My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 173 Society is a University

But the current Rang Weidong is different from the one he was four months ago.

At that time, he could even confuse a roll paper machine with a sanitary napkin, but now he has used semi-mechanical equipment for ink and has a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of Japan's fully automated equipment.

Let Weidong be considered an expert.

In the high-end hotel in Pingjing, he did see toilet paper rolls, but it was said that everything from toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo to bath towels, toilet paper, and even the paper towels on the table were all imported from Hong Kong.

According to the hotel management, they have not found any substitute products in the country.

The quality requirements do not meet the foreign standards at all.

Same here.

Even Shen Cuiyue could see it, and she stood on tiptoe and whispered in Weidong's ear: "It's not as complicated as our machine."

That’s right, Weidong had at least seen Yinni’s sanitary napkin machine. It was very large, with a large roll of material more than one person tall entering from one side, rolled into a stick one or two meters long, and then cut out on the assembly line.

The wrapping paper and the outermost plastic film are all made in one go.

It’s not as complicated and high-tech as the one in Japan, but it’s also a fully automatic production line.

Here is a big roll of toilet paper for hand rubbing!
Several female workers lined up to roll a large piece of straw paper, one or two meters long, into a stick as thick as a bowl. Then a steel knife cutting machine from the paper mill pushed it in and cut the paper like sugarcane, and the rolls of paper fell into the basket one by one.

Someone moved to the big table next to it and finished the work by wrapping the top layer of label paper.

This idea is exactly the same as Rang Weidong's. If there is a machine, use the machine. If there is no machine, use manpower.

But the core of a sanitary napkin factory is still machines. What comes out are finished products, and the only manual work is to roll them up and pack them.

You can imagine how efficient this is.

Can this guy be called the North Qiao Feng?
Shen Laosan was very contemptuous.

But Weidong was more down-to-earth than her: "Since he can succeed, he must have his own strengths. We are here to learn from his strengths and make up for our weaknesses."

There were a lot of people, and they were queuing up as if at a memorial service as they walked through the workshop. You could see the reform and opening-up leader, who was called the factory director, communicating with workers next to piles of toilet paper. There were many reporters around with cameras clicking.

Shen Lao San couldn't help but compare himself to his own family: "You wouldn't be surrounded by this kind of situation. From the beginning, you have been constantly turning down the nagging of many officials and newspapers."

Let Weidong look at it carefully: "Well, it can't be done without official support, but if you put all your energy into it, you won't be able to do anything."

Because from the perspective of later generations, the factory director was just putting on a show. He probably didn't say anything to the workers. He just pretended to take pictures, then changed his position and posture and took more pictures.

Just show that reformers are directing the work.

The visitors around were all amazed and envious, because it seemed that this factory was thriving and full of vitality.

Two or three workshops are busy with production, and the last large warehouse is even busier with loading trucks, creating a thriving scene.

It is very different from other state-owned factories that are lifeless and follow routine procedures.

So where is the magic of his reform?

Fortunately, when I was queuing up in the cafeteria for dinner, I heard that the factory director would give a speech in the evening.

Mao'er complained again about what he was eating. Now there was no need for Weidong to lift his leg, because Shen Laosan had already kicked him first.

Weidong felt quite comfortable eating this. "When we were driving around the country in the first half of the year, it was good enough to eat this. If you are picky about food, don't go with me in the future."

Mao Er pouted in grievance and whispered: "I need to practice martial arts, so I have to eat better."

As a result, my third sister and brother both revealed: "You are just delicious!"

This made Weidong laugh. It was more fun than going on a business trip with Goudan and the others.

After dinner, Shen Cuiyue walked around the factory and thought that her factory was already full. There were hundreds of people working in three shifts every day and in the middle of the night. How could she expand production?
Look at this factory. I just said there are only more than 800 people in total. It’s really comfortable to have such a large area.

Weidong was thinking: "Didn't you notice that this is a state-owned factory? They're just contracting it. It's our own factory. Renting state-owned factory buildings is a different matter. But this time when we go back, we have to find a way to show this situation to the city government. How much are we selling nationwide? How crowded is the factory? When they take the initiative to talk, we can try to lower the conditions as much as possible and see if they can give us a piece of land to build our own factory. Then the property will be ours... It seems that it's not allowed now. Private purchase of land is not allowed."

Shen Cuiyue and he were practically on the same page in this regard: "We must have our own foundation. Don't worry about it. I'll deal with them. I'm very familiar with the older women in the Industrial and Commercial Bureaus. Yes, ask your wife to come with me. I've noticed she's quite good at pretending to be weak."

This made Weidong happy again and he nodded repeatedly.

Shen Cuiyue saw it and said, "You miss home? You miss your wife, right? You've been away for more than half a month."

Damn, she is very good at expressing these flirting words in a technical tone, implying that why are you holding it in?

Let Weidong spit at her.

He walked to the factory auditorium, probably waiting for the factory director to treat the reporters and officials to a banquet before he started to give a speech about how the spring breeze of reform was blowing across the land and how the Chinese people were truly proud of themselves.

Oh, Weidong can see that this guy must be from sales and is very talkative.

He talks and laughs cheerfully, his words are humorous and witty, and his thinking is very flexible and unrestrained.

It's clear he's adept at these kinds of presentations and discussions. He's convinced the rigid, 'big pot' system isn't working for him, and he's breaking it by focusing on rewarding more work, developing new products, and adjusting them to market demand. Weidong listened with rapt interest, saying, "It's a little rudimentary, but perfect for me. It helps me understand what's most likely to be accepted by the market right now."

He walked step by step, selling bacon, titanium ingots, cameras, tape recorders, sanitary napkins, and snacks. In fact, it was like learning martial arts, very messy and without any systematic formation.

You Qili is not engaged in production. What he emphasizes is seizing business opportunities to make a small fortune. It is impressive to make a business worth hundreds of thousands or millions with ten thousand yuan.

This person's idea is exactly similar to Rang Weidong's, which is based on the paper mill, how to make products and how to market.

Of course, the other party's limitation is that they have not yet realized the power of national advertising.

We only produce products that the market needs and sell them ahead of all our peers.

In this situation, of course it can sell like hot cakes when no one else has it, but once someone imitates the product.

You can even come to learn his factory's management method of "more work, more pay", which can be copied instantly.

When the product reaches saturation, it may not be easy to run the factory.

It will only be popular for a short time!

In particular, Weidong heard on the stage that his next step was to cooperate with other paper mills across the country to form a joint venture so that paper mills across the country could produce this kind of roll paper at a low price and high quality to meet the huge market across the country.

He suddenly felt a sense of alertness!
Haven’t we already started to set up branch factories, according to the current rapidly growing sales scale?

A county town consumes 800 packs a day. There are 2,000 county-level cities in the country, which means 1.6 million packs. The number at the city level is not that large, but the consumption is no less than this.

This does not include rural consumers who make up 70 to 80 percent of the population.

The daily consumption is about tens of millions. The Supply and Marketing Cooperative now requires a daily supply of one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand, and the supply is increasing.

What are the consequences of opening a factory crazily?
Managing one hundred people is not a hundred times as difficult as managing ten thousand people.

Now it all depends on a group of managers brought over from the Xishan factory.

He probably knew that this one was not that great in the end, and the real big names were those home appliances and clothing brands.

So after listening to the two-hour speech, Weidong emphasized to the yawning Shen Lao San: "We don't deal with officials, but we should try our best to seize opportunities to communicate with entrepreneurs and participate in more similar seminars and speeches."

For him it was like going to college.

The girl stood up softly.

They took a taxi here as soon as they got out of the train station. The paper mill in the provincial city area is surrounded by various factories and dormitories.

Therefore, there are also many guesthouses and temporary accommodation points open to the public.

I picked up the luggage left at the factory gate and went to the street to write about the guesthouse.

Fortunately, probably because of the Olympics, the security guards said that there were fewer people from all over the country coming to visit and study these days, and they also recommended that the young couple stay at the slightly better cigarette factory guesthouse over there.

The four of them walked over slowly.

Weidong bought three imported leather bags in the hotel. He had some appreciation for this, as he had watched Mrs. Shi and the female cadres in the compound exchanging them along the way.

I bought a big one for Dong Xueying, which cost over 4,000 yuan, the kind that can be carried or shouldered.

Then I bought small cross-body leather bags the size of novels for Shen Cuiyue and Dong Xueqing, costing more than two thousand yuan in total.

Shen Laosan likes it very much and carries it with him at all times, and thinks it is standard treatment.

I also bought her an imported roller case. It wasn't a famous brand, but it cost more than 800 yuan.

Mao'er pushed the box filled with her and Rang Weidong's clothes, documents, procedures, etc., carrying a backpack.

Shi Tou was responsible for carrying the twenty or thirty videotapes that Jin Zhuoqun found.

Let Weidong carry this Sony 4800 video recorder on his back, it's simply a lump of iron!
I don't know if it's to use weight to suppress the smooth operation of high-end machines, but this high-end product with certain editing functions, counters, and recording level counters is very heavy. It even has an extra-wide shoulder strap like that used for SLR cameras installed on the side, otherwise it would be impossible to carry it with one hand.

So when Weidong walked on the street like this, anyone with a little experience could see that he was carrying a heavy load.

After removing the cardboard box, the champagne gold video recorder looked like a very high-end suitcase, emitting a faint light.

As the crowd gradually dispersed and was absorbed by the surrounding hotels, guesthouses, and accommodation points of all sizes, they rushed to the farthest and best guesthouses and were left alone in the surrounding areas.

Several figures quickly surrounded and approached!
In fact, even though they were still at a distance, the stone chirped and said, "The lanterns are coming!"

Shen Laosan, who was only carrying a small cross-body bag, translated easily: "Robbery at night is called lantern flowers, and robbery during the day is called cutting strands."

Wei Dong was speechless: "You guys should react normally!"

Then he felt his reaction was abnormal: "Should I draw my gun?"

Still a little excited.

(End of this chapter)