I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

"Wow, this place is so big, but there are no office facilities." As soon as they entered the company, one of the four people shouted happily.

"That's not a problem. We can buy some second-hand office desks and chairs. We have thirty employees, and even if each of them earns three thousand, that's nearly one hundred thousand a month. We also have to research and produce aircraft. These two million won't be enough to sustain us for long." The oldest man among the four had a worried look on his face.

"I think we should attract more investment." Someone else spoke.

"Attracting so much investment is not a good thing. After the capital comes in, investors may put forward many conditions, which is actually not conducive to our development. Besides, the investors that the school has found for us so far are all laymen. They can't understand our work at all, and some even say that it is just a toy model." The man with glasses shook his head.

"A toy, isn't it?" Another person chuckled. He felt that what others said was right. For now, their product was just a small helicopter, and its function was to be played with by people.

Up to now, the company has actually produced quite a few units, but has only sold 300 of them, which is a huge loss.

"I think there's something wrong with the previous idea." The man with glasses said again.

"What's the problem? Isn't the stability good? I've even tested it on Mount Everest before. It can withstand strong winds, and the speed is not slow. The only drawback is that it consumes power too quickly."

"No, have you noticed that our aircraft is too big? It's not convenient to carry it with you, and there's also the issue of safety. Given the hardness of the propeller, if the aircraft falls and hits someone, the high-speed rotating blades can easily chop off the user's head."

"Aren't these all designed for helicopters?"

"..."

The four of them had a heated discussion on the issue of aircraft.

"Single-wing propellers have too many disadvantages. Compared with double-wing or multi-wing designs, single-wing propellers require a higher rotation speed to provide the same thrust, which means higher energy consumption and faster battery consumption, which limits the endurance and practicality of the aircraft. The lift and torque generated by single-wing propellers are unbalanced, which can easily cause the aircraft to yaw or become unstable during flight. Especially when flying in complex environments, this instability will be magnified, increasing the difficulty of operation and safety risks.

From the perspective of market acceptance, as consumers’ requirements for drone performance continue to increase, single-function recreational drones can no longer meet market demand. What needs to be considered is how to combine advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine vision, to develop products with more application scenarios, higher safety standards and longer endurance.”

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded, but none of the four paid attention. They just continued to discuss and said, "Well, that makes sense. Machine vision... How can we improve it in the future?"

"Of course it should be changed to four wings." The voice continued.

"Four wings? What a weird design."

"The lift generated by the four propellers of the quad-wing drone can form a more balanced torque distribution. According to Newton's third law, the reaction force generated by each propeller is opposite to the direction of rotation. The four-wing layout allows these reaction forces to be balanced in three-dimensional space, reducing flight instability caused by unbalanced torque.

When a single-wing drone rotates at high speed, due to the gyroscopic effect (the conservation of angular momentum of a rotating object), it has a weak resistance to external disturbances and is prone to yaw. However, a quad-wing drone can effectively suppress the gyroscopic effect and improve flight stability by adjusting the speed of each propeller.

In terms of operation, the quadcopter drone can achieve precise control of six degrees of freedom by independently controlling the speed of the four propellers. This multi-degree-of-freedom control enables the quadcopter drone to flexibly adjust its flight attitude in complex environments and complete more complex flight missions.

The drone is designed with four wings, which makes it smaller and has a lower rotation speed than a single-wing drone, thus reducing air resistance and improving flight efficiency. According to the principles of fluid mechanics, reducing wind resistance helps reduce energy consumption and extend flight time.

Another important benefit is that the production cost of a four-wing drone is lower than that of a single-wing drone…” The voice behind the four people spoke faster and faster.

"Fuck, who the hell are you?" At this time someone realized that the person who was speaking was not one of the four of them.

"Hello, my name is Chen Xi, and I'm a model aircraft enthusiast." The man stretched out his hand and shook hands with them.

"How did you find this place? We just rented this place and haven't announced it to the public yet." The man with glasses looked at the strange young man suspiciously.

"Now is the information age. As long as you have money, it's easy to find someone. Let's not talk about this for now. I came here to discuss business with you."

"Oh? What do you want to talk about?" The man with glasses put down the pen and paper in his hand.

“I just heard that you were not clear about the commercial use of your products. I have already thought about this for you. When it comes to making drones in China, you started relatively late. Several other companies have already used drones in business, but their products still have many shortcomings compared to yours…” Chen Xi spoke slowly.

In his previous life, he had also sought cooperation with other drone companies for his own projects. Companies like Xiaojiang had not yet developed at that time, so naturally they were not in Chen Xi's eyes.

The several companies he was looking for at that time were also in Guangdong Province, one of which was called Jinwan Yuren Agricultural Aviation Company.

This is a company that focuses on the research, development, production and sales of agricultural drones. Its products include multi-rotor plant protection drones, agricultural drones, etc., which are widely used in the fields of crop pesticide spraying, hybrid rice seed production assisted pollination, crop information survey, etc.

Another one is Shenzhen-based Gaoke Xinnong Technology Company, whose agricultural drones also started much earlier than Xinjiang.

However, compared with Xiaojiang, these two companies have no growth potential in the later stage. Their products have not been updated after many years, and their after-sales service is also average.

Among the four people in front of him, only the man with glasses who kept talking really understood the technology, and his words were the most effective. If he wanted to cooperate with them, he had to start with the words he was interested in, otherwise Chen Xi would not be talking so much here.

As for the idea of ​​the four-wing unmanned aerial vehicle, it was not invented by Xiaojiang, but was researched by a foreign university. Xiaojiang also borrowed from that model at the time, but now Chen Xi brought the four-wing concept in advance.

"I still need to discuss this matter with the professors at school. Xiaojiang is not decided by the four of us. Since the establishment of the company, the HK University of Science and Technology has provided us with a lot of funds and talents..." After chatting with Chen Xi for a while, the bespectacled man who took the lead, Wang Rentao, said cautiously.

Chen Xi also nodded. Behind these people, there were two university professors who were helping them. Whether to accept or not, the investment still required the nod of others.

"Let's not talk about this for now. You have to help me build an agricultural drone and mass-produce it within two years. The drone has the four wings I just mentioned, and it must be able to lift objects of at least 50 kilograms..."

"Fifty kilograms? How is that possible?" Everyone exclaimed when they heard Chen Xi's request.

"What's impossible? The two companies I just mentioned have already made them, but they don't have four wings. Agricultural drones require a large load capacity, otherwise how can they spread pesticides? Your current drones are too small. Agricultural drones are generally very large. You can refer to the products of your peers." Chen Xi blinked, meaning that if you don't understand, you can learn from them. As for the fact that the drones of the two companies can lift 50 kilograms, that was all nonsense.

“But not many people buy agricultural drones, and it seems that if we focus on them…” someone else asked.

"Don't worry about that. I have a project that will use a large number of agricultural drones. And I can also sell Xiaojiang's products to the world in my own way!"

"What, global?" After hearing this, several people became even more excited. You know, their products are now almost unpopular.

"So how much do you plan to invest? We just got a two million investment." The oldest of the four puffed out his chest.

"I'll give you 20 million first!" Feeling that these people seemed to have never seen the world, Chen Xi held up two fingers. "What, 20 million?"

The four of them had their eyes as big as copper bells.

"Welcome, welcome, my financial sponsor." After the older one realized what was happening, he immediately grabbed Chen Xi's hand and shook it wildly, regardless of whether the other three agreed or not, fearing that the other party would go back on his word.

It’s no wonder that they reacted so strongly. Since Xiaojiang was founded, it has only attracted a few investments, and the largest one was the two million from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

The main reason was that investors felt that their research had no commercial value. Not only the investors, but even the four of them were somewhat confused.

Although there are many drone companies on the market, their backgrounds are all from aerospace groups. In fact, no one is interested in the civilian products of these companies, which is extremely bleak for the entire industry.

Chen Xi still remembers that in his previous life, he went to two other companies to purchase drones. The expressions of the company bosses were confused at first, and then shocked, as if they had met the God of Wealth.

At that time, domestic agricultural production was still relatively backward. Not to mention using drones to spray pesticides, even harvesters were not popular.

To be honest, considering the research direction alone, an investment of 20 million is a bit too much.

But Xiaojiang now employs about 30 people, some of whom are recent graduates. They were assigned to this company entirely because they were introduced by a certain university.

For the teacher's sake, even though the four of them were not doing well now, he tightened his belt and accepted all of them.

In order to maintain the current stability of the company, Chen Xi thought about it and decided to invest a large sum of money.

In his previous life, he didn't know that this small company would grow into a towering tree, otherwise he would not have done any other projects and would have invested all his money in this.

Seeing Wang Rentao's confused look, Chen Xi patted him on the shoulder and asked, "What else do you think drones can do besides agriculture?"

"What else can I do?" Wang Rentao was a little overwhelmed. With the current development of drones, he really didn't know what they could do. But he had other ideas in his mind, which were things that every boy would fantasize about. At that time, many boys had watched "Star Wars" and they all had a strong interest in the advanced future technology in it.

Drone warfare has naturally been thought of a long time ago, but with current technology, these things are simply impossible to achieve.

"Just think about it, if drones are made small and light and equipped with weapons, they will be like the aircraft in Star Wars on the battlefield. And those robot dogs, have you ever thought about what would happen if drones and robot dogs were combined?"

When Chen Xi's words reached everyone's ears, everyone thought of a picture.

One by one, robots, with a four-winged aircraft attached to their heads, flew towards the enemy in an overwhelming manner.

Immediately afterwards, the aircraft and the robot separated, with aerial fire cover and the rapid assault by ground troops, the scene was simply exciting.

"I understand, I understand!" Wang Rentao patted his head as if he had some inspiration.

"Don't be in a hurry. Let's start with the reconnaissance aircraft. If you want to make some things, you need the approval of the higher-ups. Let's talk about the overseas market for the products first. For this kind of thing, users in various countries around the world regard it as a new type of toy. Then we will develop it into a toy and make the shape more sci-fi. Foreigners will like this. Let's build up the brand's reputation first. I will help you with this..." Chen Xi had unknowingly put himself in the role of the boss and began to formulate future strategic plans for the company.

In fact, Chen Xi had lamented before that for a large investment company like theirs, a very small project like Xiaojiang was not even qualified to send its plan to his mailbox. He didn't know how many potential technology companies he had missed in the past.

It is estimated that he is not the only investor who has regretted his decision. Many famous investment tycoons have not paid attention to such a small company.

In China, most bosses focus on some super-large projects, thinking about how to install things to turn them into tools to make big money, but never consider some real technology companies. Because the investment environment in the mainland is not very good, investing in a company with technological attributes is often a thankless task, and the investment money is mostly not recovered.

There is a joke that says that the end of technology is lending. In fact, this is not wrong at all. Sometimes it is not that investors do not want to do other things, but that lending is more cost-effective.

The system and atmosphere are there, and there is nothing we can do about it.

Some things are just like football. No matter how big a boss you are, there are some things you can't change just because you want to.

Yin Anwei, who had been listening quietly beside him, finally understood what Chen Xi was going to do.

He had been interested in model airplanes since he was a child, and he also joined the discussion meeting.

"I think it would be better to sell this thing to the Middle East after it's made. There are wars there every day. We can give them some high-tech and test the quality of the product at the same time." Yin Anwei was bold for once and the idea he proposed was also wild.

"Do you still want to be an arms dealer? The products we produce must be positive. Drones should not have any aggressive features when they leave the factory. But how customers modify them is none of our business." Chen Xi seriously modified Yin Anwei's words.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's Brother Xi who would say it. Positive energy, we must have positive energy." Hearing this, Yin Anwei nodded desperately in agreement.

"I have another question. If you want to be able to lift more than 50 kilograms of cargo, the drone will have to be very large, which will be inconvenient to carry." Wang Rentaosi raised the previous question again.

"You don't have to worry about this. Not all drones have to be carried in a box. We can just change the mode." Chen Xi smiled.

"You mean to build a warehouse, and then open the warehouse door every time you work, making it like an airport mode?" Wang Rentao thought about the problem in a different way.

"No, no, no. There are so many farmlands. How can we arrange a drone for you in every place? That would be a waste of resources." Chen Xi stretched out his hand and shook it.

"What should we do?"

"It's very simple. We can learn from the aircraft carrier model and use cars instead of aircraft carriers. We can put drones on the specially designed top of the cars, so that we can travel everywhere. Moreover, the work vehicles can be charged, which can solve the current problem of short battery life! We can rely on drone aircraft carriers to do plant protection, which is completely in line with commercial value. At that time, it will be a new project..."

"Fuck, you're a real genius." Everyone couldn't help but praise him when they heard it.

In fact, Chen Xi had already used this model in his previous life. It was very advanced at the time and was reported in the news and praised by the higher-ups. Chen Xi called this model the "land aircraft carrier."

For this reason, the company was also called the reform star of the future of domestic agriculture, but the good times did not last long... (End of this chapter)