When Mou Miao mentioned the price, his voice was very low, because he found it utterly embarrassing.
A similar branded diesel generator cost only about half as much as an unbranded Boiler Engine.
Logically speaking, Boiler Engines were less picky about fuel, and their fuel costs were lower, so it did not matter if the equipment itself was a little more expensive—it was economical to use, after all.
But in reality, when diesel generators had replaced Boiler Engines back then, it had been high-end products replacing low-end ones. Diesel engines had the advantages of low noise, no pollution, high safety, and convenient management.
As for price and fuel consumption, diesel engines had always been high-end products.
So Mou Miao was a little embarrassed that the Boiler Engine he had developed was actually twice as expensive as a diesel generator of the same type.
However, he also explained that this was the price before finalization. Once it was finalized, if production really reached one hundred units per month, the cost of a Boiler Engine would drop to around fifteen to twenty thousand.
If monthly demand reached one thousand units, the cost of a Boiler Engine would fall below ten thousand.
Feng Jun was not particularly sensitive about prices. Those who did monopoly business never cared much about costs. What he cared about was this: "Can it really be finalized in fifteen days?"
"Theoretically, yes," Mou Miao replied with the rigor expected of an engineering monk. "But I'm already considering an improved model, because I feel the current design is especially unfriendly to use. I hope to develop the improved model at the same time."
"Then develop it," Feng Jun said, truly not considering such a small amount of money worth worrying about. "You have a budget anyway, so spend it first...