Shenzhen City.
Inside a building in the technology industrial park.
A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses slammed the report in his hand on the table and yelled at his secretary.
"Hundreds of millions of yuan! We only earned a hundred thousand yuan in liquidated damages! I can't believe I didn't know about this until now. Now, I order you to go and find out who stole our order! I want you to put the competitor's information on my desk within three minutes! "
This was the headquarters of Xinke Manufacturing. The angry middle-aged man was the chairman and CEO of this company, Guan Chaowu.
As a high-tech company that mainly engaged in logistics drones and intelligent software development, just two months ago, they received a drone order worth 110 million yuan from Shunfeng Group.
The value of this order was almost higher than their total turnover last year.
When Guan Chaowu received this order, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several days. He would wake up in the middle of the night laughing. However, the department responsible for contacting Shunfeng Group sent news that Shunfeng Group chose to pay the liquidated damages and canceled the 110 million yuan order.
This feeling of falling from the clouds almost caused him to spit out a mouthful of blood.
On the surface, they only lost a 110 million yuan order, and they even received a large amount of liquidated damages. However, in fact, their losses were far more than that.
They lost the opportunity to promote the drone delivery model of Shunfeng Group, which was a huge market with a scale of more than ten billion yuan!
The secretary didn't even dare to breathe after being reprimanded, and he spoke with a trembling voice.
"Boss …"
Guan Chaowu roared angrily.
"Did you not hear what I said?"
"No, I mean, there's no need to investigate this at all." The secretary had a bitter expression on his face as he whispered, "The CEO of Shunfeng Group went to Jinling a few days ago, and when he came back, he immediately changed his mind. He even convinced the board of directors.
"There is no doubt that only one company stole our order …"
The secretary did not specify which company this was, but Guan Chaowu reacted in an instant, and his face instantly turned pale.
"Star Sky Technology … They have a drone business?"
"This … I really don't know. But it seems like Shunfeng Group outsourced the entire intelligent logistics network to them. "
"Outsource the entire intelligent logistics network to them? Is Wang Wei crazy?! "
Guan Chaowu vented all his disbelief in this roar. He looked at his secretary, who was standing in front of him, not daring to breathe. A bitter and defeated feeling rose in his heart.
Star Sky Technology...
If it was any other company, he might have some other ideas and see if he could keep a big customer like Shunfeng Group and snatch this order from his competitor.
However, after hearing that it was Star Sky Technology that took away their order, he didn't even have the courage to compete with them, so he gave up on the idea.
This made sense. After all, even large international companies like Tesla and ExxonMobil were defeated by Star Sky Technology, even with the support of the US Department of Commerce.
Not to mention a "small company" like theirs that had only been established for a few years.
Even if others heard their names, they might not be able to figure out what was going on.
It was like an elephant stepping on an ant when crossing the road. If you asked the elephant what it thought, it would definitely be confused …
…
Guan Chaowu guessed correctly. Just like he guessed, Lu Zhou didn't know that his bragging in front of Lu Zhou caused Lu Zhou to have a series of strange associations. In the end, Lu Zhou even stole a large order from a listed company with a market potential of more than ten billion yuan.
But then again, he deserved to be a boss with a net worth of tens of billions. Although many of the things were imagined by Wang Wei himself, it was very interesting that many of the things in the story were not completely out of his imagination.
For example, the idea of directly connecting the production process with the customer was actually something that Lu Zhou and the head of the State Administration for National Defense talked about over tea.
The biggest difference between the future industry and the past industry was probably the role played.
Even though there might be some differences in the specific implementation details, it was basically the same.
Not long after Star Sky Technology and Shunfeng Group reached an agreement on the drone logistics project, a promotional video produced by Shunfeng was released on the Internet.
In the video, a uniquely shaped drone took off from a truck in the logistics center, wobbling over the landmark building of Shenzhen, the Bullet Tower, the Penguin Underpants Building, the streets of Zhongying Street, the mountains, rivers, and fields. It placed a letter from a father who had gone out to work, into the hands of a child who stayed behind in the mountain village, warming the whole family.
After seeing this promotional video, it immediately caused a lot of reaction on the Internet.
What caused the heated discussion among netizens wasn't just the humanistic feelings and public welfare ideas reflected in the video, but also the unique drone that flew all over the world.
"What does this mean, is Shunfeng going to make drones?"
"Is this a drone commercial or a courier commercial?"
"Wait a minute, look at the last scene, isn't that the logo on the drone hive the logo of Star Sky Technology?"
"Star Sky Technology again? Why are they everywhere? "
"Holy shit! A while ago, I was impressed by Star Sky Technology's holographic technology, I didn't expect them to do it again! "
"I don't want to say anything else, I just want to say, Professor Lu is nutty!"
The vast majority of netizens only watched the promotional video.
In contrast, the residents of Shenzhen were luckier.
Especially the residents in the pilot area. Many people had already caught up with the trend of the times and experienced the convenience of drone delivery before the rest of the country.
In the future, there would be no need for delivery cabinets anymore. As long as the window was opened at the appointed time, the drone would place the delivery on the windowsill or balcony.
The route of the drone was completely provided by Star Sky Technology's quantum supercomputer. As long as there was a signal, there was no need to worry about the delivery getting lost.
Even if the signal was lost in an accident, it didn't matter. The drone would continue to sail for a certain distance according to the route data that had been previously transmitted to the cache until the signal was reconnected, then updated to the route adjusted by real-time computing technology.
When operating in urban areas, most of the drones were flying on the rooftops of buildings, avoiding the crowded streets, and adjusting the delivery time to work hours and late at night when there was less traffic.
So far, Shunfeng and Star Sky Technology were developing a shelf that could be installed outside the balcony. It was similar to an air conditioner bracket, which could be used to dock the drone and place the delivery.
After all, not all users wanted drones to fly into their homes.
Being able to complete the delivery outside the residential area could protect the user's privacy, and it could also avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
The discussion of Shunfeng's "intelligent logistics network" wasn't just happening on the intranet. Similar discussions could be seen on Twitter and YouTube.
For example, a well-known YouTuber named Yurif Jack, who had lived in China for many years, made a special video to express his views on this matter.
"I've seen a lot of skeptical voices on Twitter. Many of my friends from the US, UK, and Europe think that it's impossible for such a convenient technology to appear in China. They don't respect intellectual property rights, nor are they willing to make changes. It's impossible for such an avant-garde high-tech company to exist."
"I've even seen a YouTuber say that if a new technology appeared in China, they would attack it on the internet. They would even say that it's better if such a new technology didn't appear. They would even want to pull the train with their feet, afraid that it would affect the 'work' of the bus drivers. Unless it appears in the United States or Europe, they'll praise it and think that this is the future.
"As a matter of fact, this is a great prejudice and misunderstanding. There might be a few people with abnormal brains, but most people are still open-minded and optimistic about the future."
"I live in Shenzhen right now, and I've lived here for almost two years. And just yesterday, in order to verify that they really mastered this magical drone delivery technology, I purposely emptied my shopping cart in advance … Then, on the same day, I saw those cute little guys stop on my windowsill. "
Yurif pointed the camera at the express delivery boxes on the windowsill. Then, he shifted the camera back and shrugged at the camera.
"I know you'll think I'm lying, or you'll think you can't believe it. Actually, it's fine because I can understand your feelings. If you live on the streets of New York, maybe there won't be any changes this year or last year. Whether it's the house, the car, or the neighbors, it's the same as last year.
"But if you live in Shanghai, Beijing, or Shenzhen, you'll notice that the entire city is changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Drone delivery is just the tip of the iceberg. For a foreigner like me who has lived in China for many years, this isn't surprising at all. In comparison, there are more things worthy of our attention.
"For example, they're about to hold their National Day celebration."
In the video, Yurif waved the red invitation in his hand as if he was showing off. He was so excited that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Fortunately, I received an invitation from them … As an international friend, I'll go to their Bird's Nest and watch their National Day celebration.
"If everything goes smoothly, I will share with you what I saw over there in the next video update."
"I'm willing to bet that this will definitely be even more surprising and shocking than the delivery of a drone!"
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