The price of 350,000 yuan means that before Tianming Group realizes the independent production of batteries, it does not earn a penny, and even, if you count the labor cost, every time you sell a Tianming EP1, Tianming Group is even in a state of loss.

But in Zhou Jingming's view, even if it is a price of 350,000, it seems a bit high, but this is also a matter of no way, even if he doesn't earn a penny in the later stage, but the huge amount of R&D funds invested in the early stage, Zhou Jingming has to take it into account.

And Zhou Jingming believes that in the face of such performance, 350,000 yuan to buy an electric car is not impossible for many high-income people, after all, in this world, there are still many people with a hunting mentality, and there are many things that are not bought because they need to, and the reason why they buy this thing is probably because they are the first people in a certain region to have this thing.

That's a status symbol!

After the press conference, all the reporters on the scene sent their manuscripts to the newspaper for the first time, at this time the Internet has been booming in China, and there are many forward-thinking media who have begun to try to publish information on the Internet.

"The price of the first pure electric vehicle in China is 350,000 yuan!"

"Comparable to the performance of a sports car, Tianming Group has released another blockbuster product!"

"The pioneer of the era of automobile electrification, count the five black technologies of Tianming EP1!"

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One report after another spread around the world in an instant, and the complete photos of Tianming EP1 were also frantically passed on in newspapers and on the Internet, and countless consumers were attracted by this car.

"It completely turned my stereotype of electric cars on its head!"

"It only takes 4.8 seconds to accelerate to 100 kilometers, which is simply the parameter configuration of a supercar!"

"With a cruising range of more than 500 kilometers and the performance of a supercar, the price is a fraction of that of a supercar, so you must book a car like this!"

"Kneel and beg Tianming Group to build a super charging station here for us, I also want to buy a car like this!"

It only took one morning, Tianming EP1 successfully made the headlines of major media, and at the beginning of 2003, Tianming Group successfully swiped the screen again.

With the end of the press conference, the pre-sale of this electric car has officially begun, and the pre-sale is a telephone pre-sale method, and Tianming Group has set up a department such as an electric vehicle pre-sale team to be responsible for the pre-sale of this car.

And Zhou Jingming also came to the office where the pre-sale team was located in the first time after the end of the press conference, and the office was already busy, and the phones of each staff member were all connected, and the key information of the booking staff was quickly recorded while answering, and no one even noticed Zhou Jingming's arrival.

After one call hung up, a second call came in very quickly, and although it is not known exactly how many people were pre-ordering, judging by the scene in front of them, the car was definitely very popular.

"Chairman, Mr. Zhao, I'm really embarrassed, I didn't know that the two of you were coming, we were too busy here. Five minutes after Zhou Jingming and Zhao Ke arrived here, the person in charge here found the two of them and hurriedly said apologetically.

"Don't worry about us, you're busy with yours, let's just come and see, how many orders are there now?" Zhou Jingming waved his hand and asked.

"I'll take a look...... Up to now, 56 units have been successfully ordered!" The person in charge quickly replied after checking it.

"56 units, so many!" Zhao Ke couldn't help but say in surprise when he heard this. It has only been less than two hours since the end of the press conference, and it is really surprising that so many people have placed orders.

"The phone is about to burst! Chairman, if you can, can you add more manpower and telephones, we are indeed a little busy here. The person in charge said with some embarrassment.

Zhou Jingming looked into the office again, in the originally small space, because more than a dozen people were walking back and forth, it seemed even more cramped, and the manpower was indeed insufficient.

"If you hold on a little longer, I'll have someone give you reinforcements right away. Zhou Jingming nodded.

After finishing speaking, Zhou Jingming picked up the phone on the spot, notified Xu Weidong, asked the sales company to transfer another batch of them, and then asked people to contact the communication company to urgently install a batch of work phones.

"I've already arranged it, and when I go to work tomorrow morning, you can sort out today's sales data and send it to me according to the region. Zhou Jingming paused, then looked at the rest of the people in the office, and deliberately raised his voice and continued,

"In addition, all the people in the pre-sale team will be paid five times their wages this month, and everyone will receive an additional bonus of 10,000 yuan, thank you for your hard work!"

Zhou Jingming has never been a person who treats employees badly, as soon as this sentence was said, the entire office immediately turned into a sea of cheers, and the person in charge was even more excited and blushing, "Thank you, chairman, we promise to complete the work seriously!"

After staying there for a few minutes, Zhou Jingming and Zhao Ke walked out, and Zhao Ke's face couldn't suppress the joy in his heart.

"There can be more than 50 orders in two hours, does this mean that this car is on fire?"

"You can't jump to conclusions so quickly, it depends on how many people can pay the deposit within a week, so that you can draw conclusions later. Zhou Jingming replied with a smile.

In order to ensure the normal development of the pre-sale work, every person who books this car needs to pay a deposit of 30,000 yuan, and wait until the day of actual delivery, and then make up the final payment.

"The person who can call in at this time to make a reservation is definitely not a person who doesn't even pay a deposit, I think this car must be on fire this time!" Zhao Ke said firmly.

"No matter how popular it is, don't forget, every time we sell a car, we lose money. Zhou Jingming laughed.

"Don't pretend, don't think I don't know, in fact, you're happier than anyone else, aren't you?" Zhao Ke was not fooled, rolled his eyes and said.

Zhou Jingming smiled and didn't speak again, Zhao Ke is right, no one can be happier than Zhou Jingming, as long as the brand is launched, the money lost now can be earned back in the future!

As soon as he went to work the next morning, Zhou Jingming got a summary of yesterday's pre-sale, on the first day of pre-sale, Tianming Group received a total of 502 orders, in terms of regional distribution, Shencheng had the most orders, with 214, followed by Jinling, Yanjing, Nanjing-Hangzhou and Yangcheng, in general, the main orders are concentrated in the five cities equipped with super charging stations.

In addition, there are nearly 100 orders in several other important cities in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and orders from other provinces are very rare.

Overall, there were more than 500 orders on the first day, which was already much beyond Zhou Jingming's expectations.