Just before the start of the Huntelaar period, John returned to New York. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the experience and reputation of the first year of admission, the second year of enrollment at Huntelaar University is much smoother. Compared to the old Columbia College in New York City...... By the way, now that it has been renamed Columbia University, Huntelaar University's hardware facilities are obviously superior. In terms of software, due to the participation of Lowell, Dewey and other big bulls, it is also famous, so even if it has only been established for less than a year, Huntelaar University is faintly on par with Columbia University in terms of prestige, which cannot but be said to be a miracle!

The enrollment plan of 600 people was completed very smoothly.

After happily attending the opening ceremony, John kept spinning away like a spinning top.

Giving the cooperation agreements with the British and Germans to the shipyards and the arms manufacturing companies, the two companies sent a large number of engineers and technicians almost non-stop - a team of 130 men in all! These people had already been screened, and they only had to wait for John to return and get on a cruise to Europe. Over the next year, they will spend the next year learning in the UK and Germany, and then come back to improve the technology and processes of their respective owners.

Next, John reviewed the Texas investment report.

With a huge investment of $3 million, Texas companies have made a big splash in the past year, spending all three million dollars. Although the planned plan was basically completed, in order to keep the company running, John had to send another million dollars to fill in the gaps. Moreover, John does not plan to develop this land in the next ten years, and the massive amount of black gold buried in the ground has not yet been born.

Next, John began to inspect his own companies.

It's not that John's ambition suddenly soared, but because after getting more than $50 million from Carnegie Steel last year, he had a really good time, and he invested tens of millions of dollars in one go, coupled with the vision beyond the times, technology and investment, many things have reached the harvest season, just waiting for him to come back and make decisions. These technologies and products are quite hot things in the future, and it can even be said that they can support an industry, and John can't help but care.

John was the first to inspect the five laboratories he had integrated before he went to Europe.

I have to say that although he doesn't think very highly of Edison's character, and he has never dealt with him since he sold the patent for the light bulb to the other party, John still admires this great inventor in his heart. It can be said that the reason why Edison was able to have so many invention patents was not his own talent and hard work, but the first time he established a research and development team, the prototype of a modern research and development institution. In this era of basically fighting alone, this kind of organized R&D team is a big killer!

And then......

Mr. Huntelaar, a traverser, has carried this system forward!

From his earliest laboratory in Germany to his current five laboratories, John has built a truly modern R&D facility. From the management of the laboratory to the staffing, from the huge investment to the establishment, process and acceptance of the R&D project, the relatively perfect system ensures the success of these laboratories!

In just one year, several companies and five laboratories have their own results......

……

"Grandpa, don't worry!"

On the way to the Huntelaar Agricultural Machinery Production Company, John smiled and comforted old Huntelaar: "I know you are curious about my arrangements last year, but isn't it just going to show you the significance of these arrangements?" Be patient, we have time to take a slow look and understand slowly, and only seeing it with our own eyes is a real surprise, isn't it? ”

"You kid......"

Looking at his grandson's smiling face, old Huntlaar couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

John spent tens of millions of dollars in one go last year, which not only amazed Morgan and other insiders, but also made the elder Huntelaar even more frightened, for fear that his grandson would accidentally waste all the money. After all, he is too old, and his concepts are a little out of step with the times, and he can't understand John's arrangement. However, for his own children, the old Huntelaar still gave enough trust, anyway, the money was earned back by John himself, even if he lost it all?

Not to mention......

Looking at John's relaxed and happy expression now, old Huntelaar knew that this time he might make a lot of money again!

Sure enough, when Mr. Huntelaar, an old man and a young man, arrived at the test site of Huntelaar Agricultural Machinery Production Company and saw the technical level equivalent to a tractor twenty years later, the old man's eyes almost popped out of their sockets!

Like roaring monsters, several tractors are roaming across dozens of acres of land!

The roar of the engine shook the sky, allowing the tractor to move from one end of the field to the other in a matter of minutes, leaving behind it one deep furrow after another. At the same time, the black soil that gushes out is like the waves of the sea, burying the remaining crop rhizomes in the ground......

"This ...... This thing ......."

The index finger of his right hand kept trembling, and old Huntelaar was stunned for a moment.

"Grandpa, this is a tractor!"

Smiling proudly, John patiently explained: "The specific principle is actually similar to that of a car, but the structure is simpler, and the use and maintenance are also very easy. In addition, we have designed a high-pattern, low-pressure pneumatic rubber tire that is more suitable for driving on soft ground......"

Twenty years later, the tractor was built in advance by the traverser.

In the original history of the development of tractors, it actually appeared relatively early. However, whether it was before or now, the tractor has a simple structure and low performance, and it is not at all what it is like in later generations. But John drew the drawings himself, and the tractor that the engineers of the automobile company helped to make was a mature plan.

Originally, steam power and internal combustion engine power had to go through a long period of competition, and finally the internal combustion engine tractor was gradually improved before it won. And in the beginning, crawler tractors were more common, while tractors with tires were very impractical. So John proposed in advance the concepts of deepening the groove of the tires and using low-pressure inflation, coupled with the engine that had been developed for more than ten years, so that they could produce a tractor with relatively complete technology.

"What about the price? What is the minimum that can be done? ”

After being stunned for a moment, old Huntelaar suddenly asked.

"Sure enough, one sentence was on the point!"

Secretly gave the old man a thumbs up, and John hurriedly smiled: "There is no carriage, and the structure is very simple, so the price is definitely cheaper than a car...... However, if the production is not high, the selling price will be at least 500 dollars to ensure a certain profit......"

After listening to John's explanation, old Huntelaar couldn't help but frown.

Don't look at the efficiency of the tractor in the future so high that there are no friends, and there is John's guidance in this era, but to be honest, because of the limitations of the times and technology, the efficiency of the tractor is still relatively low, and the failure rate is also quite high. If you have to give a standard, it is about the equivalent of five or six people.

Five hundred dollars for a tractor is a really big investment.

Of course, John also saw the doubts of old Huntelaar, but he didn't care about this, and smiled slightly: "Grandpa, I know what you're worried about, so how about we go to the automation laboratory set up in the automobile company next?" ”

"Automated labs?"

Hearing John's words, old Huntelaal suddenly raised his eyebrows.

As for the new word automation, the old Huntelaar really didn't understand it well. However, he knew how much his grandson valued this laboratory, not only invested more than a million dollars, but also set up a very strict confidentiality system, even if he wanted to know about it, it was troublesome.

So when I heard John talk about this laboratory, the old man's interest immediately came: "John, what new technology is there in this laboratory that you are talking about that can reduce the cost of tractors?" ”

"Hehe, of course!"

Nodding vigorously, John replied very confidently: "Grandpa, although it is not completely completed, as long as you go to it, you will understand that the new technology of the automation laboratory can not only reduce the production cost of tractors, in fact, you can see them as a revolutionary ...... in machine manufacturing" (to be continued. )