Our Rise Era

Chapter 43 Come on! Let's get started!

12 month 5 day.

[Songxiang County] In the village ancestral hall.

The transport truck of [Haikang Children's Instant Noodles] stopped in front of the entrance of the ancestral hall.

Zhang Gui, along with a group of young people, carefully loaded boxes of toys onto the transport truck.

"Yesterday, we sold a total of 35,000 packs of [children's instant noodles]. We have expanded to three medium-sized supermarkets in Li City..."

"You have to work harder, otherwise, the goods will not be able to keep up!"

"..."

The transport driver was named Li Guoqiang, and he was from the same village as Zhang Gui.

Some time ago, Zhang Yang came to Li'ao Village to promote Haikang Instant Noodles. At the same time, he also specially invited some people from the village to work at Zheng's Food Co., Ltd., which is now Zhengyang Food Group. Well, this group of people was responsible for setting up a transportation point with Li'ao Village as the center, and was specifically responsible for transportation and delivery services in the surrounding villages and towns.

Li Guoqiang lit a cigarette and smiled as he told Zhang Gui about the delivery volume these days. He also checked the number of toys Zhang Gui had in this batch...

From December 12st to today, December 1th.

The total sales volume of [Haikang Children's Instant Noodles] in northern Zhejiang Province has exceeded 8 packs!

Although, in an era when the price of instant noodles has generally risen to 7 cents, it has not increased in price and is still sold at 5 cents a pack, with a total turnover of only 4 yuan. Together with this batch of toys, the profit is only about 1 cents a pack, only 8000 yuan. If labor costs and management costs are taken into account, it is just enough to maintain the business. However, both Zhang Gui and Li Guoqiang are clear that [Children's Instant Noodles] is just a stepping stone for [Haikang Instant Noodles] to open up the surrounding markets, paving the way for the slightly profitable [Braised Beef Noodles] and [Sauerkraut Noodles]!

Moreover, they heard that the factory analysts had done some special calculations...

Even if you only buy [Haikang Children's Instant Noodles], as long as you can sell more than 150 million packs by relying on small profits but quick turnover and market reputation, you can make a profit. If you can reach more than 250 million packs, the profit can support the subsequent marketing expenses and R&D expenses.

Under the morning sun.

Zhang Gui watched the transport truck slowly leave.

He was relieved.

After counting the bill, Zhang Gui looked back at the small workshop in the ancestral hall.

There are about twenty employees in the crowded small workshop. They are now doing the most basic activities, sticking "Popetta" stickers on some small gadgets, then packaging them up, and getting paid on a daily basis.

After receiving his salary, although he didn't make much money, at least he could afford to eat.

He also did some calculations in private.

If [Haikang Instant Noodles] can sell more than 100 million packs, he will be able to start making money...

However, with such a large quantity, the labor costs and machines have to be purchased again, so, hey, that’s another amount of money!

Just as Zhang Gui returned to his cramped office, staring blankly at the drawings provided by Zhang Yang, wondering how to buy the new machine at a lower price...

A government car appeared at the gate of the ancestral hall.

Zhang Gui took a subconscious look, and when he saw Zhang Yang getting off the official car with a young man, he hurried over to greet him.

"Zhang Yang, this is..."

"Oh, Uncle, let me introduce you. This is Secretary Zhu from Songxiang County..."

"Ah, hello, Secretary Zhu!"

"Hello, Mr. Zhang! Mr. Zhang, I heard from Mr. Zhang that you are so special. Today, the boss specially assigned me to see if you have any needs..."

"need?"

Looking at Secretary Zhu's enthusiastic look, Zhang Gui was a little confused for a moment.

He glanced at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang laughed, "Second Uncle, I have approved a small factory area in the county, which is tax-free and rent-free for a year. From now on, we don't have to work in this ancestral hall anymore. We will all move there..."

"what?"

When Zhang Gui heard this, he was in disbelief and thought he was dreaming. At this moment...

He saw the county's TV interview car coming from a distance.

Before I could figure out what was going on, I saw a reporter in the interview car rushing towards us with a smile on his face.

"Hello everyone, I am now in the ancestral hall of [Li'ao Village]. I believe you are all aware of the bankruptcy of [Tianxin Toy Factory] some time ago. Although the incident happened suddenly, the county leaders did not give up on the workers of [Tianxin Toy Factory]. An emergency meeting was held yesterday. The meeting proposed three policies: to ensure the employment of employees, to go to the grassroots to assist the enterprise in handling the aftermath, and to provide the enterprise with as much work as possible..."

"Hello, Mr. Zhang. Can you briefly introduce the situation of the [ZY Toy Factory] you founded after our [Tianxin Toy Factory] closed down?"

"..."

When Zhang Gui saw the camera, his mind went blank.

He didn't know what was going on, let alone what to say...

The reporter also noticed his embarrassment and immediately handed the microphone to Secretary Zhu: "Hello, Secretary Zhu, Mr. Zhang is a little uncomfortable with our surprise interview this time. Can you tell us about the situation here?"

"Oh, sure!" Secretary Zhu looked at the microphone and his expression gradually became serious.

"Last night, the county and Mr. Zhang from YW Animation had a discussion about cooperation. Based on the respective situations of both parties, we reached a good consensus... Our goal for this visit to the grassroots has always been clear and consistent, that is, to use the influence of "Popei" in the city, or even the province, to create an IP incubation pilot... And the toy industry is the most critical part of our IP industry... The leaders attach great importance to this and asked us to come here to understand the current difficulties and needs of the company, and to do our best to support the company and help laid-off workers find jobs again..."

"..."

Zhang Gui was confused by what he heard as a long string of official language.

Afterwards, at Zhang Yang's suggestion, he woke up as if from a dream, and finally hurriedly led the group of reporters into the ancestral hall to visit the messy work site.

The visit lasted about ten minutes.

Secretary Zhu was the one who talked the whole time, with Zhang Yang and Zhang Gui accompanying him. Occasionally, Zhang Yang would help introduce the current situation of the [Small Workshop]...

ten minutes later……

When the reporter walked out of the ancestral hall and followed the county leaders, Zhang Gui blushed as he looked at the messy environment: "Zhang Yang, what are you doing? You should have told me in advance that there would be reporters coming, so that I could prepare. What you are doing now is too embarrassing..."

"Uncle, this is exactly what I want. By the way, how many products does Tianxin Toy Factory have left?"

"Why are you asking this? There are a lot of "infringing" goods in the warehouse..."

“How long will it take to change it?”

"what?"

"That is, how long will it take to change the infringing part?"

"This is a huge project, after all..."

"Uncle, ask your colleagues to make some changes first, and I'll help you sell the goods!"

"what?"

Just when Zhang Gui was feeling a little confused, another car drove over from a distance.

Zhang Yang, along with a group of young people carrying cameras, chose a suitable spot to sit down.

Afterwards, the staff laid out a suitable background board, and then Zhang Gui, in a trance, suddenly started to wake up!
Immediately afterwards...

"Good news, good news! If you just switched to this channel, don't change it!"

"Because now we are going to introduce you to a series of toys that countless children love, which are made from the original IP of Popeye the Superman!"

"That's right!"

"Do not miss passing through!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)