As the climate warms, temperatures in the U.S. are now relatively warm. Naturally, there is no need to wear that kind of thick cotton clothes in such weather, and many pedestrians have already taken off their cotton clothes and changed into relatively thin clothes.

In fact, for many people, it is absolutely comfortable to drive outside in an open-top car on such a day. Even, if you drive a very handsome convertible, there is a possibility that you will hook up with some girls―――――― no, not possibly, to be exact, but there is a considerable possibility that this will be the case, after all, just as men like cars, many times women also like cars.

The difference is only that cars are like wives for some men―――――― of course, if it is a man with many cars, then the status of some of them is probably like a concubine in the harem. Of course, you can say that the queen or something can follow her for a lifetime, but the car can't always be carried?

This sentence is correct, but in all dynasties, it is not uncommon for queens to be beaten into the cold palace. There are even many who were simply killed by more ruthless emperors because of their fall out of favor, and such examples are definitely not uncommon in all dynasties.

And the same is true for cars, don't look at the car you like very much now, but even if you like it very much, it is only temporary, and after a long time, you will soon start to like the new and hate the old, especially when a new car appears.

In fact, no matter which man it is, he will be renewed to that kind of thing. At the same time, it is also interesting to look more cool cars.

Of course, the same is true for women, but if a man thinks of this time as his wife or a woman. So for women, the car is equivalent to an item and prop that shows their identity...

However, there are many women whose income may be able to afford a car, but they may not be able to afford a good car, and at this time, finding a man who can afford it seems to be the best way.

I remember that in Yan Shao's time, there was a TV program in South Korea. It's about a man driving in the middle of the night, who accosted him on the street, and the result was N times. There was only one failure―――――― and the man drove a good car, which shows the importance of the car.

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Naturally, there are also such things as driving on the highway in China. And as people's lives get better and better. In particular, there are more and more capitalists, and there are more and more such things.

However, unlike Europe and the United States, for Europeans and Americans, this kind of thing does not seem strange, let alone blameless, but for Chinese, this kind of thing is somewhat ...

And that's why it started to happen. It is not uncommon to find some moral gentleman, who lashes out in this regard. Because for some traditional literati. It seems that the admiration of simplicity has become a natural thing, but it is the kind of extravagant behavior that should be criticized and criticized.

There have even been people who have suggested that a cultural movement should be launched in the country to make the whole country more pure, and at the same time completely abandon this social ethos of advocating luxury.

This kind of mention has even been mentioned by some people even within the government. It even included many prominent figures in society, including Zhang Lan, which did not seem too surprising to these traditional literati.

But for Yan Shao, this is something that Yan Shao will never agree to. After all, Yan Shao knows very well how important commercial trade is to this world, especially in this era of increasing productivity, including luxury goods such as automobiles, which will enter thousands of households in the future.

What's more, people are already advocating a life of luxury, so what's wrong with that? Isn't the reason why human beings have been able to develop to this point today is because of human beings' pursuit of desire?

It is precisely because of that desire in the heart that human beings move forward so hard, because they want to satisfy the desire in their heart. For many people, this desire naturally includes the yearning for a better life―――――― of course, you can also call this an ideal or a dream or something, but in fact, the general meaning is almost the same, there is no big difference.

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For people, a good life is not only a family issue, but also represents the quality of life. And in many cases, the car is also one of them. Naturally, Yan Shao is reluctant to take the car, in addition to because Yan Shao knows very well that in the future, the car can be said to be the most important means of transportation in the world, and the behavior of exhaust gases to get rid of the car, or the civilian market that intends to abolish the car, is basically no different from the Sunflower Treasure Book, and there is also a very important reason that the current automobile market in the world is almost all Yan Shao's Yushi Group, in other words, this so-called automobile market is basically equivalent to Yan Shao's own, Let Yan Shao ban his own business, do you think this is possible?

Since the acquisition of many brands including General Motors, Ford and Rolls-Royce, Yushi Group has acquired. Although there are still many car brands in the world, and these brands compete with each other, there is no doubt that these car companies have a behind-the-scenes boss, and that boss is Yan Shao.

But on the other hand, Yan Shaozhi is very satisfied with the current situation.

In the past, Yushi Automobile has always provided a large amount of money to Yan Shao's business, and this situation is believed to be the case even at some point in the future. Even as the demand for cars grows more and faster, the benefits will only increase.

In this case, it is impossible for Yan Shao to give up the automobile industry.

That's why Yan Shao found a way to acquire Ford and other automobile companies. In this way, even if Yan Shao's successful "Assembly Line" is learned in the future, or the patent expires, Yushi Group can still continue to monopolize the entire world's automobile manufacturing industry. And you don't need to worry about ending up in the same fate as the original historical Ford.

However, Yan Shao also admitted that the reason why he hoped that Yushi Group could continue to monopolize was mainly for profit.

Yan Shao himself knows very well that a company has a monopoly on the entire industry, so it may be a good thing for this company, but for the company's customers. I'm afraid that's not a good thing.

After all, monopoly means that there is no competition, which means that no matter how hard the company does not try. There is no need to worry about other problems. Because they don't need to worry about sales at all, and they don't need to worry about no one buying what comes out―――――― because those customers only have such a place to buy things.

It's just that...

At present, the Yushi Group has basically monopolized the entire automobile industry, and it can even be said that except for a small number of military markets. Because each country has its own system. Therefore, except for the monopoly for the time being, the rest of the private market has basically been monopolized by the state-owned government.

Even the ordinary truck and tractor market, the sporadic companies that came out are still resisting, and the rest have basically been wiped out.

In this case, let Yan Shao choose to practice the Sunflower Treasure Book, to be honest, Yan Shao is reluctant...

It's just that...

Yan Shao also knows that if he continues to monopolize like this. Then it will have a negative impact not only on the industry, but also on the whole world.

This. How much made Yan Shao a little dilemma.

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Yan Shao is really embarrassed, on the one hand, he has worked hard for many years, and now he has dominated the global cause, on the other hand, the future of the entire human race―――――― how important is the car, I am afraid that no one in the whole world knows better than Yan Shao, right?

To be honest, these two, no matter which one they are, give Yan Shao a little headache, because Yan Shao feels that no matter which one he chooses, he will definitely regret it in the future―――――― which has nothing to do with right or wrong, but with reluctance, the problem is that Yan Shao is reluctant to do both.

Fortunately, Yan Shao finally found a way that still had some effect, that is, to let the following car companies compete. Anyway, these companies basically belong to Yan Shao, since this is the case, then in the absence of foreign enemies, no matter how fierce their competition is, it basically does not have much impact on Yan Shao's career, right?

Similarly, because of this kind of competition, it is possible that the automobile industry, which is already a backwater, will become more dynamic.

In fact, it seems that Rolls-Royce, Ford and General Motors and other automobile companies are very unconvinced that they lost to the Yushi Group, thinking that the Yushi Group only occupies the advantage of "assembly line" and low labor costs, in fact, if you design a car, you may not be worse than anyone else. Therefore, after Yan Shao let go of the restrictions and signaled that they could compete at will, these people naturally wanted to take a breath and prove themselves at the same time.

On the other hand, in order to ensure that this kind of competition can be maintained in a virtuous circle in a short period of time, Yan Shao did not forget to issue an order ―――――― a permanent order.

After all, the water doesn't know what the future holds, and if that idiot changes the policy in the future, the problem will come. Therefore, Yan Shao did not set any restrictions on this kind of free competition, which also made the whole competition free.

Although Yushi Group is still the world's largest automobile group, on the other hand, he has also lost the support of the rear, and even the largest financial owner behind the entire Yushi Group, Yushi Bank, has now canceled the partiality support for Yushi Automobile in the past, and replaced it with equal treatment―――――― of course, this is just what Yan Shao expects, in fact, although this situation has changed, but private favoritism still often happens, After all, the two sides can be regarded as coming down from the same root, and there is no big contradiction between each other in the past, since this is the case, then considering the relationship between each other over the years, it is normal to have some favoritism.

It's just that these things are usually done in a more secretive way, so naturally no one will gossip...

Of course, if only that's the case. Then Ford and other companies still don't have much way to live, after all, today's Yushi Automobile can almost be said to have been part of the entire automobile industry. Even if they are separated now, there is no way for the car companies to get any more support. However, its huge advantages are still indelible, and compared with Yushi Automobile, other car companies still have a great disadvantage, which is difficult to say that it can be compensated.

However, Yushi Motors has no backing, but companies like Rolls-Royce or Ford may not be gone. At least as soon as the news of free competition broke, countries began to blatantly support their own country-loved auto industry―――――― of course. Actually, these belong to China...

It's just that for them, these car factories are basically opened on the territory of their respective countries, and both the managers and the workers below are mainly their own citizens. In this case, it is only natural that they will support 'their own people', and for many people, it is an opportunity for revenge.

After all, it was so defeated by the Chinese in the field of automobiles. It's also a shame for many. And if it is done well this time, then it will be possible to defeat the Chinese under a fairer ingyu, so that people can understand that the reason why their country failed in the first place was not because of problems with the design of the car, but because other aspects were on the wrong side, and there were actually no problems with their own country side ...

As a result, with the support of various countries, although car companies such as Rolls-Royce and Ford still have a small share of the world. But at least they already have market share that can ensure their survival―――――― and it has to be worth mentioning, at least in this era. In fact, there are still very few countries that really have a large-scale automobile industry, and these countries basically belong to the category of 'developed countries' in later generations...

After all, automobiles are easy to build, but if you want to produce them in large quantities, you need a certain amount of industrial capacity, which is basically only available in developed countries. This is especially true in an era when industry has almost decided on a qiē...

And the citizens of such countries usually have relatively high incomes, plus there must be certain patriots in various countries. When this kind of patriot encounters goods, he must give priority to buying the products of his own country, especially when the price gap is not large, and sometimes even if the price gap is slightly larger, but these people are still willing. This is one of the reasons why car companies in various countries have been able to survive.

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In any case, as the competition in the automobile industry becomes more and more fierce, the entire automobile industry is also in a kind of healthy competition, which Yan Shao is definitely happy to see. After all, for Yan Shao, the healthy development of the automobile industry is equally important, for which Yan Shao is even willing to pay a part of the price.

And now, because of the fierce competition between various companies, the original laziness for R&D between each other seems to have completely dissipated at this time. Instead, all manufacturers are squeezing toothpaste, and even because almost all automobile factories belong to the relationship of Yushi Group, this competition is even more fierce than that of later generations, especially...

From a certain point of view, the entire automobile industry today is somewhat similar to later generations, basically competing with each other independently, and constantly investing in research and development for a small market share, and so on.

If there is any difference, then the automobile companies of later generations usually have many shareholders, and the Yushi Group in this era and a series of subordinate companies have only one boss, and this boss is Yan Shao―――――― Yan Shao is not worried about what impact this kind of thing will have on himself after it spreads, after all, Yan Shao's position in China is now very stable, even if something really happens, it is not a big deal...

For Yan Shao, the most important thing at the moment is this kind of healthy competition, although Yan Shao is also very clear that this kind of competition is certainly not as good as the kind of later generations, but in this era, at least it can meet Yan Shao's requirements, that is, in the case of having a certain degree of competitiveness, do not delay the development of the automobile industry

From the current point of view, Yan Shao's plan is relatively successful. At least for now, the automotive industry has not failed. They're still moving forward, forward, forward!

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Outside the venue of the Washington meeting. A group of people is waiting for the news of the closing ceremony.

With the signing of the Far East Peace Treaty, the last of the four treaties of the Washington Conference, the entire Washington Conference can be said to have come to a successful conclusion.

However, the signing of the Far East Peace Treaty did not mean that the conference was over. After all, it is an international conference, and it can be said that it is the most important international conference after the "Versailles Peace Conference". There is even a need for a grand reception with delegations, and so on, which is a common practice.

In fact, the circle of people outside is waiting now. It's the news related to the closing.

After all, when the closing ceremony is over, the Washington meeting will be considered a victory.

By this time, the weather had warmed up, so even the people standing outside the venue were wearing thin clothes. But not many people feel cold.

In fact, not only is it not cold, but because of the more heated discussion, the atmosphere at the scene seems to be relatively hot―――――― at least many people think so.

At this time, many people were leaning against the bodies of some cars, and they were discussing with the people around them. As for the topic of discussion. Related, of course, to the Washington conference in front of us. But it's not all about meetings. There are also topics that are not related to the conference, such as what happened in the Far East.

Although the matter of Macao is a secret, as I said before, it is really difficult to have any secrets in this world, at least one thing is certain, that is, after obtaining the secret, countries are not obliged to keep it secret for the British...

So soon this matter was publicized in private, after all, neither the United States, nor France, nor other countries are fuel-efficient lamps. It is impossible not to notice.

And in the absence of a need to keep the British secret, they naturally do not think it is a bad thing to help the British publicize.

And then. Here's the problem...

Since there is no need to keep it secret, then naturally there is no need to keep it a secret from those uncrowned kings.

Soon these things began to be reported by the media of various countries, and it was not long before the matter could not be hidden. In the end, almost the whole world knew what the British had coaxed in this matter, and although the British were very ashamed of it, they had no other way to do it. After all, it is impossible for them to really turn against the Nationalist government, and most importantly, it is obviously a shame for the British to overturn the treaty that has just been signed.

However, the British feel embarrassed, and others feel more coke, especially the Americans and some other countries, after all, the British have always made a haughty posture there, and there are not too many people who are not used to it.

Especially for Americans, maybe they don't hate the British, but it's harder to get them to like the British. So maybe they won't take the initiative to trouble the British, but if they see the British unlucky or ugly, they don't mind laughing at them.

In fact, they are doing it now, but it is clear that there are definitely things that deserve to be laughed at more than what happened between China and India, as is happening now.

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Outside the venue, while many people were chatting enthusiastically, someone suddenly shouted in the center of the crowd.

"Look! Look! The latest news, the Chinese have found a large amount of oil in Kuwait, and it is said that the reserves are even likely to be not inferior to Mexico! ”

Hearing the news, the Americans who were discussing, and even laughing at the British, almost turned their heads to see the latest news that had just arrived.

On the other hand, while he was slightly proud in his heart, the man just now was constantly scattering the newspapers in his hand around, and soon these newspapers caused a commotion, and a large number of people began to scramble for these newspapers...

As for the man, he was handing out newspapers while constantly shouting in the words he had just said.

He succeeded, with a very useful news report and a whole bunch of newspapers that were not particularly valuable, and soon he attracted the attention and attention of almost everyone, and this was exactly what this person needed and wanted...

In fact, the main reason for this situation is that the number of newsboys in the United States is small. Of course, this is not to say that there are no newsboys in the United States, to be precise, the newsboys in the United States are somewhat similar to the kind of newspapers in later generations, they are all subscribed to the newspaper, and then delivered by the newsboys to those people, some are families, some are workplaces, and they are different.

But the kind of newsboy who carries a bag and runs around like China is rare in the United States. What's more, this is not an ordinary place, but a meeting place for negotiations between various countries, and no matter how free the United States is, no matter how free such a place is, it is impossible to allow some newsboys to come here to sell newspapers, so this gives the person just now a chance, a chance to become famous.

At least he believed, after passing by; Oh, after today's move, I will definitely have a certain reputation.

On the other hand, he is actually very interested in this matter, and he really wants to know how people pay attention to this news.

As it turned out, he got it right, and the attention to the news was very high, but it wasn't surprising, after all, it was oil, not anything else.

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In Yan Shao's time, if someone suggested that any resource was the most important to mankind, I am afraid that a considerable number of people would choose oil.

Although in later generations, such as nuclear power, hydropower, wind power and a series of other power generation measures, have entered a relatively mature stage. But that doesn't mean they can replace oil―――――― it's true that oil can also be used to generate electricity, at least historically, when the Americans chose to export gas turbines to the Chinese government after China's gas turbines came into operation.

It is conceivable that if China's gas turbines had not been put into production, the Americans would never have done so. But China has moved, so the Americans have no choice but to bow their heads.

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Although there are some differences from later generations, no matter who is very clear about the value of oil, after all, the Tampico oil field is Yan Shao's first bucket of gold...

From a certain point of view, without those buckets of gold, there would be no Yan Shao today.

What's more, in addition to this story, there is also the story of the Mexican oil fields? Unlike people in other places, the oil industry in the United States is relatively developed, and I don't know how many people have become rich overnight because of the discovery of oil. (To be continued......)