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Chapter 324 The people of Wolfsburg, surnamed Li (fourth update, please subscribe)

There are traces of war everywhere!

Even though the war has ended for a full year and a half, Wolfsburg is now like other German cities. Dilapidated buildings can be seen everywhere on both sides of the streets. The city is like a huge demolition site-still living The kind that attracts people. Although those buildings all looked crumbling, there were a lot of people crowded inside them. There are even many refugees who are homeless and can only stay in simple shacks on the roadside.

This was followed by a massive influx of refugees and deportees from the East, some of the 1100 million Germans who were expelled from Poland, Czechoslovakia and other Eastern European countries after the war and became homeless. They live with the locals in dilapidated buildings, struggling to survive in hunger and poverty. People starve to death almost every day.

The city is like a ruin, and so are the factories. Many factory buildings either have their skylights open, or their walls are half-collapsed, leaving machines exposed. In the factory buildings with their skylights open, cars are driving out one after another.

Yes, those cars were the Beetles that would be most familiar to people in later generations!

It was it that laid the foundation for Volkswagen, and it was precisely with the Beetle that Volkswagen grew into Europe's largest automobile manufacturer.

A car made a business, and now...

Now, this is my crowd!

It's my Beetle!

While Li Yian was sighing, he could feel the hostile eyes around him. Why is this?

Because after the news of the company's acquisition came out, both the management and the workers were very worried that the factory would be demolished, and then all of them would lose their jobs.

Even before Li Yi'an arrived, rumors were already circulating that the factory would be dismantled and moved to Asia.

After all, the Chinese had dismantled hundreds of the best machines here. Now they are here again, using a different approach to acquire this company at a very low price!

Is Volkswagen really going to disappear?

What they fear is not the disappearance of the company, but unemployment. After all, at this time, a job is related to the life of the whole family.

Feeling the disappointment, resistance, and even hostility in everyone's eyes, Li Yian certainly knew what they were thinking, so he brought the company management here and said in front of everyone.

"I know that in the past few days, you have been worried about the future of the company! Today..."

Looking around at the people around him, Li Yian pointed to the people next to him and introduced.

"From now on, the factory in Wolfsburg is no longer under the supervision of the occupying authorities, but a completely new company that has ended everything in the past. Mr. Heinrich Nordhoff , I believe someone should have heard of him, and now he will serve as the general manager of New Volkswagen Company, in charge of the company’s production and operations!”

Why did Li Yian emphasize that this is a new Volkswagen company? It was to avoid future compensation. During the war, 70% of the workers at Volkswagen were forced labor, which is the so-called "slave labor."

Although many German companies were evading workers' compensation after the war, in the 1980s and 1990s, Jewish groups began a new round of claims against German companies, including Volkswagen.

Li Yian would not tolerate being picked off by those Jews. He has always been the only one who has to pick out other people's wool. When will it be someone else's turn to pick out his own?

So before arriving in Germany, through the occupying military authorities, the old Volkswagen company was directly canceled, and then Volkswagen was re-established, so that the two companies had no connection. If there is one... it is Wolfsburg of this factory, but this factory was purchased by Li Nian from the Allies and does not bear any responsibility for the crimes committed during the Nazi era.

In short, those Jews who want to take advantage of Volkswagen in the future are just dreaming!

A new company general manager has been appointed, and he's German!

The sudden appointment stunned all the executives and workers present. As colleagues, of course they knew who Heinrich Nordhoff was. They were the former managers of Opel. Although they were not Nazis, he was The Opel car factory he managed was an accomplice to the war, and he had previously been banned from working in companies in the US-occupied territories due to the extensive use of foreign forced labor. So he has been unemployed, how did he end up here now?

In fact, in another world, it was Nordhoff who made Volkswagen-when companies such as Opel and BMW were still prohibited from producing cars, the British used him as the manager of Volkswagen. So Nordhoff devoted himself wholeheartedly to his new job, working intensively for more than 14 hours a day, working with engineers to simplify the production process, eliminate car design defects, expand the distribution network, and establish an effective system in the factory. hierarchical management system. The cars they sold became brightly colored and production numbers began to climb. The sales situation has also gradually improved, and a fully automatic production line from Detroit, the city of automobiles, has been introduced. Volkswagen's production efficiency continues to increase.

Because he had a little understanding of this period of history, Li Yian invited this corporate management guru from the US-occupied area to serve as the general manager of Volkswagen.

"I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Nordhoff, Volkswagen's production efficiency will be further improved. If necessary, we will introduce automated production lines from the United States..."

Li Yian said, looking at the managers around him.

"This can also prove to everyone that this company will stay in Wolfsburg now and in the future and will not be demolished anywhere!"

This is a reassurance! It is a reassurance to all management and workers that they will not lose their jobs. After all, in this special year, factory demolition means they will lose their jobs, and unemployment will starve people to death!

"Your Majesty, will the factory really stay here?"

A worker in the distance asked loudly. Everyone else looked at him with expectant eyes. After all, this is not just a job for them, but their livelihood during this difficult time.

"Yes, it is now and it will be in the future! I believe it will eventually even become part of Volkswagen!"

Li Yian replied loudly.

In fact, he had no idea of ​​dismantling Volkswagen at all. After all, even if the machines were dismantled, it might not be possible to achieve "Volkswagen".

How could Li Yian not understand the truth that "oranges born in Huainan are tangerines, and those born in north Huaibei are tangerines?"

Just like the Russians dismantled the larger Opel cars, they used Opel equipment and drawings to produce "Victory cars", not only for their own use, but also for export to various countries. Later, the equipment was sold to Poland, which used its drawings to continue producing "Warsaw" cars.

Ran and egg.

In the end, both Victory and Warsaw disappeared in the long river of history, but Opel, which was demolished, survived tenaciously and developed into a well-known European car company.

What Li Yian needs now is not Volkswagen's machinery and equipment, but this company. What he needs is Volkswagen, which will become the largest automobile company in Europe in the next few decades. He needs this company to bring him a source of resources. The rewards keep coming!

This is the most important!

And this is why he invited Nordhoff. Of course, Volkswagen will also become the master of Nanyang automobile manufacturing industry. From now on, it will send managers, engineers and workers to study here every year.

Volkswagen can become a teacher for the rise of Nanyang's automobile industry! With the help of Volkswagen, Nanyang's automobile industry will surely usher in a comprehensive rise.

After taking a piece of reassurance, Li Yian also directly injected 1000 million marks for the repair of the factory. After all, many buildings in this factory were in urgent need of repair.

"Mr. Nordhoff, I noticed that there are a lot of refugees crowded into the city now. I believe that many of our workers should live in very crowded or even harsh conditions. I think it is very necessary for us to build some worker dormitories. , for our workers and their families to live in, what do you think?”

As the owner of Volkswagen, Li Yian does this not only to win people's hearts, but more importantly, he needs workers to overcome the difficulties they face and focus on achievements and the company's production. Only in this way can he gain more prosperous profits.

After all, the Beetle will be the "sales champion" in the future automobile industry, with a total output of more than 20 million vehicles.

"Your Majesty, I think every worker will be grateful for your kindness! I will have people start this work, and it will be integrated with the company's production."

It has to be said that as a management expert, Nordhoff easily combined the dormitory with production, which is actually a reward system.

The application of this set of three virtues is also extremely proficient. After all, they have spent the past dozen years learning from the Russians, using rewards and examples to encourage others.

Then Nordhoff said again.

"However, Your Majesty, there is one thing that needs to be resolved immediately."

(End of this chapter)