One of the first things Oda did when he took office was to visit Toyota.

"Oda-san, you said that Toyota's direct heir asked us to be here?" Zhou Shuo looked around with a little surprise, this is a tonkotsu ramen shop in a small alley, and customers are sitting around a high counter, which is where the chef operates.

In fact, Zhou Shuo feels that this model is very suitable for small restaurants, at least it is much more reassuring than putting the kitchen in the back compartment and not even seeing anything in the bowl.

"His name is Nagao Toyoda." Oda nodded, made it at the counter, loosened his tie and neckline, and shouted, "Boss, let's have a tonkotsu ramen, put a little more coriander!" ”

While waiting for the meal, Oda Shoo then said to Zhou Shuo: "Although the Toyota eldest is the direct heir of the Toyota family, he is a well-known 'commoner'. Ordinary life is relatively simple, and it is also approachable to people. Of course, no one knows whether it's true or not. ”

Oda Sho apparently had done his homework before coming, and then said to Zhou Shuo: "Although the Toyota family is the heir of the Toyota family, he will not necessarily become the chairman of the Toyota Group. What his future holds, he still needs to work hard. So, Toyota is still very fair internally. ”

"It's already very unfair." Zhou Shuo pouted and said: "As long as he works hard, he will definitely have gains, even if ordinary people work ten times harder than him, they will not necessarily have gains." Of course, there is no absolute fairness in this world. ”

"Changing the management system is something that can only be determined by the president himself with the nod of the president or even by the board of directors. With Toyoda's current position and status, it can only be said that it is a channel of communication. Of course, this channel is not without influence on this. The current president of the Toyota Group is his uncle Toyoda Oro, but he will soon retire. If Toyota Nagao wants to make a difference, now is the last opportunity. ”

The two were communicating in a low voice, and the bell rang at the door of the ramen shop.

Jingle bells.

A middle-aged man with a small eye pushed open the door and walked in with a briefcase in one hand and a curtain in the other.

"Toyoda-kun, here!" Oda saw him first, and hurriedly raised his hand to signal.

"Oda-kun, this is Zhou-kun." Toyoda nodded, put his briefcase aside, and sat down on the high chair in front of the counter.

"Boss, a tonkotsu ramen!" Only when he is called for food will he show some smiles.

"Sorry, there was a delay on the way, I wasn't late, was I?" The long man of Toyota took off his suit jacket and hung it on the back of his chair.

If it weren't for the determination of Zhiludao's identity, Zhou Shuo wouldn't have dared to believe that this was the future head of the $150 billion, huge Toyota empire. He looks a little more serious, but he is simply an ordinary office worker.

"Where, we've just arrived, too." Oda Shofu said with a smile, no matter how approachable the Toyota chief is, as long as the identity is there, Oda Shofu will never dare to be rude.

Toyota nodded and said, "I have also heard about the ERP system that is emerging in the United States, but I don't have an exact impression of the difference between it and the current MRPII system. ”

Don't look at the eldest son of Toyota as the direct heir of the Toyota Group, he came out of college but did not directly work for the Toyota Group. Instead, he went to the United States on the other side of the ocean and did capital investment work for a period of time. He always had some basic understanding of America's capital and management advantages.

In fact, the idea of ERP management has been put forward at the beginning of this century. In general, the MRPII system is able to incorporate more information into the digitization process on the basis of advances in computer and network technology......"

Oda Shofu also carefully did a detailed understanding of the ERP system, and at this time, of course, he explained the advantages of the ERP system.

Toyota Nagao is really listening carefully, and from time to time he asks Oda Takao for advice on his own opinions, which shows that although he has no understanding of the ERP system, he still has a deep knowledge in enterprise production and management.

The two of them talked about it, and even asked the shopkeeper for a bottle of sake and drank it.

"Toyota-kun, this Zhou Sang is actually the most indirect person for ERP. At present, the most mature ERP system in the United States was designed by him. Moreover, the new technology computer company he owns also has a lot of ERP customization experience, and even some industrial chains are using their ERP systems from upstream to terminal, which is really amazing! ”

Oda pushed Zhou Shuo out and said complimentally.

"Yo, Zhou Jun, it's the first time we meet, please advise!" The long man of Toyoda raised his wine glass and toasted to Zhou Shuo.

Zhou Shuo didn't pick up the wine glass, but looked into his eyes and asked, "Toyota-kun, have you ever thought about putting a computer on the car?" ”

"You mean like ITS?" Toyota Chango is still very concerned about the cutting-edge ideas of the automobile industry, nodded and said: "Now many vehicles are equipped with GPS systems, which should be regarded as a kind of computer." ”

The so-called ITS, that is, intelligent transportation system. Figuratively speaking, it is somewhat similar to those futuristic autonomous cars in American movies, except that the concept of this system is more specific and feasible.

Zhou Shuo nodded and said, "Although it's about the same, what I want to say is to move the real computer system to the car." ”

"But what's the use of that?" Toyota's long man said in confusion: "When people are driving a car, they can't always use their hands and computers at the same time, right?" ”

"You can combine a computer with a car." Zhou Shuo said: "For example, the combination of electronic devices and automotive mechanical systems to realize the electronic maintenance and fault diagnosis of automobiles. For example, the mechanical drivetrain is reduced and replaced with a computer-controlled electric mechanism. For example, through the timely grasp of car information through sensors, tire pressure detection, anti-theft, and can also provide rich multimedia entertainment functions for the car......"

Toyota Changnan nodded while listening: "What you said can indeed be regarded as the development direction of the future car, but with the current level of electronic development, it is not easy to put a computer on the car." Only the more high-end cars will have some applications in this regard. ”

Toyota, as a hegemon in the automobile industry, how can it not pay attention to the application development in this area. Toyota himself has worked in the United States for a period of time, and his development and application of science and technology are particularly obvious. Zhou Shuo casually gave a few examples, which immediately made him smell the market.

However, after all, he grew up in an outstanding merchant family, and he has a deep foundation in the city government, and his face is not quiet.

Zhou Shuo didn't care either, and asked instead, "Does Toyota-kun usually drive by himself?" ”

"I do car races once in a while!" The Toyota Nagao smiled proudly.

"Nope." Zhou Shuo pursed his lips and said: "I mean in life, does Toyota-kun drive by himself?" ”

"Well...... toyoda's chief man was a little embarrassed, but he still said honestly: "I try the new model occasionally, but most of the time there is a chauffeur service." ”

"Then you don't reverse." Zhou Shuo took out a document from his leather bag, handed it to him and said, "This is a patent document that describes a reversing assist device. The driver is alerted by ultrasonic detection of the distance of obstacles at the rear of the vehicle to avoid accidents caused by places that cannot be seen in the rearview mirror. ”

The eldest man of Toyoda took the document in Zhou Shuo's hand with interest, opened it and looked at it, and nodded: "Yes, very interesting technique." ”

"This is just an example, and it's my attempt at the application of microcomputers in car driving." Zhou Shuo said seriously nonsense.

This was just a small trick he prepared temporarily at the suggestion of Oda Hayo to open up the Japanese market. The entire patented technique was written by hand two hours before going to bed at night. Whether it is an ultrasonic detector or a voice prompter, it is a ready-made product on the market, as long as a technical document that can be read in the past, the patent office will not insist that it must have a physical object.

The most precious thing in this is actually the radar recognition system, how to eliminate interference and accurately realize the alarm function, is the most test of the technical skills. It is quite proud that this invention is the first breakthrough in domestic research, and Zhou Guangming, the principal of Chengdu Hydropower Engineering School, who has nothing to do with automobiles, is the first to achieve practical results.

He saw Toyota's long man flipping through the patent information, and then said: "The biggest difference between this reversing radar and the current buzzer is that it can accurately describe the specific situation of the unsightly area behind the car and remind it by voice." Using ultrasonic detection and microcomputer information processing technology, if the current on-board GPS system can be improved, even its processor and display system can be used to achieve real-time positioning of parking assistance. ”

Toyota's eyes lit up with interest, and said: "This technique is very practical, after all, not everyone has a rich spatial imagination." However, can you elaborate on the idea of combining it with an in-vehicle GPS system? ”

For Toyota's long man, the reversing radar is a good selling point. But from his height, what is more valuable is Zhou Shuo's proposal to use the GPS system to improve, which has vaguely revealed some ideas for the formation of the overall system of the on-board computer.

Zhou Shuo nodded and said: "The current on-board GPS is just a signal receiving device, but it is still a microcomputer system itself, with CPU, memory, motherboard and data input and output devices. If you make an operating system for it, GPS navigation is one of its applications, reversing radar is also one of its applications, and then you can add multimedia applications, anti-theft applications and even network applications for it, etc., everything that the computer can do, it can achieve. ”

If the ERP system can increase the competitiveness of the Toyota Group, then the prospect depicted by Zhou Shuo is the direction in which Toyota stands out from many competitors! He can already imagine how extensive and important the on-board electronic system is in the application of automobiles! Although many people have already published many ideas in this regard, no one has ever proposed such a practical technical direction like him!

Zhou Shuo saw that the eldest man of Toyota was gradually taking the bait, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said: "Toyota-kun, I hope to be able to give you the patent for the reversing radar technology!" ”