The Descendants of Star team never dreamed that they would be able to walk into the Monster Industries building and discuss cooperation with this top company.
But …
The negotiation representatives sent by Monster Industries were somewhat unprofessional. They were not technical staff in suits or managers.
They were security members in black uniforms with cool telescopic batons at their waists. They had extremely unfriendly gazes.
These security guards did not use force. They just threw a thick stack of documents for them to see. They said that before discussing cooperation, they had to familiarize themselves with the rules and regulations of Monster Industries.
…
The order from Hippo Studio was canceled.
However, the boss, Ko Cho-kwang, did not care about the order at all. Not only was the Descendants of Star team "invited" by Monster Industries, but he also struck up a conversation with the general manager of Monster Industries. The two sides chatted happily for a long time.
The general manager was also very serious. He asked him about the advantages and disadvantages of this set of printing figurines compared to ordinary figurines and the difference in production cost.
It would have been better if they did not talk about this. Once they talked about Ko Cho-kwang, he felt more anxious than a lottery winner who had won ten million dollars and was eager to go home to receive the lottery ticket. Because previously at the Monster Industries flagship store, he and He Shenglei gritted their teeth and bought two liquid printers.
Now that the liquid printer was happily carried back to the studio to test it, He Shenglei was eager to verify the feasibility of using this printer to mass produce figurines.
The reason why he dared to carry the figurines to the airport's VIP lounge was that he saw the set of figurines printed by the liquid printer. It was more heaven-defying than any production technology he had ever seen.
Even compared to the only prototype that the designer had personally designed, it did not lose out in the slightest. In terms of the degree of restoration of facial details, it was even slightly better.
The printed product was more outstanding than the designer's own creation?
This sounded contradictory, but it was the truth.
Before a designer created a figurine, they had to draw it. This was the same principle as needing a complete construction blueprint before building a building. Before producing an industrial product, they needed a complete set of processing blueprints.
Figurines also needed to be drawn. Only when the blueprints were complete could the designer take the electronic blueprints to the abrasive factory and make a set of steel molds for mass production.
The drawings were made using UG software. Designers who were proficient in curved surface modeling could perfectly outline every detail of a figurine with the help of the software. In the creation prototype, this was naturally impossible to achieve. Of course, it was even more impossible to do so during the mass production process after the model was opened.
He Shenglei, who had returned to the Hippo Studio and moved the liquid printer back, had already surrounded it tightly with all the employees.
Their gazes were tearing apart bit by bit. Previously, He Shenglei had uploaded six blueprints in one go. Now, these six blueprints were being summoned bit by bit.
Two mechanical arms made of snake bones were spinning rapidly. On the work platform, the female warrior with a sword on her back appeared in front of them in less than five minutes.
"He … Brother He … Are you sure this equipment only cost ten thousand yuan?" Liu Jinhao, who was second only to He Shenglei in terms of importance in the studio, was only a few centimeters away from the protective cover of the workbench.
"Not a single cent more. I also bought two sets of material boxes, which cost six thousand yuan." When He Shenglei saw the magical equipment at work again, he still had the illusion that he was dreaming.
"I think, we … we're going to be rich."
"It's not a thought, it's a certainty," He Shenglei breathed heavily, "We printed six figurines and only used one-third of the materials. This material box costs eight hundred yuan, so we can print eighteen figurines. "
"In total, the production cost of each figurine is less than fifty yuan. This is only fifteen yuan more than the cost of using steel molds. But when we use steel molds, we need to manually fix the joints and splices. "
"Steel molds are the lowest quality figurines. Silicone molds resin figurines are considered the best."
"But now, the figurines in front of us can be sold as one-of-a-kind prototypes without a problem."
"Then … Brother He, what are we waiting for? Hurry up and print out the drawings that we independently developed." Liu Jinhao seemed to have seen countless small amounts of money, "Let's open a Taobao shop and sell each figurine for three to five hundred yuan."
They had many drawings of figurines in their studio. Those figurines that were commissioned usually had game character prototypes. This involved the copyright of the character, so they couldn't print it out for sale. But in the studio, there were many figurines that they created in their free time without copyright.
He Shenglei smiled and shook his head. He knew that selling figurines wouldn't work.
He had an idea that was easier to make money than buying figurines.
Twenty minutes later, the boss, Ko Cho-kwang, rushed back. When he returned to the studio, he quickly called He Shenglei into his office. The two of them gathered around another liquid printer and whispered for a long time.
…
Monster Industries' other new product wasn't selling well. First of all, the consumer's enthusiasm was all on the second generation of magic crystal phones. Second of all, the price of liquid printers was really high. Consumers thought that this product was only needed by DIY enthusiasts. If an ordinary person had ten thousand yuan, they would of course buy a magic crystal phone.
It had only been ten days since the product was launched.
Although the sales of liquid printers weren't good, they still broke through ten thousand units. Most of them were DIY enthusiasts. The rest were rich users who had money in their pockets. They didn't care if it was useful or not. As long as it was a product from Monster Industries, they would buy it first.
But no matter if it was a DIY enthusiast or a rich user, after they bought the liquid printer, they were faced with the dilemma of not being able to print it.
Designing a 3D drawing model required professional skills. Most of the free 3D printing drawings on the Internet conflicted with the electronic drawings needed by liquid printers, and their working principles were also different. After picking and choosing, users often could only use it to print some very simple and small items that didn't have any practical value.
At the same time, after the free open source drawing model was uploaded to Monster Industries' server, users couldn't choose to share it. Only those independently created drawings could.
In other words, the liquid printer drawings were still in the pioneering stage. Many users had already seen through the few small items that could be printed, and understood the incredible power of the liquid printer. But no matter how anxious they were, they couldn't find a special drawing that could reflect the incredible power of the liquid printer, so that they could take pictures and show off to their friends.
In the liquid printer section of Monster Industries' official forum, there were posts everywhere from users seeking to buy copyrighted drawings. This situation had been going on for several days. These users even offered hundreds of yuan to buy it, even if it was a random part used in machinery.
Hua Zhefeng was a child who, in the eyes of his parents and relatives and elders, was somewhat unprofessional.
Often, the children who were labeled as not doing proper work had some bad hobbies in the eyes of their elders that could be regarded as playful and demoralizing. Hua Zhefeng, a junior this year, didn't like to spend money on online games, didn't like to give gifts to streamers, and loved to collect figurines.
From a few hundred PVC figurines to a few thousand, and even a single resin collector's edition figurines that could be exchanged for a mobile phone. Hua Zhefeng relied on his family's money to collect two large display cases.
People who like to collect figurines usually have a restless DIY heart. Hua Zhefeng was no exception. In addition to the figurines at home, there were several 3D printers imported from the United States.
It was just that these printers had a false appearance, and they would eat dust after a few days of use.
Five days ago, Hua Zhefeng gritted his teeth and bought a liquid printer produced by Monster Industries. Whether it was out of faith or blind worship of the second-generation magic crystal phone in his pocket, he would rather spend all his pocket money this month to buy a liquid printer at home.
The liquid printer didn't eat dust, but Hua Zhefeng couldn't find a blueprint that could be printed …
Through the special app downloaded by the mobile phone, Hua Zhefeng could browse the drawings shared by users in the shared drawings area at any time.
Now there were less than 30 kinds of drawings in the shared area. Except for the few gadgets that could be molded with plasticine, there were only 20 kinds of industrial parts drawings with arbitrary pricing.
Perhaps today was another disappointing day. After school, Hua Zhefeng continued to draw blueprints in boredom at home.
Fifty-seven?
As soon as he opened the shared drawings section, Hua Zhefeng, who was familiar with the number of drawings, couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
There were fourteen new drawings!
Using the hand speed of King's Glory's King's Rank, Hua Zhefeng quickly clicked into today's uploaded sub-section.
In the sub-section, there were dozens of archers with different shapes, or holding bows and looking at the sky, wearing leather armor and carrying a quiver. Or waving a staff, a graceful and seductive female mage. Or baring fangs and brandishing claws, strange beasts with frightening shapes.
The drawings were all wonderful and exquisite figurines that Hua Zhefeng didn't even dare to dream of.
At the bottom of the slider, there were four kinds of complex landmark buildings that could only be seen in the game in some important large cities.
Twenty pieces!
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