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Chapter 336 Spicy Strips
After leaving Mingli City, Li Lei was invited to visit Pingjiang County, Hunan Province. The local cadres sent a huge welcome team to welcome him. The dried sauce is very famous, especially the Changshou Street dried sauce, there is a story about it, let me tell you."

"During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, a centenarian named He Weifeng opened a restaurant on Changshou Street. At that time, the cold dishes served with the wine were nothing more than peanuts and pork heads. The old man He Weifeng thought, we Changshou Street people like to eat tofu. , It would be great if the tofu can be served as a cold dish! He decided to try it himself. After many experiments, the old man adopted the traditional stewed and baked food technology of Changshou Street. , cinnamon, etc., and then slowly baked with charcoal fire to let it taste, and finally produced a square-inch-sized, copper-coin-thick, black, shiny, and fragrant dried tofu, named Duozhen Jiangdried."

"One turn of cotton thread is used for every ten pieces, which is called a tube. Because of its mellow taste, chewy and refreshing, drinkers always bring a few tubes of sauce to dry after drinking in the store. Better than the wine business, Mr. He Weifeng simply set up a signboard to open a dried sauce workshop; since then, we have a special product in Pingjiang, and more and more dried sauce factories have been opened, and many local people make a living from it .”

After remembering the glory of the past, Liu Changfeng, Pingjiang's second-in-command, couldn't help but sigh, "But in the past few years, Pingjiang sauce has become more and more unbearable. For advertising, the factory scale in Pingjiang is still too small, there is no money for advertising, and the business is gradually taken away by those big factories. If Huinong is willing to take over and eat up some factories, and then merge to form a larger factory, Then our Pingjiang sauce can be brought back to life and regain the glory of the past."

"That's right, it's not the time when the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, especially these snack foods, if the marketing is not good, it is really not easy to sell!" Li Lei nodded, in fact, Huinong also has its own The brand of dried sauce, but Pingjiang does have advantages in making fragrant dried, so it is not impossible to buy a few factories, but this is not the purpose of his visit to Pingjiang this time.

"Then let's take a look at the factory first. If there is a suitable one, we will follow the process." Although Li Lei didn't intend to buy a dried sauce factory, what he wanted to do had an inseparable relationship with the dried sauce factory. The information in my mind is not detailed enough. If I want to achieve my goal, I have to look at it from factory to factory.

"Okay, then let's take a look at the largest ones first?" After obtaining Li Lei's consent, Liu Changfeng accompanied him to start the visit. Everywhere he went, in addition to regular visits to workshops and checking data reports, Li Lei Lei also specifically checked the personnel list of the factory, and explained to Liu Changfeng and others that he wanted to see how the factory's human resources were and whether there were many highly skilled workers. In fact, he was only looking for three people.

He had visited all the soy sauce factories in Pingjiang County, but he couldn't find the target, so Li Lei went to Sanshi Town, [-] kilometers away from the county seat. There are also many soy sauce workshops here. A small factory in Sanshi Town , he really found the goal he had been dreaming of for a long time. Qiu Pingjiang, Li Mengneng, and Zhong Qingyuan, the three inventors of spicy noodles, all worked in the same dried sauce workshop.

In the future, not many people know the name of Pingjiang Dried Sauce, but the spicy strips born here are sold well all over the country, developing into a large industry with an annual output value of 600 billion, and giving birth to Weilong and other listed companies, so Li Leiyi received the Pingjiang County The invitation came here because of the three inventors of spicy strips. Otherwise, it would not be worthwhile for him to rely on these few sauce drying factories alone. It would be enough to arrange a middle-level cadre for Huinong.

"Magistrate Liu, let's stop here for this visit." Now that he has found someone, there is no need to continue looking. Li Lei chose a few good factories, including Qiu Pingjiang, Li Mengneng, The workshop where Zhong Qingyuan and others work, "Our county first organizes a team to evaluate these factories, and then Huinong will do the calculations and finally make a purchase!"

"After the acquisition, according to what you said, find a piece of land on the edge of the county, merge several factories together, and set up a Pingjiang Dried Sauce Industrial Park. At that time, Huinong will contribute funds to help Pingjiang Dried Sauce in advertising. It will definitely sell better than now. Good job!" This business is definitely not as good as Latiao, but it is not too small. Since the local area has the advantage of making dried sauce, Huinong will definitely not lose money if he invests in it.

"Okay, okay, the county must cooperate vigorously!" This cooperation is estimated to be only a few million in total, which is nothing to Huinong, but it is not a big project for a small county like Pingjiang. Liu Changfeng was immediately overjoyed Yes, as long as this project can be done well, he will definitely be able to go further.

Pingjiang County made an estimate very quickly. In order to sell the factory, they made an estimate as low as possible. After the people from Huinong read it, they had to increase it, otherwise it would take a few years. Old accounts will definitely involve the loss of state-owned assets. Spending more money now will save a lot of trouble in the future.

After signing the contract, Huinong's management team will officially settle in, and then skillfully assess the employees, re-evaluate their ranks, and train them like other places. The construction of the dried sauce industrial park is also in full swing. It can be completed and put into use.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Lei to keep staring at this little thing in Pingjiang. He left after signing the contract. When he left, he also brought Qiu Pingjiang, Li Mengneng, and Zhong Qingyuan, the three inventors of spicy noodles. As for the reason, It's very simple. Li Lei said that the production technology of Pingjiang dried sauce can be applied to other foods, so a few high-level technicians should be selected to go to Heyang Huinong headquarters to teach the production technology of Pingjiang dried sauce. He applied this technology to other foods.

Many people don't think that these three young people can represent the highest production technology of Pingjiang sauce, but Li Lei is the big boss, and people say that the technology of these three people is good, and they have no way to object; as for Qiu Pingjiang and Li Mengneng The three of them, Zhong Qingyuan and Zhong Qingyuan, were not very willing to leave their hometown, but Li Lei paid a high salary. For the sake of money, they packed their bags and happily followed Li Lei to Heyang.

Why do you have to go to Heyang instead of making spicy noodles in Pingjiang?The reason is simple, because the main raw material of Latiao is flour, and Pingjiang does not produce wheat, and Zhongyuan Province is the largest wheat-growing province in China, so it has a natural advantage to produce Latiao in Heyang.

In the future, the domestic spicy bar industry will be divided into two factions, the North and the South. The "Southern School" is mainly concentrated in the vicinity of Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, the birthplace. The spicy bar manufacturers are small and have many brands, but there is no representative enterprise; the "Northern School" is mainly concentrated in Zhengzhou, Henan. , Luohe and other places, with Weilong Latiao as the main representative enterprise.

Why didn't the birthplace of Latiao cultivate a big company?The problem lies in the wheat. The raw materials of the local spicy strip factory in Pingjiang are all shipped from other places. First, it takes a lot of time to transport, second, it increases the cost of logistics, and third, the long-term transportation may affect the quality of the wheat. It was affected, so although Liu Weiping, the founder of Weilong, is from Pingjiang, when he planned to start the spicy strips business, he never thought of doing it in his hometown, but went to Henan. In the end, the local spicy strips factory in Pingjiang was still unable to do anything. Liu Weiping, who grew up and went north to Henan, became No. 1 in the domestic hot noodle industry. This is the difference in vision.

When they arrived in Heyang, Li Lei placed them in the research and development room of the food factory. This place was mainly responsible for the research and development of various new products. He had successfully developed spiced eggs, pickled pepper chicken feet, and Bu Bu Xing under Li Lei's prompts before. A variety of products that are deeply loved by consumers, now it's time to try Latiao.

Li Lei said to Qiu Pingjiang, Li Mengneng, Zhong Qingyuan and the other three people, "Although you have been making dried tofu before, don't just focus on the dried tofu. It can be used in other foods, and the spicy flavor you use in Pingjiang dried sauce is very characteristic, I think you can try adding this spicy flavor to gluten and other products, and see if you can develop any new products!"

The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay. They were used to making Pingjiang dried sauce according to the traditional method. Now that they are asked to do research and development, they really don’t know how to start. Those who came here, let them adapt to the veterans for a period of time, all he can do is to provide enough support for these people.

"The three of you set up a team to specialize in the research and development of the product I'm talking about. You can submit any tools and raw materials you need to the logistics department. If you have finished products, you can directly purchase them. If you don't have finished products, you can find them with the drawings you gave us. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to draw pictures when ordering from a manufacturer, you can find someone who can draw pictures, and you can tell him to draw! When the products you develop pass the review and enter the production and sales process, you will not only get bonuses, but also get dividends from sales The one who researched the chicken feet with pickled peppers before has bought a house and a car. Even if he doesn’t do anything in the future, as long as our chicken feet with pickled peppers is still selling and the recipe hasn’t been changed, he doesn’t need it Worried about having no money to spend!" Li Lei told them about the treatment in the R&D room.

Li Lei believes that only by giving sufficient incentives can people's desire to create be stimulated, so this regulation was formulated. Although the percentage of commission is very low, coupled with the huge sales brought by Huinong's super promotion and distribution capabilities, this It is definitely not a small number. As long as a hot-selling product is developed, researchers can definitely achieve financial freedom and get a lot of commission every month.

Hou Tao, who was in charge of the food factory, was a little worried. He felt that researchers would give up their jobs after earning enough money. Wouldn't the food factory lose a group of talents?However, it turns out that his worries were unnecessary. The first group of R&D personnel did slack off after receiving a huge commission, but after a period of relaxation, they became active again. There is nothing in the world that is better than engaging in creative work. It's more satisfying, not to mention that this kind of creative work can bring a lot of money?
Afterwards, when the R&D office conducted the evaluation, it was found that those R&D personnel who had achieved financial freedom had higher work efficiency than ordinary staff, so Hou Tao never mentioned this matter again. Successful R&D personnel are gifted, and an environment that allows them to freely realize their talents can inspire them and research more valuable results. For food factories, it is far better than saving that little commission It's more cost-effective. Although they earn money, the food factory earns more.

Qiu Pingjiang, Li Mengneng, Zhong Qingyuan and others were really uncomfortable at first, but the R&D room has already figured out a whole set of methods and methods to train newcomers, and instead of assigning tasks to them right away, let them go to other groups for training. Visit, help out, and participate in group R&D sessions.

At the discussion meeting, Qiu Pingjiang and others slowly began to put forward their own opinions, using their understanding of the pressing and curing technology, and their already spicy seasoning experience to provide these groups with a lot of valuable help. After several successes, They also slowly built up their confidence.

At the same time, they also learned a lot, especially the use of raw materials such as flour and gluten, combined with the experience of making Pingjiang dried sauce, they already have the potential to develop spicy strips.

At this time, the three-person team can finally start working officially. The three of them used flour instead of soybean flour in their exploration, improved the production process, adopted single-screw extrusion machinery, added chili, pepper, cumin, sugar, and salt , Vegetable oil and other condiments, the most original spicy strips are produced by extrusion aging instead of deep frying.

Li Lei happened to be at the food factory that day, and rushed over after hearing the news. Looking at the raw and rough spicy sticks on the plate, he took a breath and was attracted by the special spicy aroma, and quickly picked up a stick. After tasting it, the three of Qiu Pingjiang looked at him nervously. Through this period of work, they have clearly realized how much benefit they can bring to themselves by developing a successful product. Now, their Whether the result is successful or not depends entirely on Li Lei's judgment.

Li Lei frowned. The taste of this spicy strip was far worse than the Weilong he had eaten. Seeing his expression, Qiu Pingjiang immediately felt that it was not good. It was over. The boss didn’t like it. Will drive us back?Now they have liked this job, and they don't want to go back to Pingjiang to work as assembly line workers.

"It's still far from being sold!" Li Lei's first sentence confirmed their guess, but the second sentence immediately turned their worries into joy, "But it has great potential. It’s not very spicy, and the more you chew, the more delicious it becomes. If you can overcome the unsightly appearance, this product will definitely sell well!”

"Boss, we will strive to correct the shortcomings as soon as possible, and we promise not to disappoint you. You see that this product was proposed by you. If it is convenient for you, can you help me to name it?" Qiu Pingjiang and others burst into smiles.

"Just call it spicy noodles!"

　Finally caught up, tomorrow's update will be in the afternoon, and it should be back to normal the day after tomorrow.

　　
　
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