Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 339 I want to go to college

The plastic rod used for the pen core has already found a plastic factory to produce a batch on its behalf, and the pen head was sent to the operator of the next machine. , It took less than 1 minute to install [-] pieces at a time.

The operating workers are very fast, and the empty refills are produced batch by batch. In fact, at this point, only ink is left.

Ruan Tao picked up an empty pen refill, and did not pull off the tip of the pen with a little force, and said, "It looks good, I thought it would be very loose!"

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "This is a tight fit, you can't pull it out unless you use a lot of force."

Ruan Tao asked, "What is tight fit?"

Yi Weidong explained: "The small diameter of the plastic hole is small, and the head is relatively large, so it is not easy to insert it. It takes a lot of force to insert the head. Such parts will be very tight after assembly, and mechanical assembly will often Will come in handy."

Ruan Tao thought about it before she understood what it meant, and said, "Then just fill it with oil?"

"Yes, I have prepared the ink."

Yi Weidong had ordered someone to buy some chemical dyes on the market before. Yi Weidong sent the dyes into the space, and then copied them with the ink from his previous life. As long as the material was reduced, he could know the composition.

Gel pens are generally divided into two types. The most common one is dye ink. This kind of ink is cheap and suitable for ordinary daily use, but it will fade after a long time, and it will also fade when exposed to water. It is not suitable for company bookkeeping, signing agreements, etc. important documents.

There is also a kind of pigment ink, the ink used is pigment type, water-resistant, light-resistant, and colorfast.For example, the signing of account books and important documents will require clear handwriting and not easy to fade.This is the type of 'examination pen' used by students during their exams.

Fortunately, when Yi Weidong was in college, he bought a set of three-color test pens online, and now he has samples and copied them all.

As for the silicone oil at the tail, it was only after many experiments that the raw material was found, and then a lot was directly prepared.

It's a pity that Yi Weidong doesn't have any hot-erasable refills, what a pity!By the way, I also synthesized a base liquid without adding pigments, and reserved it as a refill for adding colors.

It’s just that this work has to be reserved for later deployment. Yi Weidong also discovered an interesting phenomenon, even if the waste products that failed the experiment can still be sent back to the space as raw materials, so that the cost of the experiment is almost gone, which can be greatly reduced. Experimental input.

Ruan Tao is very excited. As long as it succeeds, it can be said that this is a great invention. It is the only patent in the world, and it is a relatively practical writing tool. Nowadays, many students either use pencils or pens. The newly invented gel pen, even if it shares the market equally with fountain pens, can turn Yi Weidong's company into a great company.

Enough to change people's daily writing, isn't it great enough?

Ruan Tao urged: "Then fill the ink quickly and make a batch first."

Yi Weidong thought that he could not find any equipment that could fill ink, but he did not expect that the comprador of Tianbao Foreign Company found a semi-automatic filling machine after listening to Yi Weidong's request. After some modifications and adjustments, The mechanical engineer confidently told Yi Weidong that this filling machine was sufficient to meet Yi Weidong's requirements.

After the mechanical engineer explained the operation essentials to the staff, he left in a cool manner. Yi Weidong was speechless. Now is the time to check whether the filling machine is qualified.

Ruan Tao took the empty refills to the filling machine room and handed them over to the waiting operator. The refills should be placed in the card slots in order. After they were put into the machine, the first time the ink filled was less, the operator added more. For some, the filling amount was readjusted, and the silicone oil at the end was moved to a different position, so that the production of the refill was completed.

Then another batch was filled, and this time it went very smoothly. Yi Weidong always felt something was wrong, as if some steps were missing.

Ruan Tao looked at the frowning Yi Weidong and asked, "Boss, what's wrong? I think it's very successful?"

Yi Weidong said: "It seems that there is still a process that has not been done?"

Ruan Tao looked at the pen refill in his hand, and asked suspiciously: "I think it's already good?"

Yi Weidong took two of them, looked at them back and forth, and walked back to his office before he remembered.Said: "The tail of the pen barrel should drill a small hole to let the air in, and the head should be sealed with wax, that is, after the ink is filled, the wax will wrap the ball, and a bright red wax should be used. , Just take off the wax when you use it."

Ruan Tao still didn't understand, and asked, "What's the use?"

Yi Weidong explained: "The small hole at the end allows air to enter, so you can write smoothly even if the end is blocked. As for the seal at the front, it can ensure that the ink will not dry up after the refill is placed for a long time."

Ruan Tao snorted, and found another diary to write directly with the pen refill. The main reason is that the pen holder has not been customized yet, and Yi Weidong plans to produce it himself, and the machine has not been finished yet.

Yi Weidong found a piece of paper, rolled up the pen refill, glued the paper together with glue, and fixed it with a fold at the end. A ballpoint pen made of handmade paper roll was completed.

Ruan Tao said in surprise: "Is there another way?"

I also rolled one according to the gourd painting scoop, and after drawing blindly in the diary for a few minutes, I said happily: "Boss, you really succeeded! The effect of this refill is the same as that of a ballpoint pen!"

After thinking about it, he said: "This new pen writes more smoothly than a ballpoint pen, and the color looks very comfortable."

Yi Weidong is using the ink used by a big brand in later generations, it has been tested by the market for a long time, can it be bad?

Yi Weidong regretted that he forgot to order a batch of pen holders first. Now there are only refills, so he can only use paper rolls as pen holders.

Make an internal call and ask Luo Caijing to come in and take away the refills and the pen she just rolled. After distributing them to the people in the office, they will use their own neutral ballpoint pens. The ballpoint pen is also a trademark applied by the other party. The word Yi Weidong cannot be used. .

When Luo Caijing went out, Yi Weidong said: "Miss Taozi, now first order a machine that can punch a hole in the tail, and a machine that can seal the tip of the pen, and buy more machines by the way to increase the daily production capacity to [-] pen refills And then three shifts and full-time production."

Ruan Tao asked, "Is the pen holder produced by us? Or outsourced to a custom-made plastic factory?"

Yi Weidong thought for a while and said: "Order the refill and pen holder first, and then buy the machinery to produce it. Now we are doing our best to stock up, and we will store it first when it is produced. When the patent is obtained, we will launch the ballpoint pen on the market."

Ruan Tao asked: "Boss, only the ballpoint pen trademark is registered. Haven't we registered other trademarks yet?"

Yi Weidong thought for a while and said, "Then register the five trademarks of Chenxi, Shengli, Red Star, Five Star, and Camry. In the future, we will form different series with different goals."

At the beginning, let the reputation of the ballpoint pen be known first, and then deepen the field of gel pens in the future to make it bigger and stronger. The more such products that can be used in daily life are the magic weapon for making money in the long run, the later generations of students and office workers will not be confused. Are you using a gel pen?Pens are only used by some calligraphy lovers.

There are billions of gel pens in the market every year, and the gel pen alone is enough for Yi Weidong to make a lot of money.

Ruan Tao also knows that this is the company's top priority at the moment, one more day of production will earn one more day of money, and when she goes out, she should contact a foreign company and buy a complete set of machines.

Yi Weidong informed Yan Li to come over again, and said: "Before you managed the assembly plant very well, but now the production of ballpoint pens is still managed by you, you make a plan, we will work in three shifts, except for machine maintenance, The machine must not stop throughout the day, and more students must be arranged, and the production capacity will be expanded in the future.”

Since the watch assembly company was seized, Yan Li has been Ni Wenlin's deputy and has been in charge of the management of various buildings.

Now that he heard that he was going to manage the newly launched ballpoint pen company, he suppressed his joy and said, "It's the boss. I will manage the ballpoint pen company well."

Yi Weidong said: "You also have management experience, I believe you will manage this company well."

After arranging Yan Li as the person in charge, Yi Weidong can finally withdraw from the matter of the ballpoint pen, as long as the steel and ink are provided regularly.

Everything else is handled by the company.

Before obtaining the patent, Yi Weidong did not intend to sell ballpoint pens first, in order to avoid any accidents.

Although the law was relatively sound at this time, Yi Weidong still kept an eye out, so as not to cause someone to get caught up in the patent issue, so that Yi Weidong would cry to death?
Although everything was arranged, Yi Weidong was still worried, and went back to the workshop to inspect it. He saw that the production was orderly, busy but not chaotic, and the refills were being produced continuously, so he picked a few at random and drew a few times. No problem, just wait for the tail to be drilled and sealed with wax.

Yi Weidong is full of joy. This ballpoint pen is the foundation of his business. The annual consumption of ballpoint pens in the world can reach billions. How can he earn hundreds of millions a year?
How much does this ballpoint pen retail for?

Forget it, let's discuss it later, it's still time to stock up, coordinate production, and wait for the patent to be the right thing to do.

Yi Weidong came home from get off work and went up to the second floor, and saw Ah Hui in a maid outfit spread out on the small sofa in the living room. Yi Weidong walked up to him and sat down and asked:

"what happened?"

"What's the matter? You still ask me what's the matter?" Ah Hui said angrily: "I really miss the old life, being with Sister A Zhen, even though the house is not big, I don't need to do too much work, I just found out The house is big, and cleaning is too troublesome."

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "Then you still want to go back to live?"

Ah Hui sat up straight and flattered her: "Brother Ah Wei~ I'm just talking, and besides, the house over there is rented out, so I can't go back."

"Rent out?"

Yi Weidong really doesn't know about this matter. He has been busy with pen refills and department stores recently. He just completed the production of pen refills today, and he will leave work normally when he has free time.

Ah Hui briefly talked about the situation. Recently, the shop below and Yi Weidong's room on the second floor have been rented out. She opened an electrical appliance store and repaired home appliances.

Yi Weidong also just asked a few simple questions, and stopped asking, and said, "Ah Hui, what high school are you in now? Just tell me how Xiangjiang is going to go to university?"

"I'm in the second year of middle school."

Yi Weidong glanced at Ah Hui, sometimes he is really good at talking and doing things, and there is really nothing wrong with being in the second year of middle school.

Based on this calculation, Ah Hui is only a little girl in the second year of junior high school, no wonder she just started to develop.

Ah Hui saw Yi Weidong's eyes and said angrily, "What kind of eyes are you?"

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "It's nothing, you can continue."

Ah Hui thought about the difference between now and before, food and lodging belonged to Yi Weidong, so she calmed down her thoughts about Yi Weidong, and then briefly talked about going to school.

Here in Xiangjiang, there is also a six-year primary school, and then there are secondary one to three, which is the same as the junior high school in the mainland, but the name is different.

After nine years of education, students need to use their school test scores to determine whether they can enter high school (Form [-] and Form [-]). Xiangjiang’s Form [-] and Form [-] courses are roughly divided into three subjects: arts, science, and business. .

There are two compulsory subjects in high school, Chinese Language and English Language, as well as other subjects such as mathematics, economics, history, geography, physical education, biology, physics, etc. There are more than 20 subjects in total. Students have to choose six of these subjects as their majors .

After graduating from Form [-] high school, you will go to the preparatory course. It is a two-year system, called Form [-] and Form [-].Xiangjiang’s college entrance examination is very unique. It’s not that one exam determines life, but that during the two-year preparatory study, as long as you can pass the unified examination of the Education Department, you can go to university.

That is to say, if you pass the sixth form, you can go to university directly without going to the seventh form.

If you pass two subjects but are not enough in other subjects, you can keep the results of these two subjects. In Form [-], you only need to study the four subjects that you did not pass.

Yi Weidong asked: "Then how can I go to the sixth form?"

Yi Weidong doesn’t have time to go to secondary school. It’s better to take the Hong Kong college entrance examination directly, choose to live on Hong Kong Island, or apply for the Hong Kong University where Ah Zhen attended. At that time, there will be a supporter in the same school. At this time, Xiangjiang only has Two universities, the other is Hong Kong Chinese University on the Kowloon Peninsula.

Ah Hui was surprised and said, "Where are you going? You have to take the Form [-] exam before you can go to Form [-]."

Yi Weidong asked: "Aren't those private high schools paid for?"

Yi Weidong is not short of money now, if he can make money to clear the way, it is okay to transfer directly to school.

Ah Hui studied in a public school, so she didn't know much about this. After thinking about it, she said, "You haven't even been to school, and even if you go in, you can't keep up with the progress of your studies. I advise you to honestly find someone to make up your lessons." , and then go to school to take the exam to see how many grades you can go to with your grades."

Ah Hui continued: "Brother Awei, you don't know that the textbooks are all in English, right? Even if you know it, it's useless if you don't memorize the English words."

It was only then that Yi Weidong remembered that the teaching materials were also in English. Before that, he knew that all government documents were in English and not Chinese. He didn't expect that the exams should be answered in English.

Yi Weidong asked, "Do you still have Miss Zhen's textbooks?"

"It's in Sister Zhen's room."

The two entered Ah Zhen's bedroom together. Yi Weidong was pushed out by Ah Hui before he saw the situation clearly. After a while, Ah Hui opened the door again and said:

"Brother Awei, you can come in."

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "Ah Hui, what did you put on Ah Zhen's stuff?"

(End of this chapter)