When Lin Zeju heard Chen Weidong's proposal, he was very happy and thought it was a good idea.

He is the senior person in Infinite Company who knows the most about technology.

If there were such a laboratory, it would be of great help to the research on optical brain.

But after hearing the complaints from Gong Zhao and Liu Weitao, I calculated in my mind that the company's investment would probably be an astronomical figure, and immediately said fiercely: "Ah Wei! I firmly oppose the establishment of such a laboratory!"

“Even if he can help us achieve research success faster, compared with the investment and the funds required for maintenance, it is simply not worth the gain!”

"If all laboratories were transformed like this, all our profits in the next ten years might be contributed to it!"

"So, this is an unrealistic idea with no commercial value and I vote against it!"

Li Xi'er, who had been correcting the documents, made a few cups of new tea for everyone, and also advised Chen Weidong tactfully: "To build such a laboratory, I calculated that it would cost about several billion US dollars. According to the exchange rate, it is almost four

More than 10 billion RMB.”

"Is it too risky for us to do this? Because this is just an idea of ​​yours, and researchers will most likely face more difficulties when implementing it."

"If it fails in the end, even we will not be able to bear the loss..."

Chen Weidong watched everyone's reactions quietly. He smiled faintly and said, "If we don't need to produce all the special alloy materials, and we only need to make a sample of each thing, this investment is not

Is it big?"

"Ah? You don't need us to go out?"

Everyone in the office looked at each other suspiciously, and then suddenly realized: "Mr. Chen! You mean..."

Chen Weidong smiled and pointed toward the ceiling.

Lin Zeju thought thoughtfully and said cautiously: "So, they will also participate in this research project? If most of the expenses are reimbursed by them, then I won't care about anything."

Chen Weidong shook his head: "It's just a partial reimbursement. Just like this laboratory, we still have to bear most of it, otherwise the ownership will be disputed."

Lin Zeju lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "Although I don't object, I still have reservations. I don't know much about the specific technology, but I heard from several scientists that photonic computers cannot be realized in the short term.

of."

"For such a long-term project, Director Zhang and his colleagues should pay for the research, rather than us, a commercial company, bearing the risk."

"But you are so determined, I can't say anything else. I will only say one thing: if the annual R&D expenditure of this project exceeds 2 billion, I will use the rights of the general manager and company shareholders to veto this funding plan!"

"And, as the research time increases, I will reduce this funding year by year."

"Unless you can show results that convince me, I can no longer watch you use the company's profits to fill this bottomless pit!"

He expressed his strong dissatisfaction with this project with the frankness of a business person.

Capitalists will also look at long-term interests, but at least they must be able to see them and have rough expectations.

Any illusory and beautiful future, if the possibility of realizing it is extremely slim, or if it takes decades or hundreds of years to realize, only a fool would invest money in it.

In the end, it is very likely that the company will go bankrupt before the project is successful!

Anyway, after a few decades, various technologies around the world will gradually mature. No matter how advanced or impossible the technology was in the past, it will naturally come to fruition.

He doesn't quite agree with Chen Weidong's insistence on building a photonic computer now.

In his opinion, the company's business now is to capture more markets and make more money.

Of course, if Chen Weidong creates a miracle and develops a photonic computer decades ahead of the rest of the world, he will also be extremely excited.

With the help of optical brain, the big tree of Infinite Company will become more tenacious.

The premise is that it can be done and not just remain on paper.

Because of Chen Weidong's strong support, everyone could only reluctantly agree to cooperate fully again, and it was limited to two years.

If the photonic computer project team has not achieved satisfactory results within two years, Lin Zeju and the academic committee will significantly reduce their research funding.

At most, its basic research will be maintained, and scientists supported by other departments will also return to their original project departments and will no longer stay in the photonic computer project team for a long time, resulting in a waste of manpower.

After the meeting, Chen Weidong asked Yu Guangbin to convene all members of the project team to conduct a technical seminar in the internal conference room.

At the meeting, he asked members of the project team to conduct a detailed review of the technologies required for photonic computers and discuss the research results of more than a year one by one.

Which aspects of technology can be directly applied?

Which technologies still need to be improved, and which ones need more research.

The discussion lasted until evening. As the discussion deepened, the arguments among the researchers became more intense.

Chen Weidong and the members of the project team simply filled their stomachs and held meetings until late at night and early in the morning. It was around three o'clock that they finally had a clear and comprehensive understanding of the existing technical achievements.

The preliminary meeting lasted for half a month, and Chen Weidong also stayed on the project team for half a month, presiding over the entire discussion process.

The meeting here is about to begin.

Gong Zhao also submitted the plan for the automated laboratory, and then he turned to the automated instrument department and participated in the laboratory renovation project.

However, the special alloy quotation on the cost accounting sheet still made Chen Weidong take a breath of cold air.

According to this quotation, the cost to complete a laboratory robot is as high as seven to eight million US dollars. Every component, required material, and processing difficulty require a large amount of capital investment.

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Just building one such precision robot is already so expensive.

Only at this time did Chen Weidong truly realize that its research and development was more difficult than he had imagined.

Many research institutions around the world have actually started research on robots a long time ago, but robots have never been put into practical use. Even if they are made, they are extremely clumsy.

The key is the accuracy of the robot.

Because robots, unlike humans, have vision, they can accurately distinguish the shape, color, and texture of objects, and judge their temperature and weight based on some subtle phenomena, and make appropriate responses.

It has no intelligent behavior of its own, and all actions are based on program settings.

You ask it to get a glass of water, and the robot will come to the table according to the program settings, then reach out and grab the water glass.

However, if you change the water cup to another place, if the robot does not have certain recognition capabilities, it will still stay at the original place of the water cup, extending its robotic arm and repeatedly grabbing it.

In other words, all his actions depend on the settings of the program, and he has no ability to make independent judgments.

Therefore, in order to complete this idea and create robots and automation research that meet their needs, there are many difficulties that need to be overcome.

But at the moment, the most important thing is the issue of funds.

Infinite Company has launched a large number of scientific research projects, and it is like a monster that cannot have enough to eat. In many cases, funds are poured in, and not even a splash can be seen.

But once the project has started, it cannot be stopped casually.

Otherwise, it will not be easy to gather so many people together to conduct research.

He found Lin Zeju, discussed with him for a long time, and finally decided to find ways to get some money back from the United States.

It's best to go there in person.

Otherwise, there will not be enough cash flow, and you will always lack the confidence to do things.

After returning to the office.

Chen Weidong accidentally glanced at the calendar on the wall and looked at the date on it, June 24, 2001.
Chapter completed!