184: Longteng sells well

A week later, Tonglin New Concept Automobile Co., Ltd. held a press conference in the park, announcing that Longteng Automobile would go on full sale starting Monday. Orders could be placed at physical stores and online platforms, priced at 888,000. The first 100 online customers could enjoy a discounted price of 800,000, and the first 10 customers who purchased at each offline physical store could enjoy a 5% discount.

After the announcement, both online and offline customers were eager to place orders.

To expand distribution coverage, Liu Xiaolin even proposed a distribution plan, limiting each city in Dragon Country to 10,000 units, ensuring that Longteng Automobile could be seen in every city.

However, where there are policies, netizens have countermeasures. Netizens in many cities began asking friends in more remote cities to help place orders, thus increasing their chances of getting one.

At the same time, scalpers in Dragon Country also began to act. They had already set up bots on their computers, preparing to quickly place orders and then resell them at high prices.

Unfortunately, Liu Xiaolin's next announcement shattered the scalpers' dreams: To prevent scalpers from reselling at high prices, orders must be linked to an ID card, and one ID card number can only purchase one Longteng Automobile.

On Sunday evening, long queues formed at the entrances of physical stores. Those people were hired by wealthy individuals to queue. Few people who could afford to spend 800,000 on a car would queue themselves.

At this moment, Liu Xiaolin also had a headache because his phone kept ringing.

First were the members of the Xingji Travel Group he had led. Spending five million to play for a week was a small matter for these people, let alone spending over 800,000 to buy such a dazzling Longteng Automobile?

One should know that there is currently a saying in the wealthy circles of Dragon Country: those who do not own a Longteng Automobile cannot be considered truly wealthy.

So, these people thought of Liu Xiaolin. After all, they had spent a pleasant week together, so he should at least give them some face.

"General Manager Liu, I'm Lao Wu, yes, yes, the Lao Wu from Boundless Wealth. I really like your Longteng Automobile. Can you reserve three to five units for me?"

Liu Xiaolin heard this and thought, 'Good heavens, he's not modest; he wants to order three to five units right away.'

"Mr. Wu, you should have seen our Tonglin announcement, right? Orders can only be placed online and at physical stores," Liu Xiaolin said in a businesslike manner.

"General Manager Liu, I saw your announcement, that's why I'm looking for you! You produced the product, isn't it for sale? You sell, we buy, how simple is that? Moreover, I also found someone offline to help me queue, but they are too far back in the line, so I estimate they won't be able to buy one. I also found bots for online orders, but I always feel it's not secure. After thinking it over, it's better to just come directly to you," Lao Wu said earnestly.

"But, I can't break the rules I set myself," Liu Xiaolin said with difficulty.

"Rules are dead, people are alive. We need to consider this in the long run. How about this, I can buy at a high price. Isn't your price 888,000? I'll round it up to a million. Give me five units. I've already boasted to my old friends around me, saying you'll definitely give me this face," Lao Wu continued.

"Ah? Wouldn't that make me a scalper?" Liu Xiaolin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Huh, how can you say that? You're selling products for the company! Our Space friendship should earn us the right to purchase a few cars, right!" Lao Wu continued to ramble.

Liu Xiaolin was left speechless. He thought for a moment, figuring Lao Wu was right. After all, the product was produced to be sold, and this business that came knocking at the door, might as well take it. But he couldn't let Lao Wu talk about it, otherwise there would be criticism from the outside world.

"How about this, I can only give you one car at the original price. The condition is that you cannot let others know that I sold this to you through the back door," Liu Xiaolin reiterated.

"Oh, that's great! Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. So when should I make the payment? When can I pick up the car?" Lao Wu was so impatient, wishing he could pay and pick up the car immediately.

"It's like this, we plan to ship according to the order sequence after the online and offline ordering ends. If the order quantity is not large, shipping will be fast, but if the quantity is large, I cannot guarantee when we can ship," Liu Xiaolin explained the potential situations.

"Is that so? Then I can wait, I can wait." Lao Wu was already very satisfied just being able to order a Longteng Automobile over the phone. What difference did it make if it was a little earlier or later?

As soon as Liu Xiaolin hung up Lao Wu's call, other calls came in one after another, all wanting to order cars. Liu Xiaolin was soft-hearted, and for basically everyone who called, he agreed to let them order one unit.

By the time his phone finally stopped ringing, he had actually already taken orders for over a dozen Longteng Automobiles.

Liu Xiaolin shook his head, not knowing what to say.

Suddenly, his phone rang again. Liu Xiaolin picked it up and saw it was Niu De calling. Had something gone wrong with wanderer one? He hadn't checked on things there for a long time. Liu Xiaolin blamed himself for only focusing on this side and almost forgetting about wanderer one.

"Engineer Niu, calling me so late, is there a problem with wanderer one?" Liu Xiaolin pressed the answer button and asked anxiously.

"wanderer one is doing just fine," Niu De said loudly.

"Then what do you need me for so late?" Liu Xiaolin was very surprised.

"I heard that Longteng Automobile is going on sale tomorrow, and I'm very angry," Niu De said.

"Longteng Automobile is going on sale, what are you angry about?" Liu Xiaolin was completely confused.

"How can I not be angry? You developed and produced such a good product, and you didn't even think of us? Shouldn't you let everyone at Wanderer Aerospace Headquarters order one first?" Niu De said angrily.

"Everyone order one?" Liu Xiaolin couldn't believe his ears. "Is this your idea or everyone's idea?"

"Of course it's everyone's idea! There are only about four or five hundred employees at our Headquarters. Remember to set aside four or five hundred Longteng Automobiles!" Niu De said without allowing for discussion.

Liu Xiaolin's head was buzzing. This Engineer Niu usually seemed very serious, but what he said today sounded like he was joking.

"I don't have..." Liu Xiaolin was about to explain.

"What do you mean you don't have? You must give us five hundred order slots. Goodbye." Niu De issued a final command without allowing for discussion and then hung up the phone.

Liu Xiaolin looked at the phone with the busy signal and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

...

When the online and offline orders were tallied on Monday, the Tonglin Sales Department was stunned!

Two hundred thousand units were ordered online, and one hundred fifty thousand units were ordered offline. This did not include the scattered orders Liu Xiaolin had verbally agreed to.

These orders wouldn't be fully shipped until next year!