Chapter 350: Explosive Popularity

"This is..."

Liu Haiyang's mother, Wang Junyi, stared at the Tiger Penis Wine in astonishment, especially at its efficacy; it was simply a godsend for middle-aged men.

Wang Junyi realized what it was and blushed; they were an old married couple now, and it was already remarkable if Liu Haiyang could pay his "public grain" three or four times a month, so having this help certainly explained part of the reason.

"Hehe, just take a few days off, and when the time comes, just put on some makeup before you go."

"Mm, okay."

That night, there was no need to say much between the two; after some deep interaction, seeing her husband look three or four years younger during the day had already stirred up passion, and at night, Liu Haiyang even had the illusion that "once two qian of medicinal wine enters the belly, my fate is determined by me, not by heaven."

The next morning, Liu's mother looked even more radiant and beautiful, so she had to take a few more days off.

As the Mayor's wife, taking leave was a simple matter, settled with a single phone call.

A week later, Liu's mother, Wang Junyi, finally went to work, and her close colleagues naturally noticed the difference in her at a glance.

"Sister Wang, are you eating something so good at home? Your skin is smooth and your complexion is rosy and glowing."

Those who could joke with Wang Junyi naturally had husbands at home with statuses similar to Liu Haiyang's.

"I've just been nourishing my body at home, it's normal to have a good complexion."

Wang Junyi glared at her playfully, feeling a little shy inside; these past few days, Liu Haiyang had been paying his "public grain" right on time, so she was indeed eating well.

Although others were curious, they were hindered by the disparity in status and naturally didn't dare to come forward to ask; those chattering around Wang Junyi all had deep family backgrounds.

Time flew to June; the breeding farms in various places had all been constructed, and the recruitment of personnel and transportation of feed had all been implemented, waiting only for the breeding pigs, breeding cattle, and piglets to enter the pens.

This time, Zhang Ping'an filled all eight warehouses in Xiangjiang, and after paying the protection fees to Maidige for the pigs, cattle, horses, sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese, he shipped them all to the Mainland; repeating this eight times, Maidige was also beaming with joy, as these two million were earned too easily.

At the same time, the wheat fields in the city began to be harvested and the land prepared; Lao Lei retired, and the title of "Style Lei" was inherited by the young Xiao Lei, whose craftsmanship was not at all inferior to his father's, and the Siheyuan of the younger brother was also handed over to him.

"Director Zhang, rest assured, the quality is absolutely guaranteed," Style Lei said, patting his chest with a thud.

"I naturally trust you; this time, while you're at it, fix up the dry toilet and bathroom at home as well."

"Consider it done."

Although Zhang Ping'an had sprinkled medicinal powder in this dry toilet so there were no little bugs crawling all over the place in summer, the smell was still hard to cover up for a while, so he simply took this opportunity to get it all done at once.

The automobile city in partnership with Li Huaide was also nearing completion; the two-story design and the massive floor-to-ceiling windows gave a strong visual impact.

The recruitment of personnel had also completed basic training; of course, these were the simplified training standards of later generations provided by Zhang Ping'an, and Zhang Ping'an had high hopes for these ninety men and women, as they would all be the leading managers of other automobile cities in the future.

The security guards were found by Li Huaide, all of whom were retired soldiers, fifty in total, and at this time, Li Huaide had already completed his retirement procedures and was devoting himself entirely to the planning of the automobile city.

Now that surveillance cameras were not yet popularized, they could only use human supervision, otherwise, these floor-to-ceiling windows could be smashed and the cars driven away at will.

For after-sales maintenance, Jia Youwei transferred ten people from Xiangjiang, and Yi Jiabao was also poached by Zhang Ping'an.

Over these years, through the various maintenance books provided by Zhang Ping'an and the maintenance foundation from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Yi Jiabao already had the qualifications of an Intermediate Worker, and it was believed that after learning from the few people from Xiangjiang, he would be a pillar of after-sales maintenance in the future.

"Baoguo, how is it? Did it pass?"

Li Huaide wanted to apply for a public security booth nearby through Li Baoguo, which would provide at least some deterrence.

"Li, are you sure you can donate motorcycles?"

Li Huaide's condition was that he would donate fifty motorcycles to the Sub-bureau in the next half year, but he was currently neck-deep in debt, and Li Baoguo found it hard to believe he could pay off his debts in half a year, let alone donate motorcycles.

"Definitely. My automobile city is about to receive cars, could it be fake? Once the cars arrive, people from all over the country will pour in; just think about it, cars are not hard to sell at all."

Li Huaide had already signed a car purchase agreement with Jia Youwei through Zhang Ping'an, similar to the 4S Dian model of later generations, but allowing for mortgages, selling cars first and then paying for the goods.

In this way, the pressure on the automobile city was greatly reduced, and it could completely fill the first floor of the automobile city at once.

Moreover, the price given was 85% of the car's retail price, which was 0.5% lower than the normal wholesale price.

"Fine, fine, fine, but you have to provide the construction funds," Li Baoguo really couldn't refuse Li Huaide, so he agreed.

"Done."

With Li Baoguo's guarantee, Li Huaide immediately made arrangements to build it according to the standard of a ten-person booth; this was a commercial street with a dense population, so it was not considered exceeding the standard.

Half a month later, the booth was completed, and the first-floor showroom of the automobile city was already filled with two hundred low-end cars, priced at thirty-seven thousand.

The mid-range cars were forty-five thousand, and there were currently only fifty in the showroom; as for the high-end ones, there were only five, priced at fifty-five thousand.

The automobile technology here was the initial stage of Jia Youwei's core technology, and only this could fetch a price in the country.

As for the later technologies that cost hundreds of thousands, they were not popular in the country, and there were not many people who could afford them, so they were not as good as the current high-quality and inexpensive ones.

A month ago, Li Huaide had covered human-powered tricycles with advertisements, promising two mao for every day they could keep them on.

He also hired a few elderly men and women at a price of five mao per day to spread advertisements among the crowds.

Consequently, Sijiucheng was almost flooded with these advertisements, and the nearby town markets were also filled with advertising flyers.

Li Huaide also arranged for special people in several nearby cities to follow the Sijiucheng package once over.

In July, Zhang Xile's small courtyard began construction, and at the same time, the De'an Automobile City opened, taking one character each from Li Huaide and Zhang Ping'an.

At this time, the front of De'an Automobile City was filled with the sound of gongs and drums, firecrackers were ringing, and ribbons were flying; it was incredibly lively.

De'an Automobile City had three gates: an entrance, an exit, and a warehouse gate; at this time, the entrance was already surrounded by people, and the fifty security guards were all standing by in full battle array.

The exit was a special passage for handing over cars, and as for the warehouse gate, it went without saying that it was for receiving goods; behind the warehouse was a row of bungalows, which were the staff dormitories.

"Five hundred people at a time, no more, otherwise it's easy to cause chaos."

"Mm."

Li Baoguo also arranged for a team of Public Security officers to come over to maintain order, one every ten meters; the Public Security Uniform was still very deterrent, and everyone lined up in an orderly manner.

"Is this car really only thirty-seven thousand? Why do I feel it's even longer than the taxis outside?"

"You are right. Our Longteng sedans have a minimum body length of four point three meters. We have adopted the most advanced technology prototype from Xiangjiang,,,,,"

This price unexpectedly ignited the scene; although there were not many people with real strength now, there were always one or two among the two hundred people, and there were more than thousands of people who came today.

Then, in the span of a day, the cars in the showroom were cleared out; Li Huaide was overjoyed looking at the stacks of banknotes, and in this way, he paid off all his debts at once.