I Forgot I Ever Loved You (Zoe and Hayden) novel Chapter 488

Seeing the director standing frozen, Sienna frowned. "Did you hear me?"

Sweat beaded on the director's forehead. "Ms. Winters, if something goes wrong, we'll have to pay six million dollars in damages for a single humanoid robot, not to mention facing massive fines from the regulators..."

Sienna was heavily displeased by his trembling demeanor.

"I'm not scared, so why are you? Do as I say. I'll take the fall if anything happens."

She had already done her research. The core of the AI emotional companion was the brain chip that controlled movement and communication. As for the rest of the chassis, top-tier materials weren't strictly necessary.

Many cheap, synthetic substitutes felt just as premium as branded parts, and non-professionals wouldn't know the difference.

Besides, AI companion robots were still a novelty. After the first four units sold, Sienna had calculated the costs.

Each robot cost nearly two million dollars to manufacture. Selling them for three million didn't actually net a massive profit margin.

Upon securing the new orders, Sienna wracked her brain, but she didn't waste time figuring out how to perfect the final product.

She only wanted to endlessly duplicate the emulation protocols from Zoe's original models.

If Zoe made any updates, Easton's servers would automatically back-trace and sync the data.

Once production costs were slashed, she could still declare the original price to quality control. Factoring in the savings, Sienna estimated she could pocket at least a million dollars per unit.

That meant, by using cheaper alternatives, the cost per robot could be driven down to around half a million dollars.

Sienna secretly mocked Zoe's stupidity.

With manufacturing costs that high, nobody would pay the premium once the novelty wore off.

By capitalizing on the trend now, she could swallow up nearly half the global market, while Zoe's overpriced junk collected dust in a warehouse.

Once the funds were secured, the first batch would be delivered three months early as a standard rollout. For the second batch, she would employ hunger marketing tactics—stringing customers along while quietly cutting even more corners on the raw materials.

Going forward, all of Easton's future orders would be entirely outsourced, condensing production time while maximizing output.

Sienna had already figured out how to handle the cash flow. Winters Group would serve as her ultimate money-laundering hub.

The more she thought about it, the more elated she felt. The Tech Director tried desperately to stop his hands from shaking. He had been through something like this before.

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