Chapter 56: Mutual Progress [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

"Fly sticking board?" When Su Yiyi and others heard the name and saw the flies stuck on the table, they naturally knew what it was.

Lin Haoyu, who is good at thinking, asked curiously: "Brother Dong, our mouse traps catch mice by putting food in the middle of the traps.

But there is nothing on your fly trap. How do you attract flies?"

Yang Wendong said: "I added a little peanut oil to the glue. If you don't believe me, you can smell it."

After that, he handed another new fly sticking board to the heads of several people;

Su Yiyi and the other two put their noses close to it and, sure enough, they smelled a faint scent of peanut oil on the glue side of the fly trap.

Zhao Wendong asked curiously: "Brother Dong, why is there no peanut oil in the mouse trap?"

"Because of the cost, some customers will naturally add some food to the mouse trap."

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Besides, mice are big and they don't care about a thin layer of oil. They also use their eyes to see when they eat food. They won't take the bait if there is no food."

In this era, oil is still very expensive in Hong Kong, and many families are reluctant to use more oil when cooking.

Foods that are high in sugar, oil, fat, and uric acid are bad for the body in later inland societies where food and supplies are abundant; but in poor places, they are all good things.

For example, "junk food" instant noodles are the best disaster relief supplies.

"Oh." Zhao Wendong nodded.

Su Yiyi asked again: "Why don't you put some food in the middle of the fly trap? Wouldn't that also reduce costs?"

"That won't do." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Tell me, generally speaking, where are there more flies?"

Zhao Liming thought for a moment and said, "Canteen? Vegetable market?"

"There is also a toilet." Lin Haoyu added.

Yang Wendong: “.”

Then, he shook his head and said, "Haoyu, don't think too much.

Take other places for example, there is plenty of food there. Do you think that if you put some vegetables on the mousetrap, it will attract flies?

The most important thing is that mice cannot fly. If they want to eat the food in the middle of the mouse trap, they have to crawl over it, and they will get stuck.

But flies can fly, and they will fly directly onto the food, so the only way to make the mousetrap glue attractive to flies is to make it so that it can be used effectively.”

"That makes sense." Zhao Liming understood.

Yang Wendong said: "In fact, the principles are similar, but we still need to do some tests later, especially the ratio of oil to glue, which oil is most attractive to flies, and it would be best to compare it with ordinary vegetables.

Then we also need to consider cost control, whether too much oil will affect viscosity, and so on.”

Although the mouse trap business has been very good recently, Yang Wendong will naturally not be satisfied with the current achievements.

In particular, if mouse traps cannot be sold overseas in the short term, the Hong Kong market will shrink quickly once too many are sold.

Because if sticky mouse boards really help them kill mice, customers will naturally not continue to buy them. This is a short-term product.

But flies are different. They will never disappear even if humans become extinct. The market potential of fly traps is much greater than that of mouse traps.

Lin Haoyu took the initiative to say: "Brother Dong, leave this kind of test to me." "Okay, then leave it to you." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "If there is any progress or difficulties, please tell me in time, and I will often go to study with you."

Among the three people currently following him, Su Yiyi is more sensitive to numbers and is responsible for finance and personnel; Zhao Liming is responsible for factory management.

These two have been following me for less than half a year and have learned a lot. Although their literary skills are still a little lacking and they still have some problems, they are making rapid progress.

Lin Haoyu scratched his leg, frowned slightly, and suddenly asked: "Brother Dong, can we make a kind of glue board to catch mosquitoes?"

"You are quite good at drawing inferences from one example." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "But what do you use to attract mosquitoes? Mosquitoes don't eat food."

"Oh." Lin Haoyu also felt that it was right and said, "I just think that mosquitoes are more annoying than flies and rats."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Indeed, it is just that we cannot make it now. Besides, the effects of mosquito coils and mosquito nets are very good. We may not be able to compete with them even if we make a plastic sheet."

Actually, there is a solution. There are mosquito-repelling boards in later generations. The materials inside should be specially synthesized, but Yang Wendong doesn’t know what material it is. With his current conditions, it is difficult to research it.

More importantly, there is rarely a market for sticky mosquito boards in later generations, which means that the effect of using this kind of adhesive board to deal with mosquitoes is very poor, and it may only be used in a few special occasions.

Relatively speaking, an electric mosquito swatter is more useful, but he doesn't have the funds to do it at the moment.

"Well, let's deal with the flies first." Su Yiyi thought for a moment and said, "Brother Dong, I finally understand why you named the company Pest Control instead of Rat Control."

"Yes, we can deal with rats, so we can deal with other pests as well." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Also, the name of a rat extermination company doesn't sound good. Pest control is better."

Now that he has started this business and already has factories and channels, Yang Wendong will naturally use existing resources to carry out horizontal expansion of similar products.

There are too many pests in human society, such as rats, cockroaches, mosquitoes, flies, etc. He only needs to put in a little effort to take over these markets. There is no reason not to do it.

As for other high-end industries, I will talk about them when I have more money. Besides, there is no conflict between them.

"Well, Brother Dong, you are so awesome." Su Yiyi said with a smile.

"Stop flattering me." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "There is one thing we need to pay attention to. The most important thing for a company or a factory is people. You are now in charge of the company's operations, and you also need to learn more.

Especially Yiyi, you are in charge of finances, which is very important. From now on, I will hire someone to help me with the accounting every month. You must learn more."

"Yeah." Su Yiyi nodded, and then asked worriedly, "But they probably won't teach you, right?"

"Of course." Yang Wendong said, "But since you are a client, you can ask. If he dares not to answer, we can replace him. But how much you can learn depends on you."

"Yeah." Su Yiyi nodded.

Yang Wendong added: "Also, find a part-time elementary school teacher and have him teach you how to read every night. Only when you can recognize all the characters can you learn more later."

Yang Wendong had taught a lot before, but after all, there was no systematic teaching method, and the results were only satisfactory.

"Okay." Su Yiyi said.

Yang Wendong said: "I hope that we can all make progress together."

"Yes." All three agreed.

"By the way, let's rent a few more houses so that we can have our own place to live together." Yang Wendong added, "Haoyu, Liming, your families can also move out of the squatter huts."

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PS: I will be fighting for Sanjiang next Tuesday (the day after tomorrow). The data of this book is still a little far from the passing line. Please try to catch up in the next few days. Thank you~
(End of this chapter)

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