MTL - Rebirth 2002: Nano Life-v3 Chapter 23 Smart Factory
He rejected Zeng Liuqing's dinner arrangement. After three o'clock in the afternoon, a few people came out of the factory.
"Are you really going to buy this lithium battery manufacturer?" Hu Yifeng asked.
"If the other party wants to sell, I will definitely buy it. With the current growth of consumer electronics and the stimulation of the electric vehicle industry in the future, the lithium battery industry contains great opportunities." Chen Yizhe, who was driving, nodded.
"Then how much does your company value this company?" Hu Yifeng asked.
"I said you definitely don't believe it, let Manager Ding tell you." Chen Yizhe smiled.
"Last year, ATL received Series B financing from Carlyle in the United States and 3I in the United Kingdom, with a financing amount of US$25 million, occupying more than 90% of ATL's shares. At present, in addition to the Baima factory in Guancheng, ATL is also currently under construction in Songshan Lake in Guancheng. It is expected to be completed in the middle of this year. With reference to the past financing history, as well as ATL’s development and existing assets last year, ATL’s valuation is estimated to be between US$50 million and US$80 million.” Ding Huicong explained in detail.
"50 million to 80 million, or US dollars? Forget it, your project is too big, I can't afford 2% of the shares." Hu Yifeng laughed.
Hu Yifeng opened another foundry years ago, mainly producing e-readers, learning machines and other machines. Among them, Xia Meng Electronics' ink-screen e-reader was handed over to Hu Yifeng's new factory for production.
In this new factory, Hu Yifeng invested nearly 20 million yuan. Although half of it was financed by loans, he also spent nearly 10 million yuan to go out. In addition, the two factories themselves need working capital, so he really can't get it now. How much to pay.
"I'll borrow it from you then." Chen Yizhe smiled.
Hu Yifeng said, "Brother Xinyi received, how many resources you have to do big things, I still don't participate in this matter. If you want brother to make more money, then you can place more orders."
"Oh, that's fine. However, Brother Hu, with the rapid development of the domestic economy, it is conceivable that in the near future, the cost of labor will definitely rise substantially. Coupled with factors such as rising prices of raw materials and land, it will inevitably affect Guancheng's economy. The manufacturing industry will have an impact, and you have to be prepared for this." Chen Yizhe said.
Guancheng's economy has developed rapidly in the past few years, in which manufacturing and service industries have played a leading role. However, this development will gradually diminish with the demographic dividend, and the labor force "depression" effect formed in the early stage of Guancheng under the background of "peacocks flying southeast" will completely subside, and "difficulty in seeking employment" will evolve into "difficulty in recruiting".
In labor-intensive industries, the cost of human beings is more expensive than that of robots, which is also the reason why labor-intensive companies like Futukang will relocate in the future.
"Is there any good way, the cost increase is inevitable, especially the labor cost. Last year, the average salary of the workers in the factory was only 1,100 yuan. This year, it has risen to 1,200 yuan. Really no The only way is to relocate the factory, and there will definitely be areas where relatively cheaper labor exists." Hu Yifeng said.
Hu Yifeng's strategy is the same as that of many large enterprises. In the future, many large enterprises in Guancheng will choose inland areas to reduce labor costs and increase labor in Southeast Asia, Africa and other regions.
Although the infrastructure in these backward areas is not perfect, the labor cost is only a fraction of that of Guancheng. For long-term strategic development, large enterprises will definitely choose to relocate. The migration of large enterprises will directly lead to a large number of small processing enterprises, without a single connection, there is no way to survive, and then collapse.
In fact, the transformation and upgrading of the industry must be laid out from now on.
"In fact, the most effective way to reduce labor costs is to achieve full automation and build smart factories. In fact, in foreign countries, some industries have already realized industrial automation, and all repetitive tasks without technical content are handed over to robots, and labor is liberated. It's just that in China, due to the large population in the country, in order to consume domestic population resources, in order to allow everyone to have a job, the government will not hope that the factory will be fully automated for the time being..." Chen Yizhe said with a smile.
"Is it just like in the movie, the factory of the future will be robots instead of humans?" Hu Yifeng asked.
"You can also think that at that time, in the factory, all the assembly line processes will be completed by robots, and the technicians only need to sit in front of the computer and monitor the work through the central system." Chen Yizhe did not tell the truth. It is envisaged that even the monitoring work will be completed by the intelligent system, and the factory will truly realize an unmanned environment.
"If all are replaced by robots, wouldn't many people have to lose their jobs?" Hu Yifeng asked.
"Unemployment caused by technological innovation, in my opinion, is actually a kind of temporary unemployment: old jobs are replaced by new ones, just like when the automobile eliminated the carriage, the coachman lost his job and the driver began to find employment. This is a process of elimination. It is also a necessary stage of social development. In fact, innovation often has a positive impact on workers at the bottom, so the real debate about employment or unemployment is whether innovation may have a lasting negative impact on overall employment?” Chen Yizhe replied.
In Chen Yizhe's view, human beings should not limit themselves to manual labor, but should break away from it and enter into innovative activities of thinking, because creativity and content production are eternal needs, and content provision will also increase substantially. Give some repetitive actions to the robot, what are repetitive actions, such as workers in factories, drivers, etc. While many of these jobs will indeed be laid off, all AI-related jobs, direct or indirect, will also increase at a blowout rate.
It may be a little grim or cruel, but social change always has its pains.
Some people may ask how there are so many human beings, how can there be so many opportunities for mental work to provide human beings.
There are indeed more than one billion human beings, but compared to the entire solar system and the entire Milky Way, the number of human beings is actually too small. If you look beyond the earth, you will find that there are actually too many resources outside the earth.
Human beings should not fight on the earth, but should combine the strength of all countries to get out of the earth as soon as possible. It's a pity that Chen Yizhe knew that this kind of thing was impossible, unless it was at the juncture of human survival.
This topic is a bit too big and a bit biased. Chen Yizhe sighed his thoughts and then said ~www.novelbuddy.com~ I acquired a company that makes precision instruments at the end of last year. The company will have a project in the second half of the year. This project will Cooperate with Xiameng Electronics, specializing in intelligent manufacturing equipment, you can also try to invest in this project. "
Hearing this, Hu Yifeng looked at Chen Yizhe and said with a smile, "I don't know how your head grows. One project after another, aren't you afraid of picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon?"
"Haha, Brother Hu, I will definitely eat the watermelon before I pick up the sesame seeds. In fact, I have been very impulsive to buy a piece of land in Huicheng recently, specializing in farming chickens and cattle! And I go out every day to see a piece of the community produced. A lot of garbage, I really want to build an automatic garbage disposal plant! There are too many things I want to do, but unfortunately limited by the lack of skills, I can only do these things when the current project at hand is on track. "Chen Yizhe smiled.
Hu Yifeng was speechless and said after a long time, "I said, Yizhe, you should buy the lithium battery factory first and then talk about other projects, but I feel that this surnamed Zeng seems to have no interest in your investment!"
"It's normal. Although the entire management team of ATL is mostly Chinese, after all, several founders are from subsidiaries of RBTDK. There is actually a strong RB flavor inside ATL, which is related to the origin of the founding team. This time Although Carlyle is about to withdraw its capital, both Xiameng Electronics and TDK Group intend to take over ATL wholly, emotionally, the founders of ATL are definitely more inclined towards TDK." Chen Yizhe said with a frown.
"Isn't there no drama?" Hu Yifeng asked.
"I have shown Zeng Liuqing the weapons of Xia Meng Electronics, and now it's up to ATL's choice. I also hope they make the right choice, otherwise, it is estimated that they will be the only ones who can't sing in the end!" Chen Yizhe said lightly.
