For Zhao Yi, this was his first time coming to the Tarim Basin. Even if he had traveled to Xinjiang before, he had only gone to Urumqi in northern Xinjiang. The environment there was much better than here.
This time, in addition to checking the preparation work of Yaoguang Environmental Management Company here, I also came to see the harshness of the environment here, so that I could have an idea.
Although the previous plan was very well set up and every aspect seemed to have been considered, it was still just an armchair exercise, and he was not particularly sure about the implementation stage.
This is also the fundamental reason why he traveled thousands of miles to come here this time. As the chief engineer of the Northwest Climate and Land Transformation Plan, it is really unreasonable that he has never been here once.
He first checked the slightly livable areas along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to see the living conditions of the residents here, and also checked whether the Tianshan Mountains was suitable for high-altitude drop of hydrogel.
Then we will investigate the situation of the Tarim River. We want to see what the water volume of the Tarim River was like before the transformation. There is also a more intuitive comparison before and after.
Then take a helicopter to conduct a high-altitude inspection of the Taklimakan Desert to view the topography of the entire Taklimakan Desert, and at the same time feel the harsh environment of the Taklimakan Desert.
The environment of the entire Tarim Basin is actually not that good. If it weren't for the water source brought by the melting snow from the mountains, the environment here would really not be suitable for human survival. In addition, the transportation is blocked, and economic development will naturally be very difficult.
In addition to the need for Fluctlight Environmental Management Company to build a large number of hydrogel production bases in the early stage of climate transformation in the Tarim Basin, there are other tasks that need to be done.
For example, although highways were built to Xinjiang before, the destination was Urumqi, and the journey only passed through a short section of the Tarim Basin, and most areas were inaccessible.
This is very detrimental to the development of the Tarim Basin, because during the entire transformation process, a large amount of materials need to be transported from developed coastal areas, and a large number of construction machinery is also required.
These must have certain traffic conditions, so the first priority now is to build a highway around the Tarim Basin along the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains and the northern foothills of the Karakoram Mountains.
At the same time, it is also necessary to build a highway through the Taklimakan Desert and connect the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the northern foot of the Karakoram Mountains to reduce the time required for transportation.
As for more transportation networks, we need to wait until the transformation has some results to reduce the construction difficulty caused by the desert climate environment. After all, the harsher the environment, the higher the cost.
After solving the basic traffic problems, it is necessary to make appropriate adjustments to the topography of Lop Nur. After all, many topography and landforms have undergone great changes after it has been dry for so many years.
If artificial rainfall is carried out over a large area and a large amount of surface water is injected into Lop Nur, will it be able to hold such a huge amount of water? If not, the area of the lake formed will be even larger.
According to Zhao Yi's plan, he actually doesn't want the water area of Lop Nur to increase too much, because an increase in water area means an increase in evaporation, and the amount of evaporation requires certain calculations.
Because ground evaporation is too large and low-altitude water vapor is too high, the convergence effect with high-altitudes will be enhanced, resulting in higher-altitude rainfall. Excessive amounts of anything will cause problems, and moderation is the goal.
Then there is the dredging of the Tarim River. The current length of the Tarim River is not long, and many river channels have actually been dry for a long time. If it is not dredged in advance, it is likely to cause the river to spread and lead to floods.
These basic works must be completed this year, so the work pressure on all parties is extremely huge. About 5,000 kilometers of highways need to be built.
Coupled with river dredging, Lop Nur landform transformation, etc., every task is not that simple. This is still the on-site construction part, and huge material support is needed behind it.
For example, Tianshu Machinery Company must provide 100,000 sets of mechanical equipment in a short period of time. In order to achieve this goal, Tianshu Machinery Company does not have all holidays during the New Year.
All the R&D personnel in the company must come up with a design that meets the requirements in a short period of time, and it must be designed for the high temperature and sandy climate of the Tarim Basin, otherwise it is likely to fail during construction.
Their new production line is also under intensive construction and is expected to be put into production around mid-April, which will only take more than two months.
The inspection of the entire Tarim Basin and parts of the northwest lasted for a full month. It was only in April that he returned home from the northwest. He felt as if he had shed a layer of skin.
If you have never been to the Northwest for a long time, it is really difficult to understand the harshness of living there. It seems that our country's rapidly developing economy has little to do with it, and the people are generally poor.
The economy of many areas is quite backward. If the country's economy had not developed rapidly, the government's fiscal revenue had increased, and subsidies to remote areas had also increased, the situation might have been even more dire.
As for why they don’t work in areas with better economic development, one is the language barrier. There are many ethnic minorities here, so it is difficult to adapt to the life of working outside.
Second, the traffic is relatively congested, making it difficult for many people to go out. Without the help of close friends, it actually requires a lot of psychological endurance for a person to go out and make a living.
Few of the older generation of ethnic minorities can speak Chinese. He also went to a school opened by a Chinese education company here. The children's Chinese language skills are pretty good, and he is quite satisfied with the situation.
However, the literacy campaign for the older generation of ethnic minorities has not been carried out particularly smoothly. It is much different from that in other places, mainly because of the large gap between language families. It is naturally more difficult to fully learn another language.
In any case, these works are being carried out in an orderly manner. Although the progress is slow, as long as we persist, we can still improve the quality and quantity of education here, which will be of great benefit to local economic development.
For this climate and land transformation plan in the Tarim Basin, some people will be recruited from the mainland, especially for technical positions, which must be qualified by talents from the mainland.
In addition, try to recruit local people to participate, which can effectively improve the income situation here, increase their income situation, and also gain more trust between ethnic groups.
After returning home, news came that the "Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong" canal exploration work and related technical demonstrations had been completed, and the construction phase could officially enter.
However, the government plans to invest in this project itself, and the governments of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong will fund the construction themselves, without Zhao Yi’s financial participation.
According to the government, he is about to carry out the northwest development plan, and funds are already very tight. Let the governments of these three places invest by themselves, which can also reduce his financial pressure.
Regardless of whether this is true or not, he thinks this is good. Originally, he had no intention of investing in the "Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong" Canal. If it were not to solve the commodity trade problem in his hometown, he would not have proposed such a plan.
Although the construction of the "Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong" canal can also earn a certain amount of income, the return on investment is not very high. If this part of the funds is invested in the northwest, the return rate may be higher.
Therefore, Zhao Yi naturally has no objection to this arrangement. The provinces that were short of funds before were mainly Jiangxi and Zhejiang. As for Guangdong, the economy is developing faster and there are basically no funding problems.
In the past two years, as his industrial chain in Guangdong has extended to Jiangxi, and as the Huaxia Military Industrial Company in Nanchang and Internet companies and gaming companies in Jiujiang have successively gained profits, tax revenue has increased very quickly.
On the contrary, Zhejiang's economic development has not yet performed particularly well. Although it is at the forefront domestically, it is still lagging behind compared with Jiangxi and Guangdong.
However, there is no problem with the three provinces investing in the construction of the "Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong" canal. Zhao Yi will provide better technology at the right time to help build the canal better, and he is too lazy to take care of the rest.
What he now has in front of him is to raise funds. The highway construction in the Tarim Basin is relatively good, and is included in the plan by his highway investment company, so he does not need to provide additional funds.
But those 100,000 pieces of machinery and equipment require him to pay for them. This cost alone is as high as 40 billion to 50 billion yuan, not counting the capital consumption during the construction process.
Before the global satellite communication system was established, projects such as robots and smart glasses could not be carried out. Without the support of high-speed networks, the results would be much worse.
Therefore, Tianxuan Technology Company needs to be the first to launch holographic projection equipment. Although this also requires network support, after all, it does not need to be moved all the time, and the optical fiber network is enough.
In addition, Tiangong Precision Instrument Company has ready-made related precision parts, so there is not much difficulty in hardware manufacturing, and in the field of software control, there is no difficulty at all with him.
So at the end of April, Xuantian Technology Company had produced the first batch of holographic projection equipment, and the equipment production was handed over to Huaxin Precision Manufacturing Company.
This also saves Xuantian Technology Company a lot of time, and also reduces the difficulty of employee management. The overall benefit is much more cost-effective than building a factory by itself.
After Huaxin Precision Manufacturing Company received the manufacturing order, it immediately built a production line in a targeted manner. They are professional in this aspect, and it is also their main way to increase profits.
According to Huaxin Precision Manufacturing Company, their output can reach 100,000 units in the first month, 1 million units in the second month, and then maintain this output.
To be honest, when I heard the news, I almost choked on my saliva. The output was really too large, and Xuantian Technology Company simply did not place that many orders.
However, Huaxin Precision Instrument Company is very optimistic about Xuantian Technology Company's holographic projection equipment. They believe that the previous order quantity may be seriously underestimated, so they are preparing for the future.
Zhao Yi admitted that his market estimate for smartphones did have serious problems, but how could this holographic projection be sold in such large quantities because the price was not cheap.
The reason for the high price is not that the holographic projection hardware is expensive, but that he feels that the market size may not be too large, and only by increasing the unit price can sufficient profits be guaranteed.
In fact, the key to holographic projection is the light source components and the imaging control system behind it. The other parts are not particularly surprising. The components are also common and the cost is not high.
For example, the manufacturing cost of holographic projection equipment for personal use is only 500 yuan. Most of the cost is occupied by the light source components of Tiangong Precision Instrument Company, and the remaining hardware cost is less than 100 yuan.
The reason why it is sold at such a high price is that it is a brand new high-tech product. The price cannot be calculated based on the hardware cost alone. The real core lies in the control system.
This is also the reason why he is not afraid of being imitated by the outside world. The outside world does not say whether it can create a light source comparable to that of Tiangong Precision Instrument Company. Even if it can be built, the price will be very expensive.
Moreover, the control imaging system is very complicated, far more complicated than the existing display technology. It cannot be developed by ordinary companies, and even its software companies may not be able to develop it.
Therefore, the price of 10,000 yuan for a personal holographic projection is actually very cheap. Market issues have been taken into consideration. If the price is too high, not many people can afford it.
Of course, the price can also be further reduced, but this will constitute competition for existing display products. You must know that the LCD technology of his Polaris Company is currently in a monopoly.
If the price drops, it will inevitably affect the performance of Polaris Company. If it is normal competition, he can ignore it. It is better not to target his own company for dimension reduction attacks like his.
According to his estimate, the annual sales volume of the market is only about 5 million units. This is already a very optimistic estimate. He did not expect Huaxin Precision Instrument Company to be even more optimistic than him.
They also suggested to Xuantian Technology Company to more than double its production capacity to an annual output of 12 million units, and the news naturally reached his ears.
If it weren't for Huaxin Precision Manufacturing Company being his own company, he would have felt a bit nosy. They only need to produce according to orders. As for the amount of production, they still need to follow the customer's requirements.
However, Huaxin Precision Manufacturing Company is not aimless, but has prepared a more detailed data analysis. From their market analysis, it does make some sense.
Therefore, Xuantian Technology Company will temporarily allow it to expand its production capacity to 1 million units per month. As for orders, it will not be given that many for the time being, but it will be produced on a scale of 500,000 units.
Xuantian Technology Company needs to decide what to do next based on market feedback. Although there are many rich people in the world, not all rich people like this product.
By May, Xuantian Technology Company's personal holographic projection equipment has officially entered global retail channels through Shangtong Trading Company, and the price remains unchanged at 10,000 yuan per unit.
Even Xuantian Technology Company did not advertise, because in their opinion, there is no need to advertise at all. This product is really eye-catching when placed in the store.
Because the price is high and the number of products is not large, Shangtong Trading Company sells them in its own boutique, where the members are all wealthy people.
On the first day when the personal holographic projection equipment was launched, the boutique started up the personal holographic projection equipment and placed it directly in the most conspicuous position. It played a GC animation produced by Xuantian Technology Company, which was very cool.
As long as you walk into the boutique, you will see this holographic projection device, which naturally attracts the attention of many members who come to shop, and even gather in front of this device to see how it is done.
When the service staff told everyone that this is a personal holographic projection device, it is a new type of display device that can realize true naked-eye 3D images and make the images three-dimensional.
To be honest, such a product is definitely a sci-fi product, and people at the scene were not short of money. Naturally, some people chose to buy it on the spot. The price was 10,000 yuan. For these people, it was not particularly expensive.
Many of the customers who can join the boutique store have unusual identities. When they see this, the first thing they think of is business opportunities, so they inquire about this product very carefully.
In fact, the principle of holographic projection equipment can be explained clearly in a few words, but it is not necessarily possible to implement it. There are many difficulties that need to be overcome, otherwise it would not have entered thousands of households decades later.
For such a sci-fi product, everyone naturally wants to know which company developed and produced it, because in everyone's subconscious mind, the ability to develop and produce such a sci-fi product must naturally have strong R&D capabilities.
At least in their own minds, they didn't expect any other company to have such strength. Although Polaris Company is the absolute dominant player in the field of LCD displays, the generation gap between the two is still very large.
The trademark of Xuantian Technology Company is in seal script font, and there is no English trademark at all. Even domestic consumers may not recognize it, let alone foreign consumers.
Therefore, it is very difficult to know Xuantian Technology Company through its trademark. You can only ask the service staff. To be honest, the word "Xuantian" is difficult to explain in English. It can only be transliterated, otherwise it will take a long time to translate it. .
Fortunately, some time ago, Xuantian Technology Company announced its global satellite communication network construction, which caused a lot of speculation around the world. These elites still have an impression, and they will understand which company it is when it is mentioned.
It's just that they didn't expect that this company, which was originally planning to develop satellite communications, would launch such a sci-fi product before satellite communications were even mentioned, which made many people feel a sense of unreality.
But no matter what, everyone's love for personal holographic projection equipment is real, and they have added it to their shopping lists.
According to statistics, in just one day, 30,000 personal holographic projection devices were sold worldwide. This is the sales volume generated without any publicity.
When the sales statistics came to Zhao Yi, he realized that he might have underestimated the appeal of personal holographic projection equipment in today's era. Huaxin Precision Manufacturing Company's market analysis report might really come true.
Sure enough, the sales data were even more impressive the next day, with the number doubling to 50,000 units. This was because word of mouth spread, and many members who had not planned to come to the boutique to shop came to buy them temporarily. .
Although the latter data has declined, it has basically remained at about 30,000 units. The monthly sales data is about 1 million units, which not only reaches the market analysis data of Huaxin Precision Manufacturing Company, but also exceeds it by a lot.
Hardware purchase is one aspect. It only requires the foundation to use holographic projection. If you want to maintain the market popularity for a long time, you need more content resources. Otherwise, consumers will eventually get tired of playing and can only throw it aside, which is called "invisible but not good". "China-used" products.
In fact, before the product is sold, Xuantian Technology Company has cooperated with Xinghan Technology Company's long video platform to convert their film and television drama products into holographic video resources.
The conversion efficiency of these existing video resources is relatively high. They are content resources that are relatively easy to provide to customers in a short period of time and can solve urgent needs.
Of course, doing so will also be beneficial to Xinghan Technology’s long video platform, giving users more reasons to choose them, and playing a very important role in further consolidating their market position.
However, this simple video resource conversion still seems a bit crude and does not necessarily meet the needs of consumers, so more service content needs to be provided.
First of all, Xuantian Technology Company thought of the field of holographic projection communication, which allows two or more people thousands of miles apart to achieve face-to-face communication through holographic projection.
However, this area cannot bring additional income to Xuantian Technology Company. It cannot be charged network fees. It can only be used to expand holographic projection.
The second is to launch its own customized content website, allowing users to achieve free customized services on this website. This is the real trump card of Xuantian Technology Company.
Xuantian Technology Company has currently provided users with 10,000 application resources in various scenarios. This is to help consumers who don’t know what to do make choices. It can be regarded as an introduction and the price is not very expensive.
The main purpose is to let users know how to use this customized platform to achieve the effects they want, and to provide them with a basic design aesthetic for their own customization.
Designed resources like this cost $10 each, which is not very expensive, but it is not cheap either. If used a lot, it will still put a lot of pressure on users.
Customized content is even more expensive and will be charged based on complexity. The higher the complexity, the more expensive the price will be. However, the starting price is also US$100, and the most expensive one is US$1,000, and it can only be applied to personal holograms. Projection equipment.
In order to solve the problem that the demand for content is high and the cost of purchasing services separately is too high, Xuantian Technology Company has also launched a membership service. The membership fee is US$100 per month.
This member can purchase existing resources for free, but cannot use customized services for free. Customized services are still charged according to the quantity and will not be added to the membership function.
This strategy is to take advantage of the rich. Since they can afford 10,000 yuan worth of holographic projection equipment, they can naturally afford to use these resources.
In fact, as Zhao Yi thought, after one month, each holographic projection equipment used an average of 10 Xuantian Technology Company's projection resources, with an average unit price of US$50, and customized services were not considered many for the time being. (End of chapter)