I want to be emperor

Chapter 1150 Aboriginal Car Market

At the Songjiang Auto Show, major automobile companies and other related companies held various new product launch conferences one after another, which was extremely lively for a while.

At the same time, this exhibition is not just a new car launch conference for major companies. In fact, it is more important than an annual car promotion.

In order to sell more cars, major automobile companies will offer certain discounts at the Auto Expo, such as price reductions on older models and limited-time discounts on new models.

Therefore, it also attracts a large number of people who intend to buy cars to come and watch, intending to buy cars during the lowest price period of the year.

At the same time, some independent car dealers will also come to view various models, and then purchase cars for sale.

At present, the car sales models in the Dachu Empire are still quite diverse, even primitive. On the one hand, major car companies will set up directly affiliated car sales stores in important areas, mainly in cities with relatively large sales, and also Provide after-sales service, especially repair services.

In addition, various automobile companies will also cooperate with some channel dealers and let them sell as agents. In addition to some exclusive agents, there are also some comprehensive agents who often sell multiple brands of cars at the same time.

Generally speaking, the car sales in the contemporary Dachu Empire are not uniform, and there are all kinds.

Therefore, there are some relatively independent car sellers. They will examine many different cars at the same time, and then try to introduce promising car styles into their sales system for sale.

The Songjiang Auto Show is also a must-visit occasion for these car sellers, because here you can see the latest cars from major car companies and learn about the latest trends in the automotive industry.

A large number of individual customers and a large number of various car dealers participated, which also led to very large car sales at the Songjiang Auto Show.

Some powerful channel dealer customers often place orders for hundreds or even thousands of vehicles after taking a fancy to a certain model.

In addition, various automobile companies will also serve as customers to observe and inspect some spare parts in the automobile industry chain. If they like them, they can also reach some cooperation agreements.

Taken together, this resulted in a very large transaction volume at the Songjiang Auto Show.

The huge automobile transaction volume has in turn prompted the five major automobile companies as well as major independent manufacturers and enterprises related to the automobile industry to actively participate.

All these factors have contributed to the grand occasion of the Songjiang Automobile Exhibition.

This grand occasion was quite shocking even to the Chu people themselves... let alone a group of diplomats from the vassal countries who were invited to visit.

In the past few years, many dignitaries and even many kings of the vassal states saw that the Chu people had new gadgets like cars, and after seeing the Chu officials and businessmen in the overseas territories riding cars, they naturally I just wanted to buy a car and enjoy a car, a top-notch industrial product in the industrial age.

However, it is a pity that according to the corresponding export control regulations of the Dachu Empire, internal combustion engines and various mechanical equipment using internal combustion engines are prohibited from export.

This naturally includes cars...

Not to mention internal combustion engine-related equipment, even steam engine-related equipment is not allowed to be exported...

The Da Chu Empire's technology export restrictions are very strict. Almost all machinery and equipment that can be used to develop industry, especially the defense industry, are absolutely restricted export products.

Therefore, even today, those indigenous vassal states cannot import even a single piece of industrial equipment from Chu State.

The Chu people would rather sell rifled guns to the natives than sell them the most primitive steam engines...

Of course, you can actually see all kinds of advanced machinery and equipment from the Chu Kingdom in various indigenous countries, and there are quite a lot of them... For example, the easiest to see and relatively typical trains and ships... are actually very common in various indigenous countries. .

In addition, various mining equipment, agricultural equipment, and livestock equipment are also common!

However, these various equipments that appear in indigenous countries all have a common feature, that is, they are owned by Chu enterprises that are wholly owned by Chu people and directly managed and operated by Chu people.

For example, all trains in Europe are directly owned by European Railways, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dachu Empire Railway Corporation.

When it comes to cars, there is a similar problem, that is, the indigenous people cannot buy them directly... Even the rich and powerful among the indigenous people can afford a car for a few hundred yuan, but they still cannot buy it.

So some smart people came up with the idea of ​​chartering taxis for a long time to bypass the relevant restrictions... The Chu people opened taxi companies in the concession, and then purchased various cars for commercial operations. Later, the indigenous dignitaries You can obtain car service through long-term charter.

This model first appeared in the London Concession, and soon spread throughout Europe, and then became popular in West Asia and India.

Although it took a long detour, the rich and powerful people in various indigenous countries were finally able to experience Chu's cars.

However... although it can be used, the actual restrictions are still relatively large. For example, it can only be used unrestrictedly in the concession.

Once the rented vehicle leaves the concession, because the vehicle is export-restricted equipment, it must go through very complicated application procedures and obtain corresponding approvals. It also needs to provide regular inspections and be driven by employees of Chuguo Taxi Enterprises. Repair and maintenance.

The indigenous dignitary who has chartered the car for a long time can only be a passenger!

The various restrictions are quite large.

Therefore, various indigenous countries have long hoped that the empire would relax some restrictions on cars... Others do not dare to ask for too much, but at least the passenger cars of the king and the powerful dignitaries in their respective indigenous kingdoms cannot be rented, right?

In response to this situation, various agencies in the empire successively conducted reviews and confirmed that the export of a small amount of cars would not pose a military or industrial threat.

Specifically approved to export a batch of official vehicles to various indigenous countries through diplomatic channels. Depending on the size of each indigenous country, each approved dozens to more than a hundred vehicles as royal vehicles for the indigenous vassal countries. The actual power Used as a vehicle for powerful people.

The empire officially only approves quotas for diplomatic export vehicles, and only limits the export of passenger vehicles. It doesn't matter what brand of passenger vehicles the kings and dignitaries of these indigenous countries purchase.

Anyway, all civilian cars on the market are fine... Anyway, they all need to be reviewed in the end... In addition, even after purchase, these vehicles need to be inspected regularly and must not be used for industrial or military purposes.

All vehicle maintenance and repair work is the responsibility of Chu State Enterprises, and indigenous people are not allowed to dismantle vehicles privately.

Although there are still some restrictions, at least you don't have to be subject to so many restrictions when using it daily... and it is nominally your own vehicle.

Otherwise, a king's travel vehicle would actually be a taxi... It's somewhat funny. It’s not like I can’t afford it!

Although the indigenous vassal states are all paupers in the eyes of the Chu people, no matter how poor they are, they can't afford the king and those powerful dignitaries... A few cars are nothing.

After all, the flagship version of the An series, the highest civilian luxury car, only costs more than 2,000 Yuan.

The financial income of the royal family of the Kingdom of England also amounts to several million yuan. Although it costs a lot of money to maintain the rule of the country, no matter what, the money for a few luxury cars is indispensable.

So after they obtained the quota for exporting cars, diplomats and people in charge of trade affairs from many countries arrived at the Songjiang Automobile Exhibition, preparing to see various cars with their own eyes and select car models.

And after a car exhibition was cut down, these had been coming to Chu for a few years, and the indigenous diplomats who claimed to be well-informed couldn't help but marvel.

The Chu Empire is so developed... there are at least dozens of newly released new cars that appeared at the exhibition.

After hearing about the astonishing R&D expenses and even more astonishing revenue of major automobile companies, everyone fell silent.

The representatives of the Kingdom of England were very depressed to find that the royal family's fiscal revenue as a whole was not as much as the research and development expenditure of a car company... and this car company was still the lowest-ranking North American car company among the five major car companies.

This comparison was still about R&D expenses... He didn't even dare to compare it with the revenue of North American Automobile Company.

North American Automobile Company's revenue has exceeded 50 million yuan in the fifty-two years since its establishment in Chengshun, and after explosive growth this year, its revenue is expected to reach 80 million yuan.

To be honest, selling their entire Kingdom of England wouldn't even be worth 80 million... At least the Chu people would definitely not spend 80 million to buy their country.

Just looking at the amazing strength of this North American automobile company, one can roughly guess how powerful the Dachu Empire is!

North American Automobile Company is only the last one among the five major automobile companies... And the large companies in the Da Chu Empire are not only the five major automobile companies, but also many giant companies in other industries, such as Li's Steel... This Even more terrifying!

I had seen the dazzling array of cars at the auto show, and then went out to see the high-rise buildings in Songjiang City, as well as the busy traffic on the streets, various cars, horse-drawn carriages, and railcars mixed in; when I turned around, I could see a lot more A city train roars past on a closed railway nearby in the distance.

All these scenes finally fell into the eyes of the diplomats of these vassal countries, and finally turned into shock and helplessness...

The power of the Da Chu Empire has exceeded their imagination!

After the shock and helplessness, delegations from various sweet potato countries also submitted their respective car purchase documents to the General Administration of Domain Affairs.

Because they all have purchase quantity restrictions, some only have a few dozen cars, and some only have more than a hundred cars. In addition, the cars they purchase are all used by the royal family and powerful people.

Therefore, the vehicles they purchase are mainly high-end and even luxury cars.

After all, no matter how poor a king of a vassal country is, he will never lack thousands of dollars to buy luxury cars... Even the funds required for the purchase of diplomatic vehicles in many vassal countries are paid by the king and the dignitaries themselves, without having to come from the national treasury at all. money.

Therefore, it is more generous to buy!

Then, Changsha Anlong Automobile Company found that it had inexplicably received a large order...a large number of diplomatic vehicles commissioned by various vassal states and purchased by the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs on their behalf.

Among them, there are hundreds of orders for the flagship version alone... Most of the orders for these flagship cars are ordered by the kings of the vassal countries, and a small number are placed by the powerful nobles in the vassal countries.

But... What is surprising is that Changsha Anlong Automobile Company only accepted orders for the flagship version from several vassal states established by Chu people such as the Kingdom of the Song Dynasty and the Kingdom of West Africa. Flagship orders from other vassal states were rejected... …

This has confused the people in the etiquette and education department... You don't want a good business?

However, the people from Changsha Anlong Automobile Company were very resolute, saying that the production of their flagship car was extremely limited and could not be supplied to the kings of the indigenous vassal states!

Privately, the people at Changan Anlong Automobile Company are very disdainful: a group of uncivilized barbarians actually want to buy our flagship version. They really think that our car purchase qualification review is fake...

Too much money? That's definitely not the case!

But Changsha Anlong Automobile Co., Ltd. has been promoting its so-called super style for several years. Even the rich and powerful people in China with slightly lower status will not sell it... You want to buy our flagship version as soon as you are a native. What a dream. .

Besides, given the attitude of the Chinese people towards the indigenous people, if Changsha Anlong Automobile Company accepts the order, a lot of rich and powerful people will come back to cancel the order!

Your Changsha Anlong Automobile Co., Ltd. talks about your qualifications and car purchase qualifications every day... and this is the result? Get a group of natives to compete with the top rich and powerful people in the empire?

When the people from the Ethical and Education Department learned the whole story, they were speechless...but they wouldn't interfere with anything. They were just here to transfer the order. Whether the company accepted it or not was none of their business.

Finally, after several rounds of negotiations, each vassal country had no choice but to place an order. Instead of buying the flagship version, they purchased the deluxe version for more than 1,000 yuan. However, they also put forward additional customization requirements and added some options. some type of.

Many kings and nobles in indigenous countries also hope to get their family crests on them.

Finally, Changan Anlong Automobile Company, on the one hand, wants to make money, and on the other hand, it also wants to avoid potential negative impacts, so it has created a so-called sub-brand of 'Kingdom' brand cars in the luxury version, and accepts products from various indigenous countries. Customized purchasing.

Of course, the price is not low either, with the average price exceeding 2,000 yuan.

After much fiddling around, they actually sold thousands of this Kingdom-branded luxury sedan, hundreds of which were deeply customized vehicles. All users were kings and powerful nobles in the vassal country.

Anlong Automobile Company's luxury cars may really become the designated cars for high-end people around the world from now on...

Anlong Automobile Company has received an order, and the other five major automobile companies have also received more or less orders.

After all, the Chu Empire has more than a hundred vassal states, and each vassal state has an export quota ranging from dozens of vehicles to one or two hundred vehicles. In total, there are orders of close to tens of thousands of vehicles, and basically all of them have It is an order for high-end models or above.

Although the total order quantity is small, it is still a useful supplement.

This also allowed employees in the automobile industry of the Dachu Empire to see the potential of the vassal country market... They did not expect that these poor vassal countries still have such a large purchasing power. A purchase of high-end models and luxury models can cost close to ten thousand yuan. vehicle.

If this is developed properly in the future, wouldn't it be possible to create a large automobile market?

The five major automobile companies reacted most quickly. Not long after, Tangshan Automobile Company became their first overseas subsidiary: European Tangshan Automobile Sales Company, preparing to develop the automobile market in Europe.