Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

The Gulfstream G550 landed at the Deer Jet Terminal on the north side of Shenzhen Bao'an Airport. The aircraft service area here was only opened at the end of 2010 and is the first wholly-owned fixed base for business jets in the country, with its own border inspection channel.

The assistant, Han Zhien, who had arrived early, was already waiting with the hotel car. After getting in the car, the driver took us to the St. Regis Shenzhen Hotel, which had not yet officially opened.

The hotel is located in the KK100 Tower, on floors 75 to 100, with the lobby on the 95th floor. It has been heavily promoted recently as the tallest hotel in mainland China.

It won't officially open for business until December 18th, but that's obviously for ordinary people.

When Datong helped book the hotel, they contacted Marriott International directly. After learning that Chen Yiran would be coming to Shenzhen, they provided a presidential suite for free and even gave twenty suites to her entourage.

Given Chen Yiran's current status, this is essentially helping to generate buzz for the hotel.

Although the hotel warmly invited Chen Yiran to try their culinary skills, Chen Yiran still went to the Guangming Guesthouse for her first meal in Shenzhen.

Guangming Guesthouse was originally the internal canteen of Guangming Farm. It officially opened to the public in 1983. After decades of development, it has grown from a small canteen inside the farm into a culinary landmark in Shenzhen.

Here, braised pigeon is a must-order signature dish. It uses 25-28 pound (500-600 grams) large pigeons and is prepared by first braising and then frying. The braising liquid is made with more than 20 kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs. The final product is crispy skin, tender meat, and full of juice.

This is really delicious. Chen Yiran felt that the taste in 2011 was even better than when he came in 2024.

After that, bovine colostrum and sweet corn became quite famous. These two, along with braised pigeon, are known as the traditional "Three Treasures of Brightness".

The taste of these two was just average; Chen Yiran felt they weren't much different from those from convenience stores.

We didn't go out for dinner or late-night snacks afterwards; we ate at the hotel.

It must be said that the hotel kitchen is quite impressive at least now; the only problem is that the steak is served with a sauce made on-site by the chef.

Chen Yiran decisively offered her suggestion: without A1 steak sauce, there's no point in eating steak at all.

After a good night's rest at the hotel and adjusting to the time difference, Chen Yiran took his people to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Industry-University-Research Building on Yuexing Road, Nanshan District the next day.

This building was put into use in September 2011, with a total construction area of ​​9 square meters.

DJI is on the sixth floor, but it only occupies a small area.

It still looks rather shabby, and you can't tell at all that it will become a future behemoth technology company.

But it's much better than a few years ago. When DJI was first founded, it didn't even have an office. The initial four people rented a small 20-square-meter warehouse in an old building as their office space, much like a garage in Silicon Valley.

Even so, they still thought it was too expensive, so in 2006 they rented a three-bedroom apartment in Lianhua North Village, Futian District, to use as an office.

After two more years of hard work, they finally got a proper office, renting a small room in the Xili University Town Entrepreneurship Park, but they still couldn't guarantee that every employee would have their own workstation.

They only moved here this year. Although the company is not big, everyone finally has their own desk.

The company’s core product is flight control systems. In 2010, they released the first-generation Ace One, an autopilot module for professional helicopters, which sold for $6000 per set.

In May 2011, WooKong-H was released, a flight controller designed specifically for model helicopters, with a price that was significantly lower than that of Ace One.

In the second half of 2011, DJI released the Naza-M, which was DJI's first flight controller specifically designed for multi-rotor aircraft.

The company has not yet received any formal financing from external institutions. Wang Tao's mentors, Li Zexiang and Zhu Xiaorui, invested 1 million RMB, and together with 1 million RMB raised by Wang Tao and a few friends from their families, they started their business in seclusion.

This amount of money would only last two years, but at a critical moment, Lu Di, a close family friend of Wang Tao, invested $9. They've stumbled along like this until now; they haven't starved to death, but they're close.

When Chen Yiran and his team arrived at DJI, there was no one at the front desk, which was normal. DJI is not currently qualified to hire a front desk, and basically no one would come looking for them.

Seeing that no one was at the door, Chen Yiran simply walked in. A group of engineers were gathered together discussing something.

Accompanied by two beautiful female assistants and four burly bodyguards, Chen Yiran was immediately spotted by a bearded man. The man's eyes widened as he shouted, "Ah, this is Chen Yiran, the living Chen Yiran! Hurry up, don't let him get away!"

The results were astonishing, and DJI was immediately thrilled.

The four bodyguards were terrified and quickly surrounded Chen Yiran. Once the situation calmed down, Chen Yiran broke out of the encirclement and began to receive the worship of the DJI employees.

Chen Yiran was a top influencer in the US this year, and the same is true in China. Especially recently, the story of Apple has brought the Chinese internet, which is still prioritizing the US narrative, to a climax.

Because of his triumphant return to his hometown and investment in Shougang Park, official media also frequently reported on Chen Yiran's achievements in the United States.

Chen Yiran has become a figure who can be praised by both the US and China, and he practically lives on the news pages.

Yesterday, immediately after landing in Shenzhen, photos were taken and posted on Weibo. While eating at the Guangming Guesthouse, a group of people secretly gathered around to watch. Although the group of bodyguards nearby made it difficult for anyone to ask for autographs, many photos were still posted on Weibo.

Everyone is now speculating whether Chen Yiran's landing in Shenzhen is for some business activity. The biggest guess is that he might be cooperating with Tencent, which has caused Tencent's stock price, which is listed in Hong Kong, to inexplicably surge for two days.

For DJI's current employees, Chen Yiran's arrival was nothing short of a divine intervention.

This is a world-renowned technical genius, someone who can make waves in Silicon Valley, someone who can give up 3 billion US dollars. They feel that their company is about to rise to prominence.

Several engineers quickly selected the person with the best speaking skills and began to give Chen Yiran a comprehensive introduction to DJI's current situation.

"Our device can hover completely autonomously after the GPS signal is locked; it won't drift away even if the remote control is thrown on a table. Last month, an American on a model aircraft forum tested it, and after hovering for ten minutes, the horizontal drift was less than two meters."

Another employee took the Ace One out of the glass case.

"This is for helicopters. Someone in the American model aircraft community disassembled an Ace One and transplanted it onto a quadcopter, then filmed it and posted it on forums. Even Chris Anderson, the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, left a comment praising us."

Another person brought over a WooKong-H prototype that hadn't been fitted with its casing yet.

This one is for model helicopters. It's cheaper than the Ace One, and while it has a simplified professional interface, the GPS module and gyroscope are still included.

A girl chimed in, "After we released it in May, we had it on display at the American Aeromodelling Show for two days. The booth was full of people asking if it could be used on quadcopters, so the company decided to launch the Naza-M as soon as possible in the second half of the year."

The enthusiasm of DJI's employees exceeded Chen Yiran's expectations. They showed him almost everything, including PCB diagrams and detailed records of control circuit parameter tuning, which made Chen Yiran feel a little embarrassed.

He sensed that these people definitely wanted the company to get investment, but if they couldn't, they hoped Chen Yiran could simply take them away.

After all, Chen Yiran and their boss are not on the same level at all. They have been struggling financially for a while, receiving salaries that are completely inconsistent with their abilities.

As long as Chen Yiran speaks, 9% of the people present will agree immediately, while the remaining 1% will pretend to hesitate before agreeing.

After a half-hour tour, they directly arranged for Chen Yiran to go to Wang Tao's small office.

Another ten minutes or so later, Wang Tao, who had gone out to solicit investment, finally rushed back. When he saw Chen Yiran in his office, he felt a little heartbroken, as if his home had been robbed.