"Sangong Trading Company, Sihai Trading Company, and Zhang's Trading Company are all planning to invest in an automobile factory?"
"There are more than a dozen automobile factories, large and small, established at once?"
Liu Jin suddenly laughed after listening to his men's report.
A car doesn't seem to be a very difficult thing. An internal combustion engine with four wheels and some other parts shouldn't be too difficult.
But cars are really very technical. The quality of a car is the key. Whether it is reliable or not is closely related to the quality.
If you really thought that a car was that easy to build, why would you go through so much trouble to lay it out?
"It's good that more people are involved in making cars. Only with competition can progress be made, production can be increased, and cars can be put into thousands of households faster."
"If we rely solely on the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory, without the pressure of competition, progress will slow down. Only with pressure can we do better."
If you think about it carefully, this is also a good thing and is beneficial to the development of the automobile industry.
It's just that Liu Jin estimates that those who want to come in and eat meat will understand that building a car is not an easy task when they actually build a car. They will inevitably encounter various difficulties when the time comes.
For a car, it is estimated that the driver should be like a maintenance master, repairing it while driving.
"Sir, the oil boom has also started in the Beijing-Tianjin area. Hundreds of oil companies have popped up all of a sudden. Now they are like crazy, looking for oil all over the world."
"Hundreds of oil companies?"
"Looking for oil all over the world?"
"It seems that there are still many smart people, and they all see the future of oil."
After Liu Jin heard this, he immediately started laughing.
There has always been nothing to hide when doing things and making layouts by oneself. Naturally, smart people have been watching every move of oneself. When one sees oneself building a car, one also builds one, and one digs for oil, one also digs for oil.
Many of the emerging capitalists in the Beijing-Tianjin area have developed at their own pace, from textiles to cement, steel, shipbuilding, glass, etc., and now they are also building cars and refining oil.
"It's okay. Let everyone look for it. The more oil, the better. Otherwise, there won't be enough oil in the future."
"If anyone finds oil, inform the Daming Oil Company to buy it at a high price. Encourage everyone to search for oil, just like gold and silver are found here in Huanghuangzhou. We must give everyone sweetness, so that we can be full of energy.
Motivation can also promote everyone's enthusiasm."
Liu Jin thought for a while and then ordered.
"It's Master"
The servants also quickly wrote it down.
Although some people don't understand why Liu Jin did this, it stands to reason that the oil should be firmly in his hands, so that he can sell it at a higher price.
As more people get involved, there will be more people selling oil and more people smelting oil. Wouldn't the price of this oil have to drop? How can we still make money?
Just like this car.
Now only the Mercedes-Benz automobile factory can build cars. Although it can only build a dozen cars a day, this one sells for more than 6,000 taels. The output of a dozen cars can earn tens of thousands a day and tens of millions a year.
Two white pieces of silver.
If there are more people making cars, the price of the cars will definitely drop significantly. By then, there will definitely not be as much money as it is now.
I really can't figure out why Liu Jin doesn't care about this, and even encourages everyone to follow him to build cars and dig for oil. What benefits does this have to Liu Jin?
I couldn't figure it out, but I still did what Liu Jin said.
"Sir, Duan Hai, the director of the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory, wants to see you. He said that they have built the first passenger car and would like to invite you to visit it."
At this time, another person came down to report.
"It's very fast. Did you build the first passenger car?"
"Prepare the car, I'm going to the Mercedes-Benz car factory to have a look."
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately became interested. Just as he was about to go out, another servant hurriedly came and said, "Master, the British Duke Zhang Mao is here."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Mao's hearty voice came.
"You stinky boy, you stinky boy, come out quickly, come out quickly"
Liu Jin was speechless at once. He was already in his thirties after all, and he was about to run away. Moreover, he was also a cabinet minister. Lao Zhang, you can't save some face for me.
There was no other way, Liu Jin could only go to see Zhang Mao first.
"Zhang Gong"
Soon, Liu Jin saw Zhang Mao in the living room. Zhang Mao was much older and his health was not as good as before. But when he saw Liu Jin coming out, he immediately smiled and said: "Let's go, you brat, take the lead."
I’m going to visit your Mercedes-Benz car factory.”
“Visit a car factory?”
Guchi
Liu Jin was stunned for a moment, thinking what was going on.
"No, you kid, don't think about living alone. Let me tell you the truth. Lao Zhu, your brother-in-law, and I have also invested tens of millions of taels to build a car factory."
"I don't have the confidence to invest tens of millions of taels of silver at this time, so I came to see you to see your Mercedes-Benz car factory."
"You kid, don't hide from me, or else I'll go to a matchmaker for you to propose a marriage later. You're only in your thirties anyway, so it shouldn't be too much to have a few concubines or something like that."
Zhang Mao actually doesn't want to move. His health is no longer good. Now he is recuperating and rarely goes out.
But this time the investment in the automobile factory was too big, with an investment of tens of millions of taels. Although the old Zhang family had money, it did not come from strong winds. He was not very confident about his grandson, so he decided
See it for yourself so that you can feel confident.
At this stage, he has no pursuit for anything else. The only one he is not afraid of is his grandson Zhang Lun. He is still very young and does not understand many things. The British government has a big business, and his body is only a day old.
Not as good as one day. Time is running out.
He thought that before he left, he would sort out the Zhang family's properties and so on, and then hand them over to Zhang Lun, so that he could leave peacefully.
"Don't, don't, I can't bear it"
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately shook his head. Now he could not bear the two of them. With a few more concubines, he would be squeezed dry.
"Don't you just want to see my car factory? This is a trivial matter. When did I hide it from you, Mr. Zhang?"
"It just so happens that I'm going to the factory too, so let's go and have a look together."
“That’s pretty much it”
Zhang Mao nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.
Soon, he got into a Mercedes-Benz and drove straight to the car factory. Zhang Mao also took a rare ride with Liu Jin in the car for a while, and he was full of praises along the way.
"This car is really good. It's more comfortable than a four-wheeled carriage, and it's faster. It's definitely going to have a bright future. There's no industry that doesn't make money that you're interested in."
Zhang Mao felt the comfort and speed of the car and liked the car quite a lot.
"Of course, this car is definitely the trend of future development."
"Mr. Zhang, have you decided on a name for your car factory?"
Liu Jin nodded with a smile and asked about the other party's car factory.
"Just call it San Bus"
"This name doesn't work. In my opinion, it would be better to call it BMW."
"BMW, BMW, that's a good name. Owning a car is like owning a BMW. You guys are really good at naming."
"...Well, I was just imagining it."
Liu Jin was ashamed.
The car is very fast and we can reach the Mercedes-Benz automobile factory in ten minutes.
"Liu Gong, Zhang Gong"
Duan Hai came back early and brought Ren Siheng, Lu Qing, Huang Zhiyuan and others to greet him.
"Mr. Zhang wants to see our automobile factory. Duan Hai, you take Mr. Zhang to take a detailed look around. After the tour, I will go and see our buses first."
Liu Jin ordered Duan Hai.
"yes"
Duan Hai nodded quickly, and then personally took Zhang Mao on a detailed tour of the automobile factory and introduced him.
As for Liu Jin, he went straight to the bus production workshop to see how the bus was made.
Soon, Liu Jin came to a factory and saw the bus parked inside the factory at a glance.
This bus is roughly similar to the buses of later generations. It is like a long iron box with many seats inside, but it has only one door for getting on and off, and there are very few glass windows.
"This car should have two doors, one for getting on and off, so that it is easier to get on and off. In addition, there should be more glass windows. With just these few windows, the interior of the car will be too dark, and passengers will not be able to see out of the window.
The scenery will become very uncomfortable after a long time."
"If you are running a long distance, the seat should be adjustable to increase comfort. People must travel without luggage. There can be a place for luggage under the car, which can be used to load luggage, and there is also space on the roof.
It can also be used and installed with some iron shelves, so that it can be used to carry some goods and luggage."
"The power of a bus must be greater than that of a car. Has this been considered?"
Liu Jin looked at the bus carefully and gave some suggestions and opinions to Lu Qing, Huang Zhiyuan and Ren Siheng.
"Yes, yes"
"We are also independently researching internal combustion engines for buses, engineering vehicles, trucks, etc. to increase the number of cylinders to increase power. The internal combustion engine used in buses is a newly developed three-cylinder internal combustion engine. The power is higher than the original
The internal combustion engine is much more powerful."
When Ren Siheng heard this, he nodded quickly, and then introduced in detail their new progress in research on passenger cars, trucks, etc.
