The participation of veterans such as Statham and Lalefort has indeed made the whole R&D process take many detours, and many of the suggestions they put forward often make the entire R&D team have the feeling of "Oh! This is how this place is" or "Oh!

Thanks to Detroit's developed automobile R&D, manufacturing and spare parts system, the engine and transmission are directly purchased from the shelf products: the engine is a 6.2-liter V8 diesel engine of Detroit Diesel Engine Company, and the transmission is also Ford's 4AT - no way, diesel engine and automatic transmission are required by the Ministry of Defense.

Knowing what the final HMMV would look like, the entire development process was as fast as ever, with a mid-engine, a portal axle, and a four-wheel independent suspension with a large stroke...... With the finalization of a plan, the research and development process has been accelerating, but in this case, Chen Geng's brows are getting tighter and tighter.

Looking at their boss's frowning brows day by day, Anderson and Bob were frightened, and the two of them found Chen Geng nervously and asked cautiously: "Boss, is there something wrong with our R&D direction?"

With the whole project going smoothly, Anderson and Bob really couldn't think of any problems other than the wrong direction, which could make their boss so worried.

"No," Chen Geng waved his hand: "I think the progress is too slow." ”

Anderson and Bob fell in an instant!

In less than half a month, the main body of this HMMV has been determined, and the next time is the trial production of the prototype, testing, under the premise that the funds are guaranteed, the performance of the main components, and the specifications have been determined, at most half a month, the first batch of three HMMV prototypes for Fernandez's own internal testing and modification will be manufactured, not to mention the creation of the P-51 "Mustang" from scratch in just over 50 days after World War II The record of the fighter, but it is definitely the record of the development of military equipment after World War II, but in this case, the boss still thinks that this progress is too slow?

Boss...... It's not going to be for us to take this opportunity to pat his ass, right?

Anderson and Bob glanced at each other, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that it should be like this, otherwise it wouldn't make sense at all, right?

That's it!

The boss wants to listen to people's sycophants, as a subordinate, what can he do? Of course...... Find a way to shoot the boss to be more comfortable.

Anderson and Bob's little caution could not hide from Chen Geng's eyes, and before the two of them could speak, Chen Geng said: "I think that with the development of technology, the research and development and manufacturing of automobiles should be better combined with computer technology." ”

"Boss, haven't we already combined computer technology with the research and development of automobiles?" After a moment's hesitation, Anderson said cautiously: "We are the first car modification factory in the United States to adopt computer-aided design, and we have also adopted computer-aided design throughout the research and development process of our project." ”

Bob nodded proudly, he was really proud, Fernandez was the seventh company in the automotive industry in the United States, and the first company in the car tuning industry to introduce computer-aided design (CAD).

Looking at Anderson and Bob with a look of pride and pride, Chen Geng sighed.

Unlike the Soviet Union and China, the United States, a thoroughly capitalist country, is the best country to combine computer technology with business, as early as 1963, Ivan Sutherland, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (i.e., who later won the 1988 Drawing Prize and is known as the "father of computer graphics"). Sutherland, with the support of Boeing Aircraft Company and General Motors, developed a research program on interactive graphics and successfully developed the world's first computerized interactive drawing system: Sketchpad.

Because of the prohibitive cost of the hardware, Sketchpad, the world's first interactive computer graphics system, was only available to a handful of large companies, such as its sponsors Boeing and General Motors.

Until the 70s, as the price of DEC's small computers continued to fall, interactive drawing systems began to be more and more widely used in the American industry, but even so, computer-aided design for drawing with computers was still a luxury "toy" that only large and medium-sized companies were qualified to own. Ford even had such a fast speed when it was designing itself, and the computers that ran on the DEC minicomputer on official business contributed a lot.

It's just that in Chen Geng's view, there is no difference between CAD software and toys now, Chen Geng, who is accustomed to all kinds of easy-to-use CAD and networking design technology in later generations, has a headache whenever he is designing, but unfortunately, not to mention Internet technology now, even LAN technology is still being explored.

"I decided I was going to Silicon Valley. Chen Geng pursed his lips and said.

“......”

Anderson and Bob stared, wondering what their boss was going crazy again, and why they suddenly wanted to go to Silicon Valley.

"I'm going to go to Silicon Valley, find a software development company with DEC computer software development experience, and ask them to redesign a computer graphics software for us according to my idea...... Well, you'll take care of the rest of the HMMV, no problem?"

Thinking of the computer graphics software he is using now, Chen Geng's teeth are a little itchy, he didn't plan to cross industries, but he found that the ancestor said that "if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools" This sentence is really too reasonable.

It's not the first time that Anderson and Bob have heard their boss complain that this software is not easy to use, when doing the design, the boss often says "if this damn software has XX function, it will be too convenient" and so on, so that both of their ears heard the cocoon, the money is the boss's own, how he wants to spend it, is it possible that he can still stop him?

Moreover, the design work of this HMMV has been basically completed, and as a senior engineer from Chrysler and Ford, if he can't even do the rest of the work, he will simply resign.

The two glanced at each other and nodded at the same time: "Boss, don't worry." ”

Bob said even more simply: "Boss, if we can't do such a simple job, how are we qualified to get such a high salary?"

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The financial industry is probably the most sensitive industry to computer technology in addition to the computer industry, as a former senior official of the United Community Bank, Rosemary is one of the few executives who can skillfully use and operate computers, I heard Chen Geng say that he was going to go to Silicon Valley to find a special drawing software for EFC computer software development company, and he had heard his boss complain in his ear countless times that the software was not easy to use, "it is better to have XX functions" and "what if you add a XX module" She has even seen some small software written by her boss himself, so she has no doubts about whether her boss can develop a suitable and easy-to-use software, on the contrary, as a qualified CEO, she said with a light in her eyes: "That's it...... Boss, haven't you been complaining that a lot of our company's software is not easy to use, and since you are planning to customize the software according to your ideas, why not just buy a software development company?

In this way, not only can you make software according to your ideas, but we can even sell the software to make money. Well, didn't you keep saying that the company's database software and financial software were not easy to use? ”

Hey?

That's right!

Chen Geng, who didn't think so much and just wanted to find a software company to order a set of easy-to-use CAD software, was instantly reminded by Rosemary: Yes, buddy knows the development trend and function of any type of software, and even knows the general architecture very well.

Database software, financial software, ERP software, office software, CAD software...... Which one of these software is not familiar with and is not as good as a few treasures?

Thinking of Comrade Lao Qiao...... Well, it's still Comrade Xiao Qiao...... He made a lot of money by selling that shit-like apple I, and he was still stupidly burying his head in the car to resist, Chen Geng had the urge to slap his two mouths.

Thinking of this, Chen Geng nodded again and again: "Mary, you are right, we should indeed acquire a software development company." ”

"Really, you think we should buy a software development company?" Rosemary was a little happy when her boss approved her suggestion.

"Well, not to mention how lucrative software development is, let's just say that in the automotive industry, I think the combination of computer technology and automobiles is the future development trend of the automotive industry. ”

Rosemary was a little surprised by her boss's judgment: "Are you sure?"

"I'm pretty sure. Chen Geng nodded.

Rosemary never doubted her boss's forward-looking vision for automotive technology and the future of automobiles, she thought carefully for a moment and said: "I remember you once said that the future car will form a control system with ECU as the core and bus technology similar to a fighter jet as the network?"

"Yes, I did. Chen Geng was a little surprised, these things he just scattered, fragmented and Rosemary sighed a few words, such as in the future, ECU will become the brain of a car, all OEMs are working for ECU manufacturers, etc., originally thought that Rosemary would forget after saying it, but I didn't expect him to remember it so clearly.

"In that case, it is even more necessary for us to buy a computer software development company. Rosemary pursed her lips and nodded vigorously.