The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 530 Hitting the passenger car by mistake
When the remaining companies heard that these seven companies had already secured seven very large orders before the integration was even complete, they were incredibly jealous. They thought, "Why didn't Taiyi Company tell us beforehand? If you had, maybe I would have agreed to the integration."

They're just jealous right now, but soon they'll be devastated because others have a price advantage. Taiyi Group will give them fewer and fewer orders, and they'll soon be eliminated from the supply chain.

After the integration of these seven companies, although they have not yet fully realized their advantages, costs have already been significantly reduced.

Although Taiyi Group's procurement prices have decreased, their profits have not declined significantly. In fact, due to the integration of resources and advantages, their management costs have also decreased. Although they have merged into one company, their dividends are higher than they used to earn.

Moreover, as the company grew in size, its technology improved, and its market expanded, they not only received orders from other domestic companies, but also a large number of overseas orders.

Of course, there are definitely drawbacks to this kind of merger, but they are not apparent at present.

Whether they can do well in the future depends on themselves. Liu Hua is also aware that everyone has their own ulterior motives, and there will inevitably be infighting in the future.

But who is better at the game and who is worse is all predetermined, because someone will always advance further and someone will always be eliminated by the market.

Spare parts prices have dropped, and engines are also preparing to see price reductions.

However, Liu Hua felt that the price reduction was still too small and that further cost reduction was needed, which meant he had to use some advanced technology and cutting-edge techniques.

Around 2000, when people mentioned robots, they would think of Japan. At that time, Japan created an upright robot that could dance, which amazed scientists all over the world. This guy was too awesome.

However, Liu Hua knew that the further they went, the worse the robots from Japan would become, because their industrial base was what it was, especially in semiconductors.

Japan will fall far behind the world in the future. While the rest of the world is showing off drones and robot dogs, Japan is silent, which speaks volumes.

Liu Hua decided to launch assembly and welding robots. Although this would eliminate some workers with little technical skill, it was a necessary price to pay for the development of the times.

Moreover, Liu Hua has already made contingency plans. When the time comes, some people can be reassigned to other jobs with higher technical content, because they need skilled workers to expand production. This will depend on whether the laid-off workers have the ambition to improve.

Liu Hua spent 20,000 points to exchange for design blueprints for assembly robots and welding robots. Nowadays, exchanging for technology often costs tens of thousands of points because the machinery is becoming more and more complex and involves multiple disciplines, so the price is very high.

Most of the robot's parts can be produced domestically, and even if they cannot be produced domestically, they can be purchased from relevant companies. The most crucial part is the chip.

Unfortunately, Liu Hua possessed a Hetu rune, and this company specialized in producing industrial-grade chips, making it the most powerful industrial-grade chip manufacturer in China at present.

This creates a closed loop. Liu Hua arranged for people to purchase all the spare parts, some of which needed to be specially customized because the technical requirements were very high.

Fortunately, we can produce all of these things domestically, so we don't need to import them and we don't have to worry about being held back by foreign countries.

When Liu Hua and his technicians assembled the robot, the technicians were all amazed. Although they were impressed when they saw the blueprints, it was nothing compared to the feeling of seeing the real thing.

This was probably their first time working with robots. The company didn't have any robot projects or processes before, so they were very excited to see themselves assembling an industrial robot.

"Boss, did you design this robot?"

Liu Hua laughed and said, "If I didn't design it, did you design it?"

"What's the purpose of this robot?" Another technician shook his head: "You... this can't be considered a robot; at best, it's just a mechanical arm."

"This is already considered a robot. The so-called humanoid robot is just a stereotype in your minds. In fact, making robots into human form is the most inappropriate thing."

"why?"

Liu Hua countered, "Then what kind of jobs do you think are suitable for humanoid robots?"

Several technicians thought and thought, but they couldn't figure out that only a humanoid robot could perform the massage work.

Someone retorted, "What about a robot for moving things?"

"Why don't I just make it like a forklift and increase the length of the robotic arm?"

"What if we're moving goods that aren't on pallets?"

"That's even simpler, I can just add mechanical claws."

Some people stubbornly said, "Wouldn't it be better to make offensive robots humanoid? After all, whether it's the Terminator or Star Wars, the combat robots are all humanoid."

"So, is that just a science fiction movie? Do you think it's more shocking to be attacked by a person or by a tiger?" Liu Hua asked with a smile. "Moreover, in terms of both structure and concealment, I think the beast form is more suitable for attacking, and multi-legged is more suitable for complex terrain than bipedal."

After presenting the facts and reasoning with them, the engineers eventually accepted Liu Hua's nodding viewpoint: since there are already humans on Earth, there is no need for a humanoid machine.

Liu Hua began inputting the program into the welding robot. This thing is easy to manufacture but difficult to train. Even after it is produced, it still needs to be debugged again and again.

Fortunately, Liu Hua had a knack for it. He only spent half a month debugging the welding robot and putting it on the production line. The welding speed made the original team very frustrated.

"Boss, if this thing comes out, will I be laid off?"

Liu Hua said apologetically, "That's quite possible. After all, it's faster and more accurate than yours."

Several welding workers looked helplessly at Liu Hua and his colleagues, never expecting that the boss's technological update would lead to their layoffs.

Liu Hua thought for a moment and said, "How about this, the company will pay for you to learn more advanced welding techniques. If you are interested, you can study hard and become welding experts in the future. Maybe you can even get a job welding an aircraft carrier."

"Oh, does your company also manufacture aircraft carriers?"

Liu Hua smiled and shook his head: "What I mean is, with advanced technology, you can find work anywhere."

After discussing it, the workers realized that this was probably the only solution they could find. The boss was already being very kind by sending them to learn a skill as compensation. Bosses like that are hard to find even with a lantern.

(End of this chapter)