Chapter 153 Huiba Automobile
In the automobile industry, there is no absolute lone ranger, and all car companies are inseparable from suppliers.
It's not just cars. It can be said that 99% of industrial products cannot be produced without the help of suppliers. Pure self-reliance is unrealistic.
Players with the nickname Huizi also know this.
So when he first started trying to build his own racing car in the game "Need for Speed", he didn't think of leaving the supplier behind.
I purchase whatever parts can be purchased, and I am mainly responsible for the design and assembly.
Three electric systems, chassis, suspension, seats, interior…
After more than a month and more than 300 hours of playing the game, Huizi finally built a finished car.
A one-of-a-kind car in the world!
Although many parts of the car come from suppliers, he can guarantee that you will never buy the same car because the body structure and layout design are all independently designed by him based on his professional knowledge.
“This game is amazing!”
The more Huizi thought about it, the more excited he became. He never expected that he could actually accomplish this.
This is a car! Although it is not a real car, it has been tested by "Need for Speed" and can be driven normally in the game and pass a series of road conditions.
The power and simulation of the physics engine of the game "Need for Speed" have already been deeply rooted in people's hearts after what happened some time ago.
So here comes the question!
The car he designed and built can run normally in "Ford", and pass various tests. Can it run normally in reality?
“It’s possible with a high probability!”
Out of trust in the physics engine of "Ford", not only Huizi made such a judgment, but those netizens who watched him "build the car" also came to the same conclusion.
For a while, Huizi’s private messages were about to explode.
Netizens from all walks of life came to worship the great god, asking for various car-building experiences, and hoped that he would release a special tutorial so that everyone could imitate him.
There are also major car companies that seem to think he is a talent. The HR directly sent him private messages, hoping to add contact information and recruit him to the R&D departments of these car companies, with an annual salary starting at one million.
Tianba Studio was also stunned by his "car-making" feat, and Brother Ba called him directly and asked who he was?
What? Where did Brother Ba get the contact information? He filled in his own mobile phone number when he registered the Tianba account. How could he not be contacted?
"I'm not some great god..."
The disturbances from the outside world did not affect Huizi's normal life. He answered questions from netizens in the community.
He is not really a great guy, just a young man who has learned a little professional knowledge.
The car he designed and manufactured was named "Hui Zi S1". After discussing with Brother Ba, he planned to give it to all players for free, with the same status as a novice car.
As for the invitations from those car companies, he has no intention of accepting them.
Huizi's family has a little money.
After the car-making experience of "Ford", he had a new understanding of what he had learned. Combining it with the current situation, he made an extremely bold attempt.
About a week passed.
A company named Huiba Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. was established in Jiangning. Hu Hui, also known by the online name Huizi, served as the CEO. The company quickly acquired land and started to build a factory and manufacture cars.
Everyone thought it was a joke.
Although there is no shortage of new players in the new energy market, they must have some technical and financial resources to disrupt the market, right? What does Huiba have? The founder is a "Need for Speed" player and has built a car in the game? Take a look at the list of shareholders, wow!
Chen Ba, is this guy a big shot in the automotive industry? No! He is actually the CEO of a gaming company! The combination of these two looks like a joke, a complete loser. I don’t know where they got the confidence and courage to step into the automotive industry and mess things up?
Everyone laughed happily.
But soon he couldn't laugh anymore, because the communications giant Huazi suddenly announced that it had acquired a stake in the newly established Huiba Automobile.
Huazi + Huizi + Brother Ba...
This combination relies entirely on Brother Huazi to maintain its status and confidence. As for the remaining two, they have been regarded as pendants.
…
"Brother Ba, did you really invest money?"
Xiao Lu asked curiously, "How much did you invest? You didn't invest all your family assets, did you?"
"That's not the case!"
Chen Ba shook his head and said, "Hua Zi happened to have this idea, and Hui Zi also trusts me, so he just pulled me in as a third party."
Huiba Automobile was the idea of Huizi and Huazi. No one knows how Huizi convinced Huazi, but they got together to build a car.
This new company is headed by Huizi and mainly produces new energy electric vehicles. The first model is the S1 that Huizi made in the game, but it has been modified.
The so-called facelift is actually the addition of Huazi's intelligent driving solutions and other technologies.
Because the S1 car was originally derived from the game "Need for Speed", Huiba Automobile also planned to cooperate deeply with Tianba Studio to develop new cars in the game, so Chen Ba invested some money symbolically and became the "third in command".
"Will this work?"
Upon learning that Huiba Automobile was planning to deeply integrate with "Need for Speed" and rely entirely on the game to develop new cars, Xiao Lu was very worried that Brother Ba's investment would be wasted.
This doesn't sound reliable!
No matter how realistic the physics engine of "Forza Motorsport" is, it's just a game.
Since it is a game, it cannot replace reality.
Huiba Automobile’s “car-making concept” is indeed a bit ahead of its time. Can it work to build cars through games, assemble them in reality and then sell them?
It's not possible that the late emperor died halfway through his career, and Brother Ba's retirement money was wasted, so he announced that he would return to China next week, right?
"It's okay. I didn't invest much money."
Chen Ba was speechless and said, "I'm not worried, why are you more worried than me?"
It’s not as exaggerated as Xiao Lu thought.
He invested in Huiba Automobile simply because Huiba Automobile needed the game "Need for Speed" to provide them with technical support, nothing more.
Speaking of which, Chen Ba was also quite curious.
Can the car that Huizi built in the game really be produced in reality? Even if it is produced, will anyone really buy it? He thinks it is mysterious.
But it turned out that he still underestimated Huazi and Huizi.
Huizi's story of building a car in the game and then starting a car company in real life after accumulating experience has already spread throughout the entire Chinese Internet, and countless netizens are paying attention to this matter.
Can the S1 really be mass-produced? The answer is yes! The design and assembly can be completed in "Ford", let alone in real life.
Soon the real S1 was unveiled at the China Overseas Auto Show. As the first car in history to be brought from a game to reality, the S1 attracted many passers-by to watch and take pictures.
Then there is Huazi’s publicity and brand appeal!
If it was just Huizi, people would probably just watch for fun, but would not dare to spend two or three hundred thousand to buy a car made through a "game".
But with Huazi's brand promotion and technical support, this car was actually sold...
"Watfa?"
Chen Ba also received a real Huiba S1. He touched it left and right and couldn’t believe that this car was just a virtual car that existed only in the game two months ago.
It’s amazing! He himself didn’t expect that “Ford” could actually build a car, and first the virtual car and then the real car.
What is this? In the future, all the R&D departments of car companies should just move into "Need for Speed". Anyway, the game can meet all the R&D conditions. Why bother to go far away in reality? [Huiba S1, a groundbreaking car! ]
[Games shine into reality? A 90s guy built a real car by playing games. Thumbs up to Hu Hui for his courage to think and act! ]
[What kind of game is "Need for Speed"? Why does it drive so many car companies crazy? ]
The launch of Huiba S1, especially the delivery of the real car, really attracted a lot of attention.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Although "Need for Speed" became popular, many car companies have announced that they will develop and test new cars in the game.
But that's all gimmick.
Huiba S1 is not a gimmick. From the beginning of its design and development, this car was a virtual car that only exists in the "Need for Speed" game.
Finally, it became a real car!
The most excited group of people who saw Huizi actually reproduced S1 in reality were the players of "Forza Motorsport".
The advent of S1 means that it is completely feasible to build a car in the game. As long as you can build a car that can run normally in "Forza Motorsport", there is a high probability that this car can be reproduced in reality.
Players were completely crazy, and everyone felt that Huizi had created a whole new way to play, which was to build cars in the game.
After you build it, sell it to other players in the game! Be bold, if the design is really good, you may become the next Huizi...
It really doesn't work!
Selling excellent design solutions to car companies is also an option.
After all, it is too difficult to become the second Huizi, but with the help of the game "Ford", everyone can also satisfy their desire to be a car designer.
Even if you can't do all of the above, it's still a very happy thing to be able to drive a car that you designed and built yourself, which is unique in the world! So, players are crazy.
The gaming environment of "Ford" has gone completely astray since Huizi set a bad example.
Every player has devoted himself to the enterprise of car manufacturing. The lowest-level players can only produce and sell cars that are so ugly that they can only "produce and sell by themselves".
For players at a slightly higher level, the DIY racing cars may not be that great, but they are very unique and can be sold to other players.
The next level is the realm of professionals and masters. The cars they build have good design schemes, and car companies are eager to buy them.
As for the top player? There is only Huizi at the moment, because the car he built in the game can also be bought in real life, which is unique to Scorpion Baba.
“I’ll go!”
Xiao Lu had just finished a "Need for Speed" S-level city obstacle course and couldn't help but complain: "Brother Ba, look at what you have protected. What has this game become now!"
"What's wrong?"
Zhong Shengwei asked curiously, "You won't lose again, will you?"
“It’s not a matter of winning or losing…”
Xiao Lu said with a painful expression: "I drove a Baochi to participate in the competition, but when I looked around, my car was the only one with real cars."
Everyone drives their own DIY or other models developed by other big guys. The brands are so diverse! What are the Little Bird S7, Big Mouth L2, Rice Bucket Plus, and What Can I Do with You—2024 New Model…
Xiao Lu felt embarrassed competing with these models, mainly because everyone was so personalized and drove a one-of-a-kind car, but he was the only one driving a common Baochi, which was really too low.
The game "Need for Speed" is so weird now.
If you drive a car that has a prototype in real life but was bought randomly in the game, I'm sorry, everyone will exclude you and think you are an outcast.
You feel very embarrassed too.
The main thing is that the cars that everyone drives are too personalized, all of them are unique cars. Putting aside the performance, these cars can't be bought in the game or in real life...
Limited edition supercar? Too low! No matter how limited edition it is, there are people driving the same car as you. Look at my car. Although it is not good-looking and has poor performance, it is unique! This twisted sense of achievement has undoubtedly won the unanimous love of players. Everyone wants a unique car.
This is unique, unlike other games where you spray paint the car body or make some patterns on it.
No matter how you paint it or change the body pattern, the car you drive is also made by others, and it also has its own brand and model, such as Lamborghini, Ferrari...
But in the game "Forza Motorsport", you can build a car that only you can own and no one else can ever own.
You can even DIY the brand logo and car model yourself, achieving ultimate personalization. This is a car that is uniquely yours.
“Isn’t this just a modification?”
"no the same!"
"Remakes are like a novel that someone else has written, and you write a derivative work of it. It's completely different, but the foundation is the same."
Chen Ba explained: "In "Forza Motorsport", every player can write an original novel, instead of writing a fan fiction based on someone else's work..."
This is also why players are crazy.
A car that belongs to you without any marks left on it. This is definitely a feat comparable to "Pangu creating the world" in racing games.
In other games, this would be impossible, but in the game "Forza Motorsport", thanks to the super powerful physics engine, everyone can become a car designer.
Never mind the design ability.
It is true that some people design and manufacture cars that are so terrible that they even fall apart or break down shortly after being started.
Even a car that has been designed with great care may be far behind the times, and even an old car from 20 years ago cannot be touched...
But these cars are all the result of the players' hard work. You can say they are not good enough, without Huizi's talent and knowledge, and the cars they make are just a pile of industrial garbage.
But even if it is just a pile of industrial waste, it bears the mark of that player. It is his work!
Absolutely personalized!
This also leads to a result that the number of car models in "Need for Speed" is dozens of times more than that of other games.
And as time goes by, there will be more and more car models in the game...
(End of this chapter)