Building a car is not an easy task.

Even if the technical content of "BMW" is relatively low, considering the technical level at this time, it is not easy to carry out large-scale production.

The development of the car has only completed part of the work. If you want to carry out large-scale production, you still need to continue to study more details, such as windshields, rearview mirrors, and headlights. These must be improved one by one, and all supporting facilities are fully equipped, so that large-scale production can be carried out only then.

In the conference room of Junma Laboratory, Franklin was not embarrassed by hearing Li Mu's introduction: "No problem, we will continue to research, develop stronger and more stable engines, and also study these supporting facilities. The problem now is that we need more funds and more staff, and we also need a larger laboratory--"

Franklin left some thoughts.

Li Mu obtained a large area of ​​land on the other side of the Charles River through the name of expanding the laboratory. Since the first half of the year, these lands have begun to be built. According to the scheduled plan, four laboratories will be moved into the new laboratory at the beginning of next year. The laboratory's name will no longer be referred to as "research team", but will be upgraded to: Junma Communication Laboratory, Junma Electrical Laboratory, Junma Power Laboratory, and Junma Materials Laboratory, which was upgraded from the smokeless gunpowder research team.

For Li Mu, all four laboratories are very important, so there is no order in ranking.

But for Franklin, the twists and turns here are bigger.

Why did Langkell be elected as the Massachusetts Senate after resigning as dean of the MIT? It is not because of the successful research on light bulbs that brought Langkell the honors—

Compared to light bulbs, cars are not worth a little, so Franklin has fantasized about something.

"Haha, don't worry about the laboratory. You will have the best laboratory. At the same time, the laboratory staff can move into the institute's apartment, and the rewards you deserve - I'll calculate, how much should it be?" Li Mu was generous. As long as there were results, everything would be easy to say.

There were a lot of people in the conference room, everyone in the entire automotive research group was there, and today was a big day and no one wanted to miss it.

The land Li Mu got was a bit large, so he was not stingy with supporting facilities.

On the construction site named Science and Technology City by Li Mu, the first one to be built was an apartment, which was prepared for the employees of Junma Laboratory. The six-story apartments are equipped with elevators. The apartment area ranges from a single apartment of 60 square meters to a duplex leap of more than 200 square meters to deal with researchers of different levels.

Any employee of Junma Laboratory can apply for check-in. New employees can only apply for single apartments, but as long as the level is improved, the apartments they live in will also be upgraded accordingly. These apartments have no rent, provide 24-hour hot water, and a special laundry room and restaurant, which can basically meet all the needs of researchers.

When Li Mu said, the employees in the laboratory were immediately happy. Don’t think that there was no need to rent a house in the 19th century. These researchers came from all over the country. Some of them were college students who had just graduated from MIT. They all had a living need. Boston, as the leading city in the United States at this time, was not cheap, so this was good news for everyone.

What Li Mu wanted was to use these soft power to tie these researchers and the institute together.

Researchers are also humans, and they must have demands from all aspects. Once the car is announced, it will definitely attract capitalists like Rockefeller to spy on it. Li Mu's research institute members are currently the only group of experienced researchers in the world. Therefore, Li Mu must now take precautions and prevent the employees of the research institute from being poached.

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, a voice sounded from the corner: "Sir, there are still forty days before Christmas!"

Oh, $10,000 a day

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room, and everyone was waiting for Li Mu to fulfill his promise.

"Who is talking?" Li Mu pretended to be angry.

"Oh, please forgive Reim--" Franklin shook his head and smiled bitterly, with a look on his face spoiled and proud: "This is my son Franklin II, who is now a second-level researcher."

The second-level researcher is already considered the backbone of the Junma Laboratory. If he is promoted to the next level, he will become a first-level researcher and can apply for research projects independently. As for the special researcher, there are only a few people, such as Franklin, Antonio Meuch, and the outgoing Langkor.

Americans do not have the saying "selecting talents but not avoiding relatives", and they will not think about it at all. Similar to situations like Franklin and Franklin II, they will only feel proud, without any embarrassment.

So Li Mu didn't ask whether there was any personal affair in this: "So, you two can receive two rewards. Yes, you should treat everyone to a meal later-"

"That's right!"

"Reim is right!"

"Mr. Franklin wants to treat him? Did I hear it wrong?"

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room immediately. It seemed that Franklin's team was very good, at least the atmosphere was harmonious.

"Shut up, aren't you still asking for less?" Franklin also pretended to be angry, but it was useless and was immediately submerged in a louder cheer.

"Hahahaha, that's right, forty days, then it's 400,000 US dollars - cash it immediately." Li Mu was so stingy that he took out the check book and cashed it on the spot.

Looking at the thin checks on the table, everyone's eyes were filled with heat.

Americans have no such thing as "a gentleman does not speak of profit". Since you have made efforts, you must have rewards. It is natural to take the money to be at peace.

Franklin's team has less than twenty people, 400,000 US dollars, and each person can get more than twenty thousand. For ordinary people, in 1873, this was an undisputed huge sum of money.

"The second task is announced now, and the deadline is within one year. The conditions are what I just said. As long as all the projects are completed in advance, I will continue to provide rewards. The standard is the same as now, and it is still 10,000 US dollars a day!" Li Mu promised again.

The conditions Li Mu just proposed include improved engines, gearboxes, explosion-proof glass, headlights, body lighting systems, rearview mirrors, wipers, etc. Compared with the engine, glass, headlights and so on are all small problems. It is these small problems that restrict the "BMW" from mass production. Only by solving these small problems can Li Mu sell BMW to an incredibly high price.

As for the improved engine, Li Mu required the standard that the data in all aspects should be doubled based on the existing ones. This is relatively simple. After all, there is already an original engine, and it is much easier to study on the original engine than to have it from scratch.

The gearbox is the biggest problem. For a car, the value of the gearbox is unquestionable. It can be said that a car without a gearbox is not a complete car. With a gearbox, the engine will change from a two-voltage young man to a literary youth.

In Li Mu's vision, "BMW" should be a high-end customized car, while "Benz" is a Volkswagen model. Compared with "BMW" that uses all technologies and uses top-grade materials, "Benz" is a castrated version, which will reduce costs as much as possible to reduce the price of the vehicle itself and increase the sales scale of the vehicle.

So it is certain that the price of "BMW" will be much higher than that of "Mercedes-Benz", but because "Mercedes-Benz" has higher sales, the series will generate more profits and remains to be verified.

"Long live!"

"Mr. Reim, you have to prepare your check!"

"We will be eight months ahead of schedule!"

When Li Mu heard that the task was announced, applause and cheers immediately sounded in the conference room. The researchers who had just received the reward were full of confidence and were confident that they were sure to complete the task ahead of schedule.

"Very good, my check is ready, I'm waiting for you to get it." Li Mu laughed secretly. When you start researching, you will know that it's amazing. Not to mention the transmission, just an explosion-proof glass is enough for you guys to mess with.

Cars have high requirements for explosion-proof glass. Once a collision occurs, if explosion-proof glass is not installed, the broken glass fragments will cause secondary damage to the driver and passengers. Therefore, before the development of explosion-proof glass is successful, Li Mu is not going to install explosion-proof glass on the car.

Of course, explosion-proof glass has also greatly improved the value of cars. It would be so depressing if a wealthy man bought a BMW sedan but could only drive it on sunny days and stayed at home to pretend to be dead in rainy days.

As a rich man, he should come out to show off on rainy days, and even if he is fine, he should come out for a walk. Sitting in a car that cannot be blown by the wind and cannot be drenched in the rain, looking at the crowd of people running and rushing in the heavy rain because they do not have an umbrella and wolves running and rats, then his erection will come into being.

Cars are just storefronts. Americans don’t like to “hide their weaknesses”. If there are good things, they must be taken out and displayed frequently to let everyone know. This is in line with the American logic of behavior, so museums are everywhere in the United States.

When Li Mu interacted enthusiastically with the researchers, Rockefeller, who was able to attend the meeting, didn't say anything. Looking at the generous Li Mu and the active researchers, Rockefeller thought.

Before this, Rockefeller never thought about the "sense of social responsibility" of entrepreneurs. He pulled oil out of the ground and trained kerosene to deliver it to the tables of thousands of households. This was all Rockefeller's previous work.

Ten thousand repetitive work is enough to make people hate it, and the initial love will disappear in millions of repetitions.

To be honest, although Rockefeller is the first-or first billionaires in the United States, he is tired of this kind of life. For Rockefeller, wealth is no longer of great significance at his level, and the value of life is the most worth pursuing.

value!
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