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"Mr. Cao, the dog tycoon has arranged for someone to come and inspect, and wants to purchase our unmanned helicopters and robot dogs on a large scale."

"And they hope to start delivery this year."

"I think they should be attracted by the content of the promotional videos you released, and want to use the solution of drone swarms to drop combat robots in actual combat."

Li Shigui directly expressed the dog tycoon's idea.

All military-related products must normally give priority to meeting domestic needs.

It is even necessary to consider the opinions of relevant departments before determining whether they can be exported.

The solution of drones plus robot dogs is obviously used in military occasions, so the final export must also be confirmed by the relevant departments.

But at least Venusstar Technology and Nanshan Robotics must have the willingness to export internally, and then apply for relevant approvals.

"The civil unrest in the southeastern neighbor of the dog owner is getting worse and worse, and the strength of the opposition is getting stronger and stronger."

"Although the dog owner has used the twin-tailed scorpion drones and missiles to continuously attack the other side in the past two years, it has also achieved some results."

"However, due to the lack of ground forces, the actual attack effect still needs to be improved."

"But everyone knows that those people of the dog owner are expected to be defeated if they attack from the ground."

"Now seeing our drone and robot dog combat plan, I guess they are tempted."

Zhao Siyu had contact with the dog owner before, and he was relatively familiar with the situation there.

For these rich people who are not short of money, as long as they can solve the problem with money, it is not a big deal.

When thousands of robot dogs are dispatched together, it will definitely cause heavy losses to the other side.

"It seems that the Gu Yue Sai armed forces have brought a lot of pressure to the dog owner. They can't wait to enter the other side's territory from the ground."

Cao Yang knew that the southeastern neighbor of the dog owner would eventually fall into a complete chaos, and there would be no way to get a complete improvement for many years to come.

So it is normal that the dog owner is anxious now.

After all, the armed opposition forces wearing slippers, although their equipment is rubbish, their combat effectiveness is absolutely top-notch.

You can't completely eliminate them by simply relying on air strikes.

The United States was so powerful back then, and it was impossible to rely solely on air strikes during the "Desert Storm" operation, let alone the dog owner now dealing with the Gu Yue Sai armed organization.

"Yes, so this time the other party came over, and never talked about the price from beginning to end. It looked like I have money, as long as you are willing to sell, you can set the price."

"Mr. Cao, the dog owner looks like he is rich and willful, and he lets you slaughter him. If we don't make a lot of money from him, it's really a pity."

Li Shigui can't wait to hope that Nanshan Robot's robot dog can be mass-produced and sold.

This kind of product, of course, has technological content.

But after all, it is a small ground equipment, and its sensitivity is completely different from fighters, bombers, missiles and other products.

In the 1980s, even strategic missiles could be sold to dog owners. Now, there is no problem in selling some robot dogs.

As for whether this will lead to the leakage of confidential information of Nanshan Robot, Li Shigui is not very worried.

On the one hand, some parts are given to you as samples. Without specific drawings and information, you cannot produce them.

On the other hand, if you want to sell in large quantities, you can't worry too much about this aspect.

"I also think this business can be done. The relevant departments should be able to persuade them to approve the export of robot dogs."

Zhao Siyu naturally supports Li Shigui's proposal.

After all, the export of each robot dog will be accompanied by the export business of an unmanned helicopter.

Although some unmanned helicopters have been sold to dog owners before, the number is not particularly large.

Now looking at the appearance of dog owners, the number of robot dogs they want to buy must be in the thousands.

This means that the sales of unmanned helicopters can also exceed one thousand.

No matter which company it is, it is reluctant to give up such a large order.

After all, selling airplanes is not like selling cars. It is often tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

It is already amazing to have a large order of more than a thousand.

"If we want to sell, do you have any special considerations in terms of price?"

The export of this special military product is definitely not measured by cost.

Otherwise, the missiles would not have been sold directly for billions of dollars.

Nanshan Robot's robot dog is not even equipped on a large scale in China, and it has not been exported.

This kind of high-tech advanced equipment that is the first mass production in the world will not be a big deal for the dog owners. It will be completely unworthy of the research and development efforts in the past few years.

Li Shigui and Zhao Siyu obviously understand this.

"For us, the biggest cost of these products is the various early research and development costs and the equipment investment of the corresponding production line."

"I think we can take this opportunity to recover all the research and development costs, equipment investment, mold and other related investments at one time."

"If we continue to sell robot dogs in the future, the cost will only be the material cost, which can be as low as tens of thousands of yuan."

"At that time, even if we sell it to relevant domestic departments at a price of 100,000 yuan per dog, we can still make a profit of more than 100%."

Zhao Siyu first expressed his attitude.

People with a lot of money come quickly.

It's too polite to be soft-hearted at this time.

They have oil under the ground and are not short of money.

There is no pressure at all to purchase arms worth billions of dollars.

So Venusstar Technology and Nanshan Robotics can do a good job.

"What Mr. Zhao said makes sense. I also think that we should amortize all the expenses into this selling price, and then add a profit."

"But the unmanned helicopter has been sold to the dog owner before, so it may not be appropriate for us to raise the price directly."

"I think we can sell the robot dog and the unmanned helicopter together as a product. In this way, if one set of products sells for 2 million US dollars, the dog owner will buy at least 1,000 sets, which means a sales volume of 2 billion US dollars."

"At this price, all our investment will be recovered at one time, and we can even make at least several hundred million US dollars in profit."

"If the dog owner buys more than 1,000 sets, the profit will be even higher."

Li Shigui directly made a lion's mouth wide offer.

Although Cao Yang knew that this was a bit of a scam, the export of military products is originally very special.

One is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten.

There is no need to be polite to others.

So he agreed to Li Shigui's proposal without any hesitation, and then asked them to continue to negotiate with the dog owner.

…

“Mr. Cao, the relevant departments have agreed to export Nanshan Robot’s robot dogs to dog tycoons.”

“But they have a request, that is, when your technical team goes to the dog tycoon to instruct them on how to use them, you must arrange for a few of their technicians to go with them.”

“The dog tycoon will definitely put these robot dogs into the battle against the Gu Yue Sai armed forces. This is the first time that drone swarm tactics and robot dogs have been combined on the battlefield.”

“It is also the first time that robot dogs have appeared on the battlefield on a large scale.”

“So many battlefield data are very instructive.”

Pan Jun is very efficient.

Before Li Shigui and Zhao Siyu finalized the contract with the dog tycoon, he had already brought the reply from the relevant departments.

Obviously, the relevant departments in China also want to know the actual combat effect of this new equipment.

Otherwise, if huge amounts of money are spent on large-scale equipment, it is likely to cause waste, and it will cause delays at critical moments.

Now the dog tycoon has a direct battlefield use opportunity, and it is also the combat experience of large-scale robot dogs being put into the battlefield as a reference. The relevant departments must want to witness it in person.

"No problem, as long as there are not too many people, everyone can go with us to give guidance."

"And each of our robot dogs has a camera, and their control systems are connected to the Starlink satellite system."

"If necessary, we can also send all the photos taken by the robot dogs back through the Starlink satellite system."

"At that time, we can analyze the video information carefully."

In front of Pan Jun, there is naturally nothing to hide about this backdoor.

The dog owners may also know that these robot dogs have backdoors.

But China has a high reputation in related aspects in the past few decades, so they are not very worried.

Anyway, the dog owners themselves know that the equipment they have, especially the equipment purchased from the United States, basically has backdoors.

"It would be best if we can use this information for analysis."

"At that time, we can also arrange some reconnaissance satellites to take various pictures of the whole, so that everyone can have a more direct understanding of the combat scene and combat effect."

Pan Jun enthusiastically discussed the follow-up arrangements with Cao Yang.

With these things to hand over, when Nanshan companies want to export various military products in the future, the possibility of obtaining approval will be higher.

After all, there is too little opportunity for actual combat in China. Nanshan companies can quickly accumulate actual combat experience by selling related equipment overseas.

At that time, some improved versions will be launched in a targeted manner, which will definitely be more in line with actual combat needs.

This situation is definitely beneficial to the relevant departments of China.

…

The man has feelings, and the concubine has intentions.

The overall progress of the negotiation between Nanshan Robot and the dog owner is naturally very fast.

As a representative, Li Shigui quickly signed a purchase order for the robot dog with the representative of the dog owner.

In terms of price, the dog owner did not raise any special objections, and sold the robot dog and unmanned helicopter at a price of 2 million US dollars per set, and equipped with a basic amount of ammunition.

Nanshan Robot will arrange a special technical team to go to the dog owner to assist them in operating drones and robots.

Even in the first half of the year before the equipment arrives, the technicians of Nanshan Robot will actually help operate these robot dogs.

This is definitely a condition that the dog owner cares about very much.

Because the fight against Gu Yue Sai’s armed forces is an urgent matter for them.

According to past experience, it would take at least a year for the dog owner’s own team to master the operation of these drones and robot dogs.

That efficiency is definitely unacceptable.

But if the technicians of Nanshan Robotics help with the operation, the situation will be completely different.

It can be said that this time the technicians of Nanshan Robotics directly helped everyone to fight.

This is also the reason why the other party can accept the high price.

In terms of the purchase quantity, the dog owner is even richer than Cao Yang imagined.

They purchased 2,000 sets of robot dog equipment in one go, requiring 200 sets to be delivered first within one month, and all the subsequent equipment to be delivered as soon as possible within one year.

This is not a big problem for Nanshan Robotics.

When the contract deposit was received, the production of the first batch of products was arranged, and after it was completed, it was immediately prepared to be shipped to Riyadh by air.

At the same time, the relevant departments of China and the technicians of Nanshan Robotics and Venusstar Technology will also fly to Riyadh at the same time.

Although neither party has publicized such a large arms order worth 4 billion US dollars on a large scale, it is impossible that there is no news at all.

For example, AVIC received relevant information very quickly.

Zhao Tianling couldn't wait to call Cao Yang to confirm the authenticity of the transaction.

"Mr. Cao, you are really too jealous."

"For just one set of equipment, the sales price is actually 2 million US dollars. The key is that the dog owner also purchased 2,000 sets at one time."

"You are too lucky."

As an industry insider, Zhao Tianling definitely understands the cost.

Although AVIC does not produce robot dogs, they have many drones.

In his opinion, the profit of Nanshan Robot's military sales contract is at least more than 2 billion US dollars.

This is more than AVIC's annual profit.

No wonder he is really envious.

"Our group has spent a huge amount of money on R\u0026D over the years. If we really count the R\u0026D investment in the past few years, we haven't made any money."

"You also know that the R\u0026D of products such as robot dogs and drones is actually very labor-intensive."

"Venus Technology alone now has more than 30,000 professional R\u0026D personnel, and the annual salary and welfare expenses of these personnel exceed 10 billion yuan."

"Add to that the various R\u0026D investments of related companies such as Nanshan Robotics and Nanshan Semiconductor, which are all bottomless pits."

If you make money, there is definitely no need to show off everywhere.

Although you know the sales volume, you will definitely not let them know the profit.

Anyway, if you want to ask, it's just that I didn't make much money, and my cost is very high.

In fact, it's a similar argument for dog owners.

In this way, people will pay more happily.

"A $4 billion order, let alone other things, at least all your investments in robot dogs and unmanned helicopters have been earned back, and the rest is pure profit."

"Mr. Cao, next time, why don't we discuss it again to see if there are any equipment that can be jointly sold to the big dog owners?"

Zhao Tianling obviously also wants AVIC to make a quick buck.

Otherwise, if they rely on grants every year, life will not be easy.

He also wants more funds to improve the treatment of employees.

Otherwise, many technicians at AVIC are thinking of switching to Venusstar Technology.

This is definitely not the situation Zhao Tianling wants to see.

"We naturally support deepening cooperation, and we can arrange personnel to connect specifically to see if there are more opportunities for cooperation."

AVIC has a lot of factories, some of which are also suppliers of Venusstar Technology.

As for the opportunities for cooperation here, there are definitely some opportunities.

Of course, the specific content will definitely not be decided now, and we will see later.

However, Nanshan Robotics has made such a big fuss. AVIC can wait and see, but the United States cannot slow down.

"Chelsea, Nanshan Robotics has signed an export order for 2,000 sets of robot dogs with a value of up to 4 billion US dollars."

"Originally, we may have to consider speeding up our R\u0026D speed."

McDonald knew that even if John hadn't come to urge him yet, he would definitely come to him later.

China has already started exporting combat robots, but the United States has not yet been able to produce a decent product.

In recent years, many robot companies have also launched various combat robots one after another, but no mature product has been put into use.

Even up to now, everyone does not even have a clear future schedule.

This situation is definitely not able to meet the requirements of relevant departments.

"If you want to speed up R\u0026D, you need to continue to recruit people."

"The company has now been acquired by Google, and they hope that we will focus on commercial products. It seems that they are not very optimistic about the development of military products."

Boston Dynamics has been established for many years, but it has never been fully developed.

Although it is well-known in the industry, it spends money every year but does not mass-produce any product.

This is really like a research institute.

Google, as a shareholder, certainly does not accept this model.

"Many functions of military products and civilian products are the same. Even when it comes to robot dogs, the threshold of military products is lower than that of civilian products."

"Because a good civilian product must have a very good human-machine experience, it requires a very large data model to carry out various dialogue simulations and the development of artificial intelligence technology."

"We don't see any hope of victory now."

McDonald is also a robotics expert, so he naturally knows what kind of commercial robot Google wants.

Whether it is a humanoid robot that is similar to a real person or a robot dog that is similar to a dog, the appearance is not the focus.

The most critical thing is the communication technology of various artificial intelligence and the movement and control between various parts.

If you want a robot to walk and talk like a real person, this function cannot be realized without billions of dollars of investment. McDonald feels that there is no hope at all.

So he is not very supportive of Google's plan and hopes to work with John to develop a combat robot.

Of course, if John hadn't put pressure on him, he wouldn't have been so active in promoting the combat robot project.

He wanted to develop robot products according to his own ideas and let everyone see new products one after another.

When the technology is fully mature in the future, large-scale production will begin.

At that time, Boston Dynamics will be a blockbuster.

"Although the research of the civilian humanoid robot that Google wants is very difficult, I think we can throw some of the problems to Google?"

"For example, in terms of artificial intelligence, Google's technical background is definitely higher than ours."

"If the other party can develop a good human-computer interaction interface and function, then I just need to focus on hardware development."

"In this way, the difficulty of the project will naturally be greatly reduced."

Chels is also very smart and knows that he can't get along with shareholders for everything.

Otherwise, the next board of directors may replace them.

This is definitely not the situation that Chelsea and McDonald want to see.

"That's a way, we can give it a try."

"If Google can't handle it, then shareholders won't be able to blame us in the future."

Although McDonald is an academic, he has worked for so many years and he is not stupid.

Why not do something that can reduce your pressure?

However, compared to how they are discussing how to deal with the situation, the situation on the Boeing and Lockheed Martin side is a little different.

The market on the dog big customer side has always been their traditional market.

The fighter jets there are almost all purchased from Boeing or Lockheed Martin.

But starting with the twin-tailed scorpion drone, this situation has been slowly broken.

Now Nanshan Robot has sold $4 billion worth of military products to the dog big customer in one go.

This naturally makes Boeing and Lockheed Martin very dissatisfied.

"Millenberg, Robert, I think it is necessary for everyone to deepen cooperation and face the new pattern of Chinese military products in the international market together."

John knows that there are deeper contradictions between Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

So this time he personally invited the presidents of both sides to discuss a plan to cooperate in the international market to deal with the rise of China.

Arms export is a very important export project of the United States every year, and it cannot afford to lose.

As an ally of the United States, most of the military expenditure of the dog big family is used to purchase equipment from the United States.

Now this situation has been disrupted again and again by the Nanshan Group's enterprises, and the United States will definitely not be able to bear it.

After all, this is all about real money.