On June 5, the day before Xuantian Technology's robot production base in Chongqing was put into operation, Zhao Yi took his private plane to inspect.
This inspection trip was different from usual. He usually kept a very low profile during his trip, but this trip was very high-profile. Not only was he willing to allow reporters to be present, but he also updated the news on his social platform.
The reason for doing this is mainly to let people across the country know the current robot production situation of Xuantian Technology Company. He does not intend to be secretive about robot replacement work in the future.
Because job replacement by robots is closely related to almost everyone's life and work, they should be aware of the specific situation. After all, this is not an ordinary commodity.
When Zhao Yi's private plane arrived in Chongqing, the leaders of the Chongqing Municipal Government came to the airport to greet him, which fully reflected the importance that the Chongqing leadership team attached to him.
For a person like Zhao Yi who never sees the end of a dragon, unless they are paying special attention to his whereabouts, it is difficult for ordinary people to know where he is. Therefore, many people really want to meet him, but they have no chance.
This time when he came to Chongqing, he notified the Chongqing Municipal Government in advance. After all, the launch of the robot was not only a major event for Xuantian Technology Company, but also a major event for the Chongqing Municipal Government.
As a region that currently lacks economic development, it attaches great importance to Xuantian Technology Company, let alone a strategic industry such as robotics. No matter from which level it is, it is worthy of attention.
In fact, in the past, the municipal government was always paying attention to the construction of the production base, and even leaders of the municipal government led a team to inspect it. However, the specific conditions inside were kept confidential.
After finally getting through more than half a year, it was finally time for mass production. As the local leader, he naturally needed to come to support, so advance notification naturally became necessary.
After exchanging warm greetings with the city leaders who came to pick him up, he followed the motorcade directly to the municipal government office, preparing to communicate with relevant leaders of the local government on some issues.
In fact, Xuantian Technology Company has already communicated with Xuantian Technology Company about the business aspect. This time, he was not communicating about the business part. He didn't want to worry about such things yet.
His communication this time was about taxation issues. If it is an ordinary enterprise, taxation can be in accordance with national regulations. After all, even a large output value is limited.
The robot business is obviously different from previous industries. If it is implemented according to the previous tax regulations, the problem will be relatively big. This is also where he hopes to communicate with the local government this time.
Since robotics is an emerging industry, many systems are definitely lagging behind and need to be tinkered with in the process of practice. Therefore, if he can think of it in advance, he needs to do relevant work in advance to provide reference for the formulation of the system.
The reason why he wants to talk about tax issues is not for the sake of the company's own interests. He is not that enthusiastic about reasonable tax avoidance, but for the sake of regional economic balance.
If nothing unexpected happens, the number of robots produced by Xuantian Technology Company will exceed 1 billion, and each robot will be rented out based on normal labor efficiency.
For example, the labor efficiency of normal people is 8 hours a day, then the robot can do it 24 hours a day. Except for maintenance according to regulations, it can basically work all the time.
In other words, with the same number of robots, the labor output is at least three times that of before. This does not even mention the labor efficiency problem per unit time caused by the differences between humans and machines.
Since the capital consumed by Xuantian Technology Company in the initial stage was too high, in the first one or two years, compensation was provided to employees who left their jobs based on the average social salary. In other words, Xuantian Technology Company would take away three out of the three times the income. Two-thirds.
When the robot replacement work for the whole society is basically completed, the benefits distributed by Xuantian Technology Company will be reduced and most of the benefits will be distributed to the employees who have left their jobs and the company itself.
There are many financial issues here, such as whether the off-duty salary collected by Xuantian Technology Company needs to pay taxes. If this part needs to pay taxes, how to pay taxes and in what proportion.
The income attributable to Xuantian Technology Company can be taxed according to the operating income of the company, but this tax cannot be calculated according to the normal central and local tax sharing ratio.
Because this revenue is so great that Chongqing cannot afford to keep such a large amount of tax revenue locally, it must formulate a new central and local tax sharing ratio for the robot industry to keep more tax revenue in the central government.
The central government will then uniformly allocate this fiscal and tax revenue. This will prevent Chongqing from being unable to hold on to this financial source. Second, it can balance regional fiscal problems and achieve common prosperity.
We can calculate very simply how big this finance will be, based on the future 1 billion robots and the current average annual salary of 30,000 yuan.
In addition to the salary left for employees who left their jobs, Guixuantian Technology Company benefited as much as 60 trillion yuan. According to the 35% tax rate for sole proprietorships, the total tax revenue is as high as 21 trillion yuan.
Chongqing itself obviously cannot afford such a high tax, so it is a blessing to be able to leave 1 trillion yuan in the end, so the tax in this area is very questionable.
If the Chongqing Municipal Government is not aware of this problem, the tax revenue will probably all go to the central government. This is a high probability event. Just like the tax revenue from Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company’s Mu Us Ranch, it is not distributed according to conventional proportions. .
Of course, the above calculations are idealized data, and the actual situation may be more or less, but what is certain is that the scale of taxation in this area must be very huge.
When the leaders of Chongqing City saw Zhao Yigang sitting down, they didn't have much conversation and went straight to the topic, which was a tax issue that they had not thought of.
However, after Zhao Yi's explanation, they also realized that the issues here needed to be seriously considered. They really had not considered this issue carefully before.
It’s not that they are not forward-looking, but because robots are a new thing, and no one knows the specific situation, it is difficult to see clearly the future operating model.
Now after he explained it like this, everyone at the scene was thinking about this issue, but it was useless just to think about it on their own. Leaders from the Central Ministry of Finance must also participate in the discussion.
This obviously cannot be organized today, because both the central and local governments need to fully think about this issue. Obviously, it cannot be considered clearly on site.
However, at the scene, Zhao Yi also provided several ways. One is to attribute the income to Xuantian Technology Company uniformly, and then Xuantian Technology Company will pay taxes uniformly in Chongqing. The subsequent tax distribution has nothing to do with Xuantian Technology Company.
The other is that wherever the robot serves, the income generated by the robot will be taxed, so these taxes have little to do with Chongqing.
These two solutions represent our two concepts of treating robots. The first one is to treat robots as ordinary commodities, and the profits will naturally belong to the commodity production enterprises, and taxes will be paid where the enterprises are located.
The second is to treat robots as a labor force equal to humans. The value created by labor force will naturally be taxed where the labor force works.
The economic development concepts generated by the two tax payment methods are also different. The first one is distributed uniformly by the central government, so that economic underdeveloped areas can be properly taken care of, and ultimately the economic gap across the country can be achieved.
It's just that such a distribution model will result in less developed areas may not have much motivation to develop their local economies, and areas with relatively good economies before may not have much motivation to develop their local economies.
This is commonly known as "eating from the big pot". No matter what, everyone is doing the same thing, which is a serious violation of "getting more for more work". Therefore, the central government needs to fully consider this issue when allocating finances to avoid "eating from the big pot".
The second type is completely based on the concept of more work, more gain. As long as there are enough local companies, the more robots used, the more financial benefits the local government will receive.
This will prompt the local government to actively develop the local economy and create a certain degree of competition with other places. It will naturally improve the government's business service awareness and enhance the local government's economic governance capabilities and level.
After he raised these issues and ideas, the leadership of the Chongqing Municipal Government felt that it was necessary to hold a special meeting to discuss this issue, and leaders from the Central Ministry of Finance were often invited to the meeting.
However, before that, these ideas need to be communicated to the Central Ministry of Finance. They can also think about the pros and cons of this, so they temporarily connected with the leaders of the Ministry of Finance on site to explain the issues here.
After finishing these tasks, he left directly from the Chongqing Municipal Government and prepared to take a tour of Chongqing. After all, this was his first time here in his life to see how the urbanization of Chongqing was going.
Originally, the Chongqing Municipal Government wanted to entertain him as a group, but he refused because he wanted to see the scenery of Chongqing alone because he really didn't like this kind of entertainment.
However, his flat refusal confirmed the claim that he has a weird personality. The leadership of the Chongqing Municipal Government also expressed helplessness regarding his behavior that was not in line with social etiquette.
In fact, he has also issued a ban on this kind of entertainment for his companies. All departments and employees of the company are not allowed to organize banquets on the grounds of company affairs during or outside working hours, and drinking is also prohibited.
In order to prevent the following from turning a deaf ear to this ban, very severe penalties will be imposed on those who violate the regulations. The most serious one is to be directly expelled and never hired.
Therefore, his companies will not participate in socializing during work. Even if they are forced to participate in socializing, they need to submit an explanation and are not allowed to drink. If they violate it, they cannot afford the punishment.
If a company imposes such a ban, it may not be able to eliminate the bad habit of socializing and drinking in the business world, but all its companies have this rule and strictly abide by it.
This means that this habit of socializing and drinking has been completely eliminated in the domestic business community, because the scale of his industry is too large and there are too many people involved.
Their rules and regulations are actually the rules and regulations of the business world to a large extent. This has resulted in the entire domestic business world, and cooperation and dealings are all business affairs, which is very different from the previous life.
Therefore, the leadership of the Chongqing Municipal Government is understandable to a certain extent about Zhao Yi's behavior. After all, the current environment is like this, and social consensus has gradually formed.
However, such regulations actually have a certain harm to Baiwei Food Company's alcohol sales, but judging from their alcohol sales, the impact should not be very big.
Their alcohol income is mainly fruit wine. The sales scale of high-alcohol liquor such as liquor is actually very limited, and the consumption of fruit wine is most commonly consumed after get off work or at gatherings with friends and family.
Of course, what kind of wine to drink also depends on the region. For example, in cold northern regions, no matter how delicious the fruit wine is, it is not as refreshing as white wine because it has a great effect on them resisting the cold.
For the next whole day, he led the security personnel through the streets of Chongqing. Unlike other cities, Chongqing's city is built like a maze due to its terrain.
Although it was re-planned by the China Housing Company, this feature has not changed, but it is generally much better than when he came here in his previous life.
After a day of shopping, in addition to a lot of snacks and specialty foods, he also experienced tourism projects with Chongqing characteristics. It was not until 8 o'clock in the evening that he returned to the arranged accommodation to rest.
He got up early the next morning and ate a local breakfast outside before heading to the robot production base of Xuantian Technology Company.
As for the headquarters of Xuantian Technology Company, it is just an empty shell, but the registered place of the headquarters has been changed to Chongqing. Most of the company's staff still work in the capital.
However, their new headquarters in Chongqing is also under construction. After the construction here is completed, the headquarters may be officially moved here, so there is nothing to see at the current headquarters here.
The robot production base covers a large area, and only part of it is currently under construction. Based on the current scale, the annual production capacity has reached 30 million units.
In addition to the construction that has already been completed, the second phase of the project is also under intense construction. The scale is the same as the first phase. After completion, the annual production capacity can reach 60 million units.
When the second phase of construction is completed, the third phase will also start intensively. When all three phases of construction are completed, the annual production capacity will reach 100 million units. Whether to continue to expand in the future depends on the market's reaction.
After all, the work efficiency of robots is three times higher than that of humans. Whether our country's economic development speed requires such high work efficiency remains to be seen. It is not just a matter of stacking the number of robots.
Entering the production base, he saw that the leaders of the Chongqing Municipal Government had already arrived. After the two groups met, the on-site production ceremony officially began, and the leader's speech was indispensable.
If he hadn't come this time, the production base would not have held such a grand commissioning ceremony. After all, it would not do much good except for appearance.
The leaders of Chongqing City came together with the Chongqing City media. He also saw the media from CCTV and ATV. It seemed that everyone was very concerned about this.
After he took the stage to speak later, the speech session officially ended, and then there were some sessions arranged by Xuantian Technology Company to heighten the atmosphere. After these, the production ceremony was officially concluded.
The main event came later, which was to visit the factory. Seeing the expectant expressions on the faces of the media people, Zhao Yi felt that they must have thought too much. Even if they could be allowed to visit and shoot, it would only be the parts that did not need to be kept confidential.
The person responsible for explaining this time was a high-end robot he arranged, because only they knew it very well. The other people were only responsible for part of it. It was not easy to explain it clearly.
He followed the team and inspected the factory along the arranged route. He also supplemented the explanation content and was considered half a commentator.
The public display area is not large, so the tour was completed quickly. As for other parts, they are classified parts. Regardless of whether everyone is enjoying themselves, the tour has to be terminated.
However, even if it is exposed, the visitors still feel that they have benefited a lot, because almost all the equipment in the entire production line is the crystallization of high technology, which fully reflects the industrial technological strength of our country.
After the visit, everyone came to the robot warehouse, where robots had begun to be delivered one after another. Although there were not many, it was the first time for everyone to see the robots put into production, so it was quite novel.
The current robots are all the lowest-end models. Zhao Yi personally explained to them the characteristics and application fields of this kind of robots, but did not mention the cost and price.
Through his explanation, everyone has a better understanding of the robot, which is not particularly beautiful on the surface and does not seem to be anything special at first, so they have stopped scorning it.
Humans are all animals in appearance. In order to save costs, low-end robots do not have a surprising appearance. Even the outline of the face is blurred and not carefully designed.
Because in his opinion, it is completely unnecessary. Anyway, these robots are arranged to work in manufacturing factories. This kind of cost that does not contribute to performance improvement can be saved as much as possible.
The surface materials of these robots are not particularly beautiful. They are a bit gray, which is not the skin color we are used to, so nothing can be seen from the appearance.
However, in order to demonstrate the flexibility of this kind of robot, he asked the on-site robot to temporarily demonstrate Shaolin Kung Fu, and then directly placed it on the spot to create an 18-man formation.
Through this demonstration, everyone has a very full understanding of the flexibility of the robot, and then let people on site talk to the robot to see how the robot's communication capabilities are.
After hearing what he said, both reporters and government workers at the scene found a robot and began to think hard to defeat the robot. In the end, everything was in vain.
Regardless of the depth or breadth of knowledge, it is impossible for robots to be stumped. Even if only humans understand the hidden meaning, robots can understand it.
Some can be solved by the robot's own reserves, and some can be solved by requesting background support. After all, the performance of this kind of robot is incomparable to that of high-end models.
After looking at the low-end model robots, everyone looked at the mid-range model robots. There are still some differences in the appearance of this kind of robots from the low-end model robots, but overall they are similar.
The difference is mainly to distinguish the different levels of robots and prevent everyone from mixing together and not knowing which ones are powerful and which are not. This makes factory management difficult.
The biggest difference between mid-range robots and low-end robots is that their control capabilities are much more advanced than those of low-end models, and they are mainly engaged in tasks that require particularly high-precision control.
At the scene, a mid-range model of the robot simply demonstrated its knife skills. It carved a piece of tofu into a flower with only a sharp knife without the help of other tools, and the efficiency was very high.
After seeing the mid-range robots, everyone went to the warehouse where the high-end robots were stored. The number of robots here was obviously much smaller, but after seeing it, almost everyone on the scene expressed surprise.
Because the most notable feature of high-end robots is that they are almost indistinguishable from humans, at least in appearance, and the high-end robots here all have genders and complete clothing.
For example, low-end model robots and mid-range model robots are currently based on men, and they only wear one set of clothing, and the rest are uniform.
The high-end robots have both male and female images, and their faces are all delicate and handsome, completely in line with the national aesthetic standards, so it is not surprising that everyone exclaimed when they saw them.
When introducing high-end robots, Zhao Yi first emphasized that each of these robots will have its own personality and temperament and cannot be treated simply as a robot.
In order to demonstrate, he directly faced the robots and let them move freely. As soon as he finished speaking, the robots that were still standing neatly and orderly started to move in an instant.
The scene suddenly became lively, and some high-end female robots even chatted with the stunned reporters. After chatting for a few words, many reporters found that they seemed to have met their soulmates, and the chat content became more and more pleasant.
High-end robots are all proficient in psychology. Even though each one has its own temper and personality, these are all simulated and do not really have personalities.
Therefore, when these robots come to chat with people, most people will follow the chatter's wishes. There is no psychological burden on humans. In addition, they have a wide range of knowledge and are humorous, so it is naturally easy to gain favor.
No one at the scene chatting with these robots felt that they were chatting with robots. Some men even felt attracted to them when chatting with robots. If they didn't know that they were robots, they would probably pursue them.
After visiting these, all the activities were officially over. The leaders of the Chongqing Municipal Government had a new understanding of the robot industry, and the reporters got a lot of first-hand information and hurried back to write articles.
After all the outsiders left, Zhao Yi took the security personnel to inspect another robot production base. Construction had just begun and factory buildings were still under construction.
The main reason why I care about this place is that it is a production base for military robots. In the future, various military robots will be produced for the military, so the level of confidentiality is higher, and the production base site is also camouflaged to a certain extent.
This production base is smaller in scale, but its construction period is longer than that of the civilian robot production base. It will have to wait until next year to be fully completed and put into production, mainly because the equipment used between the two is very different.
Military robots are not limited to humanoid images. Any robot that is conducive to military functions can be produced. Therefore, the equipment here is not only advanced, but also highly flexible.
After reading this, Zhao Yi did not return to the capital immediately, but continued to live in Chongqing, because there would be a discussion meeting on the taxation of robots tomorrow, and he needed to attend.
Today is the time left for the Chongqing Municipal Government and central leaders to think about this issue so that they can discuss this issue clearly tomorrow and avoid procrastination. (End of chapter)