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The Third Empire - Chapter 665

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:48:17 AM


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Louis Renault, French industrialist, one of the pioneers of automobile industry and one of the founders of Renault automobile.

In 1877, Louis Renault was born into a wealthy merchant family in Paris. In his youth, Renault began to be interested in machinery.

In 1898, Louis Renault, 21, converted his de Dion brand moped motorcycle into a car, which was the birth of Renault. At the same time, Renault was famous in Paris society as an automobile inventor.

Later, with the help of two brothers, Renault brothers automobile factory was established outside Paris.

Their cars continued to develop. Finally, before World War I, Renault occupied the position of the largest car company in France, with an annual output of more than 10000 cars.

In the first World War, the French army purchased a large number of Renault brand cars as military vehicles, which made Renault rank first in the French automobile industry in terms of scale, capital, technology and so on.

However, after the first World War, the good days of Renault ended. Citroen from the Netherlands quickly occupied the market at a price half cheaper than Renault's similar products.

Moreover, due to the worldwide economic turmoil in the 1920s and 1930s, car sales were very small.

This hit Louis Renault hard, suffering from aphasia and almost losing his ability to speak.

The skinny camel is bigger than the horse. Although Renault is not as beautiful as before, it still has an inside story. Now Renault has a wide range of products, including cars and tanks. Moreover, it is quite complete, such as cars, from civilian cars with cheap prices to noble cars.

Although it is not as beautiful as before, Renault is still one of the main companies in France. Its business involves cars, tanks, weapons, aircraft engines and so on.

However, the technology in Germany is far from enough.

The first stop of Chirac's visit was the Renault Motor Company on the outskirts of Paris. Louis Renault, in his 60s, stood outside waiting for Chirac's team, and next to him was Speer.

At that time, Speer became the Quartermaster minister under the guidance of Chirac, and then was responsible for all production affairs. Chirac was kind to him, and he did greatly improve the production capacity of various equipment.

During this time, he was committed to integrating French industry. Renault, he's been here many times.

At the same time, in order to protect the safety of Shrek, as early as two days ago, a large number of Gestapo blocked this place. Everyone was inspected and every possible commanding point was guarded to ensure the absolute safety of the head of state.

Xierik's car came to the door and looked at the 60 year old Renault standing aside. Xierik got out of the car and held each other's hand: "old Sir, the Empire will not treat a loyal person like you badly."

In fact, there is no way. If Renault does not cooperate, his factory will be directly acquired by Germany. In history, Renault actively cooperates with Germany, but at the end of World War II, Renault still cannot escape the fate of being annexed by the state and nationalized, and he has also become a sinner in France.

Now, Chirac's attitude still moved old Renault. Even in the past, the French Prime Minister did not communicate with him so cordially.

"Thank you." Old Renault didn't have much to say, so he managed to spit the word out of his mouth.

"Let's go and have a look." Shrek said to Speer.

Under the leadership of Speer, they first came to the production workshop.

Ford has brought the advantages of assembly line into full play, but it is still very old-fashioned in Renault factory. It is not uncommon for a technician to assemble the whole car, which leads to the high cost of Renault.

Now, the factory is in a state of shutdown. You can even see that some auto parts are being piled aside.

"After several days of investigation, we found that all products of Renault are obsolete." Speer said: "Renault's technology is old and its productivity is low. If it doesn't make great efforts to transform, the whole company should go bankrupt."

How to coordinate these factories is a major event. After all, this is a private enterprise, but it is also a private enterprise under the German occupation.

After hearing Speer's words, there was a trace of pain in the eyes of old Renault. Old Renault, who was born in technology, invented the direct transmission system and turbocharger.

But now, his products are said to be old-fashioned technology. He can accept that his products are expensive, but he is really unwilling to say that the technology is old.

But there's no way. He can only cooperate.

"Therefore, we intend to carry out a large number of transformation of the production here. For example, the engine plant here will be comprehensively transformed to produce our main diesel engine." Speer said.

Now, German diesel engines have formed a series, with a large number of common parts. Different horsepower output is realized through different cylinder numbers, which are matched on trucks, infantry combat vehicles and tanks. Therefore, the demand for engines in Germany is quite huge.

Speer's opinion is to eliminate all Renault products and turn Renault factory into a OEM factory in Germany.

Anyway, it's not that they don't give money. They won't suffer if they give Renault the price they normally order.

Shrek understood old Renault's mood.

Looking at the company established by one hand, all products are gone and reduced to a OEM factory. As the founder, it is normal to feel unhappy.

However, from the perspective of Empire, it is equally important to integrate the whole resources and achieve the maximum production efficiency. If Renault continues to produce, the equipment will face many problems for the front-line troops. The non-common parts will greatly increase the burden of logistics.

"I think the products produced by Renault can continue to use Renault's trademark." Sirik spoke.

It's just a trademark, which doesn't affect other aspects. However, it will give Renault great confidence. OEM production is still produced by Renault! At least, the name Renault will not disappear.

When he heard this, old renown was very grateful, and what xirick said later made him grateful.

"At the same time, in order to recognize Renault's contribution to the Empire, I propose to grant Mr. Louis Renault the title of holy Aryan."

Holy Aryans, this is a scheme proposed by Hitler a few years ago. It is to let non pure Aryans receive the same treatment as Aryans. It can be said that it is a kind of brainwashing and a spiritual guide.

Aliens, don't be sad. You can't choose your origin, but you can get the same status as Aryans through your own contribution!

The title of a holy Aryan makes many people proud. Now, Chirac brought this set to France, of course, to assimilate France and finally integrate Europeans into the big family of Germany.




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