nashuaworldcup Chapter 113 The Asuka 2.0 press conference begins!
Chapter 113 The Asuka 2.0 press conference begins!
July 18, 2020, 9:30 a.m.
The venue for Hongyuan Intelligent Technology's "Flying Bird 2.0 Technology Open Day and H-Link Low-Altitude Communication Framework Launch Conference" was located at the Shenzhen Nanshan Science and Technology Park Convention and Exhibition Center.
The venue was three times larger than the one where Flying Bird 1.0 was launched. Last time, more than 200 people were crammed into a small conference hall in Longhua, but this time the main hall of the convention center was rented, with more than 800 seats.
Even so, the venue was still not enough.
By midnight last night, the number of confirmed attendees had exceeded nine hundred. Zhou Ming had to temporarily add more than one hundred folding chairs and set up a live broadcast screen outside the main hall.
At this point, there was still half an hour before the press conference officially started, and the venue was already more than half full.
The first three rows were reserved for special guests, and the faces that had already begun to arrive were enough to make any drone industry professional's heart race.
The most conspicuous person was the one sitting in the center-left position in the first row—Chen Jiaming, head of DJI's corporate strategy department. He was wearing a dark gray casual suit, and sitting next to him were two young-looking but sharp-eyed men: one was the head of DJI's communications technology group, and the other was the head of the FlightCore product line.
The fact that three people came shows that DJI wasn't there just to watch the show, but to learn the ropes.
Sitting opposite Chen Jiaming was Cheng Weiyuan, deputy director of Huawei's Low-Altitude Intelligent Connectivity Lab, a middle-aged man in his early forties wearing gold-rimmed glasses. Cheng Weiyuan's expression was indifferent, but his assistant, who had brought him with him, was constantly taking notes—he had been taking notes since entering the room.
Han Shijie from Xingyao Technology sat on the far left of the first row. Two days ago, he had just signed a letter of intent for H-Link authorization with Hongyuan. His mindset was completely different from the others. He came with the mindset of "one of our own," and his eyes carried a hint of expectation and pride.
Zhou Zhenguo of Lianchuang Group had just returned from the United States and was sitting in the second row on the right, talking quietly with Shen Yumeng of Mingyuan Capital. Shen Yumeng was dressed in a smart dark blue suit today, with a scrutinizing look on her face typical of investors—but the expectation in her eyes was impossible to hide.
Lin Zhiqiang from Nanwang Intelligent was also present, sitting on the other side of the second row. As a key customer of Hongyuan in the field of industrial-grade flight control, Nanwang has been closely following the progress of Hongyuan's communication solutions. If H-Link can solve the communication reliability problem of drones in power line inspection scenarios, it will be a huge benefit for Nanwang.
Zhao Jiancheng of Microsensor Semiconductor sat next to Lin Zhiqiang, and the two seemed to be discussing some technical topic.
But what surprised many people was a person in the middle of the third row – Xia Kanghao, chairman of Haotai Capital.
He was dressed in a black, custom-made suit, his expression calm to the point of being indifferent, and he didn't interact with anyone around him. He just sat there quietly, his gaze occasionally sweeping across the venue, like an observer.
Those who knew him were secretly wondering what Xia Kanghao's purpose was in coming here.
After all, the feud between Haotai and Hongyuan is almost common knowledge in the industry. From acquiring Tianying to initiating patent litigation, Xia Kanghao has used almost every means at his disposal. Now, he's sitting at Hongyuan's press conference as an investor—is he there to curry favor or to probe?
Some people also noticed the person from Hangxindatong—not He Zhiqiang himself, but their technical vice president, a silent man in his fifties with gray hair. He sat in the corner of the last row of the venue, as if deliberately trying not to attract attention.
But what excited ordinary attendees the most were the faces from overseas.
A dozen or so blond, blue-eyed, or dark-skinned foreigners sat scattered in the middle area. Most of them were representatives from drone communication solution providers and industrial drone integrators in Europe and North America. These people had contacted him after seeing Hongyuan's press conference announcement—their interest in H-Link even surpassed that of some domestic companies.
Besides industry professionals, the venue was also filled with numerous media reporters—technology media, industry-specific media, and even several financial media outlets sent representatives. The aftermath of Su Chen's scathing criticism of LDCL at the summit was still fresh in everyone's minds, making Hongyuan's press conference a natural focus of media attention.
In the standing area at the back of the venue, there was another special group of people—representatives of small and medium-sized clients of the Feiniao platform. Most of them were technical directors or CEOs of drone companies from all over the country, with company sizes ranging from a dozen to over a hundred people.
One young man named Chen Weiguo stood out. He is the founder of an agricultural drone company in Guangzhou with only about 20 employees, and the company just signed a contract last year to become a client of the Feiniao platform.
At this moment, Chen Weiguo was squeezed into the second row of the standing area, standing on tiptoe and looking at the empty stage in front of him, his face showing an undisguised excitement.
For him, the Flybird platform is the cornerstone of his business. Without Hongyuan's open flight control platform, his small team of about twenty people would not have been able to develop a flight control system from scratch.
Now Hongyuan is about to release another communication solution—if H-Link is really as powerful as rumored, then his company will no longer have to worry about the selection and adaptation of communication modules.
"Is it about to start?" a young man from a small business next to him asked.
"It should be soon." Chen Weiguo glanced at his phone; it was 9:50.
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9:55.
The lights in the venue began to dim slowly.
The noise gradually subsided, and everyone's attention turned to the stage in front of them.
The stage was simple—in the very center was a huge LED screen, displaying only Hongyuan's logo and a line of text:
"Flying Bird 2.0 | H-Link"
There was a small display stand on each side of the screen, covered with black velvet, so you couldn't see what was underneath.
10 o'clock sharp.
The lights went completely off.
In the darkness, a low, somber background music began to play. A short film started playing on the LED screen—the footage began with an aerial shot of a drone flying over golden rice fields, then switched to a formation of drones weaving between skyscrapers in a city, before switching to scenes of power line inspections, cargo delivery on a maritime platform, and a search and rescue mission deep in a dense forest.
In each scenario, there is a faint light connection between the drone and the ground control station—a visual representation of the data link.
At the end of the short film, all the light converges into a symbol—H-Link.
The image freezes.
Then the lights came on, and a figure walked out from the side of the stage.
Su Chen.
He was wearing a simple dark crew neck shirt and black casual trousers, without a suit or tie. This was a stark contrast to his formal attire at the last summit—today he looked more like an engineer than a CEO.
But that's exactly the message he wanted to convey—today is a technology launch event, not a business launch event.
applause.
It wasn't a perfunctory, sparse applause, but a warm, expectant ovation. The young people in the standing area even began to clap and cheer.
Su Chen walked to the center of the stage, stood still, and smiled slightly.
The applause gradually subsided.
Good morning, everyone.
His voice was clearly transmitted throughout the entire venue through the microphone.
"Thank you all for attending today's press conference. I know many of you flew in specifically for this event; some came from Beijing, some from Chengdu, and some even from Munich and San Francisco."
He tilted his head slightly and glanced at the overseas guests area, where some of the foreign faces smiled and nodded.
"Having so many people brave the 38-degree Celsius heat in Shenzhen in July to come here, if today's content isn't compelling enough, then I'll have to let everyone down."
A burst of good-natured laughter came from the audience.
Su Chen's expression turned serious.
"We're releasing two things today."
Two icons appeared side by side on the LED screen behind me—the left one was the logo of the Flybird platform with the word "2.0" on it, and the right one was the logo of H-Link.
"The first is version 2.0 of the Feiniao Open Flight Control Platform—this is the biggest technical upgrade to the Feiniao platform since its release."
"The second is the H-Link low-altitude communication protocol—a low-altitude communication solution that Hongyuan has been developing for over a year, and it's the highlight of today's discussion."
He paused for a second, his gaze sweeping across the venue.
"In addition, we have some special news to share with you—but we'll save that for last."
A murmur arose from the audience again. Su Chen's words had clearly piqued everyone's curiosity.
Chen Jiaming, sitting in the front row, frowned slightly. He had done his homework before coming and had a general understanding of the information about Flying Bird 2.0 and H-Link, but he had no clue about the "special news" that Su Chen mentioned.
Cheng Weiyuan of Huawei remained expressionless, but his assistant had already written a question mark in his notebook.
Xia Kanghao's expression remained indifferent, but for the first time, his gaze was truly focused on Su Chen.
Chen Weiguo, standing in the seating area, clenched his fists; he could feel his heart racing.
"Alright, I'll stop keeping you in suspense."
Su Chen took a step forward.
"Let's start with Flying Bird 2.0."
The screen behind them switched, and a detailed technical architecture diagram appeared before everyone.
The press conference has officially begun.