We had a meal in the evening to celebrate the successful signing of the contract.

On the second day, Du Gang hurriedly led the team back to the imperial capital.

There are still many things on hand, so it doesn't bother Wang Chen anymore.

Jin Sanshi also started making relevant preparations after the contract.

Especially in terms of new energy, Jin Sanshi went to BYD's headquarters directly on a plane.

In order to face the subsequent large orders, BYD, as the only cooperative manufacturer, must stand up.

Although Science and Technology Gate also needs to increase production capacity, it needs to leave enough funds to cope with the upcoming island construction.

Not only that, Wang Chen started to act like a monster again in the past two days to let Jin Sanshi leave enough space on the ground that he had previously approved.

Wang Chen didn't say what he wanted to do, but asked Jin Sanshi to build several large-scale high-standard factories first.

Based on Jin Sanshi's understanding of Wang Chen, this is definitely the rhythm of causing trouble.

Therefore, you must set aside enough funds just in case.

And here in the laboratory.

After sending Du Gang away, Wang Chen also entered a busy state.

Orders placed through internal channels have been completed one after another, and various spare parts are almost filling the limited space in the laboratory.

Wang Chen also decided to officially launch the robot development plan in May. This may be the last time he will personally work on the project for a long time.

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In mid-April, when Wang Chen was hiding in the laboratory and working hard.

The boss at DJI headquarters received a call.

The two sides chatted for about an hour. When the phone hung up, the CEO of DJI showed a trace of thought on his face.

This call was made by the CEO of SF Express. To be honest, he doesn’t have much connection with the express delivery industry.

Receiving a call from SF Express was a little off guard.

However, the head of SF Express talked about something that interested him very much.

That is to build a new logistics system based on drones.

To be honest, I have considered the development prospects of drones in the field of express delivery before.

But without artificial intelligence, this solution is still somewhat unreliable.

In particular, the domestic population density is very high. If safety cannot be guaranteed, the superiors will not approve this project.

SF Express is also very aware of this.

It's just that they came up with a very interesting solution.

That is to upgrade most of the current rider training to flight controllers.

Set up flight control centers in every large city.

Human control is used to ensure that the drone can deliver objects to the target safely and on time.

This proposal is indeed novel enough. Using manpower to ensure the safety of drones can indeed improve the safety level.

The most important thing is that the upgrade cost is not high, and it can be fully supported by SF Express's current system.

And with drones, many places that were previously unreachable can be explored.

For example, some mountain villages.

These places that are more troublesome to rely on manpower can be quickly reached through drones.

Once this system is successful, SF Express can take advantage of the situation and get rid of the current decadence.

One thing is clear, from the words of the SF Express boss, it can be heard that they attach great importance to this project.

Of course, DJI also understands the situation that SF Express is facing now. After all, their lives are not going well right now.

Judging from the current situation, SF Express's deposit profits have dropped by 80% compared with before.

The most important reason is that there is no supporting e-commerce platform behind them.

Although the four links and one link were suppressed in the past, with the continuous development of e-commerce and the involution of the industry.

SF Express's advantages have been disappearing little by little.

Nowadays, e-commerce platforms such as Taobao, Pinduoduo and JD.com have the most express delivery. Sitongyida has firmly occupied the territory of Taobao and Tmall, and has become the main force in the express delivery market with its massive orders.

Jitu is exclusive to Pinduoduo, and it has successfully entered the domestic market with the rapid rise of Pinduoduo. JD Logistics also has the support of JD.com behind it, but what about SF Express?

There is no fixed e-commerce platform to support it. Although it focuses on the mid-to-high-end market, it is obvious that this can no longer provide an advantage for SF Express's development. In addition, each company is engaged in a price war. In 2010, the express delivery industry

The average unit price is 24.60 yuan, which has dropped to 10.55 yuan in 2020.

Although SF Express has always been at a high price level and has not participated in the price war, it has also been greatly affected.

Under the pressure of this trend, high-priced and high-quality services can no longer keep up with the pace of industry development, so SF Express can only make adjustments.

Since 2019, SF Express has launched economic express products. As the advantages of time-sensitive express delivery have weakened, these economic express delivery have become the main source of SF Express revenue. However, the profits of such products are low for SF Express, so the overall income situation

not good.

This situation has been going on for a long time. Although SF Express has been seeking opportunities, the dilemma of having no one behind it also makes it difficult for them to counterattack.

So they have been looking for an opportunity that can completely change the situation.

They had already thought of this plan when TechGate announced the graphene battery.

But the internal differences are a bit big, so we have been analyzing and studying it.

However, as this year's financial report came out and the losses already appeared on the books, the boss of SF Express could no longer sit still.

Sitongyida and Jitu obviously want to force themselves to death. It is impossible for those e-commerce platforms to accept them at this time. They are all waiting for themselves to die so that they can occupy the market.

Continuing to raise funds at this time will only miss the overall situation. It is better to give it a try. The situation is already very bad anyway.

So this plan that had been studied for a long time was once again put on the table.

Judging from the situation, there are indeed great risks in promoting drone express delivery, but the flexibility and convenience brought by drones are indeed much greater than manpower.

After all, we are traveling in the sky, and it is very cost-effective for the delivery of small items.

After internal research, if all of SF Express's current small package business is upgraded to drone delivery, the efficiency can be increased by at least 40% if there are enough flight control personnel.

This is not a small amount. You must know that SF Express is already very fast. Even now, only JD.com can match it.

The efficiency improved on this basis is all money.

So after more than two months of discussion, the boss of SF Express made this call to DJI.

Not only did he want to get customized models from DJI, he even wanted to sign a strategic partnership, cutting off other competitors in one fell swoop.

DJI has also shown enough interest. After all, the number of drones required for this project is not a small amount, and it is all money.

The reason why I didn't agree immediately was that besides thinking about it myself, I also had to ask my superiors what they wanted.

Not only do you have to ask the boss, but you also have to go to the flower shop to measure it.

Drones need 5G network support. Without the participation of flower factories, DJI alone would be powerless.
Chapter completed!