Kailina stared at Niu Xiaoqiang directly, and it took a long time before she spoke: "It's okay if you can't fall in love during school, marriage mainly depends on acquaintances to introduce objects, I can't accept this, the difference between the two countries is really big." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "This is caused by cultural differences, there is no need to be too entangled." ”

Kailina nodded and continued to chat with Niu Xiaoqiang.

At half past eight in the evening, the two of them went to work again, and the next day was the same, and it took two days for the patented technology to be translated 60 percent. The rest can only be completed overtime, because Niu Xiaoqiang is going to start classes on the third day.

At eight o'clock in the morning of the third day, Niu Xiaoqiang arrived at the school on time and went directly into Professor Watson's office.

According to the agreement between the two, Niu Xiaoqiang will not go to the classroom of Class 83, his tutor is Watson, and Watson will teach him alone.

After entering the office, Niu Xiaoqiang found that Professor Watson's eyes were a little dark, and he was sitting on the back chair smoking a stuffy cigarette, looking a little worried.

Niu Xiaoqiang said curiously: "Professor, I haven't seen you for two days, how did you become like this?"

Watson first beckoned Niu Xiaoqiang to sit down, and then sighed: "Something happened at home, I haven't slept well for the past two days." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang thought of something when he heard it, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only pretend to be curious and ask: "What happened?"

Linda quarreled with Karina, according to her, Karina had a traffic accident because of drunk driving the day before yesterday, the child chose to escape, which made Linda very unhappy, the mother and daughter had a big fight, and then Karina ran away from home in a bad mood, these two days have passed, she has not contacted the family, I asked Linda to call the police for help, but she strongly objected, saying that it is absolutely impossible to continue to indulge the child, and must be strictly disciplined from now on, otherwise there may be bigger things in the future, in order to force Karina to take the initiative to go home, she froze Karina's credit card, and now Karina is penniless, I am really worried about her。 ”

Niu Xiaoqiang guessed the truth just now, Karina is currently living in his rental house, and the two have broken through the bottom line, if this matter is known by the professor and his wife, the result will not be easy to say. If he doesn't reveal the news about Karina, it will make the professor continue to worry, which is really difficult.

Niu Xiaoqiang hesitated for a while, and finally decided to negotiate with Karina first to see what Kailina's attitude was.

"Don't worry too much, Professor, Karina is an adult, she has worked outside, she knows some people, even if she is penniless, she will not starve. ”

Watson sighed: "I hope so, well, this is the approval of the artificial intelligence project, I have already applied for it, you can take a look first, if there is no problem, we will implement this project." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang took the approval document in his hand and took a closer look, he was in urgent need of money now, and what he was most concerned about was, of course, how much the research and development funds of the project were.

Watson's estimated R&D funding was about $200,000, and Niu Xiaoqiang found that the actual situation was much better than Watson's estimate, and MIT allocated $300,000 in R&D funding for the AI project.

"Professor, the funds are in place, if the funds are in place, I can start work now. ”

"The money is already in place, how much do you need?"

Niu Xiaoqiang is mainly responsible for manufacturing robots, and he needs to buy a lot of equipment and processing equipment, which is very expensive. Unlike Professor Watson, he is primarily responsible for writing software programs. Only one computer is needed for programming, so the funds for this project are basically prepared for Niu Xiaoqiang.

Niu Xiaoqiang immediately put forward his own funding needs: "Give me $150,000 first, if it's not enough, I'll ask you again." ”

Watson nodded happily, took out a pen and paper and opened a check: "This is a cash check, you can go directly to the bank to cash it, remember, all expenses need to be recorded in detail, the foundation will review it in the future, if they find that there are irregularities in the use of funds, it will be difficult to get their support in the future." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang asked: "Can the labor cost be included in the expenditure details, although we are engaged in research, but we also have to eat, we can't let us work in vain."

Watson smiled: "Of course, labor costs can be included in the scope of expenses, but we have invested in our own technology, which is also a kind of cost, and it is a cost that is difficult for others to replace." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang then asked: "How much labor cost do you think should be charged for a skill level like mine?"

Watson thought for a moment, and then replied: "You belong to the level of a senior engineer, according to the annual salary, it will not be less than 200,000 US dollars, how much you can set yourself with reference to this standard, it doesn't matter if the salary is set a little higher, if the foundation raises objections, I will speak for you." ”

Watson knew that Niu Xiaoqiang valued money very much, and Niu Xiaoqiang was a genius, and it was natural for people to raise their salaries, so he would take the initiative to help Niu Xiaoqiang raise prices.

Of course, Niu Xiaoqiang will not have an opinion on this, and nodded with a smile: "Then thank you for the professor's support, I will design the drawings, and after completing the preliminary design, I will purchase the required spare parts and tools." ”

Watson reminded: "We only need to purchase spare parts, MIT has its own laboratory, which has all kinds of high-end equipment, and when the time comes, we can apply for the right to use the laboratory, and process and assemble it in the laboratory." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang had never seen a high-end laboratory, and when he heard this, he showed an expression full of expectation: "I will definitely speed up and go to the laboratory as soon as possible." ”

He said at this point: "Professor, you only have a computer here, where can I design the drawings?"

Watson thought for a moment, and then smiled: "Didn't I give you a concept machine, you can use it to carry out the design of drawings, if you find it inconvenient to run on both ends of the computer, you can do design at home, I will help you deal with school matters, and you will not be deducted credits for this." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't wait for this, and immediately nodded with a smile: "Okay, I've been working at home during this time, and when I finish the design of the drawings, I will definitely report to you as soon as possible." ”

After negotiating the details, Niu Xiaoqiang turned around and left the office, and when he went downstairs, he met Douglas.

Douglas went to class, he greeted Niu Xiaoqiang with a smile, and the two chatted a few words.

Knowing that Niu Xiaoqiang was cooperating with Professor Watson on project research and development, Douglas couldn't help but be completely dumbfounded.

When Niu Xiaoqiang left, he came back to his senses and muttered in place: "I'm afraid this guy is the most powerful student in the history of MIT, just after entering the school, he cooperated with the vice president to do scientific research, which is too exaggerated!"