Chapter 72 New Opportunities and Planning Preparations
The upper limit of the mouse-catching industry is still too low after all. Although it is far from reaching the upper limit, even if it really captures some European and American markets, the output value is still lower than that of other industries. of.
For example, Li Jiacheng's plastic flowers, or the most basic toy industry, or even the Rubik's Cube he has been studying, may not be comparable.
It has been almost 9 months since he traveled to Hong Kong. During this time, he has come up with many products for future generations, but due to technology or his existing resources, he cannot make them, or it has not been launched yet. timing.
And there are some things that he would not have thought of unless he used them. For example, this sticky note is a very interesting and "money" invention in human history.
"What's the convenience?" Su Yiyi looked at Yang Wendong who got stuck mid-sentence strangely and asked.
"Haha." Yang Wendong happily grabbed Su Yiyi's hand and said, "I remembered a good thing. Let's go outside."
"Ah!" Caught by Yang Wendong Su Yiyi was pulled out before she could react.
After arriving at the intersection, Su Yiyi asked: "Brother Dong, where are we going?"
"Go to the hardware market, I want to see the glue again." Yang Wendong said with a smile, and looked Looking around, there were no rickshaws, so the two of them had no choice but to walk past.
Su Yiyi asked curiously: "Glue? Isn't there a lot in the factory?"
Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "The glue in the factory is all the kind of strong glue that sticks to mice. What I want is , the kind of glue that doesn’t stick very well.”
“Glue that doesn’t stick very well?” Su Yiyi was a little confused, but she didn’t ask too much.
The distance to the hardware market is almost 2 kilometers. The two of them walked and chatted, and they arrived in just ten minutes.
“Old Shen.” Yang Wendong immediately shouted loudly after entering a larger store.
"Oh, here we come, yo, Yang Sheng." Lao Shen, wearing a pair of reading glasses, walked to the edge and saw Yang Wendong, and said with a smile: "Yang Sheng, your distinguished guest, why did you come to my shop in person? "
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Old Shen, if your shop is small, there will be no bigger glue shop in Hong Kong."
"Haha, old man, I am just a fool in my old age. That's all, you can't compare to Yang Sheng." Old Shen smiled and asked:
"Yang Sheng opened a factory at such a young age. I have been opening a store here for more than 30 years. You started your own business at such a young age. The first one, now I even have my own property.”
“It’s just a marginal area.” Yang Wendong shrugged. Any land in Tsim Sha Tsui may be worth a lot in 20 years, but now, It doesn't make any sense.
Although most of the reason for acquiring Hongxing Plastic Factory was because of the land, in the short term, it was still for the sake of my own factory.
Lao Shen handed over two bottles of mineral water and said, "Here, you two have one bottle each."
"Huh?" Su Yiyi just walked over, her face a little red. , now it’s redder again.
"Old man Shen, do you have some glue that is not very sticky?" Yang Wendong took a sip of water and got down to business.
Lao Shen frowned and asked: "Glue that is not very sticky? What do you want this kind of glue for?"
"Don't worry about it." Yang Wendong naturally couldn't say that this is a hot new product that is ten times or a hundred times larger than the sticky mouse board market.
Of course he couldn't tell anyone before he made it and registered the patent.
Lao Shen smiled and said: "Generally speaking, when everyone buys glue, they want it to be sticky, and few specifically want non-stick glue. The goods I buy from Japan are all sticky. Most of them are used in different environments, such as plastic, paper, metal, wooden boards, etc. "In which environments do you need less sticky glue?" Yang Wendong asked again.
Using glue that is not very sticky is indeed a bit counter-intuitive. What he is more worried about is that he cannot buy this kind of glue.
Historically, sticky notes were a kind of glue accidentally invented by 3M R&D personnel. It was not very sticky and was later used on sticky notes.
However, this does not mean that there was no glue that was not very sticky in the world before the 1970s.
Glue has been around for hundreds of years. In recent decades, the chemical industry has developed greatly, and countless types of glue have appeared. There will always be one similar to the one developed by 3M more than ten years later. Even if the performance is not comparable, it just needs to be almost the same.
The first product does not need to be perfect, it just needs to be easy to use. You can improve it after the funds are recycled.
Lao Shen thought for a while and said: "There is a situation where there will be such a demand. In medical treatment, there will be a need for glue that is not very sticky. For example, some bandage glue in hospitals needs to be sticky, but not very sticky.
For other occasions , I couldn’t think of it for a while.”
“Medical tape? Yes, the band-aid is not very sticky.” After being reminded, Yang Wendong also thought of the wounds around people. Posting, isn’t that what you need?
It’s just that many times, people easily ignore the things around them. Many times, the most common industrial products may have various magical technologies.
Lao Shen added: "Yes, poor band-aids use strong adhesive glue. This kind of glue will be very painful when it is torn on the skin, and may even hurt the wound;
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A good band-aid has just the right stickiness, won't fall off, and won't have much impact when it's torn off. "
Yang Wendong nodded and asked: "Do you have this kind of glue? "
"No. Lao Shen shook his head and said: "Who buys this kind of glue? I have been in the glue business for decades and I have never seen such a request from you." "
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Then, ask your channels in Japan to see if they have this kind of glue. Help me get some and find the right kind of glue. I may buy it in the future. Quite a few. "
"Okay, no problem, you are my big customer, I will let you know immediately when I ask. "Old Shen nodded.
Yang Wendong's factory had purchased a lot of glue from him before. He naturally wanted to serve big customers well.
"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "I'm waiting for your good news."
The two chatted for a while, and Yang Wendong took Su Yiyi away and returned. factory.
"Yiyi, according to this size, cut out about a hundred pieces." Yang Wendong drew a square of about 7 cm on a piece of paper.
"100? Okay." Su Yiyi was a little surprised, but she agreed.
Then, the two worked together, Yang Wendong painted and Su Yiyi cut. After about ten minutes, 100 small pieces of paper came out.
"It's not quite right. It seems that manual production is definitely not possible." Yang Wendong said thoughtfully after picking up all the papers and comparing them.
Su Yiyi said: "I seem to have seen a paper cutter last time. If you need it, Brother Dong, I can buy one."
"The one you are talking about is manual. , maybe not, I guess we need to customize special equipment." Yang Wendong shook his head.
The sticky mouse board is a rough product. After the stickers and plastic boards are industrially produced, they can be assembled using only manpower;
This is also in line with the current situation in Hong Kong. Labor costs are low. If labor can be used, use labor. It is also good for society and can increase employment;
Only when labor becomes more and more expensive will automation be used as much as possible. .
However, there are some products that cannot be made manually, such as drinks or the sticky notes that Yang Wendong plans to make. It is too inefficient to make them manually and they cannot be made well.
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I know many people may wonder about the adhesive of post-it notes. I have tried Band-Aid specifically. It does not leave too big a mark when it is attached to the paper and then torn off. Perhaps it is better than the band-aid. Not as good as a Post-it note, but good enough as a new idea, and the Band-Aid appeared before World War II.
In our time, low-viscosity adhesives are not only needed for sticky notes. At least the adhesives used in the medical industry cannot be strong, similar to sticky notes~
There must have been demand in this area before, but it was really not big. Historically, it was probably post-it notes that drove this market.
(End of this chapter)