The journey starts from the Titanic

"That's true. The McCormick family is not easy, they will definitely make big moves, wait and see!" Situ Nan replied.

Sure enough, as expected by Stuart, Cummins Power and HOLT reached a joint establishment of the Pitkull Company soon after the joint acquisition of machinery companies began to contact Best, one of the major American machinery companies.

In order to face the strong challenge of Pitkull, the Combine Harvester Company and Best Company quickly came together and merged into a new Combine Harvester Company.

In history, Best Company and HOLT Company were originally married in 1925 to become Pete Carle Company. However, due to the early birth of Pete Carle Company, Best Company and Combine Harvester Company gradually became a reality.

"Master, we'd better get ahead of the Combine Harvester Company and force the acquisition of Best Company. This will help Pitkall to expand its market share in the harvester market."

He Yongyuan suggested that he did not expect the other party to react much faster than he thought.

"Leave this to Xu Zhouyang!"

Situ Nan declined to say that he is not optimistic about He Yongyuan's suggestion. If he wants to destroy the cooperation between Combine Harvester Company and Best Company, Situ Nan is still certain, but the price is certainly not small, and the effect is likely to be unsatisfactory. Why bother? ?If not necessary, Situ Nan didn't want to go to war with the Chicago Consortium.

Not only did it not go to war, but Stuart and the major members of the Chicago consortium, including the McCormies family, reached a tacit understanding to introduce funds from the Chicago consortium to develop the oil business, and Citroen Petroleum introduced companies from the Chicago consortium to become shares.

In return, the William Consortium strengthened its penetration of the Chicago machinery industry, meat processing industry, and general merchandise industry to achieve mutually acceptable results, and concealed the two major consortia of Morgan and Rockefeller in New York.

Especially the Morgan Consortium, their power in the financial field is too strong, and they also control most of the U.S. railroads and the U.S. Steel Corporation.

Situ has always devoted himself to investing in the fields of petroleum, automobiles, and aviation, and he has reduced dependence on railways by developing new vehicles.

In the 1920s and 1930s, to say which city had the greatest influence on the United States, the answer was undoubtedly Detroit!

The world’s three major auto giants, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler, are headquartered in Detroit. Every year, millions of cars come out of Detroit’s auto factories and are sold to all parts of the United States.

In particular, the assembly line production method invented by Ford has profoundly changed the United States.Relying on the Detroit Auto City, industrial sectors such as steel, machinery, glass, rubber, tanning, and petroleum intensively gather around the city of Detroit and even the Great Lakes Industrial Area, forming a huge industrial sector centered on automobile manufacturing.

Every time I came to Detroit, Situ Nan felt excited. When he came out of the train station, he smiled and asked He Yongyuan, "What surprise do you think Walter (Chrysler's name) will bring us this time?"

"It should be a great car! I am looking forward to it too!" He Yongyuan laughed.Before coming, Chrysler sent a telegram inviting Situ Nan to attend the new car launch conference of Chrysler.

Coming out of the train station, a manager from Chrysler greeted Situ Nan and the others. Since Situ Nan was delayed in his trip in Chicago, it was already noon in Detroit, and the new car launch conference had already been held in the morning.

I haven’t seen it in a few years. Detroit is much more prosperous than when Stuart came last time. The traffic density on the streets is much denser than that in other places. The factories I saw along the way were either the factories of the three major automobile companies or around the three major automobiles. The company's auto parts suppliers and auto industry-related companies.

Situ Nan looked in his eyes and nodded secretly.

"Master, look, that is our gas station, oh, Uncle Ma's M Kee fast food restaurant is also open next to the gas station, business is very good!"

He Yongyuan pointed out the window excitedly.

"Yeah." Situ Nan nodded. All the way, he was paying attention to the gas stations along the way. In addition to Occidental Petroleum, he also saw Exxon Petroleum gas stations.

"Although the pipeline has not been laid here from the southern coast, no one can ignore the gasoline market in the Detroit market. It is indeed necessary for Occidental Petroleum to establish a branch here." Situ Nandao.

He Yongyuan deeply agrees and understands the determination of Situ Nan and Occidental Petroleum to this market.The Great Lakes Industrial Zone is now one of the most promising markets for Occidental Petroleum. The number of cars here is not necessarily as small as the eastern coastal area.

The new car launch conference was at the Downtown Auto Exhibition Center in Detroit. Situ Nan heard the noise coming out of the car as soon as he got off the car. The crowd was surging, and it seemed quite lively.

Situ Nan smiled slightly, and heard He Yongyuan pointing to the huge poster at the door and excited: "Oh! It's so beautiful!"

Taking a look at the situation, a streamlined car leaped on the paper, and Situ Nan laughed immediately.Of course, he was not laughing at the bad car, but feeling that the people around him were a little fussy.

He paid attention to his surroundings. Passers-by who passed by the exhibition center also stopped and watched. Their eyes showed a light of appreciation. Obviously, they hadn't seen the physical car yet. That distinctive car attracted people deeply.

"Crazy people! Even I can't help owning such a good car, although it is not the first time I have seen it." The manager of Chrysler Corporation smiled at Situ Nandao and pointed to the inside of the exhibition center. The long queue smiled and said, "That's the pre-sale office. You can get a 10% discount if you order in advance. It seems that today's pre-sale results may be over 1,000."

"How much does it cost?" Situ Nan asked.

"US$888, targeting middle-class families." The manager replied.With his annual salary of US$5,000 as the sales manager of Chrysler, he can fully afford this car, so before the exhibition, many internal employees of Chrysler had already rushed to order it.

"It's a good car!" Situ Nan nodded, satisfied.Although he hasn't gotten in to really feel the car, he knows the history of Chrysler, and he can tell at a glance that the new car presented to him is an epoch-making streamlined car designed by Chrysler ten years later in history. Ford's V8 car is also the German Volkswagen's Beetle, and their design concepts are derived from this "airflow" car from Chrysler.

The streamlined exterior design is undoubtedly a revolution in car design for Americans who are accustomed to the old-fashioned Model T. In order to design this car, Chrysler must have conducted a lot of wind tunnel experiments.This is unimaginable for car companies.

The reason why Situ Nan is so affirmative is that Cummins Power has built the world’s most advanced wind tunnel laboratory in its laboratory in Long Beach, California. It is designed specifically for Cummins-Lincoln Aircraft Company. For one, Chrysler’s design team has no reason not to use such good resources.

Perhaps Chrysler should be advised to transform this ugly streamlined body into something, and then make a slight modification, basically the appearance of the famous Volkswagen Beetle.

Situ Nan thought to himself.

Walked into the exhibition center, and soon saw Walter who was proud of the spring breeze?Chrysler and Davis?Anderson came out to greet.

The two of them are two of the three giants of Chrysler. Now they came out together to greet Situ Nan, surprised the surrounding audience and Chrysler employees secretly, and looked curiously at the young and handsome young man with black hair and black eyes.

Situ Nan had long been used to this kind of gaze, and the surrounding attention did not affect him at all. Accompanied by Water, Situ Nan visited the exquisite car in the middle of the platform.

"What's its name?" Situ Nan asked.

"Airflow!" Walter replied.

Sure enough.

Situ Nan nodded, stroking the smooth body of the car, a little bit fond of it.

Chrysler smiled and said, "How? It's great, isn't it?"

In order to develop this car, Chrysler spent 4 years and spent US$1 million in capital to build a classic, which is the result of the efforts of Water and Chrysler.

To this end, Chrysler also reluctantly abandoned the promising tractor market and sold shares in the tractor factory to Cummins Power.

"Of course, it is very cute and will soon become the new favorite of Americans." Situ Nan nodded.Chrysler has developed very well, Walter's performance is outstanding, Situ Nan is really not dissatisfied.

Chapter 5 Ten Million Vehicles Target

Vacuum ignition, fuel gauge, speed counter, adjustable seat, windshield, electric wiper, air filter, twin-wire headlights...

Situ Nan asked about the new car with great interest. Basically, the structural design of the new car is similar to that of a modern car.Not only the exterior design, but the interior design of the car is also unique, integrating many advanced automotive technologies, which is very attractive to ordinary Americans.

Davis, the vice president in charge of sales, couldn't hide the smile on his face, and the pre-sale data just got made him excited.

"What's the matter?" Situ Nan asked.

"An auto dealer in New York just placed an order for 10,000 vehicles! Other dealers are not far behind and are actively placing orders. In just half a day, the car still sold 15,000 vehicles before it went on sale."

Davis's face flushed with excitement, his chest undulated vigorously, trying to restrain his emotions.

As soon as this statement was made, all Chrysler executives smiled.

"It seems that we have found the magic weapon to defeat Ford and GM!" Walter clenched his fist, his eyes gleaming, and the confidence on his face infected the people around him.

At this moment, there was a commotion at the door, and a car of the same Qifeng brand drove in. The car had just completed a test drive. A gentleman walked out of the car, full of praise, and he happily told the side The audience's wonderful test drive experience.

Chrysler specially prepared 5 prototype cars, except for the one placed in the exhibition hall, the others were enthusiastically chased by the audience.

Looking at the eager eyes of those around him back then, Situ Nan realized that this time it should not stay long.He and Walter left the exhibition hall, returned to Chrysler, and plunged into the auto factory that was intensively debugging the production line.