Behind the scenes technology company

Chapter 26 So I Opened a Factory
The continuous rain cast a haze on Wei Lai's heart.

"It's raining again. This year seems to be a year of floods. It's been a month since the rainy season and it's still raining," Wei Lai felt inexplicably uneasy. "Now that the building is finished, I'll take the time to pick my mother up."

Wei Lai appeared in the original office, waiting for Su Qian's arrival.

"How is the company's efficiency? The research center is running out of money." Wei Lai said directly when he saw Su Qian entering the door.

Su Qian said speechlessly: "Your research center started too high, don't overestimate our company's profitability."

"Yes, you will also move here this time," Wei Lai said, slightly excited, "You see, the building is ready."

"Even a fool can see it. Is it built by a robot? Is the quality of the project guaranteed?"

"Better than the best construction crews."

Su Qian sighed again: "Hey, for projects that can't make money, you are top-notch in spending money. You haven't paid attention to the Internet recently. The country seems to help you suppress Feng Han's affairs."

"An Xingxin told me that the state gave me a three-year deadline. After all, they are all born to the same mother."

"So when will your new product be put into production? What type? How long have you kept it a secret? The company should make some preparations in advance. Market research, personnel recruitment, and capital flow all take time."

"Don't worry, the infrastructure hasn't been perfected yet. The country has just set up the research center with one billion. The problem now is that there is no money."

"You started with a few billion, and you can see the water with tens of billions."

"For the company's detailed financial report, you can go to Zhao Feiyun. He has always been responsible for the budget. I hope you can come up with a profitable product this time. I always feel that you are in a hurry. I happen to have something to tell you. I will sort it out first. Information, please be free this afternoon."

Wei Lai nodded, watching Su Qian leave, "Can I not be in a hurry, I feel panicked because I can't get this pile of things out."

But for a while, Wei Lai really couldn't think of what kind of epoch-making product to launch.The complete commercial use of humanoid robots can indeed be said to be an epoch-making product, but once it is used by civilians, especially construction robots, Wei Lai will face the encirclement and suppression of thousands of construction workers.

The current company has become completely different.Wei Lai's desperate R&D investment brought huge hidden dangers to the company. Wei Lai, who was bent on making cross-generation products, did not realize the seriousness of the problem, but Su Qian saw it and became secretly anxious.That afternoon, Wei Lai was looking at the financial statement analysis sent by Zhao Feiyun, and Su Qian took a bunch of documents and put them on his desk.

"What's the matter?" Wei Lai asked.

"What are you going to do?" Su Qian's tone was a little serious, Wei came to look at Su Qian, and said, "What happened? What's the situation?"

"Have you not noticed that the company is already on the verge of bankruptcy? There is no output but input. The only assets of the infrastructure company are those fully automatic lamp production lines and power generation panel production lines. At present, I can't see the direction of any company's progress.

What kind of industry do you want to be? At first I thought you were going to be a biotechnology company, and your main business was greening and plant cultivation. Then you turned to design and produce robots, and then energy. I thought you were planning to start your own business. An industrial engineering company, but you said to make lamps, can you follow a goal? "

The company is like a child who is born with magical powers, and the country is the elder who dotes on him and praises him for his strength.Wei Lai played the role of master. He gave the child all kinds of magical weapons, but did not teach him how to use them.

"I also know that there is a problem. Shouldn't I find a way to solve it? It's a funding problem."

"It's not just about money," Su Qian said a little more seriously,
"The company has no goals at all. You are in the research center every day, but the output of scientific research results does not take one or two days. It is a bottomless pit." Wei Lai said nothing and motioned for him to continue.

"Okay, let me tell you. I admit that you are a scientific research genius and have all kinds of fantastic ideas, but do you need financial support? First, tell me what you started the company for."

Wei Lai was stunned by the question. He recalled that his original purpose of building a company had been completed (system suggestion), and he also wanted funds to promote changes in the world. After going around and going around, he finally wanted to develop new technologies.After a long silence, Wei Lai said: "To make money, then engage in scientific research, and then produce new products to make money."

"Then it's not about making money?"

"That's right. But what I want to do is to invent products that span the ages."

"which field?"

“All walks of life.”

"Do you think everyone else is an idiot?" Su Qian mocked.

"My skills are better than theirs." Wei Lai looked at Su Qian's mood and became serious.

"Yes, technological leadership is an advantage, and others will never be able to research it? You are talking like a fool."

Before Wei Lai could answer, Su Qian asked again: "You want to be a technology-driven high-tech industry, not all walks of life."

Su Qian picked up one of the reports on the table and handed it to Wei Lai, "The research center is established by you and the country, but the company is the one that bleeds. If the company can't develop, you can still be successful. To be honest, you The most irresponsible and disorganized founder I have ever seen."

"You can make whatever kind of technology you have. I haven't fully understood any industry. I guess you must be busy researching other technologies now. Although I don't know if it's a cross-age as you said, but I only know that now Investing in research centers is the way to go.”

Su Qian looked at Wei Lai and asked: "I don't know what you are anxious about. The company has only been developing for three years. In my opinion, the production line is not necessary. Why can't we pursue the production of core technology components and other projects? cooperate?"

Wei Lai looked at Su Qian: "Technology is a double-edged sword. You know what happened last time, how dare I just let it out for them to study? Besides, I have a strong feeling that what happened last time is not over yet."

Su Qian disagreed with Wei Lai's point of view. Technology is a double-edged sword, but to achieve cross-generational products, what is more needed is the unity and cooperation of various industries.

"No company does not need the support of other industries. The cake is too big for us to eat. We need to cooperate, seize the beginning and end of the technology chain, and distribute the profit links in the middle. Only then can the company grow better, otherwise you will lose the whole world." We are all enemies and it is difficult to move even an inch."

"You study plants today, build robots tomorrow, and build rockets the day after tomorrow. You can't control the investment in basic industries alone. You need to share and cooperate in exchange for the current growth and benefits. You should think about it and launch new products as soon as possible. Product, you are the decision maker of the company, and I am in charge of management.”

After speaking, Su Qian left, and Wei Lai sat on the chair, thinking about the problem.

The industrial upgrading revolution is not a single one, but a hundred flowers blooming in parallel. Driven by the core technology, it has undergone continuous development and improvement. For Wei Lai, in the wave of the industrial revolution, there is a natural competition as the initiator The right choice is to pursue the benefits you deserve, rather than working behind closed doors.

"The one who is always worried and overwhelmed has fallen ill again," Wei Lai smiled wryly.I have realized and used the power of the country to promote the development of technology, but I am too cautious and cautious about the development of the company.From the establishment of basic industries to the globalization of products, the cost of money and time required is quite difficult for any company or country.

"What kind of technology can make what kind of products. I'm so brain-dead, and I'm not ancient, I don't have anything. It's a pity to have such a complete basic industrial system in modern society. I always think about myself. Standing on the shoulders of giants, I ended up staring at the air next to the giants, but the necessary infrastructure must be in place, just take your time."

Instead of stubbornly building his own technological empire, Wei Lai held a high-level meeting and made it clear that the company, as a technology-driven enterprise, grasps core technologies and builds its own technology chain. It is a technology company rather than a factory.

Seeing the big from the small, just take the street lamps in the lighting fixtures as an example. With the help of robots, from the poles of the street lamps, exterior coatings, fixed facilities, to power generation panels, power storage modules, from the procurement of raw materials to the molding of all street lamps, we have already cooperated with Each manufacturer has direct and indirect relationships.

"It turns out that I opened a factory." Wei Lai made a rough summary of the company in the past three years.

The official relocation of the company is scheduled for New Year's Day in 2023.After discussing with Su Qian, the company's adjustments are also proceeding as scheduled.Every time he entered the research center of the base, Wei Lai always felt a sense of separation between reality and the future.A variety of instruments and robots that can be seen everywhere are moving on various workbenches, performing scanning, analysis, test and monitoring work.It's just a pity that without artificial intelligence, such a robot with fixed routes and functions seems destined to be eliminated after upgrading.

Exploring the application directions and potential of existing science and technology is what Wei Lai is doing, and it is also a re-adjustment of the research direction of the existing scientific research team. Manufacturing of the Observer system had exhausted state-sponsored funds, and the development of four Observers was stalled.For the research center, robots are the eyes of the "observer". When Wei Lai came to the monitoring center, he felt like a big BOSS behind the scenes.

The first product on the agenda is a drone product developed based on a "sensory" system.The application prospects of drones are also extremely broad.Film and television, agriculture, real estate, news, firefighting, rescue, energy, remote sensing mapping, wildlife protection and military industry. With the development of modern society and the efforts of industry giant Dayu Technology Company, civilian-level consumer drones have also entered the market. People's sight.

With the battery life of photovoltaic panels, the sensing of the surrounding environment of the sensory system, and the future upgrade of normal temperature superconducting materials, Wei Lai is confident that he will take the development of drones to a higher peak, and he is also confident that he can cooperate with DJI, which has mature technology. Technology breaks the wrist.

Technological changes are occurring and changing slowly.When Wei Lai was working hard for various new directions, the photovoltaic power grid connection plan of the State Grid has already shown its prominence, the use of clean energy has saved a lot of coal and fossil energy consumption, and the popularization and transformation of the public has aroused heated discussions .

(End of this chapter)