In the next few days, the TV was all about the alien robots, many fighters who participated in the war gave speeches, some regular customers took the opportunity to canvass for votes, and some weapons sellers began to promote armed protection of their families. Watermark Ad Test: Watermark Ad Test

It took almost a month for the heat to go down, and it was suppressed by the news of a company called USR.

USR, a veteran intelligent robot company, previously produced products such as sweeping robots, robot toll collectors, robot waiters, etc.

Many people say that the gimmick of this company's products is bigger than practicality, and the price is not cheap, and it is said that they are about to go bankrupt. But a few days ago, USR received a large amount of financing, and the company also announced that their new home robot will be launched soon, and the price will be much lower than everyone expected.

"Our NS3 household robot is about to be launched, this is an epoch-making product, with extremely high intelligence, it will be a new industrial revolution!"

Fan Mang looked at the commercials on TV, the shape of this robot is already very similar to a human, with human facial features, torso, and limbs.

You can customize the appearance, and if you use the top materials, it will look like a real person.

USR company, robot, Fan Mang always felt a little familiar.

"Raptor, search for information about the robot. Was there a home robot with so many functions before? ”

"Nope. The performance of this robot is the most powerful among the known household robots. The way the program is coded, the mechanical materials, all give me some familiarity. ”

Fan Mang's hand holding the cup stopped: "You said you have a sense of familiarity?" ”

Shouldn't those materials be top secret from the military, how did private companies get them? Or is this actually a company secretly controlled by the military?

"USR's new robot, let's order one."

"Don't worry, I've already searched it, and they're just starting to take orders, and it may take a few months to actually build it." The Raptor held a large bucket with a bucket of diesel in it, and he drank it as if it were a drink, "Master, can I buy gasoline next time, I prefer that taste." ”

"No problem, you can get any drink you like with money, as well as mixed drink oil, you can try it next time."

……

In Chicago, in his office on the top floor of the USR Group headquarters building, Simon Simmons sits on a couch with a cup of coffee in his hand.

"Lawrence, I can't imagine that you have developed a new intelligent robot so quickly, how much is expected to be sold, and how much can we earn?"

The seventh district is gone, and he is no longer a secret staff member of the political axe, but has become a complete white ding. However, as a confidential department, he was also prepared, and now he has become an investor in Chicago.

He invested in the USR company with funds and technology, because the company was already researching intelligent robots, and invited Professor Langning, an expert in robot research.

The company's major shareholders were persuaded by Chairman and CEO Lawrence to invest all the company's funds in the intelligent robot project, and took out a large loan from the bank, and even each shareholder even chased a sum of money.

Now, in just one month, they have succeeded in developing their theory, and they have made a prototype, which has begun to be advertised and ordered.

According to what everyone discussed before, a robot, they will not earn much, and the profit margin is about 30%, which is already a very high profit.

"Simmons, don't worry, this first generation, we can't make money. Maybe even the second generation, we won't be able to make money. ”

Simmons' body sat up straight: "What do you mean?" ”

Why don't you want to give me a share of the money I invested? The core technology is provided by me, without me, can you make such an intelligent robot?

"Simmons, don't worry. Do you know how much money all our shareholders spent to invest in this project? Including my finding someone to finance, our original shareholder investment, bank loans, etc., more than 10 billion dollars! ”

"You don't think we're going to make 10 billion dollars back with our first batch of products, do you? We now have a pitiful amount of money for publicity, only three TV station advertisements. We only have online ordering and telephone ordering, no physical stores, no distributors, no agents, how much do you think we can sell? ”

"And at the moment we only have the market in the United States, and the next step will be to expand to overseas markets, at least the English market is fine, how much money will be invested?"

"We make a thousand dollars for a robot, and if we want to earn back 10 billion, we also need to sell 10 million units, which does not include after-sales, personnel salaries, research and development expenses, advertising costs, transportation costs, etc., in fact, our net profit is far from that high."

"Then why don't you sell it for a higher price?" Simmons spread his hands, "Our products are expensive, and there will be people who want to buy them." We are targeting middle-class families with houses and cars, and using this to replace housekeepers, nannies, gardeners and other staff is not expensive even if it costs $10,000, right? ”

"No, Simmons, how many middle-class families can there be? 10 million units, that is 10 million families, do you think our products can ensure that every middle-class family can buy one? How often do they obsolete our products? We want to reach out to all families so that they can afford it. ”

"You do the math, if one percent of the world's households buy our products, then there will be more than 10 million units sold."

"Our first step is to get two percent of households to buy. How much more difficult is it to sell tens of millions of units by removing non-native English speakers? ”

"In the United States, the first step is to make sure that 10 percent of the families buy. And that's actually just a few millions. It's not a car, and for many families, it's not a necessity. ”

"We want to continue to increase R&D and publicity while selling, first sell a part of it for us to continue to purchase materials for production, for personnel compensation and advertising, and then on the NS4 product, to increase our user base."

"When the NS5 is launched, we will be able to bring home robots into thousands of homes and truly replace other robots with different functions."

"Our best product before was the anthropomorphic home robot NS2, and we had a list of many customers who would be targeted for marketing. Even the first step, we are ready to trade in the old for the new. Let those people use sweeping robots plus part of the money to replace our new household robots, so as to quickly occupy the market and let the word of mouth ferment. ”

"Simmons, you're a significant shareholder in the company, but we're putting in more money, and we want to make it as soon as possible. But you can understand it step by step, right? ”

"In one year, two years at most, each of us can become a billionaire!"

"But this year, we don't have a penny in dividends, and I'm afraid there won't be one in the first half of next year, and there may not be one in the second half of the year, but our company's shares will be listed."

At least on the books, the market value of their stocks will exceed 10 billion, and the company can easily exceed 100 billion US dollars, or even reach 1 trillion US dollars.

Simmons leaned back on the couch, and in a year or two, he could afford to wait. Anyway, all his money has been invested, and all the technical data has been invested, so he can only believe Lawrence's words.

He has also seen the company's products, the intelligence is too far away, and he really needs to develop a new generation of products, he didn't think that it could be compared to those alien robots, but it can't be too bad.

"Lawrence, I trust your judgment. I don't know much about the company's operation, but what I used to do, you know very well. ”

If he finds out that Lawrence has something to cheat him, don't blame him for being polite. There are hundreds of ways to make a person disappear without realizing it, and he knows hundreds!

The corners of Lawrence's eyes twitched twice: "Hahaha, Simmons, our core technology is developed based on your information, and you are also a shareholder and director of the company, can there be anything to hide from you?" After two years at most, you can buy a big villa, buy an airplane and a yacht, and you can buy a small island or something to build and. ”

The two talked for a while before Simmons left. The smile on Lawrence's face disappeared, threatening me? I am the chairman and CEO of the company, and I was elected by the other shareholders.

You, Simmons, are very powerful, but you're out of there, and after two years, how many obedient men do you have? When the time comes, your assets worth tens of billions of dollars will be wanted by many people, because this is the chicken that lays golden eggs!

……

A month later, a courier arrived at Fan Mang's home. Carried back to the house and disassembled, it was an anthropomorphic household robot.

Fan Mang looked at the manual, there are really a lot of functions on it, and he doesn't know if it's really easy to use. The Raptor next to him was scanning the domestic robot, his eyes slightly disappointed, and he did not detect life fluctuations.

After simply giving some commands, Fan Mang felt that this was okay, the degree of intelligence was not too high, but some specific instructions could be completed.

For example, you can sweep the floor, clean the windows, serve dishes, weed the lawn, clean the swimming pool, and know that you will not leave the yard to recharge, and you know that a stranger has illegally entered the police, etc.

It's much stronger than a traditional sweeping robot or something, but it can only do these things.

I heard that USR is also developing other types of robots, such as those that can repair cars, cook, chat and go shopping with you, and so on.

Fan Mang waved his hand: "Go sweep the floor." ”

"Master, it has a little bit of a resemblance to me, the material is similar, the code is a little bit similar, but he's not my kind."

"Don't be sad, you still have me, I can accompany you. Let's go to the drive-in theater to watch a movie, and here's a snack for you. Fan Mang shook a bag of batteries in his left hand.