In Ma Xiaoyi's memory, Xiong Jiang didn't come for a long time.
There must be something going on when you suddenly appear here this time!
It happened that I had nothing to do, so I simply asked him what he was doing here. If he could work part-time, that would be great.
"Old Xiong, you have been away from our village for a while, why do you want to come back?"
"I'm in trouble now and want to find someone to join me. I had some friendship with someone in the past. He asked me to go do business with him, but I feel a little lonely on my own and want to find someone to accompany me. Do you want to go?
?”
Xiong Jiang, who used to be domineering, has become less domineering now.
There is no confidence in what I say.
Ma Xiaoyi thought for a while, she didn't have a job to begin with, and she had no one to rely on when she came back this time. It would be great if there was something she could do.
Ma Xiaoyi smiled and said: "Okay, Old Xiong, who do you want to vote for?"
"Master Hua, do you know him?"
"Master Hua?!"
"Yes, Mr. Hua. He is just messing around outside now. It is said that he got a lot of things secretly. I don't have a job now, so I plan to talk to him. I can make a good living if I work well, but I don't want to be alone.
Let’s go together?”
When I heard Xiong Jiang's invitation, in fact, Ma Xiaoyi and Xiong Jiang were not very close, they just knew each other.
That is to say, it is rare to be able to chat normally with Xiong Jiang.
At this time, Xiong Jiang invited, and Ma Xiaoyi also knew what he was thinking.
It was just that I was afraid of being cheated, so I just dragged him along.
Ma Xiaoyi doesn't have much work now, so if Xiong Jiang invites her to go, she might as well go.
Now that the glass bottle is solved, all that's left is to get a trademark and sell it.
Because there are no winemaking equipment and masters yet, Li Mo can only push grape juice first, which is the easiest to make. As for wine, he can also do it. This is what his mother taught him. She likes to drink wine and often makes it by herself.
Get some wine on the balcony.
My mother's wine is actually quite delicious, and people often ask her for it.
Later, her mother became seriously ill and stopped doing this, and Li Mo couldn't drink anymore.
Now Li Mo can only use his mother's wine making method to make wine first.
But it takes time. The time for wine brewing far exceeds the speed of grape juice.
After the glass bottle was ready, Li Mo used the method his mother taught him to put the collected grapes in a large wooden basin, with a pot sitting underneath.
The wooden basin was covered with a lid and used as a steamer. Inside were grapes one by one. After the grapes cracked one by one, the grapes were directly put into a clean wooden barrel. This was requested by Li Mo alone.
, the barrel needs to be made of pine wood, and the barrel is newly hooped by a cooper.
When pouring into the wooden barrel, there is a layer of gauze on top. The pulp comes out and the juice goes in. Then use a large pot to boil rock sugar water and add it to the thick grape juice. Then let it cool in the cellar for bottling.
Ship.
The method is very simple, and the workers strictly follow Li Mo's craftsmanship. When the first batch of juice came out, Li Mo took a sip from a white porcelain vat, then handed it to Su Yanuo and said: "
How about it?"
"This tastes good?! Where did you get this recipe?"
"Haha, is this still necessary? This is the most traditional and basic method. But what can I say? This mountain grape tastes terrible, but after it is actually made into juice, it is really good."
"But juice is very easy to spoil. Now we can only think of ways to sell it quickly, or we can buy some preservatives. But in that case, the cost is too high!"
"Preservatives? What's that?"
"Things that can keep you young forever, haha..."
Li Mo suddenly remembered a joke from the past. A girl hinted that her boyfriend needed something that could represent long-term eternity.
Of course, what she wants is for a diamond to last forever.
And her boyfriend was very straight and bought two boxes of preservatives for her.
Although preservatives existed in that era, they were too expensive.
Li Mo remembers watching a documentary. At that time, the price we paid for purchasing that thing was quite unrealistic.
There are also some flavoring agents, according to
It's said to be more expensive than gold.
Of course, Li Mo didn't understand that history, but what he knew was that if preservatives were used, the price of juice would be very expensive.
So Li Mo won't do those things, but you can consider food coloring. After all, good-looking color is also the key.
You have to go to the county to purchase some of that stuff. There is no problem with that. Just ask Lin Liang for approval. Although this is a planned product, it is not strictly controlled. As long as you have a factory, it can be approved for you.
It is difficult for individuals to buy. For example, if Li Mo and others buy in the name of the company, there will be no problem.
The pigments in that era were also very simple. Unlike preservatives, the use of pigments has been around for a long time. For example, the steamed buns we serve are pigmented.
Li Mo makes these products exclusively for planning purposes, so they are not limited to individuals. But if you want them in factories, you don't have to worry, because you can't put too many of them in, and the usage is not too exaggerated.
After Ding Jun arranged for two vehicles to bring more than a dozen bags of pigment, Li Mo was really happy now.
Su Yanuo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This "factory" is finally up and running.
Of course, the factory has a total of more than 20 employees, and the factory is temporarily managed by the team leader. As for production matters, it is managed by the old branch secretary.
Su Xiaomo Juice, this brand has officially started. The first batch of products was not many, just over a hundred bottles. In terms of price, this is a large bottle, costing one yuan a bottle.
The cost is more than 40 cents, and the profit seems to be okay.
According to the current situation, the villagers raised funds and together with them, it was about 20,000 yuan.
There is still surplus in the factory. If you want to make money back, the remaining part is reserved to wait for the purchase of more equipment.
The current goal is to purchase some equipment for the Donghe Township Winery.
Therefore, the 20,000 yuan should be regarded as spent. If you want to make it back, and let everyone make some money, the best way is to double it. If the profit of a bottle must be controlled at about 50 cents, then the factory will have to produce in the remaining quarters.
And sold 80,000 bottles.
It's August now, and the Chinese New Year is February.
There are less than six months left. If that's the case, an average of more than 10,000 bottles will be sold every month.
Otherwise, this factory really cannot recover profits.
There is no way to lead everyone through this year's difficulties.
"What are you thinking about?"
Su Yanuo asked worriedly when she saw Li Mo sitting in the factory yard in a daze.
Because Li Mo seems to have been depressed recently. Although the juice has come out, he hasn't smiled much.
"After a rough calculation, if we want to give everyone a guarantee, the factory must produce and sell at least 80,000 bottles of juice before the year."
"In that case, there's something wrong with the glass bottle again."
"It's only 500 bottles now. In the future, the daily production will have to reach at least 300, which will barely pass. But now..."
Li Mo was really worried when he said this. If it were 500 bottles, Li Mo would be able to handle it, but 80,000? There would still be losses, and redundancy would have to be made. It would take 100,000 glass bottles to be enough.
ah!
"One hundred thousand bottles..."
Li Mo is really a little depressed...
Su Yanuo whispered: "Otherwise, we continue to go out and think of a solution. Staying bored like this is not the solution."
If there are 100,000 bottles, I think the redundancy needs to be improved. We have 26 people in the factory, and if we divide the work and cooperate, according to the current situation, 300 bottles a day is about the same.
The output of three hundred bottles of juice per day will be maintained at the level of ten thousand bottles per month. I have also calculated that the full working capacity of this small factory should be around a thousand bottles. If it can be done in one day
If we produce a thousand bottles, we can try to give them overtime pay. There will be brave men under the heavy rewards. We will continue to expand the recruitment and work in three shifts. As long as we have enough raw material supply.
"Glass bottles... this is the biggest problem. We still have more than 800 bottles left. If it's cork, we can get it ourselves. The key is this. The goal of 80,000 bottles in half a year, we can only work hard now.
, use heavy rewards to boost morale.”
"That's it. If the goal is achieved this year, each person will get a bicycle, and the one with the best performance will be rewarded with three turns and one ring."
"Well, I think it's okay."
Li Mo took a deep breath. He didn't worry about his own business. The worst he could do was lose money.
But he didn't dare to do this at the winery. After all, if he lost money, everyone would be completely ruined.
Li Mo did not dare to think of this consequence.
Now everyone is looking at him eagerly, and Li Mo is under tremendous pressure. The development of this small company has now put Li Mo under dozens of times more pressure than this company.
Li Mo didn't have such pressure when he started his business!
With one hundred thousand glass bottles, it would be impossible to find a glass bottle factory in the county.
"Well, I'll go back to the city to inquire first, don't worry." Su Yanuo felt distressed when she saw Li Mo's look.
So he hurriedly advised Li Mo. Li Mo also thought that he might be able to find a solution by going to the city.
After all, where would he get such a large quantity?
Li Mo asked Ding Jun to take Su Yanuo back to the city, while he stayed here to continue to struggle.
There is no way to solve the problems in the village for the time being, so let's take a look at the situation in the school first.
Li Mo rode his bicycle to Hejian Township High School. The teaching building and dormitory building have been built. They are three-story red brick buildings with fire walls for heating. They are still traditional earth buildings without running water.
There is no heating either, but fortunately, there is electricity.
There is a water room downstairs with a pressurized water well where students can wash. But it is still inconvenient, and of course there is no faucet.
But this time the building is much stronger than the original one. The geological team is contracting this part of the project, and part of it is being built by Baihe Village.
Li Mo came to the construction site, and the third floor was being built. Zhang Qiang saw Li Mo and shouted with a smile: "Xiao Mo, why are you here? How is it this time? Not bad, right? I have contacted you, and the playground will be there by then.
Spread sand. Isn’t it grand?”
"Well, it looks pretty good. It's much better than before."
Li Mo replied in a low mood. Zhang Qiang could tell. He asked suspiciously, "What's wrong? Are you feeling in a bad mood?"
"It's nothing, I just feel uncomfortable."
Zhang Qiang smiled and asked curiously: "Have you encountered something?"
"Well, regarding the village factory, the glass factory in the county has been taken care of by the beverage factory. We now have more than 80,000 glass bottle gaps and no place to fill them."
"More than 80,000 bottles? Why didn't you tell me earlier?!
Zhang Qiang immediately complained that Li Mo didn't tell him. Li Mo shook his head and said, "Tell you that you can change it for me?"
"Nonsense, we have a glass factory in Hejian Township. Are you sick? Go to the county."
"Glass factory? When did it happen?"
"The second team also needs to use glass products. We also have our own engineering projects. We provide glass for others and produce everything for our own use. Ours is a No. 57 factory. Although the factory is small, our glass technology is high-end! In the county
That kind of factory sounds bluffing, but in front of us it’s just rubbish.”
"Wait! What you said is that you have the No. 57 Factory?"
"Yes, just like you, we are in the Sidaogou Brigade in Hejian Township."
"Sidaogou Brigade?! Wucao, so close?"
Li Mo felt like he couldn't turn his head all of a sudden.
He stared at Zhang Qiang and said, "Chief Zhang, can they produce 100,000 glass bottles?"
"Nonsense, as long as you don't want your 100,000 glass bottles tomorrow, that's fine."
"Definitely not, it's only in the past six months! If the quality is good and the price is slightly cheaper, we can use it for a long time!"
"I was originally thinking about what to do with this factory in the future. There has been no work recently, and the factory director is worried. Now it's better. Now, I can directly contract and become the factory director. It's up to you whether you can produce 100,000 units.
.The production lines are all given to you. We can temporarily charge no money for this No. 57 Factory. We can just pay us dividends at the end of the year, even if we appoint you as the factory director."
"This is possible too?"
"Why can't it work? I've taught you public arithmetic. Why are you ticking?"
Li Mo gave a thumbs up and said: "Zhang Ke, you are so handsome. I now realize that my admiration for you is like the endless flow of the Yellow River~"