Chapter 311: Amoeba
After ordering a new car, An Feng considered disposing of the old goods.
Car nostalgia can be left in the garage to see a few times a day, but the maintenance cost of the plane is too high, and the parking fee alone is constantly burning money, even if An Feng has money, but it has to be spent on the use he wants, and he doesn't mind that the business jet burns money every day, because he will use it when he goes out.
He currently has three business jets and one helicopter. The number of business jets is obviously too much, and he can't use them a few times a month when they are not busy. After weighing it, it was decided to keep the Gulfstream G650ER and the Global 8000, the original Cineas Citation X, which was listed for sale, and it was still worth some money.
After the new helicopter arrived, he also sold this single engine, and the money from the sale of business jets and helicopters should be able to fill the vacancy of buying a new helicopter, so that he would break even with his income, which was quite cost-effective. Joanna agrees that there is no need to keep planes that are not needed.
Two days later, technicians came to the house, all of whom were employees of GP companies, and they brought small computers and holographic image equipment, ready to modify his study to achieve holographic projection communication within a range of ten square meters, so that An Feng could attend meetings without leaving home in the future.
For high-end household holographic equipment, the image quality that Anfeng hopes for is the second level shown by Hoffman last time, although the first level is fake and real, but the requirements in all aspects are too high and not suitable, the second is easy, and there are two requirements: a computer that takes into account graphics rendering; Fast enough network.
As for the current computer, 24 CPU and 8 professional graphics processors are used, all of which are the crystallization of graphene technology, and the frequency of a single chip is five times that of Ares, so it uses water cooling to dissipate heat, but the power consumption at full load is only slightly higher than that of an air conditioner.
There is also the access bandwidth, Anfeng uses enterprise-level 1000Mbps. Reserved for otaku, it is basically a film of more than ten seconds, provided that the write speed of the hard disk can keep up, but the custom computer is equipped with the best storage hardware, and it is no problem to be ten times faster.
Wait until the holographic communication room is installed, and the range is adjusted to cover his desk. An Feng couldn't wait to test the world's first hologram communication for private individuals. The target of the connection was the conference room of Ann Industries, where several employees were involved in the commissioning work.
The room became dark, light and shadow flickered and intersected, and in the holographic communication area, several employees appeared, and the company's office could not be seen completely, because the area of the office was much larger than here, and according to the normal scale projection, he could only accept the corresponding area. But the picture is clear.
An Feng is not very demanding, his ten square meters of communication area is enough, and it is not a company, so it makes little sense to use large-area projection equipment. After the test, he corresponded with GP in Texas and had a small meeting with the CEO to discuss Maserati.
Hawley sat in front of An Feng's office desk, and the two faced each other. The difference is not felt.
Hawley has adapted to the onslaught of these technologies and the conversation has focused on business: "We have now appointed a new CEO of Maserati. After discussion among the directors, it was agreed that the electric vehicle division would be established in the U.S., along with a manufacturing plant. ”
"Where's the location?" An Feng is more concerned about this.
"We showed them the advantages of your area, the environment and the transportation, and they all agreed to build a new factory near the racetrack." Hawley said.
"Good." An Feng is very satisfied, "The specific investment and site selection should be as soon as possible." Strive to release new cars next year and seize the opportunity of new energy. ”
"We all agree on the same opinion, at present, the existing model will be converted to an electric version, and the test will be passed and then launched, and a new model will be developed in the future. Or use the same model ......" Hawley said some of the results of discussions with Maserati directors, and the suggestions were very detailed.
After listening to these decisions, An Feng was very satisfied, and he said, "Just do it." ”
"Yes, sir." Hawley nodded, put away his notebook, and as he was about to end the call, he asked, "This technology is indeed amazing, do you want to promote it to other directors?" Considering that they live too far apart, if they don't have a major meeting that comes and go frequently, there is not enough time. ”
"No problem, let's consider a commercial one." An Feng said.
"I will." After Hawley finished speaking, he nodded at him slightly, hung up the communication, and the image disappeared.
"Not bad!" An Feng was very satisfied with the quality of the image, clicked a few times on the notebook on the desktop, looked at the broadband occupation just now, and found that the enterprise-level was somewhat overused, and the bandwidth occupied by small-area holographic communication was not much, which was to improve by another order of magnitude.
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Another thing that deserves An Feng's attention is the race track.
His racing track has already been built, and as early as two months ago began to recruit racing track staff, according to a round of assessment, An Feng selected a supervisor, for him to manage the operation of the racing track, An Feng and he agreed to visit the racing track this morning.
The supervisor had arrived early before the helicopter arrived.
David. Robert, in his forties, is of medium build, very amiable, and does not seem to have much temper. An Feng chose him for two reasons: Angela's recommendation; He has held management positions at other racing circuits. So Robert comes to work.
Because it was the first visit after it was built, Joanna was also interested; Although there will be no danger in the air, Guri is interested in racing and also participates. The last four men get on the helicopter together, and Fred drives his old friend off the ground and straight to the racetrack.
After more than ten minutes of flight, we arrived over the racetrack.
Robert said, "I recommend looking at its overall structure from the air first. ”
The helicopter began to fly low around the racetrack, and Robert also introduced at the same time: "The total cost of the front and back of the racetrack is 410 million US dollars, and the land cost is low, so most of the money can be used for critical purposes." There are three tracks, one standard F1 track and two 3km short tracks. ”
"F1 is mainly used in Formula 1, but it can also be used in other races, such as motorcycle GP, IndyCar and so on. Short tracks are designed for different racing needs, such as go-karting, F3, or touring car events that require a difficult track. ”
"So it's a multi-circuit, and in addition to three tracks, there are also tracks that can do quarter-mile and half-mile acceleration races, and if you extend it, you can expand it to a track that is large enough for a one-mile straight race, surrounded by open-air stands."
"The spectator capacity of the circuit is very large, in addition to the main stand that can accommodate 45,000 spectators, there are also open-air stands in different areas, which can accommodate up to 250,000 people, ensuring that it is the most enthusiastic event, and the circuit also has enough space to carry it."
After the aerial tour, the helicopter landed in front of the main stand.
After An Feng got off the plane, he gave Joanna a hand and helped her down, and then Robert continued to introduce them: "On my left hand side is the main stand, which is divided into two floors. Below the main grandstand is the press center, the souvenir area and the circuit command area, as well as a dedicated passageway. ”
"On my right-hand side, there is the team living area, divided into two floors, the first floor is all maintenance areas, a total of 40 maintenance rooms, the passage outside the maintenance area can be used as a test area, staff activity area, the second floor can be open to tourists, consider setting up VIP seats."
Due to the large size of the racetrack, it is impossible to visit on foot, so they went to experience it by car.
The main grandstand is the most important part of the racetrack, if there is an event, the main stand will be the most lively, the car start, pit stop refueling, maintenance and other activities are displayed in front of the spectators, but also the final high-speed sprint to the finish line, there will be countless magnesium lights flashing.
Behind the convoy's living quarters is Anfeng's museum.
The Sports Car Museum is only one floor, but it covers a large enough area to accommodate hundreds of cars and receive professional maintenance. At present, there are sports cars that Anfeng does not drive often, Ferrari's two generations of flagships, McLaren F1, Pagani Zonda-R, Lamborghini's racing cars, etc.
After the tour, continue to walk the track.
The car was not driving fast, and Robert was explaining the details and highlights of the track.
"The F1 track is 5.625 kilometers long and has 18 corners, in addition to high-speed corners that can bring 3.5G acceleration to F1 cars, there are also difficult corners that can reduce the car from 300 to 120 per hour, which are inclined to cope with bumpy corners and consider safety."
An Feng looked out the window at the U-shaped high-speed corner, the car needs to climb a short slope, and then downhill, followed by a sharp turn, if the speed into the corner is too fast, resulting in insufficient downforce, resulting in a part of the car suspended, will lose control, bring danger, so the tilt protects the car.
Run the entire track at a leisurely pace and drive out again.
Outside is the main entrance of the racetrack, with ground and underground parking lots, ticketing areas and visitor access channels, while next to it is a special passage for the team's large trucks, which can go directly to the interior of the racetrack and directly to the living quarters, ensuring the team's convenient movement.
Finally, they returned to the circuit press area.
Robert asked, "The speedway is about to be put into use, sir, have you thought of naming it?" ”
The circuit must have a name, but An Feng couldn't think of a reliable one, and originally wanted to name it "Maserati", but it was a bit inappropriate for the world event to apply for in the future, and he couldn't hold back a few other names, so he finally asked for their creativity and came up with a name.
"What do you have in mind?" An Feng asked.
Robert voiced his opinion: "What do you think of 'amoeba'? You see, in addition to the main track, the circuit also has a straight-line acceleration zone, a variety of tracks for different purposes, which can be rerouted if necessary to increase the difficulty and fun, like an amoeba. ”
“Amoeba?” An Feng thought about it, its meaning is amoeba, and to be honest, it is quite appropriate to the track, because it can change in a variety of ways.
"I feel very vivid." Joanna said.
An Feng read it a few times and felt that it was appropriate, so he decided: "Okay, just use the name of 'Amoeba International Circuit' to appear." (To be continued......)