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Chapter 427 Recommendations

"One more thing, let the author give a more Western pen name!" One of them suggested.

"This suggestion is very good. If the pen name is too oriental, some people will feel inexplicable resistance!"

"This is normal. This is how literary people look down on each other, and then look for each other's weaknesses to attack. If this animated movie sells well, there will definitely be some Western literary people who come out to look for trouble!"

"Not just Western literati, but also Western film companies, and even other related industries."

"It's Hollywood. The Christmas movie market every year is basically Hollywood's home. If we can occupy a part of the market, I believe Hollywood will slander us from all aspects!"

"This suggestion can be formally submitted to Sihai Company. As long as it can make money, I believe they will be willing to change it."

"The other thing is shipbuilding. Dalyan Shipyard's first ocean-going cargo ship will be launched soon. After the test is completed, if everything is qualified, I think we will help Dalyan Shipyard produce more and bigger ships as soon as possible. This reduces our input costs.”

"The pure shipbuilding cost is already 30% lower. If we take into account the raw materials, technology, etc. we provide, the entire cost can be reduced to %."

What this dealer means is simple. Other shipyards may not necessarily purchase the shipbuilding raw materials and technical upgrade equipment provided by them.

But Dalian Shipyard has to use raw materials, various equipment and even technologies provided by dealers.

In this way, the cost will be reduced. After all, raw materials, equipment and technology all have profits.

There are also upstream resource industries invested by dealers.

"I suggest vigorously supporting their shipbuilding industry, which can make our upstream and downstream industrial chains healthier, with lower costs and higher risk resistance."

"Our company can't do it anyway. Rather than leaving it to others, we should do it."

"Yes, the upstream of shipbuilding involves a large amount of bulk materials such as steel, which is very helpful for the development of our mines. Other shipyards may not necessarily purchase our materials."

The cost of a ship can be reduced by 20%, which is a fatal attraction for any shipping company, because this 20% requires the shipping company to operate for a long time to earn.

"The other is automobile production equipment. In this area, we will try our best to purchase second-hand equipment from around the world to expand the production scale in the mainland!"

"We also need to increase the inventory of Red Fox cars. In one month, the number of reservations worldwide has reached 500,000. This is our highest number of reservations, 500,000."

"That is to say, if the orders we have on hand now, including the number of reservations, reach 700,000, their production in a year will not be that much!"

"There will be two new cars next year, no, three! I really don't know how their designers' brains are so long that they have so many designs!"

"This may be the collision of Eastern and Western cultures. They are now in a state of explosive growth in the country."

"Bullshit, a genius is a genius. If others don't know, we still don't know who designed this!"

"The so-called artists over there have embarked on another path, that is, their works can only be understood by themselves and not by outsiders."

"I guess they drank too much and couldn't understand it even if they were sober. Of course, they might also be high. Just because they can't understand it themselves and we can't understand it, naturally there's no way to find him. Weaknesses, criticize them!”

"The upgraded version of the dog car can be designed to be slightly more luxurious, so that we can produce it here on Hong Kong Island, and we can also establish some production plants in other countries around the world."

"Gentlemen, I want to remind you not to get involved in any specific manufacturing factory. Just look at the factory owners in Europe now. Those idiot politicians only know how to please the people and don't care about the absurdity of the resolutions they vote on with a show of hands. .”

"Haha, now I think these politicians are so cute. From now on, if we want to destroy a certain industry, we can just propose a wage increase." Some dealers laughed when they heard this.

"They kidnapped people to target our nobles!"

"Now we also speak for the people. What's wrong with a free society saying something?"

"We don't want to get involved in specific manufacturing. We are just a channel dealer and a middleman that makes money. In this way, whether the upstream and downstream lose money or not has nothing to do with us. At most, we will make less money." The dealers reached this point. Unanimous consensus.

The dealers hold meetings here on Hong Kong Island, formulate their own meeting minutes, and then send them to the London headquarters.

The headquarters quickly made some instructions based on the minutes of the meeting on Hong Kong Island.

First of all, it agreed to promote the Autobot animated film, and invested 5 million pounds in publicity funds, and the entire project began to operate.

As for toys, we have temporarily purchased two million pounds.

Two million pounds of toys, this is a bit beyond the imagination of the mainland. Although the dealer was planning to buy goods for ten million pounds, the mainland did not pay much attention to it. After all, it was just an animated movie, and ten million was what the dealer said. Maybe it took one or two years to sell so much, which was considered a verbal agreement, but the current two million pounds is a real order.

"Do you think this two million pound toy is a bit much?" Sun Aiguo asked Liu Hai with some suspicion.

Liu Hai didn't know what to say, this was not Transformers, but when he thought about the current concepts of people in the Mainland, he felt relieved. After all, the Mainland had also made cartoons, but they didn't want to sell any peripherals.

After all, this idea is too advanced, and in the eyes of current domestic people, it is just a piece of plastic, what can be fun about it.

"If the dealer is willing to pay, we can just produce it." Liu Hai asked suspiciously when he heard Sun Aiguo's words.

"The main reason is that we have no preparations at home. We have prepared half a million pounds of goods before, but now we suddenly need so much, and all plans have to be changed. My superiors want to ask your opinion. After all, it is not easy to change a plan. Otherwise Do you have more plans?"

"The main reason is that domestic plastic materials are in short supply and the amount is large. Moreover, if too many materials are allocated, they will not be used up in the end, which will also cause a lot of waste."

"It is also related to the import and export plan. After all, this is not a small amount." Sun Aiguo explained.

Liu Hai also knows that he often overlooks this issue, that is, now is a planned economy, everything must be planned, and now there are more plans, and upstream factories must also expand production capacity and so on.

Expanding production capacity requires machines, equipment, and workers. If there is more production capacity and the machine workers are idle, we cannot just fire the workers when they are no longer alive like when we traveled through time.

"I think we should prepare more production capacity for this. After all, Europe and the United States are so developed." Liu Hai could only suggest tactfully.

"Okay." Sun Aiguo knew Liu Hai's attitude. In fact, there was a big debate among his superiors on this matter. The main reason is that plastics are in short supply now and are needed in all industries. Some people have more, and some people have less.

The main reason is that the superiors have never experienced this matter. The key is that the animated movie has not been broadcast yet, so I don’t know the specific situation, let alone the toys in the movie?

He was unsure about paying attention, but his superiors were not sure about other people's opinions, so they sent Sun Aiguo to ask Liu Hai. There is no doubt that Comrade Liu Hai understands the aesthetic points of Europeans and Americans.

And there is a deeper level. You can listen to the advice of other experts on other matters, but for such big matters, ordinary experts dare not suggest it, and superiors dare not adopt it. But Comrade Liu Hai is different. This is authority.

"There are also big dog cars on Hong Kong Island that require a slightly more luxurious design. By then, the mainland will mainly produce power equipment, and the rest will be assembled on Hong Kong Island, even in some Western countries. Our production capacity is not enough." Sun Aiguo added. He spoke.

Liu Hai heard this and nodded: "I remember."

"After all, their dealers are still too impatient. They directly lower the price to the lowest, and then destroy the automobile industry. They themselves have no choice now if they want to find OEMs. The cost is too high, and the key is the dealers. They don't interfere in production, they only want to buy and sell." Sun Aiguo continued.

When Liu Hai heard this, he said: "This is a good thing. If the price increases little by little, this effect cannot be achieved. Even if the dealer sells the car at the cost price, after-sales, upstream mines, raw materials, and freight will still make money." A lot of money.”

"Speaking of shipping costs, the 10,000-ton cargo ship from Dalyan Shipyard is about to be launched." Sun Aiguo said again.

"So fast." Liu Hai asked in surprise.

"It's not fast. It is said that the Yuejin took 58 days from design to manufacturing. What's more, in the eyes of the Daiying designer team, this kind of ship is just an ordinary cargo ship. Moreover, the engine is manufactured by us. If it passes their acceptance this time, the port will The next step for the island dealers is to let Dalian Shipbuilding continue to produce larger cargo ships, bulk carriers, and even oil tankers, and our purchase costs here are 20% lower than their purchase costs elsewhere." Sun Aiguo explained.

Liu Hai nodded and did some calculations. After all, the raw materials and designs are provided by dealers. It is impossible to purchase all your raw materials in other shipyards, but you can purchase them all in China.

"I suggest that we prepare materials according to the goods worth ten million pounds." Liu Hai finally made a bold suggestion.

"Okay." In fact, Sun Aiguo doesn't feel that the ten million pounds is a big deal. Comrade Liu Hai's designs for so many years have cost more than this.

"You also want to change your pen name. The dealer said that if you use your original name, people may boycott it from the bottom of their hearts." Sun Aiguo looked at Liu Hai when he said this.

Liu Hai was not surprised when he heard this. Discrimination exists all the time, and city people still discriminate against country people. What's more, the East is now a backward and closed country in the eyes of most people in Europe and the United States, and some of them don't even know it.

"Let my superiors help me change this." Liu Hai doesn't know how to choose his own name, so something might go wrong.

"Okay." Sun Aiguo was relieved when he heard that Liu Hai had no objection.

"Xiao Liu, actually I think this name change is a bit aggrieved." Sun Aiguo felt a little sorry for Liu Hai when he thought of changing his name.

Liu Hai shook his head and said: "Director, what's the point? You can contribute to the country. What's wrong with changing your name? In the past, many of our comrades used pseudonyms for the country."

"Oh, I've wronged you." "Thank you, director." Liu Hai replied with a smile. In fact, he didn't feel aggrieved at all. I wish he could, but don't underestimate the intelligence personnel of Lao Mei and Big Brother at this time.

"Director, do you have more information about the American moon landing? Recently I have been imagining a science fiction animated film and need some materials." Liu Hai took the opportunity to make a small request of his own.

"No problem at all."

Liu Hai's science fiction animated film must have the moon written on it, and write about alien spaceships, alien ruins, etc., interspersed with some things that he already knows later, to express paradoxically, as for someone who takes it seriously and desperately tries to detect it. , this has nothing to do with you.

Anyway, I don’t plan to go abroad, and there are also those aircraft behind me, sci-fi warships, littoral combat ships, and F111. It just so happens that the torpedo boat I designed this time has an angular design, vertical take-off and landing, etc. Of course, these warships There are electromagnetic guns, laser weapons, etc.

The two superpowers must have seen it and thought it was reasonable, so they invested money and started the Star Wars plan in advance, hehe!

Sun Aiguo reported it here, not to mention that if the later materials, labor, and equipment cannot be used, the same goes for changing molds to produce other plastic products.

After Liu Hai's suggestion was sent, the superiors began to prepare materials according to the 10 million goods, mainly molds. Toy factories do not require high education, mainly workers operating equipment, which is relatively simple.

Then there is the repairing of the toys. Some corners of the toys coming out of the mold need to be repaired. This does not require an educated person.

Domestic mold production capacity is now very large. After all, so much equipment is exported a year. In the early stage, a lot of it was made of metal. Later, after the plastic production capacity increased, most of it was made of plastic.

Liu Hai has also been busy recently. The reason why he is so busy is that there are still many things behind Liu Hai. It can be said that none of the gadgets on the aircraft carrier have been taken out yet. There are a lot of good things, from individual equipment to aircraft carrier equipment. The equipment is all classic, except of course the rag of Osprey, who doesn't like the bangs.

Anyway, there are a lot of military weapons copied in the world. The design idea of ​​the F35B is still copied from Lao Maozi. It’s just that there is an aircraft engine in the middle of Lao Maozi’s aircraft. Lao Maozi uses a large fan. As for the rotating nozzle at the tail, it is actually Lao Maozi’s. technology.

"Jack!" In London, a mother wearing a coat and hat pushed open the door of a home appliance store, first smiled and nodded to the clerk, and then looked at a group of children sitting in one place and shouted loudly.

"Jack's at the auto shop at the corner of the street." A child answered.

"John, your mother asked you to go back and do your homework." The mother heard the voice, said a word loudly and left.

John looked at the time. At this time, the store manager also said: "Guys, go home and come back tomorrow."

"Uncle Brown, is this cartoon played on Christmas?" a little boy asked.

"Yes, Christmas." Brown, the manager of this store, nodded.

"Are you sure the movie ticket is one pound?" a little boy asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure," Brown said, nodding.

"It's a bit expensive."

"I'm going to clear the snow during the winter vacation. I must make up one pound."

"Autobots, transform, let's go!" one of the boys waved his arms, then yelled and rushed out of the store.

"Transform, Bumblebee, let's go." A child also shouted loudly.

"I am Bumblebee, you are Dog Cart." The other one quit and shouted quickly.

"You're the doggy and I'm the bumblebee."

"I am the Tyrannosaurus Rex supercar, transformed." A group of children walked towards home while making a noise.

Brown shrugged, looked at the movie equipment, and prepared to clean the store for tomorrow.

The dealers set up a film company, and all the funds invested in publicity and distribution were given to dealer stores around the world. The method was also very simple, which was to play the sample film for ten minutes in the store, and when the children came. Play, and then play for a fixed period of time every afternoon, and at the same time announce that the animated film will be released on Christmas Day.

Brown also recorded the number of children who watched the sample today. From two or three at the beginning, to more than 30 now, there are not enough places to watch the movie.

The dealers looked at the better and better data and couldn't close their mouths with laughter. The dealers had found a professional publicity and distribution company, but the competition during the Christmas period was too fierce, and the quotations were higher than the last. Some still wanted to The distributors came up with this plan after asking for a share of the box office.

As for filing, this must be done. The main thing in the later stage is to go to theaters. There is no way to do this. However, the distributors decided to start trial broadcasting before Christmas in Europe. As long as those theaters see the results, they will naturally take the initiative to find them. my own.

There are other characters in the Autobots in Transformers. The motorcycle is a super sports car, and the car is an excellent car under the name of Rover Motors. Everything else is original, and the bangs have not been changed much.

At the beginning of November, the first season of Autobots was completed. Liu Hai signed it after watching it. As for the later period, he had no way to intervene. He didn't even know what his pen name would be changed to.

Liu Hai is busy making a log transport truck, and the logs have been manufactured. However, Liu Hai did not make the logs according to the original parameters, otherwise the secret would be exposed.

There are changes in length and diameter. Anyway, it is mainly to test the stability and the changes of solid gunpowder during transportation.

It uses a tank engine with more than 700 horsepower. Behind the whole is a bracket similar to a Scud, which is composed of a launching device, a hydraulic system, an electronic control system, a walking system, a temperature control system, etc.

Now it's nearly completed, and it looks like a huge thing with a bunch of wheels.

The deputy director in charge of military industry came to see the progress almost every day. He didn’t say anything about the mistakes in the logs that Liu Hai had figured out. After all, it was certain that Comrade Liu Hai didn’t know the real parameters. If what Comrade Liu Hai made was not bad, everyone would I guess I don't know what to do.

The torpedo boat on the other side is approaching the final launch time. With the cooperation of relevant technical personnel, the torpedo launching device was placed on the torpedo boat, which can carry at least 12 torpedoes.

The strange shape made the technicians who came to help feel a bit sci-fi.

However, the later it gets to the later stage, the more leisurely Liu Hai becomes, because the part he is responsible for has basically been completed, and the rest is for others to make, and finally he can debug it himself.

As for the test, it is not my turn to do it. There are people who do this test. As for whether the tester will change the log, I don’t know about the bangs. It is best to change it to a more realistic one.

Transformers toys are manufactured in batches. These are not very big ones, they are relatively small. We will make bigger ones later depending on the situation.

Liu Hai even decided that if the movie was a big hit, he would make the kind of clothes he would see people wearing in many amusement parks in the future. It would not be technically difficult.

Liu Hai found another good thing on the aircraft carrier: "Exoskeleton."

In fact, when Liu Hai traveled through time, some exoskeletons were already used for workers to move goods. Of course, there are many types of exoskeletons. The military ones are more sophisticated and expensive. After all, they are all made of materials such as titanium alloys. .

It is also divided into batteries, hydraulics, etc., but it is hard to say how effective it is in combat, but it is still very good in terms of load-bearing.

With nothing going on in the last two projects, Liu Hai began to think about the Elizabeth yacht, which is a 62-meter-long super luxury yacht. Then he designed a big dog car, an upgraded version of the dog car.

The big dog car will be launched on the market next summer. After Liu Hai and other maintenance departments have finished their work, they will start building the big dog car after a few days of rest. With a displacement of 2.0, Liu Hai plans to use an aluminum engine. The die-casting machine is really not suitable. You can buy belts. British equipment and even technology.

To put it bluntly, these dealers cannot obtain technology through formal channels, but can obtain it through other channels. As long as the money is in place, the president will have to overthrow the sky to get it, let alone others.

The top management also attaches great importance to the log transport truck. Although no one said anything in front of Liu Hai, the deputy director in charge of military industry has been reporting, almost every day recently.

After all, it is used to carry large weapons. Those who know this log transporter certainly know its importance. This thing increases your mobility by 3,000 lives.

And judging from the information collected internationally, no country has this kind of thing. Instead, Big Brother has some kind of log train, that one is a train.

So this device made by Liu Hai is particularly noticeable.

In mid-November, when Liu Hai completed the debugging, got in the car, started the engine, and drove the car out of the factory, the deputy director in charge of the military industry breathed a sigh of relief.

"How's it going?" Liu Hai drove the car for a while, and after checking it, Sun Aiguo asked.

"The power problem is not big. The next step is to start other tests. Will this be tested in our factory or elsewhere?" Liu Hai asked.

"This test needs to be kept confidential and will leave at night. Do you want to go with us?" Sun Aiguo also knew that it was inconvenient to test here because there were so many people and so many eyes.

"I won't go. Anyway, there is a test manual. Just drive. It's a critical moment for the torpedo boat." Liu Hai had expected it and said.

　It will still be noon tomorrow

　　

　

(End of this chapter)