Munitions Empire

Chapter 366 362 Hero Postcards

In order to prepare for this exposition, Great Tang Group spent money to place their advertisements in any corner they could find.

In the most eye-catching sections of newspapers that were distributed, there were ads for the World Industrial Expo. Newspapers from Dorne and Suthers, as well as those from the Leite Kingdom, all had them.

In places without newspapers, Great Tang Group crazily distributed flyers, which seemed to be sprinkled everywhere as if they cost nothing. Many people even picked them up to use as toilet paper.

Almost the entire network of Great Tang Group's connections had been mobilized, with all the intelligence personnel now having a side job, which was to promote this important expo of Great Tang Group.

Even in the Empire of Nanla, the first Imperial Concubine personally endorsed the occasion, helping Great Tang Group to hold six balls, each time promoting the expo and distributing tickets and invitations.

After Great Tang Group's campaign, almost half the world knew about the expo.

To prevent dominance by a single entity, Great Tang Group went out of their way to find participants or enterprise factories for the expo in every direction within their reach. Similarly, to give everyone a chance to exhibit, Great Tang Group set the date of the expo three months later.

Even, to ensure the scale of the expo, Great Tang Group used its influence to compel many factories to participate.

For example, the locomotive factory built in Suthers Kingdom with the help of Great Tang Group was forced to take part in this expo.

This was the world's first vehicle factory apart from Great Tang Group that could independently produce steam locomotive engines — more modernized than Shireck's workshops, and the locomotives it produced were more advanced as well.

Its technology came from Great Tang Group, and the manufacturing standards were all according to Great Tang Group's requirements, making the technology quite advanced.

Initially, because the locomotive factory was concerned that their technology wasn't as advanced as Great Tang Group's in the same field, they had no plans to attend this expo.

But Great Tang Group issued a direct command, demanding the factory to send representatives, and even to bring along their product brochures and models, to attend the expo in Brunas on time.

Similarly, the military industry enterprises from Northern Ridge were also obliged to participate in the expo, as they had only recently completed the development of a 155-millimeter caliber heavy howitzer with the help of Great Tang Group.

Since sailboats are unlikely to be completely phased out in the short term, there is still a market for them—shipbuilding enterprises in Poplar Kingdom plan to catch the tail end of the era and make their last fortune.

The Dwarf's Ice Cold Kingdom is also planning to send representatives to the exhibition; they will be displaying two types of products—mining machinery and Dwarf-made Ice Cold brand cars.

This is quite interesting because their mining machinery also follows in the footsteps of the Great Tang Group, employing technologies that are mostly obsolete from the Northern Ridge Mining Group.

Regardless of the outdated technology, they are still prepared to promote themselves and, at least, become a familiar face—the exhibition is truly understood by them.

On the other hand, the Dwarves' car technology was also sourced from the Great Tang Group; in fact, the Ice Cold brand cars are the Great Tang Group's Model T cars.

Now, as the Great Tang Group itself has ceased the production of Model T cars, anyone wanting to buy a Model T or its parts has to look to the Dwarves of the Ice Cold Kingdom.

There was originally no such platform in this world for workshop enterprises to market themselves. With the Great Tang Group establishing such a platform, many astute businessmen immediately grasped its profound implications.

They don't mind that the Great Tang Group uses it to promote themselves because they seem to care more about the significance of the expo itself.

After all, they saw that the Great Tang Group announced that such exhibitions would be held every two years, where any enterprise or individual can promote themselves.

This is a significant boon, for if they make a name for themselves at this grand event, they can sell their products to places they previously couldn't have imagined.

Such a grand exchange can promote commerce, accelerate the circulation of goods, and allow for a broader scope of resource sharing.

This is an innovation! An unprecedented innovation!

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Dragon Spirit got vaccinated yesterday and wasn't feeling well, so had a strong reaction. Woke up this morning feeling really sick, so today's update is just treading water, sorry.