My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 206 Oh, you are an expert
The interview team was sent away the next day, giving Weidong the opportunity to listen to Shen Cuiyue's explanation.

"In the past, the entire riverside along the docks was home to the Eight Great Halls, Six Great Guilds, and various gangs. Naturally, there were always conflicts, so they chose sheep fighting to avoid bloodshed. Every dispute was decided by sheep fighting. The Salt Gang had its own routine and sources of sheep fighting. They won a lot of benefits to build those buildings, and the other gangs gritted their teeth and wanted to fight and bring them down. Whenever the old man talked about this, he couldn't forget the grand spectacle of thousands of people watching the sheep fighting around the Salt Gang's courtyard. He said that was the eternal longevity, and they could always do without salt!"

To others, she was either sarcastic or sharp-tongued, but only when she talked about this with Rang Weidong did her eyes turn red.

But the straight men sneered: "Hasn't it become a moving company? The iron fist of the proletariat strikes down, and everything will be wiped out!"

It was as if he had returned to the military station guesthouse at noon from the sanitary napkin factory and immediately reported to the BrickTV reporter team what he had seen and heard at the Xishan Factory.

All the previous this and that became insignificant in the face of the hot production situation in the third-line factories!

It is only a few dozen kilometers away from Jiangzhou, so Weidong can now reach it in just over an hour.

The kind of place that seems to be almost remote and poor, but suddenly a train station appears. Then, following several forks in the road beside the train station, you choose a road that turns around the mountain pass, and suddenly you appear in the hilly and mountainous area with a bunch of factory buildings scattered around. The smell of a "paradise factory" made the reporters from Brick TV exclaim.

They asked Weidong to withdraw and start over. They hung the photographer next to the open sliding door to record this feeling of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

The driver did as he was told, while reminding us, "This is a third-tier factory, so it's confidential. We can't expose it like this. I heard that spies can find the location based on the distribution of plants, the pattern of fields, and the characteristics of mountains."

The middle-aged reporter and interview host, named Qi, sat in the passenger seat, observing him the entire time. "I'm really curious. You're only twenty years old, graduated from high school, and yet you possess such a wealth of knowledge!"

Weidong thought, if you only have one thumb like me, and you spend all day watching TV series and short videos, and you can't even look at borderline beautiful women, you will also accumulate a lot of messy and useless knowledge like me over the past forty years: "Salesmen have to run around everywhere."

Lao Qi reminded him: "Then you should strengthen your study and interpretation of policies and regulations."

Weidong looked at him and said, "Aren't things constantly changing? If you're still using the previous policy to do this, won't it just lead to chaos? It's useless to just focus on the policy. You should focus on getting the job done."

When I went back at noon, I didn't see Lao You. The female clerks said they had gone out again.

Wei Dong actually felt secretly happy that his teacher hadn't noticed, and he quickly took the reporters away. In fact, both sides were talking about theories and policies, and it was unknown what would come out of the collision.

You Qili's righteous style of seeking fame is too unpredictable and full of variables.

Lao Qi immediately asked back: "What practical things have you done?"

The phrase Weidong heard most often at the tax bureau was: "Develop productivity!"

Old Qi fell silent, watching the minivan drive along the winding farm road and turn into the factory gate, where the factory name was hung between two cement and cobblestone pillars. He finally revealed the key point: "Over the years, the country has invested 1200 billion yuan in third-tier factories. One-third is in Shuchuan, and half is in Jiangzhou. Therefore, Jiangzhou's reform consists of two parts: urban commercial development and industrial productivity, including that of third-tier factories."

Weidong thought to himself, isn’t this nonsense? Without relying on industry and commerce, can we expect to develop tourism in such a remote area at this time?

He is simply basing his decision on future results, as it should be.

Old Qi said, "Jiangzhou was changed to a separately planned city. The biggest change was the transfer of over a hundred directly affiliated enterprises that previously belonged to the state and various ministries to Jiangzhou. This gave Jiangzhou, which originally had industrial assets of over 13 billion, several billion more. However, the actual effect was not obvious. That's why they established the Industrial Products Trade Center. It is said to have increased production and sales by %, which is several percentage points higher than the national average. It is the biggest highlight of Jiangzhou's current reform model."

Weidong raised his eyebrows again, what the hell, I just said it casually and it hit the biggest achievement?

Only thirteen percent?

I'm afraid the Xishan factory has increased by 1,300%!

Even on a hot summer afternoon in late August, the department store, cinema, and basketball court in front of the factory were quiet, but once you entered the workshop and office area, you would immediately see people coming and going everywhere.

Various carts and rail carts transport various accessories and molds between different workshops, and people are constantly running from the office building to the workshop.

He really is running, and you can tell he is very busy.

Even if some people were surprised to see the red van, everyone in the office building rushed out like the ringing of the school bell. Those who were running to the workshop turned their heads and stood aside, not daring to stop, but passed the news into the workshop.

Then someone else rushed out of the workshop immediately.

The photographer hanging on the side door quietly recorded these rare scenes.

Lao Qi stopped talking, and used the eyes of a reporter to capture the Red Army's warm joy at seeing the suffering they endured.

Weidong was wondering if he had made everyone too tired.

It's all like letting out the wind.

But no one crowded into the car, but gathered on the roadside with a smile on their faces: "We're glad to have the factory director back! Thank you for your hard work!"

"Do you want to play ball? Do you want to play ball tonight?"

"Rest first, have a rest, eat spicy hot pot!"

"We've successfully completed the development of a new camera and are waiting for you to come and take a look!"

"Old Cheng is here, Old Cheng is here..."

The factory manager also emerged from the workshop, his hair a mess, and he was wearing a worn, yellowed vest, visibly drenched in sweat. "Everyone's been working at full capacity on production and R&D since we saw the camera column in the Sunshine Daily. We've just returned just in time to coordinate some issues with the new model."

Let Weidong push the door and get out of the car: "This is a reporter from Zhuan'er TV. They are here in Jiangzhou to interview and film. Can you guys just take a look around first?"

Old Cheng quickly exchanged glances with Weidong, and then arranged for someone to take the reporters to look around and take pictures.

Everyone went back upstairs. "We've all seen the controversy surrounding Feiyan sanitary napkins in the Sunshine Daily and on Brick TV. We know you're working very hard in sales, so the only way to support you is to redouble our efforts in production and research and development. Our production capacity has now reached 25,000 per week."

Twenty-five thousand probably means that Weidong can make a gross profit of fifteen hundred thousand per week.

To be honest, it seems to be a fortune, but this is the disposable operating income that Weidong has. Although the supply and marketing cooperative also includes cameras in the catalog, they sell very well and are almost sold out as soon as they arrive at the store.

But Weidong would deliberately adjust the goods to give priority to sales and shipments by his own team, so as to keep the sales costs for his own people and to get the money back quickly.

The sanitary napkins from the supply and marketing cooperative are sold at a 40% discount, but the cash is paid in batches, so the money for the previous batch will only be settled after this batch of goods arrives.

Moreover, since the payment is made at the provincial level, it is bound to be uneven, and some may even delay payment due to extortion.

What gives Weidong the confidence to his sales team now is that if the payment is not settled, there will be no delivery or replenishment of goods. Although some regions may not care whether consumers have sanitary napkins or not, at least they can always get the upper hand.

There won’t be too many bad debts.

But it seems that the basic amount is 150,000 per week, and there are more or less 200,000 to 300,000 in repayments for sanitary napkins, so there are so many places to spend the money!

Just setting up the four major construction sites will exhaust all the money.

The tape recorder and food factories are still in the stage of struggling to increase production capacity and familiarize themselves with the market, so all we can say is that there is no need to invest any more money.

From this perspective, Weidong is still a budding entrepreneur.

He also described the overall sales situation: "I think the camera factory's production capacity of 2.0 units per week, or about 3.0 units per month, is sufficient. Even if it were higher, we would have to consider market acceptance. We must always be prepared for danger. Even if we launch the X-Force camera, we'll have to consider the development of the and prepare other products at the same time."

Immediately, a meeting was held with factory leaders, workshop supervisors and above from several factories. No one asked him why he was only the deputy director of sales and had his hands in R&D and products.

Those who arrived later were sweating profusely and sat quietly against the wall, listening eagerly, hoping to seize more opportunities.

Weidong's thinking was far ahead of everyone else's at the time. "I also grew up in sales. Our biggest advantage is the complete supporting system for military products. All components are produced by a few nearby factories. This means we are less dependent on external raw materials. This will be our main weapon to compete with the huge production capacity explosion in coastal areas."

Everyone was surprised. Our camera films used to compete with foreign products, but now they suddenly have to compete with coastal products.

But think about it, the cameras are indeed aimed at various domestic models priced over a hundred yuan.

The previous situation of the national military industry being one family has changed to each relying on its own strength.

Thanks to having this deputy factory director, we are more serious.

Seeing Weidong's scribbled drawings on the blackboard, the assigned technician quickly added, "We're trial-producing two types of products: a hair dryer and a microwave oven. For the former, all the components except the heating wire will likely be in stock. For the latter, I've already requested a few samples from Yuezhou. They should arrive in a few days..."

The atmosphere was lively, and someone suggested, "Our factories are fully staffed right now. Even if we can develop these two products, we won't be able to set up production lines. Of course, we'd like to have as many as possible. I'd like to ask Director Weidong if he has any advice, especially since many of our young people would like to join us in sales."

Weidong really thought, "Young people always want to go out and explore the world. I have the same mentality, but there are several ways to explore the world. I have a suggestion. I mentioned it to Director Cheng last time. The factory can open a store or restaurant in a nearby city, sell spicy hot pot, etc. The main purpose is to increase social exchanges between the factory and the city, and not just limit it to the factory. The same applies to production. Is it possible for us to open a factory in the city, with our people as the backbone and management, and recruit people from the city to work for us, or even people from surrounding counties and towns to work for us?"

The whole audience felt like their heads were being cracked. We are a military factory, how can we do this?

Yes, we are no longer a military factory. Our business is booming, but we can’t handle it. We don’t have enough manpower, and the second generation of factory workers are not enough, and they still want to run away.

Then recruit people, recruit people from outside!

If people outside think that our factory is too remote and inconvenient for work, then we can open a factory in the city!

Everyone felt as if a world of enlightenment had suddenly dawned on them!

Years of thinking based on the Third Line military factory mentality have constrained everyone's thinking.

All staff are tried to be from the factory, and occasionally there are outsiders who are local couples or classmates or relatives. People in the digital factory are used to having little communication with the outside world.

Now it's like a new world has opened up.

Weidong even opened up the world more clearly: "Everyone here, if you are confident that you can make a certain process or component better and cheaper, you can also open your own factory to provide these parts. Wouldn't that free up the manpower and equipment in the factory to do more things?"

Old Cheng was stunned: "Is this possible?"

Weidong thought it was a matter of course: "If this camera requires a hundred parts, and we have a hundred supporting factories, then the main factory will only be responsible for assembly. If the upper limit of camera production is 100,000 units per month, the main factory can be divided into camera workshops, hair dryer workshops, and microwave oven workshops, corresponding to countless small factories. Wouldn't such a large-scale expansion drive the development of our entire area?"

Everyone looked at each other.

After working in a factory for decades, I now only receive a salary plus piecework and performance bonuses. It is really hard to imagine what it would be like to be a boss.

Surfers who are eager to jump into the sea where there are no handholds and no bottom to touch are definitely a minority.

But at least the people in Xishan Factory had the idea of ​​starting their own business before the entire southwest region.

At this time, someone was still keeping watch: "Reporters are coming!"

Weidong immediately restrained himself: "We won't talk too much about reform. What will we do with it after we learn it? This time I went to the paper mill in the capital of Jibei Province. Hundreds of people visited every day, and they had to provide meals. The factory director was always giving reports. How could he have the energy to carry out production? Anyway, there is no way I would do that."

Everyone exclaimed in delight and quickly changed positions, with the technician taking out the X 2.0 camera for discussion.

But the brilliance of the reforms brought about by Yidong cannot be concealed.

If we say that his previous business achievements were still due to the cleverness of a young man, he had grasped the two special selling points of cheap cameras and sanitary napkins.

This time we had a camera on the brick platform, which recorded a lot of things.

Anyone with a discerning eye will see it.

(End of this chapter)