Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

Huang Xuan didn't wait in the hotel. He had a lot of things to do, such as drawing pictures, robbing a few well-dressed gentlemen to pay for the room, and wandering the market to find business opportunities.

The most important thing is to find a few more suitable buyers. In this regard, Huang Xuan doesn't have much experience to follow. However, with Ford's smooth schedule, it is easier to convince more manufacturers.

Huang Xuan used a simple but effective method - advertising, and the advertising tool he used was very advanced in this era: the telegram.

Telegraph fees in the 1930s were expensive, but the effect was obvious. Because of its high cost and commercial nature, companies that received telegrams would not easily throw them into the trash can like today’s newspaper offices. On the other hand, telegrams It also meets Huang Xuan's requirements, simple but interesting.

He only wrote three simple sentences in the telegram: at 9 o'clock tomorrow, the design drawings of new cars will be sold at the Elis Hotel, and a company has already bid. Huang Xuan believed that his performance in the rouge factory area should attract the attention of many people, and those who were interested in buying this design drawing should be able to get the information that Ford is very interested in this design drawing.

Is there anything more gimmick than using Ford to solicit business?

As for whether someone from other companies is really willing to buy it, that's not the point, as long as it can put enough pressure on Ford, Huang Xuan believes that this V8, which is completely designed by Ford itself, will definitely make Ford reluctant to give up.

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Henry Ford is a man with a high self-esteem. In fact, he does stand higher than most Americans, but he is not always right when it comes to the management of the Ford company.

He likes to make judgments without being influenced by others. Many times, this judgment is based on intuition rather than intelligence. The result is sometimes right and sometimes wrong. Blindly expanding the production base rouge, reducing R\u0026D expenses, buying stocks, and so on are all his wrong decisions. Of course, this is from the standpoint of hindsight, but wrong is wrong.

Ford was a genius designer who started from scratch and single-handedly built the gasoline engine and designed the Model T. At the same time, Ford was also a genius manager. He created the idea of ​​cheap cars, he created the assembly line, and he created the 5-day work week. But his conceit is also a headache. Most of the time, Ford believes in his own ability more than the team. Therefore, in the development of new technologies, Ford has always lagged behind its competitors. It is no exaggeration to say , Ford is a factory with super high productivity but ordinary technology, just a large factory.

From the beginning to the end, Ford was an advocate of efficiency. He did not produce new models for more than 20 consecutive years. What he did every day was to increase production. It was not until the Model T was invaded by Chevrolet that he woke up like a dream and shut down. The factory carried out research and development, but this did not give Ford a wake-up call. When GM occupied the throne of First Motor Corporation, Ford still focused on improving production efficiency.

Under the leadership of this kind of thinking, Henry Ford saw the drawings brought by his son, nodded imperceptibly, and asked, How about the design of the v8?

It didn't go very well. The Ford V8, also known as the Flathead V8, quickly became the darling of entry-level racers across America after its introduction. In the 1930s and 1940s, the flat-head V8 was highly praised by modified racers. At the same time, Ford cars powered by the flat-head V8 also won the 1936 and 1938 Monte Carlo Rally Championships. As long as you read these materials, you can understand that there must be many innovations and difficulties in the development of such a classic model.

Old Ford flicked the drawings on the table with his fingers, and said with a deep face, Will it be better than this design?

This...we can't be sure. Edsel said hesitantly: The main problem is that this is just a blueprint, not even a prototype car, and no one knows whether it can meet the above-mentioned indicators.

He didn't make a prototype?

It seems not. Edsel recalled Huang Xuan's appearance, and said, He seems to only have blueprints, and he seems to be in a hurry to ask for money.

Ford frowned, sat back on the chair, and said, He wants 100,000?

yes.

After waiting for a long time, Ford finally said: If there is no problem with the drawing, give it to him.

Henry Ford still has nothing to say. Such a complicated drawing cannot be drawn without a prototype car. That is to say, if there is no problem with the drawing, then there must be a prototype car. The source of the drawings is very problematic.

However, for Ford, these are not problems. If millions of dollars can be saved, even as long as one-tenth, the problems caused by the source of the drawings can be avoided, not to mention that the government at the moment is suffering from economic crisis. Desperate.

What's more, Ford has never paid attention to the government. Roosevelt once changed his car angrily because of Ford.

At the other end of the city, Alfred Sloan, the new president of GM, also got Huang Xuan's small ad, but he didn't pay attention to it. He just ordered a supervisor to go and have a look. He just took Ford's position , He also wondered what Henry was thinking.

Elis Hotel.

Huang Xuan was waiting in the living room of the suite with his legs crossed. About 5 years ago, such a suite cost 30 dollars a day, but with the advent of the Great Depression, the hotel had to lower the charges several times. Now it only costs 4 yuan a day. Enough is enough. Of course, Huang Xuan is still waiting for Ford to send the money. He has decided that as long as Mr. Ford brings 100,000 US dollars, he will not let him take the money back.

If Ford didn't take the money, maybe he would commit more violent crimes. This is due to the situation. He has used millions of dollars of energy and brought millions of dollars worth of materials. If there is no profit, everything will be wasted.

Now it is different from the first few trips. At that time, Lorraine had very little energy, and he had no protective measures. The use of violence may not be worth the loss. In addition, lack of goals is also a major reason. Now it is different, he is in a budding financial kingdom, with a dense alloy on his head, a plane base on his back, and no other travelers harassing him...

Edsel, who was designed, didn't know that the 100,000 US dollars in the suitcase had been reserved by Huang Xuan. He also specifically asked Brown to bring 20 strong security guards with guns to meet at the Elis Hotel.

As the waiter came to the door, Edsel shook hands with Huang Xuan with a chuckle and said, The weather in Detroit is still getting used to it. It's been a little cold in the past few days.

It's okay. Huang Xuan didn't talk much, let Edsel in, and then introduced him: This is Mr. Edward, and I also want to see my drawings.

Of course. Edsel didn't know this Edward, but the other party obviously knew him, and the two sides greeted each other in a friendly manner, keeping their doubts in their cheeks.

Without too much politeness, Huang Xuan asked, Mind if I see the cash you brought?

Edsel's face was a little stiff. He didn't expect Huang Xuan to be so direct, but he nodded sympathetically, motioning Brown to show it to Huang Xuan.

Although Lorraine could easily check the suitcases of everyone present, Huang Xuan was still willing to show a gesture, which would make the following conversation easier.

In the suitcase are neat Federal Reserve rolls, which is the dollar of this era, with denominations of 100 US dollars and 1000 US dollars. The latter has not been issued since 1969. There should be 20 rolls, and the rest are neat hundred dollars. Banknotes are a bit like withdrawing money in a Bank of China.

Okay. We can start talking. Huang Xuan happily pushed the suitcase to Brown, got up and opened the bedroom door. Inside was a mountain of drawings.

Look slowly. Huang Xuan sat down and drank tea from Sri Lanka.

The general manager's representative felt an unhappiness of being forgotten, but Huang Xuan didn't even look at him. gm is just a backup option, he is the one who told ford i have other companies to sell. But as long as Edsel didn't say no, he wouldn't spend his time on GM. To be more precise, Huang Xuan believed that time was more important than money, and if it was delayed for two days, no amount of money would be of any use.

In the bedroom were the drawings drawn last night, Huang Xuan was sleeping on the bed, and Lorraine easily used energy to complete the work. The people at Ford were quickly buried in these hundreds of drawings. Compared with drawing these drawings, their work was much easier.

Huang Xuan was not in a hurry, dragged his teacup and said to Edsel, Mr. Ford, do you have anything to do with New York?

There are some.

I want to buy a printing factory in New York. The equipment should be as advanced as possible. Do you have any ideas? This was Huang Xuan's way of thinking all night. It was a little despicable, but it was easy to use.

Edsel looked at Huang Xuan strangely, and said, There are a lot of closed factories now, if you want to buy it, it's a very simple matter.

That's good. Huang Xuan smiled and said, But I hope to save some time. Maybe you know where there is such a factory.

This is of course a question of funds, but Edsel still told Huang Xuan two names, and said, As a friend, I think I should tell you that the investment environment in the United States has become, er, the rate of return has become somewhat low .”

I understand. Huang Xuan smiled, closed his eyes and recovered. .