Chapter 158: Trolley Case Project and Employees’ Win-Win
Chapter 158: Trolley Case Project and Employees’ Win-Win
After leaving the finance department, Yang Wendong came to the R&D department on the third floor. This floor is all for the R&D department. At this moment, there are many rotating mop buckets and mops of different shapes on the ground of the third floor, and there are also many sticky hooks on the wall.
"Mr. Yang, Mr. Wei." After seeing Yang Wendong coming, Hong Xuefei immediately ran over to greet him. Then he noticed that the floor was a bit messy, and said a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, I'm still designing a new spin mop these days, and the samples are a bit messy."
"It's okay, I only look at the results." Yang Wendong smiled, but still said: "It doesn't matter if it's a little messy, but it can't be too messy. These things are flammable, be careful of fire."
Spin mops and sticky hooks are different from sticky notes. From the demand side, it is impossible to sell only one appearance. Different types of mops and sticky hooks need to be placed at the sales point for consumers to choose from.
Therefore, during this period, the entire R&D department was designing two products with different appearances.
Hong Xuefei said: "Okay, I'll let the brothers pay attention to it."
Yang Wendong asked again: "How many types of spinning mops and sticky hooks have been designed now?"
Hong Xuefei replied: "Mr. Yang, the sticky hook is relatively simple. We have designed more than 60 shapes and sent them to the market for testing. About 20 of them have good sales.
Spin mops are much more complicated. We designed seven models according to different sizes, but the sales volume is not much different. They are about the same.”
"Well, OK." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said: "Continue to develop new types. These things are just like towels and brooms. There should be as many types as possible to satisfy the market."
"I understand." said Hong Xuefei.
"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded, and said to Lao Wei, "Let's go to the office upstairs to discuss some things."
"Okay." Wei Zetao naturally agreed, and so did Hong Xuefei.
The three of them soon arrived at the office on the 6th floor. This was Yang Wendong's office. However, when the factory was operating normally, he didn't need to come here as often as before.
In particular, the media industry will be his focus in the future. If he has sufficient funds, he will not just keep them in the bank to earn interest. In a place like Hong Kong, it is inevitable to diversify investments in high-quality investment directions.
"Please sit here." Yang Wendong came to the sofa and took out three bottles of mineral water from the side, one for each person.
Since we are all family, it is usually not necessary to bother preparing tea or coffee; mineral water or drinks will be enough.
After taking a sip of water, Yang Wendong said, "Old Wei, if I want to make another product, according to my estimation, this product may occupy more injection molding machines than the rotary mop, or even several times more. Do you think it is possible?"
Wei Zetao and Hong Xuefei looked at each other and then asked, "Mr. Yang, this thing is very big? Is it bigger than a rotary mop?"
"Yes, much bigger." Yang Wendong nodded.
Large plastic parts occupy far more equipment resources than small ones. For example, there can be dozens of adhesive hooks in a mold. If the objects are small, they cool down quickly, so the production efficiency increases exponentially.
For large parts, it is the opposite. One mold can only form one large part at a time, and because the part is large and the cooling time is long, the production capacity is bound to be very slow.
So even though the sticky hook sells better, its resource consumption for injection molding machines is still not as good as that of the rotary mop, but the profit is much higher.
Wei Zetao thought for a moment and said, “If we do it ourselves, it’s not impossible, but if the demand increases too quickly, it will be too late.
The fastest way is to let many plastic factories in Hong Kong produce for us. If the investment is relatively large, we can form a joint venture or provide certain support in other aspects."
"Yeah, that makes sense." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said to Hong Xuefei: "Old Hong, help me get the suitcase over there."
"Okay." Hong Xuefei stood up, followed Yang Wendong's direction, walked to a corner of the office, picked up the box, and walked back.
Yang Wendong asked with a smile: "Does it feel heavy?"
Hong Xuefei said: "It's quite heavy, but it's no problem to carry it for a while."
Yang Wendong asked again: "What if I let you take this luggage on a business trip to Japan? Or even Europe and America? What would that be like?"
After Hong Xuefei sat down again, he said with a smile: "I must be exhausted on this journey. I will definitely not bring so much luggage. Except for some daily necessities, I will not bring anything if I can. At most, I can buy more when I get to the destination."
"Yes, that's how most people think." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "But what if we can solve this problem? You have also worked in factories for your entire lives. Things in the factory are very heavy and need to be moved to far places. What would you do?"
Hong Xuefei thought for a moment and replied, "Put it on the cart?"
"Well, that's one way." Yang Wendong paused and said, "What if there is no car, or if there are places where it is inconvenient for cars to enter and exit, such as the high and low temperature boxes we imported from Japan, how do they solve this problem?"
"There are wheels under the high and low temperature box." After Hong Xuefei finished speaking, he immediately reacted and asked, "Mr. Yang, do you mean to install wheels under the suitcase?"
"Yes, isn't it much more convenient with wheels?" Yang Wendong said with a smile.
In the previous life, normal people probably didn’t have any special thoughts about suitcases, thinking that they were just very common things.
But I would never have thought that decades ago, when people traveled, they carried their suitcases by hand, just like in the movies during the Republic of China period;
The only progress is that after the development of plastic industry technology in the 50s, plastic boxes or plastic cloth boxes replaced the heavy wooden boxes or expensive leather suitcases.
Wei Zetao thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Yang, it's not difficult to add wheels to the bottom of the plastic box, but how do we pull or push it? We can't just bend over and push or pull it, right?"
"That's a good question." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "So this is the problem we need to solve. As long as this problem is solved, it will be easier for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of tourists."
Then, Yang Wendong pulled the heavy suitcase over, pointed to the side and said, "We have a retractable pull rod installed on this side. It can be retracted when not in use, which has little impact on the normal use of the suitcase.
When needed, you can pull it out, so that one person can pull the suitcase normally. What do you think?"
"This..." After hearing this, Wei Zetao and Hong Xuefei were so surprised that they couldn't speak. Then Hong Xuefei said, "Mr. Yang, this is really a good method. It can reduce the strength of travelers by 80%."
Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Having a method is just an idea, but to realize it, you have to rely on your research. I can't do anything."
In his previous life, he was not a structural engineer. He knew about many commonly used things, but he didn't know how the internal structure of these things was achieved.
After all, an ordinary normal person would not study these things. Therefore, in this era, he can only put forward his own ideas, but still needs a team of engineers in structural design to solve this problem from a practical perspective.
Hong Xuefei nodded and said, "Okay, I will immediately arrange for someone to study how to implement this function."
"Yes." Yang Wendong said, "Let's start with the internal project. Lao Wei, after the project is established, seal the copies of these materials and give them to Lawyer Zhang for filing. This way, just in case, when needed, it can be confirmed that our company is the first researcher of this idea."
At this moment, the trolley suitcase is just a thing of imagination, so it is naturally impossible to register a patent, not even an appearance patent or a creative patent.
In this case, the company's internal information naturally needs to be preserved as evidence of the timeline to avoid special circumstances.
Wei Zetao agreed and said, "Okay, we will approve the project this afternoon, and then I will personally deliver it to Lawyer Zhang."
"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded, then took out a document and said, "These are the rough sketches I drew. You can refer to them."
Although he didn't know the internal structure of the trolley suitcase, he still knew what it looked like on the outside.
Therefore, he just drew a rough outline, and there was some content introduction next to the picture. This was basically the most information he could provide.
"Okay, Mr. Yang." Hong Xuefei said with a smile after taking the document.
Wei Zetao said with a smile: "Once Mr. Yang comes up with this idea, I guess the whole company will be very busy again next year."
"Haha, ideas are ideas, but we still need everyone to work together to make things." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Wei Zetao nodded and said, "I understand. I will also make preparations for production in advance. Leave the supplier's affairs to me."
"Okay, everyone do their part." Yang Wendong said.
The research and development of the trolley-type suitcases has been handed over to professionals, and the boss Yang Wendong only needs to pay attention to it from time to time in the future.
Soon another week has passed and Christmas in Hong Kong is approaching. The entire Changxing Industrial factory is still as busy as ever. The production of post-it notes and the injection molding of sticky hooks on the first floor are booming, and all the workers' eyes are full of enthusiasm.
Because Changxing Industrial is different from other factories, the busier the factory is, the higher their income is, and they eat better.
At noon time, everyone went to the cafeteria in batches. The first group to go were the female workers on the packaging line.
On the way, everyone was chatting as they walked, and the atmosphere was full of laughter.
When they arrived at the canteen entrance, the security guard suddenly stopped several people and said, "The company has a new rule that you can't bring lunch boxes in. From now on, you are not allowed to take away the food in the canteen if you can't finish it."
"Ah!" The female workers who were stopped were stunned. They had children at home who were waiting for them to bring back delicious food.
However, they did not dare to say much. A few days ago, someone was fined 50 yuan for wasting food. After he refused to accept the fine, he was directly fired.
This scared a lot of people. There were countless people outside trying to get into their current jobs. If some of them had not been lucky enough to have joined the company in its early days, it would probably be impossible for them to find such jobs now.
The security guard then said, "Put the lunch boxes on this table. The company knows you want to take food home, so they made buns inside for everyone.
You can eat it yourself or take it home, but from now on, normal meals will not be allowed out of the cafeteria."
"Baozi?" All the female workers looked at each other, and finally placed the lunch boxes neatly on the table, and the security guard let them in.
After entering the cafeteria, there are really a lot of steamed buns in the opposite corner, just behind the rice serving area.
After everyone got their meals one by one in order, they came to the steamed bun basket. The person distributing the steamed buns said, "Two per person, one meat and one vegetable."
The female workers looked at the palm-sized buns with a little bit of disbelief, but under the urging of the team behind them, they took the buns and found a seat to eat.
"It's really a meat bun. I poked it with chopsticks." A female worker said excitedly, "This is much better than the food we brought back. My son hasn't eaten meat buns for a long time. He will definitely be very happy to see it."
"Yes, yes." Several female workers sat together and chatted, but no one ate the buns. Instead, they wrapped them in oil paper and put them aside to be taken out later.
At this time, a female worker came over and sat in the last seat. She said, "I just asked the person in charge of logistics. It was the boss' idea to distribute the steamed buns. He knew that we have children at home, so he made a special arrangement."
"Boss, Mr. Yang?" another female worker asked, "He is so rich, how can he still think of us?"
"Do you think Mr. Yang is just another boss?" Another female worker said, "Mr. Yang was born in a squatter's house and was even poorer than us. Now that he's rich, he'll naturally take care of poor people like us."
"Yes." A female worker nearby said, "We are so lucky to have found a good boss like Mr. Yang. I hope my son can work for Mr. Yang when he grows up."
"Yes, I hope Mr. Yang can live a long life, become richer and richer, and recruit more and more people."
On the other side of the cafeteria, Yang Wendong also came here and ate the buns that had just been brought over. He would occasionally check the food in the cafeteria.
Wei Zetao said with a smile: "Mr. Yang, everyone is very grateful to you. I guess with this move of yours, everyone can work 10% more in the future."
"It's a win-win situation. I always believe that if you treat your employees well, they will work harder." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "It doesn't cost much to make these buns."
Wei Zetao replied: "Just a few workers, plus some flour and vegetables, not much."
"Yeah." Yang Wendong nodded.
For a factory with more than a thousand employees, which is itself a highly profitable industry, this amount of cost is almost nothing to worry about.
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(End of this chapter)