Gu Cheng Secondary Vocational School.

After school in the morning, Zhang Hai walked out of the school gate, planning to buy some steamed buns to eat. But when he looked up, he found that there were many people gathered in the open space ahead.

He approached to take a look and realized that it was a toy stall.

"Is this seller crazy? Selling toys at the secondary vocational school?" he thought to himself. As he turned to leave, he glanced at what toys they had.

And then...

His footsteps paused, and he turned around again.

There were exaggerated mechanical devices, all of them dark gray in color. Under the sunlight, they shone with a rich metallic texture.

One of them had a leopard head, swallow chin, and tiger mustache, holding a snake-shaped spear...

Almost instantly, the words "Zhang Fei" appeared in Zhang Hai's mind.

And the other mechanical devices...

Guan Yu holding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

Zhaoyun with a handsome face.

A strong man riding a small cart, sitting on a war horse, with his left hand embracing a woman and his right hand carrying a Fangtian Halberd, a version of the beautiful monkey king Lu Bu.

Curious, Zhang Hai squeezed into the crowd and asked, "What is this? Gundam Three Kingdoms?"

"What Gundam? This is called Mechanical Three Kingdoms!" the vendor responded.

"How much does it cost?"

"Two yuan for a character, one yuan for a weapon, three yuan for a cloak, and six yuan for a complete set." Although the vendor wanted to use the company's recommended sales strategy, selling characters at a low price and then binding the sales of weapons and cloaks when customers received the goods, he was afraid of getting beaten up.

Especially after the reform of the secondary vocational school, all the good students went to high school, and only the poor students would come here. It was chaotic.

After hearing this, Zhang Hai thought for a moment and said, "Make it cheaper, give me a set."

"What is this?"

"TEP?"

"Yes, it's an internationally famous trademark, collectively endorsed by the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, with a globally unified retail price of six yuan. If you want to buy, hurry up. LEGO has increased its prices, and plastic Gundams cost more than ten yuan. Mine is made of metal and only costs six yuan. The price may be adjusted by the higher-level company, and a set may cost twenty or thirty yuan."

"Alright, give me a Zhao Yun."

"Okay, here you go."

The vendor handed him a black paper packaging box.

The box was square, with the front written in red ink, the three letters "TEP" dancing in a dragon and phoenix style, and the side written in white ink: Produced by TEP Company, counterfeiting is prohibited.

There were also: Mechanical Three Kingdoms, patent number...

After Zhang Hai looked at it, he opened the packaging and took out the majestic Zhao Yun. He was about to ask the vendor why there was a key behind it when he suddenly noticed that a few other classmates who bought toys were already fighting in the open space in the distance.

No, the toys were fighting.

Zhang Fei took small steps and poked at Guan Yu with his spear.

Guan Yu, holding the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, leaped and pounced on Zhang Fei.

When the two made contact, they made a unique metallic crisp sound.

It sounded like two steel coins colliding in the air, particularly pleasant to the ear.

"This..."

Zhang Hai touched Zhao Yun's cloak. "It's made of steel? This toy is worth buying!"

At the same time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei determined the winner.

Zhang Fei lay on the ground, kicking and rolling like a shrew, while Guan Yu bravely moved forward and only pounced on a pile of dog poop.

Suddenly, a loud roar came from afar.

"I am the Marquis of Wen, Lu Bu. Who dares to fight me?"

"Evil scoundrel, I, Guan Yu, am here!"

Then, Lu Bu on horseback knocked Guan Yu away half a meter.

And the holder of Lu Bu laughed heartily, "You don't have a horse!"

"..."

Zhang Hai became excited and wanted to fight with his classmates. Seeing this scene, he quickly returned to the toy stall and asked, "How much is the horse?"

"A big horse or a small horse?"

"How much for each?"

"Five yuan for a Red Hare, two yuan for a small horse or mule."

Zhang Hai touched his pocket and gritted his teeth, "Give me a Red Hare!"

"Okay, here you go."

Not long after...

"I am Zhao Zilong of Changshan, seeking a battle!"

"I dare not, I dare not. I don't have a horse."

The girls passing by the school gate looked at them with disdain.

"Are these boys crazy?"

"So childish!"

"Hey, look at that female Gundam, she's so pretty!"

"Let's go and take a look."

...............

Dongshan Prefecture.

Dongshan Art College, Chinese painting class.

Tang Mo, who was usually cold and serious, seemed a bit abnormal when she walked into the classroom in the morning.

There were two exaggerated metal toys on her desk, full of mechanical sense.

One of them held a snake spear, and the other carried a Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

Without needing to look closely, it was clear that the former was Zhang Fei and the latter was Guan Yu.

Tang Mo played with the two toys separately, and when she took out the keys, the two toys collided, making a unique metallic sound.

A male classmate curiously asked, "Tang Mo, where did you buy them?"

"At the school gate. The vendor hadn't even set up the stall yet, but they were all sold out."

"They must be expensive, right?"

"Two yuan for a character, one yuan for a weapon, three yuan for a cloak. You need to buy the war horse separately, eight yuan for a complete set."

"It's much cheaper than Gundam, and it's made of metal."

"Yes, that's why I quickly bought five sets."

"What other generals are there?"

"Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Diao Chan."

"Can you sell me a set?"

"Go buy it yourself. When the vendor was leaving, he said it's available at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative on West Street."

"There's still a Supply and Marketing Cooperative now?"

"No kidding!"

After Tang Mo finished speaking, she ignored the other person and looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in front of her, lost in her imagination.

On the fierce battlefield, two generals wearing mechanical armor, riding horses and charging, their weapons colliding, sparks flying...

Then, removing the war horses, the two generals moved and danced, their weapons flying, attacking and defending...

Not long after, two hand-drawn sketches appeared in front of her.

Tang Mo put away her drawing board and went to the counselor's office. "Counselor, I plan to leave school early."

"Have you found an internship company?"

"A toy factory."

"Is it privately owned?"

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"Sort of, I don't know much about it."

"So you haven't gone for an interview yet?"

"I have confidence."

"Xiao Tang, you have great talent and you work hard. Why not continue your studies? I can recommend you to..."

"Counselor, I have already made up my mind."

"Xiao Tang, you should know that leaving school and giving up further education is like leaving a circle. If you want to get back in the future, the cost will be high."

"I understand.""Alright, fill out the off-campus internship application form and give it to me later."

"Thank you, instructor."

"Outside the school is not the same as inside, you must take good care of yourself."

"Okay!"

……………

Yellow Mud Hillock Tin Toy Factory.

Xu Fei was half-lying in a rocking chair, looking over the sales statistics of some cities today after yesterday's shipment.

The main sales were in the city area, as the goods had not yet reached the county.

Even so, a fifth of the inventory had been sold.

That's equivalent to selling 80,000 sets, with a sales volume of at least 400,000!

"Is it really that popular?"

The sales department's plan only targeted universities and secondary vocational schools, and did not consider anything else. Then, they arranged for sales staff to divert customers from nearby Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, thus saving time for stocking up.

As for the Supply and Marketing Cooperatives in the towns...

They would only get the goods after the county and city had digested some of the inventory.

Xu Fei contacted Old Huang, "How long can the remaining inventory last?"

"It's hard to say. With the expansion of university enrollment, the increase in students, and the increase in consumer groups, the sales volume may skyrocket once Mechanical Three Kingdoms becomes a trend. Also, after leaving Yellow Mud Hillock, I realized that we are too poor and like to save money. We can't imagine the consumption concept of city dwellers. 8 yuan is nothing to a dual-income family. They can just sing less, smoke less, or drink less. Especially students from secondary vocational schools and private high schools, many are willing to spend money on Mechanical Three Kingdoms."

"In that case, delay the slightly larger Mechanical Warlords, keep the current production structure unchanged, and continue to increase inventory. Also, send the gold edition to Qinggang tomorrow. Have you found the target group?"

"Government schools, noble schools, foreign language schools, as long as it becomes a trend, rich people who want to buy it won't care about a dozen or so yuan. The gold edition is priced at 200 yuan. If it can be sold, sell it. If it can't be sold, keep it as a commemorative edition and raise the price later."

"Sounds reasonable!"

"But Factory Director, we need to apply for new hero molds. According to the market research we received today, many customers want Cai Wenji, Da Xiaoqiao, and even some boys want Xiang Yu and Qin Qiong."

"Xiang Yu and Qin Qiong? Zhang Fei fights Xiang Yu, Guan Gong fights Qin Qiong? This would be a big brawl... Ah? A big brawl sounds good, Mechanical Warlords Big Brawl!"

"The Factory Director is indeed the Factory Director, always full of ideas. This name sounds much better than the previous one."

"Hehe, has the computer expert you were looking for last time arrived yet?"

"The other party is resigning. It's not convenient for him to move his family. It should be in the next few days. Please tell the security not to drive him away. I pulled a lot of strings to invite him."

"I understand, we must value talent."

After a few casual words, the communication ended.

Xu Fei contacted Lou Xiaohu, the head of the security team, again, asking him to let in any highly educated job applicants.

However, not long after he hung up the phone, the reception room sent a message saying that a female college student, who was 1.75 meters tall, wanted to apply for the position of chief designer of the toy factory.

"She's aiming high?"

"But we don't need a designer."

Xu Fei didn't want to add too many professional talents to the toy factory.

People like workshop workers, salespeople, and computer experts could be transferred to the tractor factory at any time.

But hiring a toy designer...

Would she design even more awesome tanks in the future?

"Tell her, we currently don't need a designer at the toy factory."

"Factory Director, she said, please give her five minutes. Her designs can make our toy factory's profits multiply."

"Oh? Bring her to the conference room!"