Extra 2: Cyber Auto Mechanic
Zhang Yi, just turned 20 years old.
As a young man who has been engaged in the auto repair industry after graduating from high school, normally most people at his age are still in the apprenticeship stage.
This is not surprising...
Auto repair is a craft that requires experience and skills, and there is no accumulation of time. Unless you are the one in a million "innate auto repair body", it is unlikely that a "sudden enlightenment" will happen.
But Zhang Yi has already left the army!
That's right, he started learning auto repair from his master at the age of 19. In just three months, he successfully graduated and opened a car repair shop in front of his home.
Friends said it was incredible!
Especially his senior brother, who started two years earlier than him, was shocked and speechless by his exaggerated learning progress.
"Is this reasonable?"
The senior brother's eyes were confused, and for the first time in his life, he doubted his own IQ.
The same starting point, the same craft taught by the same master, he even started two years before Zhang Yi. But now that his junior fellow apprentices have all left the army to start their own businesses, he can only help his master to turn a screw, and he is still far away from becoming a teacher...
In fact, it was not just the senior brother who was confused.
The master responsible for training Zhang Yi was also very strange. Zhang Yi's father and he were good buddies, and he reluctantly accepted this apprentice out of concern for the younger generation.
He knew better than anyone that in the past three months, what he had actually taught was very limited.
no way!
A young man under the age of 20 has never been exposed to the auto repair industry before. He may not even know how to change engine oil and air conditioning filters. He will not be able to learn this kind of thing even if he is taught too much.
According to his teaching plan, in the first year, Zhang Yi was allowed to familiarize himself with the mechanical structures of various models, knock on the sheet metal, and spray paint. In the second year, he was asked to try to repair some minor faults. In the third year, he was asked to learn more about the more difficult aspects of automobiles. Troubleshooting and repair.
The plan was quite good, but who knew 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 and wondered if Zhang Yi hadn't woken up and started talking in his sleep in broad daylight.
It wasn't until Zhang Yi managed to fix a classic car that had frequent breakdowns in front of him with just three strokes, five divisions, and two strokes that he suddenly understood that this kid wasn't lying, he had really learned it!
But this is wrong...
The master couldn't figure it out even if he tried hard. He obviously didn't teach these things. Where did Zhang Yi learn it?
“I learned it online!”
Facing the questions from his master, senior brother and others, Zhang Yi said without any secret: "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 in playing games?"
"That's right!"
"I learned so quickly just by playing the game "Speed"."
Zhang Yi told his master and senior brothers that times have changed, and today’s games are really amazing, and the details are exactly the same as the real thing.
When repairing a car in the game, the steps and processes, including various parts, are exactly the same. When he mastered the troubleshooting and repair of various car faults in the game, he naturally became an auto repair master in reality.
"How can it be?"
The master, who was in his fifties, sneered at Zhang Yi's description. In his words, a game is a game after all, how could it be made the same as the real thing?
“Forget it if you don’t believe it!”
Zhang Yi didn't bother to explain anything to an elderly man like his master. Anyway, everything he said was true, and there was nothing he could do if others didn't believe him.
Only he himself understands.
The game "Speed" is far more magical and powerful than what he described!
Trivia……
Since the release of "Fast", the global cumulative sales have exceeded 15 million copies. More than 350 automobile manufacturing companies have settled in the game and set up special R\u0026D departments in the game.
There is another very important data, that is, several of the hottest "new car-making forces" brands today, such as Huiba Automobile, ROBOT Automobile, etc., were all born from the game "Speed".
Yes, you heard it right!
Huiba Automobile and ROBOT, which have a market value of more than 100 billion, are both companies founded by players of "Fast Rush".
And like them, there are hundreds of companies around the world that have gained fame through this game, successfully started their own businesses, and manufactured and sold the models designed in the game in real life.
In fact, at the beginning, there were more similar companies, estimated to be tens of thousands.
After all, the success of Huiba Automobile has attracted countless people to follow suit. However, as time goes by, there are only a few hundred "fast and furious" car manufacturers that survive.
Zhang Yi is not the "innate auto repair body" that everyone ridicules. To be precise, he just loves to play games and is very involved in playing games.
It just so happens that the game "Speed" benefits from its powerful physics engine and realistic simulation features, and it has strong advantages in car repair.
The reason why Zhang Yi has made such rapid progress is partly due to the power of the game "Speed", and on the other hand, it is also related to his love of reading guides and communicating with other players...
Especially the "auto repair" section of the Tianba community, he often visits it and posts replies. He gets to know and get help from many "game experts" who are active in the community.
These game masters are no ordinary game masters!
In other games, players who play well may at most be professional e-sports players. But in the game "Speed", the real-life identities of the "game masters" who are good at it are more important than the last.
For example, there is a master who often posts various strategy and teaching posts in the community. His real identity is the design director of BMW...
Why did Zhang Yi improve so quickly?
nonsense!
As an auto mechanic, you deal with the design directors, department heads, and R\u0026D personnel of major automobile manufacturers every day. Can you not make rapid progress?
The strategy posts posted by others are equivalent to "official maintenance guides".
If you don’t understand anything, just post a help thread on the forum, and the heads of the R\u0026D and design departments of major car companies will leave messages for you to answer questions. In this case, is it difficult to start a job in three months?
certainly!
That said, Zhang Yi's rapid progress is closely related to his devotion to playing games.
To put it bluntly, Internet addiction is huge!
It just so happens that he likes to play games and is addicted to them, and this game is closely related to his work, so it goes so smoothly.
Generally speaking, if you are not that immersed in playing games and do not have the opportunity to come into contact with auto repair tools and environments in real life, your learning progress may be slightly slower.
But then again.
The characteristics of the game "Speed" are here. As long as you keep playing it, after a year and a half, 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 and harder day by day...
Zhang Yi also understands that the game "Speed" has trained too many potential auto mechanics, leading to a downturn in the auto repair industry. So when he opened this car repair shop, his goal was not to repair "real cars."
That's right!
The main business of the car repair shop he opened was to repair "game cars" for players who wanted to save money and trouble in the game "Speed".
The traditional auto repair industry is sluggish, but that doesn’t mean the cyber auto repair industry is sluggish!
Quite the opposite.
The current development momentum of the cyber auto repair industry is very good. If you pick up money in a proper sack, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, earning tens of thousands a month is just a joke...
There are so many players of "Speed" around the world, are they making trouble with 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 vast the market is.
certainly……
Cyber Auto Mechanics are good at everything, but there was one thing that made Zhang Yi feel speechless.
Being a Cyber Auto mechanic earns you hard-earned money. The average profit for repairing a car is only a few yuan, so there is nothing wrong with saying that you can make small profits but quick turnover.
But even so, out of his meager profits, Cyber Vampire Brother Ba took 10% of the handling fee.
It’s also known as: Cyber Business Tax!
How despicable!