When Edel first thought about logistics, he thought of the car troupe in later generations. When he talked about logistics supplies when watching TV in his previous life, there would be a picture of a long row of trucks driving on the road. Edel called Captain Carlust to ask him
Check the current development of automobiles. Since Carl Friedrich Benz built the world's first automobile in 1885, the automobile field has been booming, but now the price of automobiles is still too high and it can only become
The aristocrat is a rich man's toy and has little effect on the army.
But first he needed money. Edel came to the office of Carol I and saw that Prime Minister Stuart was there.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister." Edel greeted the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Stewart nodded and saluted Edel, and the Crown Prince saw the old king looking at the telegram in a trance.
"Any news about father?" Edel asked.
"The government's finances are tight and they hope to be able to borrow money from abroad." Edel knew that this was the result of reorganizing the army and purchasing industrial equipment. It seemed that he could no longer squeeze the government's finances, Edel thought to himself but did not speak. Sturley saw
The Crown Prince didn't say anything. Knowing the Crown Prince's embarrassment, he said to King Carol, "Your Majesty, I will come over another day."
Edel watched the Prime Minister leave and said to Old King Carol. "Father, I plan to build an automobile factory." The old King asked, "Why?" "I thought about it this way. The horses used for military logistics transportation are now
It consumes three times the number of people every day, and it is easy to reduce the number of people when maneuvering. Now the marching speed depends entirely on the horse's daily walking speed. The most important thing is that the farther you travel, the slower you go, and the faster the transport capacity dissipates. Cars do not have this worry, usually
It can also transport domestic materials, which is a huge help to the economy of many places without railways."
"Then how much money do you plan to invest in this matter?" the old king asked, "five hundred thousand pounds will be enough." Edel said. "I will let the general manager prepare the money, you can go ahead and do it."
King Rohr I was still very concerned about the army and agreed with the crown prince's proposal with a wave of his hand, which made Edel very satisfied.
Back in the room, Edel considered the current major car-producing countries, the UK, France, Germany and the United States, and found that the UK could eliminate cars that specialize in aristocratic cars that do not meet the requirements. France is now a workshop and does not need to be considered, but Germany can now just let them
If you can't produce it yourself, the United States? Edel thought of a person who could find the best car leader to build cars for him, and his ideas are very suitable for the crown prince. Standard Oil can think of a way. Edel asked Standard
Petroleum contacted Ford on his behalf and wanted to jointly invest with them in a company that produces heavy-duty trucks.
The radio waves traveled across the ocean to the United States and then to Henry Ford's desk in Detroit. For Ford, which is still producing the Model A car, this is a great opportunity to get rid of the Selden Syndicate.
Patent entanglement. (In the United States, the automobile patents were in the hands of the Selden Syndicate, and each automobile company had to pay them royalties for the cars they produced. Ford did not secretly produce them.)
Henry Ford did not dare to make a decision on his own when it was a major matter related to this small company. He convened 10 investors to discuss the good news. Everyone was delighted with the good news. In everyone's opinion, this could bring huge benefits to Ford.
Profit, there is no reason to refuse.
Within two days, Edel received a telegram from Ford in person. In the telegram, Henry Ford agreed to jointly build an automobile factory with the crown prince. In order to better negotiate the contract, he would come to discuss it in person.
More than twenty days later, Ford and his assistant met with Edel. "Your Highness is very pleased to see you." Henry Ford and his assistant bowed slightly and said, "Mr. Henry Ford is very happy that you can come in person.
"Edel walked up to Ford and said to him. "Your Highness doesn't know what you are going to do about co-founding a car factory that you mentioned in the telegram." Ford asked straight to the point.
"I plan to invest 500,000 pounds to build this factory. Mr. Ford, you can use technology to invest 20% of the shares. This will build the largest automobile factory in Europe. Your task is to design a reasonably priced, simple maintenance, easy to use, and load-bearing
A 1.5-ton car. You need to arrange technicians to guide workers to operate the machines, and we will also send people to Ford Company to learn your ideas. I don’t think Mr. Henry Ford will refuse this offer."
This is a surprise for Ford, which has not yet produced the Model T car, and the concept proposed by the Crown Prince is also to his liking. It is just that the car focuses on carrying people instead of carrying cargo. Now Ford's entire company has less than 200,000 people.
The establishment of a joint venture plant nearly tripled Ford's assets. No matter from any perspective, it was a good deal, but because it was so good, Henry Ford was a little unable to make a decision.
"Your Highness Edel, can you let me think about it for two days?" Ford asked the crown prince. Edel immediately reflected that he was impatient and scared Henry Ford. "Okay, Mr. Ford, please think about it first." After Ford and his assistant left,
, Edel blames himself a little, he has been too self-centered recently.
After walking out of the palace, the assistant asked Henry Ford, "Why didn't the president agree? The conditions are so good that God would be moved by them." Ford replied, "It's just that I'm so moved that I feel like it's not real enough. Let's go back and study it again."
The Crown Prince’s conditions.” Ford and his assistants returned to their residence to study Edel’s conditions all night long.
Two days later, Edel saw Henry Ford and his assistant again with red eyes. "Mr. Henry Ford, it seems that you are not in good spirits. Do you need to take a rest?" Edel looked at them with concern, which made Henry Ford
Both he and his assistant were a little embarrassed. "Your Highness, I have very good energy. I have never been so energetic." Mr. Ford answered firmly.
"That's good. I wonder if Mr. Ford has considered the proposal two days ago?" Edel asked about the topic he was most concerned about. "Your Highness is very satisfied with that proposal. I think this is an affirmation of Ford."
Henry Ford said firmly.
Two days later, the crown prince announced that he would jointly build Europe's largest automobile manufacturing plant with Ford, selling Model A cars and planned trucks. All funds will come from the Romanian royal family, and Ford will provide technology and personnel for 20% of the shares. The royal family will
Accounting for 80%, Ford will have new models in the future. The new company will have priority in European authorized production. Ford will hold shares and the royal family will have the right of first refusal if it is sold. The company will be named Volkswagen.
