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Christmas is here again.
As one of the most popular festivals in the West, Christmas has a special meaning for people throughout the year, and even the New Year cannot compare to it, which is equivalent to the Chinese New Year.
Children don't have to go to class, so they are naturally happy, and so do adults, who have a long vacation after a busy year, and it is a good choice to stay at home to rest or go on vacation.
Even if the boss is stingy, at the end of the year will be hemorrhage, many people get the year-end bonus, even if there is no money, on the occasion of this festival, they are willing to overdraft the credit card to consume in advance, and the desire to buy is amazingly expanded, so the merchants are also happy during the holiday.
The luxury stores on sale on Fifth Avenue and Rodeo Avenue have all but been emptied, and when they pass by the door, there are not many items left on the shelves, and people still talk about them despite the news of such snap-ups every year.
SOS supermarket year-end promotion, price reduction to clear the backlog of goods in the warehouse, kraft paper bags are no longer enough, people directly push the shopping cart, walk out of the store door, load the shopping cart full of goods into the back compartment, and then return the shopping cart to the supermarket staff, smile and say "thank you" or "Merry Christmas" to them.
Recently, there are three words floating in the sky of the entire North American continent - "buy, buy, buy", and neighbors meet each other, and they also ask each other what to buy and where to get a discount.
Han Xuan also made a lot of money because of this.
Among all his companies, Han's Automobile Group's performance growth in December was the most prominent.
Throughout December, all models of the group were discounted and promoted, and there were many people who wanted to change cars at the end of the year, plus people had money in their pockets, and the global sales of this month were much more than the previous two months combined.
This year is a very meaningful year for Han's Automobile Group, because the total sales of Maserati, Kirin, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley combined exceeded one million units for the first time, which is only the results of the whole year of 1998, which is enough to show their popularity, but the company's books still show a loss this year.
Manufacturing cars is very profitable, especially after-sales maintenance, but Han's Automobile Group has recently invested a lot of research and development funds, and this large automobile group, which has just been established for a few years, also needs to invest in 4S stores, parts production plants, expand car manufacturing lines, train workers, and add various supporting facilities on a global scale, which will cost a huge amount of money, so it is still in a state of making ends meet for the time being.
Of course, there is also a large part of the funds in this, which were left overseas by Han Xuan, as long as the funds do not flow back to the United States and the United Kingdom, they can avoid paying high corporate income tax.
It is worth mentioning that the company successfully won the order of the official car of the Chinese government in June, so that the Kirin and Maserati became buses, and Rolls-Royce also gave them to the bigwigs for free, making these brands famous in the local area.
This year, Chinese consumers have bought about 1.6 million cars, of which 22 percent of the market share is occupied by Han Xuan......
The original good world automobile market pattern was made into a mess because of his accession, no matter which car company's executives, when they heard Han Xuan's name, they all gritted their teeth, hated him so much, but there was nothing they could do about him.
Daimler-Benz Group's new car sales, recently also very hot, it finally came out of the shadow of the big crisis, and there is a trend of rebirth, although sales are still not as good as Volkswagen, but today two months of car sales, has surprisingly surpassed it, forcing BMW and Volkswagen, also increased investment in research and development.
In this life, the world automobile market has changed considerably, mainly in terms of car appearance, due to Han Xuan's willful disruption, the automobile design industry aesthetics has made great strides, at least six years ahead of the previous life.
There is an obvious disconnect between the new car and the old car, which makes many users decide to change cars in advance, which greatly releases the potential of the automobile consumer market.
At the same time, the small change has also caused countless small and medium-sized car companies to go bankrupt, they do not have enough financial strength to redesign and replace production equipment, but no consumers are willing to buy their old products, only out of dire straits......
SpaceX's Orion-1 rocket was originally scheduled for an experimental launch on October 15, but at the end of September, during the second ignition test, scientists discovered a design glitch that could interrupt the fuel supply during the rocket's take-off phase.
It was not difficult to fix the design flaw, but it would take a lot of time to re-customize a batch of parts, so the date of the first test launch was tentatively postponed to February next year.
At that time, Han Xuan was still in the UK, and Cambridge University had just started, so he was ready to take time to watch it in person, and Musk called him several times to apologize.
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Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States has been filled with the festive atmosphere of Christmas in recent days.
Today is December 24th.
The morning is sunny and the temperature is not too cold, about 10 degrees Celsius, and can reach 18 or 9 degrees Celsius at noon, making snow impossible.
Thin sweaters and small padded jackets have become the best choice for people to wear when they go out, while women mostly choose trench coats.
It's a good temperature, and it's a joy to think of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, where people are wearing shorts, short sleeves, and beach shoes to celebrate Christmas in the scorching sun.
The children in New York are busy building snowmen with snow, while the children in Australia can only use sand and mud, one with snow and ice, and the other sweating.
It is no wonder that many Australians like to bring their families to the United States to spend the night with relatives during this time......
This year's annual meeting of Snow Mountain Group has ended, and the venue has been relocated to the headquarters of Snow Mountain Four Towers in Santa Clara, California.
Since many of its companies have already been listed, Han Xuan can no longer be allowed to continue to take money, so Executive Officer Anthony decided in advance that the amount of rewards issued at this annual meeting will be reduced to 33 million US dollars.
Han Xuan privately took out $7 million from his pocket and scraped together $40 million, so that this year-end carnival would continue to go crazy.
There are also a lot of prizes, including 60 Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin watches, as well as 100 cars of various brands......