"Hmm?"
Wang Yu turned to look. The one who voiced the opposing view was a young man. If he remembered correctly, he was part of Hu Pangzi's group and had also started in agricultural machinery parts.
However, his investment didn't seem to be much; he had only secured the regional agency rights for a small area. To put it bluntly, he was just a supplementary figure among everyone present!
As expected, the more insignificant the person, the more prone they were to causing trouble!
Wang Yu mused internally, but his expression remained unchanged. He directly retorted,
"The factory is in my hands, and the materials and parts are all readily available. Is it difficult for me to produce cars, or to directly improve and adjust the existing inventory?"
Wang Yu's rhetorical question left everyone speechless.
It was indeed true. Wang Yu managed the automobile factory, so producing cars was naturally not a problem; the only question was whether he wanted to or not!
"As for the absolute competitive advantage you questioned..."
Wang Yu paused slightly, immediately heightening the tension among all the dealers.
Why the dramatic pause? Was there a special reason?
Under everyone's apprehensive gaze, Wang Yu spoke again.
"I can only tell you, as I said before, the new generation II agricultural machinery products are absolutely superior to the old ones in every aspect, including stability, operability, load capacity, fuel consumption, power, and so on.
As for other competitors on the market, there's no need to even mention them! Our products are definitely at the pinnacle of performance, coupled with our price advantage."
Wang Yu's gaze swept over everyone present, and then he let out a cold laugh, "Don't tell me you can't make money."
Can't make money? How was that possible!
Everyone thought to themselves.
If they couldn't make money, why would they be lingering here?
They weren't fools. Were they here to talk about feelings? Talking about feelings hurts money, you know!
Then they saw Wang Yu speak to everyone again,
"Since our products already have an advantage in performance and price, if you still can't win when competing with agricultural machinery companies...
I can only apologize and say that you are not cut out for business. It's better to go home, wash up, sleep, and then take care of the kids."
Wang Yu's words were met with a wave of laughter.
Although the words were rough, the logic was absolutely sound!
It was really that simple!
"Exactly, Factory Director Wang is right. With such a huge advantage, if we still can't win, then we shouldn't be doing this!"
"That's right. We're all in this business. If we can't handle those guys from the agricultural machinery companies with such a huge advantage, we might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes!"
"Precisely, Factory Director Wang's words make a lot of sense. Do you expect to get married and have children immediately?"
...
All the dealers present echoed his sentiments, interspersed with various playful remarks.
One after another, they made the young man blush to the roots of his ears, and he could only stammer in agreement, saying nothing more.
In fact, everyone present was a shrewd individual!
To have the foresight to step out and take a bite of the crab in this era, and to do so successfully as part of the first wave, each of them had their wits about them.
They all understood Wang Yu's unspoken meaning... If you're incompetent, don't yap; if you can't play, don't play! If you have this much of an advantage and it's still not enough, then we'll find someone else!
So, everyone responded with laughter and teasing, finally easing the tension. Then, Wang Yu, in front of everyone, re-assured them that they could pick up their vehicles within a week at the latest, finally resolving the issue and allowing everyone to disperse.
Each went their separate ways, and Wang Yu walked up to Wu Lingling alone.
"What? Is the scale too large and you can't handle the capital?"
Wang Yu looked at Wu Lingling and smiled, asking playfully.
"Hmph, if it weren't for your expanding business scope and ever-growing ambitions, I wouldn't be in such a passive situation. As long as I have some time to sort out the capital flow, everything will be fine."
Wu Lingling snorted at Wang Yu, her face a little flushed.
"Alright, alright, so in the end, it's my fault for developing too quickly?"
Wang Yu chuckled helplessly, "Everything needs to be done step by step. Look at all the arrangements I made before; they were all for resource hoarding, and then concentrated efforts.
You, on the other hand, jump into whatever seems profitable. Shouldn't you consider your own capital strength? How can you expect to get rich overnight?"
Wang Yu's earnest advice was met with Wu Lingling's displeased huff, "So... are you lecturing me?"
"No, I'm just telling you to tell me next time something like this happens. If you're short on money, I can lend you some... of course, you can decide on the interest."
Wang Yu said with a smile.
"You... you darn guy!"
Wu Lingling was furious and immediately stepped forward, feigning to chase Wang Yu.
They walked away, talking, laughing, and playfully chasing each other.
...
"Honestly, they still deny they're involved. If there's truly nothing between them, I'll quit drinking."
Not far away, Andre, standing by the factory entrance, watched Wang Yu and Wu Lingling disappear, muttering to himself and stuffing rum-filled chocolates, a rare luxury for this era, into his mouth.
Alcohol was not allowed in the factory, so this was his only way to satisfy his craving.
...
Wang Yu had promised all the dealers a week, but in reality, he completed the modification of all the second-generation new agricultural vehicles in just four days.
He had already planned and developed the upgrade products. After all, in this era, mutual copying... cough cough, should be referred to as mutual learning, was common. To maintain market leadership, product upgrades were essential.
If, like state-owned factories, they stuck with one product design for ten years, they would surely be left with nothing!
So, the current plan was also the result of Wang Yu's preliminary experiments. He had originally intended to launch it at a suitable time, but since this situation had arisen, he decided to bring it forward.
The dealers who received the second-generation agricultural vehicles naturally had no further complaints and happily returned to where they came from.
As for Wu Lingling, although she didn't say much, she was grateful to Wang Yu for taking on the trouble and responsibility for her.
This could be seen from the gentle look she occasionally cast at Wang Yu.
Meanwhile, under Andre's supervision, the first automated production line was finally completed in these past few days.
As the production line started up, Andre uttered a sigh of admiration to Wang Yu,
"I don't know what words to use to describe your mind... I can only say that your competitors are both pathetic and fortunate. Pathetic because being your enemy is probably miserable, but fortunate because they get to witness many different sights!"
To Andre's seemingly praising but also subtly critical words, Wang Yu simply smiled and said, "Old An, let's go to the East Continent Industrial Expo together.
I have a premonition that I will gain both fame and fortune at this expo."
"I also have a premonition that those guys from the US or Japan will go crazy..." Andre let out a wry smile,
"Let's agree beforehand, no less alcohol, and don't call me Old An."
"Alright, Old An!"