Technology company, I will become the light of China!

As Chen Xing announced the global price of the premium version of Pilot 001, official websites in various places began to give gifts to bidders.

Since the purpose is to stimulate consumption, consumer discount coupons are definitely necessary.

For a while.

The live broadcast room of Longxing Group was filled with barrages of comments.

"Oh my god, I won a 2000 yuan car discount coupon, and there's also 30 yuan for phone calls, this is a definite win!"

"I guessed the price perfectly and got a 1 yuan discount voucher for the car, and also received a 3-year electricity subsidy. It only costs 1 cents to charge one kWh. The vehicle management office just called and said that if I buy a new energy vehicle, I can choose the license plate number for it. It seems that I have to buy it!"

"Freely choose your number? What's the difference between this and winning $50? Just take the number 99999, you're guaranteed to get rich!"

"Hahaha, a Didu license plate. I'm going to have a Didu license plate. I also guessed the price. The staff at the Didu Vehicle Administration Office also called me and said that if I place an order, I'll get a Beijing A license plate. Brothers, do you understand the value of a Beijing A license plate?"

"The Beijing A license plates have been released? What on earth is Mr. Chen capable of? This level of support is a bit abnormal!"

"I'm in Shenzhen. The vehicle management office called again and said that as long as you buy any model of the Pilot 001, you can freely choose the license plate. The Leopard number is on a first-come, first-served basis!"

If the vehicle is the face, then the license plate is the clothes.

Even if you drive a Wuling Hongguang, as long as you hang a top license plate like 88888 or 99999, you will attract as much attention as a sports car, and others may even think you are low-key.

Why is this happening?

Very simple.

This kind of serial number license plate, especially the 99999 model, can easily be converted into millions.

Since new energy vehicles have green license plates, which use two different management systems from the blue license plates of fuel vehicles, the source of top-quality green license plates for new energy vehicles is very rich, and drawing leopard numbers or consecutive numbers is no longer a dream.

While audiences across the Internet were opening surprise blind boxes, leadership teams from all over the country were sweating and watching the live broadcast nervously.

In order to guide people to consume, they have invested a lot of money this time.

Now they hope that people can grit their teeth and go to the bank to take out a loan or pay in full to get the car first.

After the car is purchased, car-related consumption will also be boosted.

Assuming that a large number of people choose to buy cars with loans, the money circulating in the banking system can truly flow into society and will not cause immediate inflation risks.

If we choose to distribute money directly, according to the 2015 census, there are 13.8 billion people in China. Even if each person only receives 100 yuan, that would be a total of 1380 billion yuan.

This method of directly distributing money will not only instantly increase the inflation coefficient, but also cause prices to soar. In addition, there are a large number of low-income farmers in Long Country. If prices soar, the ones who will suffer will only be the grassroots people.

This is also the reason why even if the United States raised interest rates to 10%, European countries collectively responded with deposit interest rates above 5% and began to print money and flood the market with money, but Longguo did not choose to flood the market with money and chose to fight deflation.

Once there is a massive money flood, those with stable jobs will be fine, but farmers without stable incomes may suddenly not be able to afford even pork.

At this time, many people may think that since prices are rising, farmers can also raise the price of grain to increase their income.

However, what they don’t know is that Long State has a special “Food Circulation Management Regulations” that control price increases, and raising prices privately is illegal.

But if you think about it carefully, food prices cannot be raised at will. If a bowl of rice costs two or three yuan, the corresponding fast food restaurant will also have to be a few yuan more expensive. Once the price of food goes up, all industries will follow suit.

It is precisely because of various reasons that the country cannot flood the market with money, this "Leader 001 Car Launch Conference" is particularly important, because it is one of the few excellent opportunities to stimulate people's consumption and localize the automobile industry.

……

Shenzhen International Racing Circuit.

Press conference podium.

Chen Xing glanced at the time and the performance of the audience in the stands, and spoke again: "I believe everyone has received our guessing benefits, so let's move on to the last part of this press conference, which is..."

He stretched out the last syllable, arousing the curiosity of the audience, and solemnly announced: "Witness with me the number of online orders for the two models of Linghang 001 in one hour."

The words fell.

The LED screen behind me switches the images.

It says that XXX units of the standard version of Linghang 001 were sold, XXX units of the premium version of Linghang 001 were sold, and the total number of Linghang 001 sold was XXX units.

"XXX" is clearly marked in red font with a horizontal line below. It is an extremely standard real-time sales statistics page.

"Oh my god! The press conference hasn't even ended yet, and they're already selling it?"

"That's fast, but here comes the question. Suppose, I'm just assuming, if no one pays, wouldn't Mr. Chen be embarrassed?"

"No one wants to buy it? With this configuration and this price, if there is no purchase limit, I will buy five, one for me, one for my dad, one for my mom, one for my grandpa, and one for my grandma. The whole family should be neat and tidy!"

“I guess it’s going to be a big hit again!”

"So it's to pay the deposit. It seems that Mr. Chen is very confident."

Just as the audience said, Chen Xing is not worried about the sales of Linghang 001, because he has already achieved the ultimate performance and reduced the price to the lowest.

If this configuration and this price can’t sell well, then there is only one possibility, that is, human extinction.

"Cough cough."

Chen Xing pretended to clear his throat, indicating that he had something else to say.

The audience also quieted down, all looking towards the figure in the center of the podium, waiting for his next words.

"As you can see, the Linghang 001 adopts the pre-sale model. This is because the production cost of the car is very high. We can't produce millions of cars and keep them in stock. Even if we keep hundreds of thousands of cars in stock, it will be tens of billions of orders. Therefore, we can only pre-order a certain number of cars, and our car factory can gradually produce according to demand."

"Of course."

Chen Xing suddenly changed the subject, and in sync with his speech, the LED screen switched to the PPT page.

"Our two-seater cars are produced using integrated die-casting and semi-automatic production. On average, a brand new Pilot 2 is ready for delivery every 17 minutes and 001 seconds, so you don't have to worry about waiting too long."

After glancing at the scene behind him, he continued, "Through the bird's-eye view of the factory behind me, I can clearly see the entire picture of the car production factory of Linghang 001."

"It has a total of six workshops, including the die-casting workshop, which is responsible for the vehicle's aluminum alloy structure, and the integrated die-casting of parts."

"To the left is the stamping workshop, which is mainly responsible for processing sheet metal materials, including punching, blanking, bending, stretching, flanging, bending, etc., to ensure that auto parts meet the requirements of assembly production."

"Going in is the body shop, which is where the body is assembled and produced. Then there is the paint shop, which is responsible for applying base color and primer to the vehicle. There is also the lithium battery assembly and production workshop. Finally, there is the final assembly workshop, where the finished vehicles are assembled and then undergo closed testing."

After briefly introducing the factory workshop, Chen Xing thought of something and reminded: "This pre-sale adopts the reservation payment, the payment is non-refundable, I hope everyone can do it according to their ability."

Those who often sign contracts will know that reservation and booking are different.

Although both can be used to express the same meaning, reservation means locking in advance and the advance payment is basically non-refundable, while booking means pre-order and the certainty is not that strong.

Lei Jun, who was sitting in the stands, heard this and looked at Luo Hao and said, "Old Luo, you should learn this carefully. This is called making sure nothing is leaking out. It eliminates the behavior of pretending to return products and get refunds from the root."

"You're so thoughtful!"

Luo Hao couldn't help but exclaim.

Who among the bosses in the mobile phone industry has not encountered a few large-scale refunds?
Not to mention the CEOs of mobile phone manufacturers, those who run online stores often encounter users who place an order a few minutes later and then rush to refund the order.

It is not ruled out that they may have ordered the wrong item, ordered too much, or suddenly didn't want the item, but there are indeed some people who can be said to be the internet male gods who specifically order luxury goods worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, then take screenshots to request a refund, and post the purchase screenshots on their Moments to show off.

It would be fine if it were other industries, but the automotive industry cannot do this. Frequent refunds will only disrupt the factory's production rhythm. Therefore, car reservations will not be refunded unless the responsibility lies with the manufacturer or 4S store.

"Yeah." Ren Guofei nodded slightly and commented: "The main production plant of the Pilot 001 is based on demand. If there is an order of 1000 units, then 1000 units will be produced. If there are orders of millions of units and refunds are made one after another, it will be troublesome."

"Mr. Ren, Mr. Lei, tell me the truth, are there other models that have not been announced?" Duan Yongping suddenly asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, BYD CEO Wang Fu's ears twitched slightly, and he was about to prick them up to eavesdrop. The CEOs of other domestic car companies also fell silent, wanting to know the answer.

Ren Guofei and Lei Jun did not rush to answer, but looked at each other and exchanged glances. Then the latter smiled and asked, "Are you talking about SUV?"

“It could be an SUV.”

Duan Yongping nodded.

"As for SUV, no, but let's talk about super sports cars. They are currently under development. I believe you will be able to see them soon." Lei Jun made the shocking revelation.

"Supercar?"

“You want to build a sports car?”

Wang Fu couldn't hold it any longer. Wasn't this progress too rapid?
The results of the coupe are not yet known, but the car factory has already started researching supercars. Is this an attempt to reproduce the previous high- and low-end market share?

"No way to survive!" Chen Hong clenched her fists, but was helpless.

After seeing this at the press conference, he had deeply understood what the gap was, and he also regretted why he did not perfect his patented technology.

Since foreign car companies want to enter the Chinese market, they must find local car companies to form joint ventures. Many domestic car companies are accustomed to the model of making money without doing anything and do not seek change.

This is a bit like the story of transporting sardines. In the absence of external enemies, sardines would basically die during long-distance transportation, and the texture of the meat would be greatly reduced.

But as long as a catfish is added to the transport box, the sardines will keep swimming to avoid attacks from their natural enemies. Their tense nerves and the instinct for survival will increase the overall survival rate of sardines, which originally had a mortality rate of nearly 90% during long-distance transportation, to over 95%.

Domestic car companies have been accustomed to the good times in the past, and now is the time to clean up.

"You will know soon. Chen Xing should tell you at the end." Lei Jun responded to Wang Fu with a smile, his words full of confidence.

Wang Fu was silent.

He looked back towards the podium.

There is only one word difference between a coupe and a supercar, but the price of the latter is often several times, or even ten times, that of the former!
Similarly, supercars require higher manufacturing processes than coupes. Not only must the body be as light as possible, but also consideration must be given to whether the wind pressure can hold the car in place, otherwise it will easily float out at high speeds.

……

"It's almost five o'clock in the afternoon now. We will start the sale at five o'clock. This sale will only be limited to the Longguo area."

Chen Xing looked at the time and announced the final release time.

"You can now open Weibo or TikTok and find any official account of Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Dami Company and wait. We will send you the reservation webpage link."

The words fell.

All of a sudden.

Countless spectators flocked to the event.

As time went by, the operations of Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company, and Dami Company all published articles at the same time.

[Leading the trend, setting sail immediately, each of us can be the leader of the times. The price of the standard version of Linghang 001 is 20.9 yuan, and the price of the exclusive version of Linghang 001 is 29.9 yuan. We meet here, we remember today, and you can enjoy special rights and interests by paying the deposit within a limited time. You can click the link below for details...]
The blog post was accompanied by a link, which attracted countless netizens to click in and check it out.

The reservation page is very simple. After selecting the car model you want to buy, you will automatically jump to the personal information filling column. There is also a dim yellow Pay Now button at the bottom, and you can vaguely see the words 20000 yuan.

"A deposit of 2 is acceptable. Please fill in your personal information first, otherwise you will be too late later." Lin Xiaolong muttered to himself while sitting in a seat at the press conference.

After that, he began to fill in the form according to the process.

After entering his name, mobile phone number, ID number, and permanent address, Lin Xiaolong checked all the terms he knew and agreed to them, and the previously dim Pay Now button lit up.

"Can you pay?"

Lin Xiaolong clicked tentatively.

[Currently non-trading time! ]
A prompt window suddenly popped up on the web page. He was not surprised. There were less than four minutes left until five o'clock in the afternoon, so it was impossible to ask you to pay in advance.

Lin Xiaolong glanced at the audience next to him, and saw that most of them were filling out information.

Judging from this scene, as well as the attitudes and expressions of the audience around him, he had a hunch that today would create a milestone in automotive history.

"There are three minutes left. Prospective car owners who haven't filled out their information should hurry up and make a successful payment after the pre-sale opens. You will unlock your unique Pilot 3 number. Let's see who is the prospective car owner No. 001."

"There are still 2 minutes left."

"hurry up."

Chen Xing was shouting on the stage.

Yao Nana, who was in charge of supervising the backend data, and the marketing staff were all shocked when they saw the jumping numbers.

"Sister Na, am I seeing things? There are actually millions of netizens staying on the pre-sale page, and every time Mr. Chen calls out, the number of people increases. It will probably exceed 10 million!"

"Oh my goodness, if 1000 million people pay a deposit of 2 yuan, that would be 2000 billion yuan. I can't even imagine the total amount!"

"What are you thinking? If 1000 million people pay the deposit, it will be a great success. Car owners who can afford a 100 yuan car are successful people, right?"

"That's it."

Although it seems like everyone on the Internet owns a BBA, in the real world, most people drive cars worth hundreds of thousands of yuan.

How do you say that?

If your family is not well-off and your family members cannot provide financial support, people who can drive a car worth more than 20 yuan are already rare among the poor.

"Stop chatting." At this time, Yao Nana reminded, and said in a deep voice: "It's the last minute. We must ensure the presentation of page data and not disrupt the rhythm of the press conference."

"understand!"

"Sister Na, I guarantee you'll complete the mission!"

"With the support of the technical department, there will be no problem."

"59!"

"58!"

The sound of Chen Xing's countdown was transmitted to the ears of everyone in the marketing department through the live broadcast. Yao Nana also immediately asked the Weibo operations staff to prepare to increase the popularity so that it would directly top the hot search list as soon as the one-hour reservation volume came out.

"38!"

"37!"

"36!"

When Chen Xing counted down, the audience followed suit, but they all lowered their heads, holding their phones tightly, waiting.

Presidents of foreign auto companies, including BMW Group CEO Nagel, Mercedes-Benz Group CEO Olaf Reiter, Audi Group CEO Diessmeier, and Honda Group President Kazuki Otaki, looked around as if they had seen something horrible.

Looking around the press conference site, passers-by were basically holding their phones, indicating that they were all waiting to pay.

What is the concept?
There were about a thousand people at the press conference.

Assuming there are 1000 passers-by, if they all place orders, then 1000 cars are sold directly, not counting the online viewers.

In the Longguo market, the BMW Group's total monthly sales of imported and joint venture BMWs are about 7 units. If this trend continues, the Pilot 001 will surely crush it.

"Isn't it going to break the record?" Toyota Group CEO Takahiro Saikawa muttered to himself.

The current record for single-day car sales is achieved by Mercedes-Benz.

On the anniversary of the founder of Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz was sold at a 9% discount, which triggered a buying spree around the world. The daily pre-order volume in the United States alone reached 12 vehicles.

Let’s just say 12 vehicles can be sold in a single day. Some car companies may not even be able to sell 12 vehicles in a month, or even a fraction of that.

"The last second!"

Chen Xing raised his voice.

this moment.

Countless people held their breath and listened to their own heartbeats.

"Five seconds left!"

"4!"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

The moment "1" was said, countless prospective car owners clicked the payment button simultaneously, and the webpage immediately jumped to and requested permission to use the camera.

【Please put your face in the frame. 】

【Please blink.】

【Please open your mouth.】

【Please shake your head.】

【Verification successful.】

As a large number of netizens successfully verified, the webpage jumped directly to the options page, which listed the available payment methods.

There is Alipay, WeChat payment, and bank card binding payment, etc.

Everyone was racing against time. After about 25 seconds, real-time data appeared on the LED screen behind Chen Xing.

[One unit of the standard version of Pilot 001 was sold.]
[XXX units of the Pilot 001 Premium Edition were sold.]
[001 unit of Pilot 1 sold in total.]
In the blink of an eye, the 1 car sold turned into 2, 3, 5, 10, and 100 cars. More and more prospective car owners successfully paid and got their exclusive vehicle numbers.

"Hahaha, 001 is here with me, I am the chosen one!"

"Little premium version, take it, take it!"

"007 is mine, it's so cool, I can't miss the pilot 001!"

“Payment successful, awesome!”

The numbers on the LED screen were jumping wildly. In just one minute, the cumulative number of vehicles pre-ordered and sold reached 1.

Masik, who was sitting in the second-floor stands, looked at the rapidly rising numbers and realized that he was going to lose miserably.

1 vehicles per minute, and a conservative estimate is 7000 vehicles per hour!

How do you play with others?

Not only Marsik, but also BMW Group CEO Nagel, Mercedes-Benz Group CEO Olaf Reiter and Audi Group CEO Diessmeier are unwilling to believe this is true.

Every time the numbers on the LED screen ticked, it was like a sledgehammer hitting their hearts, causing waves of pain.

Compared with the presidents of Western car companies, the CEOs of Japan's car companies all had gloomy faces, as if they had eaten a dead rat.

1 vehicles per minute, this was beyond their understanding.

Even if all the cars of Toyota Group were added together and a press conference was held on the same day, it would not be possible to sell 1 cars in one minute. Being able to achieve this sales volume means that the market recognition of the Pilot 7000 is very high.

10 minutes.

5 vehicles.

30 minutes.

11 vehicles.

When the 60-minute mark came, Chen Xing announced while looking at his watch: "Sorry for the long wait, the sales volume for the hour is out. The standard and premium versions totaled 1 units. Thank you very much for your support. The Linghang 18 Automobile Factory will deliver your cars to the direct-sale stores in the places where you placed the orders as soon as possible. Thank you again."

Chen Xing bowed and thanked him.

The audience immediately screamed and the place became boiling.

"As the old saying goes, if you put the people in your heart, the people will hold you high. At the prices of 20.9 and 29.9, I really have to buy it. The price-performance ratio is amazing!"

"Support domestic products, they are far ahead!"

"I have already ordered two, one for me and one for my wife. Although both of us are not very good at driving, with L3 autonomous driving, this is no problem!"

"For this price, what should we thank? We should thank you, Mr. Chen!"

"That's right, with this pricing and configuration, Longxing Group is worthy of being the god of domestic products. They really brought the price down!"

Chen Xing felt very happy when hearing the cheers and chatter from the audience, but when hearing it from Mashik, he just felt it was noisy and out of tune with these people.

1 vehicles in one hour, he has completely put on the mask of pain.

At the beginning of the press conference, Chen Xing was not bragging. The Linghang 001 is really a leader in new energy vehicles, and this car is truly far ahead.

"Far ahead!"

"Far ahead!"

"Far ahead!"

As time went by, the chaotic cheers and discussions gradually turned into a uniform and far-leading voice, just like a large-scale military training scene.

Chen Xing waited quietly for a moment, then raised his hand to signal for silence and said in a louder voice:

"All good things must come to an end. Today's "Pilot 001 Press Conference" has come to an end. At the end of the press conference, I would like to say one more thing."

"Longguo Automobile used to be synonymous with backward technology because our industrial revolution was a hundred years behind the West, and the barriers of patent technology had already been built."

"However, Longguo will not stop its exploration of automobiles, and our pilot cars will catch up until they can no longer see our taillights. I believe it won't be long before we see pilot cars in the world's top and most prestigious events. Everyone, please stay tuned!"

(End of this chapter)