Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 549: Family Car Sends Truck Flying

"Although most car accidents occur between family cars,

the most devastating crash scenes definitely happen on highways, between family cars and transport vehicles.

How about this, contact a testing agency, and let’s do this kind of test too."

Chen Yiyang placed a lot of importance on this publicity.

Because the big issue with cheaper cars is that users always worry that since your car is sold at such a low price, you may have cut back on safety features, resulting in the car shattering with just a minor collision on the road.

Chen Yiyang planned to use this experiment to reassure his brand’s customers.

Even though Yiyang Automobiles are not expensive, they never skimp on safety, never joking with users’ lives.

"Mr. Chen, it’s like this," the testing site’s manager said to Chen Yiyang, "Our previous crash tests involved head-on collisions between cars and trucks, and then we filmed the results. But it seems your plan doesn’t propose that kind of test."

"Yes," Chen Yiyang nodded, "I think head-on collisions are too fake and unrealistic.

Even on highways, when a family car collides with a truck, it’s usually a rear-end accident, rarely a head-on collision.

It’s easy to dodge an oncoming truck; what’s scary is getting hit from the side or rear.

Trucks are generally fully loaded on the road. If there’s a sudden situation, and the driver brakes abruptly, the weight and speed of the truck might cause it to tip over or smash into the roadside, endangering the driver’s life.

So truck drivers don’t brake easily. Sometimes, if they can’t avoid an accident, they just brace themselves and crash, prioritizing their own safety over others’.

"Therefore, I’m planning to test two scenarios. One where a semi-loaded truck rear-ends the second generation Yiyang car while it’s driving.

And another where a semi-loaded truck presses against the side of the Yiyang car."

To be honest, trucks on the road are usually fully loaded.

But when a fully loaded truck encounters a family car, the accidents are too gruesome, and it wouldn’t look good on film.

So ultimately, Chen Yiyang opted for filming with semi-loaded trucks.

The testing team saw how insistent Chen Yiyang was, so they conducted the tests as he wanted.

After several rounds of testing, the Lingguang Generation 2 suffered a lot of damage from collisions with semi-loaded trucks.

However, Yiyang Automobile was very willing to invest in the B-pillar mainly responsible for protecting people, so although the car was badly damaged, the dummies inside were, according to sensor feedback, generally able to survive.

This was quite good already.

Chen Yiyang was highly satisfied with the shooting outcome.

But after watching the video, the test team leader whispered to Chen Yiyang.

"Mr. Chen, while this test is realistic, it might not be very effective for publicity."

"Why do you say that?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"A while ago, Li Xiang Automobile also tested here. They asked us to crash an eight-ton truck with their car."

"Could that really win the collision?" Chen Yiyang doubted it.

An eight-ton truck, even unloaded, smashing into a regular family car would be enough to send the car flying.

Did you think the weight of the truck was just for show?"

Chen Yiyang checked and found that the Li Xiang test car weighed around two tons.

With eight tons against two tons, even if the truck stayed still, Li Xiang’s car wouldn’t stand a chance.

"Publicity, after all, must be done under the best conditions," the manager explained, "During the test, the truck’s speed was very slow, and its front wasn’t locked.

This way, once the crash occurred, the truck’s front would lift due to losing its fixing point, causing the whole body to lift due to its own momentum."

Uh.

After hearing this, Chen Yiyang pulled the manager aside to watch Li Xiang’s crash test video.

Under all these favorable conditions, not only did Li Xiang win the crash, but the truck’s four wheels even lifted off the ground.

No wonder, the truck’s front end broke so it was almost smashing into itself, no wonder the wheels lifted.

Chen Yiyang did not consider this false advertising.

As long as there are enough limitations and conditions, and the promotional phrases are specific enough.

An 80-year-old grandma can produce a promotional video showing she can outrun Usain Bolt.

Let alone a family car winning against a truck.

But users and netizens aren’t fools.

A slightly exaggerated video, people might view it as a testament to safety performance, even if it is just an ad.

But now, what they’ve shot is beyond exaggeration, it’s pure fantasy.

Can people tolerate this?

"Forget it," Chen Yiyang said to the manager, "I won’t change anything. I’ll just promote as is."

Since Chen Yiyang had made his decision, the manager had nothing more to say.

A few days later, Chen Yiyang posted the crash test video online, as a promotion for the soon-to-be-released second generation of cars.

However, shortly after the video trended through paid hot searches, Li Xiang immediately released their own promotional video.

It was the same video of their two-ton family car overpowering an eight-ton truck.

This.

You actually dared to post it.

Li Xiang chose this timing likely because they saw Yiyang Automobile’s promotional video and planned to overshadow it while promoting themselves.

Considering the effect of the videos alone, the contrast is quite stark.

Chen Yiyang considered publishing a statement immediately pointing out the absurd parts of Li Xiang’s video.

But upon reviewing the video carefully, he noticed something interesting.

The trucks or cargo vehicles used in such promo videos are typically selected by the testers.

They usually pick vehicles without distinct features on their exteriors, and during testing, they conceal all the body branding logos to avoid any complications.

But in the video released by Li Xiang, Chen Yiyang spotted a visible logo on the truck’s direction sign.

It was actually a fairly prominent domestic brand, the Chenlong Truck.

Now, Chen Yiyang felt he didn’t have to personally clash with Li Xiang.

Because he had a better idea.

So he immediately tagged the official account of Chenlong Truck beneath Li Xiang’s video.

Of course, he just tagged them, without saying anything else.

However, by now, Chen Yiyang was already quite a social media influencer.

Many film and business industry marketing accounts were constantly keeping an eye on his account.

So soon after Chen Yiyang posted the tag, these marketing accounts also noticed the Chenlong logo in the video.

A few jesters directly went to the Chenlong official account and commented, "We were planning to buy your truck, but seeing your truck being overpowered by someone else’s family car, we immediately changed our minds."

Chenlong quickly found out what happened and was absolutely livid.

Advertising your family car by using our truck as a stepping stone?!