The day after the casing was delivered, the things Song Yuanchao asked Zhang Jianguo to help make were ready. Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi rode a tricycle to pull the things back directly, moved them into the air-raid shelter, and installed them.

At this time, the air-raid shelter was already very different from its original appearance. They had cleaned the inside. In addition, Gu Jie also specially bought a few large high-wattage light bulbs and replaced all the originally dim low-wattage light bulbs.

After installing new light bulbs, the environment looks much brighter.

In the past two days, the five people from Song Yuanchao have brought a lot of 6mm thick iron wire from some places. Most of these things were bought as scrap from other factories through their connections. Although the price of the things is quite high, they are very cheap. One meter counts.

It's only two and a half centimeters down.

When everything was ready, everyone gathered around Song Yuanchao to see how he played with it.

Song Yuanchao sat in front of the table. He first strung the long wire into the casing, then compared the casing with the wire inside at the place where the dimensions were engraved on the table, and cut off a one-meter length with a vise.

Then, Song Yuanchao placed the iron wire connected with the casing in the slot on the table. One end of the slot was fixed, and the other end held the wire with one hand and moved it upward quickly. Then he closed the slot and pressed it hard, and the entire wire

It becomes a shape that fits on the card slot. After taking it off, fix one end on the vise at the back, then use a fist-sized steel sleeve to twist the other end of the wire hard, and then take it off after it is done.

A fully formed wire clothes hanger is completed.

"Let's see, how is it?"

It was very easy for Song Yuanchao to make this thing. It only took less than a minute to complete it, and the shape of the completed clothes hanger was very standardized, symmetrical from left to right and moderate in size. Looking at the clothes hanger formed in Song Yuanchao's hand, Li Daqi and the four of them looked at each other.

Straight up, dumbfounded.

No one expected that Song Yuanchao could make clothes hangers so easily. When they figured out that Song Yuanchao was going to use these sleeves and wires to make clothes hangers for sale, everyone was worried that the clothes hangers would not be made well and would not be sold.

After all, the shape of the clothes hanger is a ruler, and the two sides need to be symmetrical. It is impossible to use a vise to get it out without some professional fitter skills, and it is very time-consuming.

According to Li Daqi's idea, it takes at least ten minutes to make such a clothes hanger. If five people work together for an hour, they can make more than 20. Even if the speed is faster, it will be as high as 30 at best. What's more important is that

They couldn't guarantee whether the finished clothes hanger would look good or not, but who would have thought that Song Yuanchao would use this weird-looking equipment to just fiddle with it and make a standard clothes hanger in the blink of an eye.

This is because Song Yuanchao deliberately slowed down his movements in order for them to see the steps clearly, otherwise the speed would have been faster.

Looking at their dumbfounded looks, Song Yuanchao felt a little proud. This special table was made by Song Yuanchao to make clothes hangers. In fact, in later generations, this thing was not uncommon. Someone had invented it long ago, but in this era, it is

An absolute first.

At that time, Song Yuanchao had seen people using this kind of thing, and he started to learn it out of curiosity, so he understood the principle and production method of this device.

Song Yuanchao's hand speed is not very fast. You must know that skilled workers who often use this equipment to make clothes hangers can complete one in five or six seconds at the fastest, which is about ten per minute.

The most important thing is that using this equipment to make clothes hangers does not require any skills. The clothes hangers produced are consistent in size and beautiful in appearance, which is many times stronger than ordinary people slowly using vise to make them.

"Let's all have a try, Daqi, you come first." Song Yuanchao stood up and greeted everyone with a smile when they saw that they had not yet recovered.

Li Daqi walked to where Song Yuanchao was sitting and sat down, and then started playing with it under Song Yuanchao's guidance. Although he was not familiar with it for the first time, the principle of this device was very simple, and Li Daqi quickly understood the steps. Within a few minutes

The next equally perfect clothes hanger was born in his hands.

"I'll try it, let me try it too." Zhang Bin had already come to his senses at this time. He felt hot looking at the clothes hanger Li Daqi made and couldn't wait to get started.

Song Yuanchao smiled and agreed. Anyway, everyone among them has to learn this job, and today is just the right time for everyone to get started one by one.

Half an hour later, Li Daqi, Zhang Bin, Wang Jianjun, and Gu Jie all learned how to make clothes hangers. They all held almost identical clothes hangers in their hands and compared them with cheerful smiles on their faces.

"Yuanchao, how much do you think this clothes hanger should be sold for?" Although Li Daqi was happy, he did not forget that no matter how well-made this thing is, it will be sold.

"The wooden clothes hangers in the store now cost 50 cents, and the bamboo ones cost 45 cents. Our iron clothes hangers are strong and brightly colored. What do you think about selling them for 35 cents?" Song Yuanchao asked, regarding the price.

I have already calculated it, but I still want to ask for your opinions.

"Thirty-five cents?" Everyone looked at each other and nodded: "The price should be okay. Besides, our clothes hangers are beautiful and strong, so they will definitely be sold."

"Okay, the price has been decided in advance. Let's work hard these days. For the first time, we will make everything at once and then sell it."

"Okay!"

"no problem!"

"Listen to your support for Korea..."

Everyone was high-spirited and gearing up excitedly.

On the same day, everyone got busy in the air-raid shelter. In order to increase efficiency, Song Yuanchao divided the work among everyone. Two of them did the work of threading the wire through the casing, one specialized in cutting the wire into pieces of one meter, and one person completed the production.

The operation of the hangers. The last remaining person will check whether there are any quality problems with the finished hangers, and then use an alcohol lamp to bake and seal the openings of the hangers' iron wires and sleeves, and then bundle them every twenty pieces and put them away.

Go into the sack on the side.

Everyone takes a break of about ten minutes after working for an hour, and then rotates their respective positions to avoid excessive fatigue from a single workload.

On this day, everyone, including Song Yuanchao, was so excited that they even forgot about the time because they were in the air-raid shelter and didn't know what the weather was like outside.

When the excitement gradually faded and hunger and fatigue set in, Song Yuanchao and the others realized that they had been busy for a full twelve hours.

By this time, it was already dark outside, and everyone was hungry and exhausted.

It is impossible to go home now. Being caught by the joint defense patrol outside in the middle of the night is no small matter. After discussion, Li Daqi and Gu Jie were asked to go back and get some food and drink for Song Yuanchao and the three of them. As for sleeping, it would be easy.

, spread a sackcloth on the ground, covered it with a coat and slept directly in the air-raid shelter. This air-raid shelter is warm in winter and cool in summer. The temperature inside is now much warmer than at home.

While Li Daqi and Gu Jie went home to get them food, Song Yuanchao took Zhang Bin and Wang Jianjun to take stock of today's results.

I didn't know, but I was shocked. On the first day, they made 618 clothes hangers, 600 of which were filled with six large sacks, and 18 leftovers were placed aside.

According to the quantity of casing, Song Yuanchao had a total of 90 rolls of casing, and each roll of casing was 100 meters long. In theory, one roll of casing and wire can make 100 hangers, which means a total of 9,000 hangers can be produced.

Of course, the theory is just a theory, and in fact, losses have to be taken into account, so according to Song Yuanchao's estimate, about 8,950 pieces can be made in the end.

According to the investment, the total cost is 160 yuan for the casing and 230 yuan for the wire. The total cost is 390 yuan, which is almost all of Song Yuanchao's current assets.

If all can be sold, the profit margin is really not small. If sold at 35 cents each, 8950 hangers will be 3132.5 yuan, and the profit will be almost ten times as huge.

Song Yuanchao bought the casing from Jiang Dongliang at almost a bargain price, but even if he bought it at the cost price of eight yuan per roll, it was still profitable for Song Yuanchao, and it was just a matter of adding wire to each hanger.

The cost is only a dime, and the profit can still reach 350%.

As for sales, Song Yuanchao was not worried. You must know that the population of Shanghai in 1978 exceeded 11 million, which did not include the foreign population of more than 60,000. Shanghai is known as the largest city in China. It can be said to be worthy of its name.

Although clothes hangers are inconspicuous, they are used in all residents' homes in Shanghai. Which resident does not have a few or even a dozen clothes hangers in his home?

There are no wire hangers on the outside, but a very small number of people make them themselves. The wire hangers they make are all "shirtless hangers" without outer sleeves. Wire is easy to embroider, and it will rust on clothes if it is stained with water.
Chapter completed!