Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 372, Novel Design (5K)

With the rationing of food supply, the supply of various materials on the market has begun to become tight. The procurement of materials for various factory canteens in Sijiucheng has also begun to encounter difficulties. Everything else is easy to say, but pork and eggs are basically not easy to buy. .

It used to be a buyer's market, and everyone was begging you to buy. Now it has become a seller's market. You have to ask your grandparents to buy something. This psychological gap makes the purchasing managers in these factories a little bit intolerable. The gap in purchasing materials is getting bigger and bigger. Come bigger.

Without material procurement, the quality of canteen food will definitely plummet.There are some small factories with relatively poor efficiency. Not to mention eating meat, you may not be able to eat white flour steamed buns several times a month.

Especially at the steel rolling mill next door, the food prices have plummeted.

This steel rolling mill is a heavy industrial unit with more than 5000 people. Five hundred kilograms of pork is only one tael per person!The workers are not eating well and are complaining. They don't care about market tensions or anything like that. Anyway, if you can't get meat, it's because you officials are incompetent. If you occupy the manhole and don't shit, why the hell are you cadres?
As the canteen director of the steel rolling mill, he is scolded the most by the workers. Who calls him the canteen director?He was doing all kinds of good things before, but now that the workers can't eat meat, they still call him a mother-in-law!
Compared with the canteen director of the steel rolling mill, He Yuzhu, the director, lived a happy life. The meat distributed above was still replaced with big bones. Although there was no meat, it was too big!After all, I can eat mixed noodles made with bone broth once this week. Since the weather is relatively hot, I can’t put the prepared bone broth in. This is basically the bone broth used in cooking. It tastes delicious. !

Now that the farm has some production, it is basically self-sufficient in vegetables and other vegetables, especially the beans, which are eaten one crop after another, making the employees of the institute almost question their lives.

Although there is no meat, the egg production is now quite large. As an internal welfare center, we will make 100 and boiled eggs every week and sell them to the employees. After the season when a large number of vegetables mature, some excess vegetables are also sold in the center. , for a time Xu Damao became a star figure in the institute, and there were compliments wherever he went, which made this guy feel a little arrogant now.

The success of the research institute's farm has made almost all the factories in the [-] cities jealous. Since the farm is close to the water, first come first served, deputy director Li of the steel rolling mill next door also applied to his superiors for a place to build his own factory farm.

Compared to the petty atmosphere of the institute, the steel rolling mill is much more grand. It has built [-] acres of land directly next to the institute's Red Star Rolling Mill.

The building specifications inside it were built exactly according to the Red Star Farm. Professors from the Agricultural University were also found through connections, and soon the steel rolling mill farm was also built.

Although the current situation across the country is not good, due to the emergence of Jiang Yan, the manual well drilling machine he invented before has played a huge role. Coupled with the emergence of the oxygen-blowing converter, the national steel output has increased by about 30.00% compared with the same period. , with steel as the foundation, the country's infrastructure has been greatly improved, and many more new railways have been built than in the same period.

It is precisely because of sufficient steel production that the state stepped in to build motorized wells in areas with severe droughts. The emergence of these motorized wells greatly alleviated the current disaster situation. In other words, what Jiang Yan did inadvertently affected the country. Development, in disguise, increases the strength of the country.

After lunch, in the small conference room of the institute, the workshop directors of the seven workshops were already in place. Jiang Yan and his three leaders also came to the conference room. However, the conference room was still shrouded in clouds and fog. Jiang Yan After Yan sat down, he could only do as the Romans do.

But to be honest, you really can’t stand this kind of environment if you don’t smoke.

Director Wang, who came in last, saw that everyone was here, and directly motioned to the secretary to distribute the copied documents to everyone present.

"Everyone, take a good look at the documents in your hands. This is a project for our research institute. Mr. Jiang has already designed the relevant drawings. Let's see if you have any opinions."

"This fan is so strange. Why is it different from the previous fans? This is a five-blade fan." Liu Datou, the workshop director of the first workshop, shouted in surprise when he saw the electric fan in his hand.

His question also represented everyone's doubts. Everyone put down the information in their hands and looked at Jiang Yan, waiting for Jiang Yan's explanation.

Seeing that they had doubts, Jiang Yan explained the advantages and disadvantages of the five-page fan to all the workshop directors. After the explanation, Jiang Yan smiled mysteriously and said to everyone present: "Hearing is believing. , Seeing is believing, I just made a temporary sample of such an electric fan this morning and brought it over for you to have a look at." After Jiang Yan finished speaking, he left his seat and walked out of the office. Outside the office, secretary Xiao Gong was holding an electric fan. Where are the novel electric fans waiting?

"Bang bang bang bang—"

Jiang Yan beat the rhythm in his mouth, and together with his secretary, placed an electric fan that still exuded the fragrance of paint in the conference room.

"Everyone, please see, this is the electric fan I designed. I named it the Xingfu Desktop Electric Fan."

The brand happiness sounds a bit vulgar to Jiang Yan.But in today’s environment, do you dare to come up with those novel names?Besides, people in this era have such tastes, and sometimes they really can't be judged by the standards of future generations. After thinking over and over again, Jiang Yan came up with this name.

After putting down the fan, Jiang Yan signaled to his secretary, who quickly pulled the power cord behind the fan and plugged it into the wall socket.Jiang Yan gently pressed the key switch on the base of the fan, and the blades of the fan started to rotate lightly. The head of the fan slowly rocked back and forth in the horizontal direction, blowing a breeze to every corner of the living room.

It is now the middle of the summer, and the weather is relatively hot. The wind blows on the bodies of those present, and those who feel it feel so comfortable when the breeze blows on their bodies.

At this time, Wang Honghai and Zhao Zhanqiang also stood up from their positions and came closer to inspect the electric fan carefully.

This is a fan full of modern design concepts. It sweeps away the thick style commonly seen in electric fans on the market today, and looks exquisite, slim and unique.

In the market, almost all electric fan bases are a large square box or a half-foot-thick round seat, which looks quite solid. However, the electric fan designed by Jiang Yan has a semicircular base, which is both large and thick. Only about half that of a regular fan.The bracket of the fan is two slender steel pipes, and the wires pass through the middle of the steel pipes.It looks quite neat.

There is a motor installed in the head of the fan. This motor was also a temporary design of Jiang Yan, but it was a little bigger and looked a bit sneaky.However, Jiang Yan also cleverly installed a light-emitting diode night light on each side of the machine head. The outside of the light was covered with a small piece of colored plexiglass.

Jiang Yan also made the brightness of the two night lights constantly change according to the frequency of people's breathing, from bright to dark, and then from dark to bright. Every time you breathe in, you will feel a sense of peace. .

"How do you feel, everyone?" After finishing it, Jiang Yan looked up at everyone and asked.

"It's so beautiful!" Everyone who saw the electric fan designed by Jiang Yan was amazed by it.Everyone heard Jiang Yanwen say it in unison.

At this time, the workshop director of the fifth workshop said loudly: "Mr. Jiang, I want to put such an electric fan in my bedroom. Even if I don't turn it on, I will feel the fragrance while watching him sleep."

"I said, Lao Hao, don't you have one at home? Good guy, you worked day and night to get this fan ticket. Why do you dislike it now?" Director Zheng from the second workshop said.

"Don't tell me, I don't know if I don't compare. It's only through comparison that I know that my electric fan is ugly! It's silly, big, black, and thick, and the color is tacky. It's still heavy when you move it. Look at us Jiang The design is so light and beautiful.”

After hearing what Director Hao said, Director Zheng from the second workshop cursed.But that's not what you said at the time. You didn't even see how proud you were at that time. You wanted to hold the electric fan in your hand all the time to show off. In those days, no matter what you talked about, it would always be related to the electric fan you bought. I hate it now.

After Director Zheng cursed this bastard in his heart, he also pouted him in his heart.

"Old Zhao, do you think this fan is beautiful? Is it selling well?" The director looked at the fan and asked Zhao Zhanqiang next to him.

Hearing the director ask this question, Zhao Zhanqiang rolled his eyes at him in his heart. This question was just nonsense, wasn't it? Such a beautiful fan would make all the old men cry, not to mention those big girls and little wives. Would break my head over it.Although he thought so in his heart, Zhao Zhanqiang still said to Wang Honghai: "This electric fan is really beautiful. You see, we directors all like it. I guess the older girls and younger wives will like it even more. Besides, this is the only one in the country. , the sales volume is absolutely good.”

Zhao Zhanqiang's words seemed to give Director Wang a reassurance, and his smile became even brighter.

Jiang Yan had considered this issue when he originally designed this electric fan. The fans on the market today are a bit lacking in aesthetics. All the fans on the market, especially those produced in China, give people an overall feeling of... A crane looks so honest and strong.

Jiang Yan also referred to the appearance of countless fans from later generations before finally designing a fan of this style. As expected, everyone was shocked when he took it out.

"I like these two lights. They turn on and off. They look so comfortable." Zhao Zhanqiang said.

Jiang Yan said: "This is called a breathing lamp. When you can't sleep at night, just take deep breaths according to its frequency, and you will fall asleep in a short time. Don't look at it, it just lights up and goes out. This is what I think about It took me a long time to realize it.”

Breathing light means that the light gradually changes from bright to dark, making it feel like a person is breathing.Later breathing lamps are widely used in digital products, computers, audio, automobiles and other fields.It can not only serve as a reminder, but also have a good visual decoration effect.

But now Jiang Yan uses it on electric fans, which is a big improvement. This thing is not as mysterious as Jiang Yan said. It is just a decorative function at best. But if you believe what he said, there is a hint in his heart!

"Is it really so amazing?" Wang Honghai asked, "How about I take this back and try it at night? I usually suffer from insomnia."

Everyone cast a hidden look of contempt at the director, but everyone saw through it without saying anything. He was the biggest director in the entire institute. Who wouldn't want to try such a good thing?

"How much does this sell for now?" Zhao Zhanqiang asked. After hearing this, everyone pricked up their ears. This is the most important question for everyone.

Jiang Yandao: "In terms of cost, I estimated that it is only about 60 yuan. The most expensive thing is the motor inside, which accounts for a little more than half. This was produced by ourselves plus labor costs, and it is about this price. I feel that it is placed in the market. It’s not a problem to sell it online for around 240 yuan.”

Hearing Jiang Yan's quotation, everyone took a breath. In the past, they felt that Mr. Jiang was always smiling, but the price was set so harshly that it was four times the cost.

However, if you think about the price of those silly, big, black and thick fans on the market, they are also around 200 yuan. By comparison, Jiang Yanding's price is basically acceptable to everyone here.

"So cheap!" Zhao Zhanqiang said.

Everyone present fainted when they heard Zhao Zhanqiang's words. It was more than 200 yuan, and the price was still cheap.

At this time, Wang Honghai also frowned: "Xiao Jiang, this price should be set a little higher. Look, we have this breathing lamp, which is considered a modern product. I really want to buy it, and I don't care about spending more." Is it a few dozen yuan? I think 260 yuan is about the same."

Jiang Yandao: "This price has been considered for a long time. I consider that our main purpose is to increase foreign exchange. In China, I also target those who have a little money. The price will be set higher at first. After we recover the cost, , but the price is lower. After all, we still serve the people first. The price is too high and ordinary people cannot afford it.

In fact, the price Jiang Yan initially considered was much lower than this number.In the era before he traveled through time, there was not much difference between electric fans and cabbage. Some cabbages with the label "organic vegetables" were even more expensive than electric fans.Jiang Yan set a price of 80 yuan for this electric fan based on the current price of cabbage in the market. However, when he thought about the prices of other electric fans on the market, Jiang Yan gave up his idea.

In this era, all electrical appliances are luxury goods. Even an electric fan with such simple technology has a very considerable price on the market, basically more than 200 yuan.The one designed by Jiang Yan is unique in design and has a sci-fi-looking breathing lamp. It has a high price tag of more than 200 yuan, so there is no problem at all.After carefully calculating the profit, Jiang Yan was so happy that he couldn't sleep well for several days.

"Of course, once the production of this electric fan starts, the institute will release a batch of evaluated electric fans every year for internal procurement." After Jiang Yan finished saying this, he felt that it was inappropriate to say this, so he quickly spoke to make up for it: " I have discussed this issue with the two leaders.”

As soon as Jiang Yan finished speaking, Wang Honghai said, "Yes, Xiao Jiang has discussed it with our leaders. Our opinion is to reward employees who have contributed to the institute at that time, so as to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm."

"Yes, I agree." Zhao Zhanqiang is such a smart man. The director took over as soon as he finished speaking.

The three leaders sang together, which attracted applause from everyone below.

In this era, the people are still very poor. In order to engage in industry, people across the country are enduring. Due to the lack of industrial scissors, the lives of the majority of farmers are still quite difficult.

According to statistics, at the end of 1960, the balance of RMB savings deposits of urban and rural residents nationwide was less than [-] billion yuan, and the average deposit per person was less than [-] yuan.At this level, if a family of five wants to buy such an electric fan, it will take several years.

But on the other hand, the sales of various durable consumer goods on the market are very hot, not to mention the third item. People with a little money will decorate one or more items when they get married.

In this era, the supply of durable consumer goods is far from meeting demand.At that time, whatever was available in the mall could be sold, and even some defective products would be sold out.People really don’t seem to care if the electrical appliances they buy are defective. Back then, all Chinese men were excellent fitters, electricians, carpenters, plumbers, and masons. Who couldn’t repair a bicycle tire? , I feel embarrassed to say hello to people when I walk on the street.

There is not much difficulty in the manufacturing process of a product like a fan.The entire machine is nothing more than the base, bracket, machine head, rotor, windshield and a simple circuit inside.All of this is really a piece of cake compared to the technical level of the entire institute.

Electric fans are a mass-produced product.In this era, most of the products in factories across the country are produced in single pieces. Occasionally, three or five units need to be produced at the same time, which is considered to be the maximum.The quality management requirements for single-piece or small-batch products are completely different from those for mass-produced products.

Simply put, for mass-produced products, even saving the next action in the production process can bring considerable benefits.At the same time, if one of the production links is not strict enough, then in the tens of thousands of productions, there will definitely be mistakes, which will cause problems in product quality.

In the era before Jiang Yan traveled through time, the theory of quality management had developed much more maturely than in the 80s, and concepts such as ISO9000 had become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.Jiang Yan naturally has a lot of exposure to this aspect. What he has to do now is to combine these later generations' concepts with the objective conditions at the time to design an optimal quality control process.

Jiang Yan also needs to worry about hardware matters.There is a 200-ton pressure punch press in the institute.Jiang Yan took people to carefully inspect and maintain this machine tool. Now this machine tool is as easy to use as a new bed. The fan blades have to be stamped out with this punch.

In addition to general equipment, the production of electric fans also requires some special tools.Jiang Yan took the entire production process into consideration.

Then I did it myself and drew some drawings. When production actually starts, these tools will be produced.

In this day and age, there is no problem with your design and production. The only problem is that it requires approval from the leaders above. You must know that this is still the era of planned production.Things cannot be produced blindly. Even if you produce them, sales will only know the problems.However, I believe these two leaders will solve these problems.

The trump card of this electric fan is that it is specially built for export. If used properly, it will have unexpected effects. The country's current channels for earning foreign exchange are really limited.

(End of this chapter)