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If the price of 998 was a bomb, then what truly shattered the entire industry was the day the installation technician arrived.

The first batch of air conditioners from the Land of Light were shipped faster than anyone expected.

Within 48 hours of placing the order, the factory's logistics fleet had already shipped the first batch of 5,000 air conditioners to 26 provinces across the country.

The Kingdom of Light launched a real-time logistics tracking page on its official Weibo account.

The delivery progress of each air conditioner can be tracked using the order number.

From factory to sorting to last-mile delivery, the status updates at every stage are accurate to the minute.

This page itself did not attract much attention.

Consumers are already used to the logistics tracking provided by e-commerce platforms and don't find this surprising.

But no one noticed that another system was embedded in the logistics chain of the Land of Light.

Within two hours of each air conditioner being signed for, the system will automatically send a dispatch instruction to the nearest authorized installation service provider.

The authorized installation service provider is a network that the Land of Light secretly began laying half a month ago.

Yang Qian did this in the exact same way she does animation.

No fanfare, no hype, no empty promises, just get everything allocated first.

He did not choose to cooperate with third-party installation platforms because the service quality of those platforms varied greatly, and there were numerous complaints online about perfunctory vacuuming, exorbitant high-altitude fees, and the substitution of inferior parts.

He had Su Xiaoran lead a dedicated team, and within two weeks, they signed contracts with over 300 local home appliance installation service companies nationwide.

Each company underwent qualification verification and background checks, and signed extremely strict installation service agreements.

The agreement contains three core clauses: First, the vacuuming process must last for a full fifteen minutes; if it is even one second less, the entire installation fee will be deducted.

Second, all charges must be communicated to users in advance at the time of appointment, and no additional charges may be added on-site;

Third, the service provider can only receive payment after the user signs to confirm satisfaction upon completion of the installation.

These terms are considered harsh by the standards of the installation service industry.

Most brands try to get away with things as much as possible, charge as much as they can, and only deal with customer complaints if they do, otherwise they pretend nothing happened.

The Land of Light's "service first, payment later" model is equivalent to writing responsibility to users into the contract terms.

The first person to share their installation experience online was an ordinary netizen named "Wang Teng Dadi".

He only has a little over two hundred followers on Weibo, and most of his posts are about his daily life on the construction site.

The only piece of braised pork in the boxed lunch: mortar, reinforced concrete, and steel.

He placed an order for the Land of Light air conditioner on the very night it was launched, for the following reason.

"I can't afford other air conditioners, but I'll take a gamble on this one that costs 998."

After placing the order, he didn't think much about it and went back to work, carrying bricks as usual.

On the morning of the third day, he received a call from a local number. The caller claimed to be an authorized installation engineer from the Kingdom of Light air conditioner and asked if it would be convenient for him to come and install the air conditioner that afternoon.

"So fast?"

Wang Teng was having lunch at the construction site at the time, and it took him several seconds to react.

When he placed his order, the estimated delivery time on the page was three to five days.

He thought he wouldn't receive the goods until next week at the earliest, but to his surprise, the installer called him on the third day to schedule the installation.

At 2 p.m., the installation technician arrived on time at the sixth floor of the old apartment building he rented.

The two workers were wearing blue overalls with the Land of Light logo printed on them, with their name tags hanging around their necks. They put on their own shoe covers when they entered the room.

The older installer's surname was Liu, he was in his forties, and he had been in the air conditioning installation business for more than ten years.

The younger one was his apprentice, responsible for handing over tools and assisting him.

Old Liu walked around the room as soon as he entered, measuring the window size and wall thickness with a tape measure, and then squatted down to check the location of the power sockets and the wiring.

We confirmed with Wang Teng the wall mounting location of the outdoor unit, the installation height of the indoor unit, and the reserved drainage slope.

Wang Teng was particularly careful when unpacking the box.

He had previously read those online posts questioning the quality of the 998 air conditioner, saying that it was definitely made with substandard materials, that the copper pipes were mostly fake, the compressor was mostly refurbished, and the outer plastic casing was mostly recycled material.

He took advantage of Lao Liu unpacking the box to get a closer look.

The white coating on the outer casing of the outdoor unit is even and delicate, and there are no burrs when you touch it.

The copper pipe's connection was sealed with a plastic protective sleeve. After removing the sleeve, Lao Liu took a closer look and saw that the cross-section of the pipe wall was pure copper in color. He pinched it with his fingernail and confirmed that it felt like copper.

He didn't understand air conditioner manufacturing, but he knew the price of copper.

This is a required course for civil engineering students!

"Master, how's this copper pipe?"

Wang Teng tentatively asked a question.

Old Liu held the copper pipe connector up to the light for a look and nodded: "Good copper, the wall thickness is even better than some no-name brands that sell for two or three thousand."

"Hey bro, stand back a bit, I'm about to get on the impact drill."

The installation process lasted for nearly an hour.

The vacuum pump emitted a low hum, and the pointer on the pressure gauge began to slowly descend.

Old Liu glanced down at his watch and noted down the start time.

"Master, does this vacuuming really need to take fifteen minutes?"

Wang Teng asked.

He had heard before that air conditioner installation required vacuuming.

Many online reviews say that the technicians only work for a few minutes and then call it a day, some even saying "that's enough" after just a minute or so.

"Not fifteen minutes."

Old Liu didn't even look up. "It takes at least fifteen minutes. If the air and moisture in the pipes aren't completely removed, the cooling effect of your air conditioner will be reduced, and the compressor will be more likely to break down."

"The manufacturer's requirement is fifteen minutes. I won't stop working even if it's a second less, so don't worry."

Outside the room, it was the sweltering heat of an August afternoon, and the backs of the two workers' uniforms were already soaked with sweat.

Wang Teng felt a little guilty, so he stood up, went to the kitchen, poured two glasses of cold water, and brought them over.

Old Liu took it, drank it all in one gulp, said thank you, and then continued to stare at the pressure gauge.

Fifteen minutes exactly.

Old Liu turned off the vacuum pump, disconnected the connecting pipe, and opened the valve on the outdoor unit to release the refrigerant.

After confirming that the system pressure is maintained normally, press the power button on the remote control.

As the indoor unit panel slowly opened, the first wisp of cool air from the vent hit Wang Teng's face, and Wang Teng suddenly felt a stinging sensation in his eyes.

In his twenty-six years of life, this was the first time he felt that something so concrete was being taken seriously.

The air conditioner was installed for about ten minutes, and the room temperature dropped from 36 degrees to 26 degrees.

"Cooling is working properly, noise level is normal, and air outlet temperature is within the standard range. Bro, sign here."

Lao Liu pulled out an installation acceptance form, which listed more than a dozen inspection items, each with a checkmark next to it, and the last line was the user signature field.

Wang Teng glanced down at the form and noticed a line in the bottom right corner:

The installation fee is included in the price; no additional fees will be charged to the user for this installation.

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Master, what about the fee for working at heights?"

"The sixth floor is not considered high altitude, so we won't accept it."

Old Liu said, then added, "Even if they want to charge, they'll make it clear to you in advance during the appointment call. They won't ask you for it when you get there. That's the rule of the Land of Light."

After Wang Teng finished signing the form, he handed it back to Lao Liu and casually took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand.

"Sir, it's so hot today, can I buy some water?"

Old Liu pushed the money back, "No need, we have a rule that we can't accept tips from users. If you think the service is good, just leave a good review on the official website of the Kingdom of Light later."