Blooming America

Chapter 965 "Birthday Present"

"The wound actually healed?"

Jenny looked at Catherine's fingers, and the film that had been punctured by the broken glass showed no signs of damage at all.

"It looks really incredible..."

Jenny was in high spirits.

"It seems that your body should be really'cheated', so treat it as an organ and part of the body, so it can be repaired! This is perfect! Kate, if we can develop clothes that can repair ourselves, Do you know how great our discovery will be?! We can use it in space, we can use it in the military, not just clothes..."

Catherine withdrew her hand, which made Jenny pull her mind back.

"Mr. Hayflick is already trying to synthesize the defect repair protein. If it can be synthesized, our next research can begin."

That also means that the next research can be separated from Catherine herself, and then it can really develop into a new jewel on the technology tree.

At that time, a new technology tree will be formed, and at this time, the trajectory of the world has really changed drastically...

"There may be some pain down there, Kate."

Jenny is now ready to peel off the film clothes.

"Ok……"

To be honest, Catherine is still a bit pity now, this dress is very comfortable to wear, but Catherine feels quite happy this week, but she has to take it off.

"Although you and the skin have become an individual now, the connection between the skin and the body should be only temporary, so when you take it off, it's as if the graphics card is unplugged from the host, and you become two individuals... …Of course, before this, there may be a little pain..."

"——It hurts! It hurts all over!"

When Jenny began to tear off the film on Catherine's body, Catherine gritted her teeth.

Seeing Catherine's appearance, Jenny had to stop.

"Hmm... In this case, the pain throughout the body should be stimulated... Use an anesthetic for pain. Although the effect may be short on you, it can be used to drag down the skin of the body."

Catherine nodded.

After taking the medicine, Jenny and Elsa helped Catherine to get all the skin off.

"Seeing that your body hasn't changed. When it looks like it is inside the membrane, your skin is in good condition..."

Catherine's consciousness gradually recovered, but there was no discomfort. Sure enough, just like what Jenny said, when the skin of this body was taken off, it lost contact with the body.

"Unfortunately, I can't wear it anymore if I take it off..."

Jenny shook her head.

"What's this?"

Catherine asked strangely.

"It's connection with the body has disappeared, and it is quite difficult to link it with your body. You know, the most troublesome part of the replantation of a severed limb is the nerve."

"In other words, can only be worn as ordinary clothes?"

Jenny nodded: "But this is not possible, because the film itself is integrated with your body. If you take it off and put it on again, it will be uncomfortable in many places."

Although Catherine took off the film, Catherine felt very twisted now.

"Jenny, why do I now feel as if I haven't taken off my clothes, but rather as if I'm wearing a whole suit?"

Catherine’s question made Jenny smile: "Of course, because this skin makes your body more sensitive, but now after taking it off, your body feels back to normal, which of course will feel like this. Up."

That's it.

Catherine understood.

"For a short-term test, there may be no problem, Kate, let's extend the test time to one month, and then try again, how about?"

Jenny began to knead the skin that Catherine had taken off, as if she wanted to find some secret in it.

Then, Catherine changed a skin, anyway, can use anesthetic painkillers, Catherine is not afraid now.

"It's time for me to find a way to get a car. Although the convertible drove a lot of wind, it really is better to be a standard sports car."

"Your car was in a car accident?" Jenny asked.

Catherine shrugged helplessly.

"I met a drag racing guy, and this guy is driving while drunk, I have no choice but to buy a new car..."

"Speaking of which, I think it would be great if we can develop new materials."

Jenny looked at Catherine suddenly, and then said: "I found that this damaged protein synthesis product is related to the somatic cells it can act on. I told you about this last time, but through this method, We might be able to make a strong enough car body..."

"Oh? That's awesome."

In Catherine’s heart, the Maserati that had become scrap metal was nothing to Catherine. In Catherine’s view, the most unbearable thing was that her car was installed with a big pit by such a car. The engine can't be used anymore!

In Catherine's view, this is unbearable.

"How long does Mr. Hayflick's research probably take? Can I increase the investment to make his research faster?"

"That's okay. What we lack now is raw materials. If there is enough investment now, we should be able to have research results at this time next year."

Jenny's words made Catherine nod in satisfaction.

"Okay, that's it. By the way, Jenny, do you want to accompany me to see the car?"

Jenny shook her head.

"I'm going to study this stuff, and I'll talk about it when there are results."

Jenny looked at the film on her hand.

"Okay, so be it."

Catherine didn't force it either.

But Catherine hadn’t left yet, but Elsa over there answered a call, and then looked at Catherine: “Kate, the company just got news. General Motors will give you a car as your birthday gift. Witness of friendship'."

"……Ok?"

Catherine remembered that it shouldn’t be a big news for her car to have a car accident. Why did General Motors know about it and prepared a new car for herself?

Did they hear the news before?

...

GM has indeed heard the news before then.

To be precise, they heard the news when Catherine and Badwa were talking.

Because the communication system on the car was not turned off at the time, they heard the conversation between Catherine and Baduwa.

GM and Ark Group can be said to be senior partners. At this time, GM felt that they should be able to design a new car for Catherine, which could be a symbol of their friendship.

So they designed a hybrid car, which is powered by gasoline, but contains two power sources, the lead battery and the car.

In normal times, the vehicle can be used with only lead batteries, but it can also use gasoline.

In addition, the outer shell and body of the entire car are made of expensive titanium alloys. In this world, I am afraid that there is no such hard sports car...

Most of the tens of millions of dollars are used to build the car body. Titanium alloy is definitely one of the best materials now, but the price is also very high.

June 1st is Catherine's birthday, so at this time, they are ready to give the car to Catherine as a gift.

The logo of the car is still "gm".

To be honest, Catherine has long forgotten her birthday, and this year she is also nominally "26 years old", but from the outside, Catherine can completely pretend to be a high school student!

So at this time, Catherine didn't feel any need for birthdays at all.

"Miss Edson, I hope you like the birthday present we gave you."

It was Fred Downer, President of General Motors.

In Catherine's view, this Fred Downer was a thorough mediocrity.

When Downer took over GM in 1958, GM played a pivotal role in the global automotive industry. Once, Morgan Stanley, who has been in the General Motors business, wanted to help the Ford Foundation sell stocks, and its person in charge, Young, came to Downer for instructions. Downer said: "This won't be a problem for us, but it may cause you problems." So Morgan Stanley moved away from Ford.

"Thank you, your gift, I like it very much."

Catherine glanced at the dazzling black car.

The new generation of CNC machine tools and supercomputers have saved them more than one hundred million dollars. This ten million dollars will be nothing more than a trivial matter later.

Building a car is important, but making money is more important. Downer thinks so, and decides to increase profits through "product homogeneity", that is, to reduce costs with common parts and components of various models, and the departmental decision-making is also deprived.

The other party's current "innovation" is probably only in the school district, driven by the firepower here.

In fact, since Downer took over GM, since then, GM’s senior managers no longer coordinate and supervise subordinate branches, and no longer maintain and emphasize the uniqueness of each brand. Each business unit is pursuing short-term digital goals. , Began to deviate from the brand policy formulated by the previous generation of CEO Sloan painstakingly.

Low- and mid-range cars Chevrolet and Pontiac also launched high-end cars, and high-end cars Buick and Cadillac also produced mid- and low-end cars. Each division tried to provide all customers with all products.

Later, someone put together pictures of Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Buick and Pontiac, calling these identical cars twins. In fact, their prices are getting closer.

Although it was Downer who met with herself, Catherine always felt that the other party seemed to be a little dismissive of the car. It was strange, what happened?

Then, Catherine suddenly realized--isn’t this car made by Downer?

The data in Catherine's mind began to be called up.

Because Downer had a financial background, at General Motors, the financial staff gradually took over the company's real power. Financial personnel who pay attention to numbers and cost control often conflict with engineering personnel who pursue automotive performance. The company has internal friction and some quality problems cannot be resolved in time. At this time, the United States began to pay attention to the safety of automobiles, and organized a "campaign against the lack of vehicle safety guarantees in the auto industry", which aimed directly at General Motors.

But Downer’s reforms did not end. He established the Assembly Department, which completely changed the “decentralized operation and unified coordination” business department management method of the Sloan era, and accelerated the formation of a conservative bureaucratic system within General Motors. .

Trout said that the "identification" strategy has made GM some money, but it has damaged the brand differentiation that Sloan has worked so hard on. Since then, GM has shifted from a multi-brand strategy to a similar brand strategy.

In the 1960s, GM's development stagnated. In the 1970s, General Motors began to go downhill. By the oil embargo in the 1970s, General Motors was hit hard and sales fell by more than 35.

Outsiders do not think highly of Downer, saying that he is a "conservative, low profile, profit-conscious financial officer."

In the last few years when the other party was in charge of GM, GM's loss was as high as 660 million!

To be sure, there might be people who can't understand Downer in General Motors. The other party came over this time, and they might not even take other people's things to give gifts to themselves.

——Otherwise, this cannot explain ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ why I got this June "birthday gift" in May.

Opportunity!

The strongest fortress has always been breached from within.

I now say that I cannot afford to have the opportunity to acquire General Motors...

Although the other party’s recent financial report is good, it was not obtained by expanding the business, but by saving money, but the other party’s profits have been squeezed out...

I’m afraid poor Mr. Downer would never guess. While he was thinking about establishing a relationship with Catherine, the other party was thinking about acquiring his General Motors company...

For Catherine, this is the best birthday present for her...

...

Li Futu actually pinched him...

Well, the two changes are completed, and the manuscript is being saved now, and I will be on the train tomorrow...