Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 125 10 dollars, make a friend!
Disposable lighters are a labor-intensive industry that is truly suitable for boosting employment in this era.

It is even more suitable than the textile industry, which currently occupies almost half of the employment market!

Because this thing does not require any professional skills at all, as long as you have hands, you can just assemble it according to the finished product!
In addition, in this day and age, disposable lighters are still the only ones in the world, so there is no need to worry about sales.

A big idea
"Ten thousand people is too few! We need hundreds of thousands, even millions, of people working together to assemble and ship our products in large quantities. Only then can we barely capture this market before others can copy us and earn our first pot of gold as quickly as possible!"

My goodness, after hearing this speech, Director Wang and Bai Ling, who came from the intelligence background, immediately had a conditioned reflex. They were afraid that someone would accidentally leak it out, so they quickly covered the disposable lighters they were playing with.

I didn't dare to stay in this crowded and noisy environment for even a second.

Like two door gods, one on the left and one on the right, one of them held one of Ximen Le's arms.

In Ximen Waves.
"What? I haven't finished eating yet! I haven't finished eating yet!"

Amidst the protests, he carried Ximen Lang back to his room.

The door slammed shut.

He also ordered the four brothers Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Wang Chao and Ma Han to guard the door and not let anyone approach.

Director Wang then said.

"My dear, this is a major issue involving the employment of hundreds of thousands, even millions of people! How can you say it so easily in public? If some bad guy accidentally overhears this, do you know how much damage it will cause us?"

“But I haven’t eaten yet.”

"As long as you explain to your Aunt Wang that this concerns the employment of tens or even millions of people, I will tie Bai Ling up and let you do it, not to mention just eating her. Even if you want to eat her alive, I will tie her up and let you do it."

"Aunt Wang!"

Bai Ling immediately became dissatisfied after hearing these vicious words.

Director Wang seemed to have just realized it.
"Hey, I'm just making an analogy, don't get excited."

Then, he continued to explain to Ximen Lang the importance of this matter.

Ximen Langtou was so angry when he said that!

Under Director Wang's endless teachings, Ximen Lang gradually realized how awesome disposable lighters were that could provide employment for tens or even millions of people.

And begged for mercy again and again.

"I'll definitely pay attention next time. I'll definitely pay attention next time. Let's talk business first. Business is important, Aunt Wang!"

Finally, Director Wang stopped his Tang Monk behavior.

Then, Director Wang asked in confusion, playing with the disposable lighter in his hand.

"Of course, I'm not doubting you. But with tens or even millions of people working together to produce this, can there really be such a big market for it?"

"If you remove that word, you'll know how popular this thing is!"

This is not Ximen Lang bragging, but this thing has really stood the test of the market!
In the 60s, people who lived a good life finally broke into the European and American markets with their inconspicuous disposable lighters, ending the long-term monopoly of the lighter market by Europe and the United States in one fell swoop!
Then, this dominance on the list lasted for twenty or thirty years!
It was not until the 1s and 10s that China innovated and replaced the full metal packaging of Xiao Rizi lighters with cheaper plastic ones, and used the more cost-effective $ lighter to completely overthrow the Xiao Rizi lighters, which had been priced at more than $ for many years.

And it was so full that it left it far behind, so far that it couldn't even see its taillights.

The price of lighters, which has remained high since its birth, has finally been brought down.

Everyone, it’s $10!
That was in the 60s, when the US dollar was directly equivalent to gold at $10!

It dared to sell for $60 in the 10s, I am 10 years ahead of it.
"Five dollars, isn't that too much?" "What?! You dare to sell such a small thing for five dollars?! Are you serious?!"

"What's wrong with 5 yuan? If I don't want to quickly capture the market and recover my funds, I'll ask for 10 yuan, and they'll have to bear it!"

"10 dollars?!"

I saw Ximen Lang actually wanted to sell it for 10 yuan.
Even if I sell them, I will never be willing to buy more!

Director Wang and Bai Ling's hands holding the lighters began to tremble slightly.

After a long time, Director Wang finally let out a breath and pointed at Ximen Lang.

"No wonder Bai Ling always says you're a black-hearted person. You really do have a black heart!"

"No, Aunt Wang, I'm being mean! I'm clearly concerned about the European and American people and want them to use high-quality and affordable products as soon as possible. How can you say that to me?"

Ximen Lang was speechless.

Then, the black-hearted Ximen Lang finally revealed his truly black-hearted follow-up plan.

"We started with a price of 5 yuan to quickly seize the market, and before those lighter manufacturers could react, we made our first pot of gold."

"Once those counterfeit manufacturers have finally calculated their costs and copied our products, and are ready to sell them, we'll immediately lower the price!"

"From 5 yuan to 3 yuan! Two for 5 yuan, four for 10 yuan! They have no choice but to join us! Then, we will start a price war with them!"

"Three pieces won't do, two pieces won't do, two pieces won't do, one piece won't do! Cutting flesh with a blunt knife will hurt them once, and they'll never dare to challenge us again!"

"By then, the entire lighter market will be ours! This is a huge market for the entire world. Tell me, how many people can it support? How much foreign exchange can it generate for us?"

It is really shady, but the money you can make is also really profitable.

Faced with such enormous interests, even someone as resolute as Director Wang could not help but begin to waver.

Like Lao Luo, he quickly accepted Ximen Lang's statement that his work was benefiting the working people in Europe and the United States.

Then, Director Wang felt embarrassed.

Why?

Because this is such a great merit and great undertaking that benefits the country and the people and saves countless lives, it definitely needs to be approved from above and be put in charge by a dedicated person before it can be carried out.

She is a small street office director.
But at least we can get a share of the pie and help the street office solve many employment problems.

So, soon, Director Wang put all these trivial things behind him.

He turned to ask Ximen Lang.

"What about the cost? Although this thing looks simple, with our current industrial level, producing so many parts will cost a lot!"

"If we can't reduce costs, we'll be in a passive position if we start a price war with them in the future."

It's amazing to see that Director Wang's thinking changed so quickly. He hasn't even made his first pot of gold, but he's already started planning to start a price war with major European and American manufacturers.

I gave Director Wang a thumbs up directly.

Then, Ximen Lang started posing and striking a pose.

(End of this chapter)