Of course Xu Zhe knew about 3D printers, but he had never really played with them.
In his previous life, he had seen this technology create a lot of craze on the Internet, but it was always far from his real life. You can often hear that housing materials, car parts, human organs, and even spacecraft have been printed. However, due to cost and efficiency issues, it seems difficult to fully popularize it.
But now, this trend has just begun to blow.
"What does 3D printing mean?" Tang Lingfei had never paid attention to technology news in this area and was the first to ask.
Shen Lan looked at Xu Zhe and asked with a smile: "You must understand, right?"
Xu Zhe nodded: "Well, I know this. Ordinary printers print ink on paper, but this one molds the material into a three-dimensional shape. After setting a three-dimensional shape on the computer, it will be printed out. ."
Tang Lingfei: "What are the printed things used for?"
Xu Zhe: "Anything like figures or toys is fine. Traditional industrial manufacturing is an assembly line product, and a large batch is made at one time. This is different. It is printed separately by a machine, and only one is made at a time. So if you bring it yourself For small things to play with, 3D printing is very suitable.”
Song Xingye smiled and asked, "You seem to understand me very well. Is it because you want to start a business?"
Xu Zhe: "That's not true. My entrepreneurial idea has nothing to do with 3D printing. I'm just a little interested."
Shen Lan: "Since you are interested, do you want to give it a try now?"
"OK!"
After Xu Zhe finished speaking, he started working. When he came into contact with a 3D printer for the first time, he naturally had to read the instruction manual to see how to start it up and use it. His parents and the girls sat down next to him.
Shen Lan, Tang Lingfei and Song Xingye were sitting at the dining table, chatting with Xu Zhe for a word or two from time to time.
Xu Zhe's parents were sitting on the sofa a little further away, and they also discussed quietly.
Zeng Jing: "That girl seems to have a different attitude from him."
Xu Guowei: "Are you talking about Shen Lan?"
Zeng Jing: "Could it be that the progress between her and Xiaozhe is the most..."
Xu Guowei: "If you are really curious, just ask your son directly."
Zeng Jing: "When children grow up, how can they tell the truth to their parents? You have to use your own eyes to see and observe the children's words and deeds."
Xu Guowei dug his ears and said, "The children are grown up, and they are too lazy to observe or take care of them."
Zeng Jing: "Are you not worried about this kind of thing at all?"
Xu Guowei: "What are you worrying about? I still need to control this kid? Can I control him? Or do you think you can control this kid?"
Zeng Jing was immediately speechless.
Of course she also knew that her son was powerful, but due to parental instinct, it was obviously a bit difficult for her to ignore this kind of thing completely.
Xu Guowei said leisurely: "Just watch the show. If you want me to tell you who he would like to choose, besides, he doesn't even have a single character."
Zeng Jing stopped talking and just looked at Xu Zhe and the three girls around him silently.
Shen Lan was closest to him at this time and was still discussing with him how to use this machine. Song Xingye and Tang Lingfei tried to get involved, but they didn't know what to do. Song Xingye was okay, at least he didn't show too strong emotions. But Tang Lingfei really just had 'I'm anxious' written on her face.
Zeng Jing sighed. Even if she said she didn't care about Xu Zhe's affairs, she had watched Feifei grow up, so how could she not be partial at all?
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Xu Zhe: "The installation is finally completed. The question is, what should I print?"
Shen Lan: "Look here, it says there is a sample template."
Xu Zhe: "The toy drawing provided by the manufacturer, right? It seems to be a sword, it should be the kind commonly seen in games."
Shen Lan: "It looks very detailed. Let's print it out and take a look!"
Xu Zhe: "The question is, can this machine print so finely?"
Shen Lan: "You'll know after you try it."
After a long time, Xu Zhe and Shen Lan finally fiddled with the brand-new 3D printer and made it print the first thing.
It was a sword, about the same size as an ordinary pencil, and because it was not painted, it looked a little crude.
Xu Zhe took the thing, looked at it and said: "Although the printing speed is a bit slow, the effect is really good. The details of the sword hilt are shown, and this shape... Tsk, did I see it somewhere? Pass?"
At this time, Xu Guowei suddenly became interested and came over and asked, "Have you finally printed out the toy?"
Xu Zhe nodded: "Well, do you want to take a look?"
Xu Guowei: "Let me look at this...what!"
Xu Zhe was holding the small sword in his right hand. At this time, he opened his palm and let his father see the appearance of the small sword. But who would have thought that my father observed carefully for a while, and his face gradually became stiff.
Shen Lan on the side asked: "Uncle, what's the matter?"
Xu Guowei raised his head and glanced at Shen Lan again, his expression became a bit complicated, as if he wanted to laugh but felt embarrassed and couldn't.
Zeng Jing also came over and asked, "What's wrong with you two? Is there anything wrong with this thing?"
Xu Guowei: "No, there's no problem."
At this time, Xu Zhe looked down at the small sword again, and suddenly remembered some of his father's interests and hobbies.
He first became interested in games because he saw his father playing on the office computer. So, what game did dad play back then?
Red alert? interstellar? By the way, Warcraft!
Xu Zhe suddenly understood why the little sword looked familiar to him just now.
Zeng Jing, who doesn't play games at all, is still thinking about it: "It looks okay, it's quite unique."
Xu Guowei: "It's quite unique. I just sigh, technology is developing so fast now."
Zeng Jing: "What a fuss."
"Okay, okay, let's watch TV."
As Xu Guowei said this, he pushed his wife's back and pushed her back onto the sofa. As for his son, he didn't bother to care.
And Xu Zhe couldn't explain his father's abnormal reaction. He just silently took out his mobile phone, opened the search engine, searched for the term 'Frostmourne', and then gave it to Shen Lan to look at.
Shen Lan took the phone with a confused look on her face, and soon followed Xu Zhe's fingers to see the paragraph explaining the plot:
[...In order to save his country from the undead plague, Prince Arthas was lured into a trap step by step by the Lich King. Finally, he pulled out Frostmourne and became the prey of the Lich King. Arthas, who had completely lost his mind, led the Scourge of the Undead back to his kingdom and assassinated his father, King Terenas...]
Shen Lan put down her phone and suddenly felt speechless and choked.
Xu Zhe whispered: "It doesn't matter, my dad won't care about this little thing."
Shen Lan: "...I hope so."
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(End of chapter)
