Vol 4 Chapter 5: , The development of the automobile industry

The sky in April is full of flowers and trees. Ferdinand, who was in the spring, received good news.
"Your Majesty, we have already developed the low-cost car you requested. Come and see it with me!" Allen Heidelberg said like a child, running over to offer a treasure.
At the beginning of the 20th century, cars were nothing new. Both practicality and safety were greatly improved compared to the 19th century. Horse-drawn carriages had been banned and became a new toy for the rich and aristocrats.
As early as 1769, Frenchman n·j·Gunou made the world's first steam-driven three-wheeled car, and since then started the human automobile era.
However, the steam engine car, due to its poor performance in all aspects, is not universal. It was not until 1897 that the German Rudolf Diesel successfully trial-produced the first diesel engine, which changed!
The appearance of the diesel engine is a great breakthrough in power engineering. Its appearance not only found a place for diesel, but it was more fuel-efficient, more powerful, and relatively less polluting than gasoline. It was one of the best power systems for automobiles at that time. .
On August 15, 1883, Daimler and Maybach invented the gasoline internal combustion engine. In 1885, the German Gothieb Daimler invented the first four-wheeled car, which ushered in a new era of automobiles.
Before 1900, after Germany and France, many such workshop-type automobile production companies appeared in the United States, Britain and Italy. In 1900, Europe and the United States produced 9,504 automobiles.
Ferdinand, who is familiar with the importance of cars, certainly followed up! In 1901, Bulgaria independently developed its first car-Boll!
At that time, the performance of the "Bohr" was considered to be the world's advanced level. It could drive for 3.5 hours at a speed of 15.1km per hour. It was also equipped with clutches, steering wheels, transmissions and other equipment known to later generations!
Unfortunately, like cars of this era, its stability is extremely poor. Basically, it needs to be repaired for several hundred kilometers. And both the production cost and the maintenance cost are very high, not universal!
However, Ferdinand still did not give up, but continued to increase capital investment. After all, in this era, the automobile industry has just started, and the world is full of hand-crafted workshops, crossing the river by touching the stones!
People have not paid enough attention to the automobile industry. Basically, individuals are promoting the development of the automobile industry. The consortium has not yet noticed the huge profits contained in it!
There is a saying that the progress of science and technology is piled up with endless resources!
With Ferdinand's continuous investment, Bulgaria's automobile industry has finally achieved impressive results and has reached the forefront of the world!
Following the "Boll", in 1904, the "Boll II" was born, and the performance of the second-generation Boll was greatly improved.
It has made a series of improvements, taking into account the comfort of passengers, optimizing the structure of the car, and the beauty of the car has also been significantly improved!
And in terms of stability, it has also been greatly improved, and finally got rid of the trouble of repairing cars every day! But its superior performance is built on the premise of increasing costs!
So this car is not what Ferdinand wants. Its production cost of 16,000 levs is enough to prohibit people!
Coupled with research and development costs and profits, the final luxury version of the "Bohr II" requires a price of 50,000 Levs (approximately 2,000 pounds), which is destined to be a toy for the rich. To rely on it to promote the development of the transportation industry, forget it!
No way, the R&D cost is too high, the market is too small and the output is too low, and the production cost can't go down!
By the end of 1907, Bulgaria had produced more than 8,000 "Boll II" in more than three years, so it has become the best-selling car brand in Eastern Europe!
The times are constantly progressing. By 1907, the "Bohr III" was also developed. This is also a toy for the rich. It has greatly improved both its comfort and safety, but its cost is still It is high!
In this context, Ferdinand proposed to designers: design a low-priced model that is unadorned, durable, easy to drive and maintain, has low road requirements, and meets the needs of the mass market!
In fact, Ferdinand's expectations for this car are not high. The birth of this popular version of the cheap car will not benefit Bulgaria, even if Bulgaria is the number one car manufacturer in Eastern Europe!
With the birth of cheap cars, only oil-producing countries will get the most benefits. In Europe, the Russian Empire and Romania will be the winners of this transportation revolution!
Of course, Bulgaria is not a disadvantage. Due to Ferdinand’s butterfly effect, Bulgaria’s domestic road network is now among the best in Europe, and the road network basically covers every town!
Anyway, Ford is about to explode, instead of being preempted by the Americans, Ferdinand still doesn't mind getting ahead!
"So fast?" Ferdinand said in surprise.
It only took more than two months for the car to be designed after he ordered it to be finished. He was worried that the designers had misunderstood it, and it would be a cheap car if you just deleted it.
After all, the cheap car required by Ferdinand is not feasible at a price of one thousand eight hundred dollars. The production cost must be reduced to at least one-third, or even one-fifth of the original!
"Of course, what you ordered, can we be upset?" Alan Heidelberg said proudly
"Go, take me to see!" Ferdinand said happily
At present, most of the scientific research tasks in Bulgaria are completed by Bulgarian universities, and some are responsible for the newly established Sofia University and R&D institutions distributed to various companies!
Alan Heidelberg is Ferdinand who dug from the University of Vienna, Austria, as the head of the Mechanical Department of the University of Bulgaria, mainly responsible for the research and development of power systems.
After arriving in Bulgaria, he has also achieved remarkable results. He has achieved many remarkable results in this field, and occasionally he has a short car copy.
Bulgaria is able to bite tightly on the tail of the powers in the field of power. He has made a great contribution. It is almost everyone who came out, and the Allen-Heidelberg team can do it in the past few years!
Therefore, the IQ was so explosive that the EQ was almost zero. The old man who didn't buy his account still sat firmly in the position of the head of the mechanical department, and even Ferdinand respected him very much.
This is also in Bulgaria, a country that attaches great importance to scientific research personnel. If it is placed in several powers, there is no such treatment, and there is no shortage of talents!
In fact, before Alan Heidelberg came to Bulgaria, his position at the University of Vienna was very embarrassing. A guy who has achieved many results has only one position as an associate professor, and even research funds are not available!
After all, there is no shortage of talents in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and there is no shortage of them. The Vienna government does not pay much attention to it. Basically, it allows the natural development of science and technology. People with insufficient emotional intelligence will naturally be confused!
The annual scientific research funding of 100,000 pounds, and not to interfere with its usefulness, is the price Ferdinand paid! Under the temptation of this huge sum of money, Alan Heidelberg also put a lot of air on the air, chirped, and came to Bulgaria!
Of course, other treatments are indispensable. Villas, cars, servants, chefs, and bodyguards are all provided, and even the assistants are left to him to choose among the college students in Bulgaria!
In addition to these benefits, the Ministry of Education has also set up a special problem handling office at the University of Bulgaria to help foreign scientists, including him, coordinate interpersonal relationships. Otherwise, let these scientific research leaders handle it by themselves, and it is estimated that the scientific research team does not know how to jump. How many times have been broken!
Basically this kind of people who are super capable and do not mix well are the ones with low EQ, otherwise it would not be the turn of Ferdinand to dig corners, they can mix wherever they go!
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Soon, Ferdinand saw the real thing, Alan Heidelberg directly let people drive to the gate of the palace, if not stopped by the guards, I guess he would not mind letting people move directly to Ferdinand!
The car in front of me is really simple and ugly. Ferdinand swears that he has never seen such an ugly car before, even if it is a scrapped car in a junkyard, it looks better than it!
This car uses a 4-cylinder 20-horsepower internal combustion engine, placed in the engine hood, two forward gears and one reverse planetary gear transmission, pneumatic tires, and two-row canopy boat-shaped body.
As for comfort? Sorry, this is not considered!
Ferdinand didn't even see any traces of decoration. Many areas did not even polish, and some areas still showed signs of unevenness!
The equipment inside is even simpler, except that the car itself must be equipped, almost nothing else! The seats are all made of cheap wood, and the windows don’t even bother to install glass!
Ferdinand was unable to complain, after all, this was a cheap car he requested!
Oh, Alan Heidelberg was still spitting out while introducing him, degrading the cheap car Ferdinand asked for nothing, as if he was telling: Your Majesty, I am giving you face, and I brought my subordinates into it. Otherwise, I can't afford to lose this person!
Ferdinand only smiled. He always laughed at Alan Heidelberg's complaints. If he took it seriously, he might be mad!
Seeing Ferdinand’s signature smile, Alan Heidelberg was still chattering: "Your Majesty, what's the use of your car so bad? Look, remove the carport behind and use it directly to pull goods. It's still okay, if I sit in a person and walk this way, I almost wiped out my old life..."
Ferdinand suddenly had an idea, isn't it, just remove the carport and refit it, isn't it a pickup for later generations?
Now for Bulgaria, letting ordinary people use cars is still too extravagant and far less applicable than pickup trucks!
"You are right, just remove the carport behind and refit it to pull the goods!" Ferdinand thought for a while and said
Alan Heidelberg stared at Ferdinand dumbfounded. Obviously he was taken aback by Ferdinand's decision. He just said casually, it was true!
Looking at Alan Heidelberg dumbfounded, Ferdinand said with concern: "What's wrong, Mr. Allen? Don't worry, your design is still valid, the reward remains the same, and the patent fee will not be less than your share! "
Alan Heidelberg reacted and quickly explained: "No! Oh, nothing! Your majesty is trustworthy. I am not worried about rewards! But can this thing really be sold?"
Well, Ferdinand thinks it is better not to talk to people with zero EQ, what they say can always make people angry!
Hearing what he meant, it seemed that Ferdinand’s credit might still have problems! Ferdinand dare to say that even if he were to breach the contract, he couldn't go back for such a small amount of money, right?
With a reward of tens of thousands of levs, Lao Tzu's daily income is more than that! Forget it, I won't care about you with a lot of adults! Ferdinand comforted himself.
Ferdinand was a little depressed and said: "This is not a problem you should worry about. If you feel that you can't sell it, it doesn't matter. You can directly sell the patent to the Bulgarian First Automobile Factory!"
Allen Heidelberg nodded contentedly, as if he felt that Ferdinand's words were reasonable!
Depressed and depressed, Ferdinand still did not forget to ask: "By the way, how much does this car cost?"
"Not counting labor costs, the total cost of optical materials is 1324.8 lev!" Alan Heidelberg broke a very accurate figure
Ferdinand was taken aback and reacted quickly. He seemed to have asked the wrong person for this question. In this era of hand-built cars, the most important expenditure is labor costs.
Looking at the rough workmanship of this car, you know that the material cost will not be too high! But is the labor cost? Laboratory and production workshop are completely two concepts!
"Well, UU reading www.uukanshu.com I know! Remember to submit the list of designers to receive the reward!" Ferdinand said lightly
Alan Heidelberg looked a little complicated, and said awkwardly: "This is the work of mechanical students!"
Just now I was still bragging about how much I attach importance to this task, and it was immediately exposed!
But Ferdinand was not only not angry, but very satisfied. The students in school can complete the design of this car, which just shows that the education in Bulgaria is a success!
Maybe in the last ten or eight years, these students can really grow up and change the current tragic situation of Bulgaria in the field of scientific research, relying on digging people!
Perhaps feeling embarrassed, Allen Heidelberg just escaped ahead of time because of his busy work!
After taking a closer look, Ferdinand put away his curiosity. Car design is really unfamiliar to an otaku who could not even drive a car in his previous life!
"Come here, put this car in the museum for people to visit!" Ferdinand said lightly
This is also Ferdinand’s collection habit. He is also preparing to leave some valuable collections for future generations, so that people can pay respect to his great achievements!
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The car is designed, but when it will be produced is not always certain! After all, Bulgaria is not an oil-producing country. Now when it comes to the market, it is all about making wedding dresses for others!
Even if Ferdinand can make a fortune from car sales, it is the long-term profit that people make from selling gas!
Unless the current global patent protection can be as deeply rooted as later generations, once this car is launched, it won't be long before the world is full of piracy!
If you want to make money from patents, don't dream! That is to say, at the beginning, the auto industry did not receive the attention of the consortium, and could make a fortune. In the later stage, Ferdinand will be content to maintain his market share in Eastern Europe!