All the automobile manufacturers' representatives arrived in Shanghai with their cars. The representatives of the top automobile manufacturers were all brimming with confidence.
Their cars had won in other awards, so how could they not win in the first Pearl Awards? If they don't win the awards, who else can?
The smaller automobile manufacturers' representatives are overjoyed. They were not qualified to participate in many awards in the past. But this time, they can attend the Pearl Awards with the top automobile manufacturers, and their exposure will increase.
The whole world's media is paying attention to this event, and it is more popular than any other awards in the automobile industry.
Not only the automobile industry reporters, but many other economic media also sent their representatives to the Pearl Awards. In fact, the number of reporters is even more than the automobile manufacturers' representatives.
But these reporters were informed in advance that this is not only an awards ceremony. It is also an automobile exhibition. The exhibition will last for a month, and the awards will be announced after one month.
That's why the reporters have a lot of time to interview the participants. If any of the reporters do not follow the rules, please leave.
Although those reporters usually looked very arrogant, they didn't dare to be rash when they really encountered a tough organizer. Their toughness depended on the support of the media behind them.
But which media will dare to offend so many top automobile manufacturers?
Once the reporters are expelled, they will most likely be fired from the company. The company will have to say that this is their personal decision and has nothing to do with the company.
Every automobile manufacturer's representative arrived in their company's car. This is an opportunity for them to showcase their cars. They will either be showing off their latest model or the most famous model.
Feng Yu also arrived in a Songjiang Motors car. But he did not alight from his car. Li Dafu is the one who alights to take photos. Li Mingde told Li Dafu that he is getting old and should give this opportunity to Li Dafu. Li Dafu needs Li Dafu to lead the company in the future.
Zhong Qingxian gave his opening speech, and everyone applauded. The atmosphere was pretty good.
But when Zong Qingxian announced that there will be a total of 12 awards, and all the winners will be chosen through online voting, the reporters were excited.
They are not like those automobile manufacturers who knew about this in advance. However, some of them found out about the contents of the invitation. Wasn't it supposed to be a vote by the representatives of the automobile manufacturers?
They thought Songjiang Motors knew it would be difficult to win the awards and that's why they had gathered so many smaller manufacturers. They want to win with numbers. Hua Xia is good at this.
But no one had expected that the Pearl Awards would adopt such a method of judging. All the top automobile manufacturers had actually accepted it?
Also, why are there only 12 awards? Isn't that too little?
The reporters were very curious. This event was hosted by Taihua Holdings, and Feng Yu's signature was on the invitation. But where was Feng Yu? Why didn't he appear?
Even if Feng Yu was going to give a closing speech, he should at least show his face at the opening, right?
The representatives of the other manufacturers were also looking for Feng Yu. Why wasn't he here? Feng Yu was sitting in his office, watching the live broadcast on the big screen.
He was also looking at the reactions of the automobile manufacturers' representatives. Although many of them were unhappy with the rules of the awards, no one stood up to object.
No matter if they are giving face to Feng Yu, or feeling it is rude to stand up to object, or they think they will still win the awards, the opening ceremony went well.
When Zong Qingxian finished introducing the cars of the automobile manufacturers and announced the start of the voting, the 12 leading cars appeared on the big screen.
Songjiang Motors is ranked first and second in terms of votes. The first was a new sports car named Songjiang-B1. It had 13,625 votes. The second was Songjiang Motors' new Little Elf. It also had more than 10,000 votes.
None of the top cars in the other categories had more than 5,000 votes.
After all, the voting had just started, and it had not even been a minute. However, with such a huge lead right from the start, the other automobile manufacturers' expressions didn't look too good.
They were unhappy that Songjiang-B1 had won the Cross-industry Jewel Award. Most automobile manufacturers have crossover cars. This Songjiang-B1 looks good, but do the voters know about this car's performance? Why did they vote for it? Shouldn't the most typical crossover be a combination of an SUV and a sedan?
As for the second place, the Jewel Award, it is the best car among the cheaper cars. Songjiang Motors' Little Elf is priced at 2,000 USD, and it is the best.
The automobile manufacturers need about 2,000 USD to produce the same performance model. Including other costs, they will surely lose money at this price.
As for the other models, Songjiang Motors and Hua Xia's other automobile manufacturers had their cars nominated, but the chances of them winning the awards are slim.
If you organize the rest of the competitors and win all the awards, no one will come next year, and this year's awards will also be tarnished.
Now, Songjiang Motors had won two awards, and they can't compete for the Little Elf. But they are unhappy with the high number of votes for this B1.
After a while, there were changes on the big screen. Toyota's leading car was overtaken by De Zhong's car.
De Zhong's CEO had a faint smile on his face. He doesn't seem to care about this as this will last for a month.
But the higher the number of votes, the bigger the font and the bigger the logo of the brand will be displayed on the big screen. This is also a form of promotion.
Also, this visual effect will make it look like the other brands are overshadowed.
At the same time, the representatives of the other automobile manufacturers secretly decided to arrange for their people to vote. Not only they want to win the final award, but they also want to increase their exposure.
They were surprised by the votes for Songjiang Motors' two models, but they didn't think it was unusual. Needless to say, it must be Taihua Holdings who voted for these two models.
It's only slightly more than 10,000 votes. How much impact can it have? The final winner will have at least a few million votes.
Feng Yu looked at the votes on the big screen and turned to Wu Chih-gang. "Are these votes normal?"
Wu Chih-gang immediately replied. "They are normal, and all the votes are valid."
"Have you done what I asked you to do online to get votes for our two models?"
"Yes. I had contacted Li Yanhong and the rest. Their website has gained a lot of users these few days, and all of them are from Hua Xia. They won't vote for other automobile manufacturers, right?"
Feng Yu said seriously. "Gang Zi, you must pay attention to this. There are still many people who like overseas cars. After all, those automobile manufacturers had left a good impression on others. You can't assume that they will vote for us just because we are Hua Xia.
"We still need to guide them and make them vote for us willingly. We must also be careful not to let the other domestic automobile manufacturers split the votes. We must win the award after creating such a huge commotion. With this number of votes, we must have a crushing advantage from the beginning to the end! "
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