Ye Yaodong was actually a little excited.
He has finally moved from a small workshop to mechanization, which shows that he is already half successful.
For the remaining half, wait a week or so to get the packaging bags, let the machine start running, fill the fish sauce, and start producing bagged fish sauce.
As long as it can be successfully introduced to the market, it will be stable.
He was so pleased that when he returned, he would cast his eyes on the machine on the deck from time to time, and he could not wait to pick up the packaging bag.
Ye’s father also watched the whole filling process of the machine. He saw that a bag was sealed so simply and the water would not flow out. He also felt that it would be very convenient to pack fish sauce in bags in the future.
When the fishing boat docked, Ye's father was more interested than him.
He would ask people to be careful from time to time when carrying it, and he was more concerned about his own children than his own. His grandson would not feel bad if he fell and bled, but if the iron bump was slightly bumped, he would feel bad.
"Don't break it...be steady...don't hit it..."
"Hey, I told you to be more stable...I just moved back here and it's been bumpy..."
"Be careful, be slow, be slow, this one is tens of thousands of dollars faster..."
Ye Yaodong pulled his father to avoid frightening the workers. His hands would shake and he would fall directly into the sea, which would probably break his father's heart.
"You can move it for them. It won't be a big deal if the iron bumps get knocked around."
Father Ye muttered, "It's nearly 10,000 yuan. Of course you have to be careful with expensive things. It will probably be troublesome to hire someone to repair it."
Wang Guangliang was extremely curious, "Wow, Brother Dong, what are you talking about? Such a big iron lump costs 10,000 yuan?"
"You will know about the machine tomorrow. Move it to the workshop and you can take care of it."
"must!"
Wang Guangliang and his cousin looked at the iron lump curiously, and couldn't help but touch it with their hands.
I don’t know why this thing costs 10,000 yuan, but it is definitely expensive, and you can make money by touching it a few times.
"Hurry up and sail the boat. What are you touching?"
"If you touch something worth 10,000 yuan a few more times, it will probably be worth a few yuan, and it won't be in vain..."
"Then touch it for us. We just touched it so many times, did we earn a few dollars?"
"Stupid or not..."
Ye Yaodong watched all the young people touch it here and there curiously. When they first put it on the deck and transported it back, they were all very careful and didn't dare to touch it too much, for fear that they would be damaged somewhere and couldn't afford to pay for it.
Now listening to Wang Guangliang's nonsense, I feel that I can make money with just a few touches.
After all, who can touch the iron lump of 10,000 yuan?
After the two machines were carried into the workshop and locked up, he asked everyone to go home and rest. It was already midnight.
He was familiar with the way and knocked on the window again.
Lin Xiuqing put on her coat and came to the window and whispered: "Can't you bring a key?"
"Open the door quickly, I'm freezing to death."
"A few days ago I was my mistress, and now I am my father." She cursed in a low voice before going to open the door.
"Bring the keys with you next time you go out."
"I'm afraid of falling into the sea. Anyway, aren't there people at home all day long?"
"The machine has been moved back? Why does it take two days?"
"Because I had to find someone to debug it, I was delayed for a while. By the way, I invited Lao Hai and others to have a meal. I also asked them to give me the complete machine to run around. By the way, I also ordered 10,000 packaging bags."
"How much did it cost?"
"Including meals, this trip cost almost 8,000 yuan, and I still have two thousand yuan left."
"Have you tried it? Are you sure it works?"
"Yes, for such a large amount of money, the machine must be working so that you can pay and deliver the goods in one hand. I also brought back a few packaging bags and will demonstrate them to you tomorrow. I'm sure your confidence will be greatly increased." Ye Yaodong said.
They all grinned.
"My confidence has greatly increased..."
"Definitely, it will be easier to transport this thing after it is ready. Let me tell you, after it is put into production next year, I may be able to sell this thing abroad through overseas Chinese, and the price abroad will be higher."
Lin Xiuqing was surprised, "Can foreigners eat this?"
"Who said there are only foreigners abroad? It must be the people in the southeastern coastal area who eat this. Those who are far away from home prefer this bite from their hometown."
She was doubtful and said, "Forget it, you should be laughing if you can sell it all over the province."
"It's simple. With this one-pound bag packaging, I can sell it nationwide."
"Bragging, hurry up and go to bed."
"Help me get a basin of water to wash my feet. I'm so tired. I've been running back and forth for two days and I'm too lazy to move."
"Don't you say you are made of steel?"
"Go, go, I'll let you know what steel and iron bones are in a minute."
Lin Xiuqing glared at him, then turned to get him water to wash his feet.
Early the next morning, as soon as Ye Yaodong got up, he ran to the workshop to look at his machine before eating. After touching it twice, he went back to have breakfast with satisfaction.
"It's not like things are gone. If you don't eat first, you have to run out to look at them."
"Have a look first, don't worry. Have you seen it? I'll show you how to do it after I finish eating."
"I woke up and took a look in the morning. That cold iron was actually worth 8,000 yuan. You are really willing to give it up."
"Machines are not cheap to begin with, not to mention they are made abroad, not domestically."
"Foreigners' things are expensive, but our domestically produced watches and radios are cheaper."
"The quality is different. Our technical level has not yet reached it."
"I think they're all pretty much the same."
Ye Chenghu looked at this and that, and when he heard 8,000 yuan, he couldn't close his mouth.
"Dad, no wonder they all say you are rich. Are you so rich? 8,000 yuan?"
Ye Chengyang was a little confused, "How much is 8,000 yuan?"
"It's just a little bit worse than 10,000 yuan, so our family should be a little bit worse than a family with 10,000 yuan."
Ye Chenghu explained, then turned to look at Ye Yaodong, "Dad, no wonder they all say you are so rich. They don't believe me when I say you have no money in your pocket."
Ye Yaodong glared at him, "Eat your food. Children talk so much. Do you care if I have money? As long as I'm not hungry, that's fine."
"Dad, how much money do you have in your pocket?"
"Why? Are you thinking about it now?"
Ye Chenghu put down his chopsticks and ran to him, then patted his trousers pockets on both sides and then patted the pockets of his cotton-padded jacket.
"What are you doing?"
"Hey, there is no sound, I know you have no money."
Ye Yaodong said with a straight face, "I think your skin is itchy."
He just took out all the remaining money and gave it to Ah Qing yesterday. Thinking that he wouldn't go to sea tomorrow, he didn't leave any money for gas and ice. Isn't there no money in his pocket now?
Lin Xiuqing smiled and explained to him, "Do you know what the jingle of poverty means? The sound means poverty, because the pockets are full of coins. What is the denomination of the coin? A banknote can have a denomination of 10 yuan, and the banknotes are placed
Pockets make no sound."
No matter what, I have to save some face for the head of the family in front of the children.
The old lady smiled and said, "Hurry up and eat and go to school, or you will be punished for writing later."
Ye Yaodong immediately answered, "Write three pages of large characters today and check them with me tonight."
"Ah..." Ye Chenghu wailed, feeling a little hopeless, "Why do you have to remind my father."
"If you continue to be verbose, I'll ask you to write 5 pages."
Ye Chenghu shut up immediately.
Ye Yaodong immediately went to the workshop after finishing his meal. The rest of the family followed curiously, including several children to join in the fun.
Mother Ye looked at the iron lump in the room curiously, turned around and touched it several times, "This thing costs nearly 10,000 yuan?"
"It's not that much, just over 7,000 and less than 8,000."
"Isn't that almost 10,000 yuan? Your father went out early in the morning and always told others that it was 10,000 yuan."
Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched, 10,000 yuan is just 10,000 yuan, if you want to say more, just say more.
“Can this make money?”
"Let me show you a demonstration. You need to wipe the top here a little clean. Then scoop a few kilograms and pour it on top. Then you will go directly along the pipe to the mouth here. Put the plastic bag over the mouth and click it.
Start. These parameters have been set, don’t touch it, it will stop automatically after filling one pound.”
As he spoke, he took a plastic bag and cooperated with his father to show them.
In just a few seconds, a rectangular-shaped film bag bulged up, with dark brown liquid flowing inside.
Ye Yaodong filled the first bag of fish sauce, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.
He held it in his hand and shook it constantly, but no liquid came out.
"Look, it won't leak. If you want to take it home and use it, just cut it with scissors and pour it into a glass bottle."
Mother Ye was surprised, "It really won't leak. Is it so simple to seal a bag in one go?"
"Well, all it takes is one person, press the start button, and then add a bag to the filling opening at the bottom, and it will be filled automatically. At most, the fish sauce on top is used up, just add it."
"No wonder it's so expensive. It's really convenient. I don't have to pick up bottles when I go out, and I don't have to worry about children dropping them on the road and buying them for free."
His two sisters-in-law also came over to watch the fun and made some novel remarks.
"This is quite new."
"Early in the morning, I heard someone say that you bought a machine worth 10,000 yuan yesterday. Everyone was curious about what could be worth 10,000 yuan. This opened their eyes."
Father Ye was a little proud, "Only Dongzi can do this."
"Only he is willing to do so, otherwise who would be willing to spend 10,000 yuan to buy such a thing, which would be enough for a lifetime."
Mother Ye said she was disgusted, but she also had a smile on her face, "Pack a few more bags, and when we go out later, I will show them to everyone and refresh them."
Father Ye rushed to do it, "I'll pretend."
Ye Yaodong brought back a total of 20 sample bags. His father and he took turns trying to pack a few bags, and both of them couldn't put it down.
Mother Ye said again: "You have to get a few bags like this back, otherwise they won't be enough."
"Well, I will go to sea tomorrow and dock in the provincial capital in a few days. I will bring back the 10,000 I ordered and order tens of thousands more. After filling, I will send them to the city, county and town.
Go to some of the shops on the street.”
Father Ye nodded, "I need to get more. These bags are much more convenient than transporting them back and forth in a big tank."
"I've said it from the beginning, there will be many benefits if this bag is produced, and it will circulate quickly."
Father Ye: "Okay, let's go. Don't crowd around here. Just pretend that you've seen it."
Ye Mu: "Lock the door. Don't let it get wet or get damaged by someone else's touch. When you get more bags, you can produce more."
Lin Xiuqing also drove the children away, "You haven't gone to school yet, why are you still watching here?"
One after another, carrying schoolbags on their backs, they dispersed like birds and beasts.
After everyone went out one after another, they took the 20 bags of fish sauce they had just filled in their hands.
Ye Yaodong kept 10 of them at his home, and let them divide the others, whether they wanted to show off or give them away.
"Why did you keep so many? Are they for your friends?"
"Why are you giving it to them? It's a waste. You can just bring a bottle over and hit it at any time. Why take this? You can just take it back to them and just cut it with scissors and pour it into the bottle."
"I thought you were leaving it for them."
"Keep it, take it with you when you plan to go to sea, and then give it to Ye Yaohai when you dock in the provincial capital."
"As a sample?"
"Just think of it as fresh. After all, I have helped a lot. After giving it to him, I can do whatever he wants with it. The current output cannot keep up with what comes out of the factory at home, and it is only enough for the store to sell. After a few months, the amount will be fermented in more quantities."
I’ll get some samples to give to the overseas Chinese when the time comes.”
By then the lighter factory will probably have expanded its scale and will have a variety of designs, and they will also send samples there.
"What about the city leaders? You usually want to send some good things at home, but what about this?"
"There's no need to worry. Next time I get the bags back and can them in large batches and send them to the city, I'll just take some more."
By that time, the two new ships were almost ready, and Wang Guangliang could also be dropped off at the city dock to collect groceries.
At the end of a day, we can probably make two trips and get dozens of tons back for fermentation.
Thinking about it, my heart feels a little hot.
"Why don't you put it directly in the city for fermentation, so that you don't have to sail back and forth..."
"If it needs to be moved later, let's put it in the village now. When the workshops in the village run out of space for fermentation containers, we will order containers and put them in the city for fermentation."
He also has some considerations. He has just started to do it now. He must watch more and put it under his nose in the village to make it easier to watch.
If we were in the city, he wouldn't come back and forth so frequently, and he would definitely not pay that much attention.
Moreover, fermentation requires a lot of manpower, and many women in the village like his mother's generation can do it.
The quantity has increased, and goods are being received every day. There are many women who need help fermenting from morning to night, and there are many people to help with the lifting.
If it were to be placed in the city, these women would have to be invited there, and dormitories would have to be built. After all, they would have to make a lot of money before they could continue to work.
It is better to put it in the village first, as it can also help the villagers earn some money and gain some reputation.
The most important thing is that if you put it in the village, you can still receive blessings!
If his output increases, he will need a lot of manpower. If the scale of these operations in the city is too large, the manpower limit in Fang Jingfu's workshop last time is also a warning.
Although Director Chen can be asked to help, he has just been transferred there. If he really helps, he will get a lot of blood. If he doesn't want it, others will ask for it. This is more complicated. He doesn't have a strong background like Fang Jingfu.
Some of these are quite complicated to explain, so he didn't tell her in detail.
"Then it's up to you."
"Um."
The two of them sat outside and chatted in the sun, and the news spread throughout the village.
It is said that Ye Yaodong bought a machine worth 10,000 yuan to produce fish sauce. He became more and more powerful and became richer. Everyone had not made a lot of money in their lives, but he spent it all at once.
Some people with good intentions came to him and wanted to see what the machine looked like, and some came over to ask him if he needed any manpower to do the work.
This is the right question.
Ye Yaodong really needs manpower. After the ship from the shipyard is delivered, he will arrange for Wang Guangliang to take people to the city to collect the goods. This has to be fixed and will be collected as long as the weather is good.
When receiving the goods, someone must help move and lift the goods, and someone must accompany them, otherwise they will easily be bullied on the dock.
He also told the people who came to ask for work very simply that they needed 10 young adults for the time being.
Wang Guangliang was transferred away, and the twins were transferred away again. Now the workshop really needs manpower.
Originally, I just came to the door and asked casually, but I didn't expect that I actually asked, and I was immediately pleasantly surprised.
"real?"
The man who came to ask about work was a man in his 30s, who was also a hard-working man in the village. He was a brother of his original injured boatman Aqiang.
Originally, he was injured and there was one person missing on the ship. He had asked Brother Aqiang, the second brother of his family, to fill in.
Probably thinking that his two brothers already worked for him, he boldly came over to ask and try his luck.
You can still receive wages even if you are injured and lying at home recuperating. There is no better treatment than this.
Everyone who works for him praises him.
"Really, we can only start work in 10 days, but we can recruit workers in advance."
"Okay, okay, can you look at me?"
"Okay, you are so hardworking and you still come to ask for work. It must be okay. Haha, I will give you a salary of 35 yuan a month. After all, it will be less if you just come here to work. The other old people in the workshop get 40 yuan."
After thinking for a while, he added: "If we ship goods overseas, we will subsidize another one yuan a day."
After all, transporting goods on a ship is also going to sea. Compared with the comfort on the shore, of course you have to pay more.
And the few boys who were originally guarding the workshop had nothing to say. After all, their basic salary was higher than that of the newly recruited people. If they went overseas, there would be risks, and it was normal to have a subsidy.
It can be regarded as more reward for more work.
"On a monthly basis?"
"Yes, calculated on a monthly basis."
The man's face was filled with excitement, "Okay, that's great, thank you. Then I'll go back and wait for notification?"
"Okay, I'll call you in advance when I need to work."
"Okay, do you still need someone? I'll call you again?"
"Okay, help me promote it. I'll choose a few that are more reliable."
"OK."
After the man left, within a short while, a group of people started to arrive at his door. Ye Yaodong was already prepared and moved a stool to sit at the door without leaving.
He interviews everyone who comes.
After all, he has lived in the village for most of his life, and he knows who is trustworthy and unreliable.
He kept all the reliable ones who came to ask for work. There were also very few unreliable ones who actively came to ask for work. Nowadays, people are very hard-working.
In just half an hour, he could recruit all 10 people.
Those who arrived later were beating their chests and regretting it endlessly.
Ye Yaodong didn't say anything, he smiled and reassured everyone, saying that he would tell everyone next time if there was any work, since people in his own village would definitely be given priority.
It’s no wonder that those who came late can only count on the next time. They all laughed and said a few words of flattery before leaving.
And within just one lunch, new rumors started to spread in the village.
They all say that Ye Yaodong is more reliable, while Chen Wei and Mo Zi are unreliable.
He looked like a human and wore such nice clothes. He came to the village and asked Ye Yaodong to join him in investing together, and even offered him 5,000 yuan.
As a result, within a few days, Ye Yaodong casually bought a machine worth 10,000 yuan, and directly hired 10 people to help with the work.
And the two of them ran away before dawn the next day.
With Ye Yaodong’s strength, does he still need to find someone to partner with?
5,000 yuan? He can just buy a machine and get it back for 10,000 yuan. Why does he need to partner with others?
It is better to rely on someone who can only brag than to rely on Ye Yaodong to be reliable.
How dare you brag when you have no money? If you can get 50,000 yuan to invest in setting up a factory in the village, you will definitely not be able to get it out, otherwise you will just run away? You have a guilty conscience because you have no money, and you are just bragging.
When Ye Yaodong was eating, he was very happy to hear what his mother said.
"Have you grown a face again?"
"Haha, everyone praises you for being a person who can do practical things, unlike others who only brag. They say they must not be doing any good things outside."
"Leave people alone."
Father Ye asked: "When are you going to go to sea?"
"Tonight, the Harvest will leave two or three days earlier than us. Let's go together. When we come back, we will first go to the provincial capital to pick up the packaging bags I ordered."
"Okay, I'll call someone after dinner."
He also figured that when he came back on his next trip, he would be able to go to the shipyard and sail the ship after just two days' rest.
After finishing lunch, he continued to sit outside the door to bask in the sun and play with his children. Unexpectedly, Ah Cai came to the door. Looking at him from a distance, he knew that he must be heading towards his home.
"If you don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything, are you here to work for me too?"
"That's right."
"Huh? Stop joking, what's the matter?" Ye Yaodong moved to the side, patted the bench next to him, and motioned for him to sit down.
"Didn't I help you collect cheap fish for a period of time last year? Then you stopped buying it after you got two big boats for fishing. Do you want it this year?"
"Oh, it turns out I'm here to do business."
"Haha, isn't it because your boat doesn't go to sea every three days? And seeing that you go to Zhejiang Province from time to time, I thought about it and asked you to see if you need it."
"You deserve the money you make."
Everyone knows that he may not be able to keep up with the catch, and it is very suitable for drying fish in the winter.
The smile on Ah Cai's face deepened, his words must have made sense.
"That's what you want?"
"Yes, please collect it for me. You know what kind of dried fish I want. Anyway, it's cheap and suitable for drying and storing."
"No problem. If I had known, I would have come over earlier to ask."
"It was also my negligence. There have been a lot of things going on lately. I have been thinking about this and that, and I have ignored this."
In the past few months, I have been traveling back and forth to Zhejiang Province, making lighters, worshiping ancestors, and thinking about machines. I am indeed a little overwhelmed and neglectful.
"Then it's settled, I'll find someone to squat on the dock in town."
Ye Yaodong saw him standing up and leaving in a hurry, so he quickly grabbed him.
"Why are you so anxious? You are rushing to reincarnate. Wait a minute, there will be a big and stable business for you."
Ah Cai raised his eyebrows and sat down quickly with a smile on his face, "What big deal?"
"In addition to those suitable for drying fish, you can also collect some trash fish for me by the way. There are as many free trash fish as fermented fish sauce, but the prerequisite is that they must be cheap. I don't want the expensive ones."
"This is no problem. I'll collect it by the way. How much are you prepared to charge?"
"Then it depends on how much you sell me for. It's best not to pay for it."
"You have a big face."
"I'm handsome."
"Bah, let me take a look. Those little trash fish that no one wants are thrown back into the sea. I guess if someone wants them, they will sell them for any price. I will go and watch them first to see how much I can collect. As long as I can make some hard money by the way.
That’s it.”
"Okay, remember the big quantity discount, I want it for the long term and steadily."
"I know, you are the big boss now and the hope of the whole village."
"That's right."
"Are there any other big businesses?" Ah Cai was reluctant to leave.
"there is none left."
"You think about it again?"
Ye Yaodong raised his voice and said, "No more! Go quickly."
"Okay, if anything good happens, remember to think of me. If you get rich, let me drink the soup."
"Sure, go ahead."
Ah Cai then left with satisfaction.
After Lin Xiuqing and others left, she asked him, "I am collecting mixed fish at home, and I am asking Ah Cai to collect it. Is it too much?"
"No, the fermentation speed is so slow. As much as you need, we won't be able to increase mass production until next year. What's more, he is so close that he delivers it directly to my door, which saves me having to bring the goods back myself."
And now that there is a filling machine, the fermented fish sauce at home can be bagged immediately, and most of the fermentation containers can be freed up.
"He will probably deliver the goods in the evening. You can ask some old ladies to kill fish at night. In recent months, our boats have indeed gone to sea less."
Dongsheng didn't go with Fengsheng. Basically, Fengsheng's goods were sold in the market. In the past, with him around, Pei's father could keep the cheap goods directly at the cost price.
In the past few months, there has actually been a lot less. Now we really need to take advantage of the cold weather to increase our efforts to expose more. Next year's business will definitely be better than this year.
After all, the market is also developing.
With Ah Cai helping to collect the goods, there is no need to rely on two large ships to bring the goods back. The workshop can kill fish there every day. This makes the women in the village a lot happy and they can have work every day.
After doing it, the area around them became a lot more lively.
Chapter completed!