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The crowd's response was extremely enthusiastic, and as time went on, more and more people gathered around.

People with plenty of free time loved watching a spectacle, especially when it involved cars that could improve their quality of life. Whether they had money or not, watching was free!

"Kid, can I have one of your flyers? I'm not taking it to sell as scrap paper!"

"Can we sit inside?"

"Can I take it for a spin?"

The doors of the two display cars were open, and interested people kept climbing in to try them out, touching this and looking at that.

Only after the people behind them urged them on did they reluctantly get out.

Those with thinner wallets naturally left after taking a look, while those with money and interest in the cars asked the sales staff for more information.

Things like warranty and maintenance, driving range, whether the batteries would need frequent replacement, and so on.

If this had been two or three years later, when there were more Old Man Happy cars on the market, people might not have been so quick to buy.

But at this point in time, Old Man Happy cars were only just starting to emerge and had yet to sweep across the country. Many people wanted one but had nowhere to buy one.

This Jiuzhou Mini happened to meet their needs, and judging from its appearance and details, its quality seemed fairly reliable as well.

That made many people tempted.

"This is really nice. It feels well-built. I've ridden in quite a few cars, and you can tell as soon as you sit in this one that the quality isn't bad."

"Small has its advantages too. It's more maneuverable in the city. We don't usually need to carry much stuff anyway. A car like this is enough."

"It'd be even better if we could drive it ourselves. Oh, right, they said the store has test drives. Come on, let's go test-drive it at the store. If there's no problem, I'll order one!"

"What a shame. My place doesn't have a way to charge it. Sigh... If I'd known, I would've bought a ground-floor apartment when I bought my house."

"Old Li, if it's inconvenient for you to charge at home, park at mine and charge it there. I've got a big courtyard, no problem at all!"

"Kid, I want to learn more. Take us to the store and let us have a look."

Quite a few of the onlookers were very interested and asked to test-drive the cars!

So one of the two display cars broke away and headed toward the store with a crowd of elderly men and women, giving everyone their first experience riding in the vehicle.

Once the car hit the road, it immediately felt different.

This Jiuzhou Mini had completely copied a best-selling model from more than a decade later, a vehicle Wuling had spent enormous research and development costs designing.

It was absolutely not something an Old Man Happy car could compare to!

At the end of 2008, most gasoline cars naturally did not have the level of quality automobiles would possess more than a decade later.

With one side rising as the other fell, the people in the car immediately felt the difference.

"Not bad, not bad. It's quite comfortable on the road. Other than the cramped space, it's about the same as those cars I've ridden in that cost tens of thousands, and it's even better in some ways."

"And there's no jerky feeling. I get a little carsick, and I really hate that lurching feeling when a car accelerates in bursts. This one is very smooth."

"Right. I was wondering why it felt so good to ride in. Turns out it doesn't have that surging gear-shift feeling regular cars have."

"The speed is fine too. It's not slow, and it's perfect for driving in the city. If it's too fast, we'd be afraid we couldn't control it."

"I still need to drive it myself before deciding. After all, it costs twenty thousand yuan. It's much cheaper than every other car, but I still need to think it over carefully."

"I need to bring my spouse over to try it too. With a car, it'll be much more convenient to go to the countryside when we have nothing to do."

Before long, they arrived at Da Qian Road.

A store that had been renovated for over a month was finally officially opening today, and it was already livelier than some of the larger 4S dealerships nearby.

It wasn't just Ji Shenghai's location bringing people in to see the cars. The other locations were also bringing potential buyers to the store for test drives.

At the moment, there were at least twenty customers lined up in the store waiting to test-drive the cars, far more than the number of salespeople.

While everyone gathered around a display car to look at it, two compact Jiuzhou Minis sped past the entrance from time to time in the broad open space outside, drawing the attention of many customers as well as salespeople from nearby car dealerships.

Da Qian Road was a road newly built on the edge of the city within the past two years. The roadway was very wide, and the sidewalks were unusually broad as well.

There were no commercial streets or residential areas nearby, so there were practically no pedestrians on the sidewalks.

That was why many car brands had chosen to move their 4S dealerships here. Not only could customers test-drive cars on the road outside—

Even inexperienced customers could test-drive in a specially designated enclosed area on the sidewalk.

Every customer who came in for a test drive could, under the guidance of a salesperson, make two laps along the two-hundred-meter stretch of road in front of the store before the next customer got in for their turn.

It wasn't that the salespeople were being stingy. There were simply too many people, and there might be even more customers coming later. If each person took too long, those at the back might not get to test-drive until noon.

Although Ji Shenghai was delighted by the situation, he still waved his hand and instructed one of the cars that had returned after dropping people off to stay behind for customer test drives.

And so, three cars kept stopping in front of the Jiuzhou Store to switch drivers and passengers.

They drove loops around the small area, sometimes even simulating passing on narrow roads, making some elderly first-time drivers break out in a cold sweat.

After trying the cars, the people who had come together naturally gathered in groups, either sitting in the display cars to discuss things or chatting on the sofas provided by the store.

"This car is pretty nimble, especially when making a U-turn. One turn of the wheel and it can turn around. If it were a regular sedan, you'd definitely have to reverse once on this road to make the turn."

"I'll come back this afternoon and bring my spouse to take a look."

"I need to bring my kid over. Didn't he want to buy a car? I think this one would work too. If he doesn't buy it, I'll buy one for myself to drive!"

"It's not without flaws. The base model has no power steering and no air conditioning. The mid-range model is only four thousand yuan more, but it has a longer range, air conditioning, and power steering. I think the twenty-six-thousand-yuan mid-range model suits me better."

"If you're already getting the mid-range model, I think the thirty-four-thousand-yuan top model is better. It even has airbags and can go around one hundred ninety kilometers!"

"No one else has used it before. It looks good now, but who knows whether it'll develop problems after being used for a long time? If it keeps breaking down, then even a low price won't help."

"With such a big sales store, they can't just pack up and leave, right? And the factory is in the industrial park too. I've tried it. I'm ordering one!"

"Order, order, order! It's only a little over twenty thousand yuan. I want the high-end model!"

"I'll wait a little longer and see how yours hold up after you've used them. I'm not as well-off as you. I need to spend my little retirement pension carefully."

At noon, Ji Shenghai, whose throat had become somewhat hoarse, finally found a brief opening to call Xu Yifan and give him a short report on the morning's sales.

"Boss, I've got good news. In just one morning, six Jiuzhou Minis have been ordered.

"In total, we received two hundred and seventeen customers who came in for test drives. This is a market no one has tapped before, and it has huge potential!

"A large portion of them are very interested in our product. It's just that most of the people ordering cars right now come from relatively well-off families.

"More customers still need to discuss it with their families, while some have slight concerns about our product and plan to wait and see for a while."

In the factory office, Xu Yifan felt slightly relieved. Although he had anticipated this situation back when they were making Old Man Happy cars, he was still uneasy without seeing actual sales figures.

If the afternoon's sales matched the morning's, they would sell twelve cars a day. With an average final profit of around two thousand yuan per vehicle after deducting manufacturing costs and taxes, that meant daily earnings of more than twenty thousand yuan.

It was a good start, but they still needed to keep at it, maximize production capacity, and sell every vehicle they produced.

Xu Yifan said steadily, "Bring the information on customers who have already ordered cars back to the factory tonight. Try to deliver the cars tomorrow."

"At the same time, keep records for every customer and follow up regularly afterward. Ask the customers who didn't buy our cars what concerns they have, and ask those who did whether they encounter any problems while using them."

Everything was going far more smoothly than Xu Yifan and Ji Shenghai had imagined.

As long as this first batch of products did not have any problems, sales could be expected to improve further as their reputation spread!

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