It took some time for the letter to go back and forth from Paris. During this time, Li Yu quickly completed the design and trial production of the drive shaft differential.
But before he could apply for a patent, another car boss came to the door again.
"Your Excellency, are you Academician Li Yu, who has excellent driving skills?" The other party is quite young, only 27 or 28 years old.
"What driving skills are you referring to?" Li Yu asked. The other party gestured like he was holding the steering wheel: "Of course it's a car." Li Yu said, "You can drive it, I guess. I'm Li Yu, who are you?"
"My name is Ferdinand Porsche." Of course he is the founder of Porsche. In Li Yu's previous life, cars like Porsche were basically super luxuries that he had when he was born. He never thought about owning one, but now seeing the Porsche in person is indeed more visual and impactful. .
"Hello, Mr. Porsche!" Li Yu shook hands with him.
"I've brought a car, can you show me your driving skills?" Porsche is indeed a racing fanatic, and he wants to see Li Yu's level immediately.
"Are you here? Use your car?" Li Yu asked.
"Yes, this is a new model designed by me." Porsche said. Li Yu looked at it: "Hybrid car?" Porsche said: "Yes, I designed a new battery pack for it. Now this beautiful beast can travel further."
"Okay, let me give it a try." This car is still very heavy, but fortunately the operating habits are not much different from other models.
Li Yu drove a few hundred meters, turned around at a small angle, and then circled back. Although in later generations, this is just like the second subject of the test, and it is far from the Qiu Mingshan Car God catching shrimps, but Porsche was still amazed: "Sure enough, he is very skilled." Li Yu said with a smile: "Basic operations That’s all.” Porsche suddenly asked: “Are you interested in participating in a rally?”
"Is there a rally now?" Li Yu asked curiously.
“Of course, this is an event with the highest demands on car quality,” Porsche said.
"This race will run from Berlin to Munich." Well, six hundred kilometers will not matter in future generations, but it is really a test for cars now.
"Do you have any special requirements?" Li Yu asked.
"As long as it's a car and not a carriage," Porsche said.
"It's interesting," Li Yu asked again,
"Is it okay for two people?"
"It's definitely no problem, rally racing, just a few people!" Porsche said. As expected, early car racing was very casual, and everyone was just playing it.
It's also like a grand event for car manufacturers to showcase their products. Li Yu really wanted to take this opportunity to visit Munich. He had also stayed in Munich for half a year as an exchange student.
Lu Bicheng must have been bored after staying with him in Berlin for so long. And there is an old man in Munich worth meeting.
"I'll find a car to participate." Li Yu agreed. He quickly contacted Paul Daimler and businessman Jelinek.
As long as it is a car race, Jelinek will definitely participate. When he heard that Li Yu also wanted to participate, he happily agreed to lend him a car that could seat two people.
"Mercedes" brand car.
"Let's go to Munich." Li Yu said to Lu Bicheng.
"Am I going too?" Lu Bicheng was a little surprised.
"This is a very good experience, and I will show you the scenery of Germany by the way." Li Yu said. If Li Yu left, Lu Bicheng would really have no fun staying in Berlin. In fact, she really wanted to go with Li Yu, so she said: "Then... okay." Li Yu carefully inspected the car, and then talked with Yeline Gram and Porsche set off from Berlin together.
When Porsche saw Lu Bicheng, the co-pilot, he said: "Your navigator is very beautiful!" Paul Daimler, who was traveling with Jelinek, also said: "You are the only woman competing here today. It is really a beautiful scenery." Lu Bicheng asked Li Yu: "What is a navigator?" Li Yu smiled and said: "Don't worry about it so much, it's important anyway." Lu Bicheng thought of what happened yesterday and snorted: "It's good to know!" Competition Starting at six o'clock in the morning, in later generations, it would take almost five hours to get there, but now the car speed is too slow, so it would be great to get there tonight.
Many people driving homemade cars arrived the next day, and there were even more people who broke down and retired from the race.
Li Yu brought some documents and luggage. Anyway, he didn't care about winning or losing. As long as he arrived safely, everything would be fine.
Porsche and Jelinek take it very seriously and are bound to compete for the top spot. Jelinek is rich and just loves racing.
Porsche, on the other hand, wants to verify the capabilities of the cars it produces. He has participated in many car competitions in the past few years, and many designs are also based on racing purposes. For example, he attaches great importance to the quality of Huangxia.
It can be said that Porsche does have track genes. Compared with them, Li Yu was simply on an outing. Lu Bicheng asked worriedly: "It's so far, can we drive there?" Li Yuxin said: "Believe in my driving skills!" Fortunately, Munich is an important city in Germany, and the road conditions between it and Berlin are good. They are all densely populated towns, so there won't be any problems.
The two of them had a leisurely time and arrived at the finish line at almost eleven o'clock in the evening. Porsche and the others had arrived long ago. Jelinek said: "You are so slow!" Li Yu laughed and said: "I am carrying a heavy load, of course I am slow." Lu Bicheng was dissatisfied and asked: "Am I very heavy?" Paul Daimler and Jelinek He was in a car and said, "We are heavier than you two."
"I still have luggage," Li Yu said,
"But this Mercedes is really good, much faster than the one I drove in the UK." Paul Daimler said: "Of course, this car uses the latest engine technology." In fact. After such a long journey, the condition of the car has deteriorated, and most of the
"Maintenance". So many of them don't drive their cars back to Berlin right away. In terms of stability, early cars were indeed not that good, or there was still a lot of room for improvement.
Paul Daimler said: "Mr. Porsche has booked a hotel for you. Have a good rest tonight. Hey, if I had known, I would also take the girl to compete." When Li Yu and Lu Bicheng came to the hotel, they discovered that Porsche only gave They book a room.
Fortunately, it is a suite, with a bedroom and a living room.
"I, I, we want two rooms!" Lu Bicheng said immediately. Porsche was surprised: "Aren't you a couple? Why do you want two rooms?"
"I, we are not..." Lu Bicheng said,
"Anyway, you have to find another room." Porsche spread his hands and said, "I can't help it, there are too many people here today." After all, I grew up in China, and some traditional ideas cannot be changed.
Li Yu had no choice but to say, "I'll sleep on the sofa in the living room." Lu Bicheng tightened his collar: "You can't peek!" The sofa in this suite was not long enough for Li Yu to stretch his legs, but there was nothing he could do.
After Porsche left, Li Yu found a quilt and went to the sofa. He was really tired today. Lu Bicheng suddenly said: "Why can't the bedroom door be locked?" Li Yu laughed and said, "Just close the door. It doesn't matter if you can't lock it."
"This is not possible. What if... what if..." Li Yu asked: "What if?" Lu Bicheng bit her lip: "What if you break in? I am a yellow-flowered girl..." Li Yu could only say: " Don't worry, today I am Liu Xiahui, I will never do it!" Speaking of which, I am not as good as Liu Xiahui, and Liu Xiahui is still hugging her.
"You swear!" Lu Bicheng was still worried. Li Yu had no choice but to raise his hand: "I swear to Deng, if I break in without permission, I will be struck by thunder and my descendants will be cut off..."
"Okay, okay!" Lu Bicheng quickly interrupted him,
"There's no need to... swear such a vicious oath." Li Yu had been driving for a day, and it wasn't a high-speed cruise. He was really tired and didn't care about anything. He fell on the sofa, covered himself with the quilt, and fell asleep in a few dozen seconds. .
Lu Bicheng didn't dare to take off his clothes, lying on the bed unable to sleep. After a while, he sneaked to the door again, opened a crack and looked over, and found that Li Yu was sleeping soundly, but he didn't take off his shoes.
And the sofa is very small, and most of the quilt has slipped down. She thought about it for a while, and finally had the courage to go over and take off Li Yu's shoes, then put the quilt back on and stuffed it inside to prevent it from slipping off again.
His eyes slid over Li Yu's peacefully sleeping face, and he found that the corner of his mouth seemed to be smiling. Lu Bicheng did not dare to look carefully, and quickly ran back to the bedroom and got under the quilt to cover his head.
Li Yu was actually a little awake just now, but when he realized it was Lu Bicheng, he curled his lips and fell asleep again.
The next morning, after waking up, Li Yu stretched hard and found that Lu Bicheng had already prepared breakfast.
"There are only bread, ham and eggs here. I fried them and then ate them." Lu Bicheng said.
Li Yu asked: "Did you sleep well yesterday?"
"Okay, of course, great!" Lu Bicheng said three words in a row. Li Yu said: "It's strange. I always thought sleeping on the sofa would be uncomfortable, but I didn't expect it to be quite comfortable. But when I woke up in the morning, I found that my shoes had been taken off for some reason and were placed neatly." Lu Bicheng's face He blushed and quickly turned away: "Maybe you dragged it yourself and forgot about it because you were lost in sleep." Then he quickly changed the topic: "Are you going back to Berlin today?" Li Yu took a bite of the egg and said,
"Don't worry, let's go to Munich University first." This is the biggest purpose of Li Yu's coming here. Lu Bicheng tilted his head and said, "Let's go quickly after eating." Li Yu asked, "Why do you keep looking in that direction?" Lu Bicheng said randomly: "I'm looking at the scenery outside the window."
"But the window isn't over there," Li Yu said.
"Oh, are you bothered?" Lu Bicheng ran to the window,
"Is this okay?" Li Yu felt happy and quickly finished his breakfast: "Let's go." The lazy sunshine in Munich shone in, and against the slightly thin Lu Bicheng's back by the window, there was really a different kind of look. Style.
