Chapter 110 Minsheng Automobile Factory
The two came down from Kunlun Mountain, traveled 2,000 miles a day, and came to Xi'an.
The Qin family set up a "Ci'an Hospital" in the city of Xi'an, a branch of the "Cathay Pacific Pharmaceutical Factory", which specialized in the production of sulfonamides and aspirin, and a branch of the medical device factory, which mainly produced surgical materials such as bandages and gauze.
Qin Di took Yan Xue and inspected the situation of the three companies one by one.
Xi'an is an ancient city with a very glorious history, but with the changes of the times, it has gradually become silent.
After many repairs, what later generations see is no longer the city wall of the Tang Dynasty, mainly left over from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
There are four gates in Xi'an City, which originally had a gate tower, an arrow tower and a main tower.
During the Republic of China, the four gate towers were demolished, the main building of the north gate and the arrow tower of the south gate were destroyed by artillery fire, and many city walls were destroyed until the 21st century, when part of the city wall was retained and 18 gates were opened.
With a circumference of 13 kilometers, Xi'an is a large city.
Tzu An Hospital is built on "Shangren Road", which is a commercial area with people coming and going, and it is very prosperous.
The pharmaceutical and medical device factories were built in the northeast of the city, where Manchu soldiers were originally stationed, but it was burned down during the Xinhai Revolution, thus turning it into a dead end in the city of Xi'an.
Qin Di inspected here, talked with the factory director and manager, and then increased the capital of each factory by 2 million to allow them to expand the scale of production.
Moreover, he asked people to set up warehouses and bomb shelters here, and if the products could not be sold, they would all be collected and stored, and when there was a war in the future, it would naturally come in handy.
Qin Di also wanted to build a "Qin's Grain Store" here, but because of inconvenient transportation, Xi'an is 250 kilometers away from the Yellow River, and the Qin family has no transport fleet, so this matter cannot be done for the time being. If it is transported by train, it is also necessary to open up the relationship, and large-scale grain transshipment will cause a lot of noise.
Two days later, they left Xi'an and took the train back to the magic capital.
The first thing he did when he returned to the magic capital, Qin Di asked Yan Xue to send a telegram to Old John in the United States, asking if there were any bankrupt truck companies.
Soon, John Sr. replied that the American auto industry was monopolized by several old companies such as Ford, General Motors, and Chevrolet, which were very large and showed no signs of bankruptcy for the time being. In 1930, car ownership in the United States was high, with 252 cars per 1,000 people! 60 percent of the households owned cars. With such a large demand to support, it is not easy to go out of business.
Qin Di asked about the situation of the truck again, and the results were not satisfactory, the truck weight of this year was very small, only 1 ton, 2 tons.
The six-ton truck of the White 666 would not be available until 1940.
Qin Di naturally doesn't look down on a truck with a load of 2 tons, which is not enough to stuff his teeth. Even if there are 100 trucks, only 200 tons can be transported at a time! And tens of thousands of tons of grain can be transported by an ocean-going ship.
As a result, Qin Di had no choice but to put aside the idea of forming a team.
However, he informed Old John and asked him to buy a batch of cars and send them over, ready to be equipped for the managers of the Qin family.
At this time, the price of a small car was only a little more than a thousand dollars, and he bought thirty cars in one go, and it didn't cost much.
A few days later, Zhang Naijing brought his children to Qin Mansion again.
Because Zhu Wan loves the two children very much, Zhang Naijing and Qin Ling have to come over often.
Qin Di chatted with Zhang Naijing, and when they talked about the automobile industry, they couldn't help but sigh.
Zhang Naijing said with a smile: "Actually, you don't know that there are also car factories in China. ”
Qin Di asked, "Where is it?"
I heard my uncle say that since May last year, Zhang Xueshan has allocated 740,000 yuan to the Liaoning Mortar Factory as the start-up capital for domestically produced automobiles. They hired Myers from the United States as the chief engineer, and gathered a group of technical backbones from major universities in China to form the 'Minsheng Automobile Factory', which has more than 200 employees. Moreover, their research has progressed, and part of the construction is imported from the United States, and perhaps in another year, a truck with a load of 3 tons can be launched. ”
Qin Di was a little surprised, and immediately thought that in another year, the incident would begin, and at that time, Zhang Xueshan would run away and give up the entire Northeast to Japan! Then this "Minsheng Automobile Factory" would become Japanese!
Thinking of this, he felt very unhappy.
After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Your uncle is the chairman of the Republic of China Construction Committee, can you let him think of a way to transfer the Minsheng Automobile Factory to Guannai?"
Zhang Naijing shook his head: "After Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Xueshan took over the Northeast, young and vigorous, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, not to mention my uncle, even if Mr. Qing speaks, it is useless!"
Qin Di sighed: "That's a pity. ”
"What's the pity?"
"I told you last time that if the Japanese want to invade China, the first thing they covet is the Northeast. Perhaps it won't be long before the whole of Northeast China will fall! All the factories in Northeast China will be controlled by the Japanese. ”
Zhang Naijing was skeptical. He knew that Qin Di was very capable, not only the helmsman of the Qin family's wealth, but also a Go master, but he didn't know that Qin Di had superpowers and the memory of reincarnation.
Every time he heard Qin Di say what would happen to the Japanese, he wondered if this guy was crazy.
Qin Di pondered for a while, and then said: "I want to give you a fortune, I don't know if you want to accept it?" I will take 10 million oceans, ask your uncle to go out, discuss with Zhang Xueshan, and buy his 'Minsheng Automobile Factory'." Including all the scientific researchers, they all went to the magic capital. If this can be done, I will make you the chairman of the board and give you half of the shares. ”
Zhang Naijing was taken aback, looked up at him, and said, "Are you serious? 10 million oceans, even if you build a factory from scratch, it is more than enough." ”
"Tens of millions of oceans are capped. If the price can be lowered, the money saved will be used as working capital and invested in the car factory. Half of the final income went to the Zhang family and half to the Qin family. ”
Zhang Naijing blinked and said with a smile: "I'll ask my uncle if there is any hope of making it." ”
Qin Di directly wrote a check for 10 million yuan to him!
Since you want to achieve great things, you must make a decision immediately, and you can't delay and hesitate.
Zhang Naijing took the check, he was excited, and left the magic capital in the afternoon of the same day, went to Jinling, and saw his uncle Zhang Jinjiang.
After that, the matter was postponed for half a year before the final result was reached.
Zhang Jinjiang, Qin Di and Zhang Xueshan reached a tripartite agreement, and Guotai Pharmaceutical sold 3,000 sticks of penicillin and 50 boxes of sulfonamides to the Northeast Army every year at 80% of the market price.
After the completion of the factory, an experienced factory director was hired, named "Wang Shouming", from the "Huaihoutang" in Suzhou, graduated from Cambridge University, and his ancestor is said to be the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Wei.
Because Qin Di was reluctant to show up, Zhang Naijing served as the chairman of Minsheng Automobile Factory.
Zhang Naijing has one more company in charge, he is well-dressed and glamorous every day, and he has become a celebrity in the business community of the magic capital. However, he knew very well in his heart that most of the wealth in his name came from Qin Di. In the final analysis, he is stained with the light of his wife Qin Ling.
And Qin Hancheng had no intention of separating the family from beginning to end, and obviously regarded Qin Di as the only heir. In these years, men and women are not equal, and their daughters become outsiders when they get married.
Qin Ling and Qin Yue also had no opinion, because they both had their own pursuits, as long as they were not short of money at hand, they didn't need to look at the glittering gold and silver every day. With the support of the huge Qin family and the powerful brothers to rely on, they felt safe in their hearts.