Rebirth 2008: I Can Make Money Reading

Chapter 418 SS001 Set Sail

Mu Yang returned to the office, leaned comfortably on the Italian-style luxury frosted leather sofa, and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

He doesn't like the Chinese solid wood sofa very much, especially in winter, if there is no cushion, it feels too cool to sit on the buttocks.

It’s not bad for money, buyers don’t have to think about maintenance issues, as long as they use it comfortably.

As the chairman, in my office, I can take off my leather shoes and put on slippers, and work at home like at home.

If you were working in someone else's company, who would dare to do that, not to mention taking off your shoes to smell your colleagues, or even if you become a leader and have your own independent office, you are afraid that the boss will see it.

Sitting bored, Mu Yang fed the big arowanas in his office, watered the indoor plants, or sat on the sofa in front of the large French windows and continued to drink tea, admiring the city scenery of H City.

Sitting in an office on the 98th floor, the scenery is different.

Every time Yang Hai comes back from a business trip, he likes to just sit by the window and enjoy the scenery. He said, "It's not a good thing to be too comfortable. People don't want to move. After a day's rest, I'm going out again."

The area of ​​the first floor is nearly 3,000 square meters, and the 98th floor is currently used by a few high-level officials and a few secretaries, which is too spacious.

It was nine o'clock in the morning.

Mu Yang walked into the secretary's office opposite, and saw Cai Xiaokun, Luo Zhize, Chen Jiajia and the new secretary Yang Mi busy.

When these people heard the familiar footsteps, they knew that the chairman had come in, so they quickly looked up at him.

"Xiao Cai, please inform Mr. Zhou Chen, Mr. Wang Hai and Mr. Wang, as well as experts from the strategy department, to come to my office for a meeting in half an hour."

"Okay, chairman." Cai Xiaokun smiled, and immediately picked up the landline to make a call.

After Mu Yang finished the notification, he went back to his office to browse the news pushed by the public relations department.

The public relations department will push some news about Xinghai Group and him personally every day, and arrange the key points in order for him to read.

Mu Yang's time is precious, he can't spend a lot of time on Douyin watching girls dance or browsing portals like before. The task of collecting and screening information is left to the public relations department. They have been paying attention to the company and Mu Yang. News from Yang himself.

There was a report that aroused Mu Yang's curiosity.

Yesterday, Nathan, the vice president of General Motors who made a bet with Mu Yang, carried out the bet and performed the performance of eating a mouse on the local TV station. As for whether this is true, only he knows, maybe it is a A little chocolate.

At the time of the bet, he didn't say how much Nathan would eat if he lost. To Mu Yang, it didn't matter at all, Nathan was just being used.

Mu Yang didn't bother to pay attention to Nathan's bet. If it wasn't pushed by the public relations department, he would have almost forgotten about it.

At the beginning of the month, John, the president of the beautiful country Hummer Company, reported the work situation to him.

The first batch of 50,000 Hummer EVs overseas has been delivered, and the second batch of new vehicle delivery has begun.

At the same time, the new domestic Hummer EV has been delivered for more than two months, and the current production capacity is relatively smooth. It is planned to start the second round of pre-sales of the domestic Hummer EV during the National Day.

Before the launch of the smaller Hummer EV, Mu Yang no longer had to spend energy on cars and new energy batteries. Of course, there is still room for new energy batteries, such as increasing energy density or researching new batteries.

Mu Yang can temporarily put aside these things and let the staff slowly digest and optimize the current technology.

Time passed quietly, and soon it was half past nine in the morning.

The participants have arrived and sat down around a long table in the chairman's office.

There are a total of six experts in the strategy department. They are experts in various fields. They have done sales and are familiar with the market. They are between 45 and 60 years old. A certain technology, but you need to know the market size, cost and profit of this industry, as well as the situation of competitors.

If an in-depth investigation is required, a business trip is required. For example, if you are planning to build a new factory in a certain city, you need to know the local government policies and leaders to reduce investment risks.

Every expert has a team to serve them.

In general, these six experts are responsible for collecting and sorting out economic information, data, policies and laws related to the company's development, researching industry trends, comprehensively presiding over the strategic development of Xinghai Group, researching, formulating and implementing development strategies and plans.

Mu Yang told everyone his thoughts, not selling equipment, only doing metal 3D additive processing, and let everyone give their opinions.

He thinks that it is okay to engage in metal 3D additive processing business, but he still needs to consult experts from the strategic department to investigate the actual situation and collect data.

As the chairman of the board, Mu Yang understands that although the boss has the right to be the "emperor", he should not be the "emperor" himself. Even if he understands the future development trend of the world, with his influence, there has been a butterfly effect. Some things may no longer be the same. Then follow the history.

Dictatorship, that is also a signal of unhealthy development of enterprises.

"Chairman, according to what you said about OEM pricing, my peers really, haha, probably won't live long." Zhou Chen's eyes flickered, and he admired the chairman ten thousand times.

He also thought that when the metal 3D additive equipment was produced, the chairman wanted to sell the equipment at a high price, and the international counterparts sold it for millions of dollars. Given the advanced equipment of Xinghai Group, it was not too much to sell several million dollars.

However, the operating cost of a piece of equipment worth several million dollars is very expensive, and the demand for general manufacturing manufacturers is not large, so there is no need for this kind of equipment.

For example, to make some molds, the annual expenditure on molds may only be hundreds of thousands of yuan, so it is impossible to spend millions of dollars on a metal printing equipment to make molds.

Unless, the chairman is willing to price a set of metal 3D printing equipment at only a few hundred thousand yuan.

This is impossible!

An expert said: "Mr. Zhou, there is an impact, but I think it has not affected the other party to close down quickly. After all, we do not sell equipment and do not directly compete with them.

Our equipment may not be able to penetrate into it, even if we steal the other party's order, it will make it more difficult for the other party to develop, and there is no profit to be made.

Those companies or research institutions that are currently researching metal 3D additive equipment may give up and continue to invest after seeing no hope, but some companies or research institutions will continue to do so, trying to imitate our equipment and bring it You can also use it. "

This 60-year-old expert is called Xiang Yan. He is the company's machinery industry strategy expert. He used to be the vice president of the Machinery Industry Association. With a certain influence, you can use your own influence to obtain information, understand the policy orientation of the machinery industry, and understand the pain points of the machinery industry and industry technology trends.

After listening to Xiang Yan's words, Mu Yang felt that he was starting to think more optimistically.

If Xinghai Group enters the metal 3D additive processing industry, the processing orders of its peers will be severely affected, but it will not close down as quickly as imagined. Maybe seeing the huge market for metal 3D additive processing, it will enter more investment institutions.

The core technology of Xinghai Group's metal 3D additives is the 3D slicing function of gun head, powder feeding system, numerical control system and AD drawing software.

It is impossible for peers to achieve or even surpass the technology of Xinghai Group within a few years, but inspired by the metal 3D additive equipment of Xinghai Group, they will continue to shorten the distance with Xinghai Group.

With the maturity of the industrial chain, cost reduction and manufacturing model transformation brought about by the mass production of additive manufacturing products, the downstream customer base will continue to expand.

In particular, Muyang intends to set the processing price so low, the price is only 1/10 to 1/5 of the international counterparts, the quality is better, and the efficiency is 10 times faster. Not only customers who plan to use metal 3D additives, originally planned Customers using traditional manufacturing will also switch to metal 3D additive processes.

Xinghai Group can build metal 3D additive factories in coastal areas and cities in the central and western regions to reduce logistics costs and shorten logistics time.

For international customers, overseas customers only need to send the 3D drawing to Xinghai Group, Xinghai Group quotes, both parties sign a contract, pay, and Xinghai Group processes it and then ships.

Some of them are difficult to operate. For example, the order volume is not large, and it may only be one or two thousand dollars. It is impossible for Xinghai Group to send personnel to the site for service.

However, all these business problems are easy to solve.

"Is there any metal 3D additive processing in China now?" Mu Yang asked.

Xiang Yan said: "Chairman, there are also several domestic solution providers that focus on metal additive manufacturing technology, such as Platinum..."

Platinum?

When Mu Yang heard about this company, he felt a little impressed. This company went public in 2019. In China, it can be said to be a major metal printing factory, that is, a metal printing foundry.

This company has a lot of metal printing equipment. In 2022, it will have 240 printing equipment, known as the largest metal 3D printing factory in the country.

In 2022, the annual revenue will reach 1 billion yuan, and the total market value will reach 20 billion yuan.

The average annual output value of each machine can reach 5 million yuan. The equipment of Xinghai Group is more efficient. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the annual output value of each metal 3D additive material that he estimated before can reach 10 million US dollars.

This type of equipment does not occupy a large area, ranging from two or three square meters to twenty or thirty square meters.

It is still mainly small and medium-sized, and the processing of parts with a length, width and height greater than 1 meter is not much.

After some thinking, Mu Yang plans to invest in dozens of metal 3D additive equipment and start receiving orders for trial processing.

Zhou Chen suggested: "Our technology is not a problem. The investment in this area is not large. Dozens of equipment do not occupy a large area. They can be placed in the precision processing workshop first."

Mu Yang picked up a pen and made a rough estimate on the paper, and finally decided: "Yes, no problem, the strategy department will calculate the investment in this area, investigate the market, and roughly how many units are needed. With the advanced nature of our equipment, dozens of units The production capacity is very large.”

Mu Yangxia decided to develop in a general direction, and after arranging the overall work, the meeting ended, and the rest of the work was carried out by other departments of the company.

Metal 3D additive processing is under the responsibility of the laser technology company, and when it develops to a scale of tens of billions, another subsidiary will be established.

After the meeting, Mu Yang asked Xiang Yan to stay.

An old man and a young man sat opposite each other at the tea table. Mu Yang respected these old experts and asked, "Xiang Gong, how do you know about mechanical exoskeletons?"

"I have some understanding. Chairman, you mentioned it before. I have collected relevant information. Is the chairman planning to enter this industry?"

"Have this plan. I told you before that one of our future directions is intelligent robots. If we can't even solve the simplest mechanical exoskeleton, how to solve more complex intelligent robots." Mu Yang analyzed and said .

"That's true. It's much easier to figure out the technology of mechanical exoskeleton before entering into intelligent robots."

"Well, the individual mechanical exoskeleton that is often heard has become a hot topic in the military field in recent years."

"Yes, many military powers in the world have combined mechanical exoskeletons with soldiers' body armor to develop simple light individual armor.

Some people think that the individual mechanical exoskeleton is well developed and can easily lift some heavy objects, which can improve the off-road ability of soldiers;

Some people think that the development of individual mechanical exoskeletons is the prototype of future robot warriors, and the combination of individual mechanical exoskeletons and human bionic brains is robot warriors.

In fact, several views are reasonable, but I personally feel that it is still immature. "

Mu Yang nodded. He is also a mechanical expert. He understands these situations, but he wants to hear other people's opinions, so he will not express his personal opinions for the time being.

Xiang Yan saw the chairman wave his hand, signaling him to continue.

"When wearing an individual mechanical exoskeleton, the load-bearing capacity may change. Although the strength range of the things that can be lifted is still 70-150 kg, it is enough to hold things for a long time. This is relatively The original mechanical exoskeleton.

In fact, it is impossible to lift extra weight without using external force. "

Mu Yang understood Xiang Yan's words.

If you have studied the principle of conservation of energy in physics, you will know where does the energy come from for the several times heavier objects that humans lift?

The principle of leverage is not used.

"How are the top laboratories in various countries doing now? Can information be collected? Tell me." Mu Yang asked curiously. In terms of information, he is indeed not very clear, and it has nothing to do with knowledge.

It is impossible for Mu Yang to spend a lot of time collecting this information, so he can only rely on the staff of the strategy department or other departments.

Xiang Yan thought for a moment, sorted out the information in his mind, and said, "Many of the information I have collected so far is the information exposed by the other party.

In this field, various developed countries have launched their own military mechanical exoskeleton products, among which the BLEEX project of the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory is relatively mature.

They have been in this industry since 2000, and they are conducting research under the funding of the beautiful monarch Fang.

In 2005, a prototype test of the BLEEX exoskeleton was carried out.

In 2008, the exoskeleton EXOHIKER and EXOCLIMER have been developed;

EXOHIKER equipment has a self-weight of 14 kg, can carry 68 kg, wears a 1-pound power battery, and can last 70 kilometers at a speed of 4 kilometers per hour with a load;

EXOCLIMER has a self-weight of 22 kg and a load capacity of 68 kg. The battery power is also the same.

By 2009, the company had developed the third-generation exoskeleton equipment, with a self-weight of 24 kg and a load of 90 kg, with stronger capabilities in all aspects.

For civilian use, such as the HAL exoskeleton in the island country, it is mainly used in the medical rehabilitation of disabled patients. At the beginning of the year, the company obtained the world's first safety-certified exoskeleton robot.

But no matter what, the technology for civil use is definitely stronger than that for civilian use, but the cost is not considered for civil use, and the best materials are used, while for civilian use, manufacturing costs must be considered. "

Mu Yang listened to Xiang Yan's eloquent talk. This power battery does not mean that it can provide the power for humans to load tens of kilograms and drive for tens of kilometers. It is mainly powered by humans, and the battery mainly supports the operation of the mechanism.

"How is this market?" Mu Yang asked.

"At present, it is still immature, mainly because of the cost problem that restricts the development. The cost of a set of exoskeleton equipment is too high for you;

In the civilian field, no matter how cheap a set of equipment is, it costs thousands of dollars.

The thousands of dollars I said is actually a very ideal situation.

The monthly rent for a set of HAL exoskeleton rehabilitation equipment is 2,000 U.S. dollars. In other countries, it costs 3 to 4 thousand U.S. dollars, which is not affordable for ordinary families at all.

In fact, the HAL exoskeleton equipment is not a black technology, mainly because it is relatively tasteless and expensive. Naturally, not many people use it, and the annual output is expected to be less than 1,000 sets.

Chairman, I think, only after the prices of lithium batteries, encoders, sensors and chips are lowered can they be popularized.

At this point in time, it will be difficult to develop without ten or twenty years. "

Mu Yang believes that Xiang Yan's analysis is correct. Even in 2022, the development of exoskeletons will still be very slow, and there will be no major breakthroughs. At this time, the main thing is to speculate on concepts.

Mu Yang and Xiang Yan chatted a lot about exoskeletons. After the chat, he came to the supercomputing center on the 103rd floor.

He plans to design a mechanical exoskeleton and continue to optimize it, mainly to lay the foundation for future battle suits and intelligent robots.

In fact, it is more of Mu Yang's personal toy.

At present, the price of core hardware is too high. Even if the price is lowered by mass production, it is difficult to popularize it for civilian or monarch use.

Besides, he didn't plan to fight any price war for this kind of products.

The current exoskeleton technology mainly uses the combination of human muscle contraction and the computer of the mechanical exoskeleton. Through the power system, a "preparation force" can be provided in advance at the moment when the human hand is ready to move. When a person needs to lift 50 kilograms with one hand, it will The mechanical exoskeleton provides 50 kilograms of force according to the amount of muscle contraction. When it needs to lift 100 kilograms, the mechanical exoskeleton provides 100 kilograms of force.

This kind of equipment is that the control system obtains various data of the human body through the sensors installed in various parts, and the central processing unit is responsible for various sensor data, calculation and adjustment of the posture and power output of the mechanical exoskeleton, so as to complete a series of tasks together with the wearer. Actions.

The core of the mechanical mechanism includes precision bearings, precision valves, drivers, universal joints, etc. Xinghai Group already has the ability to produce precision bearings and universal joints, solves the metal 3D additive technology, and reproduces and manufactures precision valves and drivers It is not a problem, and more complex structural parts can also be manufactured.

As for other core components, such as sensors, encoders, and servo motors, they are all Xinghai Group's expertise.

Mu Yang himself can solve the software system.

Only the chip can only be purchased outside.

In Mu Yang's fantasy, a mechanical exoskeleton controlled by a human brain consciousness.

The exoskeleton device he is currently planning to study is called "SS01".

"SS" represents Mu Yang's personal secrets, and "01" is naturally the first generation.

If it's "SSS", it's just a spaceship.