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Volume 3 Big Scene Chapter 23 Large Company Scale Limitation Act

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    Li Zhuang, the chairman of United Technologies Corporation, does not have an office in the administration building. His office is at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute. Usually, he usually goes to the administration building to find Da Mian and Zhou Qisen. He rarely comes there.  This situation seemed unusual, but he didn't care, and the company's employees later became accustomed to it.

    While the management is handling the company's affairs, Li Zhuang is very busy on his own one-third of an acre of land.  He likes to build basements, which is not a good habit. However, the basement of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute was paid for by himself and was not charged to the finance department, so it was hard for the management to say anything.

    The deep basement with nuclear, biological and chemical defense capabilities was completed in early March and has four floors.  The six speakers are on the second floor, and Vicky occupies the third floor. The layout is no different from before.  The large-scale underground factory of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute also has nuclear, biological and chemical defense capabilities, but it only has one floor, connected to the first floor of the deep basement where the brain is located.  The deep construction robot worked for half a year to build this giant basement covering an area of ??190 acres.

    "You're not going to be a rat, are you?" Zhang Kai questioned when he came here to see Xiqi.

    "To be prepared, I plan to hollow out Sunway City and build a super underground city. The cost of robot construction is not high anyway. Besides, sewer projects always require planning. My goal is to build super sewers like Paris and Tokyo."

    ¡°There¡¯s not much rainfall here, so I don¡¯t think it¡¯s necessary to build that kind of giant sewer. It¡¯s a waste of money.¡±

    "You, you are really a non-professional. I think you need to go to the Planetary Transformation Research Institute to see the changes in rainfall this year. Comparing the previous data, you will know that if a large area of ??forest appears, within the scope of Sunway City  The microclimate will change.¡±

    After sending Zhang Kai away, Li Zhuang sat alone in the huge basement smoking a cigarette.  He did not talk to the company management about the purpose of building this basement. In fact, it is a fully automated factory that produces all components and parts related to combat robots.  Its future area will be far more than this, and all the 9,000 acres of deep underground of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute will be hollowed out.

    "The crisis is approaching step by step. Who knows what will happen in the future? Canberra is not merciless in collecting taxes and does not respond at critical moments," Li Zhuang recalled some things that happened from last year to this year.

    Last September, the logistics group started building a large-scale shipyard in the south of La Grange. Citizen Navy ships were peeping on the nearby sea. Of course, the curiosity of the sailors was not ruled out, because the equipment of this shipyard is very advanced and the scale is huge.

    In mid-January this year, the Citizen Navy¡¯s Indian Ocean Fleet showed off its power on the sea near La Grange, because at that time there was a war of words in Citigroup, and WLFS was one of the sources of this war of words.

    An old destroyer of the Australian Navy is lingering in the nearby sea, and there is no confrontation.  As for whether it was a relationship or envy for the good things in Citigroup, Li Zhuang didn't know. He only knew that the destroyer got into trouble later.  Oil spills caused by poor maintenance polluted the nearby sea.  Broome County relied on tourism to make a living and was involved in a lawsuit with the Navy.  The Navy approached United Technologies Corporation for help and, taking the actual situation into consideration, did not charge the Navy for cleaning up the pollution.

    This incident was codenamed "Oil Spill" in the Safety Committee files, because Jinchang was not sure of the real purpose of the Citizen Navy coming over, and they often trained everywhere.

    The reason why Li Zhuang wants to turn into an underground fortress is also related to the rapid growth of United Technologies' business volume.  A large number of senior R&D personnel, special management systems and ultra-large-scale smart factories have already demonstrated its power in the first few months of this year.

    Taking Wisdom Group wai as an example, its sales revenue in January was nearly 20 billion US dollars.  The supporting units of this group are the Institute of Applied Physics, the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, and the Institute of Nanotechnology, which involve computer software and hardware, network optoelectronic components, servers, intelligent brains, and nanoprocessing equipment.  Jonathan Smith is a master of business. He basically does whatever he wants. He received an order for a petaflop supercomputer from the National Weather Service of Brazil, and even sold a humble solid-state drive for nearly three million yuan.

    The atomic hard drive technology that Beijing has always wanted has been launched by wai.  Although the price is high, the ultra-fast response speed and the capacity of a thousand times that of traditional hard drives have still attracted a large number of orders.

    United Technologies Corporation has a total of sixteen sub-groups. If the current development rate continues, it is estimated that it will soon exceed the limits that ordinary companies can achieve, because this is not a normal company, but more like a large number of top talents working together.  Entrepreneurial collective.  All collaboration is done in-house, and research and development progress far exceeds that of competitors.  Macaulay, president of Wellin Technology, once said, "We are playing a building block game. Sometimes we even feel that there are too many building blocks and we don't know how to choose."

    In addition to pure research, United TechnologiesIn this field, we attach great importance to talents with strong ability to integrate theory with practice.  Such people basically have strong R&D capabilities and many personal patents.  The company's legal department has been busy transferring researchers' personal patents to the company's name since last year, including many valuable invention patents.  The national treasure was shocked when a Brazilian scientist named Jolonim joined the Institute of Biotechnology.  This guy actually has forty patents in his possession, and their estimated value is higher than the technical information Thomas brought over.

    ¡°Ronim feels uncomfortable staying in Brazil. He cannot find partners for many of his patents, and even his peers cannot understand them.  This guy stayed in Sunway City for half a year and felt that he had found an ideal place to work. Last Christmas, he returned to China and poached many similar research institutes in Brazil. As a result, Wesson Technology received a summons from the court.  New lawyers join the company's legal department almost every day to cope with the increasingly complex patent system and disputes involving all aspects.

    Li Zhuang is very famous now, and the war for talents between Australia and China is aroused. As a guy who only studied for one year in high school, he has become a household name in the scientific community, and has inadvertently become the company's recruiting talent.  Many researchers at United Technologies joined United Technologies because of him.  The status of science and engineering talents in Sunway City is extremely high. People at the level of director of research institutes and above can directly participate in joint meetings of company executives.  The institute is also mainly self-managed by a joint meeting of senior researchers, which shows that United Technologies is not a pure enterprise.

    The City of Wesson, established based on the Wesson Technology Park covering an area of ??10,000 square kilometers, was officially recognized by Canberra and Perth in May.  Following last year's agreement, Perth exempted the City of Wissen from land use tax and related taxes.  As long as Wesson Technology does not move anywhere in the future, the state government will never collect taxes.  Then again, Perth is not at a disadvantage. This corner was only used to spend money. Canberra, whose fiscal revenue last year was only 300 billion Australian dollars, has taken full advantage.  United Technologies' intention to support local industry, agriculture and tourism is very obvious, and related technical support has allowed Canberra to receive more tax revenue from other companies.

    It is not a good thing if technology advances too fast. The large-scale use of artificial intelligence and automated production has caused serious unemployment problems, and many people have no food to eat.  Citigroup has passed legislation to restrict the use of advanced automation equipment, but not all government departments have similar control capabilities.

    Within the framework of the Tokyo Agreement, Wesson Technology has pushed civilian robots and automated production equipment to the extreme, making United Technologies the largest provider of automation technology and equipment in the world, and becoming the main target of attacks by the general public.

    Li Zhuang¡¯s strategy was very successful. The world in financial crisis was messed up by the unemployment problem.  For factories, due to fierce competition due to reduced orders, they have to adopt automated equipment, which replaces part of the labor force.  Low-tech, repetitive tasks are replaced by machines, and wlfs' automated equipment clusters can easily complete tasks that require a lot of manpower.  The situation has now turned into a vicious cycle in which, in addition to factory owners and United Technologies, the government and ordinary workers are losers.

    As the most populous country in the world, Wesson Technology, which originated from China, has become a deeply hated object by the people.  Even so, Australia is still the first choice for high-level talents to immigrate to, and the destination is Sunway City.  Coming here, except for the need to adapt to the climate, everything else is not much different from working in China, and the generous salary is even more attractive.  Wesson Technology has been in China for such a long time, and Ouyang Tan has come into contact with a lot of high-level talents. It is just because of the company's size and policy restrictions that he has to be timid, but it does not mean that he is unprepared.

    "I found that you are very talented in conspiracy, and the title of Director of the Security Committee is worthy of the name."

    "If I don't let you do it, you, the director of the human resources department, are capable enough to manage the safety committee." Li Zhuang didn't like being the spy chief.

    "Haha, do your children know me? I don't have the confidence to make them obedient." Ouyang Tan likes Zhinao very much and is not as afraid as others.  His actual words were, "Without Zhi Nao monitoring, how can you keep your secrets? When there was no Zhi Nao, weren't your experiences scooped up? Zhi Nao is a good thing, I like it."

    "Forget it, if I ask you to communicate with them, I'm really worried that you will teach them bad things." Intelligent Brain is a new thing. Except for the creator, it seems that there are some problems in communicating with other people.  Until now, the number of real smart brains in the world is less than 100.  The artificial intelligence community has slowed down the pace of manufacturing real intelligent brains and instead mass-produced pseudo-intelligent machines below B level.

    The current tasks of the Horn family and the Vicky family have been redistributed based on the actual situation. There are many management members who are just crazy and just want convenience without considering the consequences.

    Qifang was asked by Ouyang Tan to manage the human resources department, while Eight Speaker was asked by the industry to manage the human resources department.All snatched away, Han Shumei was defeated by the saliva of Xia Yuande, who was eloquent and had no regard for a man's dignity.  Li Zhuang was immediately nudged by her to get a more advanced V-level brain, and he was designated to be ranked eighth.

    Only nine speakers are needed to manage the Second Human Genome Research Institute. Little Vicky is actually the housekeeper of the Genetic Engineering Research Institute and the Nanotechnology Research Institute, and the ten speakers are just a backup.

    The intelligent office network is easy, comfortable and secure, connecting all departments of United Technologies Corporation.  The Sunway City Network designed by the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute has made life more convenient to a level that is enviable by outsiders. Voices calling for relaxing the restrictions of the Tokyo Agreement began to appear in newspapers and on the Internet.

    Various types of robots running around have become the targets of many tourists taking crazy photos. The "Storm" series of entertainment robots are very popular at Sunway Amusement Park.  The tourism group has been profitable very early, and now it is making a lot of money.  The little toys Vicky made were sold out early, and many children loved what she made.

    "Did you see? This is the benefit of having a territory. If we were still like K City, how could we grow to our current scale? The technology reserves are like ordinary commodities and have a shelf life." Li Zhuang took the whole family to Sunway Entertainment  I am very proud of my choice when wandering around the field.

    "Our current development speed has gone too far, and the management is already in a hurry." Zhou Qisen did not continue the topic of "territory" and looked solemn. "It is only May, and our sales revenue this year has exceeded 300 billion US dollars."

    "We are not suspected of being a monopoly, and the existing legal framework cannot require us to be split up." Zhang Mingde, who came to join in the fun, disagreed.

    "Well, the law is made by people. As long as the majority of people agree, it can be changed at any time. You are starting from a purely technical point of view." Da Mian was a little worried.

    "No country in the world or Canberra will sit back and watch us grow without restrictions. The Public Relations Department has already obtained information that is unfavorable to us." Zhou Qisen said.

    There are rumors on the Internet that the United Nations wants to limit the size of large companies. The number of giant companies has increased in recent years, which has aroused public vigilance and said that it will seriously affect social equity.

    "Soldiers will stop us, and water will cover us. No company can have such a good material foundation as we do now." Li Zhuang is not worried. Unlimited freedom does not exist in this world. No one can completely control the world, no matter how advanced the technology is.  , it can only temporarily suppress the eruption of the volcano, but cannot truly eliminate the internal hidden dangers.

    When it comes to major international exchanges, United Technologies is temporarily powerless and can only allow Canberra and top forces to plot at the United Nations Headquarters.

    Sunway City is the first large-scale city established by enterprises. United Technologies is indeed not suspected of being a monopoly, and the existing legal framework cannot sue it. However, this unprecedented freak has made countries around the world very concerned.  trouble.  According to their development speed, if not properly controlled, it is very likely to become an unpredictable variable in the future.

    In August of the second year after Li Zhuang officially became an Australian citizen, it was exactly two years since the signing of the Tokyo Agreement.  Driven by various forces, the United Nations passed the "Large Company Scale Limitation Act", which limits the annual operating income of large companies to one trillion US dollars.  Because this matter was caused by Wesson Technology, it was also called the "Wesson Act" by the media.

    A number of large companies have been unlucky. Wal-Mart, whose revenue last year was close to 800 billion US dollars, has also been restricted and has become a member of the trillion-dollar club.  The chairman of Wal-Mart felt aggrieved, saying that Wal-Mart's profits were simply incomparable to those of United Technologies, but that was the rule of the human world.  There must be a reason to restrict United Technologies. The United Nations cannot pass a convention-like bill specifically for a certain company, so it has to target these large companies together.

    The reasons for the passage of the Wesson Act are very complex. The fundamental reason is the concern of ordinary people and governments about these behemoths. In an era when Mr. De's reputation is at its peak, freedom has become the object of concern.  Giant companies have great energy, wide connections, and strong strength.  Some top giants can even control the political situation of small and medium-sized countries. Even superpowers like Citigroup don't like companies that are too powerful, because they can easily cause bad imbalances in the country and affect the overall innovation capabilities and stability of the situation.

    When Microsoft faced antitrust accusations from the Citizen Department of Justice, it seemed unbelievable to ordinary Chinese. However, as long as you think about economic laws and rules, it is not difficult to understand that large companies have equally obvious harm and promotion effects on the political economy.

    Although the Trillion Club was nothing after mankind began the space era, it was already a big enterprise when mankind still had to stay on the earth.

    When the "Large Company Scale Limitation Act" was passed, United Technologies had grown to have 200,000 doctoral-level researchers, nearly 2 million employees, and an area of ??25,000 square meters.?km of super large enterprises, Australia has also become the seventh largest economic power in the world.

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