Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1924 Burning Money
Six full years have passed since the establishment of the long-range intelligent unmanned bomber project, and Rock has never devoted so much energy to a project.

From the full expectation at the beginning, to the gradual loss later, and then to the continuous surprises later, no one can understand Rock's mental journey.

The helicopter in front of me is obviously not a complete body of a long-range intelligent unmanned bomber. Maybe it is another freak pieced together by Nikola Tesla using existing technology to defraud the next stage of funding. .

It can’t be said that it’s a fraud. Although Nikola Tesla has no morals, he still has a level. He produces a result every once in a while. Even if it can’t be applied to the long-range intelligent unmanned bomber project, it can also be applied to other projects. field.

So far, relying on the sale of the technology provided by Nikola Tesla's laboratory, all Rock's investment in Nikola Tesla has been recovered, and the profits are increasing, so Rock doesn't care. It doesn't matter when Nikola Tesla can develop a real long-range intelligent unmanned bomber.

"How much has this project cost so far?" Stoudemire is also one of Nikola Tesla's investors, but Stoudemire has too many investment projects and it is impossible to pay attention to them one by one, so Stoudemire does not know this The current situation of the project.

"It's more than 5000 million rand—" Henry sighed quietly, he is also an investor.

Then Stoudemire and Henry both frown, 5000 million in six years, I am afraid that only in southern Africa in the world can Nikola Tesla get this level of support.

Think about when in the United States, Morgan was able to directly bankrupt Nikola Tesla because of $15——

It's a world of difference.

"It's still very cost-effective, at least we have harvested a lot of advanced technology." Rock is not angry, even though it cost 5000 million, the profit of the whole project may have exceeded [-] million.

Among other things, the monitoring system developed by Nikolai's laboratory alone may have made more than [-] million profits, and the federal government of Southern Africa is the largest customer.

When it comes to monitoring systems, we have to mention television. In 1923, Russian-American scientist Zworykin applied for patents for photoelectric picture tubes, television transmitters and television receivers, marking the birth of modern television technology.

Nikola Tesla's talent in electronic technology is undoubted. Shortly after he came into contact with TV technology, Nikola Tesla invented the camera tube and picture tube for TV cameras, and completed the process of making TV cameras and video images A fully electronic process and a monitoring system has been developed based on these technologies.

At this time, except Rock, no one knew how much TV technology would bring to people's lives.

It is said that Zworykin also invented the camera tube and picture tube this year, and also invented the all-electronic camera.

The difference is that the camera lens invented by Zworykin weighs 45 kilograms and is 2.2 meters long. It is nicknamed a TV cannon.

The camera invented by Nikola Tesla weighs only 40 kilograms, and its volume is about the size of a backpack. Its practicality is extraordinary.

Now that there is a TV, it cannot be wasted. The city of Nyasaranglo now has its first TV station, which regularly broadcasts two hours of programs every day.

Just half a month ago, Los Angeles TV station creatively put "Nyasaland" on the screen, which caused a sensation in the whole society. Now there are more than 1000 TV sets in southern Africa.

Don't be too small, don't forget that it is still 1932, and there are probably less than 100 TV sets in London and New York combined.

In fact, 1000 TV sets can't bring much profit to Rock. At this time, the cost of TV sets is still very high. In order to promote TV sets, the Los Angeles TV Factory is selling TV sets at cost prices. Activities or something will even lose money.

Even so, Rock doesn't mind. The promotion of new things always needs a stage. Pretoria is preparing for the second TV station in southern Africa and the second in the world. Rock knows how big this market is. up.

"Where's Nikola?" Rock searched around but didn't see Nikola Tesla. The helicopters had all moved to the Palace of Justice, but Nikola Tesla, the general manager of the project, wasn't there. So irresponsible.

"Professor Tesla is a little unwell—" Douglas had an embarrassed expression, and Rock knew it at a glance.

This is also the usual trick of Nikola Tesla.

Even without looking, Rock knew that the helicopter in front of him probably couldn't reach the level of "remote intelligence" and "unmanned driving" in Rock's impression, and it was at most a semi-finished product.

Taking out such a semi-finished product to fool Rock, it is estimated that Nikola Tesla was also embarrassed, so he was "hospitalized due to illness" and pushed Douglas into the top bag.

"Hehe—" Henry expressed his understanding, geniuses are always different from ordinary people.

To put it bluntly, it is not normal.

"Humph——" Xiao Si sneered, wondering how much money he would add this time.

Stoudemire can now understand old Morgan's feelings after knowing that the project failed, and the hearts of capitalists are all black.

"Start, start—" Rock is still looking forward to it. Some weird technologies often appear in Nikola's laboratory. Maybe even Nikola Tesla doesn't know what those technologies are useful for, but Rock always to find the best application.

In fact, it is more than ten years of experience as a netizen——

Thinking about it this way, it seems that computers can be started now. Rock doesn't know how the United States studies nuclear bombs. Anyway, Rock doesn't want researchers in southern Africa to use abacus when researching nuclear bombs.

Speaking of computers, do you still remember the talented researcher Feng Ding from Nyasaran Heavy Industries?

After improving the hand-cranked computer, Feng Ding was not satisfied. On the basis of the hand-cranked computer, he developed a mechanical computer, and the calculation efficiency was greatly improved again. Now Feng Ding has become an out-and-out computer technology millionaire.

The computer mentioned here is not a computer, but a computer in the literal sense. It is only used for calculations, and it may take decades to reach the level of a computer.

However, considering the progress of science and technology in this time and space, computers should appear earlier than in the previous life.

In this regard, Roque also made plans very early. The "fathers of computers" in Roque's impression are either teaching at Nyasaland University or studying at Nyasaland University. When the system develops to the point where the computer should appear, everything will naturally follow.

Following Rock's order, the technicians conducted a final inspection of the helicopter, and then the personnel evacuated. Douglas asked Rock, Henry, and Stoudemire to sit in the command vehicle next to him. Following the operation of the staff, the helicopter The propellers started spinning, and indeed there was no pilot.

"Isn't this an enlarged version of a remote-controlled helicopter—" Xiao Stowe pouted his chin in disappointment.

In 1898, Nikola Tesla showed his remote-controlled submarine to the public for the first time. At that time, the technology was not mature enough, and the U.S. government looked down on it, so the remote-controlled submarine technology was sealed in Nikola Tesla’s insurance. There was no light in the closet.

The U.S. government doesn't know the goods, and Rock knows how profitable remote control technology is.

Until the 21st century, all kinds of remote control cars and remote control aircraft were the favorite of children, and even the later drone technology was developed on the basis of this technology.

So after Nikola Tesla came to southern Africa, the remote control technology was applied to the field of toys by Rock.

Inspiration is actually a layer of window paper.

Before meeting Rock, Nikola Tesla had no idea how remote control technology should be realized.

As a result, when she met Rock, toys developed based on remote control technology sprung up like mushrooms, and the toy company owned by Phyllis became the largest toy company in the world.

This is the power of capital. Just play around and you can create the largest company in the world. Therefore, if you have a Maxima, you must have Bole.

Stoudemire's grandson Arthur Jr. likes all kinds of remote control toys, and has collected several rooms. Stoudemire spent a lot of money to customize it from a toy company, so when he saw the helicopter flying, Stoudemire's first reaction was ——This is just a toy!
They are all similar in essence, but the shock of the standard version of the helicopter when flying is still greater than that of the 100:1 model.

Especially when the helicopter is under the control of the staff, after performing various actions such as climbing, hovering, diving, and even flying upside down, even Stoudemire, who knows nothing about military affairs, can see the role of remote-controlled aircraft in the military. effect.

For safety reasons, no weapons were installed on the helicopter.

But if it is equipped with machine guns and cannons, or even a rocket launcher, then this "big toy" will become a powerful steel monster in an instant.

"Not bad——" Rock was basically satisfied, don't underestimate the toy, it is very useful if used in the right place.

The structure of a remote-controlled helicopter is not too complicated. Even if it is a small helicopter in the toy market, if it is made bigger, the casing is made into a structure like a grenade body, and the belly is filled with explosives. Think about it What happens when it is used on the battlefield?
Especially for infantry, if there is an enemy bunker on the offensive route, the location is tricky, the firepower is strong, and it is indestructible. At this time, it will take time to call for artillery support or call for air support.

If there is a toy helicopter full of explosives in its belly at this time, there is no need to call for backup.

So no matter in terms of efficiency or cost, toys can come in handy.

How much is a toy, how much is a battleship's main gun shell, regardless of the life of the main gun, the cost of a toy is lower than the cost of a shell.

"Professor Tesla's funding for the next stage needs about 1000 million rand—" Douglas was sweating profusely and felt very guilty.

"God—a toy costs 1000 million—" Stoudemire lamented. In Stoudemire's view, Rock was more or less indulgent to scientists.

"Is the franc okay?" Henry also felt pain in the flesh, and scientific research is really a waste of money.

(End of this chapter)