If you hear the name Rolls-Royce, your first thought may be the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Yes, it is the kind of car that will be ridiculously expensive in the future. Rolls-Royce is also this kind of aristocratic car.
The predecessor of the manufacturer.
However, a car manufacturer, no matter how awesome it is in the future, is just a car maker. Is such a company worthy of being treated as a ban on corruption by a top British noble and untouchable?
Of course not. If Rolls-Royce will grow into the world's second largest military engine manufacturer and the second largest civilian engine manufacturer in the future, you will understand. If Boeing and Airbus are the two major oligarchs in the field of mainline passenger aircraft, then
General Electric and Rolls-Royce are the top engine manufacturers on the planet.
That's right, Rolls-Royce's most impressive business is not in making cars, but in making engines, and they are aviation engines. The Rolls-Royce car that became famous in later generations was just a small part of Rolls-Royce's business. Later, for resources
Integration was acquired by BMW.
In this era, Rolls-Royce was a supplier of aircraft engines to the Royal Air Force and a powertrain supplier to the Royal Navy.
You said, if such a company that represents the country's top technology was acquired by a native from the East without shame, how could the British nobles not be angry? Let's not talk about whether Liu Lang has money. He is rich, no matter it is the royal family
Even the cabinet cannot sell such a company.
This involves not money, but a matter of national interest. No country can tolerate the core technology of its country's top armed forces being in the hands of a foreign company.
"Hey, Sir William, the business is negotiated slowly! I set the price, and you can bargain." Liu Lang seemed to have expected the attitude of the British nobles, and the smile on his face was very warm and very warm.
Said calmly.
"Colonel Liu, I came to negotiate the sulfonamide business with great sincerity, but I don't want my future partners to be so ignorant. Since you have mentioned Rolls-Royce, you must know the company very well. He is involved in more than just
It is the civilian market, and it involves the Royal Navy and Air Force, as well as the protection of the sea and airspace of the entire empire. I think, at this point, not to mention me as a mere knight, even Her Royal Highness the Queen will not agree to this impossible request.
." The British nobleman took a deep breath and reiterated his point of view.
The meaning is obvious. You might be able to counteroffer for other things, but this is really not possible.
"But as far as I know, Rolls-Royce is on the verge of bankruptcy due to lack of orders. So why would your country starve to death with such an important company? If possible, maybe I can bring it back to life.
?" Liu Lang did not give up his efforts and continued to lobby hard.
Yes, this is the real main reason why Liu Lang dared to open his mouth and want to touch this unscrupulous aerospace engine manufacturer that will be outstanding in the field of aerospace engines in the future.
As an engine manufacturer, Rolls-Royce not only sells aircraft engines, but also gas turbines for ships. At this time when the world has entered the ocean era, the powertrain on ships is the company's main source of profit.
However, this booming super engine manufacturer founded in 1906 burst into tears after the appearance of a contract.
The "Washington Naval Treaty" is definitely an existence that can make the boss of Rolls-Royce kill the British Prime Minister who signed this treaty. Because of this treaty, the Royal Navy of the Majestic Empire has mothballed 50% of its cruisers and many of them.
The battleships and cruisers that had been included in the plan were forced to stop work. Not for a year, but for several years, Rolls-Royce could no longer receive an order for a new ship powertrain.
The sad thing is that the Royal Air Force believes that the performance of fighter jets at this time is already very good, and there is no need to update new fighters. Research on aerospace engines has also come to a standstill because there is no funding from the Royal Air Force. This also caused the sun never to set.
In the early days of the war, all types of Imperial fighter planes were defeated by the Third Reich, and their performance was overall weaker than their opponents!
The two core military businesses have come to a standstill. Do you think Rolls-Royce will die?
Liu Lang knew that if the Third Reich had not unilaterally announced the restoration of the military service system and expanded the army in March 1935, including the establishment of naval weapons, armored forces and air forces that were prohibited by the Third Reich in the Treaty of Versailles, and tore them up in front of the world,
After the Treaty of Versailles, the sun never sets on the Empire, which will not yet start the plan to restart naval cruisers and battleships.
I'm afraid Rolls-Royce can really only produce Rolls-Royce cars.
If you want to get involved in this era's top aero-engine manufacturer, you can only have this opportunity before 1934. If you miss this village, you will never have that store again.
This is the most important purpose of Liu Lang's coming to Europe. As long as he can get involved in this company, China will have an easier time in the aviation field in the future than in the past, instead of being blindly controlled by the red polar bear, especially in
After they blatantly tore up the treaty and withdrew their experts, the entire aviation industry of the Republic almost came to a standstill. It took more than 20 years for it to catch up. Until Liu Lang was reborn, the Republic's research in many scientific fields was already at the top of the world. However,
Only aviation engines are still a headache for Chinese people.
Even the J-20, known as China's most powerful fighter jet and costing as much as 100 million US dollars, is in service while waiting for the latest aero engines to be released. This has also resulted in the most powerful fighter jet in China's aviation history not being able to serve in large quantities, which has caused enough problems for neighboring countries.
deterrence.
Now, Liu Lang not only has to focus on getting rid of Little Japan, but also has the memory of eighty years in the future. He hopes to do more for his motherland.
"Oh? Can you bring this company back to life? What? Is China going to build cruisers? Or battleships? If there is such a business, I think Mr. Henry from Rolls-Royce will be interested in talking to you." No.
Needless to say, although the British nobleman no longer had anger on his face at this time, it was replaced by deep disdain.
A series of questions all revealed the implicit contempt of the British gentleman. Because, whether it is a cruiser or a battleship, for China, which currently has to import guns and guns from foreign countries or even take a tiger loan to buy them back, they can only be purchased in China.
An idea that only comes in dreams. Abbreviated as, dream.
Regarding this point, let alone the British nobles who despised it, even Liu Lang had to admit that China at this time really had no money, so it is no wonder that others looked down upon it.
"Sir, it's better than this. You just need to let me see Mr. Henry, the president of Rolls-Royce Company, and ask him to give me fifteen minutes. Even if this condition is fulfilled, what do you think?" Liu Lang was not disdainful of the British nobleman.
Angry, he changed the topic and said again.
"In this case, my William family is taking advantage of you. I will satisfy your request, and you can make another request." The British nobleman thought for a moment and nodded.
"Hey, when our Chinese business group can inject capital into Rolls-Royce, how about asking Sir to speak good words to our consortium at the cabinet?" Liu Lang said with a gentle smile.
"Although I don't know that Colonel Liu, your confidence can convince the stubborn old man Henry, but I also promise you, for the sake of God." A trace of helplessness flashed on the British noble's face.
In his opinion, Liu Lang's request was almost impossible to realize as if it had not been mentioned. As far as he knew, several companies in the United States had already contacted Rolls-Royce, and almost without exception they were rejected by the stubborn Luo-Luo.
Henry Rawls, the president of Luo Company, refused.
The proud British gentleman doesn't even look down on Americans. How can he look down on the natives from Eastern China?
This was of course Sir William's own idea. Of course he didn't know how this fat butterfly from the future time and space would fool the old-fashioned British gentlemen.
Everyone is deceived.
Some emperors were deceived into wearing new clothes, right?