Rebirth of the Wild Age

The trajectory of Guo Bing's life has clearly deviated.

Another time and space of Guo Bing, his father made a living by doing a small business after he was released from prison. His father relied on his ability to make a comeback. He was once worth more than 50 million yuan, but he almost went bankrupt because of the 2008 economic crisis.

At that time, Guo Bing was studying at Harbin Institute of Technology. He earned his own tuition since his sophomore year, and sometimes even sent money to his home. Because his father was in jail, his mother had a backache and couldn't work long hours. After graduating from his master's degree, Guo Bing even went to take a civil service examination, but fortunately he was persuaded by his tutor to go back to study for a Ph. And after a Ph.D. is to stay in school, from teaching assistant to lecturer, all the way to professor, I have never resigned to start a company.

Now due to the changes that Song Weiyang has come to, Xianjiu Group is developing well, and Guo Bing, the rich second generation, is also more chic. He did not go to a part-time job to make money during college, but devoted himself to studying knowledge, and flew to the capital to catch up with the class flower of high school, and now he even paid 100,000 yuan to start a business with his mentor.

"What project is your robotics company doing?" Song Weiyang asked.

Guo Bing said: "Medical robots."

Song Weiyang frowned and said, "Why don't you engage in industrial robots?"

Guo Bing explained: "From the perspective of the global industry status, industrial robots are mainly used in the automobile manufacturing industry. Foreign markets have long been occupied by industry giants, and you should know what is happening in China's automobile manufacturing industry in the domestic market. Domestically, Few automakers use robots. Even if they do, it is a face-saving project and will give priority to purchasing foreign products."

"Do you smoke?" Song Weiyang took out a pack of yellow pandas.

Guo Bing waved his hand and said, "Don't smoke."

Song Weiyang put the cigarette in his mouth back into the box and asked, "Then, has your medical robot been successfully developed?"

Guo Bing said: "Successful, the function is equivalent to the original American Aesop. It can imitate the human arm function, realize the voice control setting, eliminate the need for the assistant to manually control the endoscope, and provide more precise control than human control The lens moves to provide doctors with a more direct and stable field of vision."

"Very good." Song Weiyang said.

Guo Bing smiled bitterly: “After the samples are ready, I rushed to major hospitals across the country with my mentor to promote our products. The market response was very embarrassing. Although the surgeon received unanimous praise from the surgeon, no hospital was willing to spend money to buy it.”

Song Weiyang asked: "Why? Is it inferior to foreign products?"

"It is indeed not as good as the latest foreign products, but the fundamental reason is not this," Guo Bing said in detail. "First, China has no shortage of experienced doctors and does not need robot-assisted surgery, at least without our products; second, The price is too expensive. Most parts of the robot need to be imported from abroad. There is no supporting supplier in China, and the annual maintenance cost of the robot is also very high."

"There is no way." Song Weiyang said.

Guo Bing said silently: "Fortunately, what we made is only the first version of Aesop. If you make Da Vinci, you will not be able to sell it. A Da Vinci pliers is worth 10,000 yuan. The operation requires 3 pliers, and it must be replaced after 10 times of use. Of course, Da Vinci does all cutting-edge surgeries, and the medical and surgical expenses are hundreds of thousands. Not too expensive."

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "Then what did you and your instructor think? Didn't expect this situation?"

"It is expected," Guo Bing said, "but we think that there are always big hospitals willing to buy. You only need to sell one robot a year to pay back, and you can make a profit when you sell two robots a year. This high-tech industry is subsidized by the state. As long as you slowly cultivate and develop the market, you may be able to sell several units every year in two or three years."

Song Weiyang said: "Unexpectedly, I can't sell one of them?"

"Yes." Guo Bing said in frustration.

Song Weiyang suddenly thought of the famous DJI, and asked, "Do you know drones?"

"Aircraft?" Guo Bing asked.

"Yes, unmanned aircraft." Song Weiyang said.

Guo Bing obviously understands the industry. He said: "China had drones as early as the 1960s. They were dedicated to the military field. In the 1980s, they began to switch to civilian use, such as meteorological exploration, aerial surveying and mapping, and aerial prospecting. A few years ago, China Southern Airlines developed the "Xiaoniao" unmanned helicopter, whose functions also include forest fire detection and fishing ground patrol."

Song Weiyang urged: "Why don't you do medical robots and use civilian drones instead."

"Is there a market for this thing?" Guo Bing asked.

"How can someone do it if there is no market? Didn't you say that China Southern Airlines made one?" Song Weiyang said.

Guo Bing said: "Civilian drones are not cutting-edge technology, and many scientific research institutions can make them. But the cost is too high, and the scope of use is narrow, and professional operators are required to be trained. Moreover, units in need will directly contact How can a large company like China Southern Airlines purchase products from a small company?"

Song Weiyang originally wanted to say that it could be used for aerial photography, but considering the current digital camera technology, he immediately didn't bother to mention it. Film and television are mostly used in film and television these days. Could it be that drones are allowed to hang a large pile of film into the sky? As for the digital camera, it seems that the pictures taken are not good, and the video storage space is also very small.

Of course, Song Weiyang is not a professional, and he dare not draw conclusions easily. He took out his cell phone, found out Jiang Wen's phone number and called: "Old Jiang, Happy Chinese New Year!"

"Who are you?" Jiang Wen said in a daze.

"Song Weiyang." Song Weiyang said.

Jiang Wen immediately changed her attitude and said with a smile: "It's Boss Song, happy new year!"

Song Weiyang asked: "Are there any good digital cameras? The ones that can be used to shoot movies and TV programs."

"Yes, it is often used for TV shows abroad," Jiang Wen said in detail, "but the picture effect is not very good, and it needs to be converted by software in the later stage, and the pixels that are transferred are much worse than that of film."

Song Weiyang asked: "How big is this digital video camera?"

Jiang Wen recalled: "It's quite big, weighing tens of hundreds of catties, I don't know too well."

Song Weiyang asked again: "Are there any portable ones?"

"Wait, let me ask for you." Jiang Wen immediately hung up.

More than 20 minutes later, Jiang Wen called again: "The popular portable digital video camera is a DV machine, with hundreds of thousands of pixels, which can be played by ordinary people. Of course, there are also some new directors in the film academy, because there is no The money couldn't attract investment, so I used a DV camera to make DV movies."

Song Weiyang asked: "Can it be used for aerial photography?"

Jiang Wen smiled and said: "Don't be nonsense, with hundreds of thousands of pixels, the picture is choking when taken at close range."

"Is there any better portable digital camera equipment?" Song Weiyang asked.

Jiang Wen said: "I just asked you about it. There is indeed such a machine. Hitachi introduced a DVD camera more than two years ago. The DV camera uses a magnetic tape, and the DVD player is directly in the DVD format. When the machine was first launched, it had only 1.1 million pixels, and now it seems to have a new version of 2 million pixels. In addition, it has a 12x zoom. If you want to take aerial shots, you can only shoot at low altitudes, and the picture will be blurred if it is a little higher."

"How long can the video content be stored?" Song Weiyang continued to ask.

Jiang Wen said: "This kind of machine directly uses DVD discs as storage. As long as the battery is enough, it can theoretically record two hours of content."

"Thanks." Song Weiyang said.

"No thanks, just ask a few questions for you," Jiang Wen hesitated, and finally said, "Um... Boss Song, I want to ask you a favor."

"Let's talk." Song Weiyang said.

"That... tax evasion, do you know? If you have something to do, can you help me talk about it?" Jiang Wen said.

Song Weiyang instantly realized who it was and smiled: "No problem, I can make a call, but I don't guarantee it will be useful."

Jiang Wen said: "That's enough, I will think of other ways."

"Then I will hang up first." Song Weiyang said.

Jiang Wen said, "No matter what the outcome is, Boss Song, I owe you personal love for this matter. If there is anything that will be of use to me in the future, please speak up, never say anything!"

"Okay, goodbye." Song Weiyang said.

With 2 million pixels and 2 hours of storage time, this digital video camera is barely enough, although the aerial photography effect is definitely boring. Nowadays, the development of digital technology is rapid, and when Guo Bing develops the drone, the shooting pixels will definitely continue to improve.

In fact, it will take only eight months for the high-definition digital camera technology to come out-this so-called high-definition, judging from the perspective of ten years later, it is still a bit too much.

Song Weiyang just turned on the hands-free, and Guo Bing heard everything clearly. Song Weiyang said: "Have you ever thought about combining digital cameras with drones for aerial photography in the professional field?"

Guo Bing shook his head and said: "It's too expensive. The fee for using a drone is not much cheaper than renting a helicopter. If I were a TV director, I would definitely pay for the helicopter directly."

"So expensive?" Song Weiyang asked puzzledly.

After another discussion between the two, Song Weiyang finally understood that the drone that Guo Bing said was not the drone he had remembered.

There are two types of civil drones today. One is a winged aircraft, which you can understand as a reduced version of a civil airliner; the other is a wingless single-rotor aircraft, which you can understand as a reduced version of a helicopter. Moreover, no matter how it is reduced, the volume is extremely large, and the manufacturing cost is also high.

In the civilian market, single-rotor UAVs have become more popular in recent years, mainly because they are more convenient to take off and do not need to use launchers or runways.

Compared with the later popular multi-rotor UAV, this single-rotor UAV has the advantages of stronger carrying capacity and longer endurance. Therefore, at a time when battery technology is restricted, single-rotor drones have become the mainstream.

The four-propeller drone, of course, is also being researched, but it can’t fly for long and can’t lift too much, which has become its fatal flaw.

Multi-rotor drones can flourish in the future, thanks to the improvement of battery and motor technology. The single-rotor UAV was eliminated because the operation is extremely difficult, ordinary people can't play at all, and the environmental temperature is very high, and its manufacturing cost is several times higher!

Song Weiyang analyzed the pros and cons with Guo Bing~www.wuxiamtl.com~ and said: “I think multi-rotor drones will definitely be the mainstream in the future. The price is low, the operation difficulty is low, and the environmental requirements are low. You only need to wait for battery technology. And motor technology can be developed."

"The problem is that there is no use value now. The ghost knows how many years it will take for battery technology to develop." Guo Bing said.

Song Weiyang said: "We can make technical reserves first. The first step is to develop our multi-rotor drone technology; the second step is to design a control system that integrates the digital camera with the drone."

Guo Bing frowned and said: "If this is done, it is possible that in the next few years, the company will only have input but no output, and it will rely on continuous investment to sustain it."

"I have money." Song Weiyang smiled.

"Let me discuss with my mentor first," Guo Bing said, scratching his head. "My mentor probably won't agree. He used to do industrial robots in the research institute, which were all funded projects by the state. Now that he quit his job and started a business, he definitely wants to Made some achievements, so I chose the medical robot. But you are a civilian drone... To be honest, he doesn’t look good, it’s too pediatric."

Song Weiyang said: "Everyone has ambitions, I don't force it."

Guo Bing went back and made a phone call with his instructor, and he didn't expect it. Since Song Weiyang didn't want to spend money to build a medical robot, this instructor didn't mess around and chose to go abroad directly. First, you can enter a US company for development; second, you can learn and communicate, and you can return to your country when you have a detailed grasp of the US industry and cutting-edge technology.

This is equivalent to plating a layer of gold, and it can indeed improve its own capabilities. I don't know how many domestic institutions will be rushing to ask for it. If you are lucky and return to China to preside over major national projects, it is not impossible to evaluate academicians-this phenomenon is very common in academia and science and technology. The latest chapter of the Rebirth of the Wild Age is here: