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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 developed car has only completed part of the work, and wants to carry out large-scale production, and there are more details to continue to study, such as windshields, such as rearview mirrors, such as headlights, which must be improved one by one, and all the supporting facilities are completely complete, and then large-scale production can be carried out.

In the conference room of the Junma Laboratory, Franklin was not embarrassed to hear Li Mu's introduction: "No problem, we will continue to research, develop more powerful and stable engines, and also study these supporting facilities, the problem now is, we need more funds, we need more manpower, we also need a bigger laboratory-"

Franklin was a little cautious.

Li Mu through the expansion of the laboratory, on the other side of the Charles River to get a large piece of land, since the first half of the year, these land has begun to build, according to the plan, early next year, the four laboratories will move into the new laboratory, the name of the laboratory is no longer referred to by the "research group", but respectively upgraded: Junma communication laboratory, Junma power laboratory, Junma power laboratory, and by the smokeless gunpowder research group upgraded into the Junma materials laboratory.

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

But for Franklin, the twists and turns are too big.

Why was Runkel elected to the Massachusetts Senate after stepping down as president of MIT? It's not because of the success of the research on the light bulb that it brought Runkel the honor.

Cars are worth no less than light bulbs, so Franklin didn't fantasize about something.

"Hehe, don't worry about the lab, you will have the best lab, and the lab staff will be able to stay in the institute apartment, and you will be rewarded - I will calculate, how much should it be?" Li Mu is generous, as long as there are results, then everything is easy to say.

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

The land that Li Mu got is a bit big, so the supporting facilities are not stingy.

On the construction site named by Li Mu as the Science and Technology City, the first thing to be built is the apartment, which is prepared for the employees of the Junma Laboratory, the six-story apartment, every household is equipped with an elevator, and the apartment area ranges from a single apartment of 60 square meters to a duplex duplex of more than 200 square meters, so as to cope with different levels of researchers.

As long as it is an employee of the Junma laboratory, they can apply to move in, and new employees can only apply for a single apartment, but as long as the level is upgraded, the apartment will be upgraded accordingly, these apartments have no rent, provide 24-hour hot water, and have a special laundry room and restaurant, which can basically meet all the needs of the researchers.

Hearing Li Mu's words, the staff in the laboratory were immediately overjoyed, don't think that there was no need for rent in the nineteenth century, these researchers come from all over the country, some of them are college students who have just graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, they all have housing needs, and Boston, as the largest city in the United States at this time, is not cheap in rent, so this is good news for everyone.

What Li Mu wants is to use these soft powers to firmly bind these researchers and research institutes together.

Researchers are also human beings, and there must be needs in all aspects, once the car is announced, it will definitely attract capitalists like Rockefeller to watch, Li Mu's research institute members are currently the only group of experienced researchers in the world, so Li Mu must now take precautions to prevent the staff of the institute from being poached.

As soon as Li Mu's words fell, a voice sounded in the corner: "Sir, there are still forty days left before Christmas!" ”

Oh, $10,000 a day.

Laughter erupted in the conference room, and everyone was waiting for Li Mu to fulfill his promise.

"Who's talking?" Li Mu feigned anger.

"Oh, please forgive Ream—" Franklin shook his head and smiled bitterly, the expression on his face was doting and proud: "This is my son, Franklin II, who is now a second-level researcher. ”

Second-level researchers, the rank in the Steed Horse Laboratory, is already considered the backbone, if you are promoted to another level, then you will become a first-level researcher, and you can independently apply for research projects, as for the special researcher, there are only a few people such as Franklin, Antonio Meucci, and Runkel, who has left office.

Americans don't have the saying that "the virtuous don't shy away from their relatives", and people don't think this way at all, like Franklin and Franklin II, people will only feel proud, not the slightest embarrassment.

So Li Mu didn't ask if there was any personal affection in this at all: "So, you two can receive two rewards, well, you should invite everyone to eat later-"

"That's right!"

"Reem is right!"

"Does Mr. Franklin want a treat? Did I hear me wrong? ”

Laughter immediately erupted again in the conference room, and it seemed that Franklin's team was good, at least the atmosphere was harmonious.

"Shut up, don't you usually invite you less?" Franklin feigned anger, too, but to no avail, and was immediately drowned out in a louder uproar.

"Hahahaha, that's right, forty days, then that's four hundred thousand dollars - cash out immediately." Li Mu was not stingy, and took out the checkbook to cash it on the spot.

Looking at the thin check on the table, everyone's eyes were full of burning heat.

Americans don't have any sayings like "gentlemen don't say profit", since there is a pay, then there must be a return, and the peace of mind of this money is justified.

Franklin's team was less than twenty people, and four hundred thousand dollars, each of whom could receive more than twenty thousand, which was an indisputably large sum for the average person in 1873.

"Now the second task is announced, the deadline is still within one year, the condition is what I just said, as long as all the projects are completed ahead of schedule, then I will continue to provide rewards, the standard is the same as now, or $10,000 a day!" Li Mu promised again.

Li Mu just put forward the conditions include improved engine, gearbox, explosion-proof glass, headlights, body lighting system, rearview mirrors, wipers, etc., relative to the engine, glass, headlights or something are some small problems, it is these small problems, restricting the "BMW" into mass production, only to solve these small problems, Li Mu can sell BMW to an incredibly high price.

As for the improved engine, the standard required by Li Mu is to double the data in all aspects on the basis of the existing one, which is relatively simple, after all, there is already a primitive engine, and it is much easier to study on the basis of the original engine than to start from scratch.

The gearbox is the biggest problem, for a car, the value of the gearbox is undoubted, it can be said that the car without the gearbox is not a complete car, with the gearbox, the engine will change from a two-force youth to a literary youth.

In Li Mu's vision, "BMW" should be a high-end custom car, and "Mercedes-Benz", that is, the Volkswagen model, compared to the application of all technologies, all the use of top materials "BMW", "Mercedes-Benz" is a castrated version, will reduce the cost as much as possible, in order to reduce the price of the vehicle itself, 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, it remains to be verified that that series will generate more profits.

"Hooray!"

"Mr. Ream, you need to have the check ready!"

"We're going eight months ahead of schedule!"

Hearing Li Mu announce the task, applause and cheers immediately rang out in the conference room, and the researchers who had just received the award were full of confidence, and they were sure to complete the task ahead of schedule.

"Very well, my check is ready, just waiting for you to pick it up." Li Mu smiled secretly, when you start researching, you will know that it is powerful, not to mention the gearbox, just one explosion-proof glass is enough for you people to toss.

The car has high requirements for explosion-proof glass, once a collision occurs, if the explosion-proof glass is not installed, then the broken glass fragments will cause secondary injury to the driver and passengers, so before the explosion-proof glass is successfully developed, Li Mu is not ready to install explosion-proof glass for the car.

Of course, the value of explosion-proof glass for cars is also very high, if a wealthy person buys a "BMW" car, but can only drive it on a sunny day, and stay at home on a rainy day and pretend to be dead, it will be more depressing.

Rich people, should come out on a rainy day to pretend to be forced, even if there is nothing to do, they have to come out for a walk, sit in the car where the wind does not blow and the rain does not get in, and look at the crowd of people who are running in the heavy rain because they do not bring umbrellas.

The car is the façade, Americans don't like to "hide clumsy", if there are good things, they must often take them out and show them, so that everyone knows, this is in line with the logic of Americans, so the United States is full of museums.

When Li Mu and the researchers interacted enthusiastically, Rockefeller, who was able to attend the meeting, did not speak, looking at the generous Li Mu and the active researchers, Rockefeller was thoughtful.

Prior to this, Rockefeller had never thought about the issue of "social responsibility" of entrepreneurs, and pumping oil out of the ground and sending kerosene to the tables of thousands of households was all Rockefeller's previous work.

10,000 repetitive tasks are enough to make people hate it, and the initial love will be lost in thousands of repetitions.

To tell the truth, although Rockefeller was the first billionaire in the United States -- or the first billionaires, he was tired of this kind of life, and for Rockefeller, at his level, wealth no longer had much meaning, and the value of life was the most worth pursuing.

Value!

This is a big issue.