Under Situ Nan's leadership, Zhang Xiaoruo met with Chrysler in New York, and soon reached a cooperation agreement after negotiations.

Chrysler was about to reorganize the Dodge Automobile Company and eliminate the old production line, so it packaged an old truck production line and an old car production line with a full set of technology and sold it to Dasheng Group at a low price.

Zhang Xiaoruo was a little dissatisfied and asked Chrysler Automobile Company to provide technical support to ensure that Dasheng Group could digest the "backward" automobile technology in the United States.

Chrysler agreed to the request and sent technicians to China to help the students.

"I sold a bunch of garbage and went back, I don't know if it's useful?"

Zhang Xiaoruo approached Situ Nan to complain about the unfair treatment he had suffered at Chrysler Motor Company.

"Do you think I'll be able to get someone to sell you the best and latest production line?"

Situ Nan glanced at Zhang Xiaoruo and ignored his complaints.

Although he did not intervene, he also knew that Chrysler did not cheat Zhang Xiaoruo, and although the technical equipment sold to Dasheng was a little old, he was willing to send engineers to China to teach the full set of automobile manufacturing technology to Chinese technicians.

It is estimated that this kind of sincere attitude was only found in the history of the Soviet Union's assistance to China after 1949.

"Don't complain, for Dasheng, what does it matter if the technology is backward, the most important thing is to digest Chrysler's automobile manufacturing technology, lay a good foundation, and develop better cars by yourself in the future, why not ask others."

Situ Nan comforted again.

"Hehe, I also complained casually, I just wanted more benefits, but I didn't expect to be criticized by you.

I understand the reason, I also considered and compared the choice of Chrysler, and Toyota's automobile manufacturing technology and equipment from Ford Motor is not as comprehensive as what we get from Chrysler.

We at Dasheng Loom were originally the best textile machinery company in the world. If you have machinery manufacturing technology, rest assured, you can guarantee that you will be able to build an automobile factory within a year, and the first car will be put into production and sent to you. ”

Zhang Xiaoruo joked.

looked at Situ Nan with some gratitude, without Situ Nan's connection, he might not have been able to get so many benefits from Chrysler Motor Company. As far as he knew. It is not only the two East Asian automobiles that Taisheng and Toyota are interested in acquiring automobile technology in the United States, but also the Soviets.

The Soviets were interested in buying Ford's Model T line, but Ford didn't sell it, they found other American auto giants, and the Americans didn't sell it, and the Soviets finally had to leave the United States in disappointment and return to Europe to try their luck.

Zhang Xiaoruo knows so much about the situation, in comparison, Dasheng is still relatively lucky.

He did not yet know that it was the Italians who the Soviets finally found. Spent a lot of money to buy a more backward car production line from Fiat.

After talking to Situ Nan about his idea of Dasheng Automobile, he received Situ Nan's encouragement and affirmation.

He returned to Los Angeles, found Cummins Electric, purchased a batch of advanced machine tools from Cummins Electric, and finally left the United States to return to Shanghai to start a second business.

In 1928, Zhang Xiaoruo registered and established Dasheng Automobile Company in Shanghai, and the automobile production line was located in Baoshan Xingang Industrial Zone. Prepare for an ambitious foray into the automotive industry.

At the same time, he also cooperated with Yangzi Machinery Industry Company. The two companies will establish a joint venture automotive engine company in Shanghai.

Then he cooperated with Meihua Rubber Company and encouraged Meihua Rubber Company to establish a tire production line in Shanghai.

In less than half a year, Dasheng Automobile Company has pulled dozens of automobile-related companies into one camp, and it has become the hottest topic in Shanghai.

This put a lot of pressure on the Shanghai business machinery company, which mainly focuses on automobile assembly, and the newspapers also compared the two companies from time to time, in the social atmosphere of advocating domestic products. The appearance of Dasheng Automobile undoubtedly compared the assembled cars of Shanghai Business Machinery Company.

The pressure fell on Song Ziliang, the head of the Song family's business field, and the Song Zi'an brothers, who assisted Song Ziliang, who was only in his early twenties, joined the Shanghai Commercial Machinery Company after studying in the United States and became his brother's right-hand man.

He had little interest in politics and studied business. Interested in business.

When he was in the United States, he realized that the American automobile industry was strong, but he himself was not fascinated by the automobile industry, and the Song brothers were not so impulsive to automobile manufacturing, but they made a lot of profits from automobile assembly and import business every year.

"Brother, you see that the newspapers say that our company is a comprador who helps foreigners earn Chinese's money, and holds Dasheng cars so high, as if he Zhang Xiaoruo is a national hero."

It's too much, why don't we make cars too. ”

Song Zi'an was dissatisfied, the proud son of heaven, who was only in his early twenties, couldn't stand the contempt of others the most, and he had an impulse to build a car to prove himself.

"Build a car? It's hard, it's not as easy as selling a car! Although we have also assembled cars for sale over the years, they have already made spare parts, and we have assembled them directly, and the technical difficulty will be much lower. ”

Song Ziliang is not so impulsive, although he entered the automobile manufacturing industry, their Song family is better than others in all aspects, but he is not so interested, and he does not have so much energy, rather than investing a large amount of money in difficult projects such as automobile manufacturing, it is better to invest in banking finance or other commercial projects.

"Isn't it just a sofa with four wheels? I really don't believe you can't build a car. Song Zi'an said confidently.

"A couch with four wheels? It's so easy to say! ”

Song Zi smiled in his conscience, young people are impulsive, easy to be provoked, people say you can't do it, you just have to prove to others that you can do it.

It's not good to pour cold water on my younger brother, and said slowly: "If you enter the field of automobile manufacturing from automobile assembly and sales, the investment is very large, such a big thing, let's see what the eldest brother and sister say." As for me, I have no objection. ”

The two brothers rushed to Wuhan and told them about it at a family meeting in front of the eldest brother Song Ziwen and the third sister Song ML.

And, of course, the eldest sister and the eldest brother-in-law.

As for the second sister, she didn't care much about the Song family's business.

"You're going to build cars, too?" Song Ziwen was very surprised by Song Zi'an's decision, as far as he knew, this younger brother used to be interested in finance and banking, but he was talked about by people in the newspaper. Is it a change of character?

"Don't take the words in the newspaper too seriously, those people are just red-eyed, and Dasheng Automobile just added fuel to the fire, made a good advertisement, and squeezed our Song family intentionally or unintentionally. It's not a big deal, it's gone by quickly. ”

Song ML said lightly.

Zhang Xiaoruo established Dasheng Automobile Company in Shanghai and entered the automobile manufacturing industry, Dasheng Automobile has also received strong support from the Meihua Bank, and the Meihua Consortium has poured a lot of resources into Dasheng Automobile, and Dasheng Automobile has Situ Nan behind the support, and the Meihua Consortium has been adhering to Situ Nan's will and sparing no effort to invest in the field of industrial manufacturing.

Song Ziwen and Song ML both knew about this, and they were once the talk after dinner. It's just that I didn't expect my younger brother to be stimulated.

"Third sister, why don't you think so? I admit that I was stimulated at first, but then I calmed down and felt that it was a good idea, because the automobile will become the most promising industry in the future, and whoever occupies the automobile market will have the possibility of gaining more influence on the national economic map.

Otherwise, why does Dasheng Group do a good job in textile and manufacturing textile machinery? What about making a lot of money every year, and suddenly breaking into the field of automobile manufacturing with a thankless effort? They. It also takes a fancy to the broad prospects of the automobile market. ”

Song Zi'an said, "I discussed it with my second brother, and he also thought he could give it a try." ”

Song Ziliang saw that he was carried out by his younger brother as a shield, and he also agreed: "Although our Song family has developed well in the field of finance and trade, Shanghai Commercial Bank can rank among the top ten in China, and Shanghai Commercial Machinery Company is also a well-known trade dealer in China. And our match factory is also very large, accounting for almost a quarter of the national market, but we do not have much power in the field of industrial manufacturing.

In the past two years, the domestic industrial manufacturing has developed rapidly, and our shortcomings in the field of industrial manufacturing have gradually become prominent, and the overall development is not as good as those companies in Shanghai that focus on industrial manufacturing.

So I think. This is an opportunity. ”

Song Ziwen nodded: "It makes sense, although I have been the president of Wuhan Iron and Steel Industry Company and personally pulled up Wuhan Iron and Steel Plant and Yangzi Machinery Company, but this has nothing to do with the Song family, and I am ashamed to say that I have never had the opportunity to turn the Song family's industry into the field of industrial manufacturing over the years."

Zi'an has such a good ambition, and he is not afraid to tell you that the focus of the government's work in the future is still on infrastructure construction, investing hundreds of millions of yuan in transportation construction projects, and a considerable part of the resources will be shifted from railway to highway construction.

Now is the time to enter the automotive industry. ”

"The Ministry of Transportation wants to overhaul the road? Why don't I know? Song ML looked at Song Ziwen suspiciously and asked.

Song Ziwen looked at his sister, with an expression of "you are making a fuss" on her face, and thought: "You are now focused on taking care of your children at home, and you are not a government official, I don't know if this is not normal?" ”

"Build two expressways, one is the Guangdong-Hanzhou Expressway and the other is the Shanghai-Hankou Expressway, and at the same time introduce policies and regulations on expressways to encourage Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai and other big cities to build surrounding road networks."

Song Ziwen explained, adding another sentence, "There is also the Wuhan petrochemical project led by the eldest brother-in-law, which is actually part of the highway construction." ”

"I see, it seems that the car will replace the railway, and it is the most worthwhile investment project in the future." Song ML said, and turned to Song Zi'an, "In this case, my sister supports you." ”

"Thank you, third sister." Song Zi'an was very happy to hear it, the third sister has a transcendent status, who in the family doesn't give her face, with her support, the matter will be half of the matter.

At the family meeting, the Song family unanimously agreed that Song Zi'an would build a car, and everyone had different opinions on the location of the automobile factory.

Song Ziliang and Song Zi'an are inclined to Shanghai Baoshan Xingang Industrial Zone, believing that Shanghai's industrial base, market, raw material procurement and other aspects are good.

But Song Ziwen and Song ML feel that Shanghai already has Dasheng Automobile, so why not avoid Dasheng Automobile and go to Wuhan, which is also excellent in all aspects?

Song Zi'an insisted on his opinion, and he said to his brothers and sisters: "I know that if the automobile factory is in Wuhan, with the power of our Song family, it is estimated that no one will dare to bully me, but you are worried about the problem of competition with Dasheng Automobile, in my opinion, this is not a big problem, is there no strong competition in Wuhan?"

I heard that the trucks made by the Wudou Tractor Factory were approved by the military, and didn't the military also make cars at the Jinling Automobile Factory in Nanjing?

Competition is everywhere, and you can't avoid it. Similarly, the more competitive the place, the best industrial conditions, in addition to the three major automobile companies in Detroit, there are not many automobile companies and hundreds of automobile manufacturing-related enterprises?

Let's be in Shanghai! The name is SAIC! ”

Song Zi'an said hesitantly.

He thought a lot about his future, and he was like a thorough one, the second brother Song Ziliang was in charge of the bank's commercial business, and if he didn't want to follow the second brother's ass, he could only start from scratch and use all kinds of favorable resources to break out of the world in the field of automobile industry.

Song Zi'an used his connections to easily recruit a group of entrepreneurial teams with technical and management experience from industrial giants such as Wuhan Iron Works, Yangzi Machinery Company, and National Railway Company to join SAIC.

At the same time, it also grabbed a piece of land in the second phase of the hot-selling Shanghai Baoshan Xingang Industrial Zone project, and "lived" next to the advanced Dasheng Automobile Company in the Xingang Industrial Zone.

In the automobile industry ecosystem established by Dasheng Automobile Company, it is very likely that some resources will be "intercepted" by the Song family. For example, the giants of Meihua Tire Company, Meihua Electric Company, and Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant, they promise to cooperate with Dasheng Automobile Company, and they will also cooperate with Shanghai Automotive Company.

After all, a giant is a giant, unlike some auto parts factories controlled by Dasheng Group, which were kept in captivity by Dasheng Automobile Company, and will not cooperate with other automobile companies without the consent of Dasheng Automobile.

After learning that the two families were pouring into the second phase of the project, the industrial district government quickly adjusted the planning of the industrial park, established an automobile industrial park centered on Dasheng Automobile Company and Shanghai Automotive Company, and encouraged more automobile-related enterprises to settle in the industrial park.

The U.S.-China Bank, the Bank of China, and the Song family's Shanghai Commercial Bank have also joined forces to form a banking syndicate to provide financial support to companies in the automotive industrial zone.

Even Chrysler Motor Company, which did not pay much attention to Dasheng Automobile and sold technology and equipment to Dasheng Automobile, quickly changed its attitude after learning that the Chinese had suddenly established an automobile industrial zone in Shanghai and considered investing in automobile factories in China.

"Interesting, really interesting!"

Situ Nan suddenly received a telegram from Song ML, who told Situ that Song Zian would take a team to the United States to inspect the automobile industry and asked Situ Nan to help.

After learning that his brother-in-law was aroused to enter the automobile industry, Situ Nan was immediately happy, and seemed to change history slightly.

Of course, Song Zi'an alone has no ability to stir up the domestic auto industry, and it is the US-China consortium and the Zhi Gong Party government that are really behind the scenes.

Perhaps Baoshan Iron and Steel Company is the biggest beneficiary!

And then there are the oil companies! (To be continued.) )