Extra 2: Cyber ​​Mechanic

Zhang Yi, just turned 20 years old.

As a young man who has been engaged 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...

Auto repair is a craft that requires experience and skills. Without time precipitation and accumulation, 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 graduated!

That's right, he started learning auto repair from his master at the age of 19. In less than three months, he has successfully graduated and opened a car repair shop at his doorstep.

Friends exclaimed that it was incredible!

Especially his senior brother who started two years earlier than him was 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 IQ.

The same starting point, the same craft taught by the same master, and he even started two years earlier than Zhang Yi. But now his junior brothers have all gone out to start their own business, but he can only help his master by tightening screws, and it is a long way to go before he can become a master...

In fact, it is not just his senior brothers who are confused.

The master who is in charge of teaching Zhang Yi is also very confused. Zhang Yi's father is a good friend of his. He reluctantly accepted this apprentice out of the desire to take care of the younger generation.

He knows better than anyone that in these three months, he actually taught very little.

There is no way!

A young man under the age of 20 has never been in contact with the auto repair industry before, and may not even know how to change the oil and air conditioning filter. He will not be able to learn this kind of newbie even if he is taught too much.

According to his teaching plan, in the first year, Zhang Yi will be familiar with the mechanical structure of various models, knocking sheet metal and spraying paint. In the second year, he will try to repair some minor faults. In the third year, he will learn in depth the troubleshooting and repair of some difficult car faults.

It was originally planned well, but who knew that in less than three months, this apprentice said that he had mastered all kinds of auto repair knowledge.

Are you kidding?

The master didn't believe it at first, wondering if Zhang Yi hadn't woken up yet and was talking in his sleep in broad daylight.

It wasn't until Zhang Yi easily fixed a malfunctioning old car in front of him that he suddenly realized that the boy wasn't lying, he really learned it!

But this isn't right...

The master couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried. He didn't teach him these things, so where did Zhang Yi learn them from?

"I learned it online!"

Faced with the questions of the master and his 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 by playing the game "Need for Speed."

Zhang Yi told the master and his senior brothers that times have changed, and the games nowadays are really amazing, with details that are exactly like the real ones.

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 a master of auto repair in reality.

"How is it possible?"

The master in his fifties sneered at Zhang Yi's description. In his words, the game is a game after all, how can it be done the same as 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 others could do if they didn't believe it.

Only he understood it.

The game "Fast and Furious" is far more magical and powerful than he described!

Cold knowledge...

Since its release, the global cumulative sales of "Fast and Furious" have exceeded 15 million copies, and more than 350 automobile manufacturers have entered the game and set up special R&D departments in the game.

There is also a very important data, that is, several popular "new car-making forces" brands, such as Huiba Automobile, ROBOT Automobile, etc., were all born in the game "Fast and Furious".

Yes, you heard it right!

Huiba Automobile and ROBOT, both of which have a market value of over 100 billion, are all companies founded by "Need for Speed" players.

Like them, there are hundreds of companies around the world that have become famous through this game, successfully started a business, and manufactured and sold the car models designed in the game in reality.

In fact, there were more similar companies at the beginning, estimated to be tens of thousands.

After all, the success of Huiba Automobile has attracted countless people to follow suit, but as time goes by, the "Need for Speed" car manufacturing companies that survived are only a few hundred.

Zhang Yi is not the "innate auto repair saint" that everyone jokes about. To be precise, he just likes to play games, and he is very involved when playing games.

It just so happens that the game "Need for Speed" has a strong advantage in car repair thanks to its powerful physics engine and realistic simulation characteristics.

The reason why Zhang Yi made such rapid progress is that, on the one hand, it is due to the power of the game "Need for 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, posts and replies, and has met and received help from many "gaming masters" who are active in the community.

These gaming masters are not ordinary gaming masters!

For other games, players who are good at playing may be e-sports professional players at most. But for the game "Need for Speed", the "game masters" who are good at playing are more important than each other in real life.

For example, a master who often posts various strategy posts and teaching posts in the community is actually the design director of BMW...

Why did Zhang Yi improve so fast?

Nonsense!

You are a car mechanic, dealing with design directors, department heads, and R&D personnel of major car manufacturers every day. How can you not improve quickly?

The strategy posts they post are equivalent to "official maintenance guides".

If you don't understand something, just post a help post on the forum. The 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?

Of course!

That being said, Zhang Yi's rapid progress is also inseparable from his dedication to playing games.

To put it bluntly, he is addicted to the Internet!

It just so happens that he likes playing games and is addicted to them, and this game is closely related to his work, so it is so smooth.

Generally speaking, if you are not so devoted to 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 a little slower.

But then again.

The characteristics of the game "Need for Speed" are here. As long as you keep playing, you can go to a car repair shop to work with your eyes closed after a year or two.

Perhaps because of this, the current auto repair industry is extremely difficult, and life is getting harder and harder...

Zhang Yi also understands that the game "Need for Speed" has cultivated too many potential auto repair workers, leading to a downturn in the auto repair industry. So his goal in opening this repair shop is not to repair "real cars".

That's right!

The main business of the repair shop he opened is to repair "game cars" for players who want to save money and trouble in the game "Need for Speed".

The downturn in the traditional auto repair industry does not mean that the cyber auto repair industry is down!

Quite the opposite.

The current development momentum of the cyber auto repair industry is very good. You can earn tens of thousands of yuan a month as long as you are willing to work hard...

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.

Of course...

Cyber ​​auto mechanics are good in every way, but there is only one thing that makes Zhang Yi speechless.

Being a cyber auto mechanic is hard work, and the average profit for repairing a car is only a few yuan. It is not wrong to say that it is a small profit but quick turnover.

But even so, the cyber vampire brother will take 10% of his meager profit as a handling fee.

It is called: cyber business tax!

It is so despicable!