In World War II, Volkswagen actually took on more of a military factory. This automobile factory, which was originally built for ordinary people, produced less than 20,000 cars for ordinary people before being transferred to the army.

Because of the production of tank parts, the factory originally had a lot of advanced forging equipment, which was gradually applied to the production of automobiles after being returned by the British.

Today's Volkswagen, although in the complete set of automobile processes, is still inferior to Mercedes-Benz under the control of the United States. But in Zhou Nan's eyes, Volkswagen's development potential far exceeds that of Mercedes-Benz.

Because all the processes of Mercedes-Benz are only in the service of existing models, any improvement requires the addition of new equipment. But Volkswagen does not use it, Volkswagen's current production constraints are somewhat large, but many equipment can be applied to future models.

Among them, Volkswagen's four giant forging equipment is an advantage that no car manufacturer can match.

However, Zhou Nan saw the scale of FAW in later generations, and when he went to Wudang Mountain, he also saw the second automobile where a city is a factory, so the current Volkswagen did not surprise Zhou Nan too much.

Only when he got off work at noon, he saw the large-scale handover of 10,000 or 20,000 people, which made Zhou Nan really feel the crowd of the motherland in later generations.

Audrey took Zhou Nan's arm, stood on the balcony, and saw the crowd disperse before she spoke: "It's really spectacular, I'm afraid there are not so many people in the whole of Lucerne." ”

Of course, there are more people in Lucerne than in Wolfsburg, but Audrey's emotion at this time is only because of shock, and Zhou Nan will certainly not correct her words. "Let's go, let's go down for lunch."

The house is too big, there are too few people, this house looks beautiful, but there is no popularity to live in. Zhou Nan now feels more and more that he made the right choice to build a smaller house.

Zhou Nan and the others had seven or eight people, plus the Hoffman family, and two domestic helpers, so they could fill the seats in the small restaurant. If Zhou Nan and the others were not there, and Vera and Claudio were no more, and there were only Yannick, Caroline, and Leon in the house, the house would be too big.

Caroline gave Zhou Nansheng a huge tube bone and placed it in front of him. "Eat slowly...... You've just arrived, and Yannick won't be coming back for dinner. ”

Etinny looked at Zhou Nan and smiled. Zhou Nan was embarrassed to say that this was his own trouble, and said with a smile: "Mom, he has serious business, and he should come back for dinner in the evening." ”

The front face of the model designed by Zhou Nan for Volkswagen, when there is only one model at present, is actually not very useful, and it can only be said that it can be used as a future design concept.

However, the seat belt he designed aroused the interest of the design department. The main reason why the three-point seat belt can be called the standard seat belt in later generations is because of convenience, freedom and simplicity.

In this, except for the lock-in system, which requires a bit of technical content, the other aspects are completely a design problem.

Moreover, the locking system is not a new technology, and in many mechanical trades, this technology has already spread. For example, the continuously variable clutch that appeared for a long time is the same principle.

As soon as this design was taken out, it was thoroughly studied by everyone. Based on this, it also shows that the design is qualified.

And the Mercedes-Benz S-class design drawings that came out, this kind of luxury model, Volkswagen wants to put it into production, and the shell alone can't be suppressed. Not to mention the need for high-horsepower power, the entire powertrain, suspension system, and interior were designed from scratch.

The main purpose of taking out this design drawing was not to put it into production, but to dig a pit for the British.

Volkswagen now relies on the sales of the Beetle, with a factory price of $1,100 per car, and sales of $1.1 million per month, and a gross profit of almost 40 percent.

Of course, this profit is very high, this is because the Beetle model, the technology was mature before World War II, and now the factory almost does not have any technical costs, in the production and sales, except for the cost of accessories, almost all are profits.

In addition, there is the exclusive sale of accessories, and the profits in this area are not low, in terms of profit ratio alone, far more than the profits of the whole vehicle.

With the resumption of mass production, the number of workers now has reached 15,000, most of whom are paid only five dollars a week, except for a few specialists.

It's not that Yannick won't pay a high salary, it's that the British won't allow it. The food supply for the entire British-occupied area was arranged by the British, and everyone had a fixed quota.

Having controlled the distribution of food, the British naturally wanted to plunder all the value created by the Germans. In terms of the average income of workers in the British-occupied areas, the monthly income of each German is basically controlled at about ten dollars.

Because the British are in charge of eating, ten dollars is enough for a bachelor, if it is a family of three, it can barely get by, but if there are more people, it is not enough.

This forces everyone else to come out and work and create value for the British.

The British-occupied area is a little better, but on the French-occupied area, many people have worked hard for a month, and there is only the equivalent of the franc that is now depreciating. When people get money, they have to spend it immediately, or it may depreciate.

The British on the Volkswagen side control the food supply, and each worker still earns about $20 a month, which is already the highest income group.

Now the public can earn about 600,000 US dollars a month, the wages of workers are 300,000 yuan, the purchase of grain is more than 100,000 yuan, the operating costs of factories are tens of thousands of dollars, and the net profit is less than 100,000 US dollars, but it is about the same.

In just half a year, the factory was already profitable, and both the British and Yannick were very satisfied.

After the workers have maintained the basic livelihood support, all they earn is profit. So the British were more active than the Germans and have been actively pushing for the expansion of production.

However, if all these profits were taken away by the British, of course Yannick would not be willing, now producing 10,000 cars a month, there is already a profit, and in the future, producing 20,000 cars a month will be equivalent to a profit of more than 600,000.

Excluding the cost of purchases by the British, loans from Anglo-American banks, the shareholders of the factory have at most only a small amount of money to distribute. Yannick now has only 40 percent of the shares, and even less can be distributed.

But if you come up with a model that makes the British excited to develop, the British will naturally be willing to invest money to develop new models with the money to be compensated, accumulate technology, and reduce the pressure on factory operations.

And the accumulation of these developed technologies, even if it is not possible to produce a luxury car like the Mercedes-Benz S-Class in the future, it can also be used in a mid-level car like the Passat.

Therefore, Yannick did not take out the drawings of the Passat, but directly took out the Mercedes-Benz S-Class model.

Of course, the British people appreciate this model very much, the square tiger head is galloping, atmospheric, heavy, and absolutely in line with the aesthetic views of all people in this era.

But compared with this model, the British are more optimistic about the Mercedes-Benz G off-road vehicle, because this car has a natural sales group, that is, the army.

As a military vehicle, this off-road vehicle far surpasses all off-road models currently on the market. And because the chassis of this car is integral, the research and development cost is relatively low, and you only need to find a suitable engine to have other corresponding mature technologies.

Because Volkswagen already has the corresponding technology for off-road vehicles, the Volkswagen barrel car is also a relatively easy military vehicle, but now it has been surpassed by the American Jeep.

The amount of military procurement is very staggering, especially in this era, when war is on the verge of breaking out, and all countries are actively developing advanced military vehicles.

Mercedes-Benz G was originally designed for the military, with a square shape and more space. Elevated terrain is enough to cope with all terrain.

Although Zhou Nan only drew the shape of the G series, he also marked the performance and requirements of the car on the drawings, and the British people also agreed with this development direction.

They got the drawings and began to study them carefully, and if they could use the existing technology to complete the design of this car, then there would be absolutely no worries about the sale of this car.

At present, Volkswagen lacks a reliable high-horsepower engine, and other conditions are in place.

Yannick had been arguing with the British all morning, wanting to fight for greater benefits for Zhou Nan, but Zhou Nan didn't care about this, and gave Yannick and Halder carte blanche to help him negotiate with the British.

As for Mr. Polscher, Yannick only showed him the blueprints of the 911, and he sat in his office for half an hour before immediately calling his eldest son in Stuttgart and asking him to come to Wolfsburg immediately.

The 911 was developed sixteen years later by Ferdinand, the elder son of Polscher, and Zhou Nan had no doubt that he would disapprove of the design.

As for what conditions Yannick would talk to him, Zhou Nan didn't care about it, and was even a little embarrassed. After all, this is someone else's design.

However, he has now taken it out sixteen years ahead of schedule, which is also good for Porsche, which is now struggling.

Volkswagen's workers commuted to and from work as usual, working hard, not knowing that because of Zhou Nan's relationship, the leadership was now in a mess.

Ivan Hurst immediately sent a telegram to the British General Headquarters in Cologne, believing that the model presented by Zhou Nan was expected to become a best-selling model after Yannick's design, and that British companies should join in.

Yes, it is impossible for the British to pay attention to the appearance alone. But while Volkswagen has the ability to turn this model into reality, British companies won't have a chance to get involved now.

Zhou Nan didn't want to get into such a negotiation, because of his special status, the British were not willing to negotiate terms with him, and if he didn't join, everyone was happy.

After lunch, the whole family drove four Beetles and went to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp more than 80 kilometers away to check the preparations there.

Several women are very interested in making movies and want to see them. Only Leon was angry, because he still had to go to school, and refused to take him there.

In the end, Zhou Nan promised to wait until Sunday and take him to see it, and then he was unhappy to go to school in the area.