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Volume 4: Walking in the Solar System Chapter 23: Life and Death (3)

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    "Zhuangtou, do you want to go to the office or go home?" Li Meng asked.

    Li Zhuang stretched out his hand to wipe his face, and replied a little tiredly: "It's late, let's go home first. You guys have been tired for a long day, so go to bed early."

    Returning to Li Zhuang's house from the Overseas Investigation Bureau, we have to pass by Sunway Amusement Park. It is getting late and the amusement park is brightly lit. The most eye-catching thing is the Tesla lightning device and Tesla coil power station manufactured by the Institute of Applied Physics for the amusement park.  , the scale is not small.

    Nikola Tesla is a popular figure in the Institute of Applied Physics. This outstanding inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer is the idol of many researchers. Bernard, Li Zhuang's disciple, is Tesla.  of admirers.

    Daniel Bernard is called "Little Daniel" within United Technologies because Li Zhuang's English name is also Daniel.  Bernard is a handsome brown-haired man 182 centimeters tall. He is 29 years old and unmarried.  His past two years have been extraordinary. When he was elected as an academician of the French Academy of Engineering last year, he was only 28 years old.  Coupled with the previous AAAE and EJA, he became an academician of the three major forces within two years, which is enough to show that he is a rare genius who has been hyped by the media for a month.

    Bernard is proficient in electrical engineering, especially power transmission and distribution.  He has been engaged in research on power transmission and distribution since the power transmission and distribution laboratory was transferred to the Institute of Applied Physics and other laboratories to form the Institute of Electric Power Engineering six years ago.

    Since the birth of intelligent robots, research on control has been in-depth. Ordinary people have gradually become accustomed to it, and research on wireless chargers has continued.  This thing has been used for more than ten years, but it has never achieved efficient transmission over a wide range.  After two years of hard work, the wireless charging project team led by Bernard has expanded the transmission distance to one kilometer and increased the efficiency to 85~90%, which can charge multiple electric vehicles at the same time.  The difficulty of developing a large-scale wireless charging charging device is not generally high. It does not matter within Weizhou, but it has encountered many difficulties when promoting it outside. It can only be used on a small scale in similar institutions or countries.  This is no different than before, the transmission distance is shorter and easier to identify and control.

    Bernard complained to Li Zhuang several times because of the obstacles in the promotion of wireless chargers, saying that businessmen were hindering human progress.  Li Zhuang asked him, "If you can't make money, who will generate electricity? Do you know how Tesla died? He was so stupid!"

    The young genius looked confused. He did not study AI and had no interest in sociology.

    "Tesla lived to be 86 years old, which was a rare longevity at that time. How could someone as smart as him be stupid?" Smart people make trouble by making mistakes, and he can't understand Li Zhuang's Chinese nonsense.

    Li Zhuang did not expect Bernard to be able to cover everything. If that were the case, then he would not be a genius, but a monster.  When you become famous at a young age, it is inevitable to be conceited.

    "Do you know why Tesla is having such a difficult time? Let's not talk about whether his free wireless power transmission plan can be realized. Does it cost money to build a power station? Does it cost money to build fuel? No one pays, how can he achieve free power transmission? Not only does he  It violated the interests of businessmen and violated economic laws. In addition to winning the favor of ordinary people who wanted to take advantage, it was not beneficial to the collective or the individual. He was a giant in the field of natural sciences and a dwarf in the field of social sciences. He was not as good as Edison.  "

    Li Zhuang paused and then said, "The research funds Morgan invested in him back then would be worth about 2.3 million gold coupons in today's money. The actual value is even higher. In terms of the total economic output in 1900, this was a huge sum."  Money. That he can die of old age shows that Morgan is not as cold-blooded as ordinary people say."

    Bernard has studied Tesla¡¯s life and knows many relevant anecdotes. He has even been to the museum in Tesla¡¯s hometown.  He has never been short of money. Apart from a small amount of entertainment, he just spends all day tinkering with things he likes. And his teacher can be a big businessman while not delaying academically, so naturally he will not talk nonsense.

    The result of Bernard's complaint was that Sunway Education Group popularized a new initiative, organizing students to travel abroad every year so that students can truly understand the differences between different cultural systems and incorporate Li Zhuang's belief in "reading thousands of books"  The educational concept of "traveling thousands of miles" has been strengthened again.

    Li Zhuang called Lisa and told her to come back for dinner and ask her family to prepare. Xia Yuande was coming over.  This man's home is probably uninhabitable. Yang Xiaoyi is in Hangcheng, Hengwen Hengwu is in school, and Hengshan Hengyue lives in Li Zhuang's house.

    Sunway City has convenient transportation and is well connected in all directions. The Overseas Investigation Bureau is less than 100 kilometers away from Li Zhuang¡¯s house. It only took half an hour for the fast-moving large car to reach its destination.  Li Meng, Chen Xiaojun and Arthur all lived in the same town. They declined Li Zhuang's offer to stay and drove their electric cars in the garage back to their residences.

    "Dad!" Hengshan Hengyue had been looking up at the door after hearing what Lisa said. When he saw Xia Yuande getting out of the car, he cheered and threw himself into his arms.

    Li Zhuangnuo teased: "You are not qualified as a father. How long have you not seen him? I'm really worried that they won't recognize him."

    "To??Like you?  I don¡¯t go out all day, and I spend half of the year on airplanes.  Brother Zhuang, I have a bit of a headache talking about it. The company is indeed too big, and the headquarters business department has an astonishing number of things to manage.  Do you know how many lieutenants I have?  "Xia Yuande was happily holding his son. When he heard Li Zhuang's words, he retorted with a wry smile.

    "I remember there were four originally, how many are now?" Li Zhuang hadn't cared about the company's personnel arrangements for a long time. It was all decided by the company's ninety-nine-person joint meeting.

    "Hey, what year are you talking about? I now have eight deputies, each responsible for relatively familiar areas. In fact, the nine of us discuss the management together, otherwise we can't figure it out." Xia Yuande  I feel that there are some problems with the company's management system.

    In management, how to improve operational efficiency while reducing decision-making errors has always been an important topic, and research has never stopped.  The current management system of United Technologies has done a relatively good job in reducing the impact of large company diseases. As a result, managers are very tired and often go to biotechnology research institutes to take advantage.

    Dinner was very simple. Chef Sophia cooked a few dishes that Xia Yuande liked, but everything else was as usual.  They eat whatever they do in Li Zhuang. It's easy to arrange, but the kids are very picky.

    After a short break after the meal, Xia Yuande told Li Zhuang about the current situation of the business department in the living room, which was not very optimistic.  The Business Department of United Technologies Corporation is the superior of all sales units of the company. Supervisors are assigned to the sales departments of subordinate companies to coordinate the progress of business development.

    "The company's current sales profit margin has a downward trend, and the growth rate of operating costs is accelerating. From data analysis, I think that under the current system, it is close to economies of scale. For specific financial analysis, you can ask Wang Mei for  .¡±

    Li Zhuang touched his chin, feeling a little embarrassed.  In the company, he usually oversees the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute and the Safety Committee.  The two important departments he was concerned about, the asa and the Institute of Theoretical Physics, were running normally. Andreev and Durand sent him reports every week, but he didn't know much about the others.  Wang Mei gave the annual financial analysis and statistics table at the beginning of the month, but he had not had time to read it.

    "How much was the company's sales revenue in the past two months?" Li Zhuang couldn't pretend to be knowledgeable in front of Xia Yuande. This man was very familiar with him, so he asked directly.

    "Excluding the technology division, the revenue in January was about 2 billion gold coupons. In February, due to the impact of the Spring Festival holiday, the revenue was about 1.5 billion. In March, judging from the current order signings and payment collections, the growth rate is relatively large, and it is expected to be over 3 billion."

    Xia Yuande can only give approximate figures. Although United Technologies' business is subject to vertical management, Weizhou itself has an independent accounting system. The statistics of complex domestic sales and service industry income are difficult. It is not the responsibility of the headquarters business department to manage.  range.

    The idiot who was addicted to teaching and research was a little surprised. The old handsome guy was so angry that he couldn't help shouting: "Wake up, no boss like you can do this!"

    Li Zhuang smiled helplessly. Everyone has their own limit of ability.  Although his execution ability was pretty good, he couldn't compare with the senior management. He could only rationally choose to give up some aspects of management because he only had twenty-four hours a day.

    Business experts have very flexible minds. Xia Yuande figured it out quickly and instead of chattering, he told him about his trip to Citigroup.

    "I flew directly from Japan to Los Angeles. Someone from the business department of the Medical Health Group called me and said that the joint meeting of the Academy of Medicine passed the motion to issue a new smoking cessation formula. Human trials of drug cessation began a year ago. It was with California.  In cooperation with government-affiliated research institutes. After I heard about it, I quickly called Hoffman and his colleagues, but the Institute of Medicine believes that there are similar products on the market, and the Joint Conference of Medical and Health Groups also thinks that we can give it a try. What are the terms of reference of the headquarters business department?  It is clear that the scope of the medical industry is very wide and the chain of interests is extremely complex. It is difficult to understand all the links. We mainly coordinate and supervise the business operations of the medical and health group, and decision-making is handled internally by them."

    Xia Yuande picked up the tea cup, blew it, took a sip and praised: "Good tea, share some with me and take it away tomorrow."

    Li Zhuang was too lazy to talk to him and agreed casually.  This tea was brought back from Hangzhou by the Institute of Biotechnology. It was indeed the best. Even a person like him, who didn't drink much tea, could tell that it was extraordinary.

    "In just three days, something happened. The five-person team sent by the headquarters business department to supervise and nearly 30 people from the medical and health group all disappeared, and the research institute was destroyed. I don't know who did it, tobacco companies, gangs  Gangs and even related places in California are possible. Citiland is full of guns, there are many people, and the cultural system determines that there is no clear distinction between different levels of society."

    "Wait for the results of the Overseas Investigation Bureau. You should go to bed early and help me think about the reform of the business system tomorrow."

    Although he came here by special plane, the jet lag made Xia Yuan? Quite tired.  Wang Zhijie was in charge of Citigroup. When he came back, in addition to trouble with the Medical Research Institute, the headquarters business department had some important matters to deal with and had to return.  On a planet with complex interests like the Earth, it is difficult to work freely and purely paperless!  The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute is not sure that it can perfect the company's safety management system. If it underestimates the world's heroes, it will be a matter of time before it fails.

    Xia Yuande was indeed tired and was not polite. After taking a bath, he took Hengshan Hengyue into the guest room on the second floor.  After Li Zhuang helped Lisa and Sophia clean up the living room, he played games with the children, sent them to bed, and then told Lisa not to disturb him.

    After the expansion of the Li Zhuang family¡¯s villa, it turned into a large courtyard house. There was enough space between the houses in the residential area of ??Weisen City. Later, many courtyard houses were built following the trend, making this originally unique building look ordinary.

    The buildings on the ground have no special features, but the core is underground.  This is different from other buildings. It has only three floors on the ground and four floors underground. It meets military standards and is a very strong three-defense fortress.  The entrance is in a small room on the west side of the courtyard. It looks very ordinary, but it is actually a rare armored building with very thick walls. Although all the walls in the courtyard are thick, the materials used here are different.

    This building was renovated three years ago and was originally very ordinary.  After a car bomb blast at the Institute of Marine and Marine Engineering in La Grange killed nearly two dozen fellows, including the associate dean, Sunway Construction rebuilt all director villas and expanded the space between regular fellow villas.  spacing.

    Some people die, some people live, but no one wants to die early.  ;
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