Rebirth 2008: I Can Make Money Reading

In the morning, it was very quiet.

Occasionally, I could hear the faint crowing of a cock, crowing on one side, and crowing on the other side, as if being rhythmic.

I also heard the motorcycle starting next door, and the sound of "puff puff" gradually disappeared from near to far. You don't need to look, you can tell from the sound that the motorcycle is old.

"Daughter-in-law, what time is it?"

Mu Yang yelled out of habit in a daze, grabbed the air with his right hand, and became clearer, only then did he realize that Song Xuelu was sleeping at home.

He turned over, faced the sky, spread his hands, and lay flat like a "wood" character, lifted the quilt covering his head a little, and felt a slight coolness on his face, as if the wind was blowing in from the window.

The winter morning in Greentown is still relatively cold, Mu Yang did not close the windows last night.

There is an inverter air conditioner in the house, so you can turn on the heating, but Mu Yang doesn't like to sleep with the air conditioner on.

I fumbled aside and found my cell phone, only to find that it was only half past five in the morning, and the sky was still pitch black.

Maybe it's because there is nothing around him, Mu Yang misses his wife.

I haven't slept next to my pillow for three nights, and I feel like something is missing.

At this time, she is still sleeping.

Mu Yang picked up the phone, hesitating whether to flirt with her, and finally dialed, "beep beep" rang a few times, and there was a faint voice from the other end of the phone: "Yangyang, what are you doing?" ?”

"Hey, daughter-in-law, your sleeping position is wrong."

"You're so annoying. It's early in the morning. I'm going to sleep again. I'm so sleepy."

"Well, miss you, daughter-in-law."

"Oh, I miss you too."

Mu Yang hung up the phone and continued to fall asleep.

I don't know how long it took, Mu Yang habitually swept him away.

Hey, I have a temperature!

Feeling the familiar body, Mu Yang suddenly opened his eyes.

It turned out that there was one more person in the bed.

"Daughter-in-law, why are you here?"

"Stop making noise, I drove here early in the morning, I'm so sleepy." After finishing speaking, Song Xuelu curled up into Mu Yang's embrace like a kitten.

Mu Yang's house is only a few minutes' drive away from Song Xuelu's house. I checked the time, and only half an hour has passed. This little girl must have just arrived.

"Um."

With the familiar feeling and smell around him again, Mu Yang fell asleep soundly.

When it was almost 7:30 in the morning, Mu Yang woke up and suddenly became interested.

Half an hour later, he was lying on the bed like a "tai".

After a short rest, I couldn't fall asleep anymore. The daughter-in-law next to me was breathing steadily and sleeping soundly.

Mu Yang put on his clothes and stood outside the balcony to admire the scenery of his hometown.

Standing at the highest point in the village, you can have a panoramic view of the whole village.

The soft warm sun is rising from the east, and the fog is gradually disappearing.

The countryside is not as noisy as the city. As the Chinese New Year approaches, villagers are often seen riding battery cars or driving newly bought cars to go to the market.

After watching for about twenty minutes, I went back to the room and saw that my daughter-in-law had already woken up and was sitting in front of the dressing table, arranging her hair.

Mu Yang has nothing to do today, but he is used to finding things to do.

Last night, Mu Yang talked with his family about the Spring Festival Gala in Gui Province. He didn't want to go, but his family wanted to go to experience the atmosphere.

In desperation, Mu Yang decided to watch with Song Xuelu's family.

After having breakfast with Song Xuelu, Mu Yang sat in front of the computer desk in the bedroom, turned on his laptop, sorted out the April 8th plan, and dealt with Hummer company affairs.

Recently, he has not received any achievement points from the reading system, which makes him a little nervous, but Mu Yang believes that what should come will come, and there will be no shortage.

The progress of upgrading the reading system to Level 7 has reached 34.3%. John, the president of Hummer Company, reported to him the progress of the latest car manufacturing.

The progress of the prototype car was not very smooth, mainly due to the lack of spare parts.

Some automotive engineers are skeptical about the parameters of the battery pack and motor, and do not believe that the Xinghai Group headquarters can develop such an advanced thing.

John suppressed his doubts and said that it would be implemented according to the plan. If the headquarters could not produce something, it would be the headquarters' problem, but if their R\u0026D progress was slow, it would be their problem.

The battery pack and the motor are shipped directly to the port of Los Angeles on the west coast of the beautiful country. It takes about 13 to 16 days to sail by fast boat. If you take a slow boat or go to the east coast, it will take a long time, and the sailing time by sea will take 30 days. about.

The battery pack is a dangerous item, and it is very heavy, so it is impossible to use air logistics. The UPS6 fire in 2010 was caused by a lithium battery fire and caused an air crash.

Hummer is in Detroit, Michigan, in the eastern part of the Pretty Country.

After the goods arrive at the shore, they are transported by road, which is much faster than sea transport.

Last night, Mu Yang received an email message from Yang Zifei, the Chinese Vice President of Pretty Country, saying that the battery pack and motor had been shipped to the company in the afternoon, and the engineers began to test the data individually.

Yang Zifei is a returnee Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After working in the headquarters base for a while, Mu Yang appointed him as the vice president of the overseas Hummer company.

This morning, Yang Zifei gave feedback that the parameters of the battery pack and the motor were correct, and he had conquered those engineers who had questioned before.

Mu Yang saw the report work of the two, and sent a message to John: "If it is so difficult to build a prototype car, then it is even more impossible to produce a car;

It doesn't matter if you question it, but if there are people who don't cooperate with the work and work negatively, you will be warned once and get out the second time!

You must be united, not only with Chinese people, but also with Chinese people, whoever splits will get out!

The batch of cars is progressing smoothly, and everyone is paid half a year at the end of the year; the listing is successful, and year-end dividends are paid as promised.

You can improve the relationship between team members through weekly team building. "

Seeing Mu Yang's message, John knew that the boss was angry, so he conveyed his opinion to all employees, and started team building at night.

Mu Yang gave a stick first and then a candy, no one dared to object.

After Mu Yang worked for a while, Song Xuelu went upstairs to bring up a small plate of fruit, watched him enter the state of reverie, and took another look at the pictures and parameter configuration diagrams on the computer.

As soon as she saw it, she was fascinated by the special effect picture of the car. She leaned her chin on Mu Yang's shoulder and asked softly:

"Yangyang, is this the Hummer EV? This car looks very big, wow, it's 5.5 meters, so long! It's also 2.2 meters wide!"

Song Xuelu has studied mechanical design, and she rarely sees Muyang working. She also has something to do, and now she has nothing to do at home, so she also pays attention to Muyang's car manufacturing business.

Mu Yang chuckled: "Yes, this guy is longer and wider than a full-size SUV. It's a platform for a small pickup, but it's turned into an off-road vehicle with seven seats. All SUVs are younger brothers in front of it, Buddha Block and kill Buddha, God block and kill God."

"Look at what you're bragging about. You're still killing God. It'll snap when you pinch it. However, it's not convenient to park such a big car."

"If it is a car of this length, it is true in China, but people who can afford this car will definitely have a parking space or a small villa.

Considering this, it is equipped with a four-wheel steering system, that is, four tires can walk diagonally at the same time, like a small crab, but it can only be used when parking, which is more convenient than SUV parking.

In fact, the car is actually sold to overseas customers who prefer big guys, especially without burning gas. Mu Yang said with a smile. In the future, he plans to produce a smaller Hummer EV, a full-size SUV with a length of 5.2 meters and a width of 2 meters, at a slightly lower price.

Release the big ones first, empty the wallets of potential consumers, and wait another two years before releasing the smaller ones.

No matter how small it is, forget it, it will affect the reputation of Hummer EV.

"What's the price of this car?"

"It hasn't been decided yet, but the lower version of the car will not be less than 850,000 yuan. It will be sold to Hummer. According to the price of 15,000 yuan per kilowatt-hour, the battery with 160 kilowatt-hours is 240,000 yuan. Our cost is very low, 64,000 yuan. The cost of the motor is about 20,000 yuan, the price for Hummer is 60,000 to 70,000 yuan, and the cost of the body is between 320,000 and 350,000 yuan. The production cost of Hummer is about 630,000 yuan, and we have to guarantee 30% More than the gross profit margin." Mu Yang explained.

Generally speaking, in the cost sharing of electric vehicles, the battery pack cost accounts for 30%-45%, which is the largest cost.

The battery capacity cost of a battery pack in a battery factory is about 3,500 to 5,000 yuan, and it is about 7,000 yuan to sell to an automobile manufacturer.

Therefore, if a car with the same configuration can run less than 20,000 kilometers a year, it is really not cost-effective to buy an electric car.

The gross profit margin of automobiles will not be very high. According to Tesla, the average gross profit margin of all models reaches about 30%, which is very high, even higher than that of Porsche.

The domestic Great Wall is about 18%, which is also very good.

Hummer EV is equipped with many advanced elements, and Muyang must earn more.

However, his Hummer EV is not a necessity. It is expensive, and customers would rather buy other brands of cars. Moreover, even if the car is sold for a few years, the price is very stable and does not fluctuate much. The prices of many parts are transparent. .

The comprehensive gross profit margin of Muyang Control Hummer EV is between 30% and 35%. In fact, if the part of the money earned by Xinghai Group headquarters is included, that is, the automatic driving system, battery pack and motor first earn part of the money, the gross profit rate is definitely More than 40%.

"Then this car is really high, it's not something ordinary people can afford." Song Xuelu said in surprise.

"Yes, customers who mainly plan to buy Mercedes-Benz G, Wrangler, and Land Rover. In fact, there is no competitor for off-road vehicles of this size. This market is completely blank." Mu Yang smiled confidently .

In 2022, the price of the top-equipped Hummer EV in the previous life is about 110,000 US dollars, and the low-end version starts from 80,000 US dollars, but the battery capacity is not as good as that of today's Xinghai Hummer EV, and the motor is much worse, and it weighs a ton. Compare.

Of course, electronic components such as screens are indeed much worse than those in 2022.

Xinghai Hummer EV, Mu Yang believes that the speed of 0-100 kilometers per hour will be faster, and ordinary sports cars cannot match it.

"The feeling is indeed, the appearance is good-looking and domineering, but the size is much larger, the interior is not much different, and it is electric, fast, and quiet. The bet you made with that foreigner Nathan seems to be very sure." Song Xuelu praised.

"There are still many problems to be solved. I think it is a bit difficult to plan mass production this year." Mu Yang sighed. The difficulty in building a car lies in mass production.

He has planned for more than a year, which is already a fast request.

Mu Yang made such a request because he was confident that his technology was fine. Under normal circumstances, it would be very fast to mass-produce cars within two years.

Hengda has been doing it for so many years, but it has not been successful.

Xinghai Group started from the basics of automobiles, and many technologies were purchased from Muyanghua Achievement Point, which saved a lot of detours.

If you don't spend achievement points to build a car, it will be mass-produced in three years? Mu Yang is not sure about this.

It's not that it's hard to make a car, but it's hard to make a good car.

In 2022, the Hummer EV experienced water leakage and caused electrical problems, and more than 400 vehicles were recalled.

Song Xuelu is a mechanic, he knows a little about building cars, and comforted him: "I'm in a hurry, take your time, how is the structural strength of this big guy? It doesn't seem to be afraid of being bumped at all."

"For an off-road vehicle, it must be strengthened in all directions. Don't jump around and break the axle. Then it's an international joke. It looks big, but it's not very heavy. High-strength aluminum alloy is used in many places. Five-door one The cover is made of aluminum alloy automotive panels." Mu Yang patiently explained.

There are three main factors in the structural strength of a car: material strength, structural design, and plate thickness.

Structural stiffness refers to the ability of the structure to resist deformation, such as the ability of the car door to be bumped and resist changes.

Different materials have different material strengths, which can generally be expressed by tensile strength;

Structural design refers to the shape and form, such as I-beam, H-beam, and square tube. Even with the same weight of material, the structural strength is better than a round bar. This involves the calculation of the moment of inertia, which is relatively clear to those who have studied mechanics.

A layman writes a car soft article, boasting that a certain part of a certain brand of car uses 1500MPa hot-formed steel plates, and the colors are marked, such as red for hot-formed steel, yellow for ultra-high-strength steel, and blue for high-strength steel.

If it's just that, it can't be said that the strength of this car is good enough.

Why is there no thick lifting board?

Other cars use 1.2 mm, his car uses 0.8 mm;

The strength of other cars may be 1200MPa, and his car is 1500MPa.

Who has the stronger car?

Under the same structural design, 1.2×1.2=1.44, 0.8×1.5=1.2, there is no doubt that the former has better structural strength.

Of course, under the same strength, the material strength is stronger, which can reduce the weight of the vehicle and save energy consumption.

The five doors and one cover of the Hummer EV use a large number of aluminum alloy automotive panels. Although the material strength is not as high as high-strength steel, the thickness of the panels is strengthened. Under the same quality, the structural strength is much stronger.

In terms of structural design, Mu Yang has optimized it, but in this regard, there will not be too much difference.

But no matter what, the structural strength of the Xinghai Hummer is better than that of most off-road SUVs, but it will not be much better. After all, this is a new energy vehicle, and battery life is very important, so it should not be too heavy.

"Why, you want to drive this kind of car. It's really shocking for a girl to drive this kind of car."

Song Xuelu smiled: "It's quite interesting."

The mechanical man likes this style of car, and she is also a mechanical woman, so of course she likes it too.

"Then let's wait for Mirai 01 and Mirai 02 to come out, bulletproof level, no matter how you hit it."

"Um."

Mu Yang embraced her, kissed her, and ate a few grapes.

Today is the twenty-eighth day of the Chinese New Year, and I am going to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Muyang's family of four, grandparents, uncle's family, and Song Xuelu's family of three had dinner together in the Food City.

After dinner, Mu Yang's family of four, Song Xuelu's family of three, plus his cousin Mu Qing, a total of eight people drove two cars to the city.

The Guizhou Spring Festival Gala starts at eight o'clock, but you have to enter the venue early.

Mu Yang arrived at the place where the Spring Festival Gala was held, and it was 7:30 in the evening. He called Song Shichang's secretary, and after waiting for a while, Secretary Shichang brought Mu Yang's family into the venue.

Mu Yang's family is in the front row. There are fruit drinks on the round table, and there are no melon seeds and snacks. The TV station is also afraid that everyone will eat retail, and the photographer will affect the image if it is photographed.

There are only a few rows in the front that can sit at the round table, and there are not many of them, all of whom are family members of heavyweights, and those sitting in the back are rows of chairs.

After the Spring Festival Gala started, Mu Yang looked at the stage, but his thoughts had already drifted to the Achievement Store.

The total number of achievement points is still 396.5, unchanged for several months.

He's working on bulletproof glass technology.

Bulletproof glass standards vary from country to country, and each grade classification table has its own grade standard definition and test requirements, which are mainly divided by firearm types such as pistols, submachine guns, automatic rifles, bullet types, shooting times and shooting distances.

China's bulletproof glass standard is GA165-1997, and the new standard was not adopted until 2016.

There are currently 5 levels in total, with level 1 being the lowest and level 5 being the strongest.

The standard of the beautiful country is UL752, and the bulletproof level of glass is 10, and 10 is also the highest.

The AK47 bullet with a diameter of 7.62 mm shoots at 4.6 meters, and it can resist five times at the same position, and the bulletproof level is 8.

Those who can resist sniper rifles are all bulletproof grades of level 9 and 10, but the same position can only be resisted once.

The bulletproof level is divided in this way, but it is hard to say whether it can be manufactured.

Mu Yang’s requirements for bulletproof glass are at least level 10, AK47 can’t be broken after dozens of shots, it can resist 50 Caliber sniper rifles no less than 5 times, and it can resist heavy sniper rifles once. Yes, as long as you don't hit the enemy in the same position.

If it can reach this level, it must be the strongest bulletproof glass in the world.

Mu Yang's bulletproof glass technology can reach this level, and 20 achievement points are not for nothing.

Of course, manufacturing is also very difficult. Before the holiday, the research and development progress was stuck at about 35%.

What Mu Yang didn't know was that the camera had captured him and Song Xuelu several times, and it could be said that he and Song Xuelu were the most photographed spectators in the audience, and even gave Mu Yang a big close-up.

The Spring Festival Gala of local stations is recorded and broadcast in advance, and it is usually broadcast before New Year’s Eve.

It's just that Mu Yang kept smiling and didn't move. After a show, he didn't applaud.

Fortunately, the shots were only short, and they didn't shoot him all the time.

What Mu Yang didn't expect was that after the recording and broadcasting, due to his existence and multiple appearances, the ratings also increased.