Lin Qi was discussing the state of industrial development with Mr. Wo Delike. At the beginning of March, a city in the south had held a machinery exhibition.
At the exhibition, a company demonstrated a semi-automated production line. This semi-automated production line required far fewer workers than ordinary production lines.
With fewer people, more could be accomplished, but for the time being, people were not very interested in it.
Because of the price.
The costs of designing, producing, and maintaining the production line were all far too high. No one had placed an order, and there had barely even been any coverage of it.
However, both Lin Qi and Mr. Wo Delike knew about it.
It was normal for the media not to be very sensitive to it, but as capitalists, they had no reason not to be.
"It still needs to develop for a while longer. Once the costs come down, perhaps some people will be willing to try using these new production lines."
"But in the short term, people won't do that, even though we both know this is an inevitable trend in the future development of industry."
Lin Qi elegantly cut his steak, while Mr. Wo Delike expressed his agreement with Lin Qi's view.
"It reduces labor requirements by roughly twelve to twenty percent, but raises production costs by two hundred percent. It has no practical value in the short term, but from a long-term perspective, this is the mainstream..."
As the two men were talking, the butler appeared beside them and informed Lin Qi that he had a phone call.
Mr. Wo Delike was somewhat puzzled. "If the call was put through to me here, it must be important."
He set down his knife and fork and poured himself some wine, indicating that he would wait