Early in the morning, Zhao Wanyu got up early and made breakfast. After calling Chen Mengchuan out of bed, the two drove to the Shangri-La Hotel ahead of time.
As they neared the Shangri-La Hotel, traffic began to congest.
"Morning rush hour for students going to school?" Chen Mengchuan did not understand. It was only a little past seven, yet there was already a traffic jam.
"How about we find somewhere to park and walk over? It's not far from here," Zhao Wanyu said.
Chen Mengchuan nodded. They found a nearby parking spot, parked the car, and headed toward the Shangri-La Hotel.
"It's not students going to school. The traffic around the Shangri-La Hotel is completely jammed," Zhao Wanyu said. In the distance, the entire area inside and outside the Shangri-La Hotel was packed with cars, all of them luxury vehicles.
Discussions filled the route, and from time to time, they heard company names from the list and the names of familiar business tycoons.
"Looks like quite a few people came," Chen Mengchuan said with a smile.
The closer they got to the Shangri-La, the denser the crowd became. Within fifty meters of the hotel, traffic police were already directing traffic and had set up barricades to disperse onlookers and prevent any accidents.
After squeezing through the crowd, Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu finally made it outside the hotel. A sharp-eyed staff member recognized them and hurriedly handed them staff badges.
After putting on the badges, they followed the staff member into the event area.
Sun Zhongyong had rented out the entire floor and decorated it with countless wall decals, roll-up banners, and posters. He had also converted the other three conference halls on the same floor into experience zones. Each hall was similarly filled with all kinds of posters, as well as fifty Dawn 1.0 experience units tethered with cords.
The posters vividly depicted a wide variety of home appliance, mobile phone, and computer application scenarios. They featured not only detailed written descriptions and data explanations, but also short videos and model diagrams.
Chen Mengchuan felt that people were everywhere, densely packed throughout the entire venue, from the main hall to the experience zones.
"Brother Chuan, look over there," Zhao Wanyu said.
Chen Mengchuan followed her gaze. A small group was holding Dawn 1.0 units from the experience zone and discussing something. He recognized four of them: Lianxiang Liu Chuanzhi, Huawei Ren Zhengfei, Gree Dong Mingzhu, and Xiaomi Lei Jun.
"Quite a few big names showed up," Chen Mengchuan said with a smile, quickly steadying himself.
"And over there," Zhao Wanyu said, gesturing for Chen Mengchuan to look.
"They all look familiar, but I can't place them." Chen Mengchuan did not know that many famous entrepreneurs.
"That one is Wang Xuning from Jiuyang, and the other is Fang Hongbo from Meidi..." Zhao Wanyu named everyone she could recognize for Chen Mengchuan.
Just as the two were looking around and identifying people, Toni walked over. "Morning, Mengchuan, Wanyu."
"Morning, Toni," Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu greeted him as well.
"As of last night, we had signed for 314 production lines," Toni said, adjusting his glasses.
"Thanks for the effort, Toni." Chen Mengchuan's brows twitched. Toni had worked with Achen to sift through nearly ten years of robotic arm sales data from Ke Da, accurately identifying a large amount of production-line data and compiling a list based on the operating conditions of the companies that owned them.
On that list, the companies operating more than four hundred production lines were in relatively poor condition or had shut down entirely, while the companies operating more than thirteen hundred other lines ranged from average to middling. In response, they had commissioned forty-four trading companies to negotiate for nearly eighteen hundred production lines in total, focusing on the more than four hundred lines operated by struggling companies and offering high prices to purchase them.
"How much did it cost altogether?" Chen Mengchuan asked.
"More than nine hundred million. We prepaid a ten percent deposit on all of them, which came to over ninety million Huaxia Yuan. The rest will be paid when we move the production lines," Toni said with a smile.
"Nicely done, Toni." Chen Mengchuan could not help praising him.
Toni smiled and adjusted his glasses. "Any news on the plot west of Tianzhi Electronics?"
Chen Mengchuan chuckled and pointed at Zhao Wanyu. "Didn't you know? Wanyu's father is Zhao Qinghua of Yuehua Real Estate Group. That plot shouldn't be much of a problem."
Toni looked at Zhao Wanyu with a smile. "You hid it well. We spent all day yesterday busy with the production lines."
Seeing their optimistic expressions, Zhao Wanyu smiled. "You two are awfully optimistic. My granduncle isn't someone to be trifled with. His reputation within Yuehua is really not that great."
"I believe your father can handle it." Chen Mengchuan smiled. As the man at the helm of Yuehua Group, could he possibly lack a few tricks up his sleeve? If he could not even secure an internal plot of land, then he might as well not be chairman of Yuehua Real Estate Group.
"Quite a few big names came today. It seems Dawn 1.0 carries a lot of weight in their eyes," Toni said with a smile, adjusting his glasses.
"That surprised me too. I didn't expect so many people to show up," Chen Mengchuan said with a smile.
"What time does the launch event begin?" Toni took a plate of desserts from a waiter and leisurely began eating.
"Nine thirty. It's only eight now, and nearly everyone has already arrived. At nine, they'll start entering the main venue, where there'll be some warm-up activities. First, municipal leaders will give speeches, then Brother Xu will present Dawn 1.0, followed by an explanation of preparations for the new Jump 1.0 product," Zhao Wanyu said slowly.
"How are Dawn 1.0 sales now?" Toni asked.
Zhao Wanyu smiled and answered, "Online sales have already reached a cumulative total of 390,000 sets, with revenue exceeding 170 million Huaxia Yuan!"
"Too slow," Toni said flatly.
Zhao Wanyu rolled her eyes. "A set of Dawn 1.0 is already being scalped online for over 1,000 Huaxia Yuan. Those scalpers really will speculate on anything."
Chen Mengchuan said slowly, "It is a little too slow. Brother Xu told me the factory's efficiency is already pushed to the limit. They've been working overtime these past few days, running around the clock, and they've hired many more people. But production capacity still hasn't met the standard. Although all twelve production lines had begun production by last night, output can only reach two to three hundred thousand units at most. It may be slower than expected."
"Once the new production lines are assembled, capacity will rise. Then I plan to lead a group to make a batch of high-end robotic arms. With Achen's help, they'll be the best robotic arms in the world." A smile appeared at the corner of Toni's lips as he adjusted his glasses, his eyes revealing a hint of fanaticism.
Chen Mengchuan smiled. "Once you finish those high-end robotic arms, it'll be time to make some multifunctional three-armed robots to help out. Those are minor matters. We have more important things to do. Then we'll get ourselves a Morley Strong Particle Accelerator and play with some real black technology."
Toni nodded. "I believe you won't disappoint me, Mengchuan."
Chapter 4 over. I'll write another chapter early tomorrow morning.
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