The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Luo Yun explained: "There are only a few people in the security department of the first branch factory. If you divide the day shift and the night shift, there will be even fewer people."

"By the time they gather the manpower, the people from the steel rolling mill main plant are already on their way."

"Don't worry, with Xiaobai here, Chief Li's heart is tied here."

"Our safety is very guaranteed."

Luo Yun's jokes could no longer make Zhou Xiaobai blush.

Zhou Xiaobai glanced at her and said, "Luo Yun, I see you are itchy again."

Luo Yun said confidently: "I didn't say this, it was Aunt Xu from the public phone who said it. Xiao Ming specifically asked her to help keep an eye on it."

"Aunt Xu said that Xiao Ming has nothing to worry about because of you. He is indeed a master at solving crimes. He thinks everything carefully."

Xin Yi smiled knowingly and said, "I have heard about Section Chief Li's case-solving deeds in school."

"Of course they were all words of praise for him, no one said anything bad about him."

Luo Yunxiao asked: "There must be people who say bad things about him. What do your schools say about him?"

Zhou Xiaobai also perked up his ears and wanted to listen.

Xin Yi felt that it was inappropriate to learn those bad words, so he changed the subject and said: "Several cases sound quite magical. I was just going to ask you if they are true or false?"

Luo Yun indeed took the bait again, "Which case is it?"

Chatting and gossiping, the new members unknowingly integrated into the small group.

Director Wei of the steel rolling mill is also looking for ways to strengthen the factory's influence.

More than ten days flew by.

Saturday, October 5.

Steel Rolling Mill Security Section.

Li Ming is listening to Yang Dakui's report.

Li Fangsheng came to him with two documents, "Section Chief, there is a notice from the city."

"The capital should hold several consecutive events with more than 50 people to support the work in Paris."

Such activities happen from time to time, but Li Ming is unfazed, "Let's do the security work according to the old rules."

"How many people from our factory will be sent to participate this time?"

Li Fangsheng replied: "The 21 people attending the first session on the 50st were mainly students, and our factory was only allocated 500 places."

"The 22 people attending the second session on the 70nd were mainly workers. Our factory has been allocated 2000 places."

"The 23 people attending the third session on the 50rd were relatively even. Our factory was allocated 1000 places."

"The number of people attending the fourth game on the 24th has not yet been determined, but it will be no less than 50."

Every time there is such an event, the city organizer will allocate the number of people to various units, schools, streets, etc.

Everyone loves to go there. Firstly, there is no need to go to class or work. Secondly, it is lively enough. Thirdly, it is really supportive.

Li Ming said expressionlessly: "The quantity has been quite large for several days in a row, which has had a great impact on the factory's production."

Li Fangsheng added: "I heard from the factory office that Director Wei seems to be planning to give priority to recruiting people from apprentices and first-level workers this time, and give priority to auxiliary workers to participate."

Li Ming chuckled and said, "This is an attempt to win people's hearts."

"But it's good. There are many first-level workers who were apprentices who became regular workers last year. These people are usually the least qualified to participate."

"If the auxiliary workers participate, it won't affect the factory's production."

Yang Dakui interjected: "Director Wei has bought people's hearts. The more firmly he stands, the harder it will be to deal with him in the future."

Li Ming said nonchalantly: "I have no intention of dealing with him. As long as he doesn't mess with me anymore, I won't bother to care about him."

Yang Dakui reminded: "You made him feel depressed, maybe he has been holding a grudge in his heart."

"Then let him remember it. I'm not afraid of him anyway. If he dares to act like a monster to me, I'll slap him to death."

Chief Li is so confident that Yang Dakui can't persuade him anymore. It is certain to increase the intensity of investigation.

If Section Chief Li falls, several people in the security department will definitely fall with him.

Li Fangsheng then reported, "Section Chief, the Swiss Instruments and Watches Exhibition that you brought to my attention will start on the 20th the day after tomorrow."

Li Ming smiled proudly and said: "If the Ruishi people don't lower their prices this time, their goods will not be sold!"

Li Fangsheng was always straightforward, "Has our quartz watch research made progress?"

Li Ming said with some trepidation: "We have already made progress domestically, but the production aspect has not been completed yet, and the product cost is no lower than that of mechanical watches."

"Ribi's quartz movements have been mass-produced, and the cost is much cheaper than mechanical movements."

"Making full use of the conflicts and competition between these countries can be used to our advantage in price negotiations."

"Now that Swiss is showing off its mechanical watches, it deserves to be chopped down by us."

There are often articles analyzing and commenting on the various contradictions in Ou Mei Day in newspapers. They are not only easy to understand, but also provide insightful analysis of the causes.

Regarding the analysis article on finance, tariffs, trade, etc. between Magnesia and Ouzhou, Li Mingyou took it to Lou Xiao'e of Hong Kong City. After reading the article, she understood a lot of things that she didn't understand originally.

Li Fangsheng said with a smile: "If you can kill them, the prices of Swiss watches in the department store windows will be reduced again."

Li Ming gloated: "It's a good thing if the price can be reduced so that it can be sold. I'm afraid that if it can't be sold at a loss, then it will go bankrupt."

"No more chatting with you, I'm going to the ham sausage branch to host a meeting."

On the second anniversary of the "5.16 Notice", there were many series of meetings.

Port city.

Federal Building, Central.

Lou Xiao'e is also in a meeting.

Manager Feng Zhicong, who is in charge of the watch factory, said: "We have already investigated the problems encountered with this batch of goods."

"There is a problem with the plastic mold. The plastic parts produced cannot fit together completely. Even if the screws are tightened, the glass still shakes badly."

"We have asked the injection molding factory to correct the mold, and this problem will not occur again in the future."

Lou Xiao'e was not satisfied and frowned: "This kind of problem that can be discovered just by looking at it and using it can only be discovered on the assembly line every time. This is not a problem."

"Ou magnesium is full of work failures, and the shipping schedule is already very unstable. Coupled with the rework of these quality problems, our delivery time is very tight."

Since the Rubik's Cube was manufactured by the Lou family, Xingchen Company only produced foods such as instant noodles and ham sausages. Apart from the packaging problem of cup noodles, she basically encountered no processing problems during the production process.

The production problems of the wall clock factory are no longer frequent. In the past, there were sawdust inside the wooden frame wall clock, unstable electroplating of the metal wall clock, etc. Lou Xiaoe became increasingly impatient. Feng Zhicong, a technician by training, said bluntly: "Chairman, it is difficult to completely avoid this situation."

"The design department, injection molding factory, glass factory, and accessories factory may be able to make a small number of samples, but some new problems will definitely arise when mass production is carried out."

"Different injection molding workers have different operating levels. If there are slight errors in temperature and pressure, there will also be slight errors in the finished back cover and frame."

"The glass produced in the glass factory also has slight errors. When several reasonable errors happen to come together, the final assembled product may exceed our design specifications."

Lou Xiao'e recalled Li Ming's complaints about the unstable product quality of the steel rolling mill, "They need to do a good job in production management and training, especially starting from the raw materials."

"Try to provide us with products with more stable specifications and quality."

Feng Zhicong said honestly: "In terms of production management, we can't say much, we can only supervise them more."

"Raw materials are indeed a factor. Different batches of materials from different manufacturers also have some subtle differences."

Lou Xiao'e kept a fierce look on her face, and her tone became increasingly stern, "Call those suppliers together for a meeting."

"We don't care what they process for others. We will try to use the same raw materials for our products in the future."

"You can set up a strategic supplier and negotiate prices through joint procurement, which can both reduce prices and stabilize supply."

Feng Zhicong agreed: "This is a good idea."

"I suggest giving priority to Dow Chemical, which has a factory in Hong Kong City. They are a major international manufacturer, with relatively stable product quality and stable production capacity. They can stably supply several injection molding factories."

Lou Xiao'e ordered: "You are responsible for this matter."

"You should discuss it carefully with those suppliers and solve the problem. I don't want to hear about this problem and that problem all the time."

"If they are really unwilling to make progress with us, then we will change suppliers. I believe there are many factories in Hong Kong City that are willing to supply us."

Feng Zhicong responded: "Yes."

The chairman was in a bad mood, even Feng Zhicong felt it, and the others were sitting upright, not wanting to get into trouble.

Lou Xiao'e was in a irritable mood. Not only was there a problem with production, but there was also a big problem with sales.

My uncle who returned to the port city broke the silence and said, "I don't need to say more about how serious the situation in Paris is."

"Many cities in the Magnesium Country have also had the epidemic last for more than ten days."

"Now even West Berlin and Bonn in West Germany, Rome and Milan in Italy, any city you have heard of, are all in chaos."

Manager Lin Changjiu of the ham sausage factory asked: "Are they all like what our Hong Kong city did last year?"

My eldest uncle was also very depressed, "It would be great if it was like our port city, but the reality is completely different."

"Our port city was very civilized and peaceful last year. Those 'pineapples' have warning messages. Just avoid them. You can go about your normal life and shop without any problem."

"In the cities of Ouzhou and Meiguo, there was beating, smashing, stealing and looting. Who did it specifically? Different newspapers accused different people. The current situation is very unclear."

"Our directly-operated stores in Magnesia are all in urban areas, where they are most likely to be smashed, so many stores are closed and do not dare to open."

"The store that has been closed for the longest time has been closed for more than a month since April 4. The store that has been closed for less time has been closed for almost ten days."

Tang Hongde from the gift company added: "The key is not knowing when to stop, which is very annoying."

Lou Xiao'e took a long breath and said, "The problems in the Ou magnesium market will be solved soon."

"The capital of Ou Mei is no different from the capital of Hong Kong City. The capital of Hong Kong City compromised with the labor and introduced a series of laws and regulations."

"So Ou Mei's capital will soon compromise. After giving up some of its interests, those who have made profits will be shaken and withdraw, and the remaining people will become useless."

Textbook talk: weakness.

Manager Ni Xiu of Mars Trade has a different concern, “The demands put forward by the students of Magnesia are to withdraw from the war in Vietnam.”

"Several presidential candidates now only say that they will reduce the intensity, but they don't say that they will quit."

"The Magnesium Army has really withdrawn, and the cup noodles we supply to the Magnesium Army will definitely be cut."

Lou Xiao'e had already had an idea in her mind, "There will be time for withdrawal. The war will end sooner or later, so we don't need to worry too much about this aspect. There are huge markets in Europe, America and Japan that we can capture."

Ni Xiu once proposed the production of compressed biscuits and other military rations and the establishment of a professional military logistics sales group, but Lou Xiao'e rejected it.

The food that was already available was sold to everyone, specializing in the production of compressed biscuits and canned meat for military use. Lou Xiaoe did not want to make this kind of money.

Ni Xiu added: "I am worried that the magnesium army will suddenly retreat and our production capacity will not be adjusted for a while."

"As long as they withdraw slowly, we can adjust production capacity in time."

The uncle introduced: "We will definitely not withdraw this year or next year. The country's fiscal year is from July to June of the next year, and next year's budget has been prepared."

"A few days ago, the president of the United States wrote to Congress, requesting an additional US$39 billion in military spending. In addition to US$2.3 million for South Korea, the remaining US$36.7 billion will be allocated to Vietnam's war."

"Damn, the maggots are really rich. They spend more than 250 billion US dollars on Vietnam a year. The annual GDP of Hong Kong City is only 27 billion US dollars."

Ni Xiu was surprised and said: "Mei State is really rich!"

Wen Guangshun from the instant noodle factory said regretfully: "We could not have predicted in advance that the Ou magnesium incident would be so serious, and the journey was too long. Otherwise, we would have sent a few ships of instant noodles in advance, and the market would have opened up."

This was something Li Ming had not expected before. When there was a change in Ou Mei, he would not be able to make it in time even if the goods were available.

The shipping date is more than a month, and by the time the instant noodles arrive, the matter may have already been over.

My uncle is familiar with the local market. “The shelf life of instant noodles is a bit short and cannot be stored for a long time.”

"Unlike Japan, local governments at all levels in Magnesium are in a self-defeating mode and have limited financial budgets, so their public departments are not very willing to stock up on instant noodles."

"Cup noodles in the Magnesium market are now mainly sold to ordinary people through department stores."

"There is some hope in Ouzhou's official business market."

Lou Xiaoe cut the knot quickly, "The official business market is just a tip for us to enter new markets, not a path we must rely on."

"The profit margins in the Ou magnesium market are relatively large. The proportion of advertising funds can be increased by a few points. The specific methods of advertising can also use the creativity of local advertising companies."

The TV penetration rate of Ou magnesium is high, and the effect of TV advertising is better.

My uncle nodded, "The culture is different. Advertisements shot with their people are more likely to impress their purchase intentions."

"I'll ask the marketing department of the American branch to prepare a marketing plan for you to review."

Lou Xiao'e warned: "In the past, our production capacity could not keep up with market demand, so we did not pay much attention to marketing and promotion."

"The factory in Magnesium Country will be put into production soon. We need to warm up the marketing in advance so that the factory's production capacity will not be idle."

The uncle smiled and said: "We set up a factory in San Francisco and found some Chinese. Their English and Chinese are very good, and they are very useful for recruiting people."

Lou Xiao'e said casually: "If the salary is high and it's not easy to use, then we can only fire him."

The eldest uncle asked: "Will the newly recruited employees of Magnesium Country also be sent to Hong Kong for training? How about setting up a training center in Magnesium Country?" (End of Chapter)