24: Chapter 24 How dare you bring up this condition?

Another point was that Wang Xiuming wanted to expand the dealerships' locations into the counties!

Low-end cars were a path that Hongqi had to take!

In the Xia Kingdom, cities beyond the second tier possessed huge consumption potential.

But right now, those foreign enterprises had not yet truly developed these markets.

In other words, their cars were too expensive.

Opening dealerships in these third-tier and fourth-tier cities would be of great benefit to Hongqi's future development.

Finally, and this was the most important point.

It was that dealers were not allowed to set their own prices!

All Hongqi dealers had to sell according to the prices specified by Hongqi.

Whether it was low-end cars or high-end cars.

Neither price cuts nor price hikes were permitted without authorization.

These were the three most important points, equivalent to high-voltage lines.

Whoever touched them would die!

Wang Xiuming knew deeply that as a car manufacturer, besides competing on price and relying on quality, the most critical thing was after-sales service!

If a car manufacturer could not properly restrain its dealers.

It would definitely lead to trouble!

At best, it would affect their reputation; at worst, it would affect their survival.

Inside a large conference room at Hongqi Group.

This place was originally a small modification factory for Hongqi.

There was no other way; too many people had come this time, so it could only be temporarily converted.

All the dealers recorded on the marketing department's list had received notice from Hongqi.

Today was the day Hongqi would officially partner with the dealers.

Cao Jianyan was naturally among them.

What was different from before was that he had also brought along a business partner from Lincheng.

"Brother, it's not that I'm complaining, but this place belonging to Hongqi is really dilapidated."

Wang Xiaokai turned his head to look around; the entire venue only had tables, chairs, and a display stand at the very front.

Besides these, there was nothing else.

This reminded him of the talent shows held in the cafeteria back in middle and high school.

But it had to be said, Hongqi's venue was really huge.

Just the factory buildings alone numbered two.

Moreover, these two factory buildings were twice the size of ordinary ones.

It was just a pity that the inside was a bit run-down.

"You know what Hongqi's situation was like before; it would be strange if it were well-renovated inside."

"But now that Hongqi's situation is slowly improving, the conditions here will definitely improve in the future."

Cao Jianyan took a casual look; the situation in the factory was within his expectations.

This time, he had thoroughly investigated Hongqi.

He had learned a lot from various channels.

For a company on the verge of bankruptcy, how good could the factory possibly be?

What was most surprising was Hongqi's chairman, Wang Xiuming!

This guy was no simple character!

This was the most valuable piece of information Cao Jianyan had gathered from his various investigations.

Because it was only in the few short years after Wang Xiuming took over that Hongqi had become what it was today.

And this xiaolong s21 seemed to have come from the hands of this chairman.

What a prodigious talent!

Plus the marketing and operations of this auto show, and the cost compression.

He was simply a business genius!

Following such a boss, one would definitely not suffer losses, and one could make money—lots of money!

Cao Jianyan was deeply convinced of this.

He trusted his intuition, just like when he met the auto repair shop owner's daughter back then—a benefactor!

It was precisely because of this that Cao Jianyan had already made up his mind.

This time, no matter what, he had to become a Hongqi dealer!

In the large conference room, there were more and more people.

At first, Wang Xiaokai had thought this conference room was a bit too big and couldn't possibly be filled.

Now, he had completely abandoned that thought.

The entire conference room held at least eight or nine hundred people.

"Old Yan, holy crap, aren't those people from your Qingcheng?"

Wang Xiaokai pointed in a direction and nudged Cao Jianyan, who was beside him, looking astonished.

Hmph!

Cao Jianyan let out a muffled grunt, his face darkening until it could drip water.

This was certainly not a good thing.

Although he could be considered a big shot in Qingcheng, compared to these few people who had just appeared, it was like comparing the sky to the earth.

And Qingcheng was the most prosperous city in Shancheng.

This time, there would be quite a fight.

"Thank you all very much for coming to our Hongqi Group despite your busy schedules. This time, I will be hosting this conference for everyone!"

"Perhaps I look familiar to you all; that's right, I am the sales manager from the Xinhu Auto Show, Manager Jia."

"Now, let me formally introduce myself: I am the assistant to the board of Hongqi Group, surname Jia."

Old Jia gave a simple opening statement without any tedious procedures, and then directly turned on the huge projector behind him.

At the same time, all the terms for becoming a Hongqi dealer appeared on the screen behind him.

Afterward, the staff also distributed hard copies to everyone.

"A minimum deposit of three million, and we can only sell the xiaolong s21?"

"Go to hell, why don't you just go rob someone?"

"And what's more, why are there so many conditions? I recall other car companies didn't say what price the cars should be sold at!"

"Exactly, how the cars are sold is our business; shouldn't you just wait to collect the money?"

"I just want to ask, why do you even have to control the renovations?"

"No wonder you at Hongqi went bankrupt; with these terms, go play by yourselves!"

Upon seeing the terms, these people immediately started making a huge scene, and the entire venue turned into chaos.

Such terms were simply impossible to accept!

Especially Wang Xiuming's three conditions—what would they use to make money?

As the saying goes, cutting off someone's path to wealth is no different from killing their parents.

This move by Hongqi was equivalent to cutting off their path to wealth.

The deposit, the renovations, the number of stores—these were all manageable and not big problems for them.

But the one thing about price markups was something they absolutely could not accept!

This was simply a joke. Right now, the xiaolong s21 was so popular, even in short supply; this was the best time to increase prices!

How much money would they lose out on because of this?

It was impossible for them to agree!

As many people knew, dealers' profits generally came from those so-called "acceleration fees," "vehicle delivery fees," "service fees," "processing fees,"...

And various other fees. In other words, if you didn't pay extra, you would never get the car in this lifetime!

Without these fees, the dealers' profits would effectively decrease by nearly one-third!

Furthermore, it stipulated that insurance and configurations could not be arbitrarily forced upon customers!

Unless the customer requested it themselves.

What was this?

A bully clause!

Ask yourself, in any car company in the Xia Kingdom, it was impossible to have such a contract with these terms.

Even if there were, it would only be for show!

This simply touched everyone's forbidden zone!

Dealers derived a lot of their annual income from here.

Some dealers even cooperated directly with large companies to collect rebates.

On the spot, some people turned around and left.

Are you kidding? If you don't let us make money and don't let us take kickbacks, are you trying to make us work for you?

And we still have to hand over a three-million deposit for nothing.

Would there be such a fool in this world?