Chapter 50: The Return

Because of the constant influx of orders, John and the others had to stay in Paris for an extra day.

After receiving their telegram, two employees were dispatched to replace them as quickly as possible, and they were responsible for receiving many French people who wanted to book Aurora cars. Although GM's new plant has not yet been built, and the relevant machines are not in place, Benz has already begun to arrange small-scale production, and it is expected that at least 20 Aurora cars can be produced by the end of the year, and at least 500 will be produced next year when they are ready by the end of the year!

Parisians' pursuit of cars has made Benz and others happy.

Despite John's repeated reminders, Benz still intends to take some of the orders from the Parisians. After all, the influence of Paris in this era is too great, and they cannot afford to pass up this wonderful opportunity. Of course, considering the capacity of the factory and their own strength, Benz is also very self-aware that they plan to only take orders for up to 50 Auroras, and the delivery time will be scheduled for at least six months......

Our Mr. Huntelaar is not going to interfere with Benz's decision.

Mentally prepared, he only wanted to continue his trip, so as soon as the replacement of General Motors arrived in Paris, the group drove away in three Aurora cars. No matter how enthusiastic the response of Parisians to the Aurora Aurora, John is clear that for the time being, high-priced cars are destined to be popular only among the wealthy, and ordinary people and even the middle class still can't afford to consume them, which means that cars will not sell as many bicycles in a short period of time.

If you want to really replace the carriage with the car, you have to wait until the middle class in Europe and the United States really grows.

Therefore, John will always pay attention to the development of General Motors in recent years, but he will definitely not invest too much energy. Even the money won't be invested too much. With the pursuit of aristocrats and wealthy businessmen in Europe and the United States, General Motors still has no problem supporting itself, and even the funds for technology research and development may not need John's continued investment.

If nothing else, John thinks it will take at least time to move into the 20th century, when he will really make his mark in the automotive industry. At that time, it is possible to use General Motors' ready-made technology and patents to invest heavily in the construction of automobile factories in North America. Coupled with mature assembly line technology, it will inevitably establish the status of automobile giants in one fell swoop......

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After leaving Paris, John and his three cars turned around and drove back to Germany.

It took John and his wife more than a month to travel from Karlsruhe to Paris, and from there back to the border between Germany and France, and by the time the three cars were back in Karlsruhe, it was late October 1886.

The weather on the European continent is gradually cooling down.

However, although the weather has cooled down, several major industries under John's name have become more and more popular.

Needless to say, cars that have just appeared in people's eyes. The names General Motors and Aurora have become almost one of the topics of conversation among Europe's upper echelons lately, and by the time John made his way back to Karlsruhe and asked the GM guys to give three cars a complete overhaul, the heat had spread throughout the continent through the newspapers! The headquarters of General Motors, which was in full swing to build a new plant, soon welcomed groups of visitors and businessmen.

In addition to General Motors, John also received news from other industries by telegram.

Heinz Medical Devices and Heinz Pharmaceuticals continued to surge in product sales, with sales soaring in September, especially on the back of aspirin, sulfonamides and two local anesthetics. Heinz Pharmaceutical's sales soared by 50 percent compared to August, exceeding 1.5 million marks in one fell swoop! Although as expected by the likes of old Huntelaar and Nicklaus. This is mainly due to the inconvenience of communication and transportation, and many hospitals and doctors have ordered several months' supply, so there will be no significant increase in sales in the future, and there will even be a decline, but there is no problem in maintaining more than one million marks.

With the addition of Heinz Medical Devices, the monthly sales of the two companies will reach more than 1.5 million marks!

This figure not only stunned the old Huntelaar and Brister and others. Even John was secretly frightened. You know, 1.5 million marks is equivalent to more than 300,000 dollars, which is 4 million in a year! This figure is close to the level of the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company. But don't forget, compared to expensive bikes. Heinz Pharmaceutical's products are absolutely profitable!

In addition, it is the news that the stainless steel plant has been put into production.

After almost two years of construction, Baron Cole's heavily invested stainless steel mill was opened just as John had left Berlin. Baron Cole also expressed his regret in a telegram to him, after all, although John's shares were only five percent, he was still one of the shareholders of the stainless steel factory, not to mention that he was also the inventor of the stainless steel patent.

Very stainless steel mills were put into operation together, as well as a stainless steel products factory in which John also owns shares!

Stainless steel cutlery and some of John's creative everyday stainless steel products became the main products of the factory, and of course the stainless steel surgical instruments of Heinz Medical Devices, all of which began to be produced. It is expected that the emergence of stainless steel surgical instruments is bound to cause another sensation, at least for those high-end surgeons, a set of stainless steel instruments will become a necessity......

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A telegram was sent back to the people in Karlsruhe, and after the three cars had been overhauled, John and his party were on the road again.

Heidelberg, Munich and Leipzig.

These are the next three destinations John is going to, all within Germany. Heidelberg has the very famous University of Heidelberg, and the University of Munich and the University of Leipzig are also among the strongest universities in Germany, and they have a big thing in common, that is, the medical school is relatively strong, and the professors of surgery in the college either know Johann or have exchanged letters.

Long before he left Berlin, John had already received invitations from three schools.

Heidelberg is not far from Karlsruhe, and it took only three days for three cars to arrive. This is also because after the car became famous, many people stopped onlookers along the way.

At the University of Heidelberg, Johann was greeted with an unexpectedly warm welcome.

Today's Mr. John Huntelaar is not the same Mr. John Huntelaar who had just published new disinfection techniques and even appendectomy. With the convening of last year's academic conference, it seems that university hospitals throughout Germany have begun to implement the disinfection standards he has set and have begun to use appendectomy on a large scale, not to mention that local anesthesia has become the most popular anesthesia for surgeons because of the availability of procaine and lidocaine, which is much safer and more practical than inhalation anesthesia in many major surgeries.

So it was only natural that John was warmly welcomed.

In addition to showing curious physicians the now-famous car, Johann focused his energies on academic exchanges with the University of Heidelberg Medical School. During his five-day stay at the University of Heidelberg, John gave four lectures on local anesthesia, sterilization and appendectomy, as well as one on major surgery.

In this lecture, John made a bold "imagination" of the future of surgery!

John is never willing to speculate on how much of a role these "imaginations" based on the future surgical knowledge system can play for the surgeons of this era, but he hopes that in this era of rapid development of surgery, he can have more like-minded friends......

So in addition to lectures, John's time was spent getting to know more people and recruiting more people.

By the time Johann left Heidelberg and traveled south to Munich, then north to Leipzig, and finally to his home base of Berlin, it was the end of December 1886...... (To be continued......)