My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 136: Men can compromise on anything, but this matter must be particular
But after opening the door, Wei Dong felt an inexplicable pang in his heart.

Because it was obvious that they left very suddenly, although everything was tidied up meticulously, the boxes that the couple carried with them when they left Xishan Factory were placed next to the bed in the inner room.

Under the dim incandescent light, Wei Dong seemed to see the figure sitting here reading a book like an ancient Buddha sitting by a lonely lamp.

So he immediately turned around and went out: "Let's go and eat night snails."

Although the two younger brothers didn't know why they left just after returning, they went there happily and also called two fellow villagers to go.

After sitting down and ordering some wine, the melancholy feeling disappeared while eating and drinking.

Most men have this inexplicable commonality.

When eating out and the food is slow to arrive, the service is poor, or the taste is not good, I basically don’t complain or get angry, nor do I argue about the dining experience. I just silently decide not to come back next time.

If I find that I have been shortchanged or that something is too expensive when I buy something, I will just pay the bill silently without arguing. Anyway, I will never go to this store again.

Even if a haircut is a major issue for a woman's appearance, and she might go into hysterics if it's messed up, if she's not satisfied, she'll just pay in silence, say goodbye in silence, and say goodbye forever.

But as long as you satisfy a man once, whether it's eating, getting a haircut or something else, even if he only feels a little bit of favor, he will become a regular customer and come back silently every time.

The only exception may be when choosing a technician.

Men like Rang Weidong, who had never chosen a technician in his previous life, are actually very loyal.

Even if there is no love between them and the experience is completely different, he is ready to be faithful to her.

The editor-in-chief, whom Shitou had found by running into the newspaper office, also ate and drank, keeping silent about Yu Songhai's bizarre experience. "After five o'clock in the afternoon, the Postal and Telecommunications Equipment Factory called me and agreed to your restructuring and merger. Dongsheng Trading Company will hold 50% of the shares, forming the new Aix Electric Appliance Co., Ltd."

Wei Dong was amused. "Fifty against fifty, are they just arguing? Don't they know they need someone to control the shares? I'm giving them a small stake, so they can control the shares. But please also understand that I'm not greedy for this small stake. With the current low threshold for tape recorder technology, I want to find a partner. It's definitely better than them finding a sales company. In short, if I find out that they are secretly selling goods again, I will double the amount of the sales proceeds."

The editor-in-chief took notes: "You called them to explain that our Chengdu Station is mainly assisting with pairing and promoting advanced technology. We hope that your previously reported electronic and electrical appliance cooperation project will bear fruit."

Weidong had no choice but to stay the next day to call a meeting with five college students working in sales in Rongdu, as well as two warehouse managers and movers.

If Zhang Lanzhi or Dong Xueqing were there, they would definitely take on the role of daily manager of this electrical appliance company.

Or Yu Songhai can just be listed as a figurehead.

Now Weidong could only let these seven people temporarily form a sales management committee with him, which was popular these days.

Of course, he is the head of the management committee and has a veto power.

But when he is not in Chengdu and cannot be contacted, the Management Committee can use voting to handle matters that do not involve the overall direction, major finances and goods transfers.

Only one of the five college students is about to graduate this year, and he is still hesitating whether to give up his guaranteed job and go into business.

So except for the two warehouse managers who are in charge of handling, the five college students are all part-time.

The basic salary is 30 yuan per month, and bonuses are given based on sales commission and workload.

It was like playing a game for Weidong. Pingjing was testing management, Yuezhou was testing development and liaison work, Echang was leaning towards a sales approach, Huhai would first see how Zhang Lanzhi could prove herself useful, and finally Rongdu was testing this management committee model.

Try it by feeling your way across the river in various places, and then see which one works best and then promote it.

Because Weidong felt that he should put on airs at this time and not go over to sign a joint agreement and company merger contract with the Post and Telecommunications Equipment Factory.

Clear out existing tape recorder inventory and production volume to pave the way for early sales.

Therefore, we have to arrange for this management committee to try to run it, and we can only ask Editor-in-Chief Feng to take care of it.

The advantage is that the Xishan factory office has a telephone. Although long-distance calls cannot be made, answering calls is no problem.

Let Weidong transform this office into the office of an electrical appliance company.

Finally, he moved all the boxes of Zhang Lanzhi's food, which he had not opened, onto the red bread, and made an appointment with the Jiangzhou office to answer the phone for daily reports at a fixed time every day.

Just left Chengdu and went to Xishan Factory.

It is impossible to say that I don’t have any doubts in my heart.

But it's not wrong that she has her own pursuits. At the beginning, Xishan Factory gave her a girl in military uniform as a secretary, and now she has run away to Shanghai, and she is waiting to go abroad in the future.

It is reasonable for Weidong to go to the factory to explain. I don’t know if Zhang Lanzhi has told the factory herself.

For a camera factory that can now generate more than 200,000 yuan in profit every month, it still has to make up for this.

It’s a short detour of about 100 kilometers from Chengdu to Jiangzhou via Xishan Factory, but it’s not a big problem.

Let Weidong take his two younger brothers to see the customs and cultures of different places.

Besides, this 1.2L full-time four-wheel drive van consumes or liters of fuel per kilometers, and the running feeling is completely different from that of the Dongfeng truck. It is light, comfortable and flexible.

The key is the gas certificate brought by the Dongfeng truck contractor. You can get affordable gasoline at nine cents per liter at official gas stations in various places.

Just run with your mind open.

After a journey of over 300 kilometers, the red van, with no pre-prepared banners and only temporary license plates, had just arrived at the bustling department store, cinema, and living area of ​​Xishan Factory, when it was surrounded by many evening gazes. Upon realizing that Weidong was to be seated inside, the factory leaders, as if possessed of super-hearing intelligence, instantly gathered at the office building to offer a warm welcome. Within half an hour, several other factory leaders had also arrived.

Weidong also noticed a couple with intellectual faces wearing military uniforms standing on the periphery.

He decided to talk about work first: "Can the current weekly production capacity of 8,000 cameras be increased? And by how much?"

This is a joint production of five optical instrument factories and supporting factories.

Director Cheng said formally, "There's still room for improvement. We'll try to produce 12,000 units per week next month, but...wasn't our previous production plan 500,000 units per year? If we increase that...will it be unsaleable?"

Weidong never considered where the ceiling would be: "Right now, the camera market is completely blank. With a billion people, there should be at least 300 to 500 million households. We should strive to have a camera in every household. 500,000 units a year is just the initial goal. Work hard to produce and sell as much as possible, and everyone will get a better bonus!"

The entire conference room was suddenly filled with excitement. The planning idea of ​​this third-line factory model from the beginning was that even if a nuclear war broke out, it would be able to operate independently and manufacture its own products for use in the war.

Therefore, we try to be self-sufficient in everything from raw materials to production processes.

They are most accustomed to the current model where several factories with two to three thousand people only produce one camera, one model, and one component.

They all expressed that they can overcome all difficulties and reach new heights.

Factory Director Cheng also confirmed on behalf of everyone: "Then we will strive to achieve a weekly production of 20,000 units this summer."

applaud!

Even if the factory price is only 19 yuan, this means a monthly production and sales of 1.5 million, and an annual output value of nearly 20 million.

For a factory area like this where the average wage is still around 40 or 50 yuan and the cost of living is extremely low, it can be said that the area is extremely rich.

Rang Weidong wanted to maximize the importance of his sales system: "Why do I dare to say this? The current sales situation is that we sell 3,000 units per week in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and 1,000 units each in Shanghai, Chengdu, Pingdingshan, Yuezhou, and Echang. I have built this sales system in the past six months. What do you think of this sales distribution?"

Nearly 100,000 units were sold. If information dissemination had not been extremely blocked in those days, the factory would have probably known through some channel that there were low-priced cameras for sale in West Lake.

The fact that it was kept secret was entirely due to the lack of the Internet and mobile phones, but it might be leaked after the film festival and TV commercials.

So he also tried to get the message out.

Everyone immediately pondered over it seriously. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich. I've been there on business trips. It's a land of plenty...

But aren’t Shanghai and Yuezhou richer?

How can Pingjing be treated the same as these people...

Anyway, it definitely didn't reach West Lake. Let Weidong explain himself: "Because we established our sales teams in Jiangsu and Zhejiang first, sales are booming. Now sales in these major cities are also picking up. In fact, the sales staff are clamoring for more products. So I think we should maintain the sales in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and increase the number to 2,000 in the other five locations. That's our goal for next month."

Everyone agreed.

Let Weidong proceed step by step: "But this is just our sales in the main areas of six or seven major cities. With the advertising effect brought by the National Day Film Festival, I estimate that we will launch sales in 20 to 30 provinces and cities across the country. So I will establish a sales center in Jiangzhou and further radiate to all provinces in the country. Our goal is to sell 100,000 units per month!"

The atmosphere was indeed extremely cheerful, with many people secretly doing calculations in their notebooks, figuring out how much profit each small link could make if the annual output was 1.2 million units.

What a pleasure.

Finally, Weidong poured a little cold water on the situation: "Of course, we also need to plan ahead. With over one million units sold a year, will sales reach saturation in a few years? So we need to start researching and preparing new products now. We don't necessarily have to produce them, but we must prepare them. If we find that sales are hindered, we will launch new products to innovate and replace them."

Everyone agreed and took out the improved product with a flash light that Weidong had mentioned last time.

It turned out that these guys' idea was to add a flash holder to the camera, and then link the independent flash with the shutter button, so that the light would flash as soon as it was pressed.

This way, there is no need to change the original structure, especially there is no need to install batteries in the camera. The battery pack can be placed in the flash and installed when flash is needed. Even the old models sold now can be retrofitted with this flash by just pressing two fingers at the same time.

The main purpose is to help people save money without having to upgrade.

Weidong was both amused and confused, because capitalists don't think like this.

We need to launch a completely different camera style that will completely make the old models incomparable, so as to stimulate consumers to make a second purchase.

Everyone suddenly realized that the wool had to be plucked repeatedly.

But if you think about it, this is indeed the case. Only those who like taking pictures will buy cameras. These people have the strongest desire for innovation and consumption.

They didn’t buy the cheap ones before, and they are even less likely to be interested in the new models, so we focus on the consumers who bought the first one and repeatedly promote it, and the basic market will be built up!
If Weidong briefly explains the tactics used in later generations to sell computers and electrical appliances, especially mobile phones, everyone will be impressed.

So Weidong simply drew the model of the point-and-shoot camera he remembered on the blackboard in the conference room.

By the way, because of the two times I came here, I found that Comrade Jiang liked to draw some messy patterns on the small blackboard to explain.

So the factory specially built a whole wall similar to a classroom blackboard, and arranged a technician who was good at painting to assist him.

It completely turned into a flat black plastic stick. Pulling it to the sides revealed the lens, and at the same time the camera started charging the flash with a slight humming sound.

Everyone was shocked again. How could this be called a new model? It was just a different look of the current one!

Is upgrading that simple?

This is how you squeeze toothpaste!
(End of this chapter)