"Nice to meet you, Mr. Carmen Rothschild." Seeing Carmen enter the conference room, Jiang Chen stood up to greet her and said with a friendly smile.
"Thank you for your enthusiasm. It's also nice to meet you, Mr. Jiang Chen, a mysterious Easterner." With the same friendly smile, Carmen took Jiang Chen's extended hand and shook it.
High nose bridge, deep eye sockets, light green pupils. He looked very thin and lean. Judging from the self-cultivation in his movements, he is indeed worthy of his origin.
"Haha, do I look mysterious?" Jiang Chen joked to him with a smile.
"Of course, you contain countless possibilities, which in our opinion is enough to be called a mystery." Carmen said with a meaningful smile.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen was slightly stunned, then smiled and quietly invited him to take a seat.
Regarding the Rothschild family, Jiang Chen had heard a lot about it. However, most of these messages have unknown origins, and the truth is mixed with conspiracy theories, making it difficult to determine which part is true and which part is false.
According to public information, the annual turnover of Rothschild Banking Group is less than 10 billion US dollars, and the profit is less than 3 billion US dollars. It is estimated that its total capital will not exceed 30 billion US dollars, which is less than a fraction of the major European and American banks. .
It's unclear whether the family is in decline as it appears, or whether they are just deliberately disappearing from the public eye, as conspiracy theories suggest. For example, Jiang Chen didn't know that Dailem Group was one of Rothschild's industries.
Of course, Jiang Chen was not interested in doing in-depth research on the history of the rise and fall of this family. He simply learned about the identity of Carmen Rothschild who came to discuss business, and invited him to hold this discussion meeting.
At this moment, the two of them were sitting opposite each other at the conference table. On the table were two cups of hot tea and two identical documents.
"Our group is very interested in your company's achievements in the field of artificial intelligence. I believe Mr. Jiang has already read this letter of intent. I wonder if you have any good opinions?" Without too many greetings, he sat down in his seat. After getting off, Carmen got straight to the point.
Artificial intelligence is almost the development trend in the next 50 years. A clue can be gleaned from the history of the wasteland during that time period. Although there have been divergences at historical nodes since the Cold War, the overall development trend of civilization will not change.
In order to grasp the pulse of the times, Dailem Group has also made measures to adapt to the trend of the times. So I found Future People Technology Company, which has suddenly emerged in the field of artificial intelligence, and explored the possibility of applying artificial intelligence to the automobile production industry.
"Of course, but before we start the topic, can I ask a question?" Jiang Chen said with a smile.
"Excuse me." Carmen said with the same smile.
"I don't know why your company chose us? You know, our area of expertise is in the field of mobile phone software. Regarding the automotive industry, it is no exaggeration to say that we know nothing about it." Jiang Chen told the truth frankly.
Regarding Jiang Chen's confession, Carmen did not give up, shook her head and continued.
"This has no impact. We have already designed the radar sensing equipment and main control computer for artificial intelligence driving, and only the software is left."
"Originally, we had a partner, but the software developer we cooperated with had something wrong. As a result, the software and hardware were not perfectly compatible, and the car might crash while driving. You know, on the highway. There were no consequences if something like this went wrong, so we terminated the contract.”
After a pause, Carmen looked at Jiang Chen meaningfully, smiled and said.
"Our price is high. The requirements are equally high."
"Can I ask what the price is?" Jiang Chen picked up the tea cup and took a sip, smiling.
"One billion U.S. dollars." Carmen stretched out a finger and said slowly.
Jiang Chen was secretly speechless when he heard Carmen's quotation.
Good guy, should we be called a large consortium that spans the century? The sale price is 1 billion US dollars. The business of selling software is simply more profitable than selling gold.
While thinking this way, he selectively forgot that he was now the chairman of a large company with a market value of tens of billions. This US$1 billion was equivalent to a month's income of Futureman Technology.
But who would mind having too much money
However, in Carmen's eyes, Jiang Chen's silence was interpreted as being dissatisfied with the lack of money, so he smiled slightly. He said, "Of course, this price is negotiable. If Mr. Jiang is not satisfied with the price, you can raise it with me."
After all, if it can enter the field of "artificial intelligence + automobiles" before its competitors Audi and BMW, it will undoubtedly help to seize market opportunities. A mere US$1 billion. Dailem Group's pre-tax profit in 2014 was 10.8 billion euros, and its liquidity can be said to be very abundant.
After pondering for a moment, Jiang Chen slowly spoke.
"One billion dollars is fine, but I have a condition."
He frowned slightly, but the smile quickly returned to Carmen's face.
"Oh? Please speak."
"I need to add the Futureman 1.0 logo to the system startup interface."
"Adding the Futureman 1.0 logo? Is it just this? I have to remind you that we have no plans to introduce a social platform into the autonomous driving system." Carmen said in a humorous tone.
"It doesn't matter. Just add a logo, and the duration will be within 1 second." Jiang Chen said with a careless smile.
After just thinking for a moment, Carmen nodded, then smiled and extended her hand.
"Then I guess our deal is done, right?"
"Of course." Jiang Chen also smiled and held his hand, "It's a pleasure to cooperate."
Since the changes were only minor, Carmen also brought a professional lawyer when she arrived, and the contract revision was completed on the spot.
After signing the contract, Carmen waved to the secretary behind her and took the briefcase from her hand.
"After signing the confidentiality agreement, we will submit the specific software requirements and chip samples to you. You only need to produce a program that is compatible with our chips. Although the time in the contract is somewhat tight, I believe that in the future With your strength, you will definitely be able to produce amazing results before May next year.”
In order to catch up with the launch of new cars next year, the procedures must be submitted before May, otherwise the filing and approval will be delayed, and the launch of new cars will unfortunately be delayed.
In May, Yao Yao's strength was too underestimated.
"Of course, by the way, is there any reward for early delivery?" Jiang Chen asked with half-joking luck.
After being stunned for a moment, Carmen really didn't expect Jiang Chen to be able to complete it in advance. Generally, the development cycle of this kind of professional software is not very short. It is not easy to complete it in 5 months.
"If Mr. Jiang can finish it in advance, I can give you a small gift." Carmen laughed and said.
"Can you tell me what the gift is?" Jiang Chen said in a relaxed tone.
"I heard that Mr. Jiang's car is our group's Maybach S600. I wonder if you are satisfied with our company's brand?" Carmen said with a mysterious smile.
"Of course, both comfort and reliability are very satisfying."
"If Mr. Jiang can deliver the goods before May, I can give you a limited-edition luxury sports car—the Maybach EX under design, limited to 5 units worldwide." (.)