Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 202: Chapter 170 "Zhao’s Screening Method" officially on sale_3

Xu Chao was very excited.

Firstly, most of the book was written by Xu Chao, with Zhao Yi only explaining the parts he didn’t understand.

Secondly, there were personal interests involved.

Zhao Yi didn’t care that much because selling books was a long-term process. Even if the sales were booming for a day or two, it wouldn’t translate into many sales. The English version was also not released yet, so the profits wouldn’t be that high.

Of course.

Here, ’not high’ is relative to Zhao Yi.

Incomes of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands were within the plan, or even far below it.

Zhao Yi hoped for surprises, but there were none for the time being.

Xu Chao was different.

He was earning a monthly salary of 10,000 Yuan, which barely covered his insurance payments. His life wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t that comfortable. After all, he was already 30 years old, and it was time for him to consider dating, getting married, and facing family pressures that would come in a few years.

Xu Chao’s desire for money was more urgent.

"Zhao’s Screening Method" had just started selling well, and he was entitled to a 5% ’royalty.’ Zhao Yi had signed a contract for 15%, with each book selling for around 50 Yuan, which meant 7.5 Yuan per book. ƒrēewebnovel.com

Xu Chao’s share was 3.75 Yuan.

This number might not sound like much, but multiplied by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, it would become quite sizable.

Thinking of the large sum of copyright royalties, Xu Chao became motivated at work and wouldn’t leave his office before 11 o’clock every day.

Zhao Yi began worrying about him, "Brother Chao, you must take good care of yourself. Isn’t your work almost done?"

"Maybe another week, I guess!"

Xu Chao was unsure and brought up a crucial issue, "We should upgrade our hardware, especially the battery. The shopping system is fine, but the battery doesn’t last long..."

He muttered to himself, "But it’s not a big deal. The main focus is on Dynamic Image Recognition, the shopping system is..."

"Very important!"

Zhao Yi quickly added.

Of course, he knew that whether a robot could shop effectively wasn’t important, at least not in terms of selling technology. Intelligent shopping like a human being had no practical market value.

But the task required it!

The supermarket test downstairs had not been successful in their robot shopping experiment. Zhao Yi had to perfect the shopping system, making the robots capable of normal shopping.

Zhao Yi also thought about the battery issue.

With the robot’s current battery, completing shopping tasks was impossible. To achieve this, a larger capacity battery was necessary. The market had batteries that were several times larger capacity, but bigger batteries wouldn’t necessarily fit the robots. Voltage, current, and size all had to match.

This was when the significance of a laboratory became apparent.

Take Yanhua University’s Intelligent and Automated Laboratory, for example. Its warehouse was filled with many top-notch components, including various mechanical batteries. They had partnerships with related manufacturers, who could customize the products specifically for them.

Although they could handle software-related issues, they were powerless when it came to hardware. No matter how effective the designed code was, they couldn’t manually produce a battery.

And that was just the beginning.

Once high-end computer development was involved, hardware was inevitable.

Take mobile phone manufacturers, for example.

No matter what technology was used to make a phone, it could not be achieved with software alone. Hardware support was necessary, and the role of software and algorithms was to maximize hardware performance.

Zhao Yi carefully examined the robot, looking it up and down. He found that many parts needed to be replaced. Besides the two robotic arms, which were decent, other components like the screen, CPU, and hard disk were subpar. By replacing them with better hardware, the robot’s performance could be greatly improved.

So...

"Do we seek collaboration with a laboratory? Or do we attract investors?"

Zhao Yi carefully considered and immediately ruled out investors. No matter how wealthy an investor was, they wouldn’t sponsor the establishment of a laboratory. Only a well-established lab could have many partner institutions to help solve problems quickly when needed.

Soon, he thought of Luo Zhijin.

Penguin Number.

Let’s chat.

"Professor Luo, Professor Luo!" Zhao Yi called Luo Zhijin, then sent a video of the robot recognizing an apple and, using a handheld fruit knife, cutting it into four pieces.

Half a minute later.

Luo Zhijin sent a row of exclamation points, sounding surprised, "Is this what you guys studied? Dynamic Image Recognition, precise analysis... and there must be some other stuff, right? How did you do it?"

Zhao Yi sent a smiling face.

Luo Zhijin immediately responded, "You’re not just here to show off your technology, right? If you have something to say, just spit it out. What’s our relationship anyway!"

That’s how you build connections.

Zhao Yi thought for a moment and sent a long message, "Xu Chao and I discuss cooperating with your lab. You provide everything needed for research and find several people to help us improve the program."

Luo Zhijin replied, "And then what?"

Zhao Yi continued typing, "We may transfer the core technology, while giving you guys some less important, peripheral achievements. The project can have the ’Intelligent and Automated Lab’ name attached to it, but ownership belongs solely to me."

Luo Zhijin responded, "So you’re saying that we provide free manpower, technical support, all the hardware, and in return, we get some fringe achievements and a not-so-useful reputation? Is that right?"

"Yes."

Zhao Yi confirmed his reply.

Luo Zhijin pondered for a moment before sending a long message, "I believe this is an insult to Yanhua University and the Intelligent and Automated Laboratory. We are a top computer laboratory in the country, possessing cutting-edge technology in the world. We are responsible for key national projects, and our researchers have won countless awards, cultivating numerous outstanding doctorate and graduate students."

Zhao Yi replied, "And then?"

Luo Zhijin quickly added another line, "I can only represent the Intelligent and Automated Laboratory in agreeing to your cooperation proposal."

"Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"