Rise of Australia

Chapter 158 Benz One
On February 1903, 2, the streets of New York, USA.

This is a small square that used to have a lot of traffic, but it was temporarily occupied for some reason, and it was filled with many cars of the same shape but different colors.

Although this is the most prosperous city in the United States at the moment, Americans have never seen so many cars parked in one place.

Whether it is for Americans or Europeans, cars are temporarily just a luxury, a plaything for capitalists and aristocrats.

"Man, what are you doing here? Where did you get so many cars? I'm afraid Boss Dans doesn't even have the financial resources to buy so many cars!" Around the square, a youthful young man who seemed to have just stepped into society asked asked the slightly older boy next to him.

"Frank, I want you to read more books, okay? A car costs at least a thousand dollars. To fill up this square, there must be at least a hundred cars! Do you think Boss Dance can Can you afford so many cars?" The boy next to him said angrily after hearing his partner's funny question.

They were all workers in a factory owned by the boss named Dans. After working continuously for a month, they finally got a day off.

They originally planned to come to the familiar square to look for the stall selling a novel drink called Coke. It is said that Coke has the effect of curing diseases. It happened that they were tired from continuous work and drank a bottle of delicious Coke to relax.

But who would have thought that when they came to the square, not only were there no Coke stalls next to the square, but even the square was filled with many cars.

The plazas that usually still have passenger traffic have been basically emptied. Of course, it cannot be denied that people are afraid of being scratched by these cars, so they stay away.

The price of cars these days can easily be thousands of dollars, and the repair cost can be anywhere from tens to hundreds of dollars.

This is unaffordable for ordinary people. If it is accidentally scratched, it may lose a few months of salary.

This also gave birth to a very strange but not unexpected phenomenon. The square that should have a lot of passenger traffic was empty, but the road outside the square was full of curious people, all staring at the park inside the square. Car.

For these people, the cars parked in the square are simply checks of thousands of dollars one after another. If it weren't for the rows of American policemen next to them to protect order, these cars alone would be enough to cause riots on the scene.

Just when everyone was talking about something, finally a few people walked to the center of the square, stood in front of the loudspeaker that had already been set up, and said with a smile on their faces: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Benz Motors. The release ceremony of the factory's new car. This release ceremony is carried out in a global manner, and multiple sales points have been set up in the United States, the British Empire, Germany, France, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy, Australia and other countries."

"Before the official sales start, please allow me to briefly introduce the background of the Benz Automobile Factory and the research and development process of the new car."

"The Benz Automobile Factory was born in Germany, and it is currently the largest automobile factory in Australia. All the cars you see today are from the cooperation between the Benz Automobile Factory and an American company, the American Benz United Automobile Factory. Our factory The most advanced production technology is adopted, which greatly reduces the production cost and time of the car. And we have cooperation with many countries in the world, our cooperation partners include the United States, the British Empire, Germany and Australia. Only the car factories in the United States , the capital at the time of establishment was as high as 250 million U.S. dollars.”

"Now, please allow me to grandly introduce our new car, which is named Benz one."

Because it was the first release, the introduction of the various performances of the car took up a long time.

In order to gain a firm foothold in the United States, a purely capitalist country, the person in charge of the introduction was also very thoughtful. He introduced the background of the Benz Automobile Factory in detail, and only positively stated that the Benz Automobile Factory has a triple relationship with the British Empire, Germany, and Australia. .

More importantly, in order not to make Americans feel excluded.The Benz Automobile Factory also has another show operation, which is to secretly acquire an American company, and then let this American company join forces with the Benz Automobile Factory to form the American Benz Automobile Factory.

Although the U.S. Benz United Automobile Factory was jointly established by an American company and the Australian Benz Automobile Factory in name, in fact, both companies belonged to the Australian royal consortium, that is, Arthur.

Perhaps it was because the capital and partner countries introduced earlier shocked these Americans. Even though the introduction took more than an hour, not many people chose to leave.

This is beneficial to the sales of cars. Even if there are not many people who can actually buy cars among the crowd, the remaining people can pass on today's news, which is equivalent to advertising for Benz Automobile Factory for free .

The crowd of onlookers talked a lot, but most of them were admiration for the strong background of Benz Automobile Factory and the data of new cars, but none of them really expressed their desire to buy a car.

In fact, this is also the current status of the auto market.It is not that there are no cars with excellent performance in the world, but as long as the word "car" is used, it represents expensive and extravagant.

Not to mention a car with excellent performance like this, which costs thousands of dollars, which is simply not affordable for ordinary American civilians.

Some Americans have even begun to laugh secretly, even if the so-called Benz is strong, so what?
Without investigating the American market, so many cars were blindly produced, and they would not be sold even if they were sold for a year.

At that time, these cars will not have to be sold at a low price, or they will be piled up in the warehouse waiting to be scrapped.

To occupy the entire square, at least hundreds of cars must be parked.This may cost a lot of money, even if the strength of the Benz Automobile Factory is strong, it will be distressed!

There are not a few people with such a mentality. After all, cars are toys for the rich, and in a capitalist country like the United States, the oppression of the poor by the rich is very cruel. It is the psychology of hatred of the rich.

Even if the Benz Automobile Factory is essentially a foreign enterprise, isn’t it also run by rich people?

As long as the rich are the criminal capitalist class, it is also what many Americans want to see that these capitalists can be unlucky.

But it's no wonder that American capitalists, this phenomenon is very common all over the world.

The oppression of ordinary civilians by capitalists did not end even in later generations, but intensified.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now comes the most exciting moment. I will announce the initial price of the new car Benz one. What do you think it will be?" The person in charge of introducing the car data asked with a smile on his face. .

Although no one answered, many people even cast contemptuous glances at him.After all, who doesn't know that the price of a car can cost thousands of dollars?Do I need to ask this kind of thing again?

The man was not angry, and continued to smile and announced mysteriously: "Maybe this price will surprise you, but it is indeed a price after careful consideration. I announce that the global unified price of Benz One £150, or $750!"

$750?This price surprised many Americans present, and even felt a little unbelievable.

Although this price is still a sky-high price that is temporarily unattainable for the vast majority of Americans, compared with other cars on the market that cost thousands of dollars, Benz One is already relatively cheap.

The United States is not without cheap cars, and there are even many.

But these cars are generally the first works produced by various auto workshops. They have various problems, big or small, and some of them can't even go on the road directly, but are just for display.

This also made everyone present have doubts about Benz one again. The performance advertised on the surface is very good, even the top in the current car market, but the price is indeed very cheap. Will such a car really be as good as advertised?
Perhaps seeing the unbelievable and skeptical attitude of the crowd, the person in charge of the introduction was not distressed, and continued to explain with a smile: "Please don't doubt it, we can guarantee that any car sold will have our own. All the functions and data introduced. If you have any problems with the car you bought, as long as you verify that it is indeed a problem before leaving the factory, we can refund you unconditionally and compensate three times. If it is a human-made problem after the sale, we are also happy Provide a low-cost repair opportunity. If the repair amount does not exceed [-] dollars, we can also directly waive the repair fee. Of course, this is only the case for the first repair. This is also the sincerity of our auto factory to all users .”

This is not the only way for these people to dispel their doubts. The person continued: "In order to completely reassure all users, as long as you are sure that you want to buy our car and have enough funds. You can experience it first, we Provide you with a test drive car, allowing you to drive more than ten kilometers for free. It is no problem to purchase the car after confirming that all the data is accurate.”

Test driving is still a vague concept for these Americans.Since its birth, cars have become something that rich people can enjoy, and rich people don't need test driving to determine the performance of cars.

In addition, the cost of hand-made cars before is very expensive, but if there is a problem, it may cost hundreds of dollars in repairs.

This is also the reason why the car factory does not provide a test drive. If there is a problem with the car due to the test drive, neither the car factory nor the person who bought the car can afford it.

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　　In addition, the title of the book is tentatively set as "The Rise of Australia", which can achieve the intention of changing the name and clarify the main line of the book, without being too different from the original name. Can everyone accept it?

　　
　
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