As the largest shareholder of Zhongfu Co., Ltd., Ford has naturally gained huge benefits from the rapid development of Zhongfu Co., Ltd. In addition, Ford itself has quickly turned losses into profits by improving management methods and developing new models such as Jeep.
, and also used capital operations to rapidly expand in automobile-related industries such as steel, such as
Today's Ford Company is not only a giant in the automobile industry, but also one of the largest and most profitable industrial groups in the world. Many people even believe that old Ford has now surpassed Rockefeller and become the leader of the new world.
The richest man, not to mention anything else, how much is his 40% stake in Minas Oilfield worth!
However, the rapid development has also brought troubles to Ford. Although in order to avoid "antitrust laws", Ford has not pursued excessive market share in traditional industrial sectors with large markets, including the main automobile industry.
rate, but when it completed a series of acquisitions and cooperation, it was involved in more than a dozen important industrial sectors such as mining, steel, oil extraction, refining, rubber, shipbuilding, shipping, and railways, forming an almost completely self-sufficient industry.
After creating a complete industrial chain, it inevitably caused panic among the American financial oligarchs represented by the Jewish consortium, because if the industrial capitalists followed Ford's example, would there be any chance for them to jump up and down to make profits? So,
Some members of Congress in the United States soon proposed the formulation of a new antitrust law under the instruction of their masters to combat the behavior of "controlling the industrial chain to avoid market competition." This was directly targeted at Ford.
Because Ford has always hated politicians, although the Ford company has a great influence among the American people, it has never had any agents in Congress. In order to prevent the company from suffering heavy losses, Ford had to increase its overseas investment.
This is to directly avoid risks, and on the other hand, it is also to put pressure on those politicians. After all, Ford and its allies have provided the United States with more than one million dollars.
jobs, if they are really forced out of the United States, it will definitely cause another heavy blow to the US economy, which has finally been in trouble. No one can bear this responsibility, and this is also the original intention of Ford going abroad this time. The reason why he chose China
, I chose the border area under the control of the Red Party, firstly because Old Ford was a little curious about it, and also because this is a place where financiers have no influence at all.
Of course, Germany and the Soviet Union also met the conditions, so Ford also invested in some projects when he passed through the two countries. Among them, he didn't even have to pay for the German projects. After selling the German and Austrian oil fields to the German government, he directly took the money.
A sum of money was invested back into Germany, which saved old Ford time and the Germans saved precious foreign exchange. However, this was only limited to Ford's share. Mao Zemin, who knew that the European War was imminent, was not willing to follow
Old Ford took risks, as for those small shareholders...
. Then everyone has his own choice
After hearing this, Hu Weidong was pleased with Mao Zemin's business performance, but at the same time he was somewhat disappointed. At first, he thought that Ford's investment in China meant that the United States' policy towards China had changed. It seems that the great man was right.
, we can’t rely too much on foreigners for help, China
The difficulties faced by the country mainly had to be solved by the Chinese themselves. But the next day he heard news that the Soviet Union had decided to send an additional 150 aircraft and corresponding personnel to the Soviet aid air force of the North China Aviation Corps.
Although foreign aid is not reliable, it is better than nothing.
At first, Hu Weidong thought that the Soviet Union suddenly sent more planes to compensate for its previous refusal to help the Red Se Party build a navy, but he soon learned that the Soviet aid air force in Japan had also been expanded, and its scale was larger than that of the Red Se Party.
Hu Weidong couldn't help but shook his head, "Sure enough, I still can't think too well of Mao Zi."
zhong yang suddenly called Hu Weidong to Lanzhou not only to let him reminisce with old Ford, but also to allow him, an industrial expert, to try to win greater investment. However, due to the weak industrial base of the northwest border area, the border area government
Fu only welcomed investment in heavy industry, so after Lao Ford negotiated those three projects, he had no hope of investment until Hu Weidong took him to his base camp, the Central Plains Border Area, and saw the Western Henan Industrial Zone that had taken initial shape.
After that, Old Ford suddenly became interested
After friendly negotiations between the two parties, Old Ford decided to invest heavily in the Luoyang Automobile Factory, increasing its production capacity to 50,000 2.5-ton light trucks, 20,000 4-ton medium trucks, and a total of 20,000 jeeps and cars within five years.
, a total of 10,000 heavy-duty vehicles of various types. Obtained blessings
The special company also invested in Luoyang Tractor Factory (annual output of 100,000 tractors of various types, but small and medium-sized tractors such as walk-behind tractors accounted for 90%, and the potential to switch to tank production is far less than that in the northwest.), Luoyang Bicycle Factory (annual output
Will exceed 2 million vehicles), Nanyang
Refinery (the annual refining capacity reaches 3 million tons, and because of the use of advanced catalytic cracking technology, the yield of gasoline and other light oils is very high, and the construction speed is quite fast.), and Luoyang Iron and Steel Plant (after the expansion is completed, the
The annual steel output of the plant is 3.2 million tons, which is higher than that of Lanzhou Second Steel
The iron plant is even higher, and its output of various types of alloy steel exceeds 1 million tons, and its categories are also extremely complete. Basically, everything that can be made in foreign countries can be made here, and there are also things that are not available in foreign countries, such as cheap and high-quality rare earths.
Armor Steel.) and more than ten large heavy industrial enterprises.
The substantial increase in the production capacity of these heavy industry leaders has stimulated the rapid development of the mining industry in the Central Plains Border Region. The discovery of Wuyang Iron Mine with reserves of hundreds of millions of tons has directly eliminated the hidden danger of insufficient iron ore reserves in the Central Plains Border Region. Although the Wuyang Iron Mine has
The average grade is really poor and cannot be compared with Xin'an Iron Mine.
Relatively speaking, the production of crude oil is somewhat troublesome. Although the output of Nanyang Oilfield continues to increase, its recoverable reserves will never exceed 100 million tons even if technological innovation is taken into account. Moreover, the oil deposits are scattered and there are few high-yield oil wells. This is even more
This seriously limits the improvement of the total crude oil production of the oil field.
High, and Hu Weidong knew that there was the "Zhongyuan Oilfield" with larger reserves in the east of Henan, but it could not be developed and utilized because it was located in the Kuomintang-controlled area and close to the front line. However, it is precisely because of this that China's shale oil technology has achieved rapid development
Opportunities for progress, of course, these are things for later
After all, Old Ford did not want to really shift the focus of Ford's business out of the United States, so the total investment amount of more than 300 million US dollars was already the limit. It should be noted that this investment has greatly exceeded the amount of investment Old Ford made in Germany and the Soviet Union during this trip.
The sum of. Obviously, Ford's investment
It will be of great help to the development of the border area's economy and the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. What's even more rare is that the old Ford did not pursue controlling interests in those companies, and because he habitually overestimated China's labor costs, he accounted for
The shares are far less than Hu Weidong expected.dd