A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 530 Investing in Drones

In order to attract more outstanding talents to join Orange Technology, Lu Cheng often goes to major universities to give speeches, and at his own expense, holds some competition projects in major universities to discover talents with the help of these competitions.

Southeast University also fully supports Lu Cheng, an outstanding student. The School of Computer Science also allows Orange Technology to open a course on mobile operating systems. Although there are only four classes per semester, these four classes can be used to screen some students who are more sensitive to operating systems and provide targeted training.

For those talented people, Orange Technology will sign talent training agreements with them, equip them with the most advanced computers and mobile phones, and support them in conducting experiments and scientific research.

At present, Dongda University and Nanjing University in Jinling have signed relevant cooperation agreements with Juzi Technology, and Juzi has also donated a batch of new experimental equipment to these universities.

Of course, Lu Cheng's vision is not limited to the two universities in Jinling. He occasionally goes to universities in major cities to recruit talents.

During this process, Lu Cheng also advertised for Orange and made himself famous.

In December 2005, Lu Cheng was invited to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to give a speech to Hong Kong students.

After a humorous and passionate speech, Lu Cheng also gained a group of fans in Hong Kong.

The sales volume of Orange mobile phones in Hong Kong is not very high, but Orange MP4 is quite popular, especially in major universities in Hong Kong, where almost every student who can afford it has one.

After the speech, the question-and-answer session began. After Lu Cheng skillfully answered several students' questions, he suddenly noticed a boy wearing glasses and with an excited expression. He then signaled to the staff on site to pass the microphone to him.

The boy took the microphone and said quickly: "Hello, Mr. Lu, my name is Wang Tao. I have heard a lot of stories about you and I admire you very much. I am especially curious about your entrepreneurial experience. Now I want to ask, have you ever encountered difficulties in the process of starting a business? How did you deal with it?"

“The process of starting a business is certainly not smooth sailing. Behind the development of each new product are countless days and nights of hard work. There will be failures, anxiety, and even occasional desire to give up.

But when a new day comes, I will tell myself that only by persisting in doing difficult but right things can we go further! So, if you can also be sure that you are doing such a thing, then be brave and stick to it! "

"Thank you, Mr. Lu, for answering my questions. I will definitely stick to it."

After answering this question, Lu Cheng discovered that this student seemed to have something different from other students, so he paid some attention to him.

After the speech, Lu Cheng specifically asked the staff to call the student named Wang Tao over: "Hello, Wang Tao. I would like to ask, are you also researching a project? But you encountered difficulties?"

"Mr. Lu, actually... I'm researching the flight control system for remote-controlled helicopters. I worked hard for half a year, but failed during the demonstration. However, I've started over, and I should be able to produce a sample soon."

Wang Tao, drone?

A name suddenly flashed through Lu Cheng’s mind: “DJI”!

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng smiled slightly: "In fact, I am also very interested in remote-controlled helicopters. I wanted to buy one when I was a child, but the conditions did not allow it. Boys always have an infinite yearning for the sky.

If we could build a more advanced and flexible remote-controlled helicopter and equip it with a camera, we would be able to overlook the earth from a high altitude and fly through various complex environments.

It can be used for exploration, monitoring, search and rescue, support, and even, like in science fiction movies, for war..."

The more Lu Cheng talked, the more excited Wang Tao became, as if he had found a soulmate.

"I think so too. I have had a dream of flying since I was a child..."

In terms of age, Wang Tao is three or four years older than Lu Cheng, but the conversation between the two made Wang Tao naturally regard Lu Cheng as his senior and idol.

The two chatted for more than an hour and then exchanged contact information.

Before leaving, Lu Cheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Work hard and don't worry about funding. I have invested in your project. If you want to start a business, I can provide you with the original capital. My Red Bean Capital will contact you later."

"Thank you, Mr. Lu!"

When leaving Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Lu Cheng was in a good mood. This trip not only established a relationship with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, but also enabled him to discover such an important talent in advance.

Lu Cheng, who is familiar with the future, naturally knows the development potential of drones and how popular DJI will be in the future.

Lu Cheng has limited energy and it is impossible for him to be involved in all industries, but this does not prevent him from investing in some industries with great potential and outstanding entrepreneurs in advance.

In fact, before this, Hongdou Capital had invested in many projects and made no less money than Orange Technology.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng stayed in Hong Kong for three or four days and took away some computer talents when he left.

Just after the Spring Festival in 2006, Juzi launched its second-generation mobile phone. Compared with the first-generation mobile phone, the second-generation Juzi was more advanced in design and creativity, with larger memory, larger battery capacity, more complete products, and more perfect human-machine functions. It quickly opened up new markets and was completely an upgraded and enhanced version of the first-generation Juzi.

At this time, the total sales of the first generation of Orange, which was only released in the second half of last year, has exceeded 200 million units, and is on par with the low-priced Gionee in the field of domestic mobile phones.

The first and second generations of Orange were mid-to-high-end models, while Gionee relied on its price of 998 yuan and the fame of King Liu to achieve sales of three million in a whole year.

Of course, these have never been Orange’s goals.

After the emergence of Orange 2, the price of Orange 1 also began to adjust downward.

In March 2006, after more than two years of research and development by Lu Cheng and the technical team, the "Taichu System", a mobile operating system unique to Juzi, was basically formed and entered the final stage of perfect testing.

During this period, Lu Cheng stayed in the project team almost every day and led the work personally.

In order to ensure the health of employees under high-intensity work, Lu Cheng also customized a special Yangyuan tea for them. It is made with a simplified recipe of "Qiangshen Pills" and can strengthen the body and maintain energy. It is much stronger than coffee and not only does it not harm the body, but long-term drinking also has the effect of strengthening the body.

I have to say that compared to other capitalists, boss Lu Cheng at least has more conscience.

Moreover, in terms of salary and benefits, Lu Cheng has never treated his employees unfairly. The overall salary level is higher than that of his peers, and he also distributes benefits and bonuses from time to time.

After all, as a captain, Lu Cheng has some experience in how to cultivate loyal subordinates, even death squads.

In the blink of an eye, another five months have passed and it is August again.

Also on August 8, Orange officially released another blockbuster news, that it will hold a larger-scale press conference a week later on August 18 to launch the third generation of Orange mobile phones.

In addition, the official also clearly announced that the third-generation Orange mobile phone will be a new epoch-making product that will usher in a new era of mobile phones.

The theme of the press conference was even more crazy: "Orange redefines the mobile phone!"