Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 841 Packard Motor Company

Seeing Linda's interest, Niu Xiaoqiang felt that it was possible to make money, so he immediately replied: "This material is related to carbon. I call it carbon steel. Although it is a metal material, it is lighter than aluminum. , The hardness and flexibility are also superior to aluminum materials, as long as this material is used to rebuild the body of this Pontiac GTO, not to mention much, it is still possible to reduce the weight of dozens of kilograms."

Niu Xiaoqiang spent so much effort, of course he would not be satisfied with such an order. He looked at the wheels and chassis of the car while speaking, and then said: "In addition to reshaping the body shell, I can also use carbon steel materials to reshape the car. It is not a problem to build the wheel hub and chassis frame of the vehicle, the transmission shaft and the engine, so the weight reduction is at least three hundred catties."

Three hundred catties is already a very scary number, and it is simply a great boon for racing.Linda and Packard couldn't help but widen their eyes when they heard this, showing expressions of disbelief.

After staying for a while, Linda asked excitedly, "Are you sure?"

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded very affirmatively: "I'm sure, in fact, I used this material to make the engine in China. According to my actual comparison, the engine made of carbon steel is at least 20.00% lighter than other engines of the same volume. [-]% by weight of five."

Niu Xiaoqiang quietly set up a trap. He deliberately took out the engine for comparison, mainly to get the engine technology in Packard's hands.

The engine technology mastered by Packard makes Niu Xiaoqiang salivate. If Asia Machinery Factory develops it by itself, I don't know how much time and energy, manpower and material resources will be spent, and how many detours will be taken.If you can take this opportunity to get the engine technology in Packard's hands, it would be wonderful to think about it.

Of course, doing so will definitely arouse Packard's dissatisfaction, and the consequences are unpredictable. If Packard learns that I stole his engine technology, will he take revenge on me?
Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help hesitating when he thought of this. Although he wanted to take advantage of this, he didn't want to threaten his own safety.There are so many desperadoes under Packard's command, if he gets hot headed and let these people attack him, it's really hard to say what will happen to him.

Thinking of this, Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help asking: "Mr. Packard, where did you learn your modified car technology?"

Packard was still shocked by the superior performance of carbon steel, but when he heard this, he came back to his senses with a look of disappointment on his face.

Upon seeing this, Linda helped answer the question: "You are not American, so you have no impression of the name Packard. If you are an American of my age, when you hear the name Packard, you will first think of it. To a car brand that was once incomparably brilliant in the United States - Packard Motors."

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at the lonely Packard in surprise: "Could it be... Could it be that Mr. Packard is the owner of the Packard Motor Company?"

Linda shook her head first, and then nodded: "It's not completely right, and it's not completely wrong."

"Why?"

Linda explained: "Packard is the descendant of the founder of the Packard Motor Company. This car company was founded by his grandfather. Later, when his grandfather passed away, the company was inherited by his father. Due to several mistakes in decision-making, Parkard The Card Motor Company finally disappeared completely in 1958. Because of this heavy blow, his father died of depression within a few years. At that time, Packard was just 20 years old. He was studying in college and learned that his father After the news of his death, Packard dropped out of school, sold all the assets of the family, paid off the debts owed by the company, and kept the Packard Motor Company label."

Linda sighed at this point: "In the eyes of people at the time, this was definitely a very stupid approach, because there are relevant regulations in the United States. If a car company wants to keep the brand name, it must reach the annual production and sales volume of 300 vehicles. Numbers are the only way. Packard Motor Company didn’t even have a production line at the time, so it was impossible to complete this task. But Packard refused to admit defeat. He found the former employees of the company and implored everyone to lend a helping hand to take care of Packard together. The last hope of the automobile company, some people were moved by his sincerity and agreed to his request. Packard received more than [-] million US dollars in cash from them. He did not use the money to rebuild the production line, but It is because of taking advantage of the loopholes in the law, organizing manpower to specialize in the modified car business, and recharging the money through modified cars, which has persisted until now."

"I just said that he can't really be regarded as the boss of Packard Motor Company because he defaulted on the bank loan of more than 3000 million U.S. dollars, and he is already insolvent. I'm afraid the bank has already liquidated the Packard Motor Company, even so, Packard's life is getting worse and worse, the bank's loan interest rate is too high, and he can't breathe."

When Niu Xiaoqiang heard what he thought of here, he couldn't help asking: "I wonder what patented technologies Auntie just mentioned?"

This time Packard didn't ask Linda to answer, he spoke first: "It's mainly the engine and gearbox technology."

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help thinking to himself: Sure enough, I guessed it right, and the engine technology is indeed among them. It seems that if you want to get the engine technology, you can only use other methods.

Niu Xiaoqiang thought for a while, and then said: "Mr. Packard, why did you borrow such a large amount from the bank?"

Packard pointed to a corner of the workshop: "In order to upgrade the equipment in the laboratory."

Niu Xiaoqiang was taken aback: "Packard Motors actually has its own laboratory?"

Packard smiled complacently: "Linda said just now that I used the 300 million US dollars to run the modified car business, but this is not entirely true. I have already had the foresight and know that the modified car business alone I can barely retain the brand name of the Packard Motor Company, but it is difficult to rebuild the company. If you want to revive the Packard Motor Company, you must master the core technology. For this reason, I invested more than 200 million US dollars that year. Bought this Packard garage here in Boston."

"The reason why I bought this place is mainly because there happens to be a small laboratory here to test the performance of cars. It is precisely because of the existence of this small laboratory that the price is so high. Otherwise, it would only cost ten yuan to buy the land. Thousands of dollars would suffice."

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