I want to be emperor

Chapter 1147 Anlong Limousine

In the past ten years or so, or even in the past twenty years, the invention and research of basic technologies with the greatest impact is undoubtedly a series of electrical related technologies.

Among them are electromagnetic related technologies, which extend to electric motors, generators, stereos and telephones.

Then there are radio-related technologies, which extend to the significant wireless telegraphy and even the radio broadcast-radio system that is extended from the newly developed wireless telephone.

The successive emergence and application of many electrical equipments rapidly changed the industrial production and every aspect of life of Chu people.

In industrial production, electric motors, as a new type of power, have begun to be used in industrial production, especially as used in various processing equipment. For example, some advanced high-precision machine tools use electric motors as power on a large scale, instead of using them as before. Transmission steam engine power.

Because it uses an electric motor as power, the control is more convenient and the vibration is smaller.

Then after the application of electricity, a new type of industry emerged, that is, the electroplating industry and the electrolysis industry... For example, the industrial mass production of aluminum requires heavy reliance on the electrolysis process and consumes a lot of electricity.

The emergence of electrolytic aluminum has rapidly expanded the annual output of aluminum in the Dachu Empire from twenty to thirty tons a year to tens of thousands of tons. It has begun to be used as a new type of material in all walks of life, rather than just It serves as a kind of rare material and is used in the field of handicrafts... Prior to this, aluminum products were very expensive and were once sought after by dignitaries for use as tableware.

The new aluminum alloy that can be used in aircraft was successfully developed under this background with heavy investment... If aluminum production did not increase, scientists would not bother to develop aluminum alloys and apply them to aircraft.

The electrolysis process is one of the applications in the power industry.

In addition, even electric lighting plays a certain role in industrial production, because in many industries there are night shifts. Once the equipment in many industries is running, it cannot be stopped easily and must continue to run... This No matter day or night.

Therefore, there is a need for night shifts in many industries... In the past, open flame lighting was used for night shift lighting, such as early oil lamps, later kerosene lamps, gas lamps, etc. Open flame lighting also has a certain role in industrial production. risks and cannot be used in many industries.

It's not that troublesome after using electric lights.

In addition to industrial production, electricity-related applications also play a huge role in transportation, commerce, and daily life.

For example, the elevators used in high-rise buildings... without elevators, it is really difficult to operate and maintain high-rise buildings that are hundreds of meters or even two to three hundred meters high.

Over in Songjiang Prefecture, there are already companies that are planning to invest heavily in building a skyscraper over 200 meters high... The prerequisite for building this skyscraper is the maturity and availability of various technologies, among which electrical-related technologies account for a very important proportion.

There are also things like electric air conditioners, electric freezers, electric fans, etc.

By the way... in fact, these were originally used as industrial equipment. It was not until the 1950s that they gradually became smaller, and then appeared as household electrical products.

The early so-called air conditioners or freezers, well, the two are actually almost the same thing... They were actually used in refrigerated warehouses, ship storage rooms, refrigerated transport ships, and refrigerated train carriages, and were mainly used for the preservation and transportation of various foods. ,store.

Later, the air conditioning system was extended. This thing is mainly used in laboratories or high-precision manufacturing workshops that have strict requirements on air temperature and humidity. It is not for people to enjoy the cool summer.

It was not until the late 1940s that miniaturized commercial air conditioners began to be used to cool people down. However, these extremely expensive things were only used in high-end commercial buildings, such as high-end office buildings and large high-end shopping malls. .

As for the air conditioners used in homes, even those used in wealthy families, only a small number of products were put on the market in the 1950s...The prices are also more expensive than the previous ones, and because they consume too much electricity, the cost of use is also expensive. Very, even if you are an ordinary little rich man, you don't have to expect to be able to use this thing.

Similar to air conditioners, there are freezers... which have also gone through the process of professional refrigeration, general commercial use, and then home use... and are also extremely expensive.

However, electric fans are cheaper. After all, this thing is relatively simple and has less technical difficulty.

In addition to radios... there are also all kinds of mess, which have no actual use value, but there are indeed electric kettles, electric ovens and many other electrical equipment that have appeared. The various electrical equipment in the contemporary Dachu Empire are actually relatively comparable. improved.

Basically, all kinds of electrical appliances commonly used by people were invented and applied one after another in the late 19th century. However, due to the cost, their popularity was faster or slower.

However, just because it’s not popular doesn’t mean it’s not available!

The contemporary Dachu Empire basically has all kinds of electrical equipment. Compared with the post-war period of the original time and space, it only lacks a television?

At least, in the Dachu Empire Palace, you can basically see all kinds of electrical equipment, from air conditioners, refrigerators, electric fans, electric kettles, etc.

So, don’t underestimate the technological level of the early 20th century... Many things in modern society have already appeared during this period.

It’s just that not many people can afford it!

The only exception should belong to the royal family.

Because of Luo Zhixue's personal preferences, many research institutions and companies also hope to send their newly invented things to the palace... and let the royal family be the spokesperson for their new products!

The royal family's ability to carry goods is very strong...especially the ability to carry expensive and valuable goods!

For example, Changan Anlong Automobile Co., Ltd. originally had nothing but a car casing... But this car casing was so beautifully made that the prince who came to inspect was attracted by it, and the prince ordered a few of them himself. car.

Changsha Anlong Automobile Company attaches great importance to this. Under the coordination of the Palace Affairs Department, it also obtained a batch of top engines from Tangshan Automobile Company, the most high-end gearboxes from Songhe Automobile Company, and also transferred a batch of engineers from the Royal Institute of Technology. Experts help with chassis tuning.

In the end, a car was developed specifically for the prince's use. Later, this car was purchased in small quantities by the Palace Affairs Department as a car for members of the royal family.

Of course, as a vehicle for the royal family, this vehicle can use various advanced technologies and spare parts from other companies, but it is only limited to the royal family and cannot be used for commercial purposes...even for government administrative purchases and orders from dignitaries. use.

This is the same as the Jinling Horse Carriage Company's exclusive vehicle for the royal family. It uses all the same technologies and is only available to members of the royal family.

Therefore, whether it is Anlong Motor's exclusive car for the royal family or Jinling Carriage Company's exclusive car for the royal family, the production volume is actually very small, only more than one or two hundred units each.

From this perspective, Anlong Automobile Company actually does not make money, and may even lose money!

But... As a pure assembly plant, Anlong Automobile Company, their ship-shaped cars have become tributes in a grand manner, and have been purchased in large quantities by the Royal Palace Affairs Department as royal cars. The advertising effect of this name alone is huge.

Immediately afterwards, Anlong Automobile Company launched the high-end luxury sedan An series for the market. Its An series cars instantly became a typical high-end luxury sedan brand... Many rich and powerful people like to buy one and want to experience it. Ban Taizi likes the feeling of riding in a car.

After this experience, you will come to a sigh: It is worthy of making a car shell... The appearance, interior, and lights of this car look like science fiction and are luxurious, and it is very comfortable to sit on... This shell combined with the rear seats is enough to give it a nine-point rating.

As for you saying that their engines and gearboxes are second-tier products that can only be purchased from other car manufacturers, and the chassis tuning is not very good.

Anyway, they don't drive or repair the car themselves, so it doesn't matter if the power is insufficient or if there are many faults, as long as the ride is comfortable.

Therefore, there is a very strange kind of luxury car in contemporary times: a luxury car that many full-time drivers despise or even hate, but bosses like it very much: Anlong sedan.

Why is the reaction so polarized?

Because in order to build its own luxury car brand, Anlong Automobile Company spent all its research and development funds on the appearance, interior and lighting...

Basically, one-third of their R&D funds are used for appearance, car lights, etc. to attract the attention of bosses, one-third is used to make the bosses sit comfortably, and the remaining one-third is used for chassis tuning and product assembly. .

So the bosses feel very good about this car... What the boss's drivers basically say about this car is: a luxury car like this that sells for thousands of dollars, at most three hundred yuan, no more... any more would be I can’t help my conscience as an industry insider. Just this thing's broken engine, broken gearbox, and broken chassis... Damn, you dare to sell it for more than a thousand yuan. The price/performance ratio is so low.

Not to mention that ordinary drivers hate this thing, the management of several other car companies also hate Anlong Motors...

Damn it, what level is Anlong Motors? It's just a small assembly factory with no core technology. How dare you sell its products so expensively?

And the sales volume is better than my luxury car...

To be honest, this makes the people in charge of the luxury car product lines of the five major car manufacturers very distressed... I have put so much effort into using the top engines, top gearboxes and a lot of other black technologies, but I still can't sell them. A garbage assembly product!

Damn it, it looks better, has more technology, and is more comfortable... I really want to copy it and use it myself!

It's a pity... Anlong Automobile Company's appearance and many interior designs are also patented, and other manufacturers cannot copy them.

Anlong Automobile is not a unique example... Also doing well in the luxury car field is the Jinma brand luxury car owned by Jinling Carriage Company.

The only luxury sedan that can surpass these two third-party manufacturers in terms of sales is the Tangshan brand luxury sedan, the flagship product of Tangshan Automobile Company.

As for the other four car companies... they are really not good in the luxury car field.

At the Songjiang Automobile Exhibition in the autumn of the 1950s in Chengshun.

Changsha Anlong Automobile Company has brought their new flagship luxury sedan. Although it is only a third-party assembly manufacturer and the total sales of cars have not exceeded 10,000, it has attracted a lot of attention. A group of rich people or representatives of rich people came to watch. .

Not only these potential consumers, but also reporters from many newspapers came to watch their new car launches.

The purpose of these people is very simple. They want to know what new and interesting things Anlong Automobile Company has come up with after spending so much money on research and development in these flashy fields.

As for core automotive components such as engines and gearboxes... Anyone who has a little knowledge of the automotive industry knows that Anlong Automobile Company does not bother to engage in these 'untechnical' things.

What they like to do the most is fancy things...many of them look very high-end at first glance, but are actually of no use.

And this year, they are also looking forward to seeing these things... This is interesting.

Otherwise, why don't you go and see the stupid and thick engine and gearbox? Listen to a bunch of data from people who open and close their mouths with various parameters?

How boring and boring that is!

Therefore, at the autumn auto show, there were many people crowded in front of Changsha Anlong Automobile's press conference booth... It is worth noting that in addition to potential customers and reporters, as well as some ordinary people watching the excitement, there was also a group of The management of the five major automobile companies also came over to watch.

It's just that I have a different mentality than others because I just want to watch the excitement and wonder, so I have different expectations.

The expressions of the people from these five major automobile companies are rather strange!

Except for the people from Li's Power Company who were relatively calm, the faces of the other four companies were all more cautious, especially the managers responsible for the luxury car product lines, who looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

However, soon even the people from Li's Power Company had strange expressions on their faces... Because at this time, people from Changan Anlong Automobile Company took out several promotional signs, and there was nothing else on the signs. The things are all relatively vague patterns and slogans.

In the slogan, it is said that they worked with partners to develop a top-level engine, and also used the industry's top automatic three-axis processing equipment for processing. The engine performance is top-notch...

Seeing this, the people from Li's Power Company were very unhappy... What a cooperative research and development, the engine installed in your new car is obviously directly purchased from our finished engine, but in addition to the company logo of Li's Power, there is an additional It's just Anlong's brand logo... Even this logo was put on by us.

The advanced automatic three-axis machining center used to produce engines is also the latest top-level equipment purchased in our engine factory... It has nothing to do with you!

But these words can only be kept in my heart... saying them out is a breach of contract.

The sales of Li's Power Company's cars have not been very good, especially luxury cars. They cannot sell many cars in a year.

Not to mention luxury cars, even high-end models cannot sell many, but the research and development of engines cannot be stopped, so they are also developing various engines, including advanced V-shaped six-cylinder engines... But their own luxury cars cannot be sold. Not even the luxury cars of our strategic partner North American Motor Company. Moreover, North American Motor Company is very ambitious and is already developing its own V-shaped six-cylinder engine.

As a result, the V-shaped six-cylinder engine they developed faced the embarrassment of having no installation target...

Therefore, in the end, Li's Power Company and Changan Anlong Automobile Company reached a strategic cooperation to supply Anlong Automobile Company with their newly developed top-level V-type six-cylinder engine... Of course, it is said to be the most top-notch, but it is actually far behind the other three cars. There are still some gaps between the company's products of the same type.

However, the other three companies will not sell their newly developed six-cylinder engines to Anlong Automobile Company!

Only Li's Power Company was broken. If the cars couldn't be sold, they had to sell engines to make a living.

However, according to the cooperation agreement between the two parties, Li's Power Company cannot talk about OEM in public, it can only talk about cooperative research and development... Otherwise, it will be a breach of contract, and the liquidated damages will be very high.

Anlong Automobile Company needs this gimmick for marketing...

But seeing this scene really made the people at Li's Power Company feel very uncomfortable.

The leading executives have gritted their teeth and must urge the company to increase investment in the luxury car product line... Otherwise, if this continues, their Li's Power Company will really become a mid- to low-end car manufacturer and Engine supplier.

And there is a very bad voice in the market now, that is, many people in the automobile industry like to say that their Li's Power Company's cars are cost-effective... Damn, I am angry when I hear that!

High cost performance, which means low-end and low-profit...

Take a look at Anlong Automobile Co., Ltd., which is recognized by industry insiders as having extremely low cost performance... but it is also recognized as the car company with the highest profit margins.

As for low cost performance, those rich people don’t care about cost performance. They just want the car to be comfortable and save face!

When buying a luxury car from Anlong Motors, apart from the fact that the car looks really pleasing to the eye, you can tell at a glance that it is a tall luxury car and the ride is extremely comfortable.

There is also a view in the market: You don’t necessarily have money to buy a Tangshan luxury car. Many wealthy people can afford it and use it, but you are definitely rich to buy an Anlong luxury car... Otherwise, how would you buy this car? Something that is extremely cost-effective?

And this car also requires a full-time driver.

What, you said you drive your own car... If you dare to say that you drive your own car, Anlong Automobile Company dares to refuse your order...

There is no Anlong limousine owner in this world who needs to drive his own car!

Anlong Automobile really cares about the strength of its car owners!

Our family's car is the car of the prince and other members of the royal family... Such a noble thing is not something that just anyone can buy. The customer must be either rich or noble.

Ordinary rich people are just having fun... selling the car to you will lower the quality of our Anlong luxury cars!

Therefore, when Anlong Automobile Company accepts orders for luxury models, it will also conduct qualification reviews on customers... Customers who are not strong enough will even have their orders rejected.

When this operation first appeared, it also received a lot of criticism from people, but it didn't take long for people to discover that a group of rich people were busy rushing to deliver orders.

The person in charge of the luxury car product line of the five major automobile companies saw this scene and his face turned dark...

Are you sure you are selling cars?