Admiral in the Azure World

Chapter 187 The Deal with Rockefeller
"Hmm...it looks quite unique." Rockfield looked at the car parked at the door.

What Huang Jiang asked Thors to bring to Rockfield was a shiny black imitation Rolls-Royce car.

"But I like it very much." Rockfield touched the car body, "The person who designed this shape, even if he is not a master, is still a person with extremely high artistic accomplishment."

Towers replied: "It was designed by Deacon Mark himself."

Rockefeller was not surprised and murmured softly: "No wonder those who can become federal deacons are only one-in-a-thousand talents."

Thors doesn't know what art is, he just thinks this car is pleasing to the eye.He opened the car door and asked Rockfield to get in.Rockefeller's two bodyguards sat in the back of the car.

"What is this?" Rockfield pulled the black cloth strap next to the seat.

"Seat belts," Towers introduced, "prevent them from flying out during sudden braking or a crash."

"It's similar to the one on the carriage." Rockfield looked at the automatically retractable seat belt, "but the design is much more sophisticated."

Towers then began to introduce the various components on the driver's seat to Rockfield to show the oil king how complete the car was.

"This is the steering wheel."

"This is the speedometer, this is the fuel gauge...and the brake, accelerator, clutch, transmission, parking brake..."

Rockefeller nodded while listening, and after listening to the introduction, he sighed: "This is not like a brand-new invention at all, it is almost like a mature technology that has been innovated for nearly a hundred years. I started I was also worried about the feasibility of it replacing horse-drawn carriages, but now it seems that these concerns have been reduced by at least half."

"Many of them are the meaning of Deacon Mark." Thors also sighed, "Sometimes his genius ideas even Dailham amazed, that kid is a very proud genius, and few people admire him."

"The fuel is gasoline," Towers said.

"Gasoline..." Rockefeller recalled, "When the laboratory was established to improve the quality of kerosene, we treated this product as waste for the first time."

"Soon, it will become liquid gold." Towers looked at Rockfield, "bringing you countless wealth."

"I'm looking forward to that day," Rockfield said with a smile.

"In fact, our laboratory is still developing a brand new internal combustion engine that uses a different principle." Towers said, "And it does not use gasoline, but diesel that is heavier than gasoline."

"If it's diesel, the electric spark can't ignite it, right?" Rockefeller was very concerned about internal combustion engines. After all, they also used petroleum products.

"So another method was adopted, which seems to be compression ignition." Toles is just an investor and does not know much about technology.

"Then I'll wait and see." Rockfield said.

Thors turned his head and started to drive the car carefully.It was revealed to Rockefeller that the diesel engine was previously instructed by Huang Jiang. After all, as an engine, it would be uncomfortable if the fuel used was not produced by the refinery.

"What's the price for this kind of car."

"This one costs 12000 soles." Towers said, "There is also a low-end version, which costs about 4000 soles. It only takes a year for the average middle class to work hard."

"Well, the price is really exciting." Rockfield nodded, "How's the output?"

"Regarding this, Gloria Island is currently unable to meet the expected demand of the entire federation." Towers said, "However, we intend to license a series of automobile patents to factories on other islands for OEM production."

"It's a good relationship." Rockefeller couldn't be happier. The sooner the car goes on the market, the sooner he can get out of the predicament. "But aren't you afraid of pirated copies by unscrupulous manufacturers?"

"So, Deacon Mark wants to make a deal with you."

"What deal?" When Rockfield heard the deal, his eyes immediately became sharp, and he slowly rolled up the car window.Towers glanced in the rearview mirror.

Rockfield tapped the seat lightly, three times.

This is the body language Rockfield often used in the old refinery, indicating that this person is trustworthy.

Towers understood and continued: "We want to use Standard Oil's team of lawyers to protect our automobile patents."

"Oh? What do you exchange for?" Rockefeller smiled half-smile.

Thors parked the car in a remote corner, and took out two documents from the purse beside him.

Rockfield took it and opened it.

The first document is about gas stations.

"Gas station?" Rockfield glanced at the beginning of the name.

"Just like a light bulb cannot be separated from electricity," Towers explained, "a car cannot be separated from fuel. The two need to complement each other, otherwise the car will not be much more convenient than the horse-drawn carriage. If you provide the land, Garland will help you build it All gas stations are guaranteed to have at least one gas station on every island, and we will give you a [-]% discount on the price."

"Yeah. That's the truth." Rockfield was noncommittal, but judging from his actions, he should be more inclined to agree with this plan.

"You can also open convenience stores and other shops in gas stations." Rockfield is indeed a legendary businessman. "You don't suffer at all. This is a win-win situation at best."

Rockfield said, opening the second document.

【Blue Federal Highway Plan】

"This is a project together with the gas station. Recently, the big men in the Congress are worried about the increasing number of unemployed people. If this continues, the federation will fall into an unprecedented economic crisis." Toles said, "This is a project that has been Relief for work program.”

"It's also to pave the way for the promotion of cars." Rockfield saw through Huang Jiang's thoughts at a glance and said to Thors.

Thor nodded candidly and then said: "The infrastructure of most of the islands in the Federation is absolutely terrible. It would be good to take this opportunity to rebuild, right?"

Rockfield laughed loudly, patted the document, and said, "However, such a major expenditure proposal requires the approval of at least half of the governors, that is, at least five. I can convince two or three."

"Governor Luweihua, Governor Gypsophila, and Governor Clover have already read this document." Thors said meaningfully.

Gibran is an old acquaintance of Huang Jiang's. Next month, steel products will be discounted by [-]%. He agreed to Huang Jiang's matter very readily, and Mantian Xingling and Huang Jiang are planning the matter of the oil and steel community, so they are naturally willing to help. Small favor.As for the clover leader, Huang Jiang really has no friendship with them there, and he is completely following the way of Anders, and he doesn't know how he got in touch with the governor of clover.

Rockfield was slightly surprised, then smiled and said: "That's just right."

"So……"

"I'll let you know over there."

Rockefeller no longer worried about the future of the automobile.As long as it is still passable, he will be confident that through overwhelming publicity, the car will enter thousands of households, not to mention the car in front of him with such a high degree of completion.

"There's still time left, let's go for a drive." Thors was in a good mood and started the car again.

"Let's go and compare the speed with the train!" Rockfield was also in a good mood and said boldly.

(End of this chapter)