Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 174 The Rise of Zhongxun
"The depth of the choke coil of the choke coil antenna is generally a quarter of the wavelength of ..., that is, h = λ/4. By controlling ..., it is possible to achieve ... electromagnetic wave clutter elimination, and to achieve ... effects. Electromagnetic waves After being incident on the choke coil, in the groove, the ... opposite electromagnetic wave is reflected, thereby eliminating .... High resistance appears near the surface of the antenna choke coil ..., preventing the electromagnetic wave from being in ..., thereby preventing ... The gain of the GNSS antenna ... At the same time, the choke coil can reduce the back lobe of ... to suppress the multipath effect. ... "

Facing a document, Liu Yining read the words correctly.

Zhang Yong couldn't help laughing, "Brother, are you from Baidu? You are also an Internet company, you are from A, and you use the engine of B, don't you feel a little ashamed?"

"I'm not a professional, but it doesn't mean I can't understand it. I just don't understand it. It's just a suppression plate. Is it a special shape that our processing technology can't achieve? Or is it a special material that we can't produce? This thing is only available from JPL ( The Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States) can do it? Huaqiangbei can copy almost anything, can it be that you group of satellite navigation professionals can't even make a metal plate without any electronic components?"

"Of course not. Do you dare to bet that within a year, JPL antennas will lose their market in China, and various domestic choke coil antennas will come out soon."

"Oh," Liu Yining became interested, "So sure."

"JPL choke coils will soon become a thing of the past. SKydon and Pyson are both releasing their own choke coil antennas. Once this becomes popular, domestic antennas will immediately follow. I never think this thing is so difficult, a It’s just a metal plate that suppresses signals of different wavelengths. But that’s not what I’m talking about, my point is that you don’t need this suppression plate at all. Of course, if the cost is low enough, you can have one. But it doesn’t have to be.”

Liu Yining said seriously: "I need a low-cost solution, but I don't want to compromise the effect. Since all reference stations are choke coil antennas, we definitely want it too."

Zhang Yong turned on the computer and pulled up a document, "This is the latest test report from SKydon, which proves that their baseband antenna's multipath suppression effect is almost as good as that of the choke coil antenna. I think the choke coil may be out of history." The stage is on. Also, the road that Zhongxun is taking is not the traditional GNSS reference station road, so you don’t need to ask yourself the specifications of all the reference stations you have seen before. As long as the survey antenna is enough for you.”

"American Aerial?"

"No, it's too expensive. At the beginning, Mag's handheld RTK was equipped with a domestic antenna made in Shenzhen, and the price was close to one tenth of the imported one. Based on your order of several hundred pieces, I estimate that the cost can be to within a thousand."

"Really?" Liu Yining jumped up, "How effective is it?"

Zhang Yong said: "You can buy a hundred tests first, if the effect is not enough, resell them to me, and I will accept them all."

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After several financial tycoons conducted due diligence on Zhongxun's finances, they were convinced that Liu Yining had turned the world upside down, and the cost of the entire system was actually as Liu Yining said, without any water involved.

This gave them more praise for Liu Yining's character.Prior to this, almost each of them had an assessment of the Crowdfinding system by their own investigation team.They almost unanimously believe that Zhongxun's investment amount will be astronomical in order to maintain its operation.The entire investment amount is even larger than the amount of a shared bicycle they just got.

Of course, there is still a difference between the two. The maintenance cost of a bicycle is a long-term investment. The Beidou base station of Zhongxun may have a high investment amount in the early stage, but the continuous investment of each station is not very large.

Because of the credible report of their own team, several bigwigs didn't really believe Liu Yining's words, thinking that his cost estimate was too watery.

Until hundreds of Zhongxun stations began to operate and began to provide services, especially after signing a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with a listed company called Zhonghe, the bosses keenly grasped the future and unlimited potential of Zhongxun, However, he still had doubts about Liu Yining's figures until after this due diligence.

They found that their dedicated and professional investigation team was not as reliable as they thought.

Soon, several investments with the minimum unit of [-] million were entered into Zhongxun's account.

So in the geographic information and Beidou navigation circle, a strange company called Zhongxun Location rose overnight.

This is a company that is different from traditional instrument sales and project services.It is an enterprise that provides differential signals for high-precision satellite navigation users and takes service fees as its main income.

And it is different from the previous reference station systems in various cities, including the cooperation between SKydon and M University, the first special zone network.Zhongxun's service does not take cities as units, but covers the whole country, regardless of regions.

At the same time, the service fee of Zhongxun is much lower than that of the previous reference station network.Manufacturers that have bound the Zhongxun service directly have a Zhongxun account built into the device, and users can use it after buying it.It's just that after the three-month free period, you have to pay for the service yourself.

Like all mobile Internet models, Zhongxun issued a large number of free test accounts and low-cost package accounts at the beginning of its listing, as well as a large number of short-term test accounts for various hardware manufacturers.

The freedom and dreams that Zhang Yong told Li Cha finally came true.This kind of unlimited freedom is like a drug, and users cannot help being addicted to it.So once the free account expires, users will take the initiative to start paying.

Most state-owned enterprise users are not short of money, and after using the Zhongxun service, the cost of the reference station can be reduced, and a field worker can be removed, and the overall cost is reduced.But there are still some problems, because of the strict financial regulations of state-owned enterprises and state agencies, they can spend money to sell equipment, but they don't have the budget to pay for services, even if the amount is not high.

But the wisdom of the people is infinite, and soon, receivers including Zhongxun account numbers and one-year, three-year, and five-year service fees began to appear on the market, and users can purchase them at one time.

Crowdfinding models quickly caught the attention of authorities, and they were so bright it was almost impossible not to go unnoticed.As a result, a discussion on whether the crowd-searching model is legal and how to supervise it quickly unfolded in the ministry, the national bureau, and the competent department.

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Zhang Yong was very busy. He took over the Hertz tablet ODM project that Gao Ping asked him to do.

With the previous experience of Mag holding RTK, everything went smoothly.In fact, the two are the same type of product, but with the development of terminal technology, the PDA of the previous Windows CE system has been replaced by Windows and Android tablets that can touch the screen.Of course, Hertz's board can't achieve the effect of DM800, but its performance is similar to that of DM100.This handheld tablet is very similar to the upgraded version of the handheld product Mr. Peng is involved in.

In return for Zhang Yong, Zhongxun provided a one-year free service account for this batch of tablets.

Zhang Yong was in a daze. He felt that everything was back to the past. He did almost the same thing, but the equipment in his hand was more advanced.

He sent the completed prototypes to Huatai, Dongfang, and Shangda respectively.

"Zhang Yong," he was the first to receive a call from Mr. Zhao, "how should I evaluate you? What you make is very good, but every time it doesn't last long. We just stopped your board, and your handheld RTK At this time, you sent this tablet again. I personally like it very much. Human beings have similarities, and I guess users will like it too. But how long will you hold on this time? I think Your product is suitable for Xiaowei, and he will always leave after making a fortune. As an enterprise, I hope that a product can continue to develop. Until one day, it is replaced by new technology. It is not because of reasons other than technology, suddenly Gone. Whose core is your tablet?"

Zhang Yong said helplessly, "It's up to people to make things happen. Boss, I'm more sad than you when I can't continue with the work I've worked so hard on. I can't guarantee this product completely, but I think This will be a long-lasting product. You are right, the core comes from the United States, but in the future it may become a completely independent Chinese product.”

"hertz?"

"Nothing can be hidden from Mr. Zhao."

"Horton came to me, and I know something."

"How do you see Hertz?"

"That depends on what angle you look at. If you only evaluate Qi products, I think it is good, and it is superior among similar products. But if you want to verify what you and Gao Ping said in Germany, the quality of Hertz is far from enough. It is far from the dual-frequency high-precision The product is still one step away. But this step is a distance that many companies cannot cross in their lifetime, so I can't comment, and I don't have any suggestions. I can only wish you good luck. Another thing, I guess your DM800 Where have all the boards gone? Congratulations, you are one step ahead of us, a step ahead in consciousness. I won’t compliment you face to face, I will go to you and my senior brother when I have time, and we will praise you behind your back, lest you be proud. "

"I'm very humble, and I never refuse compliments in person. Mr. Zhao, you're really welcome."

Master Zhao smiled, "Oh, I'm still learning badly. How about this, I can order a batch of handheld tablets, but the price I want is [-]% lower than that of Dongfang and Shangda."

"It's not fair, why are you better than their price."

"It's very simple, your tablet will definitely be sold to three companies, not exclusive to me, right? So now they are waiting to see, but if I order now, they will definitely order, which is an interesting game. But I I want to get some benefits in this game, the first one, so I want to be cheaper than them."

"The price of the tablet is not high, let's take 5.00%, and I will give you another three months."

"Okay," Mr. Zhao said happily, "deal. I want the blue tablet case, and the logo is still the same as before. Huatai's software will be sent to you immediately. If there are any incompatible parts, you will report them to our R&D department after testing, and we will immediately Revise. Since I am the first, I will be listed at least one month earlier than others."

"Okay, fully cooperate."

Zhang Yong remembered one more thing, "What do you think of Zhongxun's position?"

"Very good, we are willing to cooperate with Zhongxun."

"However, Zhongxun went to Dongfang, and Shangda was rejected. What do you think?"

"I can understand that Pound has always been strong in the industry, and he will not allow a company outside the circle to steal his business. Dongfang has also built many of its own stations over the years, and they have the most users and the most branches. With their own hardware, the cost of building a website is not that high, so he can continue to build a website, so he must want to build his own network to compete with others. As for Shang Da, following the East, since Pound did this, what will they do? .”

"Would you change your mind and do the same thing as them?"

Mr. Zhao said decisively: "No. There is nothing special about this technology. Everyone can do it, and we are more professional than them. But this model is completely new to us. It is not a traditional surveying and mapping model at all, but an Internet model. Therefore, we are not professional at all. Moreover, our capital flow is not at the same level as that of others. This is not something we can fight against. It is true to follow the trend. In the future, companies in the Internet industry should be able to compete with Zhongxun , such as Tencent’s. Well, let’s not talk about them. Help me make an appointment with Zhongxun, we are different from those two, and I will be willing to bind all products to Zhongxun’s services.”

"Okay, no problem." Zhang Yong nodded, Mr. Zhao will always be the one who looks simple and honest, but in fact is far more transparent than others.

Everything was as Mr. Zhao expected. Not long after Huatai signed the order contract with Zhang Yong, Chen Feng found him, and then Guo Zhanqing from Dongfang Company. Each company customized their own models and tested their own software.No one knew that Mr. Zhao had secretly given Huatai a 5.00% benefit.

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The sales meeting of SKydon China's high-precision department is still hosted by Dong Bin.At this time, he is no longer the chief representative, nor is he the highest official in China.The China region has its own president. He is only the person in charge of the GNSS high-precision department. It seems that the level is lower, but the business scope is still the same.

"Why has our GIS business dropped so much?" He looked at the agents present with some displeasure.

After a short silence, a voice replied in an unfriendly tone: "Why did you drop so much? You should ask you guys from SKydon about this."

Dong Bin followed the voice and looked at Wei Shao of Mihe.

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Zhang Yong used a Hertz board to build a GNSS receiver, and then activated the service with his Zhongxun account.

Half an hour later, Tang Liwei couldn't help but swear, "Boss, this is not good, what is it, it is exactly the same level as a handheld tablet, and it cannot be used as a high-precision device."

Zhang Yong nodded, "There is a long way to go."

The phone rang, and he looked at it. It was a French number. His heart skipped a beat. Haven't received a call from here for a long, long time?
He picked it up with a familiar French accent, "Brother Yong, how are you?" Oh my god, it's Da Se Wa.

"I'm going to China next month, you come to SKydon's Beijing office, let's meet."

"Okay, boss."

Just as he hung up, the phone rang again, the Beijing number was connected, and there was still a familiar voice.

"Zhang Yong, you are in trouble. Be careful!" It was Young Master Gong.

(End of this chapter)