Chapter 174 Industrial Foundation
Huaxia Automobile Manufacturing Group has many factories, including the manufacture of engines, transmissions, tires and bodies. They are then assembled on the assembly line in an effort to increase production efficiency to achieve maximum capacity.
Wu Haoxuan urged Pierre. Dupont and David. Rockefeller, start purchasing the equipment we need as soon as possible to ensure that production starts before the end of the year. After all, he knew that Ford's Model T would hit the market next year. If you want to dominate this market, you have to beat Ford Model T when it hits the market.
Pierre. Dupont and David. Rockefeller, it is worth contacting the family by telegram so that the family can begin to prepare for this. Anyway, it's only January now, and the Northeast is still in the middle of ice and snow, and if you want to start building a factory, you have to wait until spring. From the point of view of time, it is completely too late. Of course, the recruitment of workers and various technical talents can be carried out first, so as not to be caught blind at the right time.
After that, Wu Haoxuan accompanied Pierre. Dupont and David. Rockefeller traveled to Jilin to inspect the investment environment there. On behalf of the family, the two signed a series of agreements to invest in non-ferrous metal smelting plants, with a total investment of more than 50 million US dollars.
Obviously, the DuPont family and the Rockefeller family are already very optimistic about Wu Haoxuan, so they spare no effort to help him, and they are also relieved to invest and build factories in Northeast China. The stronger Wu Haoxuan's strength is, the more their investment can be guaranteed.
In addition, Wu Haoxuan also worked with David. Rockefeller signed an agreement that starting next year, the northern government will buy refined oil products from the Rockefeller family. Once the automobile manufacturing group is completed and put into production, the northern government will also buy a lot of cars. After waiting for trucks and other trucks to be studied, the military will equip such trucks on a large scale to replace mules and horses. In this case, the demand for oil will also increase significantly. There are no large oil fields in China today. It was only possible to import it overseas.
Although, Wu Haoxuan knew that there was a large oil field in Heilongjiang. However, it is better not to mine at this time. lest they become the target of the enemy's attack again in the middle of the war. Unless the Northern Army has enough strength to ensure safety, Wu Haoxuan will start to exploit the oil here.
Wu Haoxuan had originally planned to invite the DuPont family and the Rockefeller family to invest in the three railroads that the northern government was preparing to build. It's just that the two refused on the grounds that the investment in these three railways was too large and the returns were too low. In their opinion. The railways to Suiyuan and Mongolia are more strategic considerations, and the economic benefits are very low, and it is almost difficult to invest in these three railways and make a profit.
However, Pierre. Dupont and David. Rockefeller said that when the Northern Army took control of all of China, they would convince the family. Increase investment in China. After all, it is significantly easier to recover costs and make profits from investments made within the customs than those outside the customs gates.
Wu Haoxuan expressed his understanding, after all, the construction of the railway to Mongolia was originally intended to strengthen control over Mongolia and fight against the Russians in the future. As for the construction of the railway to Suiyuan. It is to strengthen the control of Inner Mongolia and develop Suiyuan's resources. After the government of the North received a large number of loans. There is no shortage of funds for the construction of infrastructure.
Pierre. Dupont and David. Rockefeller left China before the Chinese New Year. Originally, Wu Haoxuan also planned to invite them to stay in Shengjing for the New Year. However, for these two guys, making money is the most important thing. They assured Mr. Wu that when he returned to the United States, he would speed up the progress of the car project. Ensure that the car plant will be able to start production by the end of the year.
For the dedication of the two. Wu Haoxuan still admires it very much. What's more, in the automobile manufacturing group, he occupies sixty percent of the shares. This means that after the production of one million vehicles that year, he will be able to make a profit of more than $200 million a year. This money. will better support the realization of his dream.
In Pierre. Dupont and David. Before Rockefeller left, Wu Haoxuan asked the two to help him buy the production line for the motorcycle and the patented technology he needed. Although, motorcycles are not as profitable as cars. However, Wu Haoxuan believes that once a beautiful motorcycle is produced, it can also become a hot-selling product all over the world. What's more, motorcycles are sold at a lower price than cars, and there are more potential customers. The same can bring him good profits.
Of course, Wu also knows that just this year, Harley-Davidson built the first V-twin engine, which can provide twice as much power for a motorcycle as a traditional single-cylinder engine. This style of engine has dominated the more than 80-year history of motorcycle manufacturing in the United States. This will allow Harley-Davidson to occupy the top spot in motorcycle sales in the United States for a long time.
Wu Haoxuan believes that the design concept of future generations, integrated into the motorcycle manufacturing of this era, will definitely be able to produce a better motorcycle than Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Wu Haoxuan plans to produce an all-metal high-end motorcycle similar to a Harley-Davidson motorcycle for the high-end market. The other is a low-end motorcycle with a small displacement and a plastic shell in some parts to seize the low-end market. In this way, the sales of motorcycles will definitely not be small. At the same time, it is also possible to supply military motorcycles to the troops. The classic three-wheeled motorcycle with a sidecar, with a machine gun mounted on it, will become a formidable assault firepower.
Pierre. Dupont and David. Rockefeller had little interest in motorcycles, believing that such a low-priced gadget would not be profitable. This deprives them of an opportunity to make a lot of money. When they later learned that Wu Haoxuan's motorcycle factory made annual profits of hundreds of millions of dollars, their bowels were repentant. Of course, that's all for later.
A few years ago, Wu Haoxuan was finally free and could accompany his family. Through his efforts, he has received a large amount of investment from the United States, which has enabled the development plans of the seven northern provinces to advance steadily. In particular, in this poor and white land, a large number of factories are about to start construction, which will lay the industrial foundation of the entire seven northern provinces, so that China will gradually begin to transform from a backward agricultural country to an industrial country.
"Major Marshal, this is a cooperation project between us and the United States, involving a series of steel smelting, non-ferrous metal smelting, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing, automobiles, motorcycles, tractors, and so on. When spring arrives, the construction of the Shengjing Industrial Base and the Anshan-Benxi Industrial Base will begin. After these factories are completed and put into operation, our industrial output value will be greatly increased. Xia Shoutian, director of the Department of Industry, said.
During this time, he was tired enough, and one by one the cooperation projects were determined, and these factories would be selected and prepared before the start of construction. The officials and ordinary clerks of the entire transportation department are busy with their feet on the ground. However, even if he was tired, Xia Shoutian was very happy. Compared with sitting on the cold bench in the Beiyang government, his current position can be regarded as giving him a platform for development. What's more, once the Northern Army enters the customs and overthrows the Beiyang government, won't he be able to take advantage of the situation and become the Minister of Industry? For this goal, Xia Shoutian has also been working hard.
"Well, according to the timeline we set before, will the first phase be completed in three years?" Wu Haoxuan asked.
"Young Marshal, there should be no problem. The first phase of our factories is not very large, and with the equipment and technology obtained from the United States, it can be built in three years. Xia Shoutian said confidently.
"Young Marshal, after three years, our industrial base should be able to take shape, right?" Yang Du also smiled.
Wu Haoxuan shook his head: "Three years later, we have only formed a certain foundation in heavy industry, and it is unlikely that we will form a complete industrial system." My goal is to build a complete industrial system within 10 years. ”
"What about how we compare to Little Japan in three years? Can it be stronger than them in terms of industrial strength? Yang Du asked. After all, the entire northern government now regards little Japan as its worst enemy.
"Except for shipbuilding, it can probably be stronger than the Japanese. Especially in the field of steel, it is enough to get rid of them. Wu Haoxuan said confidently. Due to the lack of resources in Japan, all resources need to be imported from abroad, which greatly restricts the development of steel in Japan. Originally, after winning the Russo-Japanese War, they obtained the special interests of South Manchuria, and could use the mineral resources of the Northeast to develop themselves, so as to achieve industrial take-off.
But now, in the war with the Jilin Army, they lost, not only lost the Kwantung Prefecture, but also lost all the interests of the Northeast, which was undoubtedly worse for Japan's heavy industry. It is estimated that in the future, it would be good for Japan to be able to guarantee an annual steel output of 50,000 or 60,000 tons. Although 50,000 or 60,000 tons is a lot, it is nothing if it is distributed to various fields. Compared with before, the northern government's steel production reached 200,000 tons three years later, which was enough to completely destroy the Japanese. This was enough to support the war between the Northern Army and the Japanese. After all, war, to some extent, can be seen as fighting steel. Without steel, you can't make weapons and equipment, and you can't fight them.
Through a series of cooperation with the Americans, Wu Haoxuan is sure to complete the establishment of the industrial base in a short period of time, and then gradually upgrade, and wait until the outbreak of World War I, and then use the huge profits to make a big explosion, which will make China quickly become an industrial power. (To be continued......)
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