Chapter 464: Xuanniao UAV
Although I don’t know what Lu Yiming is after - just think of him as someone who has too much money and has no place to spend it and is having fun. After all, other people are spending money to upgrade their equipment, how can you object to such a thing?
"President Lu, you are so generous!"
"President Lu, from now on you are my brother, my half-brother!"
"It just so happens that I've been wanting to upgrade my C30 for a long time, but I haven't been able to raise enough money. President Lu, can I apply for funds to upgrade it?"
“I want to buy a new plane!”
All the team members became excited. Although playing with model airplanes is "expensive", it also depends on how the competition is conducted. For someone like Lu Yiming who can shell out a million to participate in the competition at the slightest disagreement, the few bucks from model airplanes are nothing.
Think about it, Lu Yiming spent three million to become the president, and now he spent another million to win the competition, so he spent four million in one go. What kind of model airplane? No matter how much money you spend, it won't cost four million. This money is probably enough to buy a real airplane, right?
Lu Yiming's image suddenly became tall and noble in everyone's mind. What else can be said? We must support him to the end!
Surrounded by the crowd , Lu Yiming waved his hand and said in an extremely heroic tone: "Yes, you can, as long as you can win the championship! If you need to upgrade equipment, change aircraft, or train, you can find a few vice presidents to register and submit the application to me, and I will approve the money for you!"
"Long live!"
"I now declare that I am a die-hard fan of President Lu!"
"President Lu, you are cuter than my dad!"
“…”
What is the coolest thing in the world?
Of course, it’s about doing what you like most and having others pay for it.
Lu Yiming continued, "Okay, that's all for now. Oh, by the way, I have one last thing to say. As long as you can win the championship, I will give each member of the model aircraft club a cash red envelope of 10,000 yuan. I have plenty of money, but I have a small request, that is, I want to lead the model aircraft club to do a small project, and you must cooperate with me unconditionally."
"It's a must, President."
"The president is generous."
"If I don't win the championship, I won't play model airplanes anymore."
"Boss, don't worry. If you tell me to go east, I won't go west. If you tell me to chase a dog, I won't catch a chicken!"
For the sake of money, everyone expressed their loyalty to Lu Yiming.
There is a president who spends money like this, I should just praise him to the sky, okay?
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Lu Yiming smiled and said to Chen Qingfeng, "Okay, I've finished what I want to say. Let President Chen preside over the next process."
Chen Qingfeng had a dog-licking expression on his face and said flatteringly: "President Lu, you are too polite. You can just call me Xiao Chen."
He walked up to the podium, cleared his throat, and said righteously, "I'm sure everyone has heard clearly what President Lu said just now, so I won't repeat it. We are all smart people, and I believe everyone can understand what President Lu meant. As long as our model airplane club does well and achieves results, President Lu will definitely not be stingy."
"Okay, let's adjourn the meeting! Anyone who needs to upgrade their model airplane, please write an application and come to me to register. I've wanted to upgrade my Falcon to a double 70 duct for a long time, but I never had the money..."
After the meeting, Lu Yiming and Chen Chusheng walked towards the dormitory together.
Chen Chusheng, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but speak a lot of words. He was really too surprised today: "Lu Yiming, what are you doing this for? You spent a full four million, and you're still pouring more money into it. Your goal is not just the model airplane, right?"
Facing his roommate, Lu Yiming did not hide anything and told him the truth: "Yes, I just took a fancy to the resources of the model airplane club. Everyone in it is full of talents. Model airplanes are actually just toys. What I really want to make is an aerial drone."
"Aerial drone?"
Chen Chusheng was startled. He tried to imagine what Lu Yiming was talking about in his mind, but he couldn't figure it out.
Lu Yiming thought for a moment and continued to talk about his idea: "To be more specific, for example, if I can develop a remote-controlled aircraft, use a computer program to control its flight, and install various sensors on it, then can I do a lot of things? For example, fly into the air and take a picture of the entire city? For example, equip it with high-precision measuring instruments and make three-dimensional models..."
As Lu Yiming spoke, Chen Chusheng's eyes lit up.
Lu Yiming was not afraid to reveal his ambitions, because he had witnessed the development and growth of drones, and he already had a clear direction in his mind. Moreover, he had plenty of money in his hands, so even if others got the idea, they could not be faster than him.
Chen Chusheng was full of admiration and said with emotion: "So this is what you were thinking about."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "You guys work hard and bring me a championship. We can talk about the rest later."
In the following period of time, the model aircraft club suddenly became very lively. Everyone started to modify their own model aircraft, or bought the top-notch model aircraft that they had been reluctant to buy before in the blink of an eye.
The news that the model aircraft club received investment from top bosses spread quickly .
I heard that in order to win a prize of 30,000 yuan for the model aircraft competition, the model aircraft club directly invested 4 million yuan, which immediately caused a burst of laughter.
However, the people in the model aircraft club don’t care. All their attention is now focused on winning the championship. Who has the time to care what others say?
Are you kidding? Putting aside other things, the red envelope alone is worth 10,000 yuan. I don’t have to spend any money to play with model airplanes for the next few years. Do I need to argue with you for such a good thing?
Just laugh!
Regardless of what the people in the model airplane club think, Lu Yiming has become famous in the school. It is widely rumored that a freshman spent three million yuan to become the president of the model airplane club. And he spent another million yuan to win a championship with a prize of only thirty thousand yuan. He is a typical example of a fool with a lot of money.
The National Day has just passed. On October 9th, the much anticipated 5th Zhonghai College Model Aircraft Competition was held at the International Convention and Exhibition Center.
More than 700 contestants from 64 universities in Zhonghai City registered for the competition and sprinted towards the championship.
In the end, after a not-so-intense competition, the Fu Ri University model aircraft team successfully won the championship in both the individual and team competitions with a huge advantage.
With Lu Yiming's financial support, the Fu Ri University team simply spent money to make other participating teams stupid.
Everyone's technical strength is similar, but one side has an overwhelming financial advantage. How can they win?
The members of the Fu Ri University Model Aircraft Club were very excited about winning the championship. Now they have received a prize of 30,000 yuan, and each of them can receive a red envelope of 10,000 yuan after returning home.
They had never fought such a rich war before.
After returning to Fu Ri University on a luxurious air-conditioned bus, Chen Qingfeng couldn't wait to take the trophy to find Lu Yiming to report the good news.
"President, President, we lived up to everyone's expectations and won the championship in almost all categories of individual and team competitions!"
Seeing Chen Qingfeng's cheeks flushed with excitement, Lu Yiming encouraged him, "Good, keep up the good work."
Chen Qingfeng said, "President, we discussed on the way back that our model aircraft club will have a dinner tonight as a celebration banquet."
Lu Yiming said, "You guys can decide for yourselves. I will definitely attend on time. Also, I have an important announcement to make. Many people have been asking me recently why I spend so much money on model airplanes when I don't play with them myself. I'll give you the answer tonight."
Hearing what Lu Yiming said, Chen Qingfeng hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, then President, you go ahead and do your work. I'll make arrangements to pick you up."
"Um."
In fact, everyone has been guessing it for a long time.
After all, no one who can get into Fu Ri University is a fool.
As the saying goes, there is no benefit in getting up early.
No one would really believe that Lu Yiming is just a fool with a lot of money who spends money to show off, right?
No way, no way?
Tonight, Lu Yiming is finally going to reveal the answer!
night.
Rogge Hotel.
The model aircraft club, which was not short of money, directly booked the entire hall. There were eight tables in total, which provided ample space for more than sixty club members to sit.
"President Lu is here!"
"Everyone applaud and welcome."
Following Chen Qingfeng's singing, Lu Yiming made a brilliant appearance and the members responded with warm applause.
Lu Yiming waved his hand and said in a casual tone: "Congratulations everyone, you won the championship of this competition."
Yang Shu quickly complimented him, "This is all thanks to the president. Without the good equipment he provided us, it would have been very difficult for us to win the championship."
"President, you don't know, as soon as we appeared, the guys from other schools almost popped their eyes out. All the planes are brand new and modified to the extreme. The cost of materials alone is enough to make their scalps numb. If we don't win this championship, we won't have to play with model airplanes anymore."
"That's right, this is all thanks to the president's guidance!"
Chen Qingfeng couldn't wait to say, "President, can you announce the answer you told me before now?"
"What's the answer?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Good boy, there really is something behind this!"
Everyone was laughing and joking.
In fact, no one cares, or no one knows it.
Spending four million to build a model aircraft club, it would be nonsense to say there is no inside story!
Lu Yiming smiled and looked around, saying, "During this period, I have had some ideas in my mind, and I value the professionalism of everyone in the model aircraft club. The reason why I want to be the president of the model aircraft club is that I want to lead everyone to design and manufacture an intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle."
"Intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle?"
"Fuck, President, are you really planning to build an airplane?"
"This is too exciting!"
Lu Yiming took out a few blueprints from his bag and said with a smile, "It's just building an airplane. What's the big deal? Look, this is the drone I designed."
The drawing that Lu Yiming took out was drawn based on a certain model of DJI aircraft using drawing software according to his memory.
Yang Shu took one look and blurted out, "Boss, isn't this just a scaled-down version of a quadcopter? This thing was already developed 70 or 80 years ago, and it has been proven to be a failure."
It turns out that as early as 1920, Frenchman E. Oemichen designed the first prototype of a quadcopter, but it failed in its first attempt to fly.
After being redesigned, E. Oemichen's aircraft took off in 1924 and set a world record in the helicopter field at that time.
Unfortunately, in the following decades, due to the extremely poor performance of engines, the development of multi-rotor aircraft was extremely slow.
It was not until 1956 that the first true quadcopter Converting Model "A" designed by MK Adman achieved great success in its test flight. The aircraft weighed one ton and relied on two 90-horsepower engines to achieve hovering and maneuvering. The control of the aircraft was achieved by changing the thrust of the main rotor.
However, because the aircraft was too cumbersome to operate and could not compete with traditional aircraft in terms of speed, payload, and endurance, people lost interest in further research and the research was forced to stop.
Lu Yiming was not really clear about these things, but Chen Qingfeng and Yang Shu were both professional model airplane enthusiasts, so they were very familiar with the technical routes of aircraft.
Feng Yuan even bluntly advised: "President, the biggest problem with your plane is that the four engines cannot be effectively coordinated, so the balance will be very poor when flying. If you want the plane to fly, you must solve this problem."
"So this is what the president wants to do? I don't mean to say, president, I think this may not work."
"This thing is very problematic. Many big names in the industry have thought about doing it, but none of them have failed."
Of course, Lu Yiming knew more about the future of drones than anyone else. But these model airplane guys were far more professional than Lu Yiming.
There is no doubt that everyone was disappointed by what Lu Yiming brought out. They all felt that this thing could not be done, and there were already so many precedents, and it was definitely a "sunset industry".
But only Lu Yiming knows how big the future drone market will be and how terrifying its commercial potential will be.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about DJI.
The company was founded in 2006.
In 2020, the market value exceeded 100 billion.
In 2022, the market value exceeded 166 billion.
In just two years, the amount grew by 60 billion. Even the United States had to hold its nose and place orders for purchases. They made a lot of money.
Therefore, facing everyone's doubts, Lu Yiming did not waver in his thinking, but insisted: "Technology is moving forward. It couldn't be done before because the technology was not mature, not because there was any problem with the project itself."
"Hasn't the research on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) become quite mature recently? MEMS inertial navigation systems weighing only a few grams are already available. I think the conditions for making automatic controllers for multi-rotor aircraft are ripe."
Chen Qingfeng still shook his head and gave his advice: "Having this technology alone is not enough. The kind of quadcopter drone you described requires not only hardware technology but also software technology. Only by combining the two can it be made. There are too many technical difficulties involved, and it is not that easy to succeed."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "If there are difficulties, solve them. Only by doing anything can you see the hope of success, rather than waiting to see hope before doing it. Hope will never come, and opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared."
Chen Qingfeng curled his lips and said, "This will cost a lot of money, and even after investing for several years, there may not be any results. We are just students. Playing with model airplanes is a hobby. How can we treat this as our main business?"
"Why not?"
Lu Yiming looked at him seriously, and then his eyes fell on everyone in the model aircraft club one by one: "I have plenty of money. Who is willing to join this project now? I will pay your salary and provide the research and development funds. I guarantee that everyone will be satisfied with the treatment. Is the initial investment of 5 million enough? If not, I can always add more. It doesn't matter if there is no result within three to five years. I can wait."
"Fuck, are you serious?"
For a moment, Chen Qingfeng didn't know whether there was something wrong with his ears or with Lu Yiming's brain.
Another five million at the first opening?
We haven't seen anything yet, which means Lu Yiming just poured 10 million into it?
Do you have to be so awesome?
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Through this model airplane competition, we can see that everyone has a good technical foundation. The key is that they really like model airplanes, which is rare. Instead of worrying about where to find a job that you may not really like after graduating from college, why don't you find a way to start a business in the field you like?"
“Start a business?”
When we heard these two words, the students looked at each other, and we all felt a little moved.
The word "starting a business" is easy to say, but it is difficult to actually do it. Moreover, there is the risk of failure. It is far from being as easy and comfortable as finding a job in a company after graduation. Anyway, you only get paid for work, and the boss bears all the risks.
Lu Yiming continued to deceive: "Yes, don't you want to become industry leaders and technological innovators? After all, you are the chosen ones who were admitted to Fu Ri University with your own ability. You don't even have this kind of ambition, do you? Besides, I am the one who pays to support your research and development."
Young people are good in every way, but they just can't stand this kind of provocation. We are all the chosen ones of heaven, why should we be ridiculed by you?
"Okay! Since President Lu said so, then I, Chen Qingfeng, will risk my life to accompany you. I'll follow you!"
Chen Qingfeng was about to graduate, and he would have to find a job after graduation anyway, so he decided to follow Lu Yiming and give it a try. If he succeeded, he would be a superior person in the future. Even if he failed, at least he could get a salary for one or two years, which was not a loss at all!
"I followed too!"
"And me!"
I could get a salary while still studying at university, and I was making my favorite model airplanes, so there was no reason for me to refuse.
Lu Yiming smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right. We are all young people, why should we be so hesitant? I plan to set up a company called Xuanniao Drone, named after the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It is a sacred bird on Youdu Mountain in the North Sea. It is a messenger from the sky and my expectation for everyone. We want to conquer the sky!"
Then, he began to assign tasks to Chen Qingfeng and others in the name of the president: "You are responsible for the design and manufacture of drones, and I will lead the team to tackle the flight control system."
Now that things have come to this, we are all passionate young people, so what is there to hesitate about?
"Ah, I don't know why, but I'm already excited. I never thought that I would have the opportunity to design an airplane myself!"
"Yes, and it's a commercial plane. I never thought about this before."
"The president is very courageous."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Okay, stop flattering me. Now that we've finished our business, let's have a meal and a drink. We won the championship after all, let's have a celebration party!"
Chen Qingfeng opened a bottle of Wuliangye and said, "I propose that we toast to the president first. Without his input, we would never have won this championship."
"That's right, President Lu. This is a toast to you!"
After drinking a glass of white wine , many people were stimulated to the point of shaking their heads.
After all, this kind of high-proof liquor is too strong for young people who don't drink.
Chen Qingfeng filled everyone's glasses again and said, "This second cup is to wish our Xuanniao UAV a prosperous opening and smooth sailing!"
"Dry!"
