In the hotel's backyard, there was a large parking lot.
The van carrying the electronic lockers was parked there.
When Qin Chuan walked up to the van, he suddenly remembered that he didn't have the car keys. He immediately took out his phone and called Liu Kaihe, who was still in the hotel room, asking him to bring the keys down.
A few minutes later, hurried footsteps echoed. Liu Kaihe, Ge Lan, and the two young employees came down. They thought something had happened for the boss to ask for the car keys.
Since there wasn't much to do today and Ye Meiyun hadn't arrived yet, it was just Qin Chuan and his team.
"Go and open the van doors!"
"I have a friend here who wants to see our product."
Qin Chuan instructed.
The two young employees didn't dare to delay and quickly and skillfully opened the cargo doors.
"Mr. Liu, our products are inside this van, but they need to be powered. Wait a moment, I'll have someone talk to the hotel staff to borrow an electrical outlet."
After Qin Chuan finished speaking, Liu Kaihe immediately led his people with extension cords to find the hotel manager.
It was just borrowing an electrical outlet for a few minutes, a small matter that could be handled quickly.
In less than five minutes, everything was ready.
An electronic locker was lifted out of the van. Under the sunlight, the brand new blue and white locker reflected a bright light, very much in line with public aesthetics.
This was a slightly larger twenty-four-door locker, measuring 1800mm (height) x 1600mm (width) x 450mm (depth).
Since the electronic locker project was moved from Shicheng to Yongnan County, Qin Chuan, Ye Meiyun, Xu Ronghua, and Li Chunsheng had discussed expanding the existing six-door, twelve-door, and eighteen-door models to produce twenty-four-door, thirty-six-door, and other specifications.
These larger-sized products were more suitable for large public places and more practical.
"Mr. Liu, Honglian, our product uses the best light steel material. It's not only lightweight but also strong, impact-resistant, aesthetically pleasing, and safe. It can be used as a piece of everyday furniture in many settings!"
"Come, I'll demonstrate how to use this product for you."
Qin Chuan beckoned Liu Dongqiang and Shang Honglian over.
Under their gaze, Qin Chuan gently pressed the "Store" button above. With a "click," one of the twenty-four tightly closed locker doors sprang open.
Liu Dongqiang and Shang Honglian, who were standing in front, were startled and showed expressions of intense curiosity.
Qin Chuan explained, "This small opened door is where we store our items."
"We can store things like the small travel bags, clothes, shoes, and even wallets that we carry with us."
As he spoke, Qin Chuan casually placed his phone inside and closed the door.
Creak!!
From the electronic red light port in the center, a white slip of paper, about an inch long, was immediately dispensed, much like a printer producing a document.
Qin Chuan quickly tore off the slip and handed it to Liu Dongqiang and Shang Honglian.
"Do you see the four numbers on it?"
"It represents the password!"
"Now, if I want to retrieve my phone, I just need to enter these four digits on the central numeric keypad..."
As he spoke, Qin Chuan quickly entered the password and then pressed the "Retrieve" button.
Click!
Another crisp "click" sounded, and the locker door that had just been closed immediately popped open, revealing the phone Qin Chuan had just placed inside.
Liu Dongqiang and Shang Honglian, standing beside him, showed unconcealed surprise.
Liu Dongqiang, in particular, majored in Electronic Information Engineering, with computer programming being merely a hobby.
He deeply understood that the more convenient and fast a product was in daily life, the higher the professional technology involved, and the need to truly integrate many professional knowledge.
Currently, China had a significant deficiency in the field of electronic information engineering, far behind other countries.
And those countries were malicious, never imparting true core technology, only using trivial knowledge to defraud people of money.
Many technology-driven enterprises were exploring cautiously, living extremely difficult lives.
"Impressive!"
"If I'm not mistaken, this product, besides its core precision electronics, also has a dedicated code control system, right? It's precisely because of this system that storing and retrieving items is so convenient and fast."
Liu Dongqiang hit the nail on the head, directly identifying a crucial core component of the electronic locker.
Qin Chuan, knowing Liu Dongqiang's capabilities, remained calm. However, others were not so composed.
Especially the two young technicians, their eyes were filled with astonishment.
They wondered who this friend of their boss was, to be able to identify such a crucial element at a glance.
"Amazing! As expected of someone from a prestigious major, your eyes are truly sharp!"
Qin Chuan gave a thumbs-up, praising him.
"To be honest, the reason I was able to develop this product is thanks to a veteran engineer from the Chinese Academy of Sciences at my factory. This is all his masterpiece."
"An electronic engineer from the Chinese Academy of Sciences?"
Liu Dongqiang was surprised, then his expression softened with understanding.
That made sense. With such a genius involved, such a product had a reasonable explanation.
"Mr. Qin, are you planning to deploy these electronic lockers in large shopping malls?"
Liu Dongqiang asked again.
"Mr. Liu, your vision is a bit too narrow this time!"
Qin Chuan smiled and shook his head, "Don't you think these electronic lockers are suitable for any large public place?"
"For example, airports, train stations, bus stations, various large and small enterprises, shopping malls of all sizes, restaurants of all sizes, clubs of all sizes, swimming pools, libraries, schools... etc. Everywhere with a lot of people is suitable for deploying our product?"
Liu Dongqiang was so stunned by Qin Chuan's words that he was speechless for a long time.
Shang Honglian, standing nearby, was also shocked by Qin Chuan's words. Did this mean that this product was suitable for the entire country, or even the world?
If that were the case, the market for this electronic locker would be unimaginably vast!
Huff!
Huff!!
Heavy panting suddenly broke the silence, drawing everyone's attention.
Then they were all startled. Liu Dongqiang, who had been calm moments ago, now had a flushed face and rapid breathing, with a scarlet glow flashing in his eyes.
"Mr. Liu, are you alright?"
Qin Chuan couldn't help but ask.
"Mr. Qin, may I ask if you have applied for a patent for this product?"
Liu Dongqiang asked.
"Of course. As soon as our product was successfully developed, I had someone apply for it!"
Qin Chuan replied with a smile.
"Then there's no problem. I want to join your product line right now, right now!"
Liu Dongqiang said, his expression somewhat frightening.
"Uh..."
Qin Chuan looked surprised, and others like Ge Lan and Liu Kaihe had similar expressions.
What was going on?
They hadn't even officially advertised yet, and someone wanted to join.
Who was this friend of the boss? Did he truly have sharp foresight and see the potential of electronic lockers, or was there some other reason?
"Mr. Liu, are you... aren't you a bit too hasty? Our product hasn't even been advertised yet!"
Qin Chuan finally said helplessly.
"This is exactly the result I want."
To his surprise, Liu Dongqiang's answer was very direct.
"Because I am very optimistic about the future of electronic lockers, I want to seize this first opportunity before your advertisement is even out!"