Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 195: Chapter 168: What’s going on in that head of yours!_2

He was disheartened.

Xu Chao had always considered himself to be intelligent and capable, a key player in the lab whose skills didn’t fall short compared to others.

But now he was beginning to see the gap.

"Geniuses certainly can’t be judged by ordinary standards. This guy is not normal at all!" Xu Chao thought bitterly.

Zhao Yi was considerate towards his employees. Their mental health mattered to him. Noticing that the instant coffee was running out, he decided to improve the employees’ welfare to boost their morale. "Brother Chao, the coffee’s almost gone. You should go to the mall in the morning and restock us with Starbucks Coffee."

"Coffee, it must be good. Don’t worry about the money, I’ll reimburse it from our budget!"

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The next afternoon, Sun Liang worked his last shift; he was about to attend the national Mathematical Olympiad training camp. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

The training camp comprised of the top sixty in the winter Olympiad. Securing a top six position there would earn him a spot in the national training team and a chance to represent the country in the International Mathematical Olympiad.

Of course, this training took precedence.

Despite this, Sun Liang took his ’part-time’ job seriously. He continued collecting information from the supermarket until 9 PM, gathering exhaustive data on a range of products.

Zhao Yi told Sun Liang not to leave right away.

Sun Liang stayed in the office with Xu Chao and used the time to learn some basic computer knowledge.

He was interested in computers.

Previously, he had only used them for gaming and, at most, typing. But after interacting with Xu Chao, he had discovered there was so much more to learn about computers. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

When Zhao Yi came back, he greeted Sun Liang and immediately went to his bedroom. He took out an envelope stuffed with money from a drawer—it was prepared in advance and contained five thousand Yuan. He walked up to Sun Liang and handed it over. "Here, take this."

"What?"

"Money."

Sun Liang slightly embarrassed, accepted the money and took a peek inside the envelope. "Helping you out is just that, help. We’re tight buddies, how can I accept..."

Zhao Yi snatched it back abruptly, "Fine then."

"No, wait, haha."

Sun Liang hurried to appease him and took back the money.

Zhao Yi was just joking. If it was Lin Xiaoqing, he would have prepared a gift rather than handing over cash. But considering Sun Liang’s poor family condition, money was more valuable to him.

Since Sun Liang was about to attend the training camp where he might have expenses, giving him five thousand Yuan as wages seemed apt.

Sun Liang had done a good job.

Data collection was laborious yet crucial work. Comprehensive data was essential for the robot to make accurate decisions.

The structure of the robotic shopping system was complete. The remaining work included continual data entry. After the database was perfected, they would test and fine-tune the overall code. Soon, the system would be completed.

Cash realization through technology was set on the agenda.

The main technology of the robot lay in Dynamic Image Analysis and computation. The shopping system’s practical use was limited, but the technology demonstrated in the process was most critical.

This was the difficult aspect of monetizing computer software technology.

Typically, hardware technology could be patented. Nevertheless, software and algorithms couldn’t be. In the design process of the robotic shopping system, the only patentable elements were the image information transmitted by the camera and the dispatch control of the robotic arm and fingers.

Both of these patents had limited use.

After discussing it with Xu Chao, Zhao Yi decided to register a company. The name of the company would be used to apply for the patent. Afterward, they would start considering bringing in partners for technology transfers.

The first income from technology transfer was crucial.

Zhao Yi didn’t plan to operate the company. Running a business was complex. He thought that the time and energy would not be worth it.

There were many ways to make money, and doing everything himself was the worst option.

Now that they had achieved their research goals, monetizing the technology to fund a large sum of money would be a good option. He wished he had his lab, just like the one at Yanhua University.

If he had the support of a lab, doing any research would be much more convenient.

...

Soon.

Time flew by to mid-April.

Xu Chao had obtained the company license. The company was named Star Billion Technology. Zhao Yi put his father’s name on the company’s shareholder list along with his own. However, he held the most shares.

Ninety percent.

Xu Chao and Zhao Zhenxi each held five percent.

The establishment of the company served to facilitate transactions related to the robotic dynamic image analysis technology.

Business came to Star Billion Technology swiftly, surprisingly so for both Zhao Yi and Xu Chao. The day after they finished the paperwork, a manager from Haitian Technology came calling.

It was Zhou Kai.

Zhou Kai had trusted Zeng Wenjun’s words and genuinely thought that Zeng Wenjun was acquainted with Zhao Yi. He had invited Zeng Wenjun to negotiate a technology acquisition deal. Still, after Zeng Wenjun left, they heard nothing more from him.

Later, Zhou Kai found out that Zeng Wenjun had been detained.

Realizing that Zeng Wenjun was unreliable, Zhou Kai decided to come to Zhengyang himself to understand the situation personally. He had no idea how advanced the robot was. It was essential to observe it first-hand and talk to the team that built it, before making a decision.

Xu Chao introduced the robot’s capabilities and the technology involved to Zhou Kai, who was extremely surprised.

Zhou Kai immediately presented his offer, "12 million for the Dynamic Image and Object Recognition Technology."

"We need to consider this."