Chapter 117: Mr. Pang's Request

It was five o'clock in the afternoon when He Shao returned to the dormitory from outside. He looked tired and fell on the bed as soon as he entered the room.

"I'm so tired." He Shao buried his face in the pillow, kicked his feet, and his shoes fell to the ground.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so tired?" Yan Hao walked over and asked with concern.

"Help them inspect the mecha." He Shao said.

them?

"How many partners have you paired with?" Yan Hao asked.

He Shao extended his backhand and slapped him.

"Didn't you say you could only pair up with three people at most?" Before going, He Shao mentioned this to Yan Hao, saying that he was extremely lazy and that he could only pair up with three partners at most, as he would be too busy to handle too many.

"They said they are a team and will go on missions together in the future. They hope to be paired with the same mecha maker." He Shao said.

"Then why don't you change one?" Yan Hao was puzzled.

"Because... their captain is so handsome." He Shao said with resentment, "As expected, beauties are all dead bones. They killed me."

"..."Yan Hao.

"Have you had dinner?" Yan Hao asked.

"No."

"They didn't invite you to dinner?" Yan Hao asked in surprise. Normally, mecha warriors would eat together with their newly paired mecha builders on the first day in order to build relationships. Moreover, He Shao was so exhausted from testing the mechas for them.

"I refused." He Shao complained, "Do you know how scary they are? They even rented a maintenance room before we were paired up. As soon as lunch was over, they asked me to help them repair mechas. I only repaired three mechas in one afternoon. If I have dinner with them again, I won't be able to come back before midnight."

Alas, it’s all my fault that I couldn’t resist the temptation of beauty. Why did I sign with a five-person team?

Yan Hao wanted to laugh after hearing this: "Do you want my help?"

Cheng Wenkang's mecha is a new one and has no damage at all. Sheng Heng is still at the base of the God of War Legion and has not returned yet, so he has nothing to do recently.

He Shao's eyes lit up at first, then he shook his head: "No need. I'm asking you for help now, but when we go out for actual combat exercises in the future, I'll have to rely on myself without you. I'd better try to adapt myself."

"Then I'll bring you some food." When Yan Hao saw He Shao looking so tired, he didn't have the energy to go out to eat.

"Xiao Hao, I love you." He Shao said exaggeratedly.

Yan Hao's earlobes blushed, and he couldn't help but envy He Shao. How could he say such passionate words so casually? Even when he confessed his feelings, he only said that he liked the senior.

Am I too unenthusiastic?

While thinking about random things, Yan Hao went to the canteen to buy food, and returned to the dormitory to eat with He Shao. When he came back, He Shao had already gotten up from the bed, had taken a shower, and looked much more energetic.

"By the way, how much do you plan to sell your energy converter for?" He Shao asked casually while eating.

"I calculated the cost of materials this afternoon. The cost is not very expensive, only 20,000 star coins." Yan Hao said.

"So cheap?" He Shao's eyes widened, and he even forgot to eat. "Did you not calculate your labor and R&D costs?"

"I'm still thinking about this. I don't know how to set the price yet." Yan Hao said.

"What's so difficult about this? Just price it according to the seventh-level parts." He Shao said.

"The energy converter is actually just an ordinary metal box, and it's not made of rare metal. It just has some circuits arranged inside. Isn't it too unfair to price it as a level 7 part?" Yan Hao said.

"You have a price but no market. The value is not in the raw materials, but in your creation. Moreover, you are the disciple of Master Zhong and Master Pang. With your wealth, it is not expensive to price it according to the seventh-level parts." He Shao thought for a while and reminded, "By the way, before you sell it to the outside world, register a patent first to prevent others from copying your design."

It has to be said that He Shao's business acumen is much stronger than Yan Hao's.

Yan Hao thought silently for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't register for a patent."

He Shao looked at Yan Hao in confusion.

Yan Hao smiled and asked, "Do you want to learn?"

"What are you learning?"

"How to make an energy converter?"

"!!" He Shao felt that Yan Hao's idea was not right. "Not only do you not intend to register a patent to prevent others from copying, but you also want to teach me actively? You don't want to contribute for free again, do you?"

This was not the first time He Shao had seen Yan Hao do this. The previous advanced sedative formula model and the cute potion were all like this.

"I told you before, when I came back from the front line with my teacher, we encountered a Zerg siege."

He Shao nodded. The video of Sheng Heng going to rescue them was still flooding the Star Network at that time. How could he not know about it?

"That battle had a great impact on me. In the past, teachers always told us in class that mecha builders are the guardians of mecha warriors. Although I remembered it, I didn't really understand it until I witnessed the war with my own eyes." Yan Hao said, "Just like I can only stay in the spaceship and wait for others to rescue me, once mecha warriors go to the battlefield, they can only rely on the mecha they drive. The more powerful the mecha is, the greater their chance of survival is."

“In fact, the conversion rate of the energy converter is not very high, and the price of advanced weapons is also very expensive. I thought at the time that this thing was not practical. But later I changed my mind. It doesn’t matter whether it is practical or not. As long as it exists, even if it only helps one person, it is valuable.” Just like the mimicry mecha, Mr. Zhong felt that it was not practical, so he did not sell it to the outside world. However, he never thought that he would be saved by that impractical mimicry mecha.

Moreover, there is an essential difference between energy converters and mimicry mechas, and that is the difficulty of production. Mimicry mechas require very high technical support and system knowledge to produce, but energy converters only require understanding of the circuit diagram inside, and ordinary mecha manufacturers can produce them.

"So, I don't want to price it too high. I want everyone who can afford it to be able to use it." Yan Hao said.

After listening to this, He Shao was silent for a long time, and then he murmured: "Is this the difference between ordinary people and great men?"

Why is it that he only cares about money? There is such a big difference in their perspectives.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I just think I'm not short of money, so there's no need to sell it at such a high price." Yan Hao was shocked by He Shao's words "great man".

"Now that you put it that way, I understand much better." Although he was still being flaunted.

"So do you want to learn it or not?" Yan Hao asked.

"Yes." He Shao now has a partner. Although he doesn't think as broadly and long-term as Yan Hao, he has to learn first for the sake of the five mecha warriors in his hands.

However, Yan Hao finally registered a patent for his energy converter, but after registering it, he directly announced through the patent official website that his patent could be used for free. In this way, whether it is a merchant or an individual mecha manufacturer, they can find the production method of the energy converter through the patent official website, which greatly reduces the price of the energy converter.

At the same time, he also pulled the students who ordered energy devices from him during the day into a group, and then announced the news, and told them that if they asked him to make them, they would need a handling fee of 50,000 star coins, and they would only provide two pairs of energy devices a day. Some of those who were more anxious could go back and ask their mecha manufacturing partners for help.

As soon as Yan Hao's news came out, except for some anxious people, everyone else chose to go back and let their partners make it. After all, if they bought it back, they would need their partners to help install and replace weapons. It would be better to let their partners make the whole set, which would make it more convenient to change weapons.

Yan Hao's approach was highly praised by Mr. Pang.

“At such a young age, you are not tempted by money. You are much better than your teacher was in his youth.” When he and Old Man Zhong were young, they made a lot of money by relying on their talent in mechas. However, after they reached middle age and experienced things on the battlefield, their mindset gradually changed.

Yan Hao felt a little embarrassed when Mr. Zhong praised him: "I have been studying here, and I don't need any money."

"That's right. The second young lady of the Sheng family is already your wife, so you really don't lack money." Old Pang continued to tease with a smile.

Yan Hao's face was so red that it almost bled.

"I get angry when I talk about this. I was the first one to send the gift to Sheng Heng, but Old Man Zhong was the first one to know about it."

Yan Hao was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time. What was going on?

"These people only know how to take down the mimicry mecha, but they don't even know how to take down the pair of particle cannons. Is that something that ordinary people can make?"

Teacher, there’s no need to reveal the details about the mimicry mecha. Everyone on the Internet knows that only Teacher Zhong can make it.

"Xiaohao, I have set a goal for you this semester." said Mr. Pang.

Yan Hao tilted his head and listened attentively.

"Before the end of this semester, make me a level six mecha. Especially the weapons, you must focus on them." said Mr. Pang.

The current Yan Hao is no longer the mecha novice he was before. He knows that for a college student, becoming a fourth-level mecha manufacturer upon graduation is already a great achievement.

"Teacher, is it too fast?" Yan Hao was a little unsure, "I have just started to learn parts manufacturing."

"Who gave you this illusion?" Old Pang rolled his eyes at him.

Yan Hao didn't say anything, his eyes silently looking at the parts room where he had spent a semester.

"Did you only learn parts manufacturing last semester? You learned the mecha basics in six years of middle school, as well as parts manufacturing and mecha maintenance in your sophomore and junior years." said Mr. Pang.

"!!!" Have I learned so much? How come I don't know.

"From now on, you don't have to listen to the knowledge taught in your class. Of course, if you want to continue attending classes, I don't object. Just think of it as relaxing." said Mr. Pang.

"But what I learned were the parts of the fourth-level mecha." Yan Hao said.

"I mixed several level six parts in there. You've disassembled them before. I see that you disassembled them very well, and you assembled them well too." In fact, Mr. Pang had been observing secretly. When he saw that Yan Hao had successfully disassembled and repaired the level six parts, he secretly changed his teaching method.

"In middle school, we teach the basics of parts, and in college, we teach the basics of manufacturing. As long as the foundation of these two is laid, the subsequent level 5 mecha, level 6 mecha, and even level 9 mecha are all evolved on the original basis. It's just that the production is more complicated and requires higher mental power." Pang Lao said, "At the beginning, I found that your mental power is higher than that of your peers, and your control is also good. This time you encountered the attack of the level 9 Zerg in the interstellar battlefield, and you can even stay awake in the sudden mental shock wave. With such qualifications, I dare not say about the level 9 mecha, but your mental power is definitely enough for the production of the level 8 mecha. So the level 6 mecha will not be too difficult for you."

"Teacher, I will work hard." Seeing that his teacher had so much confidence in him, Yan Hao also became more confident.

"Once you have completed the manufacturing of the sixth-level mecha, you can go to the Manufacturers Association to register as a sixth-level manufacturer. When the time comes, remember to write my name in the instructor column." said Mr. Pang.

“……” This is your purpose.

The author has something to say: ??Mr. Pang: What’s wrong with being a hot search on the entire network? I want to be recorded in the history of mechas, humph!