256: Xia Dahai: One billion yuan worth of raw materials, this time they've really burned up!

“Wow! You can play like this? Using robots to make robots, the Streamer is simply a genius!”

“Brother Su's thought process really blows my mind! How did I never think of doing it this way?”

“Poor Lackey, it’s still just a newborn baby itself, and now it has to keep making babies for the Streamer.”

“But the Streamer clearly already made the mechanical arm, so why doesn’t he just let it participate in the National Robot Competition directly? Wouldn’t its technical level completely crush everyone else?”

This was also the question Xia Dahai, who was watching the live broadcast, wanted to ask.

Seeing the mechanical arm completed, the show's broadcast was just around the corner! But why did Su Yu have to go through the extra trouble of having the mechanical arm create another robot?

In the laboratory.

Lackey seemed to have also seen the bullet comments in the live stream through its information scan.

At this moment, its cold, queen-like voice switched to a pitiful, cutesy loli voice, as it pouted and pleaded.

“Master Brother, I don’t want to go to that competition!”

“Those guys are all robots with underdeveloped brains, they’re so stupid, and they don’t speak nicely. I don’t want to compete with that bunch of scrap metal! It’ll make me look like my IQ is very low!”

The audience in the live stream:!!!

Fellow competitors preparing for the competition:???

Xia Dahai:???

The former almost choked with laughter while being surprised.

The latter two felt insulted, as if being lectured by a robot.

What do you mean you don't want to compete with robots with underdeveloped brains?!

Are you not a robot?

Especially Xia Dahai, upon hearing that Su Yu was also planning to have the mechanical arm create another robot to participate in the competition, a premonition of trouble immediately flashed through his mind.

Sure enough, the next second, he heard Su Yu talking to him through the screen.

“CEO Xia, you should be in the live stream too.”

“You’ve seen how I’ve been making the mechanical arm every day. This thing is just a semi-finished product, and its brain isn’t very mature, so it can’t participate in the competition.”

Beside him, the mechanical arm heard this and expressed strong agreement!

It repeatedly nodded its arm like a pecking chick, afraid that Su Yu would be unhappy and change his mind, actually sending it to participate in the competition.

“However, to make it, I’ve used up almost all the materials I had. When do you think you can send me the second batch of raw materials? I’ve already listed out the material list in advance.”

As he spoke, Su Yu had Lackey pull up the complete list of materials for making the battle armor that he had prepared long ago from the system, and then sent it to Xia Dahai.

On the other side, as Xia Dahai heard this, his phone also rang.

The latest notification in his email was precisely the material list Su Yu had just sent.

Oh no, how did it become a self-fulfilling prophecy!

You really can't make promises carelessly!

Xia Dahai was so regretful he felt his intestines turning green.

A hundred million worth of materials had already been sent to Su Yu, why did he have to add that he could ask him for more materials at any time if they weren't enough?

Wasn't that just clearly saying he was a fool with too much money?

But words spoken are like water poured out.

He had said those words in the live stream, witnessed by millions of fans, so going back on his word now was definitely not an option.

Helplessly, Xia Dahai could only grit his teeth and send a 'Flying Dragon in the Sky' gift on the public screen, indicating that he had received the message.

Immediately after, he forwarded the material list to Liu Weigang and Xu Chuan.

After an unknown amount of time, his two capable subordinates sent back procurement lists.

When Xia Dahai looked at the final amount for purchasing the materials tallied by finance, his head rushed with blood, and he almost blacked out and passed out.

One billion!!

A full one billion!!!

Ten times the cost of the first batch of materials!

If it weren't for Su Yu asking him for it directly in the live stream, and also sending a detailed list of required materials, he would have suspected he was being scammed.

Originally, Xia Dahai thought one hundred million was the end, who would have thought it was just the beginning!

Moreover, the reason he initially agreed to Su Yu and provided him with raw materials for making robots was that Xia Dahai felt he was taking advantage of the other party.

Clearly, whether he had taken advantage or not, he didn't know, but Su Yu definitely profited immensely.

One point one billion worth of raw materials delivered to his doorstep with just a few words, and the person delivering them was even grateful.

“CEO Xia, are you, are you sure you want to give all these one billion worth of raw materials to that guy?”

“Many of these materials are high-precision, cutting-edge items, even we don't have the opportunity to use them!”

Xu Chuan and Liu Weigang were both stunned.

As top robot researchers themselves, Xu Chuan had never imagined in his life that making robots would one day require compressed energy.

Is this really for making robots, or for researching some new type of nuclear weapon?!

What else could be done? What could he do?

The trouble he had created, he had to swallow it all, even if it meant breaking all his teeth.

When Xia Dahai signed to confirm the purchase of these one billion worth of raw materials, his heart was bleeding!

For this National Robot Competition, he had practically given his all. If the company were to bear this one billion in funds, the board of shareholders and his direct superior would definitely not agree.

Disagreement would mean the entire collaboration would be abandoned halfway, and the one hundred million invested earlier would be wasted.

Xia Dahai was unwilling to let the situation he had worked hard to cultivate fall to this point. So, he gritted his teeth and had to pull out this one billion from his own pocket.

He knew that if the show ultimately succeeded, the returns this one billion brought to the company might even double. At that time, his investment would also receive a share of the company's huge profits.

But if it failed, it would be a complete waste, a pure loss of one billion!

Xia Dahai had always been a shrewd businessman skilled in investment.

He firmly believed that his choice this time would still not be wrong.

With one hundred million in funds, Su Yu created a super AI similar to jarvis and a mechanical arm.

Then with one billion, wouldn't he be able to directly create the complete version of the robot?

“Mr. Su! I have already had the company’s personnel go and procure this second batch of raw materials.”

“However, because of the large quantity and the difficulty of obtaining some items domestically, your waiting time this time might be a bit longer.”

“But three days! It definitely won’t exceed three days; all these items will be delivered to you!”

“Finally, I look forward to your masterpiece! I believe that with your participation, this National Robot Competition will definitely elevate its popularity and recognition to an unprecedented level.”

Xia Dahai’s hands trembled as he sent all the edited messages in one go.

After sending the messages, he felt like a gambler who had just finished a high-stakes bet, having given his all and feeling no regrets.