Chen Zifan was quite impressed by the proficiency in manufacturing. They like to produce these seemingly unimportant products that are actually found in all walks of life. They may not make as much money as making popular single products, but they definitely do not lose money.
Especially after joining the Stardust ecological chain and receiving some technical support from Stardust Technology, I have become proficient in manufacturing some "gadgets" for a long time.
Chen Zifan himself also tried NFC and scanning QR code on Stardust mobile phone to pay. NFC is very convenient, and scanning QR code... Whether it is Alipay or WeChat, the current QR code scanning is not very good, and the experience of using it is very average.
There is no way, both softwares have just started, especially WeChat, which is far inferior to Quankou in terms of various functions. If it were not for the ability to make payments, Chen Zifan would not have thought of the reason why WeChat could do so in the early stage.
In addition to the two third-party software, the official "digital currency" plan is also in progress. Currently, the only devices bound to it are Stardust 2 and above, and payment can be made directly from the negative screen.
However, most people who have Stardust mobile phones will enable NFC payment. However, the current NFC payment is relatively less popular than QR codes. The main reason is that many individual small traders are unwilling to buy another device.
QR codes can be printed at will, but NFC also requires special equipment or special identification codes.
Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. Currently, mobile payment has just begun to become popular, and coexistence is normal. WeChat did not kill Alipay at the beginning. At least in Chen Zifan's memory, Alipay had a great advantage in the early stage.
later…
Let’s not mention this for now.
Chen Zifan is more concerned about what benefits Stardust Technology can gain from the process. Compared with developing third-party social software to enter the game, he prefers to "build bridges."
For example, most online games now require a credit card to recharge, but Stardust Network will develop a separate payment system. These game companies only need to pay a "small amount" to get the right to use it.
Players can recharge at any time.
Or during promotion, Stardust Network directly allows them to use it for free, but will deduct a certain percentage of the revenue from players during the recharge process.
They are two different ways of making money.
And most game companies will choose the latter, because it is not easy to afford "small money".
You can also find a third-party company, but the quality and stability of the payment system of the third-party company are likely to be inferior to Stardust Network, and the fees may not be cheap.
It goes without saying who to choose.
Stardust Network also has specific things, and they are all made for banks. Now we just need to copy them and make some changes. The only difficulty that needs to be solved is to find customers and partners.
Stardust Network is a bunch of bald programmers, so Chen Zifan must assign some people to work there.
Thanks to the talent pool at Stardust Technology, ordinary technology companies cannot handle having so many subsidiaries. Some companies only have one or two subsidiaries that are still suing each other. You can imagine how difficult it is.
At first, some people suggested that Chen Zifan set up his own bank and provide himself with loans. The problem is that Stardust Technology is not short of money at all, and the available funds on its books are sufficient, so why does it have to go out for loans?
Even if you build a building, you don’t need a loan...
Of course, the role of a bank is not only for loans, but also for various financial operations, which can allow Stardust Technology to make money even if it does not produce products, but Chen Zifan does not want to allocate energy to do so.
His purpose in establishing Stardust Technology was to produce good technological products and then use these products to change the world, not to make money in every possible way.
Chen Zifan then asked members of his subsidiaries in other cities to investigate the current popularity of mobile payment, and then drove his Xinghan mini back to the Stardust Technology headquarters. He was surrounded countless times along the way, and there were also special
I kept taking photos along the way.
Fortunately, everyone is relatively well-educated, and they are not surrounded by fans like some fanatical star-chasers. Chen Zifan has gained great fame, but he actually has "strength", unlike many celebrities.
After returning to the Stardust Technology headquarters, Chen Zifan immediately assigned the work on mobile payment to Stardust Network, and selected a few employees with good business capabilities from [Stardust Employees] to transfer there.
It can be regarded as a "promotion" in disguise.
After all, working at the Stardust Technology headquarters may not necessarily make you more money than working at a subsidiary, but correspondingly, working in a subsidiary is more tiring than a position in the head office.
Everyone is just trying to make more money, and only then will they want to be transferred back to the headquarters one day when their positions are promoted to the maximum, when they have earned enough money and are tired.
The work arranged for Stardust Network this time is also specifically for the "PC side". On mobile phones, especially Stardust games, which are internal companies, will jump directly to the payment platform without the need for a special "bridge".
Another thing Chen Zifan did after returning was to solve the problem of AR glasses. Since mobile payment is already in the process of becoming popular, it would be too late if AR glasses only have a few basic functions.
Stardust users have finally waited for two years for the Stardust 4 series of products. As a result, except for the three mobile phones Stardust 4, Stardust 4+, and Stardust-Absolute, none of the other products are interesting.
?
It’s not easy to come up with AR glasses, which have a sci-fi feel, but are not very practical, are they okay?
You can’t spend thousands of dollars on AR glasses only to see the time and calendar, right?
In fact, the most convenient way to improve the usability is to install a camera on it. If you want to take pictures, you can take them in one click. It would be better if you can record videos for a long time. Unfortunately, the current sodium-lithium batteries are still a bit weak.
After all, they are glasses, the battery capacity cannot be large, and installing a camera may cause some social problems. Many people are already very sensitive. If others look at her, they will think she is peeping, and then wearing glasses...
Chen Zifan couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about the scene of a group of people shouting "catch the gangsters" and "four-eyed boy" and then pressing the confused young man to the ground. Considering all things considered, he couldn't install a camera for the time being.
We have to wait until the technology improves.
Then we can only start from other aspects, but the specific functions will depend on the current product development progress. Chen Zifan quickly found several leaders of the AR glasses project team and asked:
"How is the current progress?"
The other product project teams are all in the Stardust factory. Only the AR glasses project team is still at the Stardust Technology headquarters every day, either drawing drawings or on the way to drawing drawings. Several versions of the product were aborted before they even started production.
The person in charge had no choice but to respond:
"We have cooperated with three lens manufacturers. Adjustable power lenses are currently not available, but we will adopt a 'customized' approach. If you are myopic, you can choose the power yourself."
"If it's just a return..."
"You don't have to worry about this."
Since it is a "customized" product, it stands to reason that it does not support returns without reason. However, Chen Zifan did not want to make such a clear distinction between non-myopic people and myopic people. Why can't people with myopia return something they bought? Everyone paid the same price.
Is this really reasonable?
Moreover, the myopia group in China is so huge that it would be too petty for a company as big as Stardust Technology to not allow unreasonable returns.
How to solve the problem of returns and exchanges?
Don’t forget that Stardust Technology also had a key assist when it first developed: the recycling bin.
The original Stardust Recycling Station could only recycle a variety of electronic equipment, especially imported foreign garbage, and break down the necessary items for secondary processing. Later, the official stepped in and Stardust Recycling Stations began to be built in various places.
Get up and specialize in the recycling industry.
Many countries that export large amounts of e-waste saw that this was still possible. So they either built a few recycling equipment from China and went back to reverse research and development, or they stopped exporting e-waste to China and started to develop curry countries.
After going back and forth, Stardust recycling stations in many areas can only start from their own people. They have shot countless environmental protection videos this year alone. The purpose is to raise people's awareness of recycling and collect used electronic products.
into one piece and then recycled.
Not only can ordinary people make a little money from it, environmental awareness has also improved, the overall environment has improved, and Stardust Recycling Station has also made recycling profits.
It’s simply a double-edged sword!
But recently, some new problems have emerged. The last equipment update of the Stardust Recycling Station was two years ago, which is already a bit outdated. This is not the most critical thing. The most critical thing is that the official has tasted the benefits.
How about just recycling e-waste?
How much of the total waste does e-waste account for?
Wouldn't it be more perfect if we could just throw ordinary garbage in and have the equipment automatically sort and extract valuable items?
After hearing this request, Chen Zifan almost shouted back, Damn it! How can it be so easy to handle?
But it’s not to blame the officials. Garbage sorting in China is almost a dead end. Ordinary people don’t have this awareness. It will probably take decades to cultivate it. It’s better to just dispose of all the garbage.
It just so happens that Stardust Technology has this technology.
Chen Zifan didn't have time before, but now it's not impossible to consider it. If the equipment of the Stardust Recycling Station can be upgraded, what are just lenses? Customized lenses can be recycled directly even if they are returned.
Moreover, the cost of the lens itself is not high. Really good lenses are very difficult for ordinary people to buy. As for the lenses they have access to in daily life, ranging from dozens to thousands, there is no essential difference.
The person in charge of the AR glasses project team was simply worried too much. When Chen Zifan reminded them, they also knew that they talked a bit too much and began to focus on introducing the product:
"At present, our AR glasses imaging method mainly uses projection technology to project the image onto an invisible coating on the lens, which can display basic information such as calendar, weather, phone book, information..."
"not enough!"
"You can also connect to your mobile phone and perform simple operations without the phone being turned on."
"for example?"
"Shared network, AR real-life navigation!"
Still not enough...
The limitations are too high. People with cars can’t use it, but people without cars don’t need it. In other words, people who ride bicycles and electric bikes may need it. If you can add giant screen viewing and voice assistant, the product will be more powerful.
a lot of!
However, giant screen viewing and voice assistant are still relatively difficult to use, so Chen Zifan chose other functions:
"I need to integrate iris recognition and infrared scanning, so I don't have to worry about the technical aspects..."
principal:!!!
These two technologies are very useful and have a certain relationship with mobile payment, but they are more reflected in convenience, which is more convenient than mobile phones.
Chen Zifan asked again:
"What about the battery capacity?"
"The maximum capacity is 800mah...if the capacity is any larger, you will feel obvious discomfort when wearing it."
"Then 800mah is enough. The charging method needs to be changed, directly to wireless charging..."
"!!!"
It would be too ugly to have a USB charging port on the glasses. It is better to use wireless charging. The wireless charging contacts can be integrated into the glasses frame.
Chen Zifan still has to wait for the experimental product to come out and experiment with the remaining functions before modifying them. Stardust Technology has the infrared scanning technology, and the iris recognition technology can be obtained off-the-shelf from [Stardust Technology].
Even some senior executives don't know how many big names and technical reserves there are in the core area of Stardust Factory, let alone the person in charge of the AR glasses project team.
At the same time~
Stardust Community:
"Photo.jpg, look! I took a photo with Director Chen today! Director Chen is so handsome! He's tall and handsome! He's even more handsome in person than in the photo! And you can feel his masculinity as soon as you stand next to him! He still has muscles!
"
"Cut~ (while eating sour lemon...)"
"Damn it! It's true!"
"I'm envious! Mr. Chen is so young! He is young and promising and has not yet been scandalized! I am a man's heartbeat!"
"Recently, there is a "feed yourself a bag of salt" Chen Ou who is also quite young. He is only 27 years old, and he is also young and promising! He is also quite handsome, but he seems not as handsome as me, Mr. Chen."
"???I'm sure Mr. Chen is even better!"
"We, Mr. Chen, are so awesome, why don't we have a watch? I think rich people like to buy a Patek Philippe to show their status. I heard that one piece costs more than 10 million. You can't buy it even if you have money."
"Is it possible that Director Chen's status is not high enough, so he can't buy it? Otherwise, why not buy one?"
"Fuck you! Is there anything Chen Zifan can't afford? It's just a watch. Ordinary people can buy it for more than 10 million. If Chen Zifan really wants it, believe it or not, people will queue up to deliver it to his door even if he doesn't pay a penny."
"I believe this..."
"Screenshot.jpg, these are Chen Gong's original words. A host asked him before why he didn't wear one. He said, isn't the watch used to tell the time? He already has a mobile phone, why does he need a watch? What a waste.
.”
"Absolutely..."
"If you are a truly capable person, some people will say you have good taste if you wear slippers and big pants. Otherwise, no matter how expensive your watch is, others will think you are buying a replica."
"right!"
"What kind of watch do I need if I have a mobile phone? Anyway, I am now used to taking out my mobile phone to check the time. Moreover, the latest small update of Stardust OS also added a feature called the always-on screen display. You can customize the always-on screen display in the settings.
What’s the content of.”
“There’s also a Little Star Astronaut dial inside!”
"This is what I use too!"
"+1!"
“Stardust smartwatch users say they were backstabbed! Isn’t this what’s on our watches?”