America's Road To Wealth Chapter 173

  Chapter 173 The man who created the trend

   Among the three founders of IDEO.

  The most qualified and famous person is David Kelly, the founder of the Stanford University School of Design.

  David Kelly is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

  Another partner, Bill Morgridge, is the designer of the world's first laptop GRiDCompass.

   was also one of the first to develop interaction design as an independent discipline.

  Even Mike Nato, the least famous among the three, is also a leader in the industrial design industry.

  The three handed over such an answer, which really made Abel dissatisfied.

   Facing the cold eyes of the super rich.

  Stanford professor David Kelly smiled sarcastically, and then he tried to explain:

   "Mr. Smith, here's the thing. This is just the first draft of the design, it's not even official."

   "You are not satisfied with it, that's very normal. Next, we will make a formal revision. After the second edition, you will definitely be satisfied!"

  If the second edition is not satisfactory, you can still go to the third edition, fourth edition, and fifth edition

  Party A is not satisfied, as long as the price is right.

   Then Party B will also cooperate with the change until the end of time.

  Abel is not satisfied with David Kelly's statement.

  But after thinking about it, he also knows such things as design style and popular style.

  Limited to the era and vision, as well as the real-time technological level and metallurgical level.

  Some designs more than 20 years later are brought out at this time.

   It may be very difficult to adapt in terms of production.

  I asked the trio of IDEO to design things, in addition to having to look good and aesthetically pleasing.

   It also requires mass production on the basis of the current industry.

  The simple beauty in front is actually easy to say.

   It can be designed in the direction of science fiction, and Hollywood has done a good job in this regard.

  But if these design drawings are required, they can be produced, or mass production.

  The requirements and the gold content of the design will be much higher.

   But it is also the basis for the existence of companies like IDEO.

   Simply draw good-looking, sci-fi, eye-catching design drawings.

   There is no need to find an industrial design company like IDEO at all.

  Find a few high-achieving students from the Academy of Fine Arts and let them watch more sci-fi movies and novels.

  The drawings drawn may be better-looking than those designed by IDEO.

  The latter does not need to consider the issue of mass production.

   There is no need to consider whether the current science and technology can match the problem.

  Thinking of this, Abel barely became so angry.

  He thought for a while and said softly:

   "Do you have pencil and paper, I want to draw an outline of what I want."

  David Kelly and the three were a little surprised.

  The youngest, Mike Nato, reacted the fastest.

  He thought of the super rich in front of him, who seemed to be a graduate of the Rice University School of Fine Arts in Texas.

  The reason why I know this is that it was often reported in newspapers some time ago.

   Also because in IDEO company.

   There are two employees who are graduates of this university, and both graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts.

  They are considered Abel's seniors.

  After Abel became famous, the two were proud of Abel in the company.

  Mike Nutto heard it and wrote it down by the way.

   Mike Nato thought of this, and immediately ordered:

   "Hurry up, bring the design paper, design pencil, and design ruler!"

   This is the basic design room of IDEO, and these raw materials are everywhere.

   Soon there will be staff to bring what Abel needs.

   After the paper was laid out, Abel selected several basic needle pens, as well as HB and 2B pencils.

  He took off his suit jacket and rolled up his shirt sleeves.

  Standing in front of the blueprints, he tried hard to remember before he was reborn.

  The cutting-edge new energy models I saw on the Internet or even on the street.

   That's right, what he's going to draw next is a sketch of a car's appearance.

  The design he gave to IDEO is also a car that can be mass-produced and must have a car-like appearance.

   Trying to recall the memory.

   What impressed Abel the most was a seal model and a Han model that BYD produced more than 20 years later.

   And Tesla.

   These new energy cars, even after rebirth, he still has some memories.

   This is also related to the original being an art genius.

  Give Abel's memory a bonus in this regard.

   Strengthened his ability in artistic aesthetics, allowing him to have a better aesthetic in this area.

   and better memory.

   Try to remember for a few minutes, think for a few minutes.

  The Abel was under the watchful eyes of the Big Three of IDEO, several of his entourage, and several designers of IDEO.

  Start waving the pencil and needle pen in your hand.

   At the beginning, the Big Three of IDEO companies were somewhat disapproving.

   Even if they know, they all know that Abel is a graduate of Rice University's School of Fine Arts.

  This is industrial design. Industrial design and art are indeed related, but they are not completely related.

  It's like getting the most basic driver's license, but it doesn't mean you can drive F!

  They don't think that Abel is such a young giant from Wall Street.

  Do you have any good ideas in terms of industrial design.

   Just as Abel continued to work on the white paper.

  A crude one with only rough lines.

   But the sketch of the car exterior with beautiful lines and streamlined lines was drawn by Abel.

   After about ten minutes, it took a total of half an hour.

  A sketch of a car that combines BYD's Han, Seal, and Tesla sedans appears on the white paper.

  By this time, David Kelly and the other three had gotten serious.

  Because I won't talk about other aspects.

  Abel can already hold a position as a designer in IDEO just because of his quick drawing.

   Not to mention the appearance of this car in the draft, let alone whether it can be produced.

   In terms of appearance alone, they are really beautiful.

  It is a design that is more than 20 years ahead of the times and integrates hundreds of industrial design elites.

   It is still a successful model that has been verified by the market.

  The kind of industrial atmosphere, industrial temperament, and industrial beauty.

  It was just a sketch, and the three leaders in industrial design felt that it was not simple.

  Abel threw all the pens in his hand on the table.

   "Look at what I drew, and then look at what you drew."

  Abel rolled down the sleeves of his shirt while asking David Jones to help him put on his suit jacket.

   "I won't say much about the rest. Just follow this way, I hope to see a rough sample in half a year."

   "I don't expect the sample to move immediately. But I ask that when you create it, everything else must be perfect except for the power system."

   means to have a car shell.

  Actually, halfway through the drawing, Abel already felt that he was a bit overpowering.

  Whether it's BYD's Han, Seal or Tesla's sports car.

   Not counting the internal new energy technology, but only the appearance of the car shell.

   These are products that can only be mass-produced with technologies that will be developed twenty years later.

   Switching to the present in 2000, it may be impossible to do it in terms of production technology.

  His subsequent request was changed to let IDEO design the shell and interior.

  Motivation and other aspects, Abel will find another way by himself.

  Leaving IDEO, when sitting in a black Cadillac STS.

  Abel was still thinking about it.

That is.

  He was thinking years ahead.

  Produce future Tesla/BYD new energy vehicles.

   This is the last time he was passing through Palo Alto.

  After seeing the sketch of an abandoned car designed by IDEO for Mercedes-Benz, the idea suddenly came up.

  Because he remembers that Tesla has always been here in Palo Alto since its inception.

   Wait until it develops into a new energy giant.

  Tesla just moved to Austin, Texas.

  At that time, he thought, why not just take a look when it's here.

   Then I went to IDEO company, and became a shareholder of IDEO company because of my happiness.

  He also left a list, asking IDEO to design the industrial design appearance of the new energy vehicle that Abel wanted.

   Almost two months later, he suddenly remembered this matter.

   I found it today.

   It turned out that IDEO's design made him very dissatisfied.

  That is exactly on the blueprint of the Mercedes-Benz abandoned car that Abel has seen.

   Some sci-fi modifications were made, and a defective product was produced.

   Abe was a little angry, so he roughly figured out the shape of the new energy vehicle in his memory.

  Honestly speaking, his initial thoughts on this aspect were just whimsical.

  After experiencing such an incident today.

  In his mind, the idea of ​​getting Tesla out a few years earlier has already come into being.

  When it comes to Tesla, one must not mention the old horse on the American side.

  Tesla made the old horse, making the old American the richest man in the world for a time.

   It has also achieved Lao Ma's reputation as "King of Technology" and "Iron Man".

   But to be honest, Lao Ma really can't afford such praise.

  In terms of technology, Lao Ma can only do some programming at best.

  Musk is better at marketing and generating traffic.

  Tesla's initial design and production were entirely in the charge of Tesla's founder.

   Make no mistake, Musk isn't even the founder of Tesla Motors.

  Abel remembers that the founder of Tesla Motors was one or two PhDs.

  Musk joined in later, and kicked out the founder within two years.

  Abel remembers that at the beginning, Tesla seemed to be established in 2003 or 2004.

  The key is that Abel before his rebirth, for Tesla, only remembers one Musk.

  Abel doesn't remember the name of its real founder.

  In the carriage, Abel thought about it honestly for a while.

  I found that I couldn't remember the name of my strengthened memory.

   That was the self before rebirth, and he didn't try hard to remember the names of these people.

   But Musk remembers clearly that this old American Matthew knows how to play traffic.

  But Abel changed his mind.

  Since parallel time and space, the original founder of Tesla Motors can start the company in 2003-04.

  Then why couldn't I build such a company in 2000?

   Now is 2000, not 1990 or 1980, which is farther back.

   Three to four years of technology generation gap is not considered a generation gap at all.

  In this period of time, the technology at this time should have allowed the appearance of early versions of new energy cars.

  And compared to fuel vehicles with strict patent barriers, new energy vehicles can be said to be completely blank.

   Abel still remembers.

   Regardless of whether it was Tesla during the founder period.

   It was still Tesla in the early days of Musk.

   They are all very short of money, and there is not much money to burn.

   But in the end, the product was burned out.

   And money is exactly what Abel needs most.

  Based on Tesla and new energy vehicles, Abel thought of a deeper level.

  He thought of a outlet, a new industry track with the most market in ten years.

  The industry track of new energy vehicles!

  Abel remembers the reason why this track came into existence and was able to succeed.

  Even in the later stages of the parallel time and space, it becomes a real broad road.

  Because the two most powerful countries in the world at that time.

   They joined together in a tacit understanding and silently chose to overtake on the curve.

  The two giants no longer compete with Germany and Neon on the old track of fuel vehicles.

  They don't talk about martial arts, when Neon enthusiastically applied for the patented technology of hydrogen energy.

  The two who really have the right to speak have stopped playing with Neon.

  They chose the new energy track of electric vehicles.

  After that, the two countries agreed to vigorously support new energy.

  With the support of the world's strongest two giants, the new energy vehicle driveway, which is not new at all, was created abruptly in this way.

  Perhaps Abel thought more and more deeply.

  The more he felt himself, maybe he could be the one to guide this new track.

  Others want to be a pig on the trend, but now he wants to be the one who creates the trend.

  He also knows that it is not at all difficult to become this person.

   But if it can be successful, the profit is also very scary.

   At that time, there will be more than just monetary gains.

   In terms of reputation and influence, it will also be very impressive.

  Thinking of the end, he simply decided.

   Go back later and write down your own thoughts.

   Then hand over this idea to the think tank team to perfect it.

  Let the think tank team evaluate the feasibility before making a final decision.

   Before that, let's set up a Tesla car of our own.

  First throw tens of millions of dollars into the pit for research.

   Tens of millions of dollars, for the founder of Tesla and Musk in parallel time and space.

  It is already an investment in the start-up period, and they need to sue their grandparents everywhere to get investment.

   But for Abel, tens of millions of dollars is not as expensive as the yacht he gave to Ikana.

  Abel also learned from Tesla and new energy vehicles.

  I even thought of Musk's work in another field.

   That is "SpaceX", space travel.

  Later Musk is highly respected by many fans around the world who don't know the truth.

  The reason is that the character set he created was succeeded by him.

  Whether it's Tesla or SpaceX, they've all come up with something worth using, or at the top level in the industry.

  Since I got Tesla out ahead of time.

  Then also get SpaceX out, it seems that there is no problem.

  In this way, you can add another "Technology King" personality to the personality you create.

  Combined with my age, it would be nice to have such an extra label.

  "Iron Man" in the real world, this is a very deceiving name.

  The initial investment is tens of millions of dollars anyway.

  It is similar to Tesla's early stage, and the two companies only need one or two billion US dollars.

   can make these two startups exist for a long time.

   This little money should not come too easily for me.

  Thinking like this, Abel's think tank team has added another task.

  That is outside the consideration of building a new energy track.

   We will also cooperate with NASA to create an unprecedented space navigation company.

   Fortunately, his think tank, since its establishment, has been among recruiters.

   In less than half a month, under the power of dollar bills exuding the smell of ink.

  The staff has expanded from seven people at the beginning to almost twenty people now.

  The team will continue to expand in the future.

   Only in this way can Abel be able to accommodate more and more and more unconstrained ideas.

   "Hoo~"

   Gently exhaling foul air, Abel looked out the car window at the sunny beach and sea in the Bay Area.

  He lowered the car window, and the fresh sea breeze blew in, which made him feel better.

  The convoy is driving on Highway 1 in California.

   This road has a certain reputation in the United States and even the world.

  It is located north of Los Angeles and south of San Francisco. It is a very famous landscape highway.

  It winds along the Pacific Ocean, from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

  Because this is not a main road, there is less traffic.

  In some parts along the way, many protruding loess roads are also designed for vehicles to stop and enjoy the scenery.

  If you have watched the "Iron Man" movie, you will have a little impression of this road.

   It appears many times in the Iron Man movie, and it also appears frequently in many Hollywood movies.

  The National Geographic magazine of the United States even called this road 50 places that must be visited in a lifetime.

  Even Abel, under the setting sun at this moment, thinks this place is extremely beautiful.

  The convoy continued to drive forward, approaching San Francisco, which is the top of San Simeon Mountain in San Francisco.

  Abel saw a large and beautiful European castle building on the top of Mount San Simeon.

  Abel said casually, "David, is that a tourist attraction?"

  After coming to the west coast, Edward became Abel's driver.

  David Jones, Abel's life steward, usually sits in the passenger cab.

  Hearing the boss's question, David looked in the direction the boss pointed.

   David said: "Oh, BOSS. That's Hearst Castle. It's a house built by William Rudolph Hearst."

   "William Rudolph Hearst?" Abel raised his straight eyebrows, and he said softly, "The founder of the Hearst family?"

"yes."

  David said softly.

   Being reminded by David, Abel also remembered something about Hearst Castle.

  This ancient castle has a certain reputation in the United States.

   It was originally built at the expense of William Rudolph Hearst.

   But before it was built, William Rudolph Hearst died.

  After the death of William Rudolph Hearst, his descendants were unable to continue investing money in construction.

   Finally in 1957, the castle had just been built for a few years.

  The Hearst family, unable to repay the loan, donated the house to the California government

   Since then, the California government has been responsible for maintaining and repairing the mansion.

  But this house is also used as a tourist attraction by the California government and is free for tourists to visit.

  However, as far as Abel knows, the Hearst family still owns part of the right to use the castle.

  Certain areas in the castle are not accessible to tourists.

   It seems to be the Hearst family. When they come here, they occasionally stay here.

   Speaking of the Hearst family, Abel had a headache and thought of Amanda Hearst.

  This little girl.

   I don't know where, but I got his private No. 1 mobile phone number.

  Since then, I have been texting him almost every day, and calling him occasionally.

   While thinking like this.

  The number one cell phone in his pocket rang.

  He took it out and took a look.

   The Lord is above.

  A door opened.

   is Amanda's phone number.

  (end of this chapter)

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