Chapter 189 The whistle
The output of the Tianbao watch factory can easily exceed 10,000 yuan in a year! Wu Changqing and Jiang Shentong are a little unbelievable. What kind of steam engines and mechanized operations can greatly increase the output? However, although the two of them questioned some, they were full of expectations!
In the past, all watch workshops in Guangzhou City could not produce pocket watches a year. Now, the Tianbao watch factory can produce 600 yuan in a month. This is mainly due to the standardization and flowing work proposed by Yi Zhizu. Now that he has proposed mechanized work, how can people not expect it?
After calming down a little, Jiang Shentong spoke: "Since the big shopkeeper has set the selling price in his heart, why are he reluctant to sell it to the public for a long time?"
After sucking a cigar, Yishi said slowly: "The inventory is too small, and a mere thousand pocket watches are not enough to monopolize the market. Once Tianbao watches are launched, they must seize the monopoly of the entire domestic market and force all watch workshops to close. This will help Tianbao launch a mid-to-high-end pocket watch.??.?`c?o?m?
Foreign markets are slightly different. Europe, England, Switzerland, France and other countries are all major watch production countries. We can imitate Western watches. Will Western watchmakers not imitate our Tianbao watch? As long as we disassemble a few Tianbao watches, they will understand the secret. Therefore, we must prepare enough inventory and seize the entire market while they imitate it and produce the Tianbao brand. If the output cannot keep up, we will sell it urgently, and we will miss the opportunity...?.?`"
After a pause, he continued: "Don't worry, in another half a month, a large number of steam engines will arrive in Guangzhou. First carry out mechanized operations, and at the same time, open a mid-range watch. When the technology is mature and the output is greatly increased, then start selling.
The domestic market will be delayed until after the peak season of this year's sea trade season is over, so that it can be a year for Tianbao to seize the foreign market."
Jiang Shentong didn't expect that his ambition was so great and his consideration was so long and meticulous. He felt excited and ashamed. He immediately stood up and bowed and said, "I'm short-sighted. I'm really ashamed."
"Director Jiang is just not very determined. The bigger the mind, the wider the vision. Tianbao Watch Factory is the first watch factory in the world to adopt mechanization, standardization, and flowing work. You should have corresponding ambitions." Yi Zhizu said and stood up. He said: "During this time, after I finish the matter of Shunde Machine Wire Reeling Factory, I will focus on the improvement of Tianbao mechanization. You should be prepared when you go back."
"Yes." Jiang Shentong nodded and agreed, then bowed and said goodbye.
After Jiang Shentong left, Wu Changqing smiled and said with a smile: "I really believe that investing in Tianbao is a huge profit, benefiting my descendants, and the most cost-effective investment."
Yi Zhizu pointed at him with a cigar and said, "Put salt on my wound again... I will talk to Mr. Wu tomorrow... Let him take back that 10% of the shares, and see you showing off."
"Okay, let's have fun." Wu Changqing said as he poured himself a cup of tea, and then said, "When will the Shunde Wire Reel Factory start construction?"
"It should be just a few days." Yi Zhizu said: "Changqing also wants to join in the fun?"
"How can you not go to such a novelty?" Wu Changqing smiled and said, "I came here today, just say hello to you, so I won't let you go. Not only is I going, but there are also a few businessmen who want to go with me to watch the fun."
Yi Zhizu nodded. The merchants wanted to see if the effect of machine silk reeling was as good as they said. Donghuang Silk Industry Co., Ltd. implemented the 433 system, Yuanqi accounted for 40% of the shares, Shunde Silk Merchant and Thirteen Merchant each accounted for 30%. Now it is just a verbal agreement. If the effect is not good, the merchants may be repulsed.
He was not afraid of someone who gave up in the Thirteenth Army. Instead, he hoped that someone would not admit shares. The shares of Donghuang Silk Industry Co., Ltd. were real profits. He didn't mind buying a few more shares. After a slight salute, he said, "Then Changqing notify them and leave early the next morning to Shunde."
Shunde, Longjiang Town.
Before the peak period of spring silk stockings was launched, Longjiang Town has gathered many local and foreign silk merchants. They all heard that Longjiang was going to build a machine silk reel factory and came to watch the fun. As the steam engine and silk reel machine arrived in Longjiang, more and more people came. Almost all the big silk merchants in Shunde County rushed over.
As a landlord, He Shutai has been busy these days. He has to entertain a group of silk merchants and always pay attention to and supervise the construction progress of chimneys. Seeing that the peak period for spring silk is approaching, he is also anxious. Now that the machine has arrived, he naturally hopes to start construction as soon as possible to catch up with the peak period of raw silk trade.
Fortunately, he had prepared well, and all the materials and craftsmen were sufficient for building chimneys. The chimney was built very quickly, one day, and on the day the chimney was completed, Yi Zhizu and his thirteen-teamed children arrived in Longjiang.
The next morning, Yi Zhizu and his team surrounded by silk merchants to the Longjiang Machine Wire Reel Factory, which was set up two miles away from the north of Longjiang Town. The factory occupied a considerable area. A circle of walls more than one meter high surrounded the entire factory tightly. When they entered the gate, they saw that there was a busy inside. Several foreign people were commanding a group of workers to lift and install the steam engine.
When Yi Zhizu saw him, he came in. Yan Yangtian, who was temporarily transferred from Yixue to act as a translator, rushed over and bowed and said, "Student Yan Yangtian has met the principal."
Seeing him, Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "Can you still be competent?"
Yan Yangtian said embarrassedly: "Return to the principal, you can barely deal with daily words..."
"I can't understand professional terms when I encounter them, right?" Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "I can't do professional terms either. I can communicate with them more, learn and speak more, and be sure to be accurate. We urgently need an interpreter in this regard." As he said that, he looked at Wu Changqing and said, "Go and try together?"
It is easy to be content with Wu Changqing's English proficiency, and naturally, it is not comparable to a few students in Yixue. With two people joining, the installation rate is significantly faster.
In addition to the steam engine, there were twenty wire reel machines, which were installed and debugged one by one. After three days of work, the Longjiang Machine Wire Reel Factory began trial production on the fourth day.
"Woo——" A sudden loud whistle sound scared everyone. The mulberry farmers who were watching the fun outside the factory were not prepared and were shocked. Many of them were scared to death and were even more timid.
Everyone in the factory was not very good, and they were all frightened and pale. The sound was too loud and too shocking, and unexpectedly, no one expected that the machine would make such a loud noise when it moved.
Yi Zhizu smiled, although it was the first time he had heard the real whistle sound in his sight, he felt a long-lost familiar feeling. He was a little excited. The industrial revolution of the Qing Dynasty will begin with him. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!