The journey starts from the Titanic

Moreover, this guy has a good deal of selling cars.This guy should do something in time.Situ Nan thought.

"You are very good, very talented. It is the talent that our company needs. I promise that the company will have your place in the future, Davis. But this is just the beginning. You need to do more work, I need local Can you give me the report on all the conditions of the auto manufacturer next time?"

Situ Nan said.On the one hand, he gave Davis a reassurance, and at the same time he let this guy go busy and put some pressure on him.

"Okay." Davis said with satisfaction.He knew that what he wanted to do was to start a car company. Although he was not the boss, who could and whose job was not important?

Although based on his foresight, Situ Nan knew what industries were good and what was bad during that time, so he would not care too much about the data of some industries, let alone treat the data as the only indicator, but the detailed data can help him The situation has a more intuitive impression.

But Davis is still a bit young, not enough to make Situ Nan rest assured that he will hand over the future car company to him.

In fact, Situ Nan had another candidate in his heart.However, it is not easy to find that guy, and Situ Nan must do it himself.

Chapter 107

Cadillac was born in Detroit in 1902, which is known as the city of American cars.

For more than a hundred years in history, Cadillac has created countless firsts in the automotive industry and created countless industry standards for luxury cars; it can be said that the history of Cadillac represents the history of luxury cars in the United States.

In Webster's Dictionary, Cadillac is defined as a synonym for "the most outstanding and prestigious thing in its class"; it is known as the "world standard" by the Royal London Automobile Club, which has always been known for its pursuit of ultimate dignity.

Cadillac has integrated the essence of a century of history and the wisdom of generations of designers to become a leading brand in the automotive industry.

The above is the honor of Cadillac in history.

Henry Leland is a legend in American automobile history, and he is known as the father of Detroit.The famous luxury car brand Cadillac is one of the works of this respected old man.

However, recently Cadillac founder Henry Leland got into trouble, because of the new company, the gray old man had a headache.

It is now 1917. Since the establishment of Cadillac, Leland and his son have been in Cadillac for 15 years. They have devoted almost all their efforts to Cadillac, but now they are leaving, and they are always a little bit reluctant.

But is there any way?

Since a big quarrel with William Durant, president of General Motors, Henry Leland had to take his son Wilver Leland angrily to leave the Cadillac car company he founded.

It turned out that after the outbreak of World War I, Leyland organized Cadillac’s best engineers and established a new company to produce aircraft engines, preparing to produce Liberki aero engines, but was opposed by GM President William Durant.

Durant believes that Leland and his son are not doing business, while Leland and his son believe that Durant is self-serving. This is not the first time the two sides have disputes.

As early as 1909, Durant, then President of General Motors, was coveted by Cadillac Motors. He planned to receive Cadillac from General Motors, but he was forced to retreat by Cadillac's directors at a price of 3.5 million US dollars. Up.

Soon after, they had to swallow the Cadillac at a higher price of 5.5 million dollars.This made Durant pay a great price, and what made him even more annoyed was that Leland and his son controlled Cadillac's operation in one hand, and even his own president was not good at talking.

Later, due to poor management, Durant had to leave GM for the first time, until he later relied on another famous car brand Chevrolet to return to GM.

In order to maintain his authority in GM, this time Durant will no longer give face to Leland and his son, and Durant has caught the excuse that Leland and his son are not doing business properly, and they can easily squeeze these two fathers out of Cadillac. .

After leaving Cadillac, the Leyland father and son founded Lincoln, but instead of producing car engines, they produced aircraft engines.

Leland named "Lincoln" as the company's name because he voted for President Lincoln in 1864 and he admired Lincoln very much.

Although the new Lincoln company has good strength, it was created by a group of the best engineers in Cadillac and the Leyland father and son, and successfully developed a v8 engine that could be mass-produced in Cadillac.

However, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. The company was founded and lacks funds. A batch of engines that have finally grown up are no one cares.

The Americans don't care about this plane, even if the planes over Europe have been integrated, but what does this mean for the US government?

Besides, when it comes to government procurement of airplanes, I would choose a large company like the Wright brothers and Kouss instead of looking at the small Lincoln company.Although his name looks pretty awesome.

In order to raise funds, Leland and his son were all white. Well, I was wrong. It should be said that Henry Leland, the 73-year-old man, had white hair.Even his son Wilfer is 50 or 60 years old.

"Dad, if there is no investment next month or the company's products are not sold, I guess we have to be prepared!" Wilfer Leland reminded his father.

"Well. I see. Do you have any idea?" Henry Leland asked.

He also knew that if he hadn't received a large investment recently, the Lincoln company, which their father and son had just opened, might go bankrupt, and he would definitely be laughed at by that guy William Durant.

He is waiting for my joke, and he can't let him succeed.

Henry Leland said to himself.

"Some news is that a company has recently arrived in the west, and it is recruiting a large number of engine designers and engineers. The pay is very high, and some people are ready to go to the west." Wilfer said.

"Oh? Do you want to buy them the company?" Henry Leland looked at his son angrily.

"No! I just want to see if I have a chance to work with them. I happen to know someone who has just moved to the company and is said to be able to speak." Wilfer said unmovedly, although His tone is more euphemistic, but the meaning is very clear: If Lincoln can't continue to operate, he will simply sell it.

Wilfer is still young. He has been with his old man for decades, but he doesn't want to have nothing at all because of the old man's stubbornness.

"Okay! How about your tone of speaking about him?" Henry Leland sighed helplessly.

I have been able to build the best car, but this son has not had much luck following him for decades.I didn’t eat less, but it’s still hopeless to count on the success of the new company.

Wilfer found Davis Anderson. When Davis reported the situation to Situ Nan, Situ Nan immediately agreed.

Leland and his son are precious, not only because of the reputation of the father and son, but also because of Lincoln's best engineers in Detroit. They have followed Leland and his son for many years.

For Cummins Power Company, which just set up the air, the technical talents of Lincoln Company are just raining in time, just like someone sent a pillow when sleeping, so Situ Nan attached great importance to it and decided to go out in person.

At the same time, Situ Nan did not forget to praise Davis, this guy really looks like a blessing.

When Situ Nan approached the door and said to invest in Lincoln, Henry Leland was stunned.

"Young man, am I right? You said you want to invest in Lincoln?"

"Yes, no, have we come to the door?" Situ Nan smiled.

Leland looked at Situ Nan's too young face, how could he not believe that this young man with a little oriental color in front of him could spend a lot of money to invest in his Lincoln Company.

Although Leland began to hear the news and was very excited, the experienced old man quickly calmed down.

Situ Nan smiled, took a graceful sip of coffee, and glanced at Davis Anderson beside him.

Davis Anderson said knowingly: "Our Cummins Power Company is ready to enter the aircraft engine industry, so we want to cooperate with Lincoln. You have the technology, and we have sufficient funds, it just hit it off, and our Cummins Power Company is also ready to We will build our own aircraft company in Los Angeles. We will establish our own research centers in Los Angeles and Chicago. These tasks are already in progress and are going well. I believe there will be good news soon.

Now our business needs talents like Mr. Leland to join us!Your experience, your honor in the industry are what we lack now, and it can also solve the difficulties your company faces.This is a win-win cooperation."

Davis is indeed a salesman, and his eloquence is very good. He said a lot of compliments before it is not nutritious, but in the end he provided a solution to Lincoln's difficulties, but Leland and his son had to be tempted.

You know, the following group of engineers who started to jump from GM with their father and son, even if they don’t say anything about the situation at Lincoln, they all see and remember the situation in their eyes. It depends on how Leland and his son solve the current dilemma. Up.

Otherwise, the longer the time, the deeper the grievances will accumulate. If they are still half-life by then, a little bit of trouble will make this aircraft engine company fall apart.

Faced with such a situation, Lelan and his son actually didn't have much choice.

Of course they didn't know that in two or three months, the United States would join the war, and then Lincoln Aircraft Company would finally be able to survive.

In fact, this father and son engaged in an airplane company for fun. Soon after the war, they changed to build cars, and the famous Lincoln Motors was born from this.It's just that in the end the ending of the father and son was not very good.