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"Young Master, is Mr. Xu looking for you?" He Xiangu walked over with Xu Zhouyang behind her. (To read the latest chapters of this book, please visit the biquge.info of Wèn Aishang Novel Network)

This girl didn't know that Situ Nan was just discussing something about her!

"Stoney, you're so idle!" Xu Zhouyang looked at the vast sea and smiled cheerfully.

"There's nothing to talk about, come out and blow the wind, people are more comfortable." Situ Nan has a deep understanding of the ship, when he was a crew member on the Titanic, he liked to watch the sea on the deck, sometimes for a whole day, when he was sad about the loss of his relatives and the melancholy of knowing the sinking of the Titanic, he faced the sea on the deck, and his heart would be more open-minded.

Now Situ Nan has also become a first-class passenger, but he doesn't like to talk endlessly with those people who think they are superior to others with a little money but think they are wealthy, and they brag and fart, so the habit of watching the sea blowing on the deck is retained.

Speaking of which, this is an era of pervasive discrimination! The passenger ship does not study, and the yellow race is asked to do the first class, even if Situ Nan pays a high price, the shipping company does not read and agrees. began to get on the boat as much as possible and avoid Rocky, Situ Nan and his group rushed to the boat, but they didn't care. Situ Nan could have made a first-class ticket, but He Xiangu, Xu Zhouyang, and Song Meiling could only stay in the second-class cabin, which Situ Nan had earned.

In the past few days, pouring tea and water, dressing and eating, someone has served him thoughtfully, and now that there is no He Xiangu by his side for a while, Situ Nan is a little uncomfortable.

People, always accustomed to comfortable enjoyment!

"Zhouyang, I want to ask you a question. Would you say it would be better to build a car factory in Los Angeles or California or to Detroit in the east? Is there an advantage to running the automobile industry on our side? Situ Nan thought about this question for a long time, but he still didn't make up his mind.

It's really hard to say. Although Xu Zhouyang has good attainments in the research of Aishang's novel network machine, he is not too sure about the issue of industrial layout.

After pondering for a while, Xu Zhouyang said: "What we consider is nothing more than three aspects: raw materials, production and market. The raw material for automobile production is mainly steel, but in this regard, California is not as good as Detroit and other eastern industrial cities, and the large steel companies in the United States are mostly located in large eastern cities such as Pittsburgh and Chicago, and they have an advantage in technology. Especially in terms of mass production, eastern cities such as Detroit have large numbers of skilled workers, which is better than we do in the west. And the eastern cities developed earlier, and they were more prosperous than the western cities on the western side of California. From these points of view, it is better for the auto industry to be in Detroit. ”

Xu Zhouyang paused, and then said: "Actually, it's not impossible to run an automobile industry in California. Although California developed relatively late, but after so many years of western development, California's industrial base has been established, although the steel industry is not as large as the east, and the technical base is not as strong as the eastern industrial cities, but it is not without a comparative force, these gaps can be caught up with time, like our California Aishang Novel Network Berkeley is not as famous as the Eastern Aishang Novel Network, but we will not be inferior to them at all in terms of technology.

California railways and highways are well developed, in addition to trains, cars are also an important means of transportation, which indicates that automobiles will become popular in this country. Actually, it is not that it will be, but that it has been. More and more people are opting for cars, and they are gradually moving away from traditional horse-drawn carriages, especially for farmers, who can quickly transport their produce to the city for sale.

In fact, there are already some auto industries in California, but they are all small and medium-sized car factories, not as spectacular as Detroit's car factories.

In fact, with the development of industry and the expansion of enterprises, factories will not be concentrated in their original places, but will spread, especially close to the market to set up their production bases......

My conclusion was that if you want to see immediate results, buying a car factory in Detroit's eastern industrial cities is the best option.

If you are not in a hurry, it is also ideal to build an automotive industry in California, where the potential for development is endless. ”

"Okay! Zhouyang! With so much to say, it seems that it is a waste for you not to go to the enterprise to do research. Situ Nan said a little teasingly, "Why don't you become the general manager of the automobile company?" ”

"I can't do this, it's okay to talk about it, it's okay to play tricks, but I can't do it if you want to practice it. Besides, these are the results of my usual discussions with my tutors and classmates at school, and we have also popularized some industry knowledge in the research of Nei Ai Shang novels. I'm going to do some research. ”

Xu Zhouyang hurriedly waved his hand, and after getting acquainted with Situ Nan, he spoke more directly. Xu Zhouyang has not stayed in his uncle's restaurant in vain these days, and after Situ Nan left, he also inquired about Situ Nan, although he was not very clear, but one thing was certain, Situ Nan was really rich.

And now that the United States has a booming industry, a prosperous economy, and investments in almost all walks of life are making money, Situ Nan's proposal to run a car is really true. This is already the second time they have touched on this topic.

However, in his heart, technical research and creating bigger, stronger and more efficient engines are what Xu Zhouyang is interested in, not just cars, but things have to come step by step.

Xu Zhouyang was right, he really didn't understand investment and business matters, so Situ Nan didn't plan to discuss these business matters with him, and the two also talked about airplanes from cars.

The twentieth century was really the era of the net machine of Nei Aishang's novels, as the power of the engine became more and more powerful, human beings could not only run on land but also fly to the sky, drill into the sea, and expand the battlefield into the sky and the sea.

At the beginning of the war, the planes were only used for reconnaissance, and even if the two sides were fighting to death on the ground, the pilots of both sides met in the sky and greeted each other warmly!

However, this "friendly" encounter changed forever when a German pilot raised his hand in the air to greet a French pilot in the air, as was customary, and was ignored by the other party, and even pulled out his pistol and shot himself.

The hot face was not only attached to the cold ass, but also the cold ass that shot himself, and the German pilot was naturally furious, and he also raised his gun to shoot at the other side. It's a pity that shooting with a pistol in the air is like hitting mosquitoes with a cannon, not to mention hitting mosquitoes, it's hard to see even a shadow, and I don't know if the bullet will hit someone on the ground.

But this probability is too small! It is said that Newton suddenly opened his mind when his head was smashed by an apple, (Newton was said to be stupid when he was a child, not at all smart, and Einstein was like that.) Are geniuses stupid when they are children? Discovered gravity. If it wasn't an apple that smashed him, but a bullet fired by some angry but ineffective guy on it, I wonder if he would have discovered Niu Er's law: f=ma? Unless he has practiced iron head skills, he will have a brain jump!

Well, it's a bit verbose, let's look at the sky.

Great warriors, warriors soaring through the sky! After the two pilots on both sides struggled for a while, they shot their pistols empty, and after wasting the bullets, neither of them could help anyone, and after cordially greeting each other's female relatives and friends, they could only shake their wings and fly back stupidly.

What a pain! However, for the first time, humans have taken the beam in the air, and next time there will be so much to talk about, see if I don't rush you with a gun!

In this regard, the romantic French are okay to drink coffee and flirt with the women of Paris, or the German Hans is more good at fiddling with the machine, and after installing a firing coordinator in front of the plane, the machine gun can fire bullets from the front of the plane.

Poor Frenchman, originally he prepared two pistols, shot left and right, and drove with both feet, for which he practiced hard for a long time, just to prepare to teach the Germans a lesson, but I didn't expect the other party to be so shameless that he actually loaded all the machine guns on the plane, isn't this chivalry at all? The Count of Monte Cristo had to throw a handkerchief in the face before the duel, and now this ······

I don't know if that's the case, the French hated airplanes, it should be said that they were Germans' planes, and after the war, they actually dismantled all the Germans' planes and split them as firewood! Germans, don't think about owning planes!

Situ Nan found that his divergent thinking was really powerful, it should be said that he was a bit strict, he thought of the plane from the car, and he also remembered such a rich plot from the plane.

It seems that Einstein was also a very divergent thinker?

Otherwise, I wouldn't have won the Dynamite Award twice! Do you still have a talent for advanced theory? Is it to take out some photoelectric effect and some relativity theory to bluff people?

Well, the specific theory can't be done by Situ Nan, but he still knows the general meaning, it seems that he is looking for a "gunman" to polish it and sort it out, "Dude, remember to sign my name, everyone will publish it together", wouldn't he become the first Chinese to win the Dynamite Award!

What an achievement! Proud, right!? Maybe when you live to be 81 years old, you can marry an 18-year-old ** brittle little sister! There are 15, 13 of the best!

The little sister is gone now, when Situ Nan and Xu Zhouyang were talking about things, except for Han Gang, who was not far from Situ Nan, He Xiangu had already left with interest.

Let's find Xu Zhouyang! ready-made, after all, his theoretical level is much stronger than his own! After talking about cars, engines, airplanes, and eating a few meals of melamine before getting cancer, Situ Nan told Xu Zhouyang some theories that seemed to be award-winning, but it seemed too advanced, Xu Zhouyang was not very familiar with these fields, and he didn't know what Situ Nan was talking about, so he didn't pay attention to it.

"It's really intentional to plant flowers that don't bloom! Xu Zhouyang, you are gone, you won't be able to marry ** brittle then, don't blame your buddies for not taking care of you! Seeing that Xu Zhouyang didn't call, Situ Nan also stopped this prank.

Although there is no bomb award, he is not a "patent control" like Edison, Situ Nan is just a businessman who sometimes loves fantasy, but when he returns to think about reality but is shrewd and pragmatic, he is not nothing, on the ship back to Los Angeles Situ Nan has made up his mind to invest in cars, just in California. Even an aircraft giant like Boeing can grow up in California, and Situ Nan doesn't believe that he can't even build a car.

However, Detroit can't give up. After all, the location advantage of the Eastern Great Lakes Industrial Zone is too strong! Let's grab it with both hands!

If you look at Ford's Model T, you can see how simple the current car is, with four wheels, an engine, a chain, two gears, and no cover, still running all over the world.

Well, this is also a sports car, although it doesn't look luxurious at all, Situ Nan usually doesn't want to sit in it. The shock absorption is not good, what is the effect of this car shock? The egg hurts! But don't think crooked!

Now the largest car company in the United States is General Motors, and it may always be in the future, and the second place is Ford, and it may always be in the future, well, when Situ Nan crossed, Ford was already the second in a century.

The Model T is a good and inexpensive car that Americans like, especially those farmers who pull goods. However, GM's Buick cars are more luxurious and look good, so Situ Nan's family also has two luxury Buicks that are not luxurious at all in his eyes.

There is also a truck, Dodge brand, name brand! But it's not good, so let's use it!

Finally make your own car! Situ Nan was a little excited when he thought about it, and he even thought of a promotional means to buy a car and get gasoline! This trick is learned from the sinful 10086.

Situ Nan calculated the money in his hand, and he could really squeeze out a large amount of money! Not 100 million, but tens of millions of dollars, the initial investment is not that much, and it costs $500,000 to buy a large car factory in California. In addition, the use of its own steel company can reduce the cost of production a lot.

With sufficient financial support, it is not impossible to become a large enterprise like GM and Ford in five or six years. The three major automobile companies in the United States, in addition to GM and Ford, the third Chrysler has not yet been born!

But this has to fall on GM, it should be said that someone from GM.

In recent years, Western oil has expanded violently, like a chicken that lays golden eggs, and more like a gold-sucking beast, and the money earned has been turned around on the books and then all invested in expanding reproduction, and I am dissatisfied! So don't try to draw money out of it, but invest money to nourish this little beast and make it grow stronger.

Situ Nan of the iron and steel plant also invested a lot, but under Situ Nan's fattening, there is a faint style of a western steel giant, but it will have to wait until the last phase of the construction project in the second half of 1917 next year to be completed, and don't want to get a return from it for the time being.

But what's there? The stocks of steel, arms, oil, and other large companies that Situ Nan bought in the early days of the war rose two or three times after two years, but they have not yet risen to the highest point, and it is a pity to sell them now, at least until the United States declares its entry into the war, and it is not easy to sell them before 1918.

The most profitable thing now is the food company in Situ Nan's hands, which has expanded its production base to agricultural regions across the United States, such as livestock in Texas, corn in Iowa, Kansas, and dairy in the northeastern states.

The agriculture of the Northeast states, which was the traditional sphere of influence of the Northeast Boston Consortium, had been infiltrated by Situ Nan, which was a remarkable achievement. The agricultural products produced by the food company's production bases in various states are processed by their own factories and supplied to the American market, while all kinds of canned meat, fruits, and flour are continuously exported to Britain, France, Russia and other countries, with an annual income of more than 100 million yuan.

I think that at the beginning, Situ Nan sent people to get livestock and grain contracts for the next two years from those agricultural companies, farmers, and ranchers with checks, and squandered more than $30 million in just half a year.

Stockpiled a large amount of grain and livestock, no need to speculate Situ Nan, affected by the war, the price of grain and meat continued to rise, and those farmers regretted it so much! At that time, when Situ Nan bought their products, it was already much higher than the market price, and he was really greedy!

This is a profitable business, and investing in agriculture may not have as high a rate of return as industry, but it is better to be stable, and as long as it continues, American agriculture will continue to thrive.

Of course, Situ Nan's actions did not stop there, all kinds of information about the agricultural company were transmitted to Robles in the east, so Robles of Tongguò Food Company had a large amount of information on agricultural production, and it was like a fish in water in the futures speculation in New York, and the newborn Robles Securities quickly opened up the situation with successive successes, won the trust of many customers, and more and more investors handed over their money to Robles Securities.

In New York, Robles Securities is already a little famous.

This was indeed an era of rampant speculation, and there was no trouble from the Securities Regulatory Commission or anything to find Situ Nan, so aside from his scruples, Situ Nan and Robles cooperated seamlessly, and the money fell into the pockets of Situ Nan and Robles from the hands of investors, and then flowed into the accounts of food companies as soon as they changed hands.

Sufficient funds accelerated the development of food companies, and after successive acquisitions of a number of food processing plants, the company's production scale increased significantly, especially the production of canned meat accounted for 10% of the total production of canned meat in the United States, which has surpassed the Boston consortium in the Northeast.

However, it is difficult to monopolize the food industry after all, which is already the limit of the expansion of the Situ Nan consortium. Agriculture has a bearing on the national economy and the people's livelihood, and can only be speculated in a special period, and it is not appropriate to engage in such speculative activities all the time. Since the scale is large enough, it is better to invest the excess funds in emerging industries. For cars, electricity is a good choice.

After all, automobiles are a capital- and technology-intensive industry, and they cannot be built overnight. After returning to Los Angeles, Situ Nan bought a car factory, and the original owner because of poor management, although the cars produced were of good quality, but they were expensive and did not sell well, and they were almost bankrupt by Ford's Model T, and they owed a large amount of debt to the bank, so Situ Nan took it over without much effort, spending less than $500,000, including paying off the bank's debt.

After the owner of the original car factory got the money, he ran to study his favorite race car, leaving Situ Nan with a mess. How to clean up this mess, Situ Nan has to think carefully.

The factory is located in Long Beach City, close to the port, 30 kilometers away from Los Angeles, and the transportation is very convenient.

At the same time, Long Beach also has Occidental Petroleum refineries, and petrochemical plants, is the western oil center, although the headquarters of Occidental Petroleum moved to Texas, but has never given up California, this is not only the place where Stuart and Nan started, Long Beach near the land and offshore are buried a lot of oil.

Situ Nan did not plan to manage the automobile factory by himself, and could not find a suitable candidate for a while, so he could only carry out financial liquidation, and the company was temporarily operated by the original management. However, he gave an order to send people to study the production and management of Ford cars. In the automotive industry, Ford has always been a benchmark enterprise, especially the assembly line production of Ford automobiles, which is a major invention of modern industry. Learn from Ford, and there must be nothing wrong with reading.

The only thing that has changed a little is that Situ Nan has established a Nei Ai Shang novel network machine company, called Cummins Power, well, Situ Nan likes the name Cummins very much, so he borrowed it.

The first technical engineer of Cummins Power is Xu Zhouyang, and there are three divisions below, namely the gasoline engine division, the diesel engine division, and the aircraft engine division.

However, after a lot of technicians were transferred from the original automobile company, there was still a lack of manpower, such as the aircraft engine division. Situ Nan's development goal for Cummins Power is the world's top 500 General Dynamics in his previous life, so he did not hang Cummins Power under the automobile factory at the beginning, but became independent.

In the future, Cummins Power should be a large enterprise that provides power equipment for aircraft and ships, and become a leader in power.

The ideal is bright, but the reality is pale. Now Cummins Power is very simple in all aspects, more of a research institute, and has not yet produced any new products.

However, Xu Zhouyang, who took on the important responsibility, was recruiting non-stop after getting the long-coveted funds, first relying on his own relationship with the University of Berkeley of the California Aishang Novel Network, and a group of outstanding professors were co-opted to Cummins.

At the same time, Xu Zhouyang also led people to Chicago in the east, Detroit City to dig people, at present, the Northeast has the best heavy industry base, the most advanced technology, the most developed production, steel center, automobile center, shipbuilding center are in the Northeast Industrial Zone.

Detroit, where there are GM, Ford, and the future Chrysler, Situ Nan glanced at the East, and his mind suddenly drifted to the busy assembly room of the Ford Motor Factory.

There are also engines for airplanes flying in the sky that are also produced by Cummins Power.

This is an ambition, Situ Nan thought of the three GM brothers in his previous life, General Electric, General Motors, and General Dynamics, each of which was a leader in the industry.

Situ Nan's heart was a little itchy, he hated to see a brand comparable to GM immediately: Cummins.

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