My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 126: Ghostly Shadows Over Jiangzhou

Rang Weidong also tried his best to save the situation: "I have contracted a truck. I plan to run to Yuezhou starting in June, and strive to make a round trip once a month. I have supplies to transport over there, and I also have things to bring over there. I will also bring some new goods from Yuedong to sell. If the factory trucks are not working, we can come to Jiangzhou to set up a transportation outlet. I won't participate in your profit."

My original intention was not to look down on this small profit.

The driver nodded repeatedly, but still kept silent because he knew the rules.

But in the eyes of the inexperienced factory manager, Shan'ga La, the job still requires someone knowledgeable. "We still have seven trucks, three of which are worn out from years of hauling ore, but they're still working. Come on, come on. If you can help solve the difficulties faced by the drivers and employees, then you'll know what to do."

Weidong was wondering what would happen if Goudan and his friends encountered bandits when they drove out in a Dongfeng car.

If we have a few more cars to form a fleet, the safety factor of caring on the road will be much higher.

Upon hearing this, Director Zhao gnashed his teeth and said, "Anyone who dares to steal our things will be killed. We have a security department with guns. Just bring them with you!"

Rang Weidong, who spent the 1980s and 1990s in the tax compound, really didn't know this.

When asked, it was found that not only were there confidential military factories, but even ordinary state-owned factories basically had militia companies and platoons.

In the past few years, we had to organize target practice every quarter, and it felt like we were going to shoot down invading American planes.

Therefore, the Third Line military factories, which were always on guard against sabotage by enemy spies, had extremely powerful firepower and even had anti-aircraft machine guns!

And they took it out, which is absolutely in compliance with the policy.

Weidong agreed: "Anyway, you all have a titanium ingot on your truck. If you're just going out to sell it, it's not considered a slacking off. You can bring some goods along. Let me think about it. The factory still needs trucks to transport ore. If you have four or five good trucks, they'll definitely try to fill them up both ways to avoid losses."

It's easy to come back. Just by bringing back a truckload of clothes, you can make a lot of money. The key is that it's not cost-effective to bring back an empty truck.

Even if we run at full capacity to sell snacks, sanitary napkins and cameras to Yuezhou, a truckload of them would have to carry a huge amount.

Speaking of it, all of his products are small in size and weight, but relatively high in value.

Even if we ship four or five truckloads of goods there every month, I’m afraid we still won’t be able to sell them.

As for the tape recorder at hand...it was not rare in the South Country, so Wei Dong didn't even expect that this tape recorder could be sold there.

The factory manager also racked his brains and thought that there was really nothing in their mountain.

Instead, Dong Xueying, who was sitting next to him, tried to speak: "Isn't Shangzhou's main business selling bamboo weaving products? Rattan chairs, bamboo chairs, various flower stands, coffee tables. Old You has bought from there a few times before, and there are still some sales."

Just let Weidong do it: "Let's settle this. Let's go to the back street tomorrow morning to see. There are already many clothing and electrical appliance businesses that purchase goods from Yuedong. See if they have this demand. What is the approximate freight cost? We can calculate the approximate cost of each trip and make the team profitable. We also need it ourselves."

Director Zhao finally felt a little relieved.

Although it didn't solve the problem fundamentally, at least it alleviated the urgent need and I enjoyed the delicious wine.

Dong Xueqing started to help Rang Weidong pick up some food: "Look at our tape recorder. The school almost asked me to stay in the factory. I still want to go home instead of staying in Chengdu."

Wei Dong looked at the small repeater that had been made to look like a book, as per his specifications. It wasn't very sophisticated yet, but it was already quite presentable. "I'll give it a try in the store tonight. There won't be any major issues. Now it all depends on what to advertise first. Four products... Oh, you just said you've already tried selling this tape recorder in Chengdu?"

Feng Chu quickly flipped through her notebook. "After May Day, they started producing samples. I even helped assemble them. Then someone in the factory started trying to sell them on the market, and they're selling pretty well. Yes, I even took them to the office but couldn't find Secretary Zhang. There was no one to discuss it with. How should we sell them?"

Weidong finally understood: "The salesperson for this tape recorder bypassed me. Haha, I was thinking... the X logo on this machine looks like a makeshift one."

Dong Xueqing's face immediately changed color: "Let me see!" Her face immediately began to turn red and her temperature rose.

Let Weidong point to it with the tip of the chopsticks.

Nowadays, electrical appliance trademarks are either a small piece of iron sheet riveted to the shell, or a plastic molded logo with two small feet on the back that can be pressed onto two holes in the shell.

When brand awareness is not strong, this is more like an identification code.

So the "X" trademark on these two tape recorders can give us some clues.

Let Weidong urge the manufacturer to make it bigger. In fact, they use more large speakers, but the body is still as small as the core, which looks very intimidating. The left and right speakers are as big as footballs, and the overall size is like a big pillow. The metal mesh speaker cover is obviously very luxurious.

Add those exaggerated sound effect lights suggested by Rang Weidong, and it will definitely look impressive when placed at home.

This trademark is naturally thumb-sized in the corner.

But the small book-like repeater also uses the same big trademark, which seems very inconsistent. Even the buttons, tape deck and other parts can be seen as shared, but they were too lazy to make a small one for the trademark. You can imagine their perfunctory mentality.

The difference is obvious compared to the whole small repeater that was made with the utmost care and attention to detail.

Rang Weidong even tried to break the trademark off and glued it back on bit by bit. "Look, there are two small holes here, which is original. The big hole was drilled temporarily. Hahaha, they must be thinking of selling it themselves."

Dong Xueqing had never seen such vicious human hearts. At first, she was the one who pulled Weidong to cooperate with the Post and Telecommunications Equipment Factory and asked Weidong to give them ideas and suggestions. Now that the good products have been made, they have started to sell them secretly.

I was so anxious that tears came out: "Why are they doing this! I know they are selling, and they said they are going to see the market reaction, why, why are they doing this!"

She wanted to jump up again, but her sister held her back with a hand: "There's no point in being anxious. Calm down and think about what you can do. And you see Weidong isn't anxious at all, so you should learn how he handles things."

Dong Xueqing took a deep breath, still believing and full of hope. She raised her hand to wipe away her tears and it turned out to be her sleeve.

In order to satisfy Wei Dong, he teased the child first: "Call your brother-in-law to listen, and I will tell you." Dong Xueying immediately glared at him, but the charm in the corner of her eyes made her even more alluring.

The younger sister was also shocked, but immediately her face was filled with surprise. She hugged her sister to confirm: "Really?!"

The young woman was caught off guard and helpless: "Forget it, forget it, I'll talk about it when I get home later."

I couldn't help but poke my sister's head with my finger.

Dong Xueqing had already let her go, turned around and hugged Weidong, and said in a sweet voice, "Brother-in-law... tell me!"

Director Zhao, who was busy preparing the hot pot, looked up.

Let Weidong put it a little more subtly: "Greed is insatiable. They don't have the sales capacity, but they're still greedy. They'll miss out on the first sales of the Aix brand. The advertising opportunities that might have been given to them will naturally go to other companies. They'll regret it when they see other Aix brands become famous."

Dong Xueying understood the importance of sounding the alarm at this point. "Well, business requires integrity. Your equipment factory might be new to marketing this way. While Weidong's ideas might help them sell some, they're still far from the advertising and sales methods we can find. So, it's even more important to show them something else first."

Director Zhao seemed to have heard something.

Let Weidong finish his attack: "Compared to those military radio factories, the Postal and Telecommunications Equipment Factory certainly has the drive to innovate, but perhaps they missed out on this period of advertising sales. They missed out on the biggest opportunity, so don't blame yourself for having bad intentions."

Dong Xueying had seen a lot with You Qili and his team. "I think you can give it one last try and talk to them again. At least make your attitude clear."

Weidong was actually still groping in the dark, but he was satisfied that it was really good to have a wife who could manage the household, so he nodded in agreement.

Factory Director Zhao also raised his glass. "I can guarantee that we won't be looking for other sales channels for our titanium ingots, other than state allocations... With only two or three hundred tons of national production per year, I don't know how we'll survive."

Weidong no longer has to rely on the sales of non-ferrous metals to make everything from bacon to titanium ingots to cameras. Instead, he is terrified of the consequences of selling these things.

Otherwise, the non-ferrous metal factories in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would have said that they could increase the output to five tons per month.

He was able to hold back only thanks to the good sales of his camera.

However, the current production capacity of 8,000 cameras per week has almost reached its production bottleneck. If the photography competition is expanded, there will be no need to compete for the opportunity to appear on TV commercials.

So after all the calculations, Weidong has basically given the opportunity to sanitary napkins.

He smiled and raised his glass: "Please give me the policy documents regarding the factory's independent sales of products, and also give me the agreement authorizing me to sell them freely. I will try to sell more and negotiate a higher price."

No matter what, keep your butt straight, so that if something happens, at least you will have a chance to pull it out.

Although he understood that these matters were extremely important in his country.

Director Zhao said yes repeatedly.

We left together after having a good meal and a few drinks.

Weidong simply let the two sisters talk in private at the office tonight, and he would just curl up in the Malatang restaurant for the night. He had to find a house to settle down tomorrow.

On the contrary, Dong Xueqing really wanted to take her brother-in-law back with her, but her sister grabbed her ear and took the baby away with a rather tangled look, intending to give her a good beating to vent her anger.

Why didn't you do that earlier? You let someone take advantage of you.

There are still many details to be inquired about.

As someone who has been through it, Dong Xueying can definitely feel some details and probably has some idea of ​​it in her mind.

Aunt Wang followed the old couple back to the store in the truck to rest in the evening. Director Zhao took the driver to stay in the guesthouse across the street, and they drove another Dongfeng truck.

Let Weidong make an appointment with him to go to the clothing and commodity sales street behind the street early the next morning to ask those merchants about the transportation channels for purchasing goods from eastern Guangdong.

As expected, we received a lot of requests from store owners who really wanted to have a stable transportation channel.

But even with all this going on, Director Zhao still didn't want to do it himself. "You've been saying those cooperating manufacturers are so greedy and sinister. I'm a technician and don't want to get involved in that kind of trouble. Just lead the team. I'll give you a deal. Hongguang Factory currently produces 80 tons of titanium annually. If we can sell 50 tons, it will basically support the entire factory. If you can provide the rest, I'll also have an explanation to the entire factory. The neighboring factory can't pay their wages anymore."

Weidong vaguely remembered that this was nothing. If it dragged on, factories would go bankrupt in large numbers and workers who had worked there all their lives would be laid off.

The heavy industry in the Northeast and the third-line factories in the Southwest are the two groups that have suffered the most in this round of reforms.

It depends on whether the leader can find some new ways at this critical moment.

At present, it seems that Director Zhao is not capable of doing this. If titanium wasn't too sensitive, Weidong would really want to take over it himself.

Anyway, we agreed that we would make adjustments in another month after the agreement was in place and send Director Zhao away.

Before Weidong could run up to the second floor, the two sisters were already dressed in a brand new look and waiting to go out.

Dong Xueqing was already impatient: "I have three days off, where is home? Where is our home!"

Let Weidong look at his wife who was not yet married and say, "You don't dare to say you want to live alone? Let me say it."

How can we have a child hanging around in this house and interfering with exercise all day?

(End of this chapter)