Extra 2: Cyber mechanic
Zhang Yi, just turned 20 years old.
As a young man who has been working in the auto repair industry since graduating from high school, normally, most people of his age are still in the apprenticeship stage.
This is not surprising...
Car repair is a craft that requires experience and skills. Without time to settle and accumulate, unless you are a one-in-a-million "innate auto repair saint", it is unlikely that you will have an "epiphany" experience.
But Zhang Yi has already started his apprenticeship!
That’s right, he started learning auto repair from his master at the age of 19. In less than three months, he had successfully completed the training and opened a car repair shop at his doorstep.
Friends exclaimed it was incredible!
Especially his senior brother who started learning two years earlier than him was so shocked by his exaggerated learning progress that he was speechless.
“Does this make sense?”
The senior brother looked confused and for the first time in his life he doubted his own IQ.
They had the same starting point, and the same craftsmanship taught by the same master. He even started learning two years earlier than Zhang Yi. But now his fellow apprentices have all left their own business, and he can only help his master by tightening screws. It is still a long way to go before he can become a master...
In fact, it was not just my brother who was confused.
The master in charge of teaching Zhang Yi was also very puzzled. Zhang Yi's father was a good friend of his, and out of consideration for the younger generation, he reluctantly accepted this apprentice.
He knew better than anyone that what he taught in these three months was actually very limited.
There is no way! A young man under 20 years old, who has never been involved in the auto repair industry before, may not even know how to change the oil and air conditioning filter. He will not be able to learn even if he is taught too much.
According to his teaching plan, in the first year, Zhang Yi would first be familiar with the mechanical structure of various types of vehicles and do some sheet metal repairs and paint. In the second year, he would try to repair some minor faults. In the third year, he would go into depth and learn how to troubleshoot and repair some difficult automobile faults.
It was a good plan, but who would have thought that in less than three months, the apprentice said that he had mastered all kinds of car repair knowledge.
Are you kidding me? The master didn't believe it at first, wondering if Zhang Yi hadn't woken up yet and started talking in his sleep in broad daylight.
It was not until Zhang Yi easily fixed an old car that was plagued by numerous breakdowns in front of him that he suddenly realized that this guy was not lying and he really had learned it!
But this is not right...
The master racked his brains to figure it out. He clearly didn't teach these things, so where did Zhang Yi learn them from?
“I learned it online!”
Facing the questions from his master and senior brothers, Zhang Yi said without reservation: "When the store is not busy, I play games. You should know this, right?"
"so what?"
The senior brother's eyes widened: "Don't tell me, this is all your experience from playing games?"
“That’s right!”
"I learned so quickly just by playing the game 'Need for Speed'."
Zhang Yi told his master and senior brothers that times have changed and today's games are truly amazing, with details being made exactly like the real things.
Repairing a car in the game, the steps and processes, including the various parts, are exactly the same. When he has mastered the troubleshooting and repair of various car failures in the game, he will naturally become a master of auto repair in reality.
"How is that possible?"
The master, who was in his fifties, scoffed at Zhang Yi's description. In his words, a game is just a game after all. How can it be made to look like the real thing? "If you don't believe it, forget it!"
Zhang Yi was too lazy to explain anything to an old man like his master. Anyway, what he said was true and there was nothing he could do if others didn't believe him.
Only he himself understands.
The game "Need for Speed" is far more magical and powerful than he described!
Little-known facts...
Since its release, "Need for Speed" has sold over 15 million copies worldwide, and more than 350 automobile manufacturers have entered the game and set up dedicated R&D departments in the game.
There is another very important data, that is, several popular "new car-making forces" brands nowadays, such as Huiba Automobile, ROBOT Automobile, etc., were all born from the game "Need for Speed".
Yes, you heard it right!
Huiba Automobile and ROBOT, both of which have a market value of over 100 billion yuan, are companies founded by "Need for Speed" players.
There are hundreds of companies around the world that have become famous through this game, started successful businesses, and manufactured and sold the car models designed in the game in real life.
In fact, at the beginning, there were many more similar companies, probably tens of thousands.
After all, the success of Huiba Automobile has attracted countless people to follow suit. However, as time goes by, the "speed racing" car manufacturing companies are finally able to survive.
Zhang Yi is not the "innate auto repair saint" as everyone jokes. To be precise, he just likes playing games and is very devoted when playing games.
Coincidentally, thanks to its powerful physics engine and realistic simulation features, the game "Need for Speed" has a strong advantage in the field of car repair.
The reason why Zhang Yi made such rapid progress was, on the one hand, due to the power of the game "Need for Speed", and on the other hand, it was also related to his love of reading guides and communicating with other players...
In particular, he often visits the "Auto Repair" section of the Tianba community, posts and replies there, and has met and received help from many "gaming experts" who are active in the community.
These gaming masters are not ordinary gaming masters!
For other games, players who are good at playing them may be e-sports professional players at best. But for the game "Need for Speed", the "gaming masters" who are good at playing them are more important than others in real life.
For example, there is a great person who often posts various strategy posts and tutorial posts in the community. His real identity is the design director of BMW...
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Why did Zhang Yi improve so quickly? Nonsense!
You are a car mechanic, and you deal with design directors, department heads, and R&D personnel from major automobile manufacturers every day. How can you not improve quickly?
The guide posts posted by others are equivalent to the "official maintenance guide".
If you don’t understand something, just post a help thread on the forum. Heads of R&D and design departments of major car companies will leave you messages to answer your questions. In this case, is it difficult to become a master in three months?
certainly!
That being said, Zhang Yi’s rapid progress is also closely related to his dedication to playing games.
To put it bluntly, I am addicted to the Internet!
It just so happened that he liked playing games and was addicted to them, and this game was closely related to his work, so it went so smoothly.
Generally speaking, if you are not that devoted to the game and do not have the opportunity to come into contact with auto repair tools and environment in real life, your learning progress may be a little slower.
But then again.
The characteristics of the game "Need for Speed" are here. As long as you keep playing it, after a year or so, you can go to work in a car repair shop with your eyes closed.
Perhaps because of this, the current auto repair industry is extremely difficult, and life is getting harder day by day...
Zhang Yi also understood that the game "Need for Speed" had trained too many potential auto mechanics, leading to a downturn in the auto repair industry. So when he opened this repair shop, his goal was not to repair "real cars."
That’s right!
The main business of the repair shop he opened is to repair "game cars" for players in the "Need for Speed" game who want to save money and effort.
The downturn in the traditional auto repair industry does not mean that the Cyber Auto Repair industry is down! Quite the opposite.
The development momentum of the Cyber Auto Repair Industry is very good now. It is easy to make money. As long as you are willing to work hard, earning tens of thousands of yuan a month is like a joke...
There are so many players of "Need for Speed" around the world, is that a joke to you? As a new cyber auto mechanic, Zhang Yi is extremely optimistic about the prospects of this industry. After all, he has played this game, so he knows how broad this market is.
certainly……
Cyber mechanic is good in every way, but there is one thing that makes Zhang Yi speechless.
Being a cyber mechanic, you earn money through hard work. On average, you only make a few dollars’ profit from repairing a car, so it’s not wrong to say that it’s a case of small profits but quick turnover.
But even so, Cyber Vampire Brother Ba would still take 10% of his meager profit as a handling fee.
It’s called: Cyber Business Tax!
How despicable!
(End of this chapter)