Chapter 1047: I stole this classic!

This is even more true for a car as unique as the Beetle. As long as it is modified based on the original version, it can definitely be recognized at a glance.

As for making a new shell, it is really difficult for our comrades, firstly, we have no experience, and secondly, we are short on time.

Not to mention that even though it took a long time, the things that the comrades took out at this time were actually somewhat abstract. Gao Zhendong thought of the curious pictures he had seen in his previous life and laughed in his heart.

The Thirteenth Ministry of Machinery leader looked at the almost 100% replica of the car in front of him and stroked his chin: "You guys may have to modify this one, otherwise we won't be able to sell it even if it's a country under the Economic Support Association."

What he is thinking about now is to make as much money as possible from selling goods to foreign friends. After all, the Ministry of Foreign Trade had achieved outstanding results last year. If he could make some achievements in this regard, it would be a source of pride. It has only been a few years since the founding of the country, and they can even sell cars abroad.

"Okay, okay, we'll try our best." Although he looked embarrassed, the comrade from Beijing Automobile Factory still replied.

Gao Zhendong's heart moved. Hey, why not take this opportunity to make his dream come true?
He laughed and said, "How about this, I'll draw a shell for you, and you guys see if you can put it on?"

When the comrades heard what he said, they were immediately amazed and asked, "You can do this, too?"
Actually no, but he can copy!

No matter what, Chief Engineer Gao has volunteered, and it would be unreasonable not to let him give full play to his abilities. Maybe he can do it?

"Come on, come on, drag the blackboard over here." There was a blackboard in the workshop for assigning production tasks, and the leader of the 13th Ministry of Machine Building called on the comrades to drag it over.

Gao Zhendong took the chalk and drew a concept map of a car and its side, front and rear views on the blackboard stroke by stroke.

At the end of the painting, he was thoughtful enough to add a roof rack rail on the top, which was not on the original version.

As he drew the picture stroke by stroke, his comrades were amazed. They didn't expect that he could really do it!

"It's beautiful, it's beautiful."

"Yes, even though the horizontal and vertical lines seem to have no curves, when combined together, the style feels very tough and comfortable."

“It looks tight, not loose.”

“This shelf on top looks both practical and beautiful.”

“Although the lines are tough, there is a sense of rushing forward, which is beautiful, really.”

“Although it looks like a small car, it is different from the most famous small cars nowadays. It has its own style. It’s amazing!”

"..."

Several leading comrades of the Thirteenth Ministry of Machine Building were shocked. Really shocked. No matter how much Chief Engineer Gao crossed boundaries before, he was still stuck in science and engineering, but this thing was a completely different field.

But I have to admit that what Gao Zhendong drew is really beautiful.

Gao Zhendong clapped his hands at last and said, "Well, that's probably it. Anyway, you have to redesign the production mold, so you might as well be bold and give it a try. If it really can't be inserted, forget it."

The comrades from the Beijing Automobile Factory were all surprised and said, "It can be squeezed in, it must be squeezed in!"

The comrades in charge of the appearance are knowledgeable. At least they have seen the appearance of cars like mini, beetle and 500. They know very well that when Chief Engineer Gao drew this thing, he did not plagiarize or borrow from any existing car model. It is a brand new version, but it looks good.

They had almost stabbed a hole in the waist of the director of the Beijing Automobile Factory. This is good, this is good, the director wants this one.

For the director of the Beijing Automobile Factory, this thing is simply a ready-made perfect answer. Even if it needs to be modified, the degree of completion is already very high, and only the details need to be modified.

The leader of the Thirteenth Ministry of Machinery smiled and said, "This is nice. I think the comrades in the north and the people in the Economic Assistance Association countries should like it very much."

Gao Zhendong gave him a thumbs up in his heart. It was amazing! He could even feel this.

The car he drew is the Lada Niva launched by the Russians in 1977, a very classic small off-road vehicle, at least its appearance is very classic. Of course, forget about the cool operation of putting the spare tire in the engine compartment, which is not something you can learn.

Although it is an off-road vehicle with a relatively high chassis, the chassis of a sedan from the 60s was not low either, so they still look good when put together, and some adjustments can be made.

Moreover, the wheelbase of this car is 2.2 meters, while the wheelbase of the first generation Beetle is about 2.4 meters, so the overall style can be integrated relatively well.

The best thing is that as a car model launched by the Russians in 1977, its style is not too disconnected from the existing aesthetic style. Overall, it is still within the aesthetic scope of today's people, and the visual experience is not affected by its overly advanced style.

When it comes to aesthetics, being half a step ahead is considered a genius, but being too much ahead will make no one pay any attention to you.

Generally speaking, it is not difficult to replace the chassis with a new shell, especially under the premise that a new production mold needs to be made. Gao Zhendong liked the appearance of Lada Niva in his previous life, but the actual performance of Lada Niva was really bad, and he was also a poor student, so he could only watch it for fun.

This time I really had a blast. If this thing is operated well, it can even be a sentimental car. Even if it is discontinued, a replica can still make some money... It can satisfy the expectations of car fans.

As for the problem of space for the rear engine, the Beetle happens to be a little longer than the Lada Niva, so it can be accommodated with appropriate adjustments. It can also solve the problem of the Lada Niva's stupid arrangement of placing the spare tire in the engine compartment.

"Haha, as long as you like it, I just suddenly thought of it and drew it casually. It's great if it can help you. By the way, I suggest that you increase the tire diameter and height of the body appropriately based on this... current result, it will be more coordinated." Gao Zhendong followed a process called "humility", but his humility made others feel like he had the urge to hit someone.

As for increasing the tire diameter, Lada Niva is an off-road vehicle after all, so the chassis should be higher off the ground.

As one of Gao Zhendong's few works from a purely aesthetic perspective, this sketch was later collected in the Automobile History Museum. The only thing that gave later car designers a headache was that this drawing did not look like a concept drawing at all, but more like a complete exterior design drawing.

This gave car designers who later "concept is a flower, design is cow shit" less excuses. Why is it that classic models are all done in one step, but they are so different when it comes to you? Whenever encountering such a situation, designers can only say things like "art", "concept", "can aesthetics be called laziness" that are difficult to understand.
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It has been a while since the latest issue of Computer Research was published. As one of the top computer journals in the world at the moment, this journal has been widely subscribed and circulated, not just in China.

At this time, this journal has crossed the ocean and arrived at the Citigroup.

A Citigroup applied mathematician who was researching encryption algorithms saw the journal.

After half lying on the chair in his office and taking a few glances, he sat up straight, which was his reaction when he saw something that interested him.

"Using the computational difficulty of factoring large numbers to achieve public key encryption? The Orientals did a great job!" As a top applied mathematician in cryptography, he has his own pride, and the manifestation of this pride is that he is not reluctant to acknowledge the excellence of others.

As he watched, he gestured on the paper.

"No, it's very difficult to calculate and verify by hand." After he realized the problem, he began to call his assistant.

Thirty seconds later, he said to his assistant: "You are here, study this paper with me, and be responsible for implementing it on the computer. I need to know its authenticity."

The Orientals were very considerate and even included some of the core algorithm code, which allowed them to work very quickly.

After most of the day, he looked at the encryption and decryption comparison results on the computer screen, then looked at the two keys that seemed to be unrelated, picked up the phone and called the Langley Center.

"Come here, the problem you need me to solve has already been solved by the Orientals."

An hour later, two senior employees of the Langley Center sat down in front of him.

"Mr. Robert, this looks like it could actually work! This is incredible!" a senior employee exclaimed in amazement, staring at the computer screen.

"Don't underestimate Oriental people, and don't underestimate the author of this paper. He is a top computer architect and computer designer, as well as a top researcher in software engineering and computer programming languages. Now, he has finally extended his hand to cryptography." Mr. Robert shrugged.

In fact, Gao Zhendong had already reached out to cryptography, but the symmetric encryption algorithm was not well known.

"But we can't use this algorithm, Mr. Robert."

"Why?!" Robert was very puzzled.

"This was invented by the Orientals. What if they are hiding something?" The people at the Langley Center remained highly vigilant.

Robert was stunned, then laughed: "I'm glad that you remain highly vigilant, but you don't have to worry about this matter."

“Have you thoroughly verified and researched this algorithm to be flawless?” the Langley Center employee asked.

"No, I can't verify and study it thoroughly, because the problem of factoring large numbers is still one of the difficult problems in the world of mathematics. For both me and this respectable Oriental colleague, if they can crack this algorithm, it means that they have solved the problem, and the academic significance of solving this problem far exceeds this public key algorithm."

"what do you mean……"

"I mean, if he knew how to crack this encryption, he would have published a math paper long ago!!!"

Robert's words gave the people at the Langley Center some understanding. Since this algorithm cannot be cracked or there is no possibility of cracking it now, then...

"Mr. Robert, can you publish this result in our journal under your own name?" asked the person from Langley Center.

"Are you crazy?" Robert's reaction was very direct.

(End of this chapter)