Putting down the things in his hand, Yan Shao stretched his body with his arms raised. Sitting here all the time, he was honestly a little tired. Fortunately, although he is over 30 years old (30 is not old, is it?). But in the case of 5 kilometers a day, the body is still very strong, plus the maintenance has always been very good, although it is 30 years old, but the changes in the past 10 years are more in temperament.

Yan Shao's personality has always been very gentle, so the precipitation of the past 10 years has only made his temperament more calm, as for his appearance...

It's a little surprising to say, but in the past 10 years, Yan Shao has not changed much in appearance, just like Elaline and the others.

Li Liang was very envious of this, and even came to the door to ask for tips on health preservation. The problem is that Yan Shao has any health know-how, and he can only regard this as a preferential treatment for the traverser, and as for Elain, they don't have much change in their appearance—————— "It's probably because of the seed." Yan Shao muttered to himself.

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Sitting there stretching his muscles, and when he felt that it was almost over, Yan Shao stopped his movements and turned his head to look at Elanon.

"How much does the car cost?"

This is a key question, and many customers want a new model of car that is slightly more expensive than the 'raindrop', but at the same time has a huge performance improvement.

In this day and age, cheap cars are still very competitive, which is an important reason why Ford has dominated the global car market in the past, and now Yushi can replace it.

If the cost of improving performance is too much, then there is a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

Yan Shao also thought about redesigning a model. But that would take too much time, and that's an important question. At the same time, new models also need new 'assembly lines', and it seems that it is very expensive to get a new 'assembly line' out. In this case, it is better to improve directly on the original 'raindrops'. In this way, the cost can be effectively reduced by continuing to use most of the original components, and there is no need to redesign an 'assembly line'—————— at least not completely, as long as a few changes are made.

Elaline also understands the importance of cost, after all, the lower the cost, the greater the profit they can receive. At the same time, if the cost is low, the price can also be set lower, which is more in line with the needs of customers.

"More than 100 dollars..."Walking to Yan Shao's side, Elano sat on the edge of the desk. The legs are overlapped, and the thin long skirt covers the legs, outlining the seductive curves of the two slender legs under the skirt.

In the past, the more 'honest' appearance has been seen by Yan Shao. Elano didn't seem to care much about his current appearance being seen by Yan Shao, but sat on the edge of the table and said softly in a very comfortable voice. "The design has just been done, and the cost at this stage and the cost of mass production have not yet been clarified, so the research institute has only given a very vague price. It's said to be $120 to $130..."

Elanon's voice was very pleasant to listen to. It's just that in an instant, Yan Shao felt that the fatigue on his body seemed to have disappeared a lot.

"So..."Yan Shao groaned for a moment, and said after half a sound. I remember that the cost of a raindrop should be $250 now, right? ”

"That's right." Elaline nodded slightly. "However, there has just been news from the auto factory that the cost should be reduced to $200 or even lower in the first half of this year..."

Historically, Ford has always believed that cheap cars are what people need most, so after effectively reducing costs, in order to achieve small profits and quick turnover, the price of Ford cars once reached $260 at the lowest.

Of course, this is already after the 20s. But even so, you can imagine how low the cost of the Model T was at that time.

As for Yan Shao's side, although the degree of industrialization is not as good as that of the United States. Combined with the need to import parts from the United States or Europe, the cost is slightly higher than that of the historical Ford...

However, considering the extremely low labor cost in China compared with Europe and the United States, it is much easier to reduce costs than in the United States.

After all, the cost gap between each other is too big, not to mention the factories that supply parts for Yushi Group, the workers working in the automobile factory alone are only 2 or 3 dimes per day (the minimum wage is 2 dimes), while the minimum wage in the United States is more than 2 US dollars, the gap is more than ten times, and Yan Shao's cost is naturally much lower than that in the United States...

"What is needed now is the positioning of the price, and this is something you need to consider...", Eleno glanced at this. The group's suggestion is to set the price at $850, and at the moment, in addition to Ford, Chevrolet and other car companies are also using low-cost cars to compete, although in the case of handicraft workshops or limited assembly lines, such car companies can only keep the price of cars at $800, but considering that their methods are becoming more and more sophisticated, and there are some ideas to circumvent the patent law, they will one day become a threat to us, so it is best to take this opportunity to crush them with new models. Completely cut off the threat to us..."

It is conceivable that if there is a car that is higher than other cars in terms of performance and comfort, but the cost is only 50 dollars higher, how big the impact will be on other cars.

The current car market is completely different from a few years ago, in a few years ago, the car market was mainly divided into two classes, one is like Ford's Model T, simple structure, low price but good performance of the low-end car market (this class is only Ford one), the other is 2, 3000 and 3, 4000 US dollars of high-end market, this class of cars whether comfort or other performance is higher than the Model T, but because of the use of a handicraft workshop, basically a car a look, And the price point is much higher than the Model T.

However, there is no shortage of people in this world who feel that they are superior to everyone else, so in the case of the Model T is constantly satisfied with the market. There is still a market for these expensive cars.

But with the introduction of 'Raindrop' and 'Ryuran', the situation has changed dramatically.

In the case of having an 'assembly line', the production cost of 'raindrops' is only $2, 300. Therefore, even if its selling price was the lowest in the world at that time, 750 US dollars, it could still get a huge profit.

And what about 'Liulan'? At the same time as he had the best comfort (the new engine was replaced, the performance that had been reduced by weight was also improved), but the price was only $2,000, hundreds or even thousands of dollars cheaper than even the cheapest large car, and his cost was only $600, and the profit per car was even higher than the raindrops, and the cost has fallen a lot over the years.

So after Yushi Group participated in the automobile market. The entire auto market has changed dramatically—————— the high-end market has been completely monopolized by 'Liulan', and in the low-end market, car companies such as Ford and Chevrolet can only continue to produce low-cost cars such as the Model T to survive.

Although the cost of the cars produced by Ford is higher than that of Yushi, after all, there are still many Americans who prefer to buy domestically produced cars. This is also true on the European side.

Of course, none of this can affect the hegemony of the current rain stone. Historically, with the advantages of lower prices and 'assembly lines', Ford produced its 10,000,000th car in 1924, when nine-tenths of the world's automobiles were made by the Ford Motor Company. One can imagine how big this advantage is.

But even so. The top management of the group still feels a lot of threat.

Especially when companies like Ford are starting to look at assembly lines and find ways to get around some of these patents. At present, Ford and other companies have achieved some results, although the efficiency is not as high as Yushi's assembly line, but at least it is a little higher than in the past, and even the cost has also decreased.

If Ford goes one step further, the group will have no choice but to lower the price of its cars. And if this is done, then the huge profits enjoyed by the Yushi Group will be seriously weakened.

So taking advantage of this opportunity, the group's top brass thought that companies such as Ford and Chevrolet should be crushed in one fell swoop with new cars. In this way, the global automotive market will be completely dominated by Yushi, and there will be no need to worry about the threat of other companies for a long time to come.

This is the case, both in China and in other countries. Xenophobia is very marketable. So even though the price of the raindrops is cheaper than the Model T or other companies, there are still Americans who are willing to buy them.

But what if Yushi Group came up with a car that was much more cost-effective than other cars, but only $50 more expensive than those cars? I'm afraid there are very few people who are willing to continue to buy domestic products, and even if there are, the number cannot support the survival of other companies, so that the monopoly of Yushi Group can naturally be established.

But...

"$850......... What about your opinion? With his arms propped up on the table and his hands crossed under the tip of his nose, Yan Shao asked in a low voice.

"$1,000," Elaline replied after a deep sigh. Apparently she had thought carefully before coming, so she didn't give much thought to her answer. It's just that this price is obviously a bit unexpected, after all, $1,000 is a piece higher than the $850 proposed by the group. At this price point, it won't be easy to crush other car companies with new raindrops.

On the other hand, after saying the above words, looking at Yan Shao's pose that didn't know whether to say cool or gloomy, Elaline felt unpleasant no matter how he looked at it. After all, she was used to Yan Shao's more gentle personality, and she was really not used to his somewhat gloomy posture.

"Okay, don't pose like this, it's weird..."Patting Yan Shao's hand, Elaline scolded softly.

"Cough..."Coughing lightly, Yan Shao put away the signature posture of 'commander'. It's not that his personality is starting to pervert, he just thinks this pose is cooler.

Leaning back in his chair, Yan Shao regained his usual smile. "Do you think that's pretty much the same as I thought?"

Seeing that Yan Shao had returned to his former appearance, Elaline finally felt much more comfortable in his heart.

Elaine's mother died when she was still very young, and later because of the war. Her father had to serve in Madagascar and could not be by her side, and nothing was more precious to her than the warmth of her family.

When he was still in Marseille, Elaline was willing to be with Yan Shao. In addition to the talent he showed at that time (of course, she didn't know that Yan Shao had no talent at all, at most he was better than ordinary people), and another point was his character...

How to say it...

Although he was only 17 years old at the time and had a formidable height of 178cm, Elano had no shortage of suitors at Marseille. It's just that I don't know if Lu Dao is a talented person, and his personality is more obedient or if the people who pursue her are like this, anyway, the pursuers of her at that time were either some people who liked to pretend, or some people who had a perverse personality. There aren't many normal ones at all...

And for Elaline, who wants to enjoy the warmth of his family, this kind of person is obviously avoided...

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"Oh?" Hearing Yan Shao say this, Elaline was slightly stunned.

"Kill them all. It's a good idea, but it's a pity......... It's not realistic..."With a long sigh, Yan Shao hugged Elano down and put it on his lap.

Only this time he didn't do anything. He didn't put his hands on the snow-white hemisphere on the chest of the Iraqi people as usual. Maybe others couldn't believe it, but he was really just holding it.

"There's no way, who calls the strength inferior to others, it's a good idea to kill them all, but if you really want to do this, I'm afraid that the last one to go to a dead end will be ourselves..."Gently sniffing the natural body fragrance around Yiren's neck, Yan Shao continued to sigh.

Leaning back in Yan Shao's arms. Hearing him say this, Elaline sighed as well as relieved.

The bigger the group's business. The more clearly Elanor perceives the constraints imposed on the group's business by China's current position. However, there is nothing she can do about it, because the current predicament is mainly due to China's status and strength, and if she can't make a breakthrough in this area, no matter how skilled her methods are...

As mentioned earlier, although Yushi Group has achieved a dominant position in the global automotive industry, car companies such as Ford or Chevrolet still have a little room to survive.

So if you want to, do Yan Shao and Elaline have the ability to kill them all?

Yes, and it's simple, you don't even need to launch a new model, just reduce the price of the existing raindrop from $750 to $650 or even lower $600...

At this time, the cost of raindrops is more than $200, and even if it is $600, there is still a profit of more than $400. And if the price is lowered to this point, neither Ford nor Chevrolet will obviously be able to compete with Yan Shao, and even those American consumers who support them will obviously not be able to buy goods with the same performance but $1, 200 or even $2, 300 more expensive.

As long as these car companies are wiped out, Yan Shao can naturally raise the price back.

But that's just from a purely business perspective...

Don't forget that there is no shortage of politics in business, especially from one country to another...

Take the current U.S. market as an example, the reason why Yan Shao can dump cars in the United States so unscrupulously at present. In addition to the United States itself's belief in free trade, several other points are important.

First of all, as a major source of political donations, Rainstone has a good relationship with several presidents in the White House. Secondly, if the rain stone is attacked, whether Ford's companies can be saved, I am afraid that there will be countless factories in the United States to close down first, after all, most of the parts needed by the rain stone are purchased from the United States, this behavior does not know how many American workers are fed, if the US government wants to attack the rain stone, first of all, to weigh the consequences of doing so.

But in addition to these factors, the most important point is that although Ford can only survive under Yan Shao's suppression, they are still alive anyway. In this way, the U.S. government can still give some explanations to the country, but if Yan Shao really rushes to kill all the American auto industry...

I'm afraid that the person who needs to weigh the consequences will be replaced by Yan Shao...

This is similar to that of Europe, but at this time, the per capita income in Europe is much lower than that of the United States, so although the automobile market is larger than China, it is not as good as the United States, which is why Yan Shao has always regarded the United States as the main sales market.

In addition, there is also the strength factor of the country, and at present, China is too much worse than the United Kingdom and the United States, and even the autonomy of tariffs is not in the hands. If Britain and the United States and other countries want to attack Yan Shao, they only need to raise tariffs on cars, and Yan Shao has no way, and he doesn't even have the ability to fight back...

And the reason for people to do so will also be very strong, to crack down on monopolies...

"Thankfully, it won't be long before Europe is in a mess, and no one cares about that. And even if Europe can't continue to patronize my business, I can continue to make a fortune by supplying military cars to the Entente..."

"And from the end of World War I, 4 years, my first five-year plan should also be over, and then there are 10 years, which is also a more suitable time for business development......... But I was in my 40s at the time..."

Naturally, these are things that must not be said to Elainor, and who knows if the battle will break out in the end. Maybe that stupid Austro-Hungarian duke changed his mind and didn't go to Sarajevo...

But even so, Yan Shao still has a lot of confidence... (To be continued......)