Chapter 183 The Early-Death Second-Generation Star in an Urban Entertainment Novel (Part 10)

These tactics included collective price cuts, forcing suppliers to sign exclusive supply agreements, and prohibiting them from supplying goods to Xinghai Supermarket. Unfortunately, Xinghai Supermarket had already considered these tactics when it opened, and the impact was only temporary. As long as Xinghai Supermarket remained stable, these petty tricks were not a cause for concern.

Some people tried to force the supermarket to close down through fire safety and hygiene inspections, but although Xinghai Supermarket was small, Xinghai Group was not a small company. After Jiang Yue's development over the past two years, it had grown rapidly, with its market value increasing year by year. In just two years, it had exceeded 10 billion yuan and was well-known in the city, province, and even the country. It also maintained a good cooperative relationship with the military. The tricks were stillborn before they could be used.

After finishing up the supermarket business, Xinghai started a new round of expansion, establishing two new companies: Xinghai Automobile and Xinghai Aviation. Spaceships cannot be researched in a short time, so they will first research automobiles and rockets as a transition. They did not research these two things before because they were too expensive and because they did not have enough technological reserves. Now the company has a lot of money in its account, and after two years of development, it has accumulated a lot of technological reserves.

This time, Jiang Yue also withdrew over a billion US dollars from her stock account. After the money came back, Jiang Yue used government departments to help her purchase some cutting-edge equipment and recruit some talent. She set up a makeshift team and put several puppets in each company to speed up the research and development process. After the government learned about Xinghai's actions, it subtly sent in some talent. Jiang Yue thought that the government must be supporting Xinghai.

After all, it's impossible for a country to research so many technologies at the same time. According to Jiang Yue's idea, the country certainly won't release the top-tier technologies, especially those in the military field, but it will definitely release some of the next-tier technologies. In this way, ambitious companies like Xinghai will definitely receive some support.

After the two companies were established, Jiang Yue acquired a piece of land and prepared to build the Xinghai Group headquarters. After several rounds of screening, the contractor was selected from China Construction Third Engineering Bureau. The overall budget reached 17.5 billion yuan, with the office building costing about 5 billion yuan. The rest was for various laboratories. Jiang Yue thought that if they were going to build it, they should build it well and completely to avoid trouble later.

The company has expanded, and the current funds in the account are insufficient. Most of the money for the new headquarters building is from loans. Jiang Yue didn't even have to go to the banks herself to get the loans. After learning about this, major banks took the initiative to come to her door. After agreeing on the interest rate and other terms, the loans were disbursed in no time. Construction started as soon as the money arrived.

Six months later, the automotive R&D department had figured out the battery, and by the middle of the following year, they had almost finished researching the motor and electronic control system. They were basically just copying others' work, so how could they not be fast? The R&D staff were amazed by this speed. With the three core components sorted out, there were no other difficulties for new energy vehicles.

A year later, the company's headquarters building was completed. After the renovation, Jiang Yue moved there. By the time the Chinese New Year was approaching, the car had been developed. Jiang Yue looked at the documents in her hand and saw a variety of cutting-edge technologies. She estimated that it would be 30 years ahead of other new energy vehicle companies on the market.

"It's been tested already?"

"We've already conducted road tests internally, and the data in the documents is all conservative."

"Let's hold a press conference sometime. Since we announced our car manufacturing, we've faced a lot of skepticism. Let's use this opportunity to put them to the test."

"Yes, Mr. Jiang!"

Once the car was finished, the publicity department started to get to work, and news about the new car began to appear online one after another. However, most people still had doubts. The company was not in a hurry and just slowly released some information. At the same time, the car factory also started road testing in the city.

The production workshop was operating day and night. Most of the cars produced were reserved for delivery after the market launch, while a small portion was sent to testing agencies for crash tests. Since no one believed anything she said, Jiang Yue also used the methods of car companies in later generations, inviting some car reviewers from Douyin and offline to come and test drive the cars.

After making these preparations, the official accounts of Douyin and Weibo also released the confirmed information. With the addition of Douyin+, the hype was amplified. After seeing the specific configuration, many netizens felt it was nonsense: "I think it's just nonsense. 1800 kilometers of range, I think they just added an extra zero."

"I support the comment above. Isn't it a mistake to label it as 1800 kilometers? Everyone should quickly tag the official account. Did they mean to label it as 800 kilometers and accidentally added an extra 1? 800 kilometers is more like it. If it's labeled as 800 and can actually run 400 kilometers, that would be pretty good."

In short, after the specific configuration was announced, people either said it was falsely advertised or that it was written incorrectly. No one believed it, not even those who knew Xinghai Company. It was just too outrageous. As the hype grew, it became a trending topic, and many people who didn't know Xinghai Company learned about it. Even Jiang Yue's personal information was dug up.

Jiang Yue's information was dug up once after the Xinghai Supermarket layout was completed, but the sensation it caused last time was not as great as this time. Well, there were all sorts of things said: bad things, requests for sugar daddies, and calls for wives. Jiang Yue glanced at it, smiled, and ignored it.

Faced with netizens' questions, the company did not immediately clarify, intending to let things develop for a while, while trending topics on Douyin and Weibo continued to emerge.

#This test vehicle is so elegant? Which automaker's new car is this?#

#Latest car model spotted by netizens, extremely elegant#

Especially on Douyin (TikTok), various videos about Xinghai Road test drives are constantly being exposed.

None of the videos received fewer than 10,000 likes.

“I saw a super cool car on the road. It had a very strong design sense and was in a completely different league from the cars on the market.”

"Holy crap, I saw it too! Bro, are you on Wuyi Road? I chased after him for ages and almost got pulled over by the traffic cops."

"Bro, I didn't see the 'Add One' sign on Wuyi Road?"

Besides the video, various pictures of Xinghai Auto's road test went viral online, generating an unusually high level of buzz. Jiang Yue sat in her office, watching the popularity of Xinghai Auto, a slight smile playing on her lips. Jiang Yue had learned this promotional tactic from Lei Jun, and she wondered what Lei Jun would think if he saw it.

A few days later, the car reviewers they had invited arrived. Jiang Yue was generous and gave them all the due compensation, including reimbursement for their airfare and accommodation.

They don't need to blindly praise the products; they just need to express themselves objectively and fairly. When they finish their evaluations and are ready to post videos, Jiang Yue doesn't need to review them. The conditions Jiang Yue set fully demonstrate her confidence.

Therefore, the car reviewers who came all had high expectations for the car. Some fans who were planning to buy a car also suppressed their impulse to buy it and decided to take a look at Xinghai Auto's review first. In case the configuration is true, wouldn't it be stupid to buy something else instead of this one?