Downstairs of the Star Sky Technology building.
Wang Wei got out of the Mercedes-Benz and gently adjusted his tie. He looked up at the towering building and took a deep breath.
Soon, he was going to meet a person who was extremely important to Shunfeng.
Even though this person was neither a politician nor a business tycoon, Wang Wei didn't feel relaxed at all. Instead, he felt a trace of nervousness that he hadn't felt in a long time.
That was because although that person was not a powerful politician, nor was he a business tycoon who could summon the wind and summon the rain, not only was his status not lower than the former two, even if the two of them were added together, it would still be difficult to compare to him.
There was only one reason.
Unless he was a great man who was pushed to the forefront of the times, the limit that a politician could achieve was to continue the prosperity of a country or region. The bottleneck of a businessman was even narrower. To be able to make a company with a market value of trillions was basically the limit that an entrepreneur could achieve.
But Wang Wei was different.
Maybe he wasn't the richest person in the world, and he had never entered the center of power, but even if the times changed, his name would remain in this world forever.
Just like Time Magazine said about him — he was the wealth of the entire human civilization, and his glory was the pinnacle of the human mind.
With a trace of respect in his heart, he took a step towards the stairs in front of him. But at this moment, a voice came from behind him.
"Friend, an annual salary of five million yuan, do you want to work at Star Sky Technology?"
When Wang Wei heard the voice coming from behind him, he immediately turned around and saw a young man looking at him with a smile.
Wang Wei instantly recognized who this person was. He paused for a second before a hearty smile appeared on his face.
"Sure, no problem! An annual salary of five million yuan is three times more than my current annual salary. Academician Lu is doing me a favor, how could I refuse? I just want to ask if you can exchange half of the annual salary for shares and give it to me as a year-end bonus. After all, the annual salary is too high, and the taxes are too high! "
Lu Zhou originally wanted to make a joke, but he didn't expect Wang Wei to agree so readily. Lu Zhou didn't want to continue teasing him, so he smiled and spoke.
"I don't think that's a good idea. Mr. Wang is also a person with a net worth of tens of billions. Why are you still thinking about my shares?"
Wang Wei sighed and said, "Academician Lu, you're joking. A hundred billion yuan is nothing compared to you. I'm afraid only people who don't care about money wouldn't want your Star Sky Technology shares."
Lu Zhou didn't respond to Wang Wei's words. He just showed a friendly smile.
Speaking of fate, this thing was really magical.
He still remembered that when he was still an undergraduate, Mr. Wang, who was already worth tens of billions at the time, offered him an annual salary of 500,000 yuan to give up his studies and work for him in Shenzhen. However, Lu Zhou did not accept his offer. Instead, he completed his studies step by step, studied abroad, and finally returned to take up the banner of China's academic community.
It had been almost ten years.
Mr. Wang was still worth tens of billions, but he had changed from a poor student to a business card of China's academic community.
Thinking about it, it was really emotional.
To be honest, even though an annual salary of 500,000 yuan might not seem like a lot in 2023, it was a lot nine years ago. Especially for a second-year student who was still worried about living expenses, this was almost an irresistible offer.
Lu Zhou admitted that if he didn't see a broader future from the system, he might have accepted the offer and embarked on the path of "going from the industrial world".
According to this trajectory of life, perhaps he had already embarked on a completely different path from the one he was on now …
They didn't stay at the door. After exchanging a few pleasantries, they walked into the building together. Under the reception of the etiquette staff, they came to the VIP reception room that had been prepared.
The secretary in charge of reception poured tea for the two of them, then turned around and left the reception room, closing the door behind her.
Wang Wei took a sip of hot tea and looked at the decor in the reception room as he spoke emotionally.
He then said emotionally, "The reception room is the business card of a company. I can see from the decoration that Academician Lu is a person of taste."
When Lu Zhou heard this compliment, he smiled embarrassedly.
In fact, he didn't intervene in the decoration of the company building. After all, he didn't come here often. However, his EQ wasn't high enough to undermine others on such minor issues, so he accepted the compliment in his heart.
"Thank you for the compliment."
"That's not a compliment." Wang Wei smiled. His tone suddenly became a little emotional as he said, "Speaking of which, it's really sad. In fact, nine years ago, I felt that your future would definitely not be simple. I wanted to see if I could get a 500,000 yuan annual salary. However, I didn't expect that I still underestimated your potential."
"Even though we can't be work partners, it's not bad to be business partners." Lu Zhou smiled and said softly, "Let's continue the small talk during lunch. Let's get straight to the point. I heard from my CEO that you guys encountered some technical problems that can't be solved? "
"Here's the thing." Wang Wei nodded and said, "Actually, we have been studying your thesis."
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, "Which thesis are you talking about?"
He had published a lot of theses, so he really couldn't remember which one CEO Wang was talking about.
"The one about the drone logistics system." Wang Wei sighed and said, "I'm ashamed to say this. Our research institute's engineers spent several years researching according to the blueprint you proposed in your thesis, but we still haven't seen any results. We can't think of a better way other than to ask for your help. "
So he's talking about that thesis.
When Lu Zhou heard Wang Wei mention this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
If he remembered correctly, those ten theses were submitted to the system to complete the system's mission.
Although he had spent 25 general points to redeem it, other than a few algorithms that were half-developed, there were no substantial problems. It would be strange if he could figure out a solution based on that plan!
"… That was just something I did on a whim when I was a student. It can't be considered as a serious research result."
When Wang Wei heard Lu Zhou's words, he quickly spoke.
"Academician Lu, you're too humble! But to tell you the truth, the research on drone logistics isn't entirely based on your theses. We have been investing resources in this concept for a long time.
"After all, the cost of hiring a courier is around 10,000 yuan, and the price of a drone is less than 8,000 yuan. Also, from an efficiency point of view, the flexibility of the drone in space can easily cross areas that take a lot of time for people and vehicles to reach. On the other hand, we only need to pay for cheap electricity and basic maintenance costs for the drone.
"We currently plan on doing an unmanned delivery pilot in Shenzhen. We even talked to the local government. However, the current situation is that our research and development work has reached a bottleneck."
Lu Zhou thought for a second and said, "Can you tell me more?"
Wang Wei nodded and spoke.
"The main problems we encountered are reflected in two points. One is safety, and the other is the efficiency of delivery. To put it bluntly, we must take into account the safety of goods and the safety of pedestrians. We also have to adapt to dynamic traffic. This is especially true for high-density areas like first-tier cities, where air travel is strictly controlled. "
"Our deal with the city government is to ensure zero pedestrian accidents during the half-year trial period. Which means that as long as there is no traffic accident, then we can extend our license. If a drone or cargo falls from the sky and hits someone in the next six months, then the entire drone delivery pilot license will be revoked. "
Lu Zhou nodded.
"That's a bit difficult."
"It's more than difficult." Wang Wei smiled bitterly and said, "We can't pass the test. The director of our research institute told me that if we don't lower the standards, he doesn't know what to do."
In fact, drone delivery was nothing new. In some remote areas where it was inconvenient for people and vehicles to reach, Shunfeng Group tried to put drones into the delivery process a few years ago.
However, because of the high cost, this technology had not been promoted.
In recent years, breakthroughs in nuclear fusion technology had completely liberated the production capacity and lowered the prices of many industrial products. The cost of electricity had also been reduced to a negligible level, which made it possible for this technology to be fully popularized.
That being said, they still encountered a lot of problems when applying this technology from remote mountainous areas to cities.
After all, in densely populated cities, especially in high-density areas like first-tier cities, it was too dangerous to fly a drone in the sky. If a drone fell from the sky and hit a person or a car, the compensation alone would be enough to bankrupt them.
Not to mention, some unscrupulous passersby might lose their respect for drones. They might use slingshots or stones to shoot down drones and pick up the delivery.
Therefore, they really needed a solution that could perfectly master the concept of "drone logistics". After Wang Wei saw the news of the completion of the Star Voyage One quantum supercomputing center, he wanted to cooperate with Star Sky Technology. Especially when he thought about how Lu Zhou seemed to have researched drone logistics systems before, he became more and more interested in cooperating.
Lu Zhou patiently listened to Wang Wei and tapped his index finger on the table. He thought for a moment and said, "I think I know what your problem is."
When Wang Wei heard this, he immediately sat up straight and became alert. However, just when he thought Lu Zhou was going to say something, he was stunned by Lu Zhou's next sentence.
"Honestly, this isn't a particularly big problem."
"No, not a particularly big problem?" Wang Wei had a look of disbelief on his face. He quickly asked, "What do you mean?"
"Exactly what I said."
Lu Zhou paused for a second before he spoke.
"In fact, using drones in the field of logistics … There are already pilot factories in the Jinling high-tech zone that are doing this, but due to cost and safety reasons, it hasn't been promoted yet.
"For example, the 'Worker Bee' logistics drone delivery system is provided by Star Voyage One with cloud computing services. The maximum safe load of a single drone is about 10kg. It is mainly used to cooperate with automated logistics vehicles to complete the operation of a single product part between the processing workshops."
Lu Zhou looked at his watch and stood up from his chair.
"I don't think you can understand what I'm talking about just by saying this."
"How about this, we have some time right now.
"If you're interested, I'll take you to see it."
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