Chapter 736: Chapter 736
As Chen Yiyang guessed, after the press conference ended.
When the footage of the Fei Peng Technology Day was sliced and put online by a large number of marketing accounts.
Various doubts about Fei Peng disguising a human as a robot kept pouring in.
All of a sudden, it even pushed the Fei Peng Technology Day, which originally wasn’t getting much attention, onto the trending list.
Seeing this, Chen Yiyang could only say Zhao Feipeng knows how to play the game.
He reckoned that it would only be tomorrow when Zhao Feipeng would begin to refute the rumors, stating that their robot is indeed a real robot, not a human in disguise.
Refuting rumors like this for two or three days not only makes the buzz and traffic explode but can also raise the stock price significantly.
In fact, once the questioning voices emerged online, Fei Peng’s stock price had already started to rise.
Even Chen Yiyang casually bought some in preparation to sell off when it peaked.
"Aren’t these marketing accounts questioning Fei Peng’s robots actually Fei Peng’s own shills?"
A curious young accountant who also bought some Fei Peng stock alongside Chen Yiyang asked, "These people are so sure that today’s robots can’t achieve such a level, they almost had me believing that the robots showcased at Fei Peng’s Technology Day were humans in disguise."
"There might be some shills hyping it up, but most of them are just jumping on the bandwagon," Chen Yiyang explained to the young accountant.
"Because the robot Fei Peng produced this time wasn’t even intended for commercial mass production at all, it was just to inflate the stock price.
In fact, the downside of developed information is that since internet information is so advanced now, all the public sees online is the latest information.
And those old news stories can easily be overlooked, resulting in an information gap.
The simplest example is the mobile phone battery. Young people who grew up in the smartphone era might wonder, why do all the manufacturers compete on charging speed? Can’t they design the mobile phone battery so that it can be replaced any time?
That way, when the phone runs out of battery, you can just replace it with a charged one and charge the depleted one later.
But in fact, this kind of technology was already commonly used before smartphones, and it was precisely the rise of smartphones that phased out this feature.
The reason for phasing out detachable phone batteries is very simple: it’s not convenient for commercialization.
If phone batteries are detachable, it means making redundant designs to prevent safety issues from frequent battery changes.
In fact, in many old phones, the more you removed the battery, the less sturdy the back cover became.
And if detachable batteries were allowed, there would definitely be cheaper third-party batteries, which isn’t beneficial for the phone manufacturers.
Moreover, once phone batteries are detachable, waterproofing, and sealing become an issue."
After finishing, Chen Yiyang took a sip of water and continued to explain seeing the still confused young accountant.
"The reason I brought up phone batteries is that actually, more than ten years ago, Japan’s robotic technology could already make realistic humanoid robots.
With silicone-crafted skin and muscles, they could even meet some niche demands in the tertiary sector.
But the problem is, for manufacturers, there is no point in making such realistic robots.
A base model humanoid robot from Yushu costs around twenty to thirty thousand, while the high-end models do not exceed a hundred thousand.
But do you know how much it cost Japan to create a robot that could simulate a human and carry out some simple actions?"
Chen Yiyang directly extended his hand and said, "Two hundred and thirty US Dollars. Yes, a humanoid robot, two hundred and thirty US Dollars.
Even if such a robot could perform special services, those who can afford it don’t need it, and those who need it can’t afford it.
So, the reason current commercial robots aren’t human-like isn’t due to technological constraints, but because there’s no commercial demand for it."
"I get it now." The young accountant immediately understood why so many people doubted Fei Peng.
Because many people questioning Fei Peng had only encountered mass-produced robots made by various companies for commercial considerations in today’s developed information network.
Since these robots aren’t human-like, they assumed that current human technology couldn’t produce human-like robots.
So Fei Peng played this hand of information disparity, deliberately building a humanoid robot at high cost to create a controversy.
But actually, let alone Yushu, any mainstream humanoid robot manufacturer could create a similar robot, provided they have enough funds.
But a robot from Yushu costs just over ten thousand to produce, and they sell for over twenty thousand.
The buyers recoup their costs through commercial promotions and performing a few shows.
But a robot like Fei Peng’s would cost at least hundreds of thousand US Dollars. The buyer basically has no need for it.
Wouldn’t it be extravagant to spend one to two million on a robot that can only strut like a model?
"It’s good that you understand." Chen Yiyang patted the young accountant’s head.
"Let’s go watch the Super League final in a few days. I got two tickets."
"No problem, I’ll go and eat some good food over there." The young accountant blinked and said.
Recently, she’s been trying various ways just to taste the kind of grilled chicken wings astronauts eat in the space station as shown in the news.
But she hasn’t succeeded yet.
Because only in a microgravity environment can the sauce and coating perfectly wrap around the entire chicken wing.
On Earth, you can only have one side coated.
One could only say that the obsession of gourmets with food runs too deep.
Even though the International Space Station has been around for years and with so many astronauts, none realized that the main trait of a microgravity environment allows sauce and coating to perfectly envelop food.
The day before the Super League final, Chen Yiyang and the young accountant arrived in Jinling City.
The final would be held at the Jinling Olympic Sports Center. Normally, as a private league event, the Super League wouldn’t choose a large venue like the Olympic Sports Center.
But it couldn’t resist the Super League’s rapid breakthrough into the mainstream and the rising number of viewers.
Initially, each Super League match only attracted about a few thousand spectators.
But as the league moved into its mid-season, inter-city matches were already hosted at the Olympic Sports Center.
Because without using the Olympic Sports Center, many people couldn’t get tickets.
The organizers of the Super League didn’t anticipate that even critical domestic first-tier league matches had only about a thousand spectators.
Yet, halfway through the Super League, even the Olympic Sports Center with a capacity of forty to fifty thousand could be filled.
So, the final could only be held at Jinling Olympic Sports Center, a super large venue with a capacity of over sixty thousand.
Even with a sixty-thousand capacity, tickets were sold out.
Many tourists who came to Jinling specifically didn’t get tickets and could only watch from the outdoor big screen.
