Compared with Zhang Zongjun, the guy in the racing design department only heard one sentence from Engineer Li: "The shell of this ceramic engine is only a quarter of the weight of the shell of a traditional aluminum alloy engine!" And he fell into a great ecstasy and excitement, and nothing else was heard!

For the guys in the race car design department, price is never something to consider, and when it comes to it, there is only one thing they have to do in their job, and that is: fast! How to make your car go faster!

If you want the car to run faster, in the case of the engine power is no longer good to improve, reducing the weight of the vehicle is undoubtedly the best choice, in order to reduce the weight, all the means have been used by them, all kinds of lightweight materials needless to say, even the now expensive carbon fiber materials have been applied to the car by them.

It's just that the weight of the Alice-Ducati Diana Mark-5S car has been reduced beyond their control, and next year the Alice Motorcycle Team is about to be promoted to a higher level of competition, the design of the car is underway, and after all the previously applied technologies have been used, it still can't achieve the effect they want, and they are almost pulling their hair for this time, and now suddenly this big news comes, how can they not let them be ecstatic? How much weight can be saved by the engine casing alone!

"How much capacity can the company have now?" Regardless of the racing designers who were dancing happily on the side, almost like a group of crazy people, after knowing the cost of the ceramic engine housing, Zhang Zongjun was obviously most concerned about the production capacity of this thing, "According to the current production capacity, how much can the annual output reach?" ”

"Well, because the shell of each engine is different, it depends on the specific model," Engineer Li replied cautiously to this question, "but I think the annual output is still okay at 30,000 to 40,000 sets." ”

"That's all there is to it?" Hear the words of Engineer Li. Zhang Zongjun was a little disappointed.

"Quite a few!" Zhang Lan was a little happy, "These are enough!" ”

"Huh?" Hearing Zhang Lan say this, Zhang Zongjun was a little strange, "Why?" Since the cost is so low. Shouldn't we be able to spread it quickly and dramatically reduce costs? ”

"That's not how the account is calculated, Dad," Xiao Chenxi said, "only we know that the cost of this accessory is low." How would outsiders know? If we say that the cost of this engine shell is three times that of the traditional engine shell, of course, others will think that the cost has really increased by three times, as for whether the cost has been reduced to only one-third of the original, as long as we don't say, how will others know? Besides, the cost has been reduced by a third, which may sound like a lot, but in fact, how much does the entire engine casing cost? In this way, even if we all use the shell of the ceramic engine. I won't make much more money in a year. ”

"That's it! What my brother means is that instead of that, we should shape this accessory into a symbol of high-end products, and only apply this ceramic engine shell to our high-end motorcycles, and shape it into a symbol of identity and technology," Alice continued, "Anyway, the cost is only known to us, and it is not up to us to say how much it costs?" At that time, we can take this opportunity to raise the price accordingly, and ensure that you will make more money on these 30,000 to 40,000 parts than you can make by applying this ceramic engine shell to all models. ”

"Exactly!" Even Jill, who was drawing circles on the side, came over to join in the fun. "This will also shape our Alice Group internationally as a company that is constantly striving and successful in the high-tech field, and it will also help us to improve our corporate image!"

"That's right!" Hearing the three girls chattering in his ears, Zhang Zongjun also reacted and patted his head in annoyance. "I didn't think of it! Strange goods can live! Now we are the only ones in the world who have this thing, of course, we have to sell it as high as possible! ”

Well, I have to say that the business career in the past few years has made the originally simple Zhang Zongjun also become cunning, and he didn't expect it at first. Now that I have reacted, I can't wait to scold myself: pig head! To put it mildly, the simple Zhang Zongjun in the past has also fallen now!

"First of all, we want to apply it to the cars of our Alice motorcycle team," Zhang Lan suggested, "so that it can give people the image of a high-tech high-end product, and then after gaining enough attention, we can apply it to our company's large luxury motorcycles, such as the "Moving Castle" and the expensive motorcycles such as "Vulcan" and "Tyrannosaurus". In this way, the high-end product positioning of our ceramic engine shell is naturally formed in the minds of the public. It is natural for them to think that this kind of thing is originally a symbol of status and luxury, and it is also a huge stimulus and promotion for our motorcycle sales! ”

"After all, the people who buy these motorcycles are rich people, and no one who has money wants their cars to be a little different from other people's cars to show that they are different, even if the difference is just the shell of the engine," Alice said, "That's why so many people are flocking to Harley-Davidson's custom motorcycles." ”

"Well," Zhang Zongjun nodded, "Do you already have a publicity plan?" ”

"I can't talk about the plan, after all, we only know such a little time," Zhang Lan said, "It's just that we basically have a belly plan, and we can't even call it a draft." ”

"Knowing you're awesome, tell me about your plans?" Zhang Zongjun asked with a smile.

Although his ideas were denied by the three children, Zhang Zongjun did not mean to be unhappy at all, two of the three children were his own children, and the other one was similar to his own family, his own family was capable, Zhang Zongjun would only be happy, how could he be unhappy?

"I just said that!" Zhang Lan said.

"Ah," Zhang Zongjun was a little dumbfounded, "that's what you just said?" ”

"That's right!" Zhang Lan's answer was straightforward and natural.

"Now you have a new research mission," Zhang Lan instructed Engineer Li.

"Oh, say it, little boss." Engineer Li was not surprised at all about the research tasks that Zhang Lan had given him, because the previous research tasks were also ordered by Zhang Lan.

"Accelerate the research on the ceramics of the core components of the engine," Zhang Lan said, "and strive to launch a real, usable ceramic engine as soon as possible!" Even if the material of the engine cannot be 100% ceramic, the composition of ceramic parts should be at least 60%. ”

"This," Hearing Zhang Lan's command, Engineer Li was a little embarrassed, "To be honest, it is very difficult, this is a worldwide problem, and I dare not guarantee when it will be successfully developed." ”

Nonsense, of course I know it's difficult! Zhang Lan pouted, by the time I was reborn, there was no ceramic engine in the world that could really be used in practice. If you tell me you can do it in two years, I think you're bragging!

I want to think so, but Zhang Lan must not say that.

"It's okay, I don't give you a set time," Zhang Lan said, "as long as you do your best, the company will fully support you, no matter when the results come out, even if it is ten years or eight years of success, it doesn't matter!" ”

If it can really be developed within ten or eight years, then you can really find a place to laugh unscrupulously, what a great technical achievement! I'm afraid that you may not be able to succeed in ten or eight years! Zhang Lan thought to herself.

How did Engineer Li know what Zhang Lan was thinking at this moment? Hearing Zhang Lan say this, she suddenly burst into tears with excitement: There is no limit to research time, no limit to research funds, is there a more generous boss than this? As soon as his head was hot, he immediately gave Zhang Lan a guarantee: "I dare not say whether I can develop an all-ceramic engine, but I will definitely develop a ceramic engine with more than 60% ceramic material and practical material for the company within five years." ”

Belch! Hearing Engineer Li's words, Zhang Lan's head was a little stupid, and he didn't react: What's the matter? Could it be that I also had the spirit of the legendary king just now? Otherwise, why did this guy have a hot head and vouched for himself? He himself should know better than me the difficulty of this job, right?

Despite a burst of ecstasy in her heart, Zhang Lan's face remained silent, but instead comforted Engineer Li vigorously.

"It's okay, you don't have to be in a hurry, work steadfastly, don't be pressured," Zhang Lan said, "Although we don't know anything about ceramics, we also know that the technical difficulty of developing this thing is much more difficult than the development of ordinary engines, well, otherwise, I will find a few engine technicians to study with you, and you can also speed up the progress appropriately, what do you think?" ”

This is Zhang Lan's true words, although Engineer Li is an absolute expert in ceramics, but he is estimated to be ignorant of engines, and he wants to develop his own ceramic engine, I don't know how to wait until the Year of the Monkey! It's better to find two engine technicians to work on this thing with him.

"That's the best! That's the best! Engineer Li's emotions were obviously a little excited.

Before that, Engineer Li was most worried about this problem, he just made some achievements in ceramics, and it was really a problem for him to engage in engines, but now it is okay, with the support of the company's engine talents, the problem he is worried about is finally not a problem. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )