Chapter 299: Has your plug-in expired?
When Wei Xiao, Song Jie, and several middle-level managers who came from Shunfeng saw this product, their expressions became weirder than the last.
Black matte layout, pointed shapes at both ends, and four slightly larger rubber tires.
It totally looks like a road board.
One second we were talking about self-driving delivery vehicles, but the next second we were talking about electric skateboards. The feeling of jumping was too strong.
They are not next to each other anywhere.
Song Jie and the other senior executives looked at me, then at you, and finally all looked at the young boss squatting in front of the skateboard.
Hard to comment.
It’s hard to describe this product in words, so I’ll let the little boss do the talking.
Even if Wei Xiao is not a technical person, he can still see that this thing has no technical content.
Add a battery pack and motor to a board, and the wheels become off-road.
Any skateboarding kid who knows a little bit about craftsmanship can DIY.
To say it is a product is really a bit of a stretch.
"I won't mention anything else, how can you reach ninety-nine?" Wei Xiao looked disgusted. "If you continue to do good things to old man Shuai, the money you make will not be enough to pay for medical expenses."
Chen Chen said seriously: "You will know after you try it. This thing has an adaptive balance system, so it won't fall down under normal circumstances."
"Really?"
Wei Xiao was a little dubious, holding Chen Chen's shoulders and standing on the skateboard.
Wang Xiaoshuai introduced it in a timely manner: "This skateboard will adjust the speed according to the user's posture. The direction and speed can be changed by tilting the body forward, backward, left, and right, and the maximum speed can reach 60 kilometers per hour."
Upon hearing this number, Wei Xiao, who had just stood firm, immediately shouted: "Let me go."
Good guy!
60 kilometers!
Wei Xiao was afraid of riding an electric bike for 60 kilometers, let alone a skateboard.
Choosing skateboarding as a travel method at this speed is like receiving an experience coupon for Meng Po Tang in advance.
Crazy? This isn't it!
But when Wei Xiao wanted to get out of the car, it was already too late.
The skateboard started slowly, making her shake her legs in fright.
but.
This time Chen Chen didn't seem to lie.
The start of the skateboard is not that abrupt, as if there is a little cushioning.
Although it was not completely stable, the impact and inertia were not as great as Wei Xiao imagined.
More like taking an elevator.
There was a little bit of fear and discomfort, but not much.
soon.
Wei Xiao adapted to the balance system of the skateboard and was no longer so constrained. She was able to make some slight adjustments on the skateboard while moving.
While playing, she asked "How to speed up?"
"Lean forward."
……
"Can it still be faster?"
"Hunch forward."
……
"How about faster?"
"Come down to the garage and drive your Ferrari."
Chen Chen looked a little worried.
The doll has a strong learning ability and is very quick to learn. It can fly around the park at almost top speed.
The problem is that she didn't even wear any protective gear.
Although they have taken certain protective measures, users are forced to commit suicide if they can't stand it.
After another four or five laps, Wei Xiao finally slowly stopped in front of everyone, with one foot on the ground, feeling quite prepared.
"Don't tell me yet, it's just fun."
As soon as Chen Chen saw that there was an opportunity, he immediately seized the opportunity to add fuel to the fire: "Is it fun? Our product received unanimous praise during the test."
"Yes."
The next second, Wei Xiao suddenly changed her face.
"What's the use of having fun?"
"Happy... happy...?" Wang Xiaoshuai tried to step on the thunder.
Hearing Wang Xiaoshuai's answer, the expression on Wei Xiao's face became even stiffer.
If she came to play as Wei Xiao today, she would be very happy, because skateboarding can really feel like flying.
The problem is.
Today she is reviewing the product as the chairman of the board.
It's time to have fun, don't make fun of the product.
Wei Xiao has always been very serious about her work.
"What is the positioning of your product?"
Wang Xiaoshuai seemed unprepared and was making up everything: "Short-distance transportation tool? Or a toy?"
"You are the developer, you ask me." Wei Xiao's face was ashen. “What about targeting people?”
"All ages."
"What about the price?"
"If mass production occurs later, it may be between six and eight thousand."
Wang Xiaoshuai hesitated on the previous question and let it go, but after hearing the price, Wei Xiao couldn't hold back any longer.
"Six to eight thousand!? I spend six to eight thousand just for happiness? People use the money to wash their feet, fish and drink. Isn't it happier than this?"
"No...it's different."
"Same!" Wei Xiao's eyes were firm. "Xiao Shuai, did you freeze your brain in the freezer today?"
stupid!
Wei Xiao only has this one word to comment on the pricing of this product.
Especially after hearing the price, she felt that this product was silly and refreshing.
1. Product positioning is unclear.
Even developers like Wang Xiaoshuai don't know who the end user group of this thing is.
2. The practicality is lackluster.
In addition to being able to play, Wei Xiao could not imagine the ultimate application scenario of this thing.
3. The price is expensive.
At a price of RMB 6,000 to RMB 8,000, you can still get a lot of money by buying an electric car.
Who is crazy enough to buy this thing?
Seeing that Wang Xiaoshuai was weak, Chen Chen stepped forward and said, "You can't blame Xiaoshuai for this. In fact, the product is not that bad."
"Did you freeze your brain too?" Wei Xiao questioned.
"This product has some similarities with a balancing car. If you think about a balancing car, don't delivery people like to use it?"
After hearing this, everyone thought for a while.
really.
Electric skateboards and hoverboards are, to some extent, the same product.
When the self-balancing scooter first came out, the market positioning was not clear.
Some people use it as a toy, and some people use it as a means of transportation.
After rounds of exploration by users, everyone discovered that the final destination of the balancing car is a delivery person.
Some communities do not allow electric vehicles to enter, and the energy level of the self-balancing vehicle can greatly save time.
Chen Chen followed this line of thinking and said: "Our product is faster than a self-balancing scooter, can adapt to more road conditions, and can also wade through water slightly. It can definitely be used by delivery people, and I think it can also be equipped with some couriers who follow the wind."
"No! Don't try to trick me." Wei Xiao hid far away. "I am worthy of you, and the remaining money is not enough to pay for medical insurance."
She loves eating cakes very much.
But her mouth doesn’t eat everything.
It’s hard to say that electric skateboards are a piece of cake.
This is at most a piece of dough filled with raw dough.
No matter what Chen Chen said, Wei Xiao felt that this product had shortcomings.
Especially in terms of usage, Wei Xiao felt that the applicable scenarios they proposed were not reliable.
Chen Chen said helplessly: "Okay, if you don't want to use it, then let the market explore. It will always find a way."
"You mean you really want to put this thing on the shelves?"
Chen Chen nodded: "What do you think? The driverless car is just for testing, this thing has already been mass-produced."
"???"
His hands are so fast!
Wei Xiao looked at Chen Chen blankly.
The implication.
I don't even have the angle to refuse, so I only have the option of bringing the goods.
It would be a loss if you don’t bring it.
Something is wrong.
Something is wrong.
Normally, Chendun has the feeling that it is a high-quality product as soon as it is released.
Today's Morning Shield.
It's a defective product as soon as it's sold.
Both autonomous vehicles and electric skateboards have certain flaws and are far from Weixiao’s standard line. If she is a full-time anchor.
These two products didn’t even make it into her selection pool.
"Chen Chen, tell me honestly." Wei Xiao had given up struggling on the skateboard.
"What?"
Wei Xiao opened her eyes wide: "Has your plug-in expired?"
"???"
Chen Chen was a little panicked.
Wei Xiao then said: "These things you made look like a pile. What's the difference between asking me to sell these and committing fraud?"
"It's too ugly to speak. If you are not satisfied with skateboarding, I have other things."
The doll's expectations have been reduced to the lowest level, and she even resisted: "What more?"
Don't know when.
Wang Xiaoshuai took out a gadget from somewhere.
"Mr. Wei, this is our third product."
"Treat?"
Wei Xiao stared straight at Wang Xiaoshuai's palm.
This product has distinctive features in terms of size.
Wang Xiaoshuai can be easily held in the palm of his hand.
It looks like a toy.
Wei Xiao looked at the two people in disbelief: "Lego? Bubble Mart? Do you really think of me as a product delivery anchor?"
Wang Xiaoshuai has not yet realized the seriousness of the matter: "This product is code-named Paper Plane, and it is a joint model between us and Chenyi."
"You even dragged Qi Mang into trouble?"
Wei Xiao's mood was extremely complicated.
At least I can see a few other products and know what they are used for.
Wei Xiao couldn't even figure out the purpose of this gadget in front of her, and her face was full of question marks.
"If you don't say anything else, how much will it cost?" Wei Xiao already knows how to ask the most important point first.
"About four to five thousand."
Hearing this price, Wei Xiao felt his scalp numb.
For such a small size, it costs four to five thousand.
I don't care what your gadget is for, it's definitely not going to sell at this price.
"Are you made of gold? You are darker than Bubble Mart!"
Chen Chen took the product from Wang Xiaoshuai and said with great interest: "It's not made of gold, but its technological content is very high, and the price is already very reasonable."
"Where is the technology?"
“This product combines the most advanced bionics technology at the moment and can perform complex flight movements like a dragonfly or bat.”
Wei Xiao took the product dubiously.
If it hadn't been for the introduction, she would have thought it was a model airplane.
"How to fly."
Chen Chen smiled and said: "Throw it and it will fly."
When Wei Xiao heard this, he threw it out and looked at the sky expectantly.
siu!
Pa!
The plane fell firmly to the ground.
"???"
"No!"
“You’re not even pretending now, are you?”
“At least things could move before, but now they can’t even move!”
Chen Chen shook his head and took two steps forward to pick up the plane on the lawn.
"You never played with paper airplanes when you were a kid? You need to laugh."
He is holding the plane in his right hand, ha——
Take a gentle breath and relax your arms.
The plane suddenly flapped its wings as if it had been given a soul.
? ? ?
This moment.
Wei Xiao really doubted his own IQ.
Why!
If I throw it out, it will explode; if Chen Gou throws it out, it will spread its wings and fly high.
"What's the threshold for your crappy airplane? Can't Muggles play with it?"
Wang Xiaoshuai hurriedly explained: "Mr. Chen is joking with you. In fact, there is a switch. You can only throw it out after turning it on."
"After throwing it out, the plane will start."
"As you can see, its flight action is to maintain lift by inciting its wings to disturb the airflow."
"Oh..." Wei Xiao nodded. "Then what?"
Wang Xiaoshuai felt so beautiful: "The flight flexibility and quiet performance of this aircraft are far superior to other aircraft in our Chendun series. You can see that all previous products of the Chendun series cannot fly like it."
Everyone looked up to the sky not far away.
True.
Airplanes are indeed flexible.
Up for a while, down for a while.
Sometimes it would circle and sometimes it would fly straight.
Just like birds or insects.
Wei Xiao frowned, her emotions becoming inert: "I understand the truth, but what next?"
"What then."
"What's the use of this thing of yours?"
Chen Chen walked over and asked, "What do you think?"
"Observe or take pictures?" Wei Xiao racked his brains and could only think of the common functions of ordinary micro-drone.
Chen Chen nodded immediately: "It makes sense, then it is an imaging drone."
"????"
Wei Xiao was dumbfounded at that time.
What do I say?
Edited now, right?
"You mean, when you were designing this product, you didn't even think about what this thing could do?"
Chen Chen was a little helpless: "We were only thinking about breaking through the technical problems of bionics and aerodynamics, and forgot to consider the use of this thing, but you have to admit, it flies very beautifully, right?"
Wei Xiao's lungs almost exploded: "What's the use of being beautiful? I'm so beautiful, and I'm going to be pissed to death by you guys?"
Fucked it.
Now Chen Chen and Wang Xiaoshuai have finally lost their halo. They are just as flashy as those ordinary scientific researchers.
There are a lot of people like this in the tech industry.
It has always been a high-tech head covering without any regard for practicality.
Spend tens of millions to build a laboratory and write more than a dozen papers on high-end technology.
As a result, the market did not buy the gadgets that came out.
In the past, Wei Xiao thought that the biggest advantage of the Chendun system was that it started from the customer's point of view. They would do whatever the customers needed and never do anything false.
But today.
Chen Chen and Wang Xiaoshuai were so helpless.
Building a bionic airplane sounds cool.
In fact, it has no practical significance at all.
The only use Wei Xiao could think of for this thing was as a child's toy.
Chen Chen took back the small plane and carefully handed it to Wang Xiaoshuai. His words were still full of hope: "Technology is priceless. This aircraft has seventeen patents. If the industry advances in the future, these patents will be worth thousands of dollars."
"The problem is they're not worth a dime now."
Wei Xiao couldn't help but shake his head.
All technologies that cannot be monetized are paper tigers.
If you have to talk about patents, every technology in the patent office is valuable. How many can really make money?
She counted on her fingers and said: "You can build an unmanned express carrier first, okay, at least it has some practical significance."
"Let's take an electric skateboard. Although it's not good, if you insist, it can be used as an enlarged version of a balance car."
"Now, you give me an ornithopter."
"Good guy, these three products are not next to each other anywhere."
"Aren't your R&D ideas too radical?"
Chen Chen waved his hand: "This only shows that we have divergent thinking."
"I really envy your skin. I don't know how you take care of it. How can you be so thick-skinned?" Wei Xiao thought 666.
Wang Xiaoshuai let out a long sigh, and took a brave step forward as if he was fighting to the death.
"Little boss, it seems that Mr. Wei is not very satisfied. We have no other choice but to resort to desperate measures."
(End of chapter)