Zeppelin's involvement in the automobile industry was not rashly proposed by Yang Chao, but was already being studied. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The project was driven by Maybach and Soden, both of whom had previously worked at Daimler.

There is no technical difficulty at all, and many of the technologies developed by the two in the airship company over the years are completely suitable for use in automobiles, such as the transmission developed by ZF Gear Factory under the airship company, which is the world's first transmission, and General Motors has used it in their high-end cars.

In addition, precision gears and transmission shafts are the best in the world, and they are completely suitable for use in automobiles.

But these people have some different ideas about how to implement the car project, and Soden is now the general manager of the airship company, and he personally holds four percent of the shares, which is the largest individual shareholder under Yang Chao, so he suggested that the airship company directly open the automobile factory.

Although Maybach also has a two-percent stake, he is a technical genius, but he is a bit idealistic, not very managed, and has conflicts with Otto and Daimler, so he hopes to use some of Zeppelin's technology to open a separate Maybach car company.

However, these technologies belong to the airship company, and if the airship company does not agree, he will not be able to use them, so he wants to make a joint venture with the airship company, and he does not want to spend money on the technologies he has participated in the research and development, and he does not have enough money to buy them.

Maybach Automobiles, on the other hand, will use auto parts from ZF, making ZF their main supplier of parts, rather than being a subsidiary of the airship company like ZF.

"What about equity?"

At the meeting, Yang Chao asked.

"Airship companies can't be more than 50%."

It is clear that Maybach is seeking a controlling stake.

"Haha, Mr. Maybach, are you confident that you can develop a world-class car without the support of the engineers of the airship company? All you're looking for is a controlling stake. As I understand it, you want to make a car according to your ideals, right? ”

Maybach nodded.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Okay, if I allow you to set up an automobile department under the structure of the Zeppelin Company, and you will become the general manager of this automobile department, fully responsible for everything, design and produce a car according to your ideas, and you can mobilize the manpower and material resources of the airship company, what do you think?" ”

Maybach hesitated for a moment and began to think.

"And the automotive division of the airship company has every reason to use the brand of the airship company, if the cars we produce can use the Zeppelin brand, this is not only a commemoration of Count Zeppelin, but also the most well-known brand in the world."

The name Zeppelin was used in the luxury cars produced by Maybach in later generations, and it was one of the famous luxury cars.

Maybach was a little moved.

Yang Chao smiled: "At Zeppelin, you have countless design geniuses to work with. And the resources available are unimaginable. If Zeppelin produces cars, I personally can guarantee that every effort will be made to promote them in China and in the world. At the same time, a ring road is built in Qingdao City, and a Zeppelin Car Race is held every year, giving high rewards and attracting cars from all over the world to participate here. ”

Whether it's Maybach or Ford, the best platform for them to promote cars is through competitions, and Ford has even driven a race car himself.

But there is no country that has built a track specifically for the race, and it is a ring circuit, Maybach finally got tempted and nodded. He would never have imagined that Yang Chao was just pushing the boat down the river, and it was still necessary to build a ring highway for a city like Qingdao, but the road was closed once a year for competitions.

"I demand complete independent management!"

"No problem, managed separately and accounted for separately. An initial capital of one million should be enough. And I will give you a 30% annual dividend share, whether you take this money yourself or distribute it to the management, it's up to you! ”

Maybach was completely relieved.

Of course, he can't monopolize this dividend, Zeppelin has a good atmosphere, Zeppelin doesn't value money very much, the salary given to the management is very generous, Zeppelin's profit is also considerable, and the annual dividend Zeppelin will also issue a large number of rewards to technicians and managers.

Maybach was clearly not a money-grubber, and he would certainly continue Zeppelin's ideas.

Encouraging the automobile industry has finally been put on the agenda, and there were no conditions for development before, and in places where there were not even decent cement roads, the production of cars was a death, and the whole world could not compete with the United States, not because the Americans had strong technical capabilities, but because the conditions in the United States were good, and the most important thing was that the United States had a huge middle class.

And through these years of development, especially this world war, the wealthy class has long been calculated in millions, not to mention those entrepreneurs, even those technical backbones have also accumulated a lot of family property, and cars are within their affordability.

The automobile industry is the backbone industry of the future, as long as the conditions are met, Yang Chao will not hesitate to support.

It's just that the concept of Maybach is actually not very suitable, because Maybach insists on luxury cars, the best technology, the best decoration, and the highest price.

Therefore, Yang Chao only intends to use Maybach as a business card, so that the world can establish the business card of Chinese automobiles, and the real cheap car is the direction of the automobile industry.

After the meeting, Yang Chao immediately introduced an automobile industry promotion plan, actively encourage the development of the automobile industry, starting from the third year of the Republic (1918), all automobile factories set up in China, can enjoy eighty percent of the tax exemption treatment, and exports will be fully tax refunded. At the same time, restrictions were imposed on the import of automobiles, and after the British took back the right to tariff, Yang Chao planned to impose 800% import duties.

Yang Chao himself also mobilized a sum of money to set up a Yangzi Automobile Fund, which is specially used to provide initial capital and venture capital for those who have technology and love cars.

At the same time, the policy is advertised in the newspapers.

In fact, in various cities, cars are not rare, tens of thousands of American cars imported into China, half of which are Ford, half are General Motors, that is, there is not a single car produced by the Chinese themselves.

However, in response to the demand for these cars, auto repair workshops have appeared, most of which cooperate with American auto factories to import their parts for repair.

Obviously, the auto industry has become an industry, and it has the ability to survive in China, at least to support one factory.

Yang Chao believes that through encouragement, some repairmen will definitely switch from car repair to car production, and this is how technology is exchanged and developed.

Encourage the automobile industry, because this is the future industry that is about to explode, but it is not only the automobile industry that is the future industry, but also the aircraft industry. (To be continued.) )