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Chapter 9 Do you look down on the carriage?

"Why do you have to exhibit so many kinds of magic motorcycles at once?"

When the receptionist answered the guests' questions, Xu Yi was also answering various questions, but the people he was facing were reporters sent by newspapers.

It has been more than half a year since the last product launch conference of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Today's product launch conference has even made the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce notify it a week in advance, which shows that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce attaches importance to this product launch conference, which has naturally attracted the attention of countless newspapers in Bangta City and many surrounding cities.

After a large number of reporters came to this product launch conference together today, they immediately found that they were very worthwhile this time.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has changed the previous practice of only publishing a single product at product launch conferences, but has held a new product exhibition with a huge scene in one go, showing everyone up to ten new products.

Although the theme of this product launch conference is Magic Locomotive, all these nearly ten new products can be regarded as a type of Magic Locomotive, seeing so many types of Magic Locomotives, whether in appearance, use and function, still shocks everyone.

Especially the magic motorcycle in the center of the venue, which was named Magic Sedan by Xu Yi, attracted everyone's attention.

These reporters' experiences are far beyond the reach of ordinary people, and naturally they can see at a glance that although this magic car is expensive, it just satisfies the inner sense of superiority of the nobles and merchants.

If the price is too low, I am afraid it will be better to attract the attention of the nobles and big merchants who came to attend this product launch conference.

Moreover, this magic sedan is extremely outstanding in terms of appearance, performance and comfort, and can even be called a work of art, so it is natural to be popular.

However, compared to the shock that these different types of magic motorcycles brought to everyone, the question that reporters are more concerned about is why did the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce launch so many new types of magic motorcycles in one breath at this product launch conference?

This is not consistent with the previous practice of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the often-talked-out "Eat one bite at a time, and take one step at a time."

"Why?" Xu Yi's eyes swept over the faces of the reporters in the audience and smiled slightly. "Because I told everyone a fact through this product launch conference. That is, there is a lot of room for development of magic motorcycles and many types that can be developed. It is far more than the two types of medium-sized freight magic motorcycles and medium-sized passenger magic motorcycles launched by our Chamber of Commerce before."

The reporters in the audience nodded together.

Indeed, before attending this product launch, everyone's understanding of magic motorcycles was only the two magic motorcycles launched by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before. Now, I have seen so many new magic motorcycles at this launch conference, especially after seeing that magic sedan. Everyone suddenly discovered that magic motorcycles do have countless possibilities.

It can be said that because of the display of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at this product launch, everyone seemed to have been greatly expanded.

From these magic motorcycles exhibited at this press conference, everyone can even think of more types of magic motorcycles.

"That's right. In the future, our chamber of commerce will certainly launch more types and uses of magic locomotives. It will also further improve the quality and performance of these existing magic locomotives."

Xu Yi nodded and affirmed everyone's guess.

"For example, in this magic sedan, we used the latest alloy steel, which makes this magic sedan more impact-resistant and deformation-resistant. So don't think that this magic sedan is much smaller than a medium-sized passenger magic locomotive, but it is not bad at all when sitting inside. Don't worry about easily fatal injuries due to impact. At least, it is much safer than riding a 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 the carriage very much. Is this true?"

Xu Yi glanced at him and recognized that the reporter was a reporter from a tabloid recently reported in Bangta City that specialized in reporting gossip news, and shook his head and said, "This statement is not accurate. To be precise, what I look down on is the performance of the carriage, not the carriage itself."

All the reporters in the audience were stunned: "Is there any difference?"

"Of course there is." Xu Yi smiled. "I look down on the performance of the carriage because it cannot satisfy me in terms of safety, comfort, and the most important factor in transportation - speed. Compared with magic motorcycles, carriages are far inferior in any aspect. Do you think that since our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed a magic motorcycle, why can't I look down on the performance of the carriage?"

"President Xu, can I think that you deliberately expressed this attitude in order to promote your chamber of commerce's magic motorcycle?" the reporter asked.

Xu Yi looked at him, couldn't help laughing, spread his hands and asked, "Do you think... I need to promote the magic motorcycle so hard?"

Seeing the gazes projected by the journalists around him as if he was seeing an idiot, the tabloid reporter immediately understood how stupid he was.

Xu Yi was right. He didn't need to sell magic motorcycles so hard, and even even needed to sell them, because after seeing that the performance of magic motorcycles far exceeds the performance of horse-drawn carriages, the magic motorcycles of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are now highly sought after in both Bonta City and other cities in the Kingdom of Lampari.

The magic locomotives currently produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are far from meeting the demand, making the magic locomotive production factory of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce always the longest overtime factory in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Even so, it is said that the orders for magic locomotives received by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are still countless times more than their output, and it is even said that it has been arranged for the next year.

In this case, does Xu Yi still need to express his opinion and do some sales?

You know. Now, people who want to buy magic motorcycles are begging the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to sell them, rather than the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce who take the initiative to ask 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 opinion in detail."

The reporters in the audience were shocked and looked at Xu Yi with all concentration.

"I just said that I look down on the performance of carriages, because compared with magic motorcycles, carriages have far less performance in all aspects and cannot meet people's needs. The most important point is that they cannot meet the current huge transportation needs."

Xu Yi paused and pointed to the large cargo magic locomotive at the gate of the venue.

"You see, the standard load capacity of this large cargo magic locomotive is ten tons. If it were a carriage, even the largest cargo carriage pulled by eight horses before Filson's carriage, the maximum carrying capacity is no more than three tons, and the maximum can't reach four shovels."

"That's not that much, it's totally unacceptable," a reporter retorted.

"Is that?" Xu Yi smiled slightly. "You forgot two very important questions, one is the investment cost and the other is the expenditure to maintain operations."

"Oh? Please tell me in detail by President Xu."

"First let's talk about the investment cost. Do you know how much the cost of the large cargo car in Filson's cargo store is? Tell you, President Pompei told me personally that he had someone to customize the large cargo cargo, in order to withstand heavy goods. The most sturdy and durable materials were selected, and the vehicle cost was as high as 3,000 gold coins."

"But the price of your large cargo magic motorcycle costs 5,000 gold coins, much higher than that of the large cargo car." Another reporter said loudly.

"Did you forget those eight horses?" Xu Yi immediately asked.

The reporter was suffocated.

"A horse that can drag a full three or four tons of cargo is of course the best horse. So Filson's carriage spent a full five thousand gold coins just by purchasing these eight horses. So to sum up, the cost of this large carriage carriage is as high as eight thousand gold coins."

The reporters looked at each other and had nothing to say.

Xu Yi showed out all the real data, which made them unable to refute it.

"After talking about the investment cost, let's talk about the expenses for maintaining operations," Xu Yixun said. "Based on the data I obtained from President Pompei, if you want to use that large cargo carriage, then the fodder needed to feed the eight horses every day will consume at least twenty gold coins. The maintenance costs of the large cargo carriage itself will cost up to two thousand gold coins a year. On average, it will be more than fifty gold coins a day. In summary, if you want to use this large cargo carriage, you will consume at least seventy gold coins a day. The further you run, the more you consume."

"Then President Xu, how many gold coins do you need to consume this large cargo magic motorcycle every day?" the reporter from the audience asked immediately.

"The normal consumption of this large cargo magic locomotive also has two parts, and some of them are daily maintenance. According to the maintenance standards currently set by our Chamber of Commerce, if there is no major accident, under normal circumstances, the annual maintenance cost of this large cargo magic locomotive is about 300 to 500 gold coins."

"So few?" The reporters were a little unbelievable. "Will that mean it's only about one gold coin per day?"

"This is already a lot." Xu Yi shook his head. "If our Chamber of Commerce makes new breakthroughs in the technology of magic motorcycles in the future, the maintenance costs will be further reduced."

"What about the other part of the cost? The horses in the carriage have to eat grass. It is impossible for you, a magic carriage, to run without any need, right?" another reporter asked.

"Of course, if you want a horse to run, you have to let the horse eat grass. I believe you should all know that the magic locomotive is driven by consuming magic crystals. Then this large cargo magic locomotive naturally has no zone, and it also consumes magic crystals. According to the internal testing standards of our Chamber of Commerce, the average consumption of this large cargo magic locomotive at normal driving speed is thirteen magic powers. If we use the standard magic crystal No. 1 recently refined by our Chamber of Commerce, the total price is thirteen gold coins."

"That is to say, if you pull ten tons of goods and run a hundred kilometers, you only need to spend thirteen gold coins?" The reporters below looked incredible.

Xu Yi smiled slightly: "There is another very important factor, that is speed. If you load ten tons of cargo normally, this large cargo magic locomotive can maintain a speed of forty kilometers per hour on a normal road. Where is the carriage?"

The reporters looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Carriage? Not to mention dragging ten tons of cargo, even if you run empty, you can only run thirty kilometers in one hour.

Seeing the reactions 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.

A moment later, the tabloid reporter suddenly raised his hand again.

"President Xu, I have asked you several questions about magic motorcycles. Now I have a private question about you and want to take this opportunity to ask you. It is about your newborn daughter. Are you willing to answer?"

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 private questions are coming to ask?

However, when he heard that it was about Xu Yi's newborn daughter, all the reporters looked at Xu Yi with their expressions, and they turned their heads to look at Xu Yi, with their eyes full of expectations.

"It's true." Xu Yi showed a smile in his chest and nodded slightly. "I'm in a good mood today, so I can. May I ask."

"Okay. President Xu, I heard that you directly confirmed that your daughter was your only heir on the day she was born. Is this true?" (To be continued)
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