Carvin is a famous director in Hollywood, although there is some gap between his fame and Spielberg, Cameron and others, but he can also be regarded as a Hollywood first-line director. This opportunity to direct a film with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars is also a very important opportunity for him.

"Carvin, this time we have a lot of aerial footage, and if we rent all helicopters to shoot it, it will definitely exceed the budget."

"I know, that's why I'm just going to take a trip to the Dubai Airshow to see if there's a new solution."

"Do you want to see if there are any better drones? Calvin, I actually think that the performance of Northlot Pugrumen's drones can meet our requirements."

"Satis, Steven, I don't say that Grumman's drones were developed for the Pentagon, and they are not necessarily suitable for the aerial shooting of our films, just say that they cost 800,000 US dollars each, can we afford to use them? We need at least six or seven drones to assist us in shooting, and our budget is only 120 million US dollars, so we don't have so much money to spend on buying drones."

"But the price of Grumman's drone is already three times cheaper than that of Lockheed Martin. Is there anything better in the world than these two companies to make drones?".

Northrop Grumman is one of the major aerospace vehicle manufacturers in the United States, formed in 1994 by the merger of the former Northrop and Grumman. With 120,000 employees, Northrop Grumman is one of the giants of the American arms industry. The drone that Carvin consulted is a civilian drone developed by Grumman based on a product developed by the Micro Pentagon, and it is only a test of the waters.

As for Lockheed Martin, that's an even more powerful existence. Kavin asked their civilian department to buy drones, and it was strange that people didn't quote a sky-high price.

"That's why we came to the Dubai Airshow to see if there were any other options."

"Okay, just see, but I don't have much hope for that."

……

The ninth five-day Dubai Airshow opened on 20 November 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Dassault, Lockheed, Grumman, Sukhoi and other top manufacturers gathered, and leaders or military officers of a number of countries in the Gulf region also attended the opening ceremony of the air show.

However, none of this has much to do with the Tejas drone. At the air show site of Nuoda, the booth of the glorious UAV seemed a little small, but Dai Fuqian and others manipulated the UAV to do a variety of complex tasks, which attracted the attention of some people.

"Are these all drone shots?".

Just when Dai Fuqian and others were demonstrating the functions of the glorious drone, two Arab uncles in white robes came over to question.

"Yes, the screen on this computer shows the aerial footage of that drone in real time. The clearer picture next to it is the film taken by the drone," Dai Fuqian said, pointing to the drone and computer not far away.

"I have a large ranch, and I want to buy two to see if they can be used to monitor sheep and prevent theft."

"Sir, I'm Dai Fuqian, the general manager of Guanghui UAV, what do you call it?".

"Abdullah-Aziz, you can call me Abdullah".

"Hello Mr. Abdullah, our drone operation is very simple, especially the one with a high-definition digital camera, basically follow the manual and practice for ten minutes."

"Can I give it a try?".

"Of course, please on your side."

……

Just after Dai Fuqian successfully fooled Abdullah into taking away the two drones directly at a high price of 32,000 US dollars each, the good luck of the glorious drone seemed to have come.

This product of Guanghui UAV is named X1, and the X series will be a special series of quadcopter UAVs in the future. Of course, combined with the different configurations of some of them, there are X11, X12 and other models to subdivide specifically.

Guanghui UAVX1Among the hardware costs,The most expensive is the camera system,At present, the enterprises invested by the Guanghui Group have no way to produce this high-definition camera system,So the cost is still relatively high。 Basically, the hardware cost of X1 has reached more than 3,000 yuan, and the cost of X1 has reached 5,000 yuan.

However, this is based on the scale of production of 10,000 units, and the cost will be higher if sales are sluggish. In line with the idea of earning back the investment as soon as possible, and considering that the few high-end civilian drones on sale abroad are now priced at tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, Jiang Hui's price for the X1 starts at 30,000 US dollars.

Compared to the cost price, the high price of $30,000 is scary, but compared with similar products, the performance of the X1 is better, and the price is indeed comparable or much lower, so there is absolutely no need to worry about its competitiveness.

This time, Guanghui UAV came to the exhibition, in addition to the 16 prototypes used in the exhibition, and also brought 100 products for sales.

……

At the same time, the booth of the American Warrior UAV.

"Sir, we are planning to purchase several drones for patrol monitoring of the national park, what do you suggest?".

"Patrol monitoring, no one came to us warriors, you are in the right place. Our always drone weighs 12.3 kilograms, stays in the air for more than an hour, and can deliver the captured photos to the ground ...... in real time".

"Sir, why do I think your screen is intermittent?"

"There is no way to do this, after all, the most advanced wireless communication technology is used, and some small problems are normal."

"How fast do you cruise?"

"It can reach up to 30 km/h".

"Will different speeds affect the airtime?"

"Well, there is a little impact, you don't have to worry about this problem, our Warrior UAV is the best civilian UAV ...... in the world."

"Sir, how much is it?".

"Only 120,000 units".

"I'm going to think about it".

"110,000, as long as 110,000 you can buy the best drone in the world".

"One hundred thousand, I'll buy it."

"Deal!".

……

"Luis, didn't you just attend the Paris Air Show, why did you come to the Dubai Air Show again?"

"It's not that the performance of the drone we bought last time can't meet our requirements, so let's take a look."

"Buy a drone, I recommend you to go to the warrior drone, their products are good, the air time is more than one hour, the speed is 30 kilometers per hour, only 12.3 kilograms, the most important thing is that it can achieve real-time image dissemination."

"Thank you, Cavlin, I've already bought two."

"You bought it. Also a warrior drone?".

"I haven't heard of the Warrior drone, I bought the Tejas drone. It can stay in the air for more than two hours, reach speeds of up to 50 kilometers per hour, and can also achieve high-definition image transmission, weighing only 5.8 kilograms."

"Really, it's so good, it's expensive, right? Do you have the budget?".

"How much did you buy?".

"One hundred thousand dollars".

"I still won't tell you the price I bought."

"What do you mean? It's okay, you name it."

"Is it really okay?".

"Really, you say it".

"Thirty-two thousand dollars".

"What? so cheap?".

(End of chapter)