The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

It is a normal reaction for Zhou Zhennan to ask this question.

Imported things cannot be obtained casually.

Li Ming did not answer directly, but smiled calmly and said: "Yes. Imported from abroad."

"You also know the situation outside now. It's a mess and no one is taking care of it."

"All kinds of top-secret, confidential documents are everywhere, everywhere."

"I am responsible for the unplanned purchases of tens of thousands of people in the factory. Such a small amount of palm oil is a piece of cake."

What they said was all true. Not many people listened to the notices issued one after another, asking everyone not to touch those confidential documents.

Zhou Zhennan automatically guessed that he should have obtained it from a company qualified to import.

The young man in front of me is someone who can think of setting up a greenhouse test base in the countryside. He is not a peaceful person.

Fortunately, it is in line with the spirit of self-reliance and hard work.

In particular, if you do not violate the rules and go to the countryside to receive education from poor and lower-middle peasants, this is what is advocated now.

The most important thing is not to be selfish or hide anything.

The best greenhouse technology has been made public to everyone, and high-yielding seeds have been given to communes and production teams across the country.

There is nothing to criticize and should be commended.

It's not the kind that only thinks about yourself, it's about thinking about everyone.

There are many smart people, and this is what makes Zhou Zhennan most satisfied with his future son-in-law.

Being restless is not an unacceptable problem.

Zhou Zhennan was not a peaceful person when he was young. If he had been peaceful, he would not be where he is now.

Without asking more about the source, Zhou Zhennan said regretfully: "Our country's foreign exchange is limited. If the oil used needs to be imported, it will be difficult to produce more."

Li Ming analyzed in detail: "Because it is just fried to remove the water, the actual fuel consumption is not much."

"A kilogram of oil costs 1.6 yuan, which can produce 70 to 80 noodles."

"Importing 1.6 yuan of palm oil can produce more than 70 noodles."

"Even if we eat seven pancakes a day, it is enough to feed 7 people for a day."

Zhou Zhennan's observation ability is not limited, "I just saw the flour you used, it is all refined flour."

Li Ming admitted: "Yes. The cost of producing a noodle cake in Beijing is about 7-8 cents. The seasoning is about 2-3 cents."

Zhou Zhennan commented: "Without seasoning, six pancakes a day cost 6 cents. This leaves us no money to buy food and we can't afford to eat on a regular basis." The food standard for the army is 5-4 cents per person per day.

"It would be good to supply troops in alpine areas and border areas."

Li Ming continued: "The purpose of the research at the beginning was to prepare supplies to these difficult areas to improve life."

Zhang Haiyang couldn't help but interjected: "Didn't you say that you can export the noodles? Then use the money you earn to purchase flour and seasonings and bring them back?"

Seeing Zhou Zhennan also cast a curious and inquiring look, Li Ming explained: "I didn't think carefully enough at the time."

"In addition to production costs, product selling prices also include freight and delivery time."

"Wheat cakes take up more space, and the transportation cost will be higher. With the freight, the final price will remain high."

"The current transportation cannot be said to be paralyzed, but it is obviously very blocked and very time-consuming. If the delivery is delayed, you will have to lose money."

The same is true for railways, highways, ports, etc. In many places, no one is working, or it is necessary to determine who has the final say within the unit before starting work.

Zhou Zhennan asked: "What if the factory is built near the port?"

Li Ming was not afraid at all that it would affect Hong Kong City's business and said seriously:
  "People from the foreign trade department need to first investigate the prices of similar products in other countries. Only with price advantages can they beat their domestic products."

“Only in this way can we know where is more suitable to build the factory.”

It was so clear that even Zhou Zhennan, who didn’t know much about economics, could understand that things were not that simple.

"What's the name of your ham sausage?"

The ham sausage has not been revealed yet, but the sign is hanging at the entrance and the entrance to the west side hall.

Zhou Zhennan noticed it when he came in. As an excellent general, it is almost instinctive to observe the terrain in a new place, let alone the territory of a precious daughter.

Li Ming replied: "Lack of meat, we want to develop a ham sausage mixed with some flour."

"It's still being tested, and no satisfactory finished product has been produced yet."

"Zhang Haiyang, go over to the other side and bring over those semi-finished products for testing."

"Yes!" Zhang Haiyang ran out quickly.

Zhou Xiaobai, who had been smiling all the time, interrupted: "Dad, you can also try the ham sausage later and guess how much meat is in it."

Zhou Zhennan laughed and said, "Okay, I'll try it later."

After a few steps, Zhang Haiyang came back carrying two large buckets of ham sausage.

Zhou Zhennan smiled and asked, "It looks like it's all finished, so why is it still a semi-finished product?"

Li Ming replied: "It's just like ordinary minced meat. It has no elastic texture and tastes like eating dough."

"They are all already cooked and can be eaten directly."

Zhou Zhennan took the chopsticks handed over by Zhou Xiaobai, picked up a piece of ham sausage, bit it down easily, and chewed it slowly.

"It doesn't taste like meat. It tastes similar to lunch meat."

Li Ming agreed: "Yes. So it can only be regarded as a semi-finished product. Maybe the craftsmanship is not good, or maybe too much flour is added."

Zhou Zhennan thought about the name and dared to call it ham sausage. Meat must account for the majority. He estimated a number and said, "[-]% of it is meat?"

Zhou Xiaobai smiled and said: "No. 5% is water, 1% flour, 4% meat."

Zhou Zhennan said in shock: "So much water was added?"

Li Ming said tactfully: "That's it for the time being. We are still researching and improving it. The final formula has not been tested yet."

Zhou Zhennan thought about it and said: "It is better to add more meat. We can't let the masses spend money to buy meat and end up buying half of the water."

Zhou Xiaobai helped explain: "It's to reduce costs. I want to try to sell them for a dime in the store."

Zhou Zhennan was speechless when he heard that it was going to be sold at such a low price.

You get what you pay for, wherever you go.

"I see. Then you try slowly." Zhou Zhennan encouraged.

Li Ming gave his father-in-law face, "The current recipe is indeed not good and needs improvement. We are planning to try to add more meat to it."

Nice guy.

After seeing it almost, Zhou Zhennan left first with his secretary. He was able to take time out from his busy schedule to come here purely because his precious daughter was here.

Chiefs come and go without affecting the work of the people at the Innovation Institute.

While electricity is available, trials of the instant noodle production line will continue.

The equipment was driven by a domestically produced motor and it still operates normally.

You're done.

Things like the need to redesign the casing of the device are minutiae and will be discussed later.

It was not appropriate to hold a celebration, so Li Ming asked everyone to divide the newly produced instant noodles equally.

The half-finished ham was also divided. Even the scar-faced Qiao Yongkuan who looked at the gate received one.

The truest celebration.

Everyone is happy.

Compared with Beijing, they are worried about power cuts.

The port city also has some pitfalls at this time, as fresh water will be restricted.

Although the water supply from the Dongjiang River has been opened, the renovation of the water pipes in the port city has not been completed. In the event of drought, the water supply will still be cut off when it is necessary.

Electronics factories, toy factories, and garment factories can still operate without water.

The unscrupulous bosses in the construction industry use seawater, and the quality of the "saltwater houses" is a hidden concern. It will only take time to discover the corrosive effect of seawater salt on the steel bars.

Li Ming's instant noodle factory and ham sausage factory both need water at all times, let alone sea water.

Once the factory shuts down, the money lost is a trivial matter, but the disruption of the production line and supply is even more troublesome.

Lou Xiao'e frowned and said, "It's too late to build a water tower. I want to buy a water storage tank first."

“But it’s hard to buy water storage tanks now.”

"People here in Hong Kong City give priority to their fellow villagers when doing business."

What Lou Xiaoe complained about was giving priority to taking care of his own people.

Li Ming had known that this would happen, and most people were like this. At best, it was unity, and at worst, it was cliques.

"Be prepared to have a few managers continue to figure out how to purchase water storage tanks."

"In addition, we arranged for people to find raw materials for making water storage tanks. I took the materials to the capital for processing. The workers in the capital are very idle now."

"That's fine." After solving a small problem, Lou Xiao'e then said with joy:
  "The gap between the three instant noodles is getting wider and wider. The first place is braised beef, with 35 bags and 175 million bags sold."

"In addition, there are 32 bags of pork bone soup and 33 bags of mushroom and chicken stew."

"A total of 500 million packages of the three models have been sold, and the payment received has reached 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and part of the money from the consignment has not been returned."

"The sales of noodle cakes have been slightly affected, which has increased the inventory in the transit warehouse. It can be used as stock for lost production capacity during shutdowns and maintenance."

She personally participated and watched the company flourish and grow, which naturally gave her a sense of accomplishment.

As expected, Li Ming said lazily: "It's not bad, there is no need to switch to the noodle production line."

"Now that we have money in hand, we can find construction companies to start construction on the factories in Tsuen Wan."

Lou Xiao'e asked: "Do you want to find a design company to design?"

Li Ming said casually: "There are only six floors in total. Just use the existing boxy design."

"There's a lot of money in this damn place, so there's no way to build a factory."

"When we build the company headquarters building in Central in the future, we can do some art."

Lou Xiao'e said longingly: "Based on the current profits, it will take two or three years to get enough money to buy land and build a building in Central."

"Let's talk later."

Bang bang bang bang bang.

"Please come in."

Li Ming, who was polite, took the initiative to greet me: "Hello, big brother."

The eldest uncle responded: "Xiao Ming, you are here too."

Lou Xiao'e asked strangely: "Didn't you say you were going to Tsim Sha Tsui to have tea with the bosses of the plastic factory? Are you back so early?"

The eldest uncle said depressedly: "Gather a hammer." He learned the mantra from Li Ming.

Lou Xiao'e smiled and asked: "What's wrong? Who made you angry?"

The eldest uncle sat on the sofa chair and said, "Our relationship is that of the high-ranking group. Originally, we were not so harmonious when speaking in plain language with them."

"Today, two bastards pushed against me, saying that I should go to the Hong Kong City Plastics Chamber of Commerce to attend a dinner party with the Bird Bureau."

"Joining a sorority party in their plastic manufacturing factory is a way of lowering one's status. It's so weird and weird, it makes me upset."

The manufacturers of the Plastics Chamber of Commerce are relatively large. The manufacturers of the Plastics Federation are all "fine factories" and are relatively small in scale.

The big bosses do not play with the small bosses, forming two different circles.

The ‘Chaozhou Plastics Chamber of Commerce’ has large and small manufacturers, but my uncle is not from Chaozhou, not from one of our own.

"The people at the gathering are all businessmen and bosses, and they are here to discuss cooperation. They pay attention to making money by being friendly and keeping a good face. Why are they making things difficult for you for no reason?" Lou Xiao'e asked accusingly.

My uncle chuckled and said, "I drove a new sports car over there, and they were jealous of me."

Lou Xiao'e rolled her eyes at her elder brother and said angrily:
  "Then you deserve it!"

The eldest uncle retorted: "You don't want to lend me your car to drive. I have to take a taxi every time, which is quite troublesome!"

Lou Xiao'e said unhappily: "You can just buy an ordinary car for transportation. If you have money, you can spend it on a sports car, but you haven't paid back the 4000 yuan you owe me."

The elder brother-in-law said awkwardly: "I am doing this to make your sister-in-law happy. Everything is going well for the family."

Lou Xiao'e looked unbelieving, "It's up to you."

Li Ming was originally watching the lively quarrel between brother and sister Lou Xiaoe, so he thought about it and discussed with Lou Xiaoe:
  "Every person above the deputy manager level will be given a car. This includes consultant Huang Fuyi."

"Choose something stronger. And something with lower fuel consumption."

Lou Xiao'e agreed: "I originally wanted to discuss this with you. Reimbursing them for taxi fares is even more uneconomical in the long run."

"Yes. The car is registered in the name of the real estate company, and each factory pays rent to the real estate company at the market price every month."

Lou Xiao'e complained: "There are a lot of messy accounts. I need to recruit more accountants."

"Find a few more. We don't lack money to support people, and we can use it when we open a new company in the future."

My uncle interjected and asked, "Are you going to open a new company again?"

Li Ming smiled and said: "There is no time to open a new company in three to five months. At least we have to wait until the instant noodles and ham sausage business is on track."

The eldest uncle advised, "We need to sort out the relationship first."

"Mars Trading Company, instant noodle factory, ham sausage factory, flour mill, security company, real estate company, your stalls have been spread out quite a lot."

"Dad said you guys are developing too fast, so let me find an opportunity to remind you."

Lou Xiao'e smiled nonchalantly and said: "As long as the development is fast enough, the problems can be slowly eliminated."

"I'm worried about something going wrong in your toy factory."

The uncle said casually: "It's not a big problem. I can get orders, but it's just that those foreign companies have taken advantage of me. The profit is not high in the first place, let alone making any profit."

Foreign companies are actually exporters and trading companies, playing the role of intermediary between Ou magnesium customers and local manufacturers in the port city.

For both importers and exporters, international trade at this time is actually a very risky matter.

Foreign companies rely on their own strength and reputation to act as a bridge between importers and manufacturers, and indeed play a role in promoting international trade.

There are foreign companies in the port city that specialize in dealing with the Ou magnesium market, the Indo people's "Polo Bank" in the Middle East and Philippines markets, and the Chinese "Zhuangkou" in the Nanyang market.

The names are different just because the bosses are different, but the actual business is similar.

Li Ming has always advocated finding the final customer by himself. In fact, he does not understand the current trade status and takes it for granted.

Lou Xiao'e was also deeply influenced by him, "Last time you went to Japan on a business trip, didn't you stop by to visit customers? Didn't any customers come back to visit you later?" (End of Chapter)