Chapter 823 - Procurement of Supercomputers

"Okay, then you and I will go to the airport tomorrow to pick up the plane, and then we will talk to each other together. ”

"Well, when you come back from work, explain the situation to me well, so that I can know what to do. ”

"No problem, let's talk about it when I get off work. ”

Karina said this, and the conversation changed sharply: "I have a question I want to ask you, why didn't you let me take the initiative to contact Halliburton?"

Niu Xiaoqiang explained to Karina in advance and asked her to avoid Halliburton when selling patents. Kailina asked the reason at that time, but Niu Xiaoqiang did not answer her.

At this moment, listening to Karina raise this question again, Niu Xiaoqiang hesitated for a moment and then said the actual situation, and he finally concluded: "Halliburton's family is a big business, if we come to the door at the beginning, it is estimated that people are too lazy to take care of us, it is better for us to promote the oil extractor first, so that they can see the actual situation and then come to us, at that time, we can occupy the absolute initiative and help our partners in our country to find the field." ”

Karina sighed: "So that's the case, since that's the case, I won't say anything more, you get busy first, I'll continue to sell the patented technology." ”

Karina hung up the phone and continued to sell, but the results were not very good, and she was busy until the end of work, and she could not find a second company with cooperation intentions.

After returning home, Kailina first explained the situation to Niu Xiaoqiang, and then she gently rubbed her throat while drinking water: "After a day of calling, my voice is almost hoarse, Xiaoqiang, didn't you say that you want to recruit workers? When are you going to start implementing it?"

Niu Xiaoqiang plans to recruit some international students to go to the hunter company for work-study, so that he can save a lot of salary expenses.

He had been to school yesterday and had already agreed with Chen Dongsheng, Xu Bin and Fan Hongsheng. The trio will go to the hunter company to help with telemarketing when they are not in class.

In addition to these three 83-level students, Niu Xiaoqiang also instructed them to help find other Chinese students to ask, if anyone wants to go to the hunter company to work and study, they can come to Niu Xiaoqiang for an interview first. Once you pass the interview, you can get the job.

The main purpose of the interview is to test the English proficiency of these compatriots, if they can't even speak English, how can they do telemarketing?

Niu Xiaoqiang provided a total of ten work-study opportunities, on a first-come, first-served basis. As for the salary, after some consideration, he finally proposed a plan of basic salary plus commission.

Each international student earns a base salary of $4 per hour, and if he or she works eight hours a day, he earns $32. Of course, everyone has to attend classes on weekdays, and they can only squeeze out half a day of work at most, but even so, the wages they earn are enough to support their living expenses.

This is only the basic salary, and if you get the business, you can get a commission.

If the value of the order is more than $100,000, you can get a commission of $500, if the value of the order is more than $200,000, you can get a $1,000 bonus, and so on, up to a maximum of $10,000.

Niu Xiaoqiang introduced the recruitment with a smile, and Kailina nodded slightly after listening: "That's good, otherwise I really can't stand it alone, it is estimated that in less than three days, my voice will be completely hoarse, and I can't even speak." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang said with concern: "After all, you are the president, there is no need to do it yourself in the future, there is really a need, it is better for you to come forward again." ”

Karina shook her head: "I just caused so much trouble to the company, how can I do it if I don't work hard? You don't have to persuade me, I'll take care of it myself." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang knew that Kailina was stronger, and it was useless to say more, so he changed the topic: "The three million dollars of funds are being processed, and it is estimated that it will be transferred to the account of the hunter company within a week, and you should not forget to pay the money to the Lime company at that time, otherwise we will have to bear the liquidated damages." ”

Karina snorted: "Don't worry, I will follow up on this matter personally and will not delay." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "You sit down and rest first, and I'll go to the kitchen to make dinner." ”

Karina immediately stood up: "I just have a little sore throat, and my body is not very tired, let's cook together." ”

Karina has been learning the craft of cooking with Niu Xiaoqiang recently, and now she has achieved a small success, not to mention how delicious the food she makes, but it is also passable.

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at her insistence, so he had to nod and agree.

After dinner, Niu Xiaoqiang took out a book on computer hardware and began to study computer hardware technology.

Karina was very curious about this, and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you focusing on software technology, why do you read such books?"

Niu Xiaoqiang explained: "Your father wanted to purchase a supercomputer specifically for the artificial intelligence project, and I took over the business and prepared to purchase parts and assemble it myself, so that I could make money." ”

According to Professor Watson, he wanted to provide a database for the robot to learn knowledge, and the supercomputer he bought was mainly used to store files, in addition to the task of providing computing for the robot.

Since there is only one robot in this project for the time being, this supercomputer does not need to be very powerful and falls into the category of small supercomputers.

Even small supercomputers are very expensive. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's computer science school has several small supercomputers in its warehouse, each of which has been purchased for $3.8 million.

Niu Xiaoqiang feels that this price is a bit inflated, and if he buys spare parts for assembly, he can get more than 30% profit margin. In order to do this business, of course, he needs to understand the computer hardware knowledge in detail.

Karina had long known about Niu Xiaoqiang's earning through artificial intelligence projects, so she was not surprised to hear that Niu Xiaoqiang had taken over the purchase of supercomputers, but what really surprised her was the progress of the project.

I saw her eyes widen: "This project actually needs supercomputer support, is it progressing a little too fast?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "Is this still fast? ”

Karina was silent for a moment before she spoke: "When I was at home before, I never heard my father say that he wanted to study artificial intelligence, and when he went to China to pick you up, he immediately had a plan to study artificial intelligence, and immediately implemented this plan, which is obviously a bit abnormal, Xiaoqiang, you should know the reason for this, can you tell me?"