Section 691 Investing in the Beetle
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The Spanish Civil War had affected China, and Shandong Ordnance told Yang Chao that there was a Chinese organization to buy arms, and said that it was used by Spain.
It is not surprising that there are Soviet-Russian organizations in China, there are still in the United States, and it is not surprising that there are those who support Spain, and there are such organizations in Britain, the United States, France, and other countries, and if it were not for the Nazis outlawing all workers' organizations in Germany, Germany would also have it.
Oddly enough, they were looking to China for arms support, not to Soviet Russia.
The reason is that although Soviet Russia supported the Spanish government, their five-year plan was carried out at a critical juncture, and the machine manufacturing industry was fully engaged in the production of machinery and equipment, and there was no capacity to produce arms, and it was difficult for their arms to be sent to Spain.
Soviet Russia did not have the ability to pass the blockade of Britain and France, and could only hope for China.
"Can we send arms to Spain?"
Yang Chao asked.
"Our merchant ships go straight to Greece and will not be searched. Then there is a transshipment, which should be reachable. ”
Zhang Nian said.
Yang Chao nodded: "If it is discovered, the Suez Canal controlled by Britain and France will definitely not let us pass, so it will be kept secret for the time being." ”
"You mean to support them?"
Zhang Nian was a little worried, if he gave these weapons to the Chinese organization, would they use them in China?
Yang Chao is not worried, there is no soil for armed uprising in China at present, because everyone can find a job and earn a lot of money, so a fool will be willing to take up a gun and rebel.
Of course, there are people who are willing, this is a chaotic era, the root cause is that everyone's thinking is very confused, all kinds of ideas have supporters, even in rich countries, there are a large number of believers in various ideas, since it is faith, it is not rational, since it is irrational, you can't guess with common sense.
Therefore, in the Spanish Civil War, a large number of workers from developed countries in Europe and the United States went to the war to help the Spanish Popular Front fight, including Chinese and even Japanese. Among them were not only workers, but also many world-famous intellectuals, such as Picasso, Hemingway, and so on. Even Churchill, who was extremely hostile to Gongchanism, had a nephew who joined the international column to fight the Spanish Popular Front.
"You can't do this, let Zhang Zuolin come to see me."
This kind of complicated thing, which involves bloodshed and political conspiracy, is still suitable for an old bandit like Zhang Zuolin.
Zhang Zuolin secretly visited Yang Chao.
Yang Chao explained to him the current form.
"Italy has set up a committee to fight in Spain, Germany has established a W Command in the city, and Soviet Russia has also set up an international column recruitment office through gongchan international, and is currently recruiting troops in Paris, France. Some of the workers' newspapers in our country are calling for Wuchan to go to Paris to join the army. According to statistics, the number of tourists visiting France this month is 3,000 more than the previous month. It can be concluded that many of them went to war. I want you to send someone to join them, and you should have a safe manpower. Let them join us in and make it easier for us to move. ”
Because it was a conspiracy, Yang Chao could not use the power of the government, otherwise it would be easy to leave a file, and he would not plan to move those spy personnel under Ma Tengfei.
But Zhang Zuolin is different, he has a group of old brothers who have armed their minds with Chinese-style righteousness, most of these people also have military experience, and it is easy to get military power by participating in it, and it is easier to get rid of the Chinese government.
Of course, more importantly, this is Yang Chao's best chance to launder money, his counterfeit money is circulated through the Spaniards, and it is legal to the currency reserve of the Central Bank of China, which can be taken to the United States to pay for goods, and the power equipment provided by the Americans to China, and even the salaries of their engineers and technicians, Yang Chao intends to pay in dollars.
But the source of large amounts of dollars is not easy to explain, the military orders of the Spaniards, it is more normal, as for why the Spaniards have so many dollars, let them ask the Spaniards to go.
"Remember, your people, don't get involved in the arms deal!"
Since we want to put aside the relationship, then we have to completely push these things to the side of Spain.
"Don't worry, President."
Zhang Zuolin said with a grin.
"By the way, can my car really be done?"
It's easy to see Yang Chao once, and it's impossible for Zhang Zuolin to dig up more benefits.
Yang Chao said with a smile: "Don't worry, make this car well, this is the capital to make a fortune." ”
The car Yang Chao said was a Beetle.
Zhang Nian did not pay much attention, Yang Chao was very important, when he learned that it was too procrastination and refused to sell the factory, Yang Chao asked Zhang Nian to ask them if they were willing to sell the patent rights of N97, saying that the Chinese are different from the Germans, we will not infringe, we want to produce this car, will not imitate, but are willing to buy patents.
Tai Tuo is fighting a lawsuit with Volkswagen, a company established by the Nazis in Germany, which belongs to the German Labor Front in terms of property rights, and they advertise that they belong to the whole people and want to produce national cars for the people, so they are called Volkswagen, and they have asked the workers to pay in installments, and use the money paid by the workers in advance to build the largest factory.
Therefore, it is too procrastinating to need support from the outside world, because Porsche who copied their design does not admit that it is plagiarism, so if the Chinese are willing to spend money on their patents, it is equivalent to admitting that it is their design.
So they were willing to sell the patent for the car, and Yang Chao paid $1 million to buy it, which is not a low price, especially in this economic crisis. It was natural to be happy if it was too procrastinating, but what they had to do was not just to authorize production, Yang Chao wanted them to send people to China and hand over the manufacturing industry to Chinese workers. Because the car factory that bought their patent is a new factory, the technical force is not strong enough.
Even so, it was too procrastinating and willing, sending a large number of engineers, anyway, the Chinese paid their salaries, and they should help them feed the workers in the era of economic crisis.
But the production of this car is not smooth, the reason why Volkswagen produces the Beetle is so popular, because Volkswagen really treats this car as Volkswagen's car in production, it is a cheap car, and it is too much to drag the production of this car, but as a luxury car, at least a high-end car to produce, the price ranges from 1000 to 3000 US dollars, and a lot of parts are artificially built, and the production is very low.
Zhang Xueliang's skilled workers have learned, but it is impossible to make a fortune with this output, and even the $1 million investment cannot be recovered.
It seems that the support for his son's career is unsparing.
Yang Chao said with a smile: "Of course, there is no problem with the car, the problem is the output and price." Which of your cars has a cost price of 300 taels, how many people can afford it. There is no hope if the price is not lowered to 100 taels. ”
Yang Chao's price for the Beetle is to be miniaturized and popularized, and he intends to use this car to hit the record of the Model T, and if China can produce a car that surpasses the Model T, it will undoubtedly help China become a major country in the automobile industry that can compete with the United States.
How to mass production, China does not lack talents in this area, but it is only standardization and assembly line, but there is a lack of relevant talents in the automotive industry, at present, only the Yangzi Automobile Skoda factory in Shandong has this experience, but the general manager Lau Lin attaches great importance to technology, and his technicians are all treasures, and it is impossible for them to work for Zhang Xueliang.
Yang Chao didn't want to force the Czechs, so he could only look for them from abroad.
"You can hire experts from the United States. Ford, General Motors, a lot of such companies in the United States. ”
Yang Chaogang finished suggesting.
Zhang Zuolin replied: "I have already asked the Americans to design it." They said that they would build a new factory and add equipment, and they would invest at least 10 million US dollars, which was more than 4 million taels of silver. ”
Yang Chao laughed, the Americans want to make a profit again, I am afraid that all the factories they design will use American equipment, but because of this, the Americans will definitely really help Zhang Xueliang build a production line.
"4 million taels is not much, even 10 million is worth it."
Yang Chaodao.
Zhang Zuolin laughed twice, and then took out an agreement.
Yang Chao saw that it was an investment agreement, and Yang Chao paid 1 million taels to acquire 30% of the shares of Aimin Automobile Company established by the Zhang family.
30% is not less, this is to take Yang Chao as the largest shareholder, you must know that Zhang Zuolin let his son build this car factory, not only his Zhang family's investment, Zhang Zuolin did make some money from smuggling in those years, but most of them were distributed to the old brothers, he left less than 1 million taels, investing in the car company This kind of big deal is not enough, so Aimin Automobile Company also recruited a lot of shares of Northeast capitalists, the shares owned by the Zhang family are now less than 40%, if sold to Yang Chao 30%, Their stake has been diluted to 30%, the same as Yang Chao.
The Zhang family did not want to lose control of the car company, but also wanted to bring in Yang Chao, a strong supporter.
Yang Chao knows Zhang Zuolin's thoughts very well, he probably thinks that Skoda can develop so well, because Yang Chao uses policy support, such as car subsidies, the biggest beneficiary is Skoda, other companies are either too small, or the price is too high, and they don't want to have this policy at all, as if it is a policy created specifically for Skoda.
Yang Chao does not invest in Aimin Company, and it is difficult for the Zhang family to invest boldly and confidently.
Although Yang Chao and Zhang Zuolin's money laundering is half shared, Yang Chao is responsible for printing, Zhang Zuolin is responsible for distribution, but now 10 billion US dollars have been washed, most of them have become works of art, etc., these things are not easy to sell, too fast, easy to cause the price to plummet, so now it becomes 100 million in cash, Yang Chao got 50 million, Zhang Zuolin can not share so much, he has to share it with many brothers, large and small, he has less than 5 million US dollars, let them invest 10 million US dollars, But it smashed all the Zhang family's bottom into it.
So Yang Chao immediately signed, accepted these shares, as for others will gossip, Yang Chao is not afraid, as for whether it is suitable, will it affect the development, he is not worried, the car is a very political industry, the Japanese government strongly supports the automobile industry, the French government is a long-term state-owned Renault car, after privatization, the government is still the largest shareholder.
"We will take immediate action to expand production to 300,000 taels within two years and 1 million units within three years. I guess it's called the Beatles. This car is called the Beetle Type 1 car, and the subsequent development of series models, Type 2 cars, Type 3 cars, and so on. ”
With Yang Chao's investment in Zhang Zuolin, he was relieved and said that he would let his son expand the factory when he went back. (To be continued.) )