Chapter 68: Seno: Let’s call it the “Batmobile Project”
Harold had to say, "Senior Kavi, you forgot to count yourself."
Elhaisen also sneered at this "self-sacrifice": "I respect your idea as the president of the society to distribute the rewards as fairly as possible, but you have reduced the number of people who should have received the rewards from five to four. You obviously don't really understand the meaning of the word "fairness".
Would you like me to lend you a copy of the Law? Perhaps after reading it twice you can get some inspiration from it and put some rest on your naive ideas.”
"you...!"
Kavi was about to explode, but when he turned around and saw Seno nodding slightly, he immediately lost his temper as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on him.
Although Seno disagreed with Elhaisen’s harsh remarks, he disagreed even more with the practice of meritorious people handing over their achievements to others: “It’s a bit harsh, but I think Elhaisen is right, Kawi.
Your behavior is not against the law, and can even be said to be noble, but once it spreads, it will destroy the original order bit by bit like insects devouring leaves. "
Kavi whispered: "...Is it really that exaggerated?"
Harold: "Senior, this makes me feel like I am usurping the fruits of your labor, and I feel unworthy of it."
Compared to other people's persuasion from the perspective of "injustice" and "maintaining order", Harold's words "I don't deserve it" can make Kavi empathize more. Because of his experiences in his youth, he understands the cause of this guilt.
So he immediately gave up resistance, laid down his arms and surrendered, even his face turned red with regret and embarrassment.
Harold frowned and continued, "And if Senior Kavi gives up the property, it will cause another problem for Senior Elhaisen and me."
Kavi tensed up and fidgeted, almost in fear as he waited for Harold to pronounce judgment on his other "crime".
"With one less person to do the housework, it would be very tiring for us to do the spring cleaning," said Harold.
Kavi was stunned, as if he didn't understand what was said.
Setale and Seno on the side were already laughing softly, and the corners of Elhaisen's mouth also rose slightly.
Seno: "That makes sense. If you, Kawi, must give up the property, Harold and Alhaisen can only hire cleaners to help, because Harold and Alhaisen are very clean."
...
Setale and Harold, who were laughing just now, suddenly stopped laughing.
Kavi, who had a bitter face, raised his lips and said, "Okay, then I want the property. As a senior, how can I avoid cleaning? I can clean half a room by myself!"
Elhaisen asked, "Why don't you just do all the cleaning and cooking?"
Kavi said dissatisfiedly: "That's your house too. Your names aren't on the property certificate? You and Haroldt, don't try to be lazy and evade your responsibilities!"
The atmosphere became lively again, and a few people joked with each other, finally showing the joy that society members should have after receiving a large reward.
After chatting, they started to discuss business.
Sino: “Regarding public tricycles, I have a few questions: First, many roads in Xumi City are not suitable for tricycles. If someone rides a tricycle to those places and abandons it at will, what should be done?
Second, if someone deliberately damages a vehicle and the culprit cannot be caught, who will bear the cost of vehicle damage and repair? Third, how can driving safety and smooth traffic be guaranteed?
Apart from that, I think you have all considered the start-up funds and the approval of the subject by the Ministry of Education, so I will not mention it any more. "
"Most of these problems can be solved by modifying the reminder," said Harold with a smile.
Sino thought for a moment: "The prompter... I mean the one with the positioning function - well, indeed, if we can add the face scanning function to the prompter on the basis of positioning and reporting, these problems can be easily solved."
Kavi: "At the beginning, we can only conduct experiments in a small area. We plan to choose a location near the House of the Holy Orders. The area is flat and there are many farmers. I think they really need to use tricycles to transport the fruits and vegetables they grow to the market.
We will divide the route into several sections, with one or two parking spots in each section. In our expectation, residents need to be at least 16 years old and have a tricycle license before using the tricycle. We will open permissions for residents who meet the conditions, and they can unlock the vehicle by scanning their face.
Usage fee...If the Faithful Council is optimistic about this project and allocates funds for it, I think everyone in Xumi City should be able to use the public tricycles for free. "
Harold added: "In addition to the reminder, we will also install an alarm. If someone rides the tricycle out of the set range, exceeding ten meters, the alarm will sound a warning sound. If it exceeds fifty meters, the warning sound will become louder and the car will automatically lock.
I think if this situation really happens, our enthusiastic residents will be willing to help us find the leaders of the Thirty-Man Group to deal with these matters. Even if everyone stands idly by, the managers can confirm the location of all tricycles based on the locator and recover the tricycles that have deviated from the track in time.
As for the problem of someone maliciously damaging the vehicle... the routes we set for the vehicle are all on the main roads of Xumi City, and no matter how stupid a person is, they won't do it in public."
After all, this is not Blue Planet. Tricycles are rare nowadays, and anyone riding one will attract a lot of attention. Besides, there are many people on Blue Planet who maliciously damage shared bicycles, but there are almost no people who maliciously damage computers in Internet cafes.
Firstly, computers are expensive, and secondly, there are surveillance cameras and personnel registration records, so they can be caught accurately. Except for the angry old man who loses control of his emotions and the fool, who would be so desperate as to smash the computer?
Now the shared tricycles in Xumi City meet these two prerequisites. Harold believes that the residents of Xumi City are simple and sensible people, and no one will do such a thing that harms others and does not benefit themselves.
"I have no doubts."
After hearing the two people's responses, Sino became even more optimistic about this project.
Seno continued, "However, regarding the use of the prompter, I have a better proposal. Please listen to whether it is feasible.
There is no need to change the program for locating people to locating vehicles. Instead, the reminder is bound to the handlebars of the tricycle. After the user scans his face and holds the handlebars, the reminder will be worn on the user's wrist together with the handcuffs. At the same time, the vehicle lock and the reminder are bound. Only when the user wears the locator can the vehicle lock be unlocked.
The user can only unlock the handcuffs by pressing the switch when they are in the designated area. If they ignore the alarm and drive the car 50 meters out of the designated area, the handcuffs will be locked and cannot be removed. The reminder will upload the user's information and location, and we can easily capture the person and take him to the Magistrate's Court."
Harold: Good fellow, just put on the electronic shackles, right?
While we were still thinking about how to save the car, Seno was already thinking about how to catch the criminal.
As expected of the Dafeng Agency, it easily came up with methods that ordinary people could not think of.
Although he admired it, Haroldt still raised the hidden problem behind Seno's idea:
"If that's the case, then we'll have to be more diligent in maintaining our vehicles and equipment, but neither I nor Senior Kawi have the time and energy to do that."
Harold thought to himself: Lax maintenance, confusing procedures, and torturing innocent people as if they were criminals would be too embarrassing.
Harold: "If we have to hire people for regular maintenance, the labor costs will be unimaginably high. I think the improvement plan proposed by Mr. Seno is not suitable for large-scale promotion. It is feasible to implement it in some remote areas to achieve a deterrent effect, but we do not plan to deploy public tricycles too far away in the initial stage.
Also, I think many elderly people will not be able to adapt to such a complicated operation process. They may not be able to unlock the phone because of the wrong operation sequence or their hands are suddenly cuffed and they are at a loss. "
Seno nodded with some regret: "Yeah, that's true."
Setale hesitated and said, "I think this project is very good. I don't have any suggestions. It's just that there are so many procedures. I feel it will be very hard to do it. Especially in the part of confirming the appropriate road section, and the subsequent management work, who should be found to monitor the monitoring images sent back by the prompter?"
Harold: "It would be best if the House of Worship is willing to set up a special position to manage it. If not, we can hire retired elders to help us."
If you pay me 10,000 Mora a day, I believe many elderly people will compete to be security guards.
If you don't want Xumi City residents to use tricycles for free or at a lower price, then cooperating with some merchants is also a good choice:
Just imitate the model of shared bicycles and charge fees based on usage time. As long as they can make money, merchants will flock to it.
However, according to their plan, the number of vehicles put into use will not be too large. If the pricing is not high, it would be a pipe dream to expect to make a profit based on the length of usage.
So it is more cost-effective to ask the Ministry of Education to send people or find retired uncles and aunts.
Harold considered several options and finally decided that these two were the only feasible ones.
“As for the approval of the research project, the Council of Religious Affairs will definitely approve it. They may not be willing to allocate research funds and personnel, but it is impossible for them not to approve it.”
Harold said confidently.
Kavi smiled optimistically and added: "The inspection process may be a bit strenuous, but I usually run around Xumi City to visit different construction sites, so it is easy for me to record some data with laser measurement tools."
Sino: "Well, let's move on to the finale - let's come up with a name for this topic."
Everyone was lost in thought. Harold glanced at everyone and was about to say "shared tricycles" when he heard Senor say:
"No ideas? I've got a good name."
Harold suddenly had a bad feeling.
Seno: "How about 'Batmobile'?"
Facing everyone's puzzled looks, he explained: "It is included in the management list of the Ministry of Education and serves the people of Xumi, so it is called the 'service vehicle project'."
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It was indeed the finale.
Harold covered his forehead in pain.
Kavi smiled stiffly and said, "It's quite artistic, but the tricycle and the 'bat' don't seem to match well."
Seno said seriously: "But the 'Batmobile' is just as handsome as 'Batman'!"
Kavi: “Huh?!”
...Haha, Batman actually has a Batmobile, this is a blessing in disguise, Harold thought.
Harold said: "It is better to call it 'shared tricycle project', which is more concise."