Bionic Robots

"Stochastic Processes mainly studied the laws governing the evolution of random phenomena. The course content mainly included random variables, stochastic processes, Markov processes, Poisson processes, Brownian motion, and so on..."

At first, Li Hui's lecture was not very smooth, and he stumbled over his words a little. But as time passed, it seemed that the feeling of teaching students in the classroom returned to him. His delivery gradually became fluent.

Behind the camera, Zhang Dong watched the animated Li Hui with a somewhat dazed expression. As for Xiao Juan, seeing her husband like this, tears had already welled up in her eyes.

After finishing the lesson, Li Hui still wanted to continue. Only after confirming that the camera had been turned off did he nervously and uncertainly ask his old friend and wife, "How... how was I? I felt too nervous. There were a few parts I didn't explain well."

"Lao Li! You've still got it. You were exactly like you were at the podium a few years ago. You taught very well—exceptionally well!"

With tears in her eyes, Xiao Juan threw her arms around her husband.

After soothing his wife, Li Hui looked a little embarrassed and uneasy. "I wonder if I'll pass the review."

Zhang Dong did not dare make any guarantees and could only comfort him. "You probably will."

At that moment, in the Fuxing Base research lab, Han Yang's heart was filled with excitement.

"I've found a treasure..."

He could clearly sense that this dismissed university math lecturer named Li Hui possessed an extremely solid theoretical foundation.

In probability theory, his knowledge went far beyond the single subject of Stochastic Processes. Han Yang even felt that Li Hui had the potential to become a professional scholar.

Moreover, although this was only introductory knowledge for Stochastic Processes, during his explanation, Li Hui could unknowingly simplify complex concepts that students would only encounter later and incorporate them into the current introductory material, allowing students taking the basic course to form a conceptual understanding of the more complex knowledge ahead.

This way, when they truly encountered that complex knowledge in the future, learning it would naturally take half the effort.

Not only was Li Hui fully qualified to sign with the Zhi Xue Web Han Yang had created, he might even become popular and bring traffic to Zhi Xue Web in the future.

Han Yang immediately made up his mind. He picked up his phone and called Zhang Dong. "Hello, Professor Zhang. After our review, we found Teacher Li Hui's course to be of very high quality. Teacher Li Hui has extensive experience and exceptional accomplishments in both teaching and research. We've decided to sign him. I wonder what Teacher Li Hui thinks?"

At Li Hui's home, Zhang Dong's face was filled with delight when he heard Han Yang's voice. Even his voice trembled slightly. "I'm right beside Teacher Li Hui now. I'll let him speak with you personally."

"Lao Li, come here, hurry! It's Manager Han. He said you passed the review and wants to know whether you're willing to sign!"

"What?"

Li Hui froze, utterly incredulous. "I... I really passed?"

"You passed! Hurry and take the call!"

"Hello... Manager Han? This is Li Hui. Sign a contract? Of course, I'd be delighted. All right, all right, I'll produce one lesson every day..."

After putting down the phone, tears suddenly streamed down Li Hui's slightly puffy face, swollen from years of heavy drinking.

"Lao Li, you..."

"Manager Han wants to sign me. The buyout price is 400 per lesson, and I have to produce at least one lesson every day. There'll also be revenue sharing later on. Xiao Juan, I... I can make money now. I'll never drink again, sob..."

"Lao Li..."

Crying as well, Xiao Juan embraced her husband. "Whether you make money or not is a small matter. The money I earn is enough to support the family if we spend carefully. Just don't drink anymore. It hurts me to watch you ruin yourself like this..."

"I won't drink. Never again."

Watching the couple cry in each other's arms, Zhang Dong gently tugged his wife and pointed toward the door. The two quietly left.

Besides Li Hui, Zhang Dong also contacted several other teachers at Yunshan University.

Seeing an opportunity to earn steady extra income, the teachers were extremely enthusiastic. Within just a few days, ten math lecturers and ten computer science lecturers were all in place, steadily producing lessons at an average rate of one per day.

To accommodate the teachers' schedules, Han Yang made special arrangements for them to begin livestreaming their lessons during the noon break and after work in the afternoon. At most, no more than four teachers would livestream at the same time.

This greatly reduced the demand on Han Yang's computing power at any given moment and did not affect his power-leveling business or daily affairs at all.

The study plan proceeded steadily and smoothly. Meanwhile, the equipment Lü Yangsheng had promised was delivered to Han Yang after some time.

Before that, the corresponding raw materials—metal wires, plastic sheets, and the like—had already been purchased. In addition, Han Yang spent a huge sum to buy twenty industrial robots.

Ten of those industrial robots were fixed in place. Like the robots Han Yang had used to manufacture CPUs before, they only handled designated tasks.

The other ten robots were multifunctional robots capable of movement. They used bionic structures, with two legs and two arms, while their hands had ten nimble fingers that could perform most tasks humans could do.

After some modifications by Han Yang, these ten robots could connect directly to Han Yang's mind and act according to his commands.

As for the other ten fixed robots, they did not need to be connected. They only needed to operate according to preprogrammed industrial procedures.

At that moment, the research lab, which covered more than a hundred square meters, was no longer empty.

Five computers stood along the walls, handling tasks such as searching for information, watching lessons, and self-study. Five machines were placed in the center, while ten robots moved between them, transporting raw materials and operating equipment. Everything was in perfect order.

Production was about to begin.

Amid the low hum of machinery, the first batch of raw materials was transformed into cables as thin as steel needles and flowed out through the outlet.

Han Yang inspected them and found the quality rather poor. They snapped with a tug, and their conductivity did not meet the requirements.

"It's fine. The first trial run is always like this. We just need to adjust it slowly."

Watching the ten robots busily working in the research lab, Han Yang was filled with emotion.

"These things are really useful. With them, I don't even need to hire workers. I can handle the entire production process myself.

"They're just too expensive. Each one costs 300,000. I wonder whether the price can be pushed down further if I make large-scale purchases later.

"And they consume far too much computing power. Operating one robot takes more computing power than one computer handling low-end power-leveling orders."

To operate these ten robots, Han Yang had no choice but to temporarily reduce the share of computing power assigned to his power-leveling business and lower the number of high-end orders he accepted. Only then could he barely keep things running.

As a result, Han Yang's daily income from his power-leveling business fell below 70,000 for the first time since his computing power upgrade, dropping to only around 68,000 or 69,000.