Under Lin Huowang's coordination and efforts, contract manufacturers across the country are working frantically, producing like crazy for the current three billion US dollar order, and even for the future ten billion US dollar order.
Even though the Christmas shopping season has passed overseas, many foreign families who didn't manage to buy Dragon brand appliances are still eagerly waiting.
Appliances backed by the adorable Pokémon IP are of comparable quality to Japanese appliances, safe and reliable, and often 10-20% cheaper – practically a steal in overseas shopping malls.
Basically, the Longpai electrical appliance counters are always sold out as soon as a batch arrives.
This has even spawned a corresponding network of scalpers specializing in Dragon Brand electrical appliances. Some of them have even colluded with distributors, adding 10-20% to the retail price, yet many consumers still cannot buy them and are forced to purchase them from scalpers.
According to normal market economic principles, it would be virtually impossible for electrical products manufactured in a backward country like China to gain market share in Europe and America.
However, the right timing, location, and people were all in place. Frequent safety issues with Japanese electrical appliances created a market gap. The Pokémon anime adaptation, with its adorable characters like Pikachu, Charmander, and Snorlax, perfectly filled the gap in the Dragon brand's weakness and low brand recognition. Finally, the high quality and low price of Chinese-made products formed a true core competitiveness.
To the south, there is Shekou.
The pace of life here is at least ten times faster than in Shanghai.
In Bao'an County, on a patch of red earth that has just been leveled, hundreds of bulldozers and excavators are working day and night with a deafening roar.
To be honest, China's infrastructure capabilities are really poor right now. Construction projects in most places still rely mainly on manpower rather than machinery.
This time, Lin Huowang also invested heavily, importing hundreds of bulldozers and excavators, in order to quickly set up the car factory in Bao'an, just like the Shenzhen speed of later generations.
Meanwhile, at the dock, several massive ships flying the Union Jack had just docked.
The huge cranes are lifting containers marked with "ROVER" and "LAND ROVER" onto the shore in a very orderly manner.
Those were treasures Lin Huowang had "bought at rock-bottom prices" in the UK: a complete set of Land Rover Defender production line equipment, as well as the first batch of auto parts for CKD (Completely Knocked Down) assembly.
Unfortunately, given the current state of domestic industry, it's difficult to produce the qualified parts needed for these British cars. Achieving domestic production in a short period of time would be extremely challenging.
Therefore, at present, we can only say that we are conducting some of the vehicle assembly processes in mainland China, learning by doing, and gradually localizing the production of various automotive parts.
Later, the introduction of so many joint venture car manufacturers into China was essentially driven by the same idea. Unfortunately, foreign car companies were not stupid. While they verbally agreed to China's condition of exchanging market access for technology, the technology they actually provided to China was several generations behind.
Even so, with the sinister intention of the foreign side to teach one thing while keeping another hidden, our car companies still stumble and encounter many problems when learning these outdated technologies.
As a result, even after two or three decades of reform and opening up, China's fuel vehicle technology is still lagging behind, remaining at the bottom of the domestic automobile market in terms of technology, quality, and reputation.
Now... Lin Huowang wants to seize this rare opportunity presented by Western countries' support for China, work hard and quickly, and make up for the shortcomings in the automotive industry.
At this moment, Lin Huowang, wearing a safety helmet, stood excitedly at the dock.
The weather was lovely today; the sea breeze made his clothes flutter loudly.
"Master Liao, it seems the British are really desperate this time. They are also eager to use our resources to help them revitalize their factories in Britain, so the delivery speed is faster than I expected."
Lin Huowang breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the containers land: "This is just right. Whether our 'Dragon Brand Cars' can roll off the production line before the Spring Festival depends on this."
"That's right!"
Holding the blueprints in his hand, Liao Gong beamed with joy: "The engineering corps comrades have already pledged to complete the factory foundation in three days and install and debug the equipment in seven days. I think even the Ford factory in the United States can't match our 'Bao'an speed'!"
"To be honest, Huo Wang! I really never thought that in my lifetime I would see our country manufacture that kind of... that kind of jeep with four wheels that can turn and climb mountains and ford rivers!"
In those days, the variety of off-road vehicles in China was limited, and the technology was quite backward, mainly consisting of the outdated "BJ212".
Although this car is quite durable, it is technologically outdated, has high fuel consumption, and offers almost no comfort.
The British Land Rover Defender boasts world-class off-road technology and is truly the "King of the Land."
Once this British-originating product rolls off the assembly line in Shekou and is labeled with "Dragon" or "Zhonghua" brands, it will be a devastating blow to the domestic car market!
"Not just domestically."
Lin Huowang pointed to the distant sea and said with a deep gaze, "Lord Liao, we have assembled this batch of cars. Apart from keeping some for the military and government agencies as official vehicles, I will resell the rest to Southeast Asia and the Middle East!"
“Those Middle Eastern tycoons love these rugged off-road vehicles the most. We use British parts, add the craftsmanship of our Chinese workers, put on our own brand, and we can resell them for their petrodollars!”
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