The news that Arrow Automobile Company is going to hold a robot quota auction after lunch is indeed a bit surprising, after all, no news has been released before, and everyone is not prepared, a bit like a sudden attack.

Generally, such a business association or auction rarely does not notify others in advance, because if you do not notify others in advance and let others be prepared, no matter who it is, it is not a good thing, at least, for the product seller, it is difficult to maximize profits without letting buyers make more preparations.

Of course, surprise attacks also have the advantage of surprise attacks, that is, people can't think too much, if the product has a unique surname, it is easy to produce irrational behavior at auction, and it is not difficult to speculate on prices, but that generally refers to the market where it is difficult to determine the actual value such as art, not the machinery market - yes, most people still define intelligent robots as high-end mechanical equipment.

Moreover, things like intelligent robots that can almost change the industrial pattern, their important surnames and sensitive surnames are not inferior to high-end weapons arms sales, usually such things can not be bought only by spending money, and generally have some political implications, even in the current era after the end of the Cold War.

Now, Arrow Automobile Company is engaged in the auction of art, which is obviously the appearance of the highest bidder, and there is no political factor in mind.

After thinking of this, most of the people at the scene were happy in their hearts, and only a very small number of people, such as representatives of Western powers such as the United States and Britain, were worried. The representatives of these great powers are not worried that they cannot afford to pay and cannot buy quotas, but they are worried about the proliferation of such high-tech robots, and the consequent series of uncontrollable changes in the situation.

To put it bluntly, these construction robots are only engaged in construction, but they can become robot armies with a slight change, even if they do not change, they are also quite sharp when they are used as engineers on the battlefield, and there is no engineering force in any country in the world that can do better than these robots.

Of course, the most worrying is the United States, which is now the only superpower in the world, leading the world in all aspects, but the emergence of this kind of robotic technology, no, it should be the strong rise of the Ostan Group, but they see the crisis.

To be honest, if it weren't for the rapid rise of the Ostan Group, if it weren't for the changing times, if it weren't for the fact that Nordic countries and the United States were still allies, if it weren't for ...... In short, it is precisely because there are too many ifs that the United States does not dare to point fingers at the big owner of the Austin Group, that is, Sweden, as it does with other small countries, but instead does everything possible to send benefits to Sweden, hoping to cooperate together instead of engaging in confrontation.

But regardless of who was happy or not, the auction was decided to be held an hour after lunch.

Although the time was in a hurry, after all, there was still a buffer of more than an hour, so everyone who got the news immediately began to call and contact their superiors, mostly asking where the bottom line was, or asking for more authorizations and other things, of course, there were also people who asked the people of Arrow Automobile Company to get more details about the auction, such as how this quota was calculated, whether the quota could be bought unlimitedly, or each family could only buy one quota, etc., and the atmosphere was very eager. I'm afraid no one would have imagined that this auction was just a temporary idea of Cheng Yuan.

"You're doing a surprise attack." Wu Hongfei, who had just finished talking to the above, sighed, "Mr. Cheng, you are not authentic like this." ”

"A surprise attack is good, but it's more advantageous for you, isn't it?" Cheng Yuan smiled, "You were the first to know the news, and this is also in the territory of Huaguo, as long as you are not too picky, there will definitely be gains." ”

Hearing Cheng Yuan say this, Wu Hongfei couldn't say anything, after all, what the other party said was right. After all, he is a bureaucrat with a technical background, and he is still reserved, and it is not his style to stalk and be arrogant and unreasonable.

In this way, an hour later, the auction of intelligent robot quotas began to be held as scheduled in the central multi-purpose hall of the company's administrative building, which was the place where the smart bus press conference was held.

Due to the previous experience of holding a smart bus press conference, and the high intelligence of this central venue, just like Transformers, it can be changed at any time according to the situation, so although this auction is very rushed, it can be regarded as orderly.

When everyone entered the venue in order and filled the pre-configured seats in the entire venue, Liang Hua's figure appeared in the direction of the auction table, obviously planning to go straight to the topic and not engage in any pre-meeting singing and dancing performances.

After clearing his throat, Liang Hua put his hand on the podium and said to the audience with a smile: "Everyone's time is precious, so I won't talk other nonsense." Well, I believe that all of you have seen the performance of our batch of construction robots, which is definitely a product of the pioneering era, and its excellent surname does not need me to say more, everyone can see it very clearly. ”

After a pause, Liang Hua continued: "Robot technology has been around for many years, and the reason why it has not had much performance and has not really replaced manpower, such as in the field of construction, is because there are several key technologies that have not been solved. These key technologies are intelligent control systems and energy power systems, in comparison, the body skeleton and surface skin, etc., are all trivial. At the same time, compared with these technical indicators, there is another important condition for the popularization of robots, and that is the price. If the robot is too expensive, it can only be a laboratory product, and it cannot enter large-scale industrial production, and it cannot be popularized.

It is a great honor that the owner of this product, the Ostan Group, has solved two of the biggest technical problems, developed a smaller and stronger operation control system, as well as a smaller and stronger new battery and power system. At the same time of solving the technical problem, they also have a set of cost control, with their production capacity, they can do this kind of robot that is mainly a steel skeleton at a very low cost, so that this smarter and more capable robot can be pushed to the market like mobile phone appliances, and this kind of intelligent machine that can make humans more labor-saving can be truly popularized. ”

"Can you tell me how much these robots sell for?" The middle-aged woman surnamed Anxious in the audience immediately said loudly, "This is the problem we are most concerned about!" ”

"That's exactly what I'm going to say next." Liang Hua smiled at the middle-aged woman in the audience, "I don't know how much this robot can be sold for, because this is a topic that we will discuss together later." I can only say here what the benchmark price of this robot is. ”

After speaking, Liang Hua took out his mobile phone and clicked on the mobile phone screen, and then, a big white curtain fell from top to bottom behind Liang Hua, and then, several rays of light hit the screen, and it began to look like a movie screen, and a huge picture like a picture table appeared.

"Everybody look at the big screen." Liang Hua half-turned around and casually pointed to the big screen behind him, "The table above is the full benchmark price of all kinds of construction robots." ”

When the people in the audience heard this, they immediately began to carefully look at the table on the screen, and after reading it, they immediately took a deep breath!

The price is also too ...... It's low!

The tables on the big screen read: Titan 1 robot - 60,000 euros; Titan 2 - 45,000 euros; Drill Gopher 1 - 120,000 euros; Drill Gopher 2 - 85,000 euros; Multi-purpose humanoid robot - 15,000 euros; Medium-sized spider robot - 10,000 euros; Mosquito robot - 5,000 euros.

It can be said that in addition to the absence of small spider robots, these steel robots are heavy, basically large, medium and small, and of course, the most important thing is that the price is low beyond everyone's expectations.

Not to mention anything else, just say that the Titan No. 1 robot that looks like a heavy tank, the benchmark price is only 60,000 euros, at the current exchange rate, it is equivalent to less than 500,000 yuan, buy a slightly better car is more than this price, and even many domestic excavators have to have this price, but the ability of the excavator is much worse than that of the Titan robot.

It can be said that what the excavator can do, Titan 1 can do, and do better, what the excavator can't do, Titan 1 can also do. Moreover, Titan No. 1 is an intelligent robot, with the ability to read judgment, able to improvise to a certain extent according to the actual situation, and the accurate surname is stronger than that of humans, and there is no need for people to do it, so that you can save high labor costs, so that you can save more money.

And then there's the gopher, which is mainly about digging tunnels and doing tunnel work, which is a bit similar to a shield machine, or simply an intelligent shield machine. But how much does a shield machine cost? A shield machine with a better surname and more intelligent is only 120,000 euros, which is equivalent to more than 980,000 yuan, less than 1 million!

There are also humanoid robots that are closer to humans, robots with extended arms, which can do most of the work that humans can do, and do it more accurately, more efficiently, and can work 24 hours a day without eating, drinking, and Lazar. Not to mention anything else, just looking at the construction situation in front, a humanoid robot can be used as twenty construction workers with work efficiency! In other words, a humanoid robot can work twenty times more efficiently than a human construction worker!

However, how much does it cost to raise twenty builders? Even in China, it is definitely more than 15,000 euros! Ten times more! What's more, in the event of an accident among construction workers, such as death or injury, the compensation is even more astronomical, and fifteen thousand euros is estimated to be not enough for even one person, let alone twenty people, but what about robots? Once damaged, at most send it for repair, or replace it with another one, without any moral constraints and other troubles.

It can be said that not afraid of accidents is the most important place in Western countries, especially Europe, to know that most countries in Europe are high-welfare countries, and their workers are also high-welfare workers.

Now that there are robot builders, especially the price is really cheap, it really makes everyone, especially the representatives of the European construction industry, overjoyed!

Not to mention other spider robots and mosquito robots, which can do a lot of work that ordinary human builders can't do, especially when it comes to detailing, they are completely the best decorators, and decorators happen to be one of the most expensive workers.

In the past, when construction robots first appeared and showed amazing construction capabilities, everyone looked at them, but few companies had substantial purchase intentions, not for anything else, because the construction robots at that time were all made of carbon nanomaterials with a price higher than gold, and if you use these things to be a construction worker, it is too expensive. You know, construction workers are a relatively high risk of work, for robots, that is, it is easy to produce loss, if the carbon nanomaterials are lost, and then repaired, the price is too high, so in the commercial field, some gains outweigh the losses.

However, now after the appearance of these steel skeleton construction robots, especially after seeing the price so low, everyone is immediately tempted. As Liang Hua said before, it is not the ability to only solve the technical problems, only by solving the technical problems and cost problems, can this kind of product be truly brought to the market.

However, everyone also understands that what people are talking about is the benchmark price, that is, something like the ex-factory price or the wholesale price, which is not the final selling price sold to them, but no matter what, the benchmark price is so low, and it is limited to float up and down.

After thinking of this, some people began to look at each other, because they understood that once this kind of intelligent robot with a high surname and price ratio is really introduced to the market, then many areas of the entire human society will undergo great changes in the future, just like the Internet has changed the world.

This kind of change, while bringing opportunities to many people, will definitely bring losses to many people, but in any case, since it has appeared, it can no longer be stopped, and what everyone needs to consider is how to seize this opportunity and not fall behind.

Liang Hua is very clear about the ability of these robots and the impact of ultra-low prices, so after turning on the big screen of the price list, she first walked to the side and sat down to rest, drank some water, and made a few phone calls.

"I think you also understand that this is only a benchmark price, that is, the benchmark price that we sell to the outside world, but it is not the final market price. Or to put it another way, this is our wholesale price, and as for the retail price, it is set by the retailer who wins the bid. In other words, we are holding this auction to auction 12 export quotas, or 12 retailer agents. ”

Speaking of this, Liang Hua paused, gave the following a buffer time, and then continued: "The reason why only twelve retailers are given agency rights is because some of the key technologies of these robots can only be manufactured in the headquarters in Sweden at present, so the output is limited. ”

"Then why doesn't the Ostein Group directly announce this quota in Sweden, which is the retailer agency? Why do you want to announce it through you? One of the middle-aged white men in his forties asked.

"That's a good question." Liang Hua smiled at the white man and nodded, "The reason why we announced it is because we have already obtained the general agency of this construction robot." In other words, the Ostein Group, as well as its subsidiaries that specialize in manufacturing these robots, have given us the right to sell this set of construction robots around the world, so we have the final say on how to sell these robots and to whom. I don't know, are you satisfied with this answer? ”

"This ......," the white man frowned, "why hasn't the Ostan Group ever released this news before?" Why was a decision made so hastily on such a big matter? I'm sorry, I'm not saying that you Arrow Automobile Company is not qualified, I'm just saying that this kind of general agency matter, at least like now, to have an open bidding meeting. ”

"I'm sorry, but the Ostein Group is not a public company, it is a private company, so the group does not need to explain its decisions to the public."

"It's just ......" The white man opened his mouth, but finally stopped talking, because the facts were already in front of him, and if he continued to be more serious, he would really hurt Liang Hua and this Arrow Automobile Company, and if he didn't make it, he would lose the retailer's qualification.

After all, they are right, they don't need to explain their decisions to anyone, and their products are unique.

This is not to say that others can't produce similar robots, after all, laboratories in many countries can also produce robots with similar functions, but in terms of surname-price ratio, it is too much worse, at least, the intelligent robots produced by scientific research institutions in various countries can never be so low-priced, and it is difficult to put them into practice in large quantities like those robots.

"This gentleman." Liang Hua looked at the white man and said, "Do you have any other questions?" ”

"Oh, no." The man immediately smiled and shook his head, which was a small gesture of goodwill.

"What about the others?" Liang Hua looked at the audience again, "Does anyone else have any questions?" ”

"We're fine!" It was the middle-aged woman who seemed to be anxious before, and she quickly said, "You better talk carefully about how to bid for this retailer quota." ”

"Okay." Liang Hua smiled and nodded, "A total of twelve export quotas, that is, retailer qualifications, are all one-year contracts, and each contract can get robots worth a total of five billion US dollars." That is to say, once you win a contract, you can buy construction robots with a total price of no more than $50 billion from us, and there is no limit to the types of robots you buy, that is, how to match and buy is your own business. ”

"The total value does not exceed $50 billion, does that mean according to your benchmark price?" The middle-aged woman asked again.

"Yes." Liang Hua nodded, "I have already said that the price on the big screen is our wholesale price, that is, the purchase price of the retailer who has the right to buy the contract, and the market price in the market is determined by the market." ”

"It's only one year, does that mean this purchase contract has to be re-auctioned every year?" The woman asked again.

"That's right."

"What is the contract price? What about the one-year contract price? ”

"The starting price of each contract is 10 billion US dollars, and there is no upper limit, and the highest price wins."

Hearing this price, everyone at the scene took a deep breath.

"Ten billion dollars? Just a one-year right to buy? That's outrageous, isn't it? It's clearly a money grab! The middle-aged woman said indignantly, "If you add this, the price of your robot will not be cheap at all." ”

"If you don't think it's appropriate, you can not buy it." Liang Hua smiled, "No one forced you to buy it." By the way, this is the final price, no counter-offer. In fact, to put it bluntly, we set the price of this purchase right, just to see if you have the strength, and it is only for one year, and it will change with the market changes in the future. ”

"So, can we buy a lot of this $10 billion one-year contract at once?" The middle-aged woman said again, "For example, if we have the ability, can we buy all twelve agents at one time?" ”

"Of course not." Liang Hua smiled, "If that's the case, then let's just package it up and sell it, and we don't need to bother to divide it into twelve purchase rights." In fact, the reason why we have twelve powers of agency is divided according to geography. That is to say, we are divided into 12 regions according to the existing world pattern, such as East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, North Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Southern Europe, North America, Central and South America, South America, and so on. In each region, only one quota is given, and only the countries in the region can compete with each other for this quota, and it is not possible to have two quotas in one region. Let's put it this way, theoretically, a country is only allowed one quota. ”

"Including you Huaguo?" The middle-aged woman immediately asked.

"Yes, including Hua Guozheng's axe." Liang Hua smiled and nodded, "But it doesn't include our company." There is no limit to the number of robots used by our company, and likewise there is no limit to the Ostein Group itself. ”

"Then if you sell the agency and then sell it to someone else privately, how can it be counted?" The middle-aged woman continued, "If you do this, won't the market be chaotic?" Even if you're the boss, you can't mess around like this. ”

"Please rest assured." Liang Hua said with a smile, "The robots that can be freely bought and sold in the market can only be sold from retailers, and as for the unplanned robots used by our company and the Ostan Group, they can only be used by themselves, or used by specific related institutions, and cannot be sold externally." As for how to supervise, each robot has a unique number and a unique code, just like a human fingerprint, and there is absolutely no mistake. If you find out that the robot that is not in the quota is on sale, then you can report it at any time, and after we find out, we can paralyze this unplanned robot at any time, so even if someone steals our unplanned robot, it will not be able to sell it to the outside world. ”