Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 146 The first batch of products from the pancreas factory

Jinmen Pancreas Company
Song Zejiu and Yan Xiuxiu were waiting for news from the technology department. In fact, the pancreas manufacturing company started preparations as early as 1903. At that time, the Song family and the Yan family invested a total of 5 taels. As for the share increase last year to 3, that was because In the past, due to the limitation of manufacturing technology, the product sales were not good. Increasing the shares became the only choice for both parties. Increasing investment to expand the factory and attract talents is the same as running a business now.

In fact, this is also due to an opportunity. It coincided with the return of Yan Xiu’s second son, Yan Zhiyi. After some analysis, the two regained their confidence. Yan Zhiyi is a high-achieving student at Tokyo Higher Technical School in Japan, and entering the pancreas manufacturing company is considered a professional counterpart. Yes, if you have talents, you must also have money, right?
Yan and Song were chatting, when the door of Song Zejiu's office was pushed open.

"Father, Uncle Song, this is a success!" Yan Zhiyi was a little excited, but she still suppressed the ecstasy in her heart in front of her elders. Yan's family has a strict family tradition, and the education of her children is also advocating guarding against arrogance and impetuosity, and is approachable .

"It's done?!" Song Zejiu was very excited, got up and walked to the laboratory of the technical department outside the door.

Yan Xiu maintained his father's demeanor, first gave his son a "nice" look, and followed Song Zejiu outward, his brisk and vigorous steps actually proved that he was really excited.

Introverted, deep, and depressed may be the common characteristics of scholars in this period.

People in this era call soap "pancreas" and scented soap "fragrant pancreas".

The main ingredient of soap is saponins. The use of saponins actually has a very long history in our country. It can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. It is recorded in the "Shen Nong’s Materia Medica" in the Han Dynasty. As for the Song Dynasty, where industry and commerce were highly developed, there are also A businessman who specializes in 【Soap Ball】.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Western industrial products were dumped continuously into the Qing Dynasty. Foreign soap and foreign pancreas became the mainstream. There is no shortage of businessmen who want to make domestic products in any era. This nation has changed from being a leader in the world to what it is now. In fact, people from all walks of life who want to develop and become rich are emerging.

Right now, the pancreas produced by the Jinmen Pancreas Company is what the patriotic businessman Song Zejiu is most looking forward to, and it is a serious domestic product.

Yan Zhiyi's technical department has passed nearly a year of experiments, and has successively produced four kinds of laundry soaps with yellow strips, two kinds of facial cleansing soaps, and three kinds of transparent facial cleansing soaps in various colors.

"Okay, okay!" Listening to Yan Zhiyi's explanation, the two middle-aged men kept praising her.

"But now there is still a problem." Yan Zhiyi said.

These soap products have high cost, low profit, and weak market competitiveness. If the price is the same as that of foreign soap on the market, the company's profit will be minimal.

Yan Xiu pondered for a while: "Xunzi said: If you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach thousands of miles; if you don't accumulate small currents, you can't form rivers and seas."

"Now that I know my father, our technology department will continue to study this way. I'm wondering if we can replace all the materials inside with our own instead of foreign goods, so that the cost can be greatly reduced." Yan Zhiyi said.

"Okay, let's try it. Let the workers produce these nine products first. The use of raw workers and cooked workers is different." Song Zejiu said.

"Brother Song, did Zhu Chuanwen also send out a batch of goods? It's been almost a year since he invested 2000 taels of silver. You have to tell him." Yan Xiu said.

"That's it." Song Zejiu agreed.

……

In Bingcheng, Zhu Chuanwen received a package through the postal company of the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty Post was promoted by the Qing government in 1890 (the 16th year of Guangxu). Since the birth of the Qing Dynasty Post, the Qing Dynasty also had its first set of stamps - Dalong stamps.

After Zhu Chuanwen signed for the receipt, he knew what it was when he saw the sender. He opened it and looked inside, and there was a letter from Yan Xiu.At the same time, two sets of 18 yuan of various kinds of pancreas were wrapped in oiled paper and neatly arranged in the package box, and the purpose was written on each oiled paper.

There have been soap sellers in Ice City for a long time. Russian businessmen also brought this thing into Ice City by railway, but this is our own soap. I gave it to the servants, and asked them to pay attention to the comparison with the foreign soap.

Zhu Chuanwen planned to try the facial soap by himself and Zhu Chuanjie, and share it with Xia Yuqing. The three of them shared it. As for the women, let's go to the back row first. Who knows how it is doing?The old men are thick-skinned and well-made.

Just as he was thinking about it, the concierge at the door came to look for Zhu Chuanwen, saying that a foreigner had come to look for him.

Zhu Chuanwen was wondering, but he followed, and returned to Hanyao Company's office on the second floor. In the reception room, there was an old acquaintance sitting there—Brother Ba Duo of Gewana Yanzhuang.

"President Zhu."

"Consultant Zhu."

The two brothers have different names for Zhu Chuanwen, so there is no unity of opinion?

"Hello! I didn't know you came to see me..." Zhu Chuanwen asked, holding a long tone, waiting for the two to explain their purpose.

"Consultant Zhu, we are here to seek your investment." Brother Ilio said directly, and then gave his younger brother a hard look to tell him to shut up.

What Zhu Chuanwen thought was right, the two of them did not agree, and before Zhu Chuanwen came, they argued for a while. His younger brother Abra proposed to borrow a sum of money from Hanyao Company, and the interest was twice that of the bank, but his elder brother Yili Ao Shi advocated directly persuading Zhu Chuanwen to invest.

"Investment?" Zhu Chuanwen was a little confused. He never expressed his willingness to become an investor in Bingcheng.

"Yes, Chairman Zhu, we want to expand our tobacco business. This is our financial account. If you look at the tobacco industry, the profit is not lower than that of your flour mill."

Of course, Zhu Chuanwen knew that tobacco had high profits, and the tobacco group of later generations could be regarded as one of the largest taxpayers, and it still had benefits after being heavily taxed.

"I have never been in touch with this matter. In my opinion, flour is a very profitable business. If you don't eat, you will starve to death. I wonder if you will die if you don't smoke?" Of course, Zhu Chuanwen didn't express his interest. Just agree, isn't there no room for seesaw in this matter?

"Consultant Zhu, I wonder if your company can give us a loan for Gwana Manor? The interest is twice that of the Russian bank." Seeing that Zhu Chuanwen rejected his brother's proposal, Abra, the younger brother, asked his own question .

If it is still in Poland, if a workshop with such a high rate of return like Govanna Tobacco wants to set up a company, the bank is of course eager to do so, but this is in the ice city, and the Russians and the Poles are indeed another bad relationship.

"How do you think I will invest or loan you?" Zhu Chuanwen felt that this pair of brothers was really interesting.

In the previous salary discussion, the two waves of people should be regarded as a confrontational situation that they didn't want to see each other. Why did they want to ask Zhu Chuanwen for this?

He refused!

The two of them were depressed at the moment, the bank loans were frustrated, the Russian Chamber of Commerce was frustrated in attracting investment, and Zhu Chuanwen was also frustrated here. Could it be that the cigarettes that the old bus won can only be produced by small workshops, and there is no way to expand it?The two got up with the account book of Gewana Yanzhuang in their hands, thanked Zhu Chuanwen politely, and planned to leave.

Or accumulating funds in the form of a small workshop is not a bad idea, but Russian cigarette factories have already started producing cigarettes named [Black], although they are only popular among some Russian expatriates. After adjusting the taste, Maybe it can catch up with the brand of [Lao Ba Duo].

Even though most of the expatriates in Bingcheng still like the brand [Lao Ba Duo], it is just that the quantity is a bit behind, which makes these smokers very distressed.It's the same as reading the text, who doesn't want to eat a lot?

But now, it seems that there is only hard work, but the Bingcheng Qingguo Workers' Union is still staring at it. It can't let the workers work overtime like crazy. How much can they improve in a short time?

The two thought of a way in their minds.

"Or, the two of you leave the account book, and I'll take a look, and maybe change my mind." Zhu Chuanwen said to the two who were about to go out.

It's like a person lost in the desert suddenly sees an oasis ahead.

The elder brother took the account book from the younger brother and placed it in front of Zhu Chuanwen.

"Don't worry, no matter what the result is, I will give you both an answer tomorrow." Zhu Chuanwen also knew the importance of the ledger to a company, and said.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, President Zhu, this rate of return is really good. You can take a look." Ilio mentioned the rate of return again. It seems that compared to his younger brother's proposal that he only wanted to borrow money, he still values ​​Zhu Chuanwen. Influence among the Qing workers in the ice city and among the Russians.

This is also a matter of the vision of the two, the younger brother only cares about immediate interests, while Elio's vision is more long-term.

(End of this chapter)