Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

When Benz decided to accept the order at the price of 50 gold coins, the audience was excited.

50 gold coins and a car, the value of these two things have never been equal in their minds.

Although the Victory model had no distinctive features, its decoration was not high-end, its speed was not fast, and its performance was not good, it was overtaken by the first place by three laps.

But it only costs 50 gold coins!

Even if the car stalls after driving two kilometers, it is the driver's problem, definitely not the car's problem.

What's more, it completed the entire 150-kilometer track.

50 gold coins, for most urban families today, it can be afforded by saving up for two or three years. It is a little expensive, but within an acceptable range.

And those who can come to watch the game are basically from families with relatively good financial conditions.

For a while, the sales of cars in the stadium were like the sales of fish at the fish stalls on the seaside in the early morning.

A large number of spectators rushed to hold up their signs, and some even rushed down the stands and ran directly towards Benz, fearing that their orders would be cancelled.

In their opinion, even if the cost of the car is indeed low, the current price is too exaggerated. It must be that the company has just opened, and in order to expand the market, it is selling at cost price, or even at a small loss. The price will definitely increase in the future.

Many people present were thinking of hoarding goods and reselling them.

Soon, the number of orders accumulated to over a thousand.

The owner of Slade Workshop in the audience fell into a brief trance and did not react for a moment to what was happening.

Until the bosses of other workshops shouted: "It's over, it's all over! How can he sell it for 50 gold coins? He's crazy, he's already crazy, this is malicious competition, just to be able to bet against us..."

Boss Slade gradually came to his senses. Hearing the broken voices of his colleagues, he said angrily, "Is he crazy or are you crazy? Do you think it's possible to do business at a loss just for a bet of one gold coin for one more order?"

As a leading figure in the magic car industry today, he quickly regained his sanity and began to think.

There is a problem here, there must be a problem.

There's no reason why the cost should be so low.

It takes at least twelve experienced craftsmen five months to make a magic car. In addition to the expensive materials, although the selling price is tens of thousands of gold coins, the profit is usually only two to three thousand.

The industry's general profit margin is around 3 or 4 percent, and anything over 5 percent is considered a lot of money.

As a luxury product, it is completely unlike other luxury goods that rely on storytelling to create huge profit margins.

Even if cars don't use magic, don't those purely mechanical structures require experienced craftsmen?
While Benz was adjusting the car, Boss Slade had a look at the structure under the hood of the Victory.

That couldn't have been done casually.

So Victory must be making money from somewhere else, maybe their idea is to sell the car and then make money from some kind of necessity of the car.

Yes, that must be the case.

Drogo-Benz car, there is still a Drogo, their game consoles are sold very cheaply, but the games on them have to be paid for separately, which is quite expensive.

It is definitely the same approach with cars. First, use cheap cars to seize the market, squeeze out the traditional car factories, and then form a monopoly.

It's up to them how much they want to earn at that time.

Boss Slade suddenly felt his thoughts become clear. How could there be such a cheap car?

The next step is to find out what they are really making money from.

What are some things that a car must have?

Boss Slade tried hard to recall the details about the Victory he had seen in the past few days, and what else was different from the magic car.

Energy, yes, energy.

Cars don't use magic, they must be powered by something else. There can't be a machine that runs without energy.

He remembered what Benz would add to the car with a bucket.

When a magic car leaves the factory, it will be injected with enough magic power to allow it to travel tens of thousands of kilometers at one time. Since magic power is not easy to obtain, this avoids the need for buyers to frequently inject magic power.

And the Victory was filled with buckets several times during these few days alone.

Although he didn't know what it was, he was sure that he could make money from that thing.

Thinking he had grasped the lifeline of Drogo Benz's workshop, Boss Slade immediately rushed to the stage to expose Benz's little tricks.

"Calm down, everyone, calm down, and listen to me."

He snatched the microphone from Benz and shouted anxiously.

Benz was not nervous either. He gestured to him to say whatever he wanted to say and watch his performance.

"We are all businessmen. Don't you know what businessmen are like? How can we let you get something for nothing?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the noisy crowd suddenly quieted down.

After thinking about it carefully, it was indeed impossible for a businessman to sell things at a loss, so they turned around to listen to what Boss Slade had to say.

"He's selling you cars at a low price now, hoping to make multiples of the money back from the energy later. Didn't he ever tell you what this car needs to start?"

After Boss Slade finished speaking, he glanced at Benz and couldn't help showing a bit of pride.

Hearing him say this, the others present looked at Benz with a little doubt.

"Yeah, what energy source does the Victory use?"

"Yes, it's possible that we can't afford the energy and will just use it as scrap metal if we buy it back?"

Benz did not give a direct answer, as words were of no support. He chose to push over a sheet metal bucket and pour out some dark yellow, translucent liquid from it.

"That's the fuel the Victory uses, gasoline."

"What is gasoline?"

the people in the audience asked, gasoline was a strange word to them.

"A fuel derived from petroleum. A relatively new technology, but one that will soon become commonplace."

The technology for processing oil was born along with the internal combustion engine. However, because the combustion efficiency of previous internal combustion engines was so terrible, it was not taken seriously, and the main fuel used in the world was still coal.

However, through the joint efforts of many inventors, both the internal combustion engine and petroleum refining have been upgraded to a level sufficient for commercial use.

"Oil?" someone said. "I've heard of that stuff. It produces a lot of smoke when it's lit. It's totally useless and it's very cheap."

"Yes, unrefined petroleum cannot be used directly as fuel," Benz explained, "but the technical problems have been solved and refined gasoline will not have that problem."

"Does anyone know the price of gasoline?" someone in the audience asked in a low voice.

Benz answered, "A barrel of gasoline like this, with a capacity of 15 liters, costs 20 silver coins on the market today, and the Victory needs liters of gasoline to travel an average of kilometers."

The fuel consumption of 20 per kilometers is not because the Victory is so powerful, but because the current internal combustion engine has a combustion efficiency of only over %.

After saying that, Benz did not forget to say to Boss Slade in a sarcastic tone: "Thank you, I would have forgotten the introduction if you hadn't mentioned it. I remember that the magic car can only travel about 10,000 kilometers on a full charge. Although gasoline needs to be refilled frequently, driving 10,000 kilometers should be cheaper than using magic power." Boss Slade only felt dizzy and had a headache, and a sharp tinnitus sounded in his ears.

Due to the limitations of medical knowledge, he did not know that these were symptoms of high blood pressure.

The people present quickly did a simple arithmetic problem. If you buy a car for family use, it is about right to drive it about 10,000 kilometers a year.

That would require two thousand liters of gasoline, a total of 150 silver coins, which would cost less than two gold coins a year.

It’s more cost-effective.

Even cheaper than owning a horse.

Horses have always been a luxury. The money to buy a horse is one thing, and raising horses is also a big expense. Cavalry are precious, and a large part of their preciousness lies in their mounts.

Therefore, donkeys are mostly used for farm work, and horses are rarely used. Compared with horses, donkeys eat less, have poorer feed, and are less likely to get sick.

So using cows and horses to describe unlucky workers is actually a bit insulting, they should be called cows and donkeys...

After figuring out the fuel costs, people placed their orders more eagerly, and it was more cost-effective than they originally thought.

Boss Slade just felt difficulty breathing and pain in his heart.

Things like bets are no longer important. What we are facing now is that the industry is about to be destroyed.

No, I can't just give up like this. There must be something wrong. There must be something wrong somewhere...

Generally speaking, it is difficult for people to immediately accept things that are beyond their own knowledge.

Same thing with Boss Slade.

He came up with the only reasonable explanation for him, "He's going to run away!"

Boss Slade grabbed the microphone like a life-saving straw, and almost screamed: "He must want to run away with the money. He definitely can't afford so many cars. He wants to cheat you out of your money!"

"It's my honor to inform you all." Benz snatched the microphone from Boss Slade's hand.

"He's panicking! He just wants to run away! He won't let me tell the truth!" Boss Slade, who lost the microphone and was carried away, struggled for the last time.

“I am honored to inform you that the first Drogo-Benz Automotive Store, which integrates vehicle sales, spare parts sales, after-sales service, and demand surveys, will be located in the Shuangtacheng factory area.”

This is also the first flagship store of the Drogo Group that is not located on Cornflower Street. It is still difficult to open a 4S store in the city center, as it is difficult to transport goods and there is no place to test drive the car.

"And our store's first batch of vehicles will arrive at Shuangta City Port tomorrow, which are the vehicles you have reserved. The arrival of the cargo ship at the port and the unloading process will be broadcast live on YouTube. If you are interested, you are welcome to watch it live. From now until tomorrow, I will accept your supervision. I swear that I will never run away with the money..."

In the end, more than 3,000 Victory vehicles were sold at the competition site, which was more than the total number of magic cars sold in this arena in the past 20 years.

Some people from business groups ordered dozens of machines each.

Benz didn't have the courage to tell him that Drogo would open dealer channels soon, and if he wanted to purchase goods, it would be cheaper than 50 gold coins.

But seeing that the other party is so enthusiastic, it would be a waste not to make some money.

Benz was finally able to hold his head high in front of his family. The only thing he regretted was that he did not invite more friends and relatives.

Let those relatives who have only known how to make fun of him for so many years, making useless junk every day and not doing their jobs properly, see whether the "junk" he made is useful or not.

But this regret soon disappeared, because on the night the game ended, at least eight distant relatives, whom he couldn't even remember, came to him to borrow money or ask him to arrange jobs for their children.

Benz was so annoyed that he had to turn off his phone.

He began to regret why he invited his relatives and friends, and should have not invited anyone else except his wife and children, and just worn a mask to the scene himself.

When someone is happy, someone else is sad.

The dozen or so workshops in the magic car industry have never been as united as they are now in the past hundreds of years.

They all gathered in a pub, where a live broadcast of the port unloading was playing on the screen, and these people still held on to a little hope that Benz was lying.

But Benz himself arrived at the scene, so it was almost impossible to be fake, unless he didn't want to leave the port alive and was playing a prank with his life.

Soon, one cargo box after another was opened, and countless brand-new Victories were dragged out and neatly arranged, like a pile of replicas.

More cars than these experienced practitioners in the pub have seen in their lifetime.

All newspapers issued extra editions to report on this magical means of transportation.

It's just that the statement has changed, and it is completely opposite to the description of the Victory a day ago.

"A great car has the greatest feature of not using magic. Mr. Benz, an engineer destined to go down in history, made the car a reality with his persistence. Whether it is speed, handling, or comfort, it has achieved the best beyond imagination within a limited cost..."

"Perhaps the situation is not as bad as we thought," the owner of Baldwin Workshop whispered when he saw the terribly depressing atmosphere in the tavern. "The Victory is not in direct competition with us. They are targeting the civilian market. The nobles will definitely choose our magic car."

"If they can make a car like this, do you think they can't make a more advanced version? There's a Drogo hanging in front of the Benz. What they are best at is combining mechanics with magic." said Boss Slade.

The live broadcast quickly verified his statement.

The vehicle towed out of the last few cargo boxes was clearly not the Victory.

But covered with a car cover, you can't tell what it is specifically, you can only see the smooth curves, which are full of beauty.

During the live broadcast, Benz will answer questions in the real-time comment section.

Soon someone asked what those car covers were.

"Oh, those are sports cars, gasoline and magic hybrids, fully customized by top dwarf craftsmen, and the patterns on the car shells are from excellent elven painters."

"What is a sports car? It is a vehicle with smooth lines, excellent handling, and the pursuit of speed limit. However, it is relatively expensive and is sold in limited quantities. If you want to know more, you can go to the store after it opens. There will be sports cars on display in the hall, but if you want to customize it, you need to provide proof of property first."

In order to match the aristocratic sense of nobility, sports cars will also establish car clubs, membership systems, set various thresholds, and some limited edition models will only be displayed to car owners, etc.

Drogo has become very skilled at this trick.

The tavern fell silent again.

Everyone can see that this person really wants to kill the magic car.

"Buy a Victory." After a long silence, Boss Slade suddenly said.

"What, we're still giving him money?"

"We have to learn how to make this kind of car. If they don't teach us, we will learn by disassembling it ourselves."

Boss Slade drank his next drink.

"Slade Workshop was founded by my great-grandfather. I don't want it to end in my generation. I have to keep up with the times. Do any of you want to cooperate? Research this new car and then build our own factory, or change careers and tell your ancestors after you die that the family business is in your hands.

"Of course, this road is not easy to walk. If you are unwilling to cooperate, I will walk it on my own."

After saying this, he looked at his colleagues who had once been scheming against each other.

After a short wait, hands were raised in the tavern.

"I join..." (End of this chapter)