It seems that no one is immune to the fact that a warrior who slays a dragon will eventually become a dragon. Back then, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle, including the current Alcatel mobile phone, all had a silly and sweet image when they first debuted.

It's the one being bullied.

But now, after completing the most primitive accumulation, each one of them has begun to change from a dragon-slaying warrior to an evil dragon, and has turned into the person they least wanted to be!

Because being a villain and directly crushing the opponent by force, buying and selling by force is much more satisfying than having to spend all your talk before getting the result.

Pushing forward twenty years, Boston Dynamics may still have some strength to reject giant companies, but now, in front of giant companies, Boston Dynamics does not have much power to fight back.

Zhou Bailin looked at the helpless look on Mark Rebot's face, and inexplicably remembered the saying about a three-year-old child walking in the busy city holding gold. Boston Dynamics has technology, but it doesn't have the strength to maintain this technology. It is like being targeted by the evil dragon.

At that time, Boston Dynamics was doomed to tragedy. Even without Alcatel mobile phones, it was still unable to resist when faced with other giant companies.

Even a technical master like Mark LeBold would face a sense of powerlessness, which gave Zhou Bailin a new understanding of America's worth.

Marcus didn't really want to torment Boston Dynamics to death, which was inconsistent with the purpose of his visit today. He also didn't want to completely fall out with Mark Rayport and really force this little old man, who is known as the most authoritative in the robotics academic industry, to leave.

It's been a while, and it's really hard to find a replacement.

After giving Mark Rebot a little "warning," Marcus changed his subject, "Alcatel Mobile, PA Semiconductor, and Blackwater Security are willing to form a joint acquisition group to invest in Boston Dynamics!

Mr. Bruno Song promised that after the acquisition is completed, Boston Dynamics will still be in charge of Mark Rebot. In the future, Alcatel mobile phones will provide sufficient R&D funds for Boston Dynamics. Just like Bell Labs, Boston Dynamics can also follow suit.

By working together with Bell Labs, the dilemma Boston Dynamics encountered today will never happen again!"

Although he was "threatened", Mark Rebot couldn't help but feel a little excited when he heard that Boston Dynamics could cooperate with the famous Bell Labs and get enough funds.

After Bell Labs changed hands and separated from the Telephone and Telegraph Group, last year, under the same control of Marcus, when the Internet collapsed and Lucent was also involved in a financial fraud case, Bell Labs, a subsidiary of American Telecom,

With the help of America Telecom, Alcatel Mobile and the North American Global Investment Fund, the other half of Bell Labs, which was originally taken away by Lucent, was acquired for US$500 million. This made the Bell Labs, which had been divided into two halves since 1995,

room, reunited into one!

After five or six consecutive years of massive investment by America Telecom every year, Bell Labs has stopped its decline. The Bell Labs headquarters has invested heavily in purchasing new equipment and invited many big names to return, making Bell Labs vaguely revitalized.

The momentum, coupled with the acquisition of Bell Labs under Lucent, compared with the Bell Labs at its peak, the current Bell Labs cannot be said to have fully recovered, but the original level of five or six points is still there.

R&D personnel at the University of America, as well as many overseas technical personnel, began to slowly regard Bell Labs as White Moonlight.

It’s hard to say how many benefits it will bring to Bell Laboratories, which spends a lot of money every year. However, Alcatel Mobile, PA Semiconductor, Diamond Electronics, Panda TV, ARM, ICQ, PayPal and many other companies can achieve success in just a few years.

, technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, competing with established technology companies, and it is inseparable from the support of Bell Labs.

For example, if America Telecom can become the dominant player in 2G networks and the leader in 3G networks, without the support of Bell Labs, it will take until the Year of the Monkey to achieve this by relying solely on the previously empty-handed America Telecom.

In other words, with the golden brand name of Bell Labs, companies such as America Telecom can continuously recruit top technical personnel. Keeping Bell Labs is equivalent to raising a gold-plated horse farm, which can continuously recruit from all over the world.

The world attracts thousand-mile horses...

Mark Leibert has some thoughts. Bell Labs has a lot of great people, especially if you want to develop the kind of robot that Mark Leibert expects, you need artificial intelligence, brain nerves and other physics, electronics, biology, etc.

The support of industry leaders is what Bell Labs lacks the most. Having the support of Bell Labs is enough for him to get twice the result with half the effort.

But Mark Rayport is still a little worried. He doesn't want to be restricted in his research and development. According to the requirements of Alcatel mobile phones and Blackwater Security, he can develop functional and attack-type robots. That makes him, who has been a maverick all his life, feel like

It's like becoming a puppet. He doesn't want to spend the rest of his life like a mindless robot!

Seeing the hesitation on Mark Rebot's face, Marcus felt helpless. Facing such technology giants, sometimes it was much more troublesome than facing the old foxes on Wall Street.

The winning guy only cares about profit, beautiful swords and the like, but big guys like Mark Leport pay special attention to illusory things like ideals, beliefs, and life creeds.

After coughing, Marcus made another condition, "When the acquisition is completed, Mark, you can still develop the kind of robot you want. Alcatel Mobile and other companies will not intervene, but Boston Dynamics also needs to set up a commercial robot company."

Department, for developing commercial robots that can be sold!”

Seeing Mark Leibert frowning again, Marcus stretched out his hand and said, "Mark, if you want the outside world to accept the kind of intelligent robot you develop, it won't happen overnight, and it's not shameful to develop commercial robots!

Boston Dynamics can develop a voice-enabled guide robot dog. If it can meet the functions of a guide dog, it can help more people with visual impairments. It can also be used as a medical robot for rehabilitation treatment or nursing homes and other places.

We can also develop life robots for drilling survey and disaster rescue, which can reach places that ordinary people cannot reach and save more lives, or we can develop auxiliary robots for heavy physical work, which can reduce the burden of those practitioners who use heavy physical force.

, free from the risk of illness!

No company’s robots can do this now, but Boston Dynamics’ robots have hope!”

These words were given to Marcus by Song Yang before he came. Talking about beautiful knives with Mark Leibert may not be able to convince this obviously stubborn old man, but when it comes to these things, it is obvious that

Mark Leibert's face was a little shaken.

He still had an arrogant look on his face, and seemed to be a little dismissive of what Marcus said, but Mark Leibert did not speak to refute again.

"Let him be in charge of the commercial robot department. Isn't he the one sent by Bruno Song to supervise me?"

"$500 million. The acquisition price of Boston Dynamics cannot be less than $500 million. I want the Federal Defense Research Agency to know what they missed!"

Mark Rayport pointed at Zhou Bailin. Zhou Bailin looked confused and wanted to speak, but Mark Rayport didn't give him a chance to speak and directly issued an "ultimatum" to Marcus.

Marcus pondered for a moment. The acquisition price of US$500 million, if Boston Dynamics can develop commercial robots, then this acquisition price, to be honest, is not outrageous.

Not to mention other things, just talking about the future of industrial robots, there are also various auxiliary robot markets, such as mechanical arms in factories, robots in express sorting centers, sweeping robots, exploration robots, electronic pet robot dogs, etc. Add up all kinds of robots,

The annual demand adds up to an astronomical figure.

The key point is that this is not a one-time deal. Just like an electric car, if you buy an electric car, do you need to charge it? The business of charging piles will come soon. After using it for a few years, will the battery need to be replaced? Automatic replacement and recycling

The battery repair shop will soon be in business again. The wool comes from the sheep, so don’t think that you can avoid the wool by changing your vest.

The same goes for the robot industry. The machines may break down. After selling the robot, after-sales service and replacement of parts will become a huge industry in the future. No matter how ruthless you are, if you don't make money selling robots, just make friends. But

Replacing parts requires one-tenth of the selling price of the robot. Boss Jia can make even more money this way. Even if the TV and mobile phone businesses have been discontinued, he can earn a few small goals every year just by relying on after-sales and maintenance.

!

"The joint acquisition group can provide Boston Dynamics with a purchase price of US$500 million, but within two years, Mark, you need to let Boston Dynamics launch a robot that can attract the attention of the world, a dancing robot that can win the world Go championship.
Chapter completed!