The exchanges between the two places are becoming increasingly closer, and the flow of people entering and exiting the port is dense every day.
Lu Xiao stood at the exit, holding a large sign with three eye-catching characters written on it - "Wang Taotao".
His boss was unreliable, so he told him a name called Xiao Wang, who didn't even have a real name. It wasn't until he found that Dajiang Innovation Company that he learned about Xiao Wang's real name, which sounded pretty cute.
While Lu Xiao was waiting, he was still thinking about it. He heard that this Wang Taotao was also born in the 1980s and should be about the same age as himself. Thinking about it, he was actually researching drones and taking a high-tech route. He was born in a high-tech family.
Lu Zi felt inexplicably and regretted that he didn't study seriously at first and only obtained a college diploma.
But then I thought about it, I have come along the way, from extra performer to set worker, and then became Xin Ge's assistant. Now with the title of Xinhao Media Production Department Manager, I can be regarded as a number one in the world.
Everyone has their own fate, maybe this is fate!
Just as he was thinking divergently, he saw a thin man who looked to be in his early thirties, with a worrying hairline and a few strands of greasy hair hanging stubbornly on his forehead, walking over and looking at the paper he was holding.
He asked, "Are you Manager Lu from the capital?"
"Oh, I am, are you Mr. Wang?"
Lu Xiao responded hurriedly, but looked at the obviously old-looking man in front of him suspiciously.
"Yes, I am Wang Taotao." The thin man showed a shy smile and nodded.
"Hello, hello, I am Lu Xiao, the manager of the production department of Beijing Xinhao Media." Lu Xiao shook hands with the other person and took out his business card to reintroduce himself.
"Sorry, I don't have a business card."
Wang Taotao looked at the business card, apologized and said hurriedly: "I heard you want to buy our helicopter."
"Helicopter? Oh no, the drone we need is a remote-controlled one... uh, the kind that is similar to a model aircraft, the kind that can have a camera mounted on it and can take aerial photos..."
Lu Xiao's gestures were a bit unclear, and the place where people were coming and going was not a place to talk. He looked around, then pointed to a tea restaurant not far away and said, "This way, let's sit down and talk slowly.
"
"Uh, okay."
…
"The situation is such that we need a drone that can carry a camera and send back images in real time."
In the tea restaurant, Lu Xiao and Wang Taotao gave a very detailed introduction, and even drew a simple schematic diagram of the scene to be photographed aerially.
Wang Taotao blinked his small eyes behind the lenses, and after a while he said: "Manager Lu, I think you may have misunderstood. We are engaged in flight control development, not specific products."
"Flight control development? What do you mean?" Lu Xiao said blankly.
"Well, flight control is to use radio remote control equipment and self-prepared programs to control unmanned helicopters, which are the drones you just mentioned. To put it simply, the helicopter flies in the sky, and through the flight control system, people are commanding it from below.
"Wang Taotao explained.
"Isn't this just like the model airplanes I played with when I was a kid?" Lu Xiao muttered.
"There is still a difference. To put it simply, the flight control system we designed is the brain of the unmanned helicopter, while the model aircraft does not have a brain. In addition, the model aircraft is just an aircraft model as the name suggests, and there is no actual
UAVs equipped with flight control systems can carry out many practical tasks."
Lu Xiao heard this and said hurriedly: "Hey, you said that your flight control system can carry out a lot of practical work, then you tell me, these aerial lenses I just mentioned can be used with this flight control system of yours
Is it possible for the system to be implemented?”
He spent so much effort to finally find this Xiao Wang, but he didn't want to go back in despair just because the other party simply said "You may have misunderstood". Besides, this matter involves millions of investments.
No matter what, he had to find a way to figure out Ziwu Maoyou.
"This is certainly feasible in theory..."
Wang Taotao is very confident in his flight control system, which has been designed for several years and is still being improved. To be precise, aerial photography like this should be the most basic function.
"What about actually?" Lu Xiao quickly asked.
"It's possible in theory, and of course it's feasible in practice."
"Then it's over. Just do what I just said and do it for us." Lu Xiao slapped the table and said in surprise.
"No, we don't have this kind of product yet. We mainly sell flight control systems." Wang Taotao pushed up his glasses, looking confused.
"Where can I do it?" Lu Xiao asked hurriedly.
"Well, it may not be available in China currently. It may be available in Germany, the United States and Australia. However, as far as I know, most of them are products used in laboratories for testing and may not be available on the market yet."
"..."
These little Luzi were completely at their wits end. After scratching their heads for a long time, they still refused to give up and said, "Can't you find someone to do this? Then who will you sell this flight control system to?"
"Sold to laboratories, there are also enthusiasts who like this kind of unmanned helicopter."
"Then there must be a plane, right?"
"Yeah, I usually assemble it myself."
"ah?"
Xiao Luzi suddenly jumped up as if he had found a way out of a desperate situation, and asked expectantly: "So you can assemble it too?"
"Of course you can, but we assemble them all for testing the flight control system and we don't sell them." Wang Taotao said sincerely.
"..."
Xiao Luzi suddenly found that it was very difficult to talk to this kind of nerd. He had already told him that he wanted to buy one, but he was holding on to some flight control system. Why didn't he know how to work around it?
"Then just sell one to us!"
"But we are only using it for testing. You are going to make a movie. The functions are different, and I don't know what your specific requirements are yet."
"Well……"
This little Luzi really couldn't tell for a while. He thought for a while and said, "Well, let me ask first."
As he said that, he took out his mobile phone and called He Xin: "Brother, I found Xiao Wang. The situation is like this..."
He said it in detail.
After hearing this, He Xin, who was cooking and answering the phone in the kitchen, said in deep thought: "In this case, you bring him to the capital, and then sit down with Director Xu Ke and the others to talk about it and see if this is possible.
"
"I know, brother!"
After putting down the phone, Lu Xiao talked directly to Wang Tao: "Mr. Wang, do you think it's convenient these two days? Our boss wants to invite you to go to the capital, and then talk to the director about the drone.
Let’s discuss it in detail.”
Xiao Luzi was still worried that this nerd would not agree, so he added: "Don't worry about the price, our boss is always very generous."
Inviting some Hollywood professional team to come over and shoot a movie costs several million. If it is feasible here, not to mention hundreds of thousands, even millions would be cost-effective. And as the manager of Xinhao Media's production department, Xiao Luzi also
Keep an eye on it, and form a team yourself when the time comes. Professional teams in Hollywood charge thousands of dollars per hour, but he will charge a few thousand RMB. There will definitely be no shortage of business by then.
Wang Taotao, who was originally stubborn, was immediately moved when he heard that the price was negotiable. During this time, he was worried about money.
Think about it, when he was a high school student from Hangzhou with mediocre academic performance, he was able to come to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Naturally, he did not come from an ordinary family. For his own interests and hobbies, he and his friends raised 2 million Hong Kong dollars to establish the establishment two years ago.
Today’s Dajiang Innovation Company.
In the past two years or so, the input and output have been extremely limited. Moreover, drone technology is now a cutting-edge technology, and the small company located in Lianhua Village, Shenzhen simply cannot recruit outstanding talents. And relying on his own painstaking training,
Some talents turned around and joined the partners they had negotiated with. Some people secretly posted the company's finances online for sale because the company could not pay wages for the time being. What was even more outrageous was that some people who left the company actually colluded with people within the company.
Employees collaborated inside and outside to sell pirated flight controls.
After working hard for more than two years and investing millions, the first-generation product has not even been launched yet, but now the company is about to fall apart due to funding reasons.
At the same time, because Lu Xiao mentioned before, his boss specially sent him to Shenzhen to find him because he knew him.
Wang Taotao took a look at Lu Xiao's business card. He was really unfamiliar with the company Xinhao Media printed on it. Besides, he was a person who researched drone flight control systems and had never had any interaction with a film company.
He couldn't help but asked curiously: "What movies has your Xinhao Media made before? How does your boss know about me?"
"How our boss knows about you, I really don't know. But haven't you even heard of our Xinhao Media?" Xiao Luzi said with some surprise.
Although Xinhao Media is not a big company in the industry, it is still well-known.
"Well, this is really the first time I've heard of it." Wang Taotao said embarrassedly.
"Did you know that "A Tale of Two Donkeys" won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival last year?"
"have no idea."
"Tsk, you should have watched "Crazy Stone" and last year's popular "Insidious", right?"
"I haven't seen it, but I've heard of it."
"These were all filmed by our company! And this time our company is preparing a blockbuster film. Do you know who the director is?"
"who?"
"Xuke!"
"Ah? It's Director Xu Ke!"
Even if Wang Taotao doesn't watch movies anymore, it's impossible not to know who Xu Ke is!
He immediately asked hurriedly: "Is it a martial arts movie?"
"Well, this is kept secret for the time being. But you will find out if you follow me to the capital."
"Okay, I'll go to the capital with you."
Xu Ke's name still made Wang Taotao decide to trust the manager Lu in front of him and Xinhao Media, which he had heard of for the first time. Anyway, it was just a trip to the capital. If the business was done and he could make a little money, it would be a good idea.
It will temporarily relieve the current economic pressure.
When Lu Xiao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and said hurriedly: "It's not too late, we'd better leave early. When can you leave?"
Wang Taotao pondered: "I have to bring our test helicopter, tomorrow."