Chen Xingquan accompanied Gao Fan in a car from Renqiao Fertilizer Factory to the guest house of the fertilizer factory.
Since Deng Youliang had explained it in advance, Wang Yong gave Gao Fan a single room to stay in. It was said to be a single room, but in fact it was an ordinary room with four beds and no bathroom. It was just that there were no other guests arranged in the other three bunks.
The guest house of Renqiao Fertilizer Factory does have two rooms with bathrooms, which are used to receive distinguished guests. Gao Fan's status is obviously not enough.
Wang Yong is a discerning person. Seeing that Gao Fan and Chen Xingquan seemed to have something to talk about, he found a reason to leave first. He agreed to come back at dinner to invite Gao Fan to the canteen, and said that Director Deng would personally accompany Gao Fan.
Have a meal.
When Wang Yong went out, Chen Xingquan caught up with him and stuffed a pack of unopened peonies into his pocket. Wang Yong declined for a moment, then happily put the cigarette away.
The retail price of a pack of peonies is 1.05 yuan, second only to China. Wang Yong is reluctant to smoke them on weekdays. There is such an advantage in establishing a good relationship with these upstarts in the countryside. Even if they have a good harvest every day, Luohe and the like
, the ones that are given away are Double Happiness, Peony and the like. Why don’t you want the cigarettes that are given to you for free?
Watching Chen Xingquan return to the room, close the door, Gao Fan sat down on the edge of the bed, pointed to the bed opposite, motioned for Chen Xingquan to sit down as well, and then asked with a smile:
"Old Chen, how is the paint business?"
"Very good!"
Chen Xingquan was not as calm as Gao Fan, but answered in an excited tone. Perhaps he also needed to use such emotions to convey some information to Gao Fan and prove that he valued this business.
"I followed the method you told me and prepared a batch of paint. I didn't do it well at first and wasted a lot, but later I mastered the method.
"I asked an acquaintance to find a few boats for testing. They went out to sea last week and came back. There were a bunch of shells and algae hanging on the other boats. The ones that used our paint basically didn't have these things.
"As a result, the news spread among the communes on the seaside, asking what kind of paint they used. Several people from the seafood brigade came to my door and wanted to buy our paint. I will tell you the price."
Chen Xingquan said, his face glowing. These days, he has had several good banquets, all of which were invited by people from the seafood brigade who wanted to buy paint.
Thinking about the past, when he wanted to sell something, he had to nod and bow to the customer, wishing he could treat him to a banquet. Now the situation has changed, and it is the customer's turn to treat him to a banquet. What a beautiful thing it is.
"What price did you give them?" Gao Fan asked.
Chen Xingquan said: "I calculated the cost. According to the principle you mentioned, the double quote is 150 yuan for a wooden fishing boat and 600 yuan for a sail fishing boat. There are more than 6,000 wooden fishing boats and nearly 500 sail boats in the entire Renqiao area.
, calculated in this way, the sales volume is 1.2 million yuan a year, deducting half of the cost, and a net profit of 600,000 yuan."
"Can you guarantee that all ships use our coatings?" Gao Fan asked with a smile.
Chen Xingquan scratched his scalp in embarrassment and said, "If not all, then half. Calculating it this way, making 300,000 a year is not a problem."
"300,000"
Gao Fan nodded.
Earning 300,000 yuan a year, he holds 50% of the equity, and has an income of 150,000 yuan. In this era when the average annual salary of corporate employees is less than 500 yuan, with an income of 150,000 yuan a year, he can be regarded as a tycoon among tycoons.
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If he told this number to Gao Yiping and Ran Yuying, they would probably be so frightened that they would not be able to sleep.
However, as a time traveler, Gao Fan was not particularly excited when he heard this figure. 150,000 yuan is a huge sum of money for an individual, but for a company, especially a chemical company, it is completely insignificant.
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A set of 20,000 tons of synthetic ammonia and 40,000 tons of urea equipment requires an investment of more than 20 million yuan. Any tower or tank of any kind costs hundreds of thousands. What can 150,000 yuan do?
Going back in time, Gao Fan's ideal is not just to be a rich man. If you don't change some history, are you worthy of the Space-Time Administration?
"The quotation can be lower. If you have experience in the specific standards, it's up to you to control them. I'm here this time to tell you about the technology of industrial production. The demand for thousands of ships a year can be determined by manual preparation.
That's not possible." Gao Fan said.
"Yes, yes, this is definitely not possible." Chen Xingquan echoed repeatedly.
The last time Gao Fan gave him the formula, he had already said that mass production requires equipment and cannot be prepared entirely by hand. Chen Xingquan prepared a batch of paint by hand some time ago, knowing that this process is tiring, dirty and inefficient.
, and it's also harmful to the body. After all, antifouling paint is toxic, and no one can bear to be exposed to it all day long.
After Chen Xingquan got the formula, he also wondered whether he could build a set of equipment for mass production, but after much deliberation, he still had no clue about some key links.
He didn't dare to ask professionals for help, because if you wanted to find professionals, you had to tell them the specific preparation method, and this meant that the technology would be leaked.
Anyone who can understand the industrial production process must be a public servant and have a certain background. If others want to steal his technology, he has no way to do it.
In fact, didn't Gao Fan just take advantage of the technology he had in hand and take away 50% of the shares without exerting any effort?
Chen Xingquan also has to thank Gao Fan for his willingness to leave the other 50% to him. Otherwise, with such a good product and such high profits, if Gao Fan changed his collaborators and only left 30% or even 20%, I guess some people would be willing, right?
"How's the screen printing business going?"
Gao Fan changed the topic again.
"It's better to start from the beginning." There was some regret in Chen Xingquan's eyes, "Just like you said, when they saw that we were making money, some screen printing bosses also went to find someone to make formulas. The formulas they got were not as good as ours.
That's easy to use, but it will only work in the future.
"Our Nanhao Town is still too remote. Some factories want to print things, but they are too lazy to travel so far. They just find a nearby one. The quality is a little worse than ours, but it is still usable. As a result, our business is much worse.
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"You can consider opening the store to the county seat, or to Renqiao." Gao Fan suggested.
Chen Xingquan shook his head: "We have no foundation in the county, and Renqiao is even more unfamiliar. If in the past, we could make a profit of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan a year, it would be worth taking the risk. Now there is no such thing as paint
Business?
"My father and Xiaolong both think it's better to concentrate on paint. For the shop in Nanhao Town, two relatives are now helping there."
"Ha, this is called transitioning from frugality to luxury."
Gao Fan joked.
Chen Xingquan doesn't even look down on the profit of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan a year, which shows how quickly people change.