Li Yin was well aware of the importance of the assembly line, so as soon as Yan Shao left the research institute, he had already begun to select reliable people from among the researchers.

In the beginning, the institute was basically supported by foreign scientists, but after several years of development, there are now many domestic scientists in the institute. So even if those foreign scientists are deliberately removed, Li Yin still has a lot of choice.

In just one day, Li Yin selected 7 people from more than 20 Chinese scientists, seven people who are strong enough and trustworthy.

"A hundredfold increase in productivity?"

Hearing Li Yin say this, one of the seven people he found was a little unconvinced.

Not only him, but the other six people also looked suspicious.

Seeing that everyone else didn't believe it much, Li Yin's heart was also a little apprehensive. In his opinion, the 'assembly line' proposed by Yan Shao is absolutely no problem in theory, but the number of thousands of times is only conjecture after all, and no one knows how much Lu Dao can achieve before it is realized, and Li Yin himself does not dare to pat his chest and make a guarantee, after all, if it is wrong, it will become a joke in the future.

Therefore, Li Yin did not dwell too much on this issue, but just expounded the theory of 'assembly line' proposed by Yan Shao.

Assembly line production, also known as assembly line production, refers to a form of production organization in which the labor object is continuously processed and produced in order through various work sites according to a certain process route and a unified production speed. It is a further development of the specialized organizational form of the object, and it is a form of production organization with a relatively fine division of labor and high production efficiency.

Originally, the other seven people were still a little dissatisfied with Li Yin's so-called 'improving by a hundred times'. But after listening to Li Yin's explanation, the seven people also became serious.

Because on the surface, the 'assembly line' proposed by Li Yin is theoretically impeccable.

"If it can be realized, a hundred times may be an exaggeration. But there is no doubt that it can be greatly improved..."After listening to Li Yin's explanation, after thinking for a while in his mind, Kuang Ying said softly.

Li Haiying on the side also nodded. "It's a bit of an exaggeration to say a hundred times or something, but if it can be realized, maybe it will set off a second industrial revolution..."

This is a bit exaggerated, but the 'assembly line' has indeed played a great role in accelerating the industrialization of the world.

Seeing that the other seven people all agreed, Li Yin's face was overjoyed.

"That's what the words say. I'm sure you understand what I mean. The boss meant that let's set up a group to focus on the 'assembly line', especially the 'assembly line' dedicated to the production of cars..."

Speaking of this, Li Yin paused and said. "Everybody knows that. The elimination of cars and horses has become inevitable, and the world of the future will become the world of trains and cars. In other words, our country must have our own cars, originally with the degree of industrialization of our country. Even if you do build a car factory, you may not be able to compete with other countries. But if we have an assembly line, with the improved work efficiency, we will reach the same level as the British and American powers in terms of production capacity, and we can even sell our cars to the whole world with the cost advantage..."

Hearing Li Yin say this, Kuang Ying became a little excited. "What do you say, we'll all listen to you..."

"That's right," others arrived, and scientists at this time, like many people in other professions, had a strong sense of national sensibilities. Now that Li Yin has drawn such a big cake for them, they naturally have no reason not to be excited.

"First of all, we need to figure out the idea. In addition, before leaving, the boss asked me to tell everyone that this matter must not be leaked, even if it is the people in the research institute..."

Kuang Ying and Li Haiying glanced at each other and nodded. "Understood..."

"That's okay..."Li Yin nodded. In a while, I will arrange a more remote room for the research of the people in the group, and there are two other tasks that need to be arranged, one is to develop a low-cost car similar to the Ford Model T, and the other is to find a way to simplify the structure of the 'Liulan' car as much as possible, but the most important thing is the assembly line, so I will hand over those two tasks to other teams to do..."

Speaking of which, Li Yin also admired Ford, who invented the Model T.

Before the advent of the 'assembly line', the automobile industry at that time was completely handicraft, three or two people in partnership, buying an engine, designing a gearbox, with wheels, brakes, seats, assembling one, selling one, each car was a different model. Due to the low start-up capital requirements and the simplicity of production, more than 50 new car workshops enter the automotive industry every year, most of which survive for less than a year.

Due to the backward production methods, the production of automobiles is very low and the cost remains high. At the beginning of the 20th century, a car sold for about $2, $3,000 or even $3,4000 in the United States. This is equivalent to the income of an average person for several years. At this price, the car is only a luxury for a few wealthy people, a symbol of high status in society. In this case, the automotive market can only be a very small market.

Later, Ford decided that in order to turn the car market into a market that could generate huge profits, it had to turn cars into consumer goods that ordinary people could afford, and to achieve this, drastically reducing prices was the key. In other words, if Ford wants to make big changes, it has to find a way to produce cars that are much cheaper.

So the Model T came along, and at a time when other car companies were assembling 728 man-hours per car, Ford simplified the design, and the standard parts of the Model T reduced this to 12.5 hours.

Ford's later production of 15 million Model Ts also had a lot to do with this simplified design.

The simplified design not only reduced production time, but also reduced the cost of production, so it is not surprising that the Model T sold 15 million units by 1927.

When Yan Shao asked Li Yin to design a low-cost car similar to the Model T, Li Yin already understood what he meant. The performance of 'Liulan' is not mentioned for the time being. It is true that the comfort and other cars of this era are surpassing, but the problem is that the structure of this car has become very complex and not suitable for mass production like the Model T.

So design a low-cost car similar to the Model T. And it became a matter of course.

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After Li Yin and Kuang Ying talked about the 'assembly line', Yan Shao went to the research institute again the next day.

But this time, he didn't go alone, but brought more than a dozen people from the special affairs department, and their task was to make sure that the institute would not be mixed in by anyone and then mixed out.

Of course, their transfer was secret, because he knew very well that many scientists had a stubborn temper, so even Li Yin didn't know the true identities of these people.

"Remember. You must not let people get in..."Seeing that he was about to arrive at the research institute, Yan Shao said to a young man with an ordinary face and a public face beside him.

"Don't worry. Boss—" the young man smiled. "We'll be watching this place closely..."

"Hmm..."Hearing him say this, Yan Shao nodded his head.

Although there may not be anyone who will run to the research institute to steal information, the problem of the 'assembly line' is too important, so Yan Shao has to guard against it.

After arranging the young man and a dozen other people into the security department, logistics and canteen departments of the institute. Yan Shao found Li Yin, who was still studying the 'assembly line'—————— he was not worried that Li Yin would find out who he had inserted. Because these sub-scientists, except for when they ask for funds, they usually look like they are above the top, and they don't want to contact other people at all, so how can they pay attention to the situation in other departments.

"How? Have you already picked all the people? ”

"I've already picked it..."Taking out a piece of information, Li Yin said to Yan Shao. These are the 7 people I selected this time, all of them are reliable, very capable, and their respective majors meet the requirements..."

"That's good. How's the rest going? ”

"I plan to set up five research groups in the research institute..."After speaking, Li Yin explained to Yan Shao carefully. The first group is naturally studying the 'assembly line', and this one will be led by me. The second group looked at low-cost cars, the third on the simplified solution of the 'Liulan', the fourth on the trucks and tractors you requested, and the fifth on the more powerful engines..."

The heart is strong and sharp.

A strong heart is more important than anything else, so Li Yincai deliberately singled out a group of people to study the problem of the engine.

Seeing that Li Yin had already made arrangements, Yan Shao naturally had no opinions.

After taking a moment to meet with Kuang Ying and them, and explaining the importance of the matter by the way, Yan Shao, who left the research institute, took a boat to Shanghai.

Although the "Congressional Petition Movement" was followed by the Qing court's request, the impact of the stock market crash has not passed, and the once prosperous Shanghai has become much more depressed.

In this case, many people are having a hard time, and the same is true for foreign companies in various countries.

After all, their goods are sold to the Chinese, and in the stock market crash, these foreign companies are not unaffected. At that time, 80% of the stocks in Shanghai were bought by Chinese, but 20% were bought by foreigners, not to mention that in addition to the stocks in Shanghai, there were also many people in London who were selling—————— by the way, at that time, there were actually many Chinese businessmen who bought a lot of stocks from London with the help of intermediaries, and this figure was about 14 million taels...

When Yan Shao arrived at the gate of Lihe Foreign Company, he saw the appearance of the largest foreign company in Germany's Far East.

In fact, benefiting from the false name of the past, the days of Lihe and foreign companies are already the best among all German foreign firms, and other foreign firms may be even worse at this time.

Seeing someone coming in, the staff in the foreign bank immediately became more energetic, and soon someone stepped forward to ask. "Is there anything you need?"

Taking out a business card, Yan Shao smiled at the clerk. "Zai Xia is the boss of the Yushi Group, I don't know if the manager of Lu Daogui Foreign Bank is here now?"

After taking the business card, they had naturally heard the name of Yushi Group, not to mention that it is now the largest industrial group in China, and the iron factory in Xiangshan alone is one of the largest projects of Lihe Foreign Company in China, so after seeing Yan Shao claiming to be the boss of Yushi Group, the staff member was immediately surprised.

"You are Boss Yan..."After speaking, he looked at Yan Shao's somewhat too young face. The clerk hurriedly replied. "Yes, the manager is in the office right now, I'm going to call him for you..."

After speaking, he hurriedly called two colleagues to arrange Yan Shao to the VIP room. He went upstairs, trying to call Urgart out as soon as possible.

In the office, Ergarte is struggling with the quarter's financial report.

Affected by the stock market crash, almost half of China's money banks have closed down, and even more people have been implicated in the stock market crash, and even the business of Shanghai's major foreign banks has also suffered a lot of losses.

If it weren't for the fact that the stock market crash occurred in the second half of the year, I'm afraid these foreign banks would even have some losses.

"I'm afraid there's no need to count on this year. Now we can only hope that things will improve next year..."

Just when Urgarte was still struggling with the financial report, he heard his assistant knock on the door outside. "Manager, just now the people below reported that the boss of the Yushi Group is here. Looks like there's something to see you..."

"Really?" Igat was stunned when he heard the news.

"Really!" The assistant said a little excitedly, and Yan Shao is the biggest industrialist in China, and he obviously came with some big business, and of course he knows very well what the situation of the foreign bank is now. If you can take this business in the hands of Yan Shao. At least this year's prize money is not to be worried.

Urgart also knew this very well, so he didn't dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly followed the assistant in the direction of the VIP room.

In the VIP room, Yan Shaozheng and Xiao Yongyan were drinking tea together, and when they saw Urgat coming, they got up and smiled.

"Mr. Manager, long time no see..."

"yes..."

Saying that, Urgat and Yan Shao exchanged pleasantries for a while, and after some greetings, Yan Shao went straight to the point.

"I'm here this time because I have a business and want to talk to Guiyangxing..." Yan Shao continued. "I'm planning to start a car company in Wuhu this time, so I want to buy some machinery and equipment needed to produce cars through Guiyangxing. I wonder if your company is willing to take over this business? ”

At this time, automobiles were produced by hand in a workshop-style manner, but it was impossible for these things to be produced by hand, from screws and nuts to car tires.

And although it will take a while for Li Yin to get the 'assembly line' out, it will only take longer to get the automobile company, especially the supporting facilities for the production of parts, out of it, so Yan Shao can only try to find a way to get these out first, so at least it won't delay too much time.

"Car company?" This thing is a relatively novel thing even in Germany, but Ergart didn't wonder why Yan Shaowei would get this thing, so he just said. "As long as it is a profitable business, we are willing to do it, but I don't know what your company's requirements are?"

"That's it..."Motioning Xiao Yongyan to hand over the briefcase, Yan Shao took out a document from the briefcase. That's what I'm asking for..."

The information lists in detail the requirements of Yan Shao for machinery and equipment, in addition to strict time regulations and so on.

After flipping through it, Urgart nodded. "It's all right, if you start now, you can get it all in two months..."

Hearing Urgart say this, Yan Shao smiled slightly. "Then please start now..."

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After the affairs on Ergat's side were busy, Yan Shao rushed back to Wuhu non-stop.

After some consideration, Yan Shao set the site of the automobile company not very far from the riverside. And after being selected, he ordered the construction team under the group to start construction, of course, Yan Shao did not forget to send someone to the county government to say a word.

Although the magistrate in the county government is now almost like a puppet, which is not only known in Wuhu, but also in the whole of Anhui, some things must at least be maintained on face.

"The progress of the research institute is very fast, and I believe it will not take long to produce results, but it will take at least 10 months to complete the car factory, so what should we do before that?" After finishing the matter according to Yan Shao's instructions, Xiao Yongyan said softly on the side.

The factory is simple, and it is enough for 1 month at most.

The problem is that the installation of the equipment will not work for ten months, and without those equipment, Yan Shao will not even be able to build a windshield, let alone a car, and even if there is an 'assembly line' at that time, it may not be of much use.

"Simple..."Yan Shao smiled. It's true that we can't make parts or anything for the time being, but just because we can't make them doesn't mean we can't buy them..."

"If you buy it, will the cost be higher..."

"There's no way around it, but after the assembly line is adopted, the cost of the cars produced by the factory should be reduced a lot, and our labor costs are also very low, so we don't need to worry about profitability..."

At this time, the average salary in the country was about 1 jiao to 1.5 jiao, and Yushi's salary was the highest in the country, and the average salary was only 2 jiao per day. In the United States, the daily salary is about $2, and the average annual income is $634, which is equivalent to more than 1,600 silver dollars, which is one of the reasons why the Model T can sell 15 million units in the United States.

However, the price of living in the United States is very high, and the rent alone has reached more than 100 US dollars, so the difference in living standards between the two countries is not as big as in later generations.

Although the cost of purchasing parts from abroad will be high, the advantage of labor cost can still make up for this shortcoming. In addition, after the use of 'assembly line' production, the production cost of the car will be compressed to a very low level, so when it comes to profitability, Yan Shao shows a confident look. (To be continued......)