In order to live in seclusion, I tricked my roommate into falling in love

Chapter 295 Are You So Fragile?

This actually contains some ethical and philosophical thinking.

If you want to do business well, you must have some moral sense to be called an entrepreneur.

Then what should car companies focus on?

In order to make cars made of the same piece of iron sell with higher added value, European and American countries have spent decades creating brand stories.

Now that new energy vehicles have no time to tell stories, they can only pile up technology.

Only high technology can sell a car for hundreds of thousands of dollars more.

Since we spent billions on the research and development of this high-tech, it makes sense to spread the cost out to hundreds of thousands more per car, right?

New energy vehicles are always talking about technology, and the logic is pretty much the same.

But Zi Xiaowei's attitude is: "Automakers should only take the profits they deserve as manufacturers and brand operators. The huge investment in factory construction and R&D should be spread out as much as possible through scale. If I sell one million cars, only ten thousand yuan of the ten billion yuan factory construction investment will be allocated to each car. What companies need to do is to develop good products with market users in mind, reduce costs and increase efficiency. The more they sell, the closer the ex-factory price will be to the total price of industrial raw materials. They should not follow the internet's storytelling tricks, relying on brand value to increase unit prices and then profit from it. This approach is outdated even among European and American manufacturers."

He hadn't even said these words to Lao Chang.

They have been running the automobile factory for decades and have already formed their own cognition. What's the point of talking such nonsense?

Nor did we talk about it with the engineers and technicians in the R&D institutions.

Brother Qiang listened with great interest: "You are an excellent product manager. Although I may not agree with your views, I will invest in your project because you have a clear idea and it will not be a loss if you succeed."

Teacher Zi is truly adept: "In order to get a child into their ideal school, we first analyze their talents, abilities, and interests, and determine if we can get extra points in certain subjects. Finally, we focus on their strengths and minimize their weaknesses in each subject, ultimately choosing a reasonable school to study hard. We don't assume they must go to Peking University or Tsinghua University from the outset, without considering their actual circumstances!"

He's seen too many such idiots. "Choosing the optimal solution for the given situation is the wisest approach. I don't think electric cars are incomparably superior, but fuel vehicles have reached their limit. How can automakers innovate to survive? Hybrids are a compromise. While electric cars still have the drawbacks of battery packs, they are already the best starting point for smart cars. Most importantly, they represent a crucial strategic opportunity in the industrial revolution. That's why I prioritize electric cars. Once we see results, we'll reap the rewards overseas."

In fact, Brother Qiang, who has been overseas for a long time in recent years, has a new idea: "How to harvest?"

The characteristic of Zi Xiaowei is that at this time he would not tell Brother Qiang what he had said to Mr. Zhou about European and American industries following the gravity route and ours being based on motor ideas.

Because it is obvious that this person has the technical ability to participate in robot research and development, it is not a good habit to show off one's skills in front of an expert.

Whether right or wrong, experts will subconsciously resist areas they are familiar with.

So he repeated the business philosophy he had shared with Aunt Yang: "Many policies and overseas expansion strategies are based on promoting electric vehicles in Europe and the United States, where environmental awareness is paramount. I think this is naive, because the automotive industry is the industrial bottom line of these European and American countries. A fierce competition would be like the old city-centric theory. Instead, we should expand our presence in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, then surround the cities with rural areas. That's why we chose China as our test country..."

In fact, this scene is already the best display scene for the new nanny car.

The two big guys sat in the second row of aviation seats, and everyone present actually tacitly agreed that Zi Xiaowei could sit side by side with Brother Qiang.

The two most enthusiastic people had already squeezed into the third row, and were also sitting in the passenger and driver's seats. Everyone else could only lean their heads over the windows.

Seeing Zi Xiaowei skillfully raise his hand and signal: "Meow meow, turn on the audio and video..."

This is a mixed call of hand movements and voice, which can improve the recognition rate.

The car computer hesitated before opening its own audio app and then waved, "Search for Miss T from Luguo..."

With a bang, this 49-inch ultra-wide screen is not very fast, but it can still list a bunch of similar accounts.

Zi Xiaowei picked the correct one and explained to the person beside him, "You can search it. Sister T is currently one of the most powerful influencers in China in terms of sales. She even has more influence on consumers than those super-high-net-worth celebrities... Meow, open the third one!"

Many technical straight men are desperately trying to find ways to improve the accuracy of wake-up and consider how to deal with the problem of dialect accents.

Zi Xiaowei and his team's idea is to add a waving gesture, and then even vague voice can wake it up.

It can even be achieved that as long as you say something else, the wake-up will be automatically interrupted until the next wake-up.

This is the difference between a product manager’s thinking and an engineer’s thinking.

Everyone present was considered an expert. The executives in the third row couldn't help but bounce around in their seats to get a feel for the ride.

But they were immediately attracted by the video playing.

Zi Xiaowei also explained: "We haven't promoted her yet in China. This is just a reserve information, but she and Greya will have further interactions."

Finally, someone in the crowd couldn't help but ask, "Is that the washed-up little singer from Lu Country, Youji?"

Zi Xiaowei nodded. "Yes, this is a promotion for the cat series products we planned. The cost so far is her plane ticket to China, and her income is from the tips she receives. We also provide a support team to follow her around."

After hearing this, everyone who knew about Greia couldn't help but applaud: "Amazing! The input-output ratio of this plan is absolutely amazing, very impressive!"

Brother Qiang obviously didn't know Graya, but he was staring at the big screen intently.

Zi Xiaowei also reminded: "For live talent shows and short videos of beautiful women, vertical screens are generally used. Live streaming of goods and lectures and courses are more convenient to display with a horizontal screen."

Sister T uses a horizontal screen, so the picture is particularly vivid on the 1.2-meter-long hanging fish-eye screen.

This plump Chinese internet celebrity wearing a suspender top, who is in her thirties and has heavy makeup, looks voluptuous and bold. She speaks in Thai and English to promote her cosmetics.

But it was inside or outside a flashy and shiny retro cat car.

I woke up in the morning, talking all the way with my selfie stick, got into the car, casually hung the camera on the side, put on sunscreen before starting the car, and introduced the product...

It seems that the car has not been introduced from beginning to end, but all the performance of the car is expressed subtly.

Instead of using the car keys, I turned on the air conditioning with my phone so that I could shiver as soon as I got in the car. This is very important in a tropical country like China.

There's no start button, you have to wear your seatbelt, you push the handbrake and it starts, the voice command asks for navigation, there's beeping and gesticulating all the way, and you're warned to pay attention...

In short, as you can see from the subtitles, it carries other brands’ products, but what is displayed is the life on the train.

From time to time, he would respond to netizens' comments: "Yeah, 400 kilometers of range. Yesterday someone asked me how long it takes to refuel and how many hours it takes to charge. Fuck, I plugged it in at night and it was fully charged in the morning. Would you only use a landline phone because you need to charge your phone? What the hell!"

Her live streaming style is like this, with a lot of mother content from beginning to end.

Then in the next video, you can see her "joyfully" sharing: "The solar charging field and this car rental company in Koh Samui have opened. Damn it, I charge 30 degrees of electricity every day. I want to install solar power too!"

In the images she edited, there are dozens of cute cats with uniform green and white paint jobs, put into operation on Koh Samui, and charging at an integrated photovoltaic storage, charging, inspection and discharge station.

The people who had just mentioned the high return on investment for Greia's plan were full of praise: "This really is a creative take on the influencer model, leveraging online opinion leaders to drive public opinion. This is also a tactic used by many online shopping platforms. This approach has already been widely accepted in China!"

Unexpectedly, Zi Xiaowei actually dismantled his own plans: "In reality, monthly car sales in China are only around 40,000 to 50,000 units, and electric vehicles account for less than 10% of that. The market is so small, so we're focusing on neighboring countries like Malaysia and India for greater prospects. So, this is just a trial run. We'll replicate this approach in places like Brazil, where monthly sales are approaching 200,000 units, and then expand globally."

These executives could no longer contain their optimism about the future: "Great! This is truly a grand strategy with a global perspective!"

"The overseas shopping sites Jingxi is acquiring around the world will definitely fully support Ella's car sales!"

"We also have Jingxi Auto, a hypermarket focusing on domestic new energy vehicles, to truly build an experience center for new energy vehicle brands and users that integrates buying, replacing, maintaining, and loving cars..."

But Zi Xiaowei was not tempted at all when he heard about these cooperation projects that seemed to be within his reach, and even wanted to laugh.

That's it?

Sitting in this engineering prototype car, which still has traces of patchwork everywhere.

Zi Xiaowei's ambitions, as outlined on the 49-inch ultra-wide screen, bewitched others.

But he still just looked at Brother Qiang, as if knocking on the other's heart, asking the same question he once asked: Are you so fragile?
It's really like seeing a ghost.

The big boss who had already achieved financial freedom was actually tortured by such a little brother.

(End of this chapter)