Chapter 341 Talent Training Program and Hot Sales of Snake Skin Bags

Chapter 341 Talent Training Program and Hot Sales of Snake Skin Bags

Chapter 341 Talent Training Program and Hot Sales of Snake Skin Bags
"Hair dryer?" Wang Zhiqun was stunned for a moment and said, "I do have one at home, and it's imported from Japan."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "I have one at home, too. There is also a large one for women. I have used it many times. It is very convenient. However, you know that in Hong Kong or Asian countries, very few families have this thing now."

Hair dryers have actually been around since the last century, but they were all large-scale and were generally used by women with long hair. A tube was put on the head, and hot air blew towards it. They were generally used in barber shops.

As for men, they just need to wait for their hair to dry by itself; at the beginning of this century, small hair dryers gradually appeared, but this "small" refers to the old ones. In fact, they are still very large and are rarely used at home.

Wang Zhiqun said: "Yes, most people don't necessarily have them at home, and many of them just wait for them to dry naturally."

Compared with various electrical appliances that are necessary in life, the role of a hair dryer is much smaller. Hair can be dried naturally, even for women, as long as they wash their hair less in winter.

The winter in Hong Kong is not very cold. After taking a shower, you won’t catch a cold if you stand in the sun.

Of course, the drought in the past two years has been severe, so this problem no longer exists. It’s okay to be a little dirty and have lice, it’s better than having no water to drink.
"So I want to develop a small electric hair dryer that is convenient for home use." Yang Wendong added: "This way everyone can blow dry their hair after washing it. The key is that it should be small, not several kilograms heavy. It will be tiring to hold it for a long time and you will need help from others."

It takes a long time to dry women's long hair with a hair dryer that is large in size, heavy in weight and has a small air volume. Women themselves cannot lift the hair dryer for a long time due to physical reasons and have to ask others for help.

People of this era, even Europeans and Americans, may have gotten used to it and think it is normal for everyone to blow-dry each other's hair. But Yang Wendong, as a man of the future, naturally discovered this business opportunity. Now that the time is right, he can try to make this kind of product himself.

Wang Zhiqun thought for a moment and said, "If we want to make it smaller, we need two important technologies. One is that the motor must be small enough but the air volume must not be small; the second is that the outer packaging material must be resistant to high temperatures."

"Yes, for the material, we need plastic." Yang Wendong said, "You can go find Wei Zetao. Changxing Industry has a research and development center in Taiwan. It has been researching high-temperature resistant plastics and has achieved some results.

Plastic itself is relatively light, and as long as it can withstand high temperatures, it can be used as the outer shell of the hair dryer."

Changxing Industry got started with creativity and has extremely high profits, but Yang Wendong will not rely entirely on creativity. After all, creativity is always limited. Even for 3M, its core is still a lot of cutting-edge technology, and popular products like Post-it Notes are just unexpected wealth.

Therefore, when plastic became the core raw material of Changxing Industrial, he also invested heavily to set up a research and development center in Taiwan, using local chemical industry talents in Taiwan to carry out his own research and development.

As a time traveler, Yang Wendong also knew that with the development of technology, plastic would become the core raw material for various electrical appliances and even future products such as automobiles, computers, and airplanes. The most common requirement among these is high temperature resistance, so he let the R&D center in Taiwan focus on high temperature resistant materials.

"Okay, I will look for some materials, and my future electric fans will also use more plastics." Wang Zhiqun agreed and asked, "As for the motor, I will try to go to Japan and Germany to ask about it."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, “Okay, but after we find the right one, we need to buy the relevant technology and then produce it ourselves. This kind of core component needs to be in our own hands;

The role of motors is very important. Fans and hair dryers are just a small market now. Once motors are well made, we will have a bigger market. "

The role of motors is really huge. Among conventional electrical appliances, except televisions, other air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, fans, microwave ovens, etc. all require motors.

"Okay." Wang Zhiqun thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Yang, the technology of hair dryers shouldn't be very difficult. We can make some optimizations, but compared with other peers, we don't seem to have any absolute advantages."

"Then what advantages do you think our TV has?" Yang Wendong asked back.

Wang Zhiqun shook his head and said, "No, I can only say that if we produce in Hong Kong, it will be much cheaper once the industrial chain is established here."

"Being cheap is enough, and cheap is one of the most important indicators." Yang Wendong said: "The electrical appliance industry cannot be as creative as Changxing Industry. In many cases, everyone is similar, and then competes on brand, channel, price and quality.

When we have a certain market and experience, we will consider taking the technical route. For example, electric fans and hair dryers, our products are definitely not as good as those of established companies, but we will make them first and then consider improvements later. "

If it were the 70s, Yang Wendong would definitely try to make computer-related products, such as arcade machines, calculators, etc.; but there is still more than ten years left, which is equivalent to half a lifetime, so he naturally has to develop in the electrical appliance field.

Especially now that the Asian economy has just taken off, the demand for electrical appliances is very high, just like the mainland in the 80s.
At times like this, local Asian brands also have great opportunities. For example, Samsung took off with this opportunity. When Samsung was developing electronic products in the 60s, it did not have much technology, but this did not affect its future technological achievements.

Just take it one step at a time.

Wang Zhiqun said: "Okay, I will ask the design department to start trying to design a small hair dryer."

"Okay." Yang Wendong said again: "When the appearance design is out, show it to me, and I may be able to give some suggestions."

It is called "design", but in fact it is just buying some similar products on the market and then dismantling them.

This is also the norm. If developing countries want to develop rapidly, they should imitate, as long as they do not directly copy patents. If they insist on making their own innovations, they will suffer the consequences.

"Okay." Wang Zhiqun agreed.

Yang Wendong asked again: "How is the recruitment of designers? There are still not many electronic talents in Hong Kong, right?"

Wang Zhiqun smiled and replied: "Yes, Hong Kong is very short of talents in this field, so I mainly recruit from Taiwan.

Taiwan has had a special talent training program since the 50s, and there are electronics courses in universities. In addition, the local electronics industry is much more developed than Hong Kong, and the total population is also large, so they can directly poach people. The salary in Hong Kong is higher than theirs, and as long as the accommodation and food problems are solved, they are still very happy to come here. "

"That's good." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "The Chinese University of Hong Kong is about to be established. Wei Zetao has already negotiated with the Hong Kong government's education department and will add two engineering classes, one for structural design and the other for electronics. You can work with him to see how to maximize our interests."

Universities in Hong Kong still cannot be compared with national ones, whether in terms of campus size or the number of admissions. Therefore, Wei Zetao only got two classes, and this is all he can do for now.

"Two classes?" Wang Zhiqun thought for a moment and said, "Although it's a little too few, as long as we make these two classes the best in the school and attract high-credit talents, it will be good for us.

Because oftentimes, R&D is not just about the number of people, but about the best people. It’s good to be able to get the people with the highest credits into these two classes.”

"How to attract?" Yang Wendong asked, "Is this an internal matter of the university?"

Wang Zhiqun said: "This is simple. We just need to hire high-quality graduates from these two classes with high salaries. That will naturally attract people. After all, the purpose of going to college is to find a good job after graduation, unless you are a second-generation rich man."

"Your method is feasible." Yang Wendong agreed, "But it will take a long time. In the short term, we still have to recruit people from overseas or Taiwan."

Wang Zhiqun nodded and said, "Yes, that's for sure. Hong Kong had almost no electronics industry and relatively few general industries a few years ago. It was only in recent years that you, Mr. Yang, expanded these industries. It will definitely take a longer time for local talents and supply chains to be perfected."

"Well, it's really not something that can be done in a hurry." Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "In that case, your strategy can not only target future graduates from the University of Hong Kong, but also those from Taiwan, by recruiting top students from related majors in their universities, or talents from society.

We will first strengthen our current team. When the scale grows, we will definitely need to carry out R&D of multiple projects at the same time, not one or two at a time like we do now."

There are too many electrical products, and I am not short of funds, but what limits me is the talent in this area. Although some things can be relied on overseas R&D centers, the communication efficiency is low in this era, and it is not easy to operate too many things if they are developed overseas. The best choice is still in Hong Kong or Taiwan.

"Okay, I will try my best to recruit people from Taiwan." Wang Zhiqun said with a smile.

"Okay." Yang Wendong said, "When your first batch of TV sets comes out, bring a few over to me."

Wang Zhiqun agreed: "No problem."

A week later, it was the morning of May 5th:
Honor brand televisions were delivered directly to Changxing Building.

"Is this a 17-inch one?" Yang Wendong looked at the screen in front of him and said, "It feels so small."

Wang Zhiqun said, "Mr. Yang, you have always watched color TVs larger than 20 inches, so you may be used to it. But in fact, when normal people buy TVs, they usually buy small 14-inch TVs."

"Well, it's OK." Yang Wendong nodded and asked, "How many were produced in this batch?"

"200 units." Wang Zhiqun said, "100 of them will be placed in our factory for various tests, and the others will be sent to various sister companies for display. In this way, colleagues who want this TV can sign up."

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Then it mainly depends on Changxing Industry? They have the most people." "Yes, 100 out of 80 units are for them." Wang Zhiqun said, "I will follow the car to Kwun Tong later."

Yang Wendong said: "I'll go too. I have something to do there as well."

"Okay." Wang Zhiqun said with a smile.

After noon, a group of people and a truck arrived at the Changxing Industrial Park in Kwun Tong.

Wei Zetao came to greet them. He had already made preparations. As soon as the truck stopped, he arranged for people to get on the truck to unload the goods. There were also many small cars waiting below.

He himself went to the inner factory with Yang Wendong and Wang Zhiqun.

A middle-level leader from Changxing Industry came to the three people with a small cart of cartons. Wei Zetao said, "Mr. Yang, this is the plastic woven bag we produced using Japanese equipment."

"Woven bag?" Wang Zhiqun was a little confused.

Yang Wendong picked up the bag and looked at it, then said to Wei Zetao: "Old Wei, explain it to these people."

"Okay." Wei Zetao smiled and said, "This plastic woven bag is..."

Following Wei Zetao's explanation, Wang Zhiqun and others also understood, and then they also picked up the bag and pulled it hard, but there was no damage on the surface.

Wei Zetao smiled and said, "A normal plastic bag is hard to tear, so forget it; this woven bag cannot be torn even if you scratch it lightly with a knife."

Wang Zhiqun was surprised and said, "This thing is really good. It is much more convenient to use it to store rice, flour, etc."

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "There are also cement, fertilizer, in short, small particles or powdered things, our bag can be used for everything."

"Yes." Wei Zetao said: "Now, the first target of my promotion of this woven bag is the cement factory. Their current transportation is extremely troublesome."

Yang Wendong asked: "How much can be produced in a day now?"

Wei Zetao said: "About 500 bags a day, and it will continue to increase in the future."

"500? We can try it out first." Yang Wendong nodded.

Even when used to carry cement, woven bags are not used and thrown away like plastic bags, so 500 is a large number.

On May 5, at the cement factory of Ching Chau Cement in Hung Hom:

"Boom~~"

The deafening noise can be heard from far away outside the cement factory.

A young man came to the door and was stopped by the security guard. After a brief conversation, he was handed a pack of cigarettes and was soon invited in.

"Mr. Jian?"

The young man in the conference room heard the voice behind him and quickly stood up and said, "Hello, Chief Xu, I'm Jian Jiahua, the sales manager of Changxing Industrial."

"Hello, please take a seat." After Chief Xu's polite words, he said, "I wonder what advice Mr. Jian has for me since I came to Yingni, Qingzhou?"

Ching Chau Cement is the largest cement factory in Hong Kong and has a cooperative relationship with Cheung Hing Properties.

However, the other party is now the largest industrial giant in Hong Kong, and the visitors must be treated with courtesy, so Chief Xu was also very polite.

"I'm here to sell you a new product from our Changxing Industrial. It's called a plastic woven bag, or a snakeskin bag." After Jian Jiahua said this, he took out the snakeskin bag that he had placed in the cardboard box next to him.

"Snakeskin bag?" Chief Xu was a little surprised when he heard the name: "What is this bag used for?"

"Take a look first." Jian Jiahua handed the bag over.

After Chief Xu took it, he looked at it carefully and said, "Are you going to let us use this bag to carry cement?"

"Yes, it is very strong." Jian Jiahua introduced: "Its outer surface is made of..."

Section Chief Xu listened to the introduction, as well as the bag's load-bearing capacity, waterproof properties, etc., and his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Is this waterproof?"

"Of course, we can try it later." Jian Jiahua said with a smile: "Look at the inside, it is actually the plastic bag we use every day, it must be waterproof, the outside is sealed with thin plastic, and the hardness is also very high. It will not be damaged unless you poke it with a very hard object."

"Okay, can I try this?" Section Chief Xu immediately became interested.

As a cement factory, the most feared thing when transporting cement is water, that is, rain, because the transportation cost in this regard is also relatively high;
Of course, there has been less rain in Hong Kong in the past two years, but it will not always be without rain in Hong Kong, so we always have to consider the future.

Jian Jiahua agreed: "No problem."

The two soon arrived at the backyard of a workshop. At a command from Section Chief Xu, several workers poured raw cement into snakeskin bags.

Then we poured water on the surface and used some hard objects to gently scratch it to test the surface hardness. We also tested the load-bearing capacity, and each one was the best result.

Section Chief Xu quickly asked, "How much is this bag?"

Jian Jiahua smiled and said, "3 yuan each."

"3 yuan? Can't it be cheaper?" asked Section Chief Xu.

Jian Jiahua said, "Chief Xu, our bags have just been produced, and the cost is still very high. Moreover, with these bags, it is much more convenient than your company's previous use of wooden boxes to transport cement. It really saves a lot of money."

"Then how many bags do you have?" Section Chief Xu asked again.

Jian Jiahua raised three fingers and said, "3000."

"Okay, I want them all. Can you give me a 5 cent discount?" Chief Xu said with a smile.

Jian Jiahua said, "Chief Xu is really good at bargaining, but I can only give you 1500 at most. We have to send the rest to other places to sell."

"1500? That's fine too." Section Chief Xu added, "Let me try it out first. If it works well, I'll ask you later."

"Okay." Jian Jiahua said with a smile.

After having a work lunch at Yingni, Qingzhou, Jian Jiahua immediately rushed to a nearby flour processing factory to sell his products.
The next day, several salesmen from Changxing Industrial also began to go to vegetable markets, small factories and other places where snakeskin bags might be needed.

Soon, by the end of May, the phone of Changxing Industrial's plastic products business department began to ring frequently. Every time the phone was answered, it was an order for snakeskin bags. For a time, the business was extremely popular.

Wei Zetao quickly informed Yang Wendong of the news. Yang Wendong said calmly, "Speed ​​up production capacity to meet the Hong Kong market as soon as possible. I will also focus on developing overseas markets in the future."

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