As night fell, the street lights came on one by one.

Because electricity bills are still relatively high, even in New York, the birthplace of the electricity revolution, the streets are now more gaslighted. It's just that with the launch of the New York Electric Company's "listing" plan, many people know that as long as the price of electricity can be reduced, there will be no future for gaslighting.

"Did you have fun going out today?"

Handing Anna his hat and coat, John asked with a smile.

"Happy."

Giggling, Anna handed the things to the maid behind her, stepped forward and took her husband's arm and said affectionately, "You should really go horseback riding with us on the weekend, my friends want to see you again!" ”

Patting Anna's little hand, John shook his head with a smile and said, "Of course it's okay to see your friend, but if you ride a horse...... Forget it, you know I'm not interested in it. ”

“…… All right. ”

Although a little disappointed, John didn't like to ride in carriages, and therefore didn't like horseback riding, Anna knew about it, so she wouldn't say anything. After carefully preparing a glass of warm water for John, and watching him sit down on the sofa to rest, Anna went to check on the preparation of dinner.

Ten minutes later, dinner for the family began.

As usual, the first few minutes were a quiet time for everyone to enjoy dinner, but compared to two years ago, when the family divided the east and west, the old Huntelaar and Anna had already accepted the Chinese food prepared by Su Li today. For example, a few Huaiyang dishes tonight tasted very popular with Anna, and she ate a little more than usual......

"John, the car factory is basically finished."

After about five minutes, the elder Huntelaar began to talk about business again, as usual: "All the machines are in place, and the fifth batch of twenty people sent to Europe to study will soon return." Follow Henry? Mr. Gantt's statement. It will be officially put into production around the end of June...... By the way, at first, you may only be able to produce a few cars a month, but by the end of the year it will be around fifty! ”

"Hmm...... I know. ”

After a little surprise, John nodded happily. After two years of preparation, the North American car plant is finally about to start production. It's just that the local car company John did not use the generic name, but continued to be called Huntelaar Motor Company.

It is also from the naming conventions of these companies. Old Huntelaar saw how much John valued these properties.

For example, Lego toys with an annual profit of nearly 100,000 US dollars, such as Nike and Adidas, which have just been established but have promising prospects, such as the elevator company that is improving day by day, and Motorola Communications, which has unlimited prospects, are probably all things that this kid will throw out in the future, including New York Power, which is currently becoming popular. But once an industry is named Heinz, it means that they will be an important part of the future Huntelaar family group!

In his mind, Heinz Motors, along with Heinz Pharmaceuticals, Heinz Medical Devices, and Heinz Commodities, will be a core part of the Huntelaar consortium.

Oh. By the way, we should also add Heinz Bank, which has just taken advantage of the economic crisis!

In fact, if you do the math carefully, the current industrial scale of the Huntelaar family is really amazing, and the total assets will make a big leap forward almost every year! Nowadays, it may not be able to compare with those old conglomerates in terms of influence, but if it only talks about the scale of industry and capital, I am afraid that there are not many people in the United States who can compete. Now, although he has bought a loss-making bank in debt, the elder Huntlaar is very sure that as long as he survives the economic crisis of the past two years. This bank will become a solid backing for several other major industries and usher in a greater development!

Heinz Motor Company. Nature is one of the important parts.

However, after a little consideration, John still said seriously: "Grandpa, I think it's best for car companies not to rush to increase production capacity, the market capacity in North America is limited after all, and a few hundred vehicles a year is enough." It is still important to give priority to digesting and absorbing the technology learned from Benz, and to build our own R&D team as soon as possible. ”

After several years of market cultivation. John is still not optimistic about the current car market.

After seeing the great success of General Motors, six or seven automobile companies were established in Europe, and even Morgan in the United States, who was extremely optimistic about this new industry, pulled up a team and built the first car called "Pushpin". But without exception. The cars produced by these new companies were all beaten to the ground by the Aurora and suffered heavy losses!

The reason is simple, the gap in technology is simply too big!

John invested millions of marks in the early stage, and later invested more than half of General Motors' profits, plus a few years of operation, they accumulated their current technical strength. Although other companies have invested millions of marks in one go, time and technology cannot be achieved overnight, not to mention that many key patents are in John's hands, and it is not so easy to get his authorization!

JP Morgan, for example, planted a big heel on this!

It has been a long time since the meeting started the Morgan model a decade ago, and the financial tycoon has not suffered such a failure. However, just like the failures of the pharmaceutical company and the radio company, Morgan has no choice but to deal with the Huntelaar family's industry, because this is a behemoth that makes him have to worry about three points!

Morgan's best skill is to use financial means to control large enterprises.

But unlike other American companies of the same era, the industries of the Huntelaar family are all emerging industries, and the products are in a monopoly or relatively monopoly position, as long as there is no problem with the funds, it is impossible to be afraid of him! But, will the Huntelaar Arrowhead be short of money?

Well, the topic is off the hook.

To put it simply, the gap in automotive technology is still secondary, and the key is that today's market size is too small! If the market size is large enough, even if the cars made by Morgan and others are poorer, they can still survive at a lower price, but with the current income of Americans and Europeans, the price of a car of thousands of dollars is destined to be the patent of a few! And don't forget, after buying a car this year, you will continue to have to bear more expensive fuel and maintenance costs, which will exceed $100 a year!

The average middle class also dare not think about it.

Therefore, General Motors, which is far away in Europe, has not exceeded 2,000 Aurora annual production capacity after several expansions, but has invested a lot of money and energy to develop new technologies, and has just successfully developed a large bus and cargo truck, which has attracted a lot of people's attention......

"Just do as you say!"

After a slight groan, old Huntelaar agreed with John. Compared with Europe, the market in North America is indeed much smaller, and it is indeed enough to produce a few hundred vehicles a year.

And......

The thought of some news from Europe made old Huntlaar feel a little depressed. Far away in Karlsruhe, Benz seems to have been restless in the last two years, and has been in constant contact with financiers or industrial giants, which is quite unsettling. If it weren't for the fact that the other two collaborators had a difference in philosophy with him, I'm afraid I don't know the specific situation here!

After thinking for a while, old Huntelaar said: "John, I think you should make a plan to go to Europe, the industry over there must be a look!" ”

"Well, I understand."

After a little hesitation, John nodded and smiled: "I'm afraid not this year, I'll be very busy in the second half of the year, but next year...... Spring, I'll be going to Europe in the spring! Anna has been here for almost two years, and she should be homesick too, so come back with me then! "Really?!"

Anna, who has been eating quietly and not getting involved in the topic of two men, was shocked when she heard this, and her eyes widened in surprise! "Haha, of course!"

John laughed, raised his glass and said, "I miss my old friends in Europe too, and I really look forward to seeing them again......" (To be continued.) )