With such advanced technology, they only produced one model, and only sold ten units a day!
Toyoda Hirosuke was very disdainful of those limited-edition luxury cars. No matter how high the price of a car was, what was the use if the sales volume was too low?
Rolls-Royce only sold more than four thousand cars a year, and the annual turnover was only a little more than one billion USD. Lamborghini was about the same, and Ferrari was a little more. The annual sales volume could reach more than eight thousand cars, and the turnover was also more than three billion USD.
But compared with Toyoda, the gap was huge.
Although the price of each car of Toyoda was not high, only tens of thousands of USD, the sales volume was much higher than these limited-edition and custom-made luxury car brands. The annual sales volume of each model could reach tens of millions of cars worldwide, and the total annual sales volume was more than five million cars. The annual turnover was more than two hundred billion USD, which was dozens or even hundreds of times more than these top luxury car brands!
Although the price of "Knight" was higher than those top luxury cars, according to the sales volume of ten cars a day by Shendun Motor Company, the annual sales volume was less than twenty billion. There was still a gap of more than ten times.
Obviously, you have the world's top car technology, but you don't know how to use it. It's really a bright pearl covered in dust. Let our Toyoda Group carry it forward for you!
Although the Toyoda Group's previous products also included the entire low, middle, and high-end markets, they had not had any achievements in the luxury car field and had never been able to occupy a place.
This time, using the technology of Shendun Motor Company, they would develop a top luxury car that belonged to the Toyoda Group. However, they would not do any limited-edition and ordering tricks. They would open the supply like other models. As long as customers wanted it, they could buy it at any time.
Moreover, they would not set the price so ridiculously. How many people in the world could afford a five million car? Even if each of them bought one, how many could there be?
It must be known that the higher the price, the fewer sales volume, and vice versa.
Toyoda took the route of pure commercialization. Everything was aimed at the pursuit of maximum profits. They would set a price that most rich people could afford according to the cost and under the premise of ensuring sufficient profits. As long as the quantity increased, it would be easy to make money. The cost could be continuously reduced.
Thinking that after obtaining the "Knight" technology, the Toyoda Group would definitely usher in rapid development and establish its position as the overlord of the automotive industry in one fell swoop, compared to this, waiting a little longer was nothing. Therefore, Toyoda Hirosuke was no longer in a hurry and continued to wait patiently for the news from the US.
However, he waited for seven to eight hours until midnight. It was already dawn in Los Angeles, and Shendun Motor Company was about to start work. However, there was still no news. This time, Hideo Yada, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, did not need Toyoda Hirosuke to urge him. He grabbed the phone on the table that had been silent all night and took the initiative to call the relevant personnel in the United States.
Yada Eiko first scolded and then began to ask about the progress of the spy operation. However, the answer from the other side made his expression change greatly.
After he hung up the phone, Toyoda Hirosuke couldn't wait to ask.
"How is it?!"
"Fail … Failed!"
Yada Eiko put down the phone a little dejectedly and murmured with a dazed face.
"What?!"
Toyoda Hirosuke stood up abruptly and glared at Yada Eiko.
"What's the matter?"
"The spy we sent sneaked into Shendun Motor Company early last night, but until the company started work this morning, he still hasn't returned, and there is no news."
Yada Eiko looked at Toyoda Hirosuke's gradually flushed face and continued.
"Moreover, according to the observation of our peripheral personnel, Shendun Motor Company did not have any abnormalities after work. It seems that there was no intrusion, and no documents were lost."
"You mean, the spy we sent not only failed to complete the mission, but also inexplicably disappeared out of thin air!"
Toyoda Hirosuke stared at Yada Hideo with his bloodshot eyes. It was unknown whether it was because of staying up late or because of anger, but Toyoda Hirosuke gritted his teeth and said.
"Yes, yes!"
Toyoda Hirosuke only felt his blood rushing to his head, and his eyes turned black. Just now, he was looking forward to dominating the automotive industry after getting the "Knight" technology. Now, he was full of expectations in exchange for such a result, which was really difficult for Toyoda Hirosuke to accept.
The huge psychological gap made Toyoda Hirosuke feel very uncomfortable. Suddenly, he felt a throbbing pain in his heart, and his eyes turned black. He fainted just like that. His body that stood up because of anger also fell back. Fortunately, the chair was stable enough to prevent him from falling to the ground.
"President!"
"President!"
"Someone, call an ambulance!"
"Quick, the president should have medicine on him!"
…
Toyoda Hirosuke, who thought he was going to win this time, had a heart attack because of the spy's failure and was admitted to the hospital. However, the operation against Shendun Motor Company did not stop there. Toyoda Hirosuke, who was lying on the hospital bed and breathing oxygen, still did not give up his desire for the "Knight" technology and his ambition to dominate the automotive industry. He strictly ordered Yada Eiko to get the "Knight" technology no matter what method he used.
After Yada Eiko received the order and returned to the company, he conducted an in-depth investigation of what happened that night. First, he confirmed that their spy did not run away after getting the technology.
Shendun Motor Company did not seem to have been infiltrated, nor did they lose important core technology. It was as peaceful as before. They did not call the police, nor did they strengthen the security force.
He mobilized all his forces, but still did not find the spy's shadow.
Yada Eiko speculated that their spy had most likely been killed by the enemy.
In the end, a new discovery confirmed his speculation.
According to the report of the American intelligence personnel, Shendun Motor Company replaced a glass wall on the fifth floor of the office building that day.
The fifth floor of the office building was the floor where their target, the R&D department, was located!
The result of their observation was that the replaced glass only had an incomplete cut mark on it.
In other words, the spy they sent out was killed before he could even enter the building. Even his body couldn't be found.
Yada Eiko admitted that he had underestimated Shendun Motor Company, or rather, Chen Mo behind it. He did not expect that behind the seemingly lax security, there was an even tighter defense force.
Yada Eiko was certain that the spy had been dealt with!
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