Chapter 16 Contracting the Rodent Control Business
Of course, this does not mean that Yang Wendong is very professional now. Although he comes from the Internet era of later generations, after all, he still has too little practical experience.
But there are specializations in the art industry, which not only refers to technology, but also attitude.
Every employee in a warehouse or other company has their own things to do. Who is willing to spend more time and energy doing other unrelated things?
Unless designated by the leader, no one will be willing to make trouble.
Furthermore, internal employees do lack experience in things like rodent control.
Brian thought for a while and then said: "Elena told me, you never went to school?"
"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "But during this period, I I am already learning to read.”
This is also true. Reading is a basic requirement for integrating into the grassroots society of any place. In the future, the mainland will be able to develop into a global factory and the second largest GDP in the world, with a large number of literate people. , is the most basic requirement.
For other illiterate people, learning to read is very difficult, but for Yang Wendong, he already knows simplified Chinese characters. For him, traditional Chinese characters only need to be memorized additionally.
It has been half a month since he traveled through time, and he can now understand most newspapers. Even if he doesn't recognize some of the words, it doesn't affect his ability to read and understand the meaning of a sentence.
Writing traditional Chinese characters was still a big problem, so he focused on practicing his name, date and other characters, which may be needed for future business.
Brian asked again: "Then how do you know the characteristics of so many rats? Has your family done this before?"
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "About rodent control. The knowledge is also summarized by myself. In addition, I also specifically asked many old people to ask. These old people have rich experience. "
Not only for outsiders, but also for the people around him. The reason for this is that he has changed a lot during this period. I can only say that I have been paying attention to him before.
Brian was a little surprised and said: "Yes, the old people always have rich experience, but if I can ask you like this, there are probably not many young people who will do it."
"Thank you for the compliment." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Brian then said: "Yang Sheng, back to business, I don't expect the rats to be completely extinct, but as long as you reduce them significantly, it will be fine."
"Okay, I am very willing. Try it." Yang Wendong agreed.
If he really wants to completely eliminate rats, it will be really difficult for him and basically unrealistic, but if most of them are eliminated, he is still confident.
In essence, this small thing like a mousetrap can at most help one escape from extreme poverty. It is impossible to make more money with it.
When the time comes, you have to find other ways to do it, and imitating the rodent control companies of later generations is a good new business.
Brian thought about it again and asked: "How should we set the price?"
"This..." Yang Wendong hesitated for a moment. He didn't know how to set the price. Then he said: "Then how about calculating it according to one person's labor?"
Brian nodded and said: "Okay, the workers in our warehouse earn almost 3 yuan a day, then we will settle the calculation on a weekly basis, one week 20, how about it?”
"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded. The salary in such a large warehouse is indeed high enough. It is 3 yuan a day, which is almost the average salary in Hong Kong.
But he also knows that it is not easy for normal people to get in. If they are strong and need to know basic Chinese and English, they can eliminate more than half of them.
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Then the two chatted for a while. Brian obviously had a lot of things to do and would not stay here forever, so he left after a while.
After a while, Zhao Liming and Su Yiyi finished their work and came back. Yang Wendong also informed them of his promise with Brian.
Zhao Liming said with a smile: "Brother Dong is going to do this business in the future?"
Yang Wendong said: "How long do you think our mouse trap business can last?"
"You should be able to keep doing it, right?" Zhao Liming thought for a while and said: "Although there are other people making mouse traps like ours, their...
Well, as Brother Dong said last time, they just don't have enough mobility. They don’t have the guts to set up a stall.”
A few people walked back, and Yang Wendong said as they walked: "Those who are making mousetraps may not have the ability, but as time goes by, someone will definitely sell them.
For example, Wouldn’t it be the same for street storefronts and even ordinary vegetable stalls to add a few more mouse traps?”
“That’s right!” Zhao Liming also thought it made sense.
Su Yiyi asked: "Brother Dong, you have said before that we can all sell together. Aren't those who sell rice and those who sell vegetables the same?"
Yang Wendong said: "Yes, yes, but the good days like before are gone. If I open a stall in the future, I may be able to make a little more, but I can only barely make ends meet.
For example, Elena discovered that these mousetraps were everywhere. Do you think she would choose us? "
Su Yiyi nodded and said, "So we need to continue to get more orders from Elena to avoid competing with others setting up stalls in the East Food Market? "
Yang Wendong said: "Yes, the analysis is okay. Even Elena can't always take care of us.
We can’t all rely on outsiders. If we want to rely on ourselves, we have to act on our own, think of other ways, and take other paths. "
Su Yiyi thought for a while and said: "That's right, Brother Dong, you can always think of these problems in advance. ”
"Otherwise, how can we make everyone rich?" Yang Wendong smiled and continued: "Actually, there is no absolute best way to catch mice. Our mouse trap may not be as effective as a mouse cage. Its biggest advantage is that it is cheap. .
But today we sent 1,000 mouse traps, didn’t you find its shortcomings?”
Su Yiyi thought for a while and replied: “It takes up too much space? Come Assemble."
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Yes, the biggest disadvantage of our mousetrap is that it is not in normal shape, and the finished rope is elastic. These are problems when transporting in large quantities. , so it is destined not to be big.
I can only say that it is okay to sell it as a hawker, but it is almost impossible to sell it far away like a mouse trap.
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Even if the iron in Hong Kong was not too expensive, we would not even have the opportunity to set up a stall to sell it. "
"So we are giving up the mousetrap? "Zhao Liming asked.
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "It doesn't count, but we don't need to spend time doing it ourselves. We can just leave it to other people in the dormitory. They produce it and we just buy it.
Our focus later is on the long-term rodent control business in warehouses, office buildings, and residential buildings. ”
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(End of this chapter)