Chapter 9 Do You Despise the Carriage?
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"Why are there so many types of magic locomotives on display at one time?"
When the receptionist was answering the guests' questions, Xu Yi was also answering various questions, but the people he was facing were the reporters sent by various newspapers.
It has been more than half a year since the last time Xinfei Chamber of Commerce held a product launch event, and today's product launch event has allowed Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to notify it a week in advance, which shows that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce this time The attention paid to the product launch naturally attracted the attention of countless newspapers in Bangta City and many surrounding cities.
And after a large number of journalists came to this product conference today, they immediately found that it was worthwhile for them to come this time.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce actually changed the previous practice of only releasing a single product at the product launch conference, and instead held a huge new product exhibition in one breath, showing nearly ten new products to everyone.
Although the theme of this product conference is magic locomotives, all these nearly ten new products can be regarded as a kind of magic locomotives, but I saw so many kinds of magic locomotives at once, no matter in appearance, purpose and function. , but still made everyone feel extremely shocked.
In particular, the magic locomotive placed in the very center of the venue, named by Xu Yi as the magic car, attracted everyone's attention.
The knowledge of these reporters is far beyond that of ordinary people. Naturally, it can be seen at a glance that although the price of this magic car is high, it just satisfies the inner superiority of those nobles and big businessmen.
If the pricing is too low. I'm afraid it won't attract the attention of the nobles and big businessmen who came to this product launch event like it does now.
Moreover, this magic car is excellent in terms of appearance, performance and comfort, and can even be called a work of art, so it is only natural that it is popular.
But compared to the shock brought to everyone by these different types of magic locomotives. The question that the reporters are more concerned about is why the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce launched so many new types of magic motorcycles in one go at this product launch event?
This is not in line with the past practice of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and also with Xu Yi's often-spoken saying that "you have to eat one bite at a time, and the road has to be taken step by step".
"Why?" Xu Yi glanced over the faces of the reporters in the audience and smiled slightly. "Because I am very happy to tell everyone a fact through this product launch. That is, there is a lot of room for the development of magic locomotives, and there are many types that can be developed. It is far more than the medium-sized freight magic locomotives and medium-sized passenger magic locomotives that our chamber of commerce launched before. Two kinds of locomotives."
The reporters in the audience nodded in unison.
Indeed, before participating in this product launch event. Everyone's knowledge of magic locomotives is only the two magic locomotives launched by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before, but now they have seen so many new magic locomotives at this press conference, especially after seeing the magic car. Everyone suddenly discovered that the magic locomotive does have countless possibilities.
It can be said that because of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's display at this product launch conference, everyone seems to have been greatly broadened their thinking.
From the magic locomotives exhibited at this press conference, everyone can even think of more types of magic locomotives.
"That's right. In the future, our Chamber of Commerce will of course launch more types and more versatile magic locomotives. It will also further improve the quality and performance of these existing magic locomotives."
Xu Yi nodded, affirming everyone's guess.
"For example, in this magic car, we used the latest alloy steel. This makes the magic car more resistant to impact and deformation. So don't think that this magic car is better than a medium-sized passenger car. The magic locomotive is much smaller, but you can sit inside it. The safety performance is not bad at all, and you don’t have to worry about being fatally injured due to collision. At least, it’s much safer than riding in a horse-drawn carriage.”
The reporters in the audience looked at each other, and suddenly a reporter raised his hand and asked loudly: "President Xu, I heard that you have always looked down on carriages, is this true?"
Xu Yi glanced at him. Recognizing that the reporter was a reporter from a tabloid in the city of Bonta that specialized in reporting gossip, he shook his head and said, "This statement is not accurate. To be precise. What I despise is the performance of the carriage. It’s not about looking down on the carriage itself.”
All the reporters in the audience were stunned: "Is there any difference?"
"Of course." Xu Yi smiled. "I look down on the performance of the horse-drawn carriage, because the horse-drawn carriage cannot satisfy me in terms of safety, comfort, and the most important factor in transportation - speed. Compared with the magic locomotive, the horse-drawn carriage is inferior in every aspect Far inferior. Do you think that since our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has researched the magic locomotive, why can't I look down on the performance of the carriage?"
"President Xu, can I think that you are deliberately expressing such an attitude in order to promote the magic motorcycle of your chamber of commerce?" the reporter asked.
Xu Yi glanced at him, couldn't help laughing, spread his hands and asked back: "Do you think... I need to work so hard to sell the magic motorcycle?"
Seeing the idiot-like eyes cast by fellow journalists around him, the tabloid reporter immediately understood how stupid his question was.
What Xu Yi said is absolutely right, he doesn’t need to work so hard to sell the magic locomotive at all, and he even needs to sell it at all, because after seeing the performance of the magic locomotive far surpassing the horse-drawn carriage, the magic locomotive of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now no matter where it is. Bangta City or other cities in the Kingdom of Lampari are extremely sought after.
The magic locomotives currently produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are far from meeting the demand, making the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's magic locomotive production factory always the factory with the longest overtime hours in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Even so, it is said that the orders for magic locomotives received by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce still exceed their production by countless times, and it is even said that they have been arranged until the next year.
Under such circumstances, does Xu Yi still need to make a special statement and play some kind of sales promotion?
To know. Now people who want to buy magic motorcycles are begging Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to sell them, rather than Xinfei Chamber of Commerce begging others to buy them.
Seeing that the reporter stopped talking, Xu Yi smiled and continued: "Okay. Since you asked this question, I will take this opportunity to explain my views in detail."
The reporters in the audience were shocked and looked at Xu Yi with full attention.
"As I said just now, I look down on the performance of the carriage, because compared to the magic locomotive, the performance of the carriage is far inferior in all aspects. It can no longer meet people's needs. Among them, the most important point is that it cannot meet the current huge transportation needs."
Xu Yi paused, and pointed to the large magic freight locomotive at the gate of the venue.
"Look, the standard loading capacity of this large cargo magic locomotive is ten tons. If it were a carriage, it would be the largest large cargo locomotive pulled by eight horses before Felson's carriage. Carriage. The maximum carrying capacity does not exceed three tons, and the maximum load does not exceed four tons."
"That's not so much a business trip, which is completely unacceptable." A reporter retorted.
"Really?" Xu Yi smiled slightly. "You forget two very important issues, one is the input cost, and the other is the maintenance expenditure."
"Oh? President Xu, please explain in detail."
"First of all, let's talk about the input cost. Do you know the cost of the large cargo carriage of Felson's Carriage? Let me tell you, President Pomberry told me personally, the large carriage The carriage was specially ordered by him, in order to be able to bear enough heavy goods. The strongest and most durable materials were selected, and the cost of the whole carriage was as high as 3,000 gold coins."
"But the price of your large freight magic locomotive is a full 5,000 gold coins, which is much higher than that large cargo carriage." Another reporter said loudly.
"Have you forgotten the eight horses?" Xu Yi asked immediately.
The reporter suffocated suddenly.
"A horse that can drag a full three to four tons of cargo. Of course, it is the best horse. So Felson Chariot and Horse Company spent a full five thousand gold coins just to buy these eight horses. So in conclusion, this large truck The total cost of the wagon is as high as eight thousand gold coins."
The reporters looked at each other and had nothing to say.
What Xu Yi presented were real data, which made it impossible for them to refute.
"After talking about the input cost, let's talk about the expenditure for maintaining operations." Xu Yi continued. "According to the data I obtained from Chairman Pomberry, if you want to use that large wagon, you need to consume at least 20 yuan a day just to feed the eight horses. Gold coins. The maintenance cost of the large cargo carriage itself is as high as 2,000 gold coins per year. On average, it is more than 50 gold coins per day. To sum up, if you want to use this large cargo carriage, you must You need to consume a minimum of seventy gold coins. The farther you run, the more you will consume."
"Then President Xu, how many gold coins does this large magic cargo locomotive of yours consume every day?" the reporter immediately asked.
"The normal consumption of this large freight magic locomotive also has two parts, one of which is also the daily maintenance. According to the current maintenance standards established by our chamber of commerce, if there is no major accident, under normal circumstances, the annual consumption of this large freight magic locomotive The maintenance cost is between 300 and 500 gold coins."
"So few?" The reporters were a little disbelieving. "Wouldn't it be about one gold coin per day on average?"
"This is already too much." Xu Yi shook his head. "If our Chamber of Commerce achieves new breakthroughs in the technology on the magic locomotive in the future, the maintenance cost will be further reduced."
"Then what about the other part of the cost? The horses in the carriage need to eat grass, so it's impossible for your magical freight locomotive to run without needing anything?" Another reporter asked.
"Of course, if you want the horse to run, you have to let the horse eat grass. I think you should all know that the magic locomotive is driven by consuming magic crystals. Then there is no difference between this large cargo magic locomotive. , also consumes magic power crystals. According to the internal test standard of our chamber of commerce, this large cargo magic locomotive consumes an average of thirteen Ai magic power per 100 kilometers at a normal driving speed. If you buy a standard magic crystal, the total price is thirteen gold coins."
"That is to say, if you pull ten tons of cargo and run a hundred kilometers, you only need to spend thirteen gold coins?" The reporters in the audience looked in disbelief.
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "There is another very important factor, and that is speed. If it normally loads ten tons of cargo, this large cargo magic locomotive can maintain a speed of forty kilometers per hour on normal roads. Where is the carriage?"
A group of reporters looked at each other and smiled knowingly at the same time.
carriage? Not to mention the carriage dragging ten tons of goods, even if it runs empty, it can only run thirty kilometers in an hour.
Seeing the reaction of the reporters in the audience, Xu Yi spread his hands: "Now, tell me, why can't I look down on the carriage?"
The reporters laughed in unison.
After a while, the tabloid reporter suddenly raised his hand again.
"President Xu, I have asked you several questions about the magic motorcycle. Now I have a personal question about you and I would like to take this opportunity to ask you about your newly born daughter. Would you like to answer it?"
The other reporters frowned and looked at him, with a hint of contempt in their eyes.
This is the product launch conference of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. What personal questions do you come here to ask?
However, when they heard that it was about Xu Yixin's daughter, all the reporters turned their heads to look at Xu Yi, their eyes full of anticipation.
"Sure enough, it's still here." Xu Yi showed a knowing smile and nodded slightly. "I'm in a good mood today, so it's okay. Just ask."
"That's good. President Xu, I heard that you directly identified your daughter as your sole heir on the day she was born. Is this true?" (To be continued)