Downstairs of the Star Technology building.

Wang Wei, who stepped off the Mercedes-Benz, reached out and gently adjusted his tie, looked up at the towering tall building, and slowly took a deep breath.

Soon, he will meet a person who is extremely important to the Shunfeng Group.

Although this person is neither a national dignitary nor a business tycoon, he does not feel half relaxed in his heart, but has a trace of nervousness that he has not felt for a long time.

Because although that person is not a political leader who leans towards the government and the opposition, nor is he a business tycoon who calls for wind and rain, his status is not at all lower than the first two, and even if the two are added together, it is difficult to compare with him.

There is no other reason.

If it weren't for the great man who was pushed to the cusp of the times, the limit that a politician could achieve was only to continue the prosperity of a country or region, while the bottleneck of a businessman was more narrow, and being able to achieve a company with a trillion market value was basically the limit that an entrepreneur could reach.

But he's different.

Maybe he wasn't the richest man in the world and never got to the center of power, but even as times change, his name will last forever and remain in this world as a symbol.

As Time magazine commented on him - he is the wealth of the entire human civilization, and his glory is the pinnacle of the human mind.

With this faint respect, he took a step towards the stairs in front of him, but at that moment, a voice came from behind him.

"Friend, with an annual salary of five million, do you want to come to work at Star Technology?"

Hearing the voice coming from behind, Wang Wei immediately looked back and saw a young man looking at him with a smile.

Recognized the identity of this person in an instant, Wang Wei was slightly stunned at first, and then a hearty smile appeared on his face.

"Okay, no problem! The annual salary of five million is three times higher than my current annual salary, Academician Lu is so appreciative, how can Wang dare to refuse? I just want to ask before joining the company, can I exchange this half of my annual salary for shares and send it to me in the form of a year-end bonus. After all, this annual salary is too high, and the taxes paid are distressing! ”

Lu Zhou originally planned to make a joke, but he didn't expect him to agree casually, but he was embarrassed to continue to tease him, so he smiled and said.

"That's not good, Mr. Wang is also worth tens of billions, and he still cares about my shares."

Wang Wei sighed and said: "Academician Lu said that he laughed, not to mention that a net worth of 100 billion yuan is nothing in front of you, those shares of your Star Technology, I'm afraid only people who don't even care about money will not worry about it." ”

Regarding Wang Wei's statement, Lu Zhou did not answer, but showed a friendly smile.

Speaking of fate, this thing is really magical.

He still remembers that when he was still an undergraduate, Mr. Wang, who was already worth tens of billions of yuan at that time, offered him an annual salary of 500,000 yuan, asking him to give up his studies and come to Shenzhen to work for him, but Lu Zhou did not accept his offer, but completed his studies step by step, studied abroad and taught, and finally returned to China to carry the banner of Chinese academia.

It's been almost a decade now.

Mr. Wang's net worth of tens of billions has not changed, but he has changed from the original poor student to the business card of the Chinese academic community facing the world.

When you think about it, it's really emotional.

In fact, to be honest, although the annual salary of 500,000 may not seem like a lot in 2023, it was a lot nine years ago. Especially for a student who has just reached his sophomore year and is still worried about living expenses, this is almost an impossible condition to refuse.

Lu Zhou admitted that if he hadn't seen a broader future from the system, he might have really accepted the offer and embarked on a path of "entering the road from the industry".

According to this trajectory of life, perhaps he has embarked on a completely different path from the current one......

Instead of staying at the door, the two of them exchanged a few polite greetings, then walked towards the interior of the building together, and were greeted by the etiquette staff to the VIP reception room that had been prepared.

The young secretary in charge of the reception poured tea for the two of them, then turned around and left the reception room and closed the door.

After taking a sip of hot tea and moistening the mulberry, Wang Wei looked at the decoration in the reception room and said with emotion.

"It is said that the reception room is a company's business card, and I can see from this decoration that Academician Lu is a tasteful person."

Hearing this compliment, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.

In fact, he didn't interfere with the decoration of the group building, after all, he didn't come here often. However, his emotional intelligence is not enough to tear down other people's platforms on such trivial issues, so he also received this compliment.

"Thanks for the compliment."

"This is not a compliment," Wang Wei smiled, and his tone suddenly brought a little emotion, "It's really embarrassing to say, in fact, nine years ago, I felt that your future development must not be simple, and I wanted to see if I could pick up a leak with an annual salary of 500,000, but I still didn't expect that I still underestimated your potential." ”

"Although you can't be a partner at work, you don't lose money as a partner in business," Lu Zhou smiled and said softly, "It's better to continue the greetings at lunchtime, let's get straight to the point." I heard from my CEO, what are some of the technical problems you have that you can't solve? ”

"That's right," Wang Wei nodded, and continued, "Actually, we've been working on your paper for some time. ”

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "Which one are you referring to?" ”

He posted a lot of papers, and just by saying that, he really couldn't remember which one this Mr. Wang was referring to.

"It's the one about the drone logistics system." Speaking of this, Wang Wei sighed softly, "I'm ashamed to say that the engineers of our institute have spent several years studying according to the blueprint you put forward in your paper, but they still haven't seen great results. We can't think of a better way than to ask for your help right now. ”

That's the paper.

As soon as he heard Wang Wei mention this matter, Lu Zhou's heart was a little crying and laughing.

If he remembers correctly, those ten papers should be what he threw into the water journal to brush the data in order to complete the system task.

Although it cost him 25 points to redeem it, but except for a few half-developed algorithms, no substantive problems have been solved, and it would be strange if you could still study a reason according to that plan!

“…… It was just something I made on a whim when I was a student, and I can't use it as a serious research result. ”

As soon as he heard Lu Zhou's words, Wang Wei hurriedly said.

"Academician Lu, you are too modest! But let's be honest, it's not entirely your papers that are working on drone logistics, but we've been investing resources in this concept as a research and development direction. ”

"After all, the cost of hiring a courier is about 10,000 yuan, and the price of a drone is not even 8,000 yuan. And from the point of view of efficiency, drones are spatially flexible, and can easily cross areas that take a lot of time for people and vehicles to reach. On the other hand, we only need to pay cheap electricity and basic maintenance costs for drones. ”

"At present, we are planning to carry out an unmanned distribution pilot in Shenzhen, and we have even said hello to the local government, but the current situation is that our R&D work has fallen into a bottleneck."

Lu Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Can you elaborate on it?" ”

Wang Wei nodded and continued.

"There are two main problems we encountered, one is security, and the other is distribution efficiency. To put it bluntly, it is necessary to take into account the safety of goods and pedestrians at the same time, and to adapt to the dynamic changes of traffic. Especially in high-density areas such as first-tier cities, the air area is strictly controlled. ”

"The bottom line between us and the municipal government is to ensure that there will be zero pedestrian accidents within the six-month trial operation period. That is to say, only if there is a traffic accident, it is possible to extend our license. And if in the past six months, a drone or cargo falls from the sky and hits someone, then the license of the entire drone delivery pilot will be revoked directly. ”

Lu Zhou nodded.

"It's a bit of a trick to do."

"It's not just difficult," Wang Wei smiled bitterly and continued, "The test has been delayed for a long time, and the director of our research institute has told me that if he doesn't lower his standards, he will not know what to do." ”

In fact, drone delivery is nothing new, in some remote areas that are inconvenient for people and vehicles to reach, Shunfeng Group has tried to put drones into the distribution link as early as a few years ago.

However, due to the high cost, this technology has not been promoted.

In recent years, breakthroughs in nuclear fusion technology have completely liberated production capacity, lowered the prices of many industrial products, and reduced the cost of electricity to negligible, making it possible to fully promote this technology.

That being said, they encountered a number of challenges when it came to scaling the application of this technology from remote mountainous areas to cities.

After all, in densely populated cities, especially in densely populated areas such as first-tier cities, it is too dangerous to fly drones in the sky casually. If one falls down and hits a person or a car, the compensation alone is estimated to be enough to punish them and they will go bankrupt.

Not to mention some passers-by with extremely poor quality, they may also lose their minimum awe because the delivery object is a drone, and take the initiative to shoot down the drone with slingshots, stones and other things to pick up the courier.

As a result, they are now in dire need of a solution that can perfectly navigate the avant-garde concept of "drone logistics". After seeing the news of the completion of the Xinghai No. 1 Quantum Supercomputing Center, Wang Wei moved the idea of cooperating with Star Technology, especially when he thought that Lu Zhou seemed to have studied the drone logistics system before, this thought became more and more intense.

After patiently listening to what Wang Wei said, Lu Zhou's index finger tapped lightly on the table, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "I probably know your problem." ”

As soon as he heard this, Wang Wei immediately cheered up and sat up straight. However, just when he thought that Lu Zhou would express any lofty opinions, he was stunned by his next sentence.

“…… To be honest, it's not a particularly big deal. ”

"No, not a big deal?" With an expression of disbelief on his face, Wang Wei hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"It's literal."

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued.

"In fact, drones are being used in the field of logistics...... Pilot factories in Jinling High-tech Park are already doing this, but they have not yet been promoted for cost and safety reasons. ”

"For example, the 'worker bee' logistics drone distribution system we use, which is provided by Xinghai No. 1 with cloud computing services, has a maximum safety load of about 10kg for a single drone, which is mainly used to cooperate with automated logistics vehicles to complete the operation of a single product part between processing workshops."

As he spoke, Lu Zhou looked at the table and stood up from his chair.

"I guess you won't be able to understand what I'm talking about."

"Well, there's time now."

"If you're interested, I'll take you there."