Instead of investing in the fast-growing passenger car industry in the United States, Yang Chao chose to cooperate with Morgan's General Motors to develop and produce trucks and agricultural vehicles, Yang Chao explained to the news media that China's current road conditions and people's incomes have not yet reached the level of large-scale consumption of private cars, so only trucks, tractors, harvesters and other vehicles can find a market. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Chao solemnly said that the investment he attracted, naturally hopes to be an effective investment, will ensure the interests of these enterprises as much as possible, so that they can develop benignly, so in China can not find opportunities in enterprises, Yang Chao will not introduce, of course, if the conditions develop to the right time, Yang Chao is also willing to continue to introduce new projects, and will put American companies in a high priority to consider, after all, the US government has always been friendly to China, Yang Chao hopes to continue to develop this friendly relationship with the US government.

After that, there were machine tool industry, chemical industry, power industry, and even cooperated with DuPont to build a large gunpowder factory, Shandong already has two large arsenals, and the arsenal also comes with a small gunpowder factory, but in several wars, it was found that these gunpowder factories can supply normal production, and in the event of war, they will be immediately overstretched, so it is necessary to introduce a large gunpowder factory.

In the end, a total of 30 major projects were signed, and Yang Chao invested 100 million US dollars, occupying 4 to 6 percent of the equity in these enterprises.

But what no one pays attention to is that there is a condition attached to these cooperation agreements, that is, every enterprise must open a relevant school.

The world has entered the second industrial revolution period, electricity and internal combustion engines began to rise, and led to a new round of economic expansion, Yang Chao does not want to miss, but the second industrial revolution is fundamentally different from the first, the scientific and technological achievements of the first industrial revolution can also be said to be the result of long-term accumulation of craftsmen. The second invention was supported by the theory of system science and technology from the very beginning, and almost all the inventions and creations were researched by scientists with solid theoretical knowledge.

to China's national conditions. It is simply not allowed to study advanced scientific and technological theories first, and then start the second scientific and technological revolution, Yang Chao wants to do the opposite, first use the results of the second scientific and technological revolution, and use these entities of the second industrial revolution. to reverse the popularization of theoretical education.

No one paid attention to the subsidiary agreement with the company, because it was not the first time, but the final memorandum of business cooperation with the American government was taken seriously, and even by other European countries.

Yang Chao signed a joint declaration with the U.S. government, in which the U.S. government promised that in commercial cooperation with Shandong, the two sides would follow the provisions of the agreement and contract, and that the U.S. government would not invoke extraterritoriality in the event of a commercial conflict.

This manifesto means: In the commercial cooperation between the United States and Shandong, their enterprises do not have diplomatic immunity, which can be regarded as satisfying Zhang Zhidong's demand for not losing his rights, and even won back a little bit of national rights.

Yang Chao believes that after learning these contents, Zhang Zhidong, an old scholar, will definitely smile. But at the same time, Yang Chao also thought that those who scolded him might have a new word: Yang Chao, a traitor, not only betrayed the country, but also recognized his godfather!

There is more after the memo. U.S. companies in Shandong, under reasonable and legal conditions, will be subject to the same management as local companies. For example, during the war, the Shandong government had the right to use administrative power to manage all enterprises in a unified manner without destroying the property rights of enterprises, so as to achieve the result of pooling industrial strength.

After all the foreign affairs activities were over, Yang Chao also exchanged views with many American capitalists.

Among them, the exchange with Rockefeller. Quite forward-looking, how can Yang Chao leave aside a predator like the Rockefeller consortium on such a large-scale business scale this time, but when he was in California before, Rockefeller had already achieved results, such as the cooperation in supplying oil to Shandong.

However, last time I signed a contract with Standard Oil's California branch, and this time I met with the Rockefeller family and talked to the old Rockefeller.

Rockefeller was very concerned about Yang Chao's airship industry, when he knew that Zeppelin planned to expand the airship production scale to an annual output of 100 ships within three years, he was very appreciative of this, Rockefeller told Yang Chao that he believed that airships were the future industry, and it was very likely to replace the next generation of transportation mode of shipping, and actively encouraged Yang Chao to develop the airship industry, and at the same time expressed his willingness to support Yang Chao's development of airships by means of loans and other means if necessary.

Yang Chao fully agrees with Rockefeller's statement, and he also believes that airships are the future mode of transportation, and intends to open a large-scale world route this year, not just as a tourist attempt.

Yang Chao hoped to get Rockefeller's help to establish a perfect airship take-off and landing site in the United States, and Yang Chao completely told Rockefeller about the way the airfield was operated in the future, and planned to set up an airship air transportation network.

The two talked for more than three hours, and Rockefeller became very interested, and finally agreed to cooperate with Yang Chao to establish a complete air traffic network in the United States.

Yang Chao provided 100 airships, all the pilots, and also provided 1 million US dollars as working capital, with each party holding 50% of the shares, but Zeppelin will have additional voting rights as honorary governors, that is, if Yang Chao and Rockefeller disagree on management, Zeppelin's vote will have the right to decide.

The company's name, American Air Transportation, will be mainly passenger and supplemented by freight, and will complete all investment and construction activities within three years and put into commercial operation.

Zeppelin's airship now uses a diesel engine, and the diesel engine from the invention to the present, is still completely competitive with the gasoline engine, whether it is a train or a ship, all in the experimental stage, thunder and rain, and diesel, as an important product in smelting, has always been able to exist only as the waste residue of gasoline products, which is difficult for Rockefeller to accept.

Diesel is not as flammable as gasoline and kerosene, even if it is burned with an open flame, it cannot be ignited, and diesel must be burned at high temperature and high pressure. Previously, diesel could only be used as a heating oil, which was obviously too wasteful, and the diesel engine was the only machine that could use diesel, and the diesel engine was the most successful application at present. Undoubtedly Led Zeppelin's airship.

So Rockefeller's intention in supporting the airship was, self-evident, to sell his diesel.

But Yang Chao still thought wrongly, or it was not comprehensive enough, using a diesel machine. The airship is not the first, nor is it the largest, Rockefeller saw clearly, the airship is a thing, it is impossible to promote it on a large scale, so he did not see the fuel consumption of the airship as a great market, and the diesel engine used for ships and trains is more reliable than the airship.

Rockefeller valued the real purpose of the airship as supplying helium to the airship.

Helium is a scarce resource on Earth, not because it is scarce. It's that it's too difficult to extract.

The air contains helium, but the proportion is too thin, generally extracting elements from the air, such as nitrogen, are through the method of cooling liquefaction, because the liquefaction temperature of different air is different, as long as the temperature is cooled to the right degree, you can get the desired gas, but helium is the most difficult gas to liquefy, and the temperature must be reduced to minus 271 °. will liquefy, almost close to absolute zero.

Scientists of this era used to extract helium from the air, but the energy consumption was extremely high and the production was very low. It's fine for experiments, but it's too expensive for industrial production.

However, in addition to air, other resources also contain helium, such as natural gas, some natural gas will have a large amount of helium, and the United States is the country with the most helium-containing natural gas, and the helium content in natural gas in the United States can reach up to 8%. Rockefeller is not only an oil giant, but many of his oil fields also have natural gas coming out of them.

Compared with helium in the air, the helium in natural gas is much more convenient to extract, such as direct burning, natural gas can be burned, helium cannot be burned, and other gases in natural gas are burned out and become carbon dioxide, and the carbon dioxide is filtered out to leave high-purity helium.

Rockefeller had already mastered the process method, and he planned to build an industrial helium factory, so he planned to supply helium to Yang Chao's airship company. It's just that he knew that Yang Chao was also using secret methods to produce helium, and he talked to Yang Chao for so long, in fact, he was probing, and after learning that Yang Chao's production method was expensive, he decided to start building a helium factory.

Yang Chao agreed, he didn't have any good choice, the current airship relies on his spaceship to separate helium, and it is not enough to be exposed, but it is too wasteful for the spaceship to refine helium, and it is more valuable to go to the bottom of the sea to search for gold than to refine helium, Yang Chao still figured it out.

And the United States, not to mention now, is that in the 21st century, it is still the country that produces helium industrially in the world, and the United States occupies more than eighty percent of the world's extractable helium resources.

However, Yang Chao was worried about the security of supply, so he asked for a joint venture, and the helium processing plant was wholly owned by the airship transportation company, and a ten-year supply contract was signed, and the price must not increase by more than 5% per year.

Yang Chao was afraid that Rockefeller would choke his neck, and Rockefeller was also worried that Yang Chao would choke his neck, because Yang Chao thought that Rockefeller would control helium all over the world, but Rockefeller knew that the airship was almost the only user of helium at present, so it hit it off, and both parties needed a long-term cooperation agreement.

So the agreement was signed smoothly.

This business cooperation with Rockefeller is Yang Chao's last business cooperation in the United States, and then a press conference was held, and many reporters came to the scene, whether it was Rockefeller or Yang Chao, they had a strong news appeal at this time.

"Mr. Yang! Mr. Yang! ”

Just as he was answering a reporter's question, suddenly an unkempt young man shouted and squeezed inside.

The police from the Washington State Police Department hurriedly stopped him, but the young man dodged left and right, and finally jumped on the hotel table, jumped over the police and broke through.

The reporters were also startled, but they didn't panic, they immediately turned the camera and shot at this person, and at the same time made way for this person, regardless of whether this person had malicious intentions towards Yang Chao, maybe this person attacked Yang Chao, which was the most beneficial for them, because there was news to sell.

But they were disappointed, this unkempt guy was not here to attack Yang Chao, on the contrary, he was an admirer of Yang Chao, he took out a stack of papers and asked Yang Chao to help him identify it.

"Mr. Yang, this is the airship I designed, please help me take a look."

Yang Chao flipped up casually, while the young man watched eagerly, the reporters took pictures frantically, and the police desperately squeezed inside, trying to control the situation.

Yang Chao took a few looks, and then began to get serious, and it could be seen that this young man had good design skills, and although the structural drawings drawn out were weird, they were all quite reliable.

Several of them are still very attractive to Yang Chao, the zeppelin is now more and more slender, and has the nickname of cigar smoke, while the airship designed by this young man is a little more round, but there are also long strips, but not one strip, but two, three, simply put, two and three zeppelins together.

Seeing that Yang Chao glanced at the two design drawings a few more times, the young man became even more excited.

"Mr. Yang, I have calculated, if the two Zeppelins are placed side by side, the load-bearing capacity will be doubled, and the airship structure can be fully carried, but the speed may be greatly reduced, if the two are juxtaposed, they can run at most seventy or eighty skills, and if the three are only thirty kilometers. But the carrying capacity was significantly increased, and it was possible to increase the carrying capacity of the Zeppelin to a thousand tons! ”

Seeing that what the young man said was reliable, Yang Chao nodded and asked casually: "Your design is very good, young man, what is your name?" ”

"Lockheed, Allen. Lockheed, sir! ”

The young man said eagerly, and Yang Chao was stunned.

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Here's the thing, when Lockheed Jr. was a child, he saw the glider performance, and he became interested in flying, and later after the appearance of airplanes, he fell in love with airplanes, but the development of airplanes in this era was too slow, and in 1908 the Wright brothers built the first planes for the French Army, and there was no decent business at all.

However, in 1906, Yang Chao's pioneering attempt to circumnavigate the world with an airship suddenly stimulated Lockheed, and he suddenly felt that airplanes have no future, airships are the future, and Yang Chao crossed the continent in the United States at that time, and was exhibited in San Francisco and Portsmouth, and Lockheed also spent half a month's salary to visit it.

After that, Lockheed was determined to engage in the airship industry, but he was just a small car mechanic, and he had no chance to have anything to do with such a tall airship as millions of dollars, but the heat in his heart could not be extinguished, and this time Yang Chao came to the United States again, he felt that it was an opportunity, if he could get Yang Chao's appreciation, then it would be much easier to start work. (To be continued.) )