Louis Renault, a French industrialist, one of the pioneers of the automobile industry, and one of the founders of Renault Motors.

Louis Reynaud was born in Paris in 1877 into a wealthy merchant family. As a teenager, Renault became interested in mechanics.

In 1898, at the age of 21, Louis Renault converted his De Dion tow motorcycle into a car, and this was the birth of the Renault car, and at the same time, Renault became famous in Parisian social circles as the inventor of the automobile.

Later, with the help of his two older brothers, the Renault Brothers car factory was established in Paris.

Their cars continued to develop, and eventually before World War I, Renault was the largest car company in France, producing more than 10,000 cars a year.

In World War I, the French army purchased a large number of Renault cars as military vehicles, making Renault the first in the French automobile industry in terms of scale, capital, technology and other aspects.

However, after the First World War, the good days of Renault came to an end, and Citroën cars from the Netherlands, at half the price of their Renault counterparts, quickly took over the market.

Moreover, during the worldwide economic turmoil of the twenties and thirties, there were very few sales of cars.

This devastated Louis-Renault and he suffered from aphasia and almost lost the ability to speak.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, although the Renault company is not as beautiful as before, after all, there is still a background, and the current Renault company, cars, tanks, all kinds of dabbling, and, quite complete, such as cars, from cheap civilian cars, to aristocratic cars, the classification is complete.

Although not as prosperous as it once was, Renault is still one of the major French companies, dealing with automobiles, tanks, weapons, and aircraft engines.

It's just that the technology to Germany is far behind.

The first stop of Ciric's visit was the Renault car company on the outskirts of Paris, Louis Renault, who was in his sixties, standing outside, waiting for Ciric's convoy, and beside him, was Speer.

At that time, Speer became the Minister of Munitions under the promotion of Ciric, and then he was in charge of all production affairs.

During this time, he worked on the integration of French industry. Renault Cars, he has also been here many times.

At the same time, in order to protect the safety of Ciric, as early as two days ago, a large number of Gestapo sealed off the place, every personnel was checked, and every possible commanding height was guarded to ensure the absolute safety of the Führer.

Ciric's car came to the door, looking at the sixty-year-old Renault standing on the side, Ciric got out of the car and shook the other party's hand: "Old sir, the empire will not treat a loyal person like you badly. ”

In fact, there is no way to do it, if Renault does not cooperate, his factory will be directly acquired by Germany, and in history, Renault actively cooperated with Germany, but at the end of World War II, Renault still could not escape the fate of the company being annexed by the state, was nationalized, and he also became a sinner in France.

And now, Ciric's attitude still touched the old Renault very much, even in the past, the French prime minister had never communicated with him so cordially.

"Thank you." Old Renault could not say much, and he barely spat the word out of his mouth.

"Let's go, let's go have a look." Ciric said to Speer.

Led by Speer, they first came to the production hall.

Ford has made full use of the advantages of the assembly line, but at the Renault plant, it is still very old-fashioned, and it is not uncommon for a technician to assemble the entire car, which leads to the high cost of Renault cars.

Now, the factory is in a state of shutdown, and you can even see some car parts, which are piling up.

"After a few days of investigation, we found that all of Renault's products are obsolete." Speer said on the sidelines: "Renault's technology is old, productivity is low, and if it is not vigorously reformed, then the whole company should go bankrupt." ”

How to coordinate these factories is a big deal, after all, this is a private enterprise, but it is a private enterprise under the German occupation zone.

Hearing Speer's words, the old Renault's eyes were filled with a trace of pain, the old Renault, himself from a technical background, the direct transmission system and the turbocharger are the inventions of the old Renault.

But now, his products are said to be old technology, and he can accept that his products are expensive, but he is really unwilling to say that the technology is old.

But there was no way, he could only cooperate.

"So, we plan to do a lot of work to revamp our production here, for example, the engine plant here will be completely renovated to produce our diesel engines, which are our main force now." Speer said.

Now, Germany's diesel engines have formed a series, a large number of components are common, through the number of cylinders to achieve different horsepower output, matched in trucks, infantry fighting vehicles, and tanks, so, for the engine, Germany's demand is quite huge.

Speer's suggestion was to eliminate all Renault products and turn the Renault factory into a German OEM factory.

Anyway, it's not that they don't give money, and they won't suffer at the Renault factory at the price of the normal order.

Ciric understood old Renault's feelings.

Looking at the company that was established single-handedly, all the products are gone, and it has been reduced to a foundry factory, as a founder, it is normal to feel uncomfortable.

However, from the point of view of the empire, it is equally important to integrate the entire resource to achieve maximum production efficiency, and if Renault continues to produce, then the equipment given to the troops on the front line will face many problems, and the parts are not universal, which will greatly increase the burden of logistics.

"In my opinion, the products produced by Renault can continue to use Renault's trademark." Ciric spoke.

It's just a trademark, it doesn't affect other aspects, but this will give Renault a lot of confidence, OEM production, still Renault! At least, the name Renault, will not disappear.

Hearing this, Old Renault was immediately very grateful, and Ciric's words later made him even more grateful.

"At the same time, in recognition of the contribution of Renault to the Empire, I propose that Mr. Louis-Renault be awarded the title of Holy Aryan."

Holy Aryans, this is a few years ago, Ciric proposed, Hitler put forward a plan, that is, to let non-pure Aryans, get the same treatment as Aryans, so to speak, is a kind of brainwashing, a kind of spiritual guide.

Outliers, don't grieve, you can't choose your origin, but you can get the same status as the Aryans through your contributions!

The title of a holy Aryan has made many people proud, and now, Ciric has brought this set to France, of course, in order to assimilate France, and finally let Europeans integrate into the German family.