Activating the Omniscient System, I'm doomed!

Luo Yi then toured the factory workshop before arriving at the office building's conference room.

"President Ji, you've seen the workshop's equipment assets. Here's a detailed asset list and annual financial report," Yu Guangming said, handing over a stack of documents.

Luo Yi took the document and quickly estimated the acquisition price.

For loss-making companies, net assets need to be discounted by 40%.

Based on this calculation, 3780 million yuan would be enough to buy the entire company, factory, production lines, equipment, materials, and inventory.

As expected, it was much more cost-effective than hiring foreigners, and Luo Yi secretly rejoiced.

Yu Guangming sat opposite him, brewing tea and constantly observing his expression. Seeing that his expression remained calm, he couldn't help but ask:

"Mr. Ji, you said on the phone that you not only want to acquire my company, but also that there will be no layoffs, and you even want me to continue managing the company?"

"That's right. This acquisition plan is a strategic move. We'll only control the general direction. As for the specific work and management, we plan to use the original team. It's up to you whether you're willing to stay."

Rather than hiring new people, Luo Yi naturally preferred to use existing employees, since these people had been assessed by the Omniscient System and were considered reliable.

"Of course I'm willing. After all, this is the culmination of my many years of hard work." Yu Guangming was overjoyed. Being able to continue managing and operating this company was exactly what he had dreamed of.

Luo Yi put down the asset documents and continued, "Based on your current assets, I plan to offer 3700 million to acquire them. What do you think, Boss Yu?"

Yu Guangming looked over with surprise, unable to believe that he had calculated it so quickly, and smiled, "The amount is fine."

"However, I want to retain 10% of the shares, which would make managing the company a natural process. So the acquisition price only needs to be 3300 million."

Luo Yi laughed and said, "Aren't you afraid the company will continue to lose money?"

"I can handle the pressure of a 10% stake." Yu Guangming laughed. He had a deep affection for the company, and if it hadn't been on the verge of bankruptcy, he would never have gone to the point of selling and acquiring it.

"Then it's a pleasure to cooperate."

Luo Yi reached out to shake hands. Losing a few shares didn't matter; on the contrary, it would make the other party more attentive.

"I've sent you the acquisition agreement. Have a lawyer review it. If there are no problems, proceed with the formalities and go through the procedures."

This contract was prepared by XY at Luo Yi's request, and it was even more professional than what the top-notch legal team could do.

Yu Guangming looked down at his phone, then looked up to ask the question he was most concerned about:

"Mr. Ji, I still have the same concerns. The industry market is not doing well right now. If you acquire the company and continue with the old product model, I'm afraid it won't last long."

Luo Yi took out a drawing from his bag and said, "This is the general direction I was talking about."

"I hope that the company's machinery and equipment will follow the path of precision operation, and with the help of ground-penetrating radar, accurately extract targets under the soil with little or no soil movement."

Yu Guangming pondered for a moment and said, "Ground penetrating radar is not a big problem. Our equipment is used in mining, so we already have soil CT and ultrasonic radar."

"However... accurately extracting the target object without disturbing the ground is probably very difficult."

Luo Yi had checked this information before coming and said, "I saw your equipment in the warehouse just now. Didn't you have a carbon fiber and aluminum alloy robotic arm, with each segment about 80 centimeters long, right?"

"Yes, we do have the materials, but with the company's current technology, we can't control a gripper longer than 80 centimeters to grab things in a confined space. It's like trying to pick up peanuts with 80-centimeter chopsticks; it's very difficult for us to control."

Yu Guangming added, "Perhaps other companies can achieve 160 centimeters, but we can't."

Luo Yi shook his head and corrected him: "My goal is not 80 centimeters, nor 160 centimeters, but 20 meters."

"In other words, it can insert itself into the soil to a depth of 20 meters and extract a rock the size of a thumb. Only by achieving this level can it be competitive."

20 meters? Yu Guangming stood up abruptly, shaking his head repeatedly: "It's impossible. Not only can't our company do it, but no company in the entire industry, or even nationwide, can do it."

"What I brought with me in this acquisition is this technology."

Luo Yi looked over confidently.

This is much easier than his robot.

After all, that robot's arm has more than a hundred neural control programs.

If these procedures are simplified and applied to a robotic arm, it becomes equivalent to a real human arm.

If a person's arm is inserted into the soil, and they can touch the stone, how could they not be able to get it out?

Yu Guangming stood there stunned for a full half minute before finally speaking uncertainly, "President Ji, you wouldn't have... cracked ASML's precision control technology for lithography machines, would you?"

"They have never authorized it domestically. Even if we crack it and use it, they will sue us in an international court."

"It has nothing to do with him," Luo Yi continued. "This is a unique technology developed by my team, called Neural Chain."

"The control difficulties for lengths of more than 20 meters are actually twofold. One is signal transmission. The higher the depth, the more interference there is, resulting in signal delay and slow response. It's like a computer that's frozen. You can type on the keyboard and wait a minute before the first word starts to appear on the screen."

"The second difficulty is that the technology for controlling the gripper is not up to standard, resulting in insufficient precision. At 8 centimeters, you can pick up a raw egg, at 80 centimeters, the egg will break, and at 800 centimeters, you may not even be able to hold the egg firmly or pick it up."

Yu Guangming nodded: "Yes, those are the two main difficulties. Working through a small hole to a depth of 20 meters in the soil, apart from ASML, I haven't heard of anyone else who has ever done it."

"Moreover, ASML's ability to achieve this is also due to the efforts of the entire Western supply chain. The signal components they use are not easily interfered with, and in addition, they already have mature precision control technology in lithography machines."

Luo Yi smiled and said, "We don't need to go through all that trouble, nor do we need to purchase high-end components similar to theirs."

"Because my neural chain technology involves making the robotic arm into 50-centimeter segments, and dividing a 20-meter arm into 40 segments. Then, I add signal transmission components to each segment, just like extending a home Wi-Fi router to include more routers. Through the relay of each segment, the final precise grasping is achieved."

Yu Guangming thought for three minutes, then shook his head. "This... is theoretically feasible, but controlling 40 robotic arms would require too much program processing, and the transmission would still take a long time. Moreover, the precision control calculations would be very slow."

"The program also uses neural network technology, and all the code and computational work may be less than what you have now."

Luo Yi reduced more than a hundred neural control programs to 30, which is extremely streamlined.

Moreover, the code he writes, whether in logic or calculation, uses level 3 brainpower. It can be said that he calculates a thousand steps in one step, and each line of code contains eighty or ninety interconnected links, saving a lot of code and computation.

Ordinary people's code serves a specific purpose and is considered excellent if it perfectly fits the logic above and below.

Seeing his determination, Yu Guangming finally became interested. "President Ji, I'm not very knowledgeable about technology either. How about we go to the R&D workshop and chat with my team?"

"Sure, I brought all the technical code with me, and I really want to test it on-site to see if it's feasible." Although Luo Yi had asked the Omniscient System, this was his first time dealing with machinery.

Upon hearing this, Yu Guangming's eyes shone even brighter.

I thought to myself, if this really happened, the entire industry would be shaken up! My small company, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, would probably take off!