What we need is saturated research and development.”

After the meeting, Gao Huaijun was furious when he saw the employment report submitted by Wang Xingxing.

A full-time R&D team of 40 people?
Or a BU?

You tell me this is a small independent team.

The R&D team has 300 people, with an average cost of around RMB 30 per person, or RMB 1000 million per year.

Even if we add a few more robotics experts, the cost would still be less than 2000 million.

Add to that some experimental equipment and related R&D expenses, one hundred million is more than enough.

Gao Huaijun doesn't care how much money you spend.

As the head of a huge industrial Crusoe Empire.

What Hillhouse lacks most is time.

Therefore, he hopes that the Hillhouse Capital BU department can provide him with mass production capabilities within a short period of time.

Exploding the R&D staff...

joke!

What Hillhouse has the most is senior R&D personnel!

Moreover, the robotics team doesn’t need that many people.

According to what Hillhouse said just now, only 300 people are needed in the early stage and only 1000 people in the later stage. To put it bluntly, for Hillhouse, which has a serious overflow of human resources, there is no need for recruitment and internal deployment can get the job done!
This is the advantage of the talent dividend of large groups.

"300 people? Well... okay, I'm just worried that I can't manage such a large team. Yushu Technology has always had about 30 people." Wang Xingxing touched his head and smiled bitterly.

As a start-up, his main expertise is actually in research and development. In fact, this is also the core reason why Gao Huaijun took a fancy to Yushu Technology and acquired it.

Otherwise, it would be very simple to incubate directly from Hillhouse vehicles.

After all, when it comes to something like robots, it is very easy to go astray without the right people and a mature path.

However, precisely because he lacks experience in large-scale project management, he seems to be somewhat inexperienced in coordinating large groups of people.

"Don't worry, I will assign an assistant to you."

"Tang Yi, a senior engineer at Hillhouse AI, also graduated from Jiangsu and Zhejiang University of Technology. He later studied for a PhD in mathematics at Fudan University and did large-scale model research at Hillhouse for two years."

“In the future, he can help you coordinate with Hillhouse AI and build a team.”

Gao Huaijun warned.

Tang Yi is considered a key talent in Hillhouse's scientific research pipeline.

When Gao Huaijun asked for it, Andrew Ng was reluctant to give it to him.

Wang Xingxing knew that Gao Huaijun had no need to interfere with the team, so he was very grateful for Gao Huaijun's support in team formation.

Because according to his original plan, it would take more than two years to mass-produce the new product.

If Gao Huaijun's support is maintained, mass production will be possible soon.

“The product scenarios currently being planned require corresponding planning and extension of high load-bearing capacity, comprehensive endurance, perception, joint performance, and movement capabilities.”

“We will first test the products we develop at Hillhouse Vehicles’ factory before selling them to the outside world.”

"I will set up a prestige group, and you can contact the relevant persons in charge of other departments."

"You'll know our company after you've been here for a while. The corporate atmosphere is simple. It's full of science and engineering guys who specialize in technology. You'll get to know them well."

As he spoke, Gao Huaijun patted him on the shoulder.

Gao Huaijun cares more about the future of Hillhouse Capital than Hillhouse Entertainment.

After Hillhouse Entertainment was established, he basically left it to Ning Yuan to manage. Apart from looking at the numbers in the annual report, he basically didn't get involved too much.

Now since entering the Premier League, Charlton has gradually entered the middle level of the Premier League. It is estimated that in another 2-3 years it will become one of the top teams in the Premier League.

But he had no intention of taking care of such a big toy.

Just let Ning Yuan help him deal with it.

In addition, in the film sector, we have invested in films directed by new directors in accordance with Gao Huaijun's requirements.

Works like Wen Muye's "Dying to Survive" have achieved good results.

However, these are not Hillhouse's main investment themes, so Ning Yuan was allowed to play around.

Gao Huaijun is no longer able to take the plate worth tens of billions into consideration.

However, as a time traveler, he is very optimistic about the future of the robotics industry.

The robotics industry will continue to focus on technological innovation, especially in areas such as 5G, AI, and humanoid robots.

As a high-quality carrier for the interaction between artificial intelligence and the physical world, humanoid robots will benefit from the rapid development of artificial intelligence. They will have the abilities of perception, thinking, and decision-making, and are expected to become disruptive products.

The application of generative AI and predictive maintenance technologies will further promote the intelligence and autonomy of robots.

This, like mobile phones and cars, will become a powerful core carrier of AGI!
Moreover, it is a more suitable existence than mobile phones and cars.

However, this market needs to be nurtured for at least ten years before we can really reap the big profits.

However, Hillhouse's moat is deep enough, so even if Hillhouse Capital loses money in the past ten years, it doesn't matter.

Isn’t it just over 1 billion yuan a year?

It’s really a piece of cake!
He himself estimates that by 2030, the scale of this product will at least reach 1000 billion US dollars, with a compound growth rate of more than 50%.

And in twenty years, this will definitely be a trillion-dollar super industry!
With the increasing trend of social aging and the increase in labor costs, the market demand for humanoid robots is growing day by day, and commercialization is expected.

Robots are definitely an absolute weapon for China to cope with the population decline in the future.

What to do if you are short of workers? Use robots!

What to do if you are short of waiters? Use robots!

Even if you lack a girlfriend, you can use a robot!

Gao Huaijun’s idea is that when robots are combined with AGI, the T-series humanoid robots like those in the Terminator can appear.

In the future, robots will be the hot spot for the next ten years. It will be a good idea to place an early start now and then slowly lay out the plan.

In addition, the battery components that allow the four-legged robot dog to operate continuously for a long time in an unloaded state, the extreme load, the joint motors, and the research and development of high-precision radars and CPU chips are all core issues that Hillhouse needs to solve in the future.

It is also very beneficial for promoting Hillhouse's supply chain system.

After Wang Xingxing returned to Hangzhou, he immediately hung up the sign of Hillhouse Capital BU.

but. . .

He still underestimated Hillhouse's influence and radiation.

On the day when the sign of Hillhouse Capital BU was hung up, he received a call from the local district-level top leader, who expressed his condolences to him.

This is not over yet.

The next day, at the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provincial level, the secretary of a provincial leader called and expressed his hope to visit Hillhouse Capital's AI BU.

This made him feel a little dizzy for a moment.

He is a tech geek and doesn't know much about Hillhouse's position among the government.

In order to seize Hillhouse’s R&D center.

The governments of various places are really fighting for it!
Hillhouse has no plans to set up a base in Hangzhou for the time being, which is quite regrettable for the leaders of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Now, pie has fallen from the sky.

It directly hit Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces!
Hillhouse Capital Intelligence BU!

This is clearly a subsidiary of the same level as Hillhouse Chip, Hillhouse Artificial Intelligence, and Hillhouse Battery!
That’s okay!

Don’t think that people in the government are all stupid. In fact, those in the government are the smartest group of people.

They know what kind of investment promotion is an ordinary political achievement, and what kind of investment promotion is a highlight political achievement.

Obviously, the industries owned by the parent company of Hillhouse Capital, which has become popular recently, and especially its R&D team, are the hot cakes that everyone is vying for.

It would be even better if you set up a manufacturing plant.

And now, Hillhouse has quietly moved the headquarters of one of its core subsidiaries, Hillhouse Capital BU, to Hangzhou.

So what is the concept?

This is to lay out the core technology industry!
Great political achievement!
A truly great political achievement!
Therefore, this has also caused a lot of discussion among people within the government.

"Gao Ling actually established a new branch, and quietly set it up in Hangzhou. Do you know what it does?"

"Gao Ling Zhi Chuang? I don't know! They are now in a small alley in Xixing Street, Binjiang District, in an old building. This is not like Gao Ling's usual style!"

"Isn't this a fake company? Is this a fake company that meets the real one?"

"That's impossible. Leader Wang is not a fool. He went to inspect it a few days ago. It's a genuine Hillhouse-affiliated company."

“Is it just a random company?”

"How can it be done casually? What kind of company is Hillhouse? It's a big contributor to the government! China is now a super taxpayer. Its smallest BU, Hillhouse Derivatives, has hundreds of billions of sales a year. Do you think this newly established BU is smaller than Hillhouse Derivatives? Is it possible?"

"So, we in Hangzhou have found a treasure!"

"Of course. Look at Leader Zhang, who is in charge of attracting investment. He has been smiling these past few days. It looks like he really picked up a treasure for free."

"So what does this Hillhouse Capital do?"

The establishment of Hillhouse Capital BU immediately created a wave of enthusiasm in Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is a city with a very strong e-commerce atmosphere and is also the core area of ​​Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces have seven mountains, two rivers and one part of farmland.

In ancient times, many areas could not be developed effectively.

So the best places are near Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

So this is also a place with a very strong business atmosphere.

Now that Hillhouse Capital BU has come over, they naturally know what this company is going to do.

(End of this chapter)