Black tech predators

Chapter 20 Trouble is coming
With the passage of time, the operation department plans to continue to produce various test videos of the prototype machine. Tianqing Technology has been well known by the majority of mechanical enthusiasts and netizens on the Internet, whether it is domestic netizens or foreign ones.

Because Tianqing Technology also continues to update videos on the YouTube website, and very conscientiously comes with English subtitles, the attention is gradually increasing.

On foreign Reddit forums, many foreign netizens are discussing it constantly.

"God, this exoskeleton is really cool."

"How powerful is the mechanical glove? Can it break a concrete wall in one circle?"

"It's unbelievable that this is a research and development product of a Huaguo start-up company?"

"It's time for Lockheed Martin to work hard!"

"Calm down bro, no matter how good you are, there will always be an Asian who will do better than you. Generally, this Asian is a Chinese, so just get used to it."

"Xiba, this must be a fake video."

"This is the model with the best flexibility and mobility among the mechanical exoskeleton models developed by major companies that I have seen, so I really want to know why giants such as Lockheed Martin and Google spend so much money for so many years to develop and produce Is it all rubbish?"

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Tianqing Technology Headquarters.

"Mr. Gu, three days ago we reached a preliminary consensus on the cooperation with Scream Technology. We were supposed to sign the cooperation agreement this morning. We waited for a long time at the hotel we agreed on. No one came, but Li Xiang came. A phone call, saying that due to the so-called force majeure factors, it is regrettable that we cannot reach a cooperation with our company.”

At this moment, Gu Cheng is in Qiu Shiming's office. He was not in the company 10 minutes ago, but he rushed to the company immediately after receiving Qiu Shiming's call.

"Force majeure?" Gu Cheng covered his mouth and nose with one hand and fell into deep thought.

"I can hear that Li Xiang also seems to be quite sorry about this." Qiu Shiming said in a deep voice, and then looked up at Gu Cheng: "Mr. Gu, could it be some external factors that forced Scream Technology to give up? this collaboration?"

"It's possible!" Gu Cheng nodded, thought for a while and muttered to himself: "It's very likely that VC is operating behind the scenes. We have rejected all VCs. The current situation of Tianqing Technology, the other party can find out our The biggest hidden danger at the moment is the shortage of funds, no sales channels have been established, no products have been launched, and there is no source of income, and money is being spent every day.”

Qiu Shiming quickly understood what he meant. Gu Cheng was unwilling to share it with VC, but VC Capital would not stand idly by.

Not only are they not stupid, but they are also shrewd. They probably only need to use the information disclosed by Tianqing Technology to accurately judge how Gu Cheng will open up the situation without accepting VC capital investment.

Obviously, Gu Cheng's method is to find cooperation with friends and businessmen, and sell the exoskeleton control and balance system of Tianqing Technology, so as to generate income and obtain a stable source of funds without relying on capital. We can open up the situation.

That being the case, then cut off all the potential partners of Tianqing Technology. The company spends every day, and the funds are not abundant, so it cannot be spent at all. Once the capital chain is in crisis, Tianqing Technology will be forced to accept the entry of capital .

The market in the field of exoskeletons is still in the development stage, and the scale does not even have a scale. For the investment circle, it is more comfortable to sanction Tianqing Technology and force Gu Cheng to compromise with capital.

Looking at the global business community, there are almost no companies, especially start-ups, that can not bow to capital.

At this moment, Liu Yang, Qiu Shiming's assistant, knocked on the door.

"Mr. Gu, Mr. Qiu, our team has proposed cooperation invitations with seven friendly companies including Fourier Intelligence, Chengtian Technology, etc. this morning, but all...were declined."

"Not one?" Qiu Shiming said with a frown.

"Not one!" Liu Yang nodded with certainty.

"Understood." Qiu Shiming said in a deep voice. After the assistant left and closed the office door, Qiu Shiming looked at Gu Cheng. The latter did not fluctuate much when he heard the news, and his calm face was old Qiu. I can't see how he reacted to the news just now.

"Mr. Gu, this...doesn't mean that all the companies in the same industry have been settled by the VC, right? Aren't the heads of the companies in the same industry afraid that the competitors will change hands and cooperate with me? It's impossible for them not to understand the principle of non-zero-sum games. "

Hearing this, Gu Cheng lit a cigarette for himself: "The shopping mall is inherently turbulent, Lao Qiu, you have already said so, then move the positions of all parties in this game, including ours, and change them." , how can you guarantee that those so-called friendly merchants will not covet Tianqing Technology? Let’s talk about Screaming Technology. Although Li Xiang personally came to discuss cooperation with me with high sincerity, he is also helpless This is the only way people can do this.”

Qiu Shiming nodded and sighed softly: "Yes, that's right, the auxiliary system of Screaming Technology is going to compete with me head-on, if you can get a piece of the technology from Tianqing Technology..."

So far, it is obvious that once a strong capital is determined to intervene, those so-called friendly businessmen will definitely be tempted.

After all, cooperation is a potential constraint, with many unpredictable variables, and only when the technology is in your own hands can you feel at ease. This is a very simple truth.

Gu Cheng smiled and said: "Looking at it from another angle, it shows that our technology in the 'soft control' module of the mechanical exoskeleton has already led the industry."

The three core technologies of the mechanical exoskeleton are soft control, drive, and energy. Only when all these three core technologies are mastered and the technology is mature, can the mechanical exoskeleton successfully enter the mature industrial commercialization stage.

However, Tianqing Technology has already mastered one of the three core technologies, and the technology is extremely mature and advanced. The other two core technologies are also good, and the technologies of major peer companies are also barely capable.

If the driving force is not enough, at least it can move; if the energy endurance is not enough, at least it can be supported by energy.

But it would be embarrassing if the soft control doesn't work.

Although the three core technologies are extremely important, the soft control is good enough to make up for many shortcomings. The current battery life can last for ten to twenty hours, so it can be used.

It's definitely not for military use, but it's completely fine for civilian use.

For example, logistics personnel carry heavy loads, factories, industries, construction sites, etc. The battery life of more than ten hours can already meet the needs of these fields. If the battery life is not enough, the battery can be rotated. Although there are still shortcomings, it already has the potential for initial commercialization. up.

"Since domestic friends are not good, how about looking for foreign counterparts? I don't believe that the power of capital can cover the sky with one hand, and capital is not monolithic. There are hundreds of large and small robot companies around the world." Qiu Shiming said so, and immediately looked at Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng nodded: "You can give it a try, but you should not have high expectations. In the high-tech field, Europe and the United States, especially the United States, are very sensitive to this. He does not want to see Huaguo's high-tech leadership. It is difficult to reach cooperation with Europeans and Americans. Even if the North American company has the tendency to cooperate, the North American authorities will obstruct the establishment of the card. Unless Tianqing Technology can introduce Wall Street capital, it may agree, but this is impossible, he agreed I don't agree again."

Qiu Shiming smiled wryly and sighed softly: "No matter what, let's try it out first."

(End of this chapter)