In 2009, China ** reported the deeds of Duan Shaojie, a farmer in Henan:With the only high school knowledge he had, he taught himself to build a robot that could compete with Transformers.
earned 1 million in just 5 years, and then appeared on the international stage, and even Jet Li praised him.
How did he, who has no technology and no education, build a robot?
In 2017, the "Iron Ambition" program group invited Duan Shaojie to participate in the competition.
Iron Ambition is the country's first robot fighting show, with Jet Li as the national promotion ambassador, with 36 Chinese teams and 14 international teams participating.
Everyone came up with their proudest worksDuan Shaojie and his son also came to the scene with their robot "Steel Dragon".
But the competition was brutal, and at the scene, Duan Shaojie saw more robots with different characteristics.
In particular, he was amazed by the cost of these robots.
The cost of his own robot is only about 30,000 yuan, while the robots of other players are hundreds of thousands larger.
These disparities in funding are evident in the materials used to make the robots.
Others use titanium alloy steel plates, which are 2 centimeters thick;
And Duan Shaojie only used ordinary iron sheets, and the thin ones were only 15 mm!
Then there is Duan Shaojie who feels that he is just a farmer with no systematic knowledge, while some of the other contestants are still students at MIT.
These gaps made Duan Shaojie very worried:He is the oldest, and his knowledge is not as good as that of other players.
Can your own handmade robots achieve good results?
In the knockout round, his robot knocked out the Russian player's robot in two strokes with a sledgehammer.
But his robots are never perfect.
When encountering the next player, the opponent's robot had two flexible claws, and it grabbed Duan Shaojie's robot at once, making it unable to move.
In the end, Duan Shaojie's robot was "injured", which was unfortunately defeated.
It wasn't until later in the exhibition competition that Duan Shaojie, who was nearly 60 years old, brought his robot back to competition.
In this competition, Duan Shaojie's robot defeated many players, and in the end he won the runner-up.
Duan Shaojie became a celebrity in the village for a while, and everyone knew that he was on TV, which was a dream come true for Duan Shaojie.
But at the beginning, Duan Shaojie's dream was not to make robots, but to paint.
In 1978, Duan Shaojie faced the most important watershed in his life - the college entrance examination, and he said that he would also be admitted to an art academy.
But his parents didn't want him to study art at first, thinking that there was no way out and burning money, so the reason why they agreed to him to apply for the volunteer like this was entirely because of the teacher's approval.
When Duan Shaojie was 9 years old, he suddenly fell in love with painting, and he also painted in class and after class, almost to the point of madness.
His parents didn't take it seriously at first, because he was very sensible since he was a child, and he didn't have to worry about studying, and he was always at the top of his class.
Who knew that this became more and more intense later.
The teachers were anxious to call ** and asked them to take care of it, otherwise the course would definitely not be able to keep up.
's father called Duan Shaojie to him very seriously, asking him to clarify which is more important than the other, and not to lose sight of one or the other.
He didn't say a word, he just picked up the pen and paper, and drew a portrait of his parents twice.
Not to mention, it's really very similar!
The mother on the side was very surprised, the child rarely has such a talent, and it should not be buried.
After the school teacher learned about it, he suggested that Duan Shaojie could take the direction of art, and it was not a dream to be admitted to an art university in the future.
The parents were also very happy, so they enrolled him in the art extracurricular class on the weekend, provided that he did not fall behind in his academic performance.
Later, when he was in junior high and high school, he also chose a runway for art specialty, hoping that he could do what he liked in the society in the future.
But it's always the days that don't fulfill people's wishes.
After the college entrance examination, Duan Shaojie waited and waited and waited for the admission letter, and he fell off the list!
Parents also see it in their eyes and are anxious in their hearts.
It was during that time that the propaganda of conscription began, and my parents thought that if they couldn't do it, they would go to the army, and all roads would lead to Rome.
In this way, Duan Shaojie became a glorious soldier of the people by mistake.
Although the daily training in the army was very hard, he never shouted tired, but used painting to release pressure whenever he had time.
In 1982, Duan Shaojie retired from the army, and under the guidance of his hometown matchmaker, he and his current wife Wang Junhuan tied the knot.
After all, when a man is married, a woman should be married, and although the life after marriage is simple, it is also happy.
Wang Junhuan also gave birth to two children successively, both children and daughters, and he is also a winner in life.
But with that comes greater economic pressure.
Raising two children is double the expenditure, and Duan Shaojie must shoulder the responsibility of being a father.
At first, he wanted to use his skills to become an art teacher or art director.
But he has no certificate and no academic qualifications, so even if he has the right job, he can't earn a three-melon or two dates.
In the end, his dream was defeated by reality, and he had to go back to his hometown to do the most basic work - farming.
Although this was very different from his plan, there was a lot of income from the sale of a bumper harvest.
But then an accident made him embark on a new avenue of stars.
Once, after dinner in the evening, the family of four watched TV together.
Although both children are already in high school, they are still obsessed with "Transformers" on TV.
Duan Shaojie on the side suddenly noticed the bumblebee and optimus prime inside.
He thought to himself, can such an interesting character be made in reality?
Fortunately, the child has grown up, so there is no need to let him bother anymore, he can do whatever he wants after finishing his farm work, and he also has plenty of time to study how to do it.
If you want to do this, you can't get around one question: where will the money come from?
The wife is in charge of the economic power in the family, and when I first heard his idea, I thought it was a fantasy.
But when Duan Shaojie took out the design drawing of his robot, his wife hesitatedHe painted so carefully and meticulously that it was enough to see that he was not just talking.
Besides, he also gave up his favorite painting for the sake of his family, and this time he supported him to be a robot, there is nothing wrong with it.
The second question is, where does the steel to make the robot come from?
If you buy it seriously, it is too expensive, and it cannot be used 100%, so the waste ** station has become the best choice.
In order to find the right material,Duan Shaojie visited almost all the ** stations in ten miles and eight towns, bought them at a low price, and then pulled them back with great effort.
The money is there, the materials are there, and then another big problem is welding technology.
He was born in painting, and he has been farming for most of his life, and he really has never touched this thing at all.
Fortunately, this time he has a helper, a big brother who has been doing electric welding for decades, and is willing to teach him the technique for free, as long as he makes a little robot for himself when the time comes.
Duan Shaojie readily agreed, followed his eldest brother as an apprentice for a week, and finally learned the technique.
But after all, in the village, such a "weird" behavior that seems "weird" to outsiders is naturally indispensable, what is it to spend so much money to buy so much scrap copper and rotten iron?
Duan Shaojie was unmoved, just doing his own thing.
After more than two months of day and night production, Duan Shaojie's Optimus Prime was finally completed.
Duan Shaojie's Optimus Prime is very powerful, it is ten meters high, Optimus Prime is like a scenic spot, and the villagers have taken pictures.
Duan Shaojie also sent Optimus Prime's ** to his son, and after Duan Tieniu saw it, he was amazed by his father's creativity and hands-on ability, and his sister also felt very handsome.
Duan Tieniu posted Optimus Prime's ** on the Internet, hoping that more people would know about his father's work, and he also saw business opportunities from it.
If someone needs a robot made by their father, they can make money through the robot.
After his efforts, there is an automobile park in Luoyang that is willing to buy Duan Shaojie's works, and also hopes that Duan Shaojie will make more robots for him.
Duan Tieniu also joined his father's production ranks, using new technology to model on a computer to make his father's robot move.
In just a few years, Duan Shaojie's orders have been endless, and his income soon exceeded one million.
While the income has increased, Duan Shaojie has also been refining his technology and developing new robot products.
This also made more and more people know about his deeds, and the organizing committee of "Iron Ambition" also specially invited Duan Shaojie to participate in the competition.
When he won the runner-up, Jet Li also came to shake hands with him, and excitedly said that he was everyone's pride.
Duan Shaojie has been a fan of Jet Li since he was a child, and he has watched many martial arts movies starring him, and what a great happiness it is to be recognized by his idol.
After seeing more domestic and foreign robot designs, Duan Shaojie's imagination was greatly stimulated, and he went home and began to try to make new robots for pulling carts.
This kind of robot has a strong battery life, adults and children like it very much, and it is interesting and practical.
I have to say that the master is in the folk!
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