After the end of World War II, as a defeated island nation, not only was the economy depressed, but its manufacturing industry was also devastated. Fifty percent of its industrial equipment was destroyed. At the same time, the output of major manufacturing products dropped sharply, almost to
It was less than 50% of its peak value before the war. The scene at that time was: on one side were the remains of a large number of war production equipment that were worthless and crooked; on the other side were people with no clothes and no food to eat, fleeing eastward.
Fleeing westward."
In order to break out of the economic predicament as soon as possible, the island nation is determined to follow the example of the United States and make full use of its "late-mover advantage" to introduce and absorb advanced technology and creativity from the American manufacturing industry; specifically in terms of products, whether they are computers, daily consumer goods, automobiles, communications
and other fields, are following step by step, without exception. The direct result is that a large number of "copycat" products have begun to emerge in the island country, covering almost all industries.
If "Made in Japan" was mentioned at that time, I believe people's first reaction would be "fake". This can be seen from the style of the product:
However, this kind of simple and crude copying did not last long. After falling into the dark history of "copycat", the Japanese began to gradually change their thinking. They not only absorbed knowledge from books, but also bought competitors' products to dismantle and analyze them.
Each component is thoroughly studied and its design ideas are absorbed. Not only that, Japanese technicians also take the mechanical device used to manufacture the product as a research object to tackle key problems.
This model has been given a name by the Japanese that is very familiar to the "Industrial Party" - "reverse engineering".
Under the influence of "reverse engineering", the island country bid farewell to the high-cost, low-efficiency production model of the 1940s and 1950s, and actively sought to update facilities in the heavy chemical industry by vigorously introducing advanced technology.
The imitation of advanced technologies in the fields of electricity, steel and shipping also became the mainstream of development at that time.
As a result, the island country has achieved a gradual leap from large-scale production, introduction of automation technology, and mechanical automation to high-tech and comprehensive establishment of a large-scale production system, which has greatly promoted the recovery and development of the national economy.
The island country and China both started by imitating, with similar starting points, but the results were very different. After the island country laid the industrial foundation, it quickly became its own, and then began to rebuild on the original basis. In just over 20 years, an industrialized country was formed.
A complete industrial system, from a screw and a piece of steel to a car and an airplane
, chips and even many black technologies. In the 21st century, their technological accumulation has skyrocketed. Every year, the Nobel Prize in Nature Awards Ceremony has islanders present, and they have won more than a dozen awards in just a dozen years.
Speaking of China, even the United States is shocked by the island country's strong scientific and technological foundation.
On the other hand, the Chinese people have not done enough in this regard. It is more appropriate to describe it as only scratching the surface.
The brand "Made in China" was once world-renowned, but the things we produced were just small commodities with too low added value. For example, thirty years later, Apple mobile phones were assembled in China, and tens of thousands of workers served them.
They work overtime all day long, so much so that workers are so stressed that they commit suicide. However, the profit share China receives is less than 3% of the profit of an Apple mobile phone. Let’s look at OEM chips for Apple mobile phones.
"TSMC", they have to share more than 30% of the profit for each mobile phone.
This is the gap, a huge gap, a world of difference. To make up for this gap cannot be done in a day or two. It takes decades of technological accumulation. The island country has made this accumulation from beginning to end.
To the extreme, the Chinese people must learn from them.
Here is an example right now. General Motors, a century-old company, was forced to replace its engine by an island country's automobile company. This is a big project, no less difficult than McDonnell Douglas. In fact, this is also a development trend. Only energy-saving and environmentally friendly products will be available in the future.
Gained favor from everyone.
This project is a big project, even Professor Claire must pay attention to it. Liu Lang happened to encounter this project, and he followed the research with peace of mind. Professor Claire didn't say anything, so others didn't pay attention to him. Besides, Liu Lang and everyone
The relationship between the employees is very good, and they regard him as a true friend. Liu Lang buys them gifts when he has nothing to do, what about Nike
The company's latest sneakers and the latest comics from Shengtang Company. These seemingly inconspicuous gifts made Liu Lang the most popular person in Professor Claire's laboratory, even more popular than Professor Claire. Of course, Claire
The professor is a "demon"-like existence in everyone's hearts, while Liu Lang is an angel. This little angel brings happiness to everyone.
Since they are angels, when angels encounter problems, they will take the initiative to help answer them. In the end, they all answer every question. If they can't answer, they have to go back to help search. Professor Claire was amazed and felt that Liu Lang's ability was better than his.
His academic level is still high, he should run for President of the United States...!
To be honest, this project has involved the core secrets of General Motors. Only members of the project team can really have access to it, but Liu Lang still has access to a lot. He follows several professor-level researchers every day without taking any action.
I watched from the sidelines, and sometimes helped to get some tools and do some simple data analysis.
In the eyes of outsiders, these are just "odd jobs" that may be helpful to Liu Lang, but they are limited to minor problems with the internal structure. The real core is hidden in experiments and surveying data, and the analysis of these data
It requires feedback from a large amount of basic data. The basic data are all provided by General Motors. Without the support of these data, it is useless.
But these are only for ordinary people, and are not applicable to Liu Lang. First of all, his current academic level is no less than that of those engineers, or even higher. In addition, the analysis level of his brain has been much higher than that of ordinary people: as long as Liu Lang is given a little
With clues, he can deduce the cause and effect of the whole thing, and there are a lot of clues hidden in those data. Based on these, Liu Lang can gradually derive various parameters and indicators of a General Motors engine...!
Liu Lang spends time in Professor Claire's laboratory every day, like a "pistachio" before and after running, chatting with everyone about interesting things about the "American Voice" program, and sometimes revealing some secrets that others don't know, such as
He told everyone that Adès is about to release a single, which will be popular throughout the United States.
If this news were known by gossip reporters, it would be big news, but the laboratory is full of engineers. It is true that they are very interested in this news, but they have never thought of using it to make money.
Therefore, Liu Lang's existence brought a lot of fun to everyone's boring work, and he himself also absorbed knowledge like crazy, allowing his abilities to improve rapidly.