On January 16th, the registration for the Mechanical Three Kingdoms Battle began.

On January 20th, the registration ended.

During this period, the preparations for the competition were in full swing.

First of all, as the birthplace of the brand, Yellow Mud Hillock, with the support of TEP, launched a comprehensive transformation.

Two large mechanical characters were installed at the north and east gates, with loudspeakers for dialogue and broadcast, and spray devices for street lights. Large metal cards for introducing characters were placed next to them, serving as promotional billboards.

After the bumpy asphalt roads were repaired, many steel plates with sprayed road signs and warning messages were laid down. Every fifty meters, a steel beam lighthouse was welded, with six halogen lamps on top.

The dilapidated storefronts on both sides of the street were wrapped in a layer of electroplated rust-proof iron, and the storefronts and interiors were also replaced.

Like the donkey meat restaurant.

The interior was furnished with foldable, expandable, and stackable metal tables and chairs, with rounded corners and strong lines.

TEP-made metal wall hangings with electrically flipped food photos were hung on the walls, with delicate small spotlights below, creating a bright, simple, and atmospheric overall feel.

Paired with non-reflective frosted metal walls, the storefront instantly elevated its appearance.

From the east gate to the north gate, and then to Large Swamps, the style changed, creating a mechanical street.

As the Spring Festival approached, the huge changes made it almost impossible for migrant workers to find their way home.

As for whether there would be any theft or robbery...

The militia recently changed into new uniforms.

They all wore military-style bearskin overcoats, with fleece-lined train conductor hats, carrying A-ket-M submachine guns, and wearing heavy leather boots. They patrolled in groups of three, with twelve people in a team, following the black-and-white three-shift system of the toy factory, driving four light transport vehicles, patrolling around the clock without interruption.

Not to mention petty theft, even drunkards had disappeared.

The most eye-catching place in the renovated Yellow Mud Hillock was undoubtedly the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

The once dilapidated tile-roofed house had now been transformed into an iron fortress.

The outer walls were fixed with steel beams and iron sheets, with soundproofing and anti-corrosion on the inside, and fire insulation on the outside.

The roof was made of thickened carbon steel 304 stainless steel, resistant to corrosion, rain, and noise.

Five emergency exits were opened in the front and back yards, connected like an L-shaped corridor, with 150 computers placed in the middle, and toy counters and toy posters on both sides.

The yard was equipped with large mechanical horses, large spring-driven toy cars, and a ring-toss game using ejection devices for research...

There were also two tank models for customers to take free photos with.

The coming and going of people made the place lively and bustling.

The first Supply and Marketing chain microcomputer room was also up and running.

On the other side.

January 20th.

Liu Sixi, who had been promoted to the leader of the township, took a ride around Large Swamps as usual, then took a ride to the toy factory at Yellow Mud Hillock, and then returned to the township government in an armored transport vehicle to start work officially.

After sitting in the office for a while, a new deputy township leader, a young man transferred from the office in Swamp City, knocked on the door.

"Leader."

"Xiao Zhou, come in and talk."

"Leader, the city and the county have separately notified that there are more than a dozen Japanese island enterprises' investors rushing from East Mountain Prefecture, and they are expected to arrive around ten o'clock."

"I see, you go and get busy."

"Aren't we going to prepare?"

"What's there to prepare? Do you want me to hold a welcoming ceremony for them?"

"I guess that's what they mean."

"Huh, if I don't make them follow the rules of Yellow Mud Hillock, I'm already showing a lot of restraint..."

As Liu Sixi spoke, he suddenly remembered something. "Use the roadside broadcast to announce that when the Japanese enterprise's cars arrive, the township should not throw bricks or dirty water, so as not to damage the newly installed street lights and promotional billboards. Mr. Xu has said that whoever damages them will have to pay for it, starting from a minimum of tens of thousands, up to a hundred or two hundred thousand, and the toy factory will never hire them in the future."

"What about the Japanese enterprise investors? Are we going to ignore them?"

"It's best to inform them... Do you know Japanese?"

"No, but there are people in the foreign trade business who do."

"Let them convey to the Japanese enterprise, and after the business is done, they should leave quickly."

"Leader, are we not going to try to attract investment?"

"One TEP is enough. Besides, with the Japanese enterprises, you don't want these little devils suddenly disappearing from our place one day, and then we have to go looking for them by the riverbank, do you?"

"..."

"Xiao Zhou, you've just arrived and don't understand Yellow Mud Hillock. The people here are simple and honest. The older ones, who have families and homes, are basically not too out of line. But the younger ones, especially those who are fourteen or fifteen years old, have seen too many anti-Japanese movies. If there are any hotheads at home, it's very likely that they will climb onto the roof and take a shot at the Japanese. If that happens, it will cause a big problem. If they are punished for this, do you think it's fair?"

"Then I'll go make arrangements."

"By the way, let the Armed Forces collect the militia's bullets and store them."

Liu Sixi flipped through a drawer and took out a copy of the TEP's free lease of the Armed Forces list. "Not a single bullet is allowed to be missing. Also, temporarily impound the armored transport vehicles."

To ensure the safety of foreign-funded enterprises, Yellow Mud Hillock reorganized the militia.

According to regulations, the township government had to provide meals and money.

But not long ago, they couldn't even pay the wages, let alone have the ability to do this.

Fortunately, at that time, Mr. Xu proposed to donate money in his personal capacity to guarantee the militia's training. Then, they borrowed some equipment from the TEP headquarters, leasing it to the militia for free to ensure their combat effectiveness.

And during training, they provided meals and accommodation, with benefits during the holidays, bonuses at the end of the year, cotton jackets in winter, and armored transport for travel...

This treatment immediately attracted a large number of laborers.The militia has no specific regulations on military preparations, and a few armored vehicles are not excessive.

But it's easy to be swayed by others and come up short.

If Xu Fei intends to cause trouble for the Japanese company...

Maybe the militia will accidentally fire their guns...

Or maybe the militia's vehicles will suddenly lose control...

Although Liu Sixi couldn't figure out why Xu Fei brought the Japanese to the Large Swamps, he was certain that there was something going on.

………………

Ten o'clock in the morning.

More than ten foreign-owned cars with black license plates entered the east gate of Yellow Mud Hillock from the direction of Jishui City.

Looking at the letters on the license plates, some are from Lian Province Lian Gang, some are from Yancheng in Dongshan, some are from Qinggang in Dongshan, and some are from Jiangsu and Zhejiang Lianyun Port...

Looking at the car logos, there are Crowns, Lexus, Dukes, and even a very rare Toyota Century...

And in these luxury cars, an old man and a young man sat in the back seat, silently watching the passing scenery outside the car window.

Toys need constant innovation to win the market.

Like Lego.

With just a few small building blocks, it has been around for more than 70 years. It seems like nothing has changed, but every year they will pay a high price to acquire anime and film rights, launch popular products, and continue to thrive.

Until recently, when they couldn't buy the rights, the market plummeted, and they had to adjust their corporate structure and even forced to transform.

Similarly, Bandai.

With character models, it has been around for more than 30 years. It seems like nothing has changed, but every year they invest heavily in acquiring manga copyrights, adaptation rights, and developing animations and games related to their business, driving the model toy industry.

Until the recent economic crisis, they had no money for innovation and had to consider merging with Sega to enter the electronic pet market to solve their bankruptcy crisis.

The same goes for Tomica, Takara Tomy, Happinet, Furyu, and SK Japan.

It can be said that in the development of toys, copyright represents innovation and the market, as well as high costs.

If there is a toy that does not require copyright, but can attract people with its cultural attributes, and can continue to increase its popularity through games and films that do not involve copyright, then it will definitely become an object that toy manufacturers compete to imitate.

But "Mechanical Three Kingdoms" is different.

Plating technology, metal shells, seamless welding, micron-level processing, unique collision gameplay, overwhelming production volume, and low sales prices...

It has eliminated the possibility of being imitated from many aspects.

Although no one knows its profit point now, from its simple design, sleek style, driving form, and existing styles, toy manufacturers can see its market potential.

Continuously strengthening, with a focus on action?

Continuously enriching, with a focus on aesthetics?

Continuously complex, with a focus on building blocks?

Now that the action type competition is about to begin, will there be a building block skill competition in the future? Will there be a grand aesthetic competition improved by stickers?

But no matter which direction it develops in, based on the current situation of "Mechanical Three Kingdoms," it will definitely earn more in the future.

Since it cannot be imitated, the best way to make money is to obtain the distribution rights.

In fact, this toy has only been on the Japanese islands for a short time and has attracted the attention of many toy manufacturers.

When the first batch of goods was sold out, some comprehensive trading companies took the lead in taking action to obtain the general distribution rights and monopolize the entire Japanese islands.

According to the official website of TEP (Japanese Islands), everyone went to the TEP German headquarters based on the company introduction.

Then they found that the intersection of Voss Street and William Street was the ruins of Hille's mansion...

Helpless, they contacted the TEP headquarters and the call unexpectedly went to Jamaica.

Later, based on the official website of TEP (North America), everyone went to the TEP North American branch.

Then they found that it was actually the Boston Police Department...

Later, based on the official website of TEP (Seoul), everyone went to South Korea.

Then they almost got shot by the North American base...

As for why they didn't go directly to the TEP (China) branch?

Do you think a small toy company invested by a foreign company has any say?

After going around in circles, a month has passed, and more and more companies in the Japanese islands have decided to obtain the general distribution rights for "Mechanical Three Kingdoms."

Finally, everyone tried to consult the TEP (China) operation management center.

Unexpectedly, they did have a say.

Takeuchi Kyo thought about the experience of the past month and let out a long sigh.

Then he looked at the young junior next to him, "Yoshino, our goal for this negotiation is to obtain the general distribution rights for the Japanese islands with an annual revenue of 1 billion RMB, excluding the cost of goods. If we fail, our other goal is a 5% rebate or commission to obtain the general agency rights for the Japanese islands. The former requires reducing costs, and the latter requires increasing revenue. Do you have confidence?"

"Uncle, look outside."

"Oh, the Mechanical City? It fits the ingenious ideas of the Three Kingdoms toys."

"They obviously have a better operating plan, otherwise they wouldn't be asking the Japanese island distributors for event planning fees. I think it's very likely that they will go for direct sales or direct marketing."

"But they won't be able to do it for a while."

"So, the initiative is with us. We must obtain the distribution rights, otherwise we will drive them out of the Japanese island market."

Upon hearing this, Takeuchi Kyo laughed heartily and patted his nephew on the shoulder, "I'm looking forward to your performance."

………………

Daze Power.

The newly completed grand hall, Room 8.

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Xu Fei sat on the podium, feeling the warmth brought by the small sun heater, and looked through the relevant information of the Japanese island conglomerates.Summoning the other party to Large Swamps, Xu Fei had no special thoughts about it.

In this time of peace, instead of causing trouble by taking down a few Japanese people in the country and attracting trouble, it was far better to build a warship and occasionally run to the other party's door to set off some fireworks.

The reason Xu Fei did this was simply to take the opportunity to send a spy out.

Initially, a spy was constructed at Yellow Mud Hillock, intending to be sent to Zeng Dahe. Later, it was found that it was impossible to disguise the unit as their own, so the other party was hidden at the construction site.

The spy had no relevant documents and could not go through the procedures to leave the country.

Although household registration and identity verification are rare now, the armed forces trainees have already arrived at the Valley City Secondary Vocational School, and the prison has also given a definite reply. Perhaps one day, there will be a surprise inspection in Large Swamps to clear out unidentified individuals.

Coincidentally, the Japanese conglomerate wanted the distribution rights, so it was better to let the other party come to negotiate in person, and then take the opportunity to replace an enemy's ordinary unit.

In this way, the cost of going abroad was waived, the airfare was waived, and when the spy returned to Japan, they could explore the map and also deploy more spies.

However, looking through the information.

The Japanese conglomerate that came this time was mostly unheard of by Xu Fei.

There were no Mitsubishi, Mitsui, or other similar companies, most of them were local or joint ventures, and there were also a few toy brand companies.

The local and joint venture corporations aimed to obtain the general distribution rights in Japan.

The toy brand companies aimed to commission manufacturing.

In contemplation.

Outside the auditorium doors, more than a dozen foreign-owned cars slowly came to a stop.

In the past, black-plated vehicles only represented large-scale businesses.

Starting in 1992, if the local investment reached a certain requirement, one could bring in a foreign-owned car without paying taxes.

For example, the tax rate for importing a Mercedes-Benz was as high as 100% to 150%, almost doubling the overall price.

But if it was done in the name of foreign investment, the tax rate could be completely exempted.

Moreover, if the total investment exceeded 100 million RMB, one could bring in two cars.

If the total investment exceeded 1 billion RMB, one could bring in three cars.

It seemed like a high requirement, but it caused a serious problem.

After bringing in the cars as foreign investment and selling them off after tax exemption, they could continue to apply for foreign-owned cars when they had the quota.

So, black-plated cars went from being high-end in the early 1990s to commonplace now.

At the same time.

Japanese capitalists in suits and leather shoes got out of the cars one after another.

In Xu Fei's field of vision on the small map, a large area of purple exclamation marks suddenly appeared.

"Is it this serious?"

The last time he went to South Korea, the base prompted entering and leaving their own camp.

After getting off the plane, apart from a group of security personnel, the rest were all ordinary units with no special markings.

The Boston Police Department also only showed a red dot.

But these people...

Duang~~duang~~duang~~~

The purple exclamation marks expanded and contracted like an alarm.

"It seems that replacing just one with a spy is not enough."

"We must try to replace all the ordinary units as much as possible."

"It would be best to also study how to replace elite units while we're at it."