Chapter 341 Talent Training Plan and the Popularity of Snakeskin Bags
“Hair dryer?” Wang Zhiqun was stunned for a moment and said, “I have one at home, imported from Japan.”
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "I have one at home, and 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, there are very few families with this thing."
Hair dryers actually existed as early as the last century, but they were all large, usually used by women with long hair. A pipe was put on the head, and then hot air was blown over. Used in barber shops.
As for men, just wait for their hair to dry by itself; and at the beginning of this century, small hair dryers gradually appeared, but this "small" was for the past, and it was actually very large for home use. There are relatively few.
Wang Zhiqun said: "Yes, most people may not have one at home. Many of them wait to dry naturally."
Compared with various electrical appliances that are necessary for daily life, the effect of hair dryers is much smaller. It can also 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 washing, standing under the sun will generally not cause a cold.
Of course, the drought has been severe in the past two years, and this problem no longer exists. It’s okay to be a little dirty and get lice, it’s better than having no water to drink.
“So I want to develop a product that is convenient. "A small electric hair dryer for home use." Yang Wendong added: "This way everyone can dry their hair by themselves. The key is that it should be small, rather than weighing several kilograms, making it tiring to hold it for a long time, and requiring other people. Help.”
Women's long hair takes a long time to dry in front of a hair dryer that is bulky, heavy, has a small air volume, and women themselves cannot lift it for a long time due to physical reasons, so they have to ask for help.
People in this era, even Europeans and Americans, may be used to it and think this is what they should do. Everyone blows each other's hair. But Yang Wendong, as a person from the future, naturally discovered this business opportunity. Now the time is almost the same. , you can try making this product yourself.
Wang Zhiqun thought for a while and said: "If you want to make it small, you need two important technologies. One is that the motor is small enough but the air volume cannot be small; the second is that the outer packaging material must be high-temperature resistant. "
"Yes, the material must be made of plastic," Yang Wendong said, "Go and find Wei Zetao. Changxing Industrial has a R&D center in Wanwan, and they have been studying high-temperature plastics. There has also been some success.
Plastic itself is relatively light, and as long as it can withstand high temperatures, it can be used as the shell carrier of the hair dryer. ”
Changxing Industrial relies on creativity and its profits are extremely high, but Yang Wendong will not rely solely on creativity. After all, creativity is always limited. Even 3M still has many cutting-edge technologies at its core. Popular products like post-it notes are just accidents. wealth.
Therefore, when plastic became the core raw material of Changxing Industrial, he also invested heavily in setting up a R&D center in Wanwan, using local chemical industry talents in Wanwan to do his own research and development.
As a time traveler, Yang Wendong also knows that with the development of science and technology, plastic will become the core raw material of various electrical appliances and even future products such as automobiles, computers, airplanes, etc. The most common requirement is high temperature resistance, so let The research direction of Wanwan's R&D center is high-temperature resistant materials.
"Okay, I will find some materials, and my future electric fans will also use more plastic." After Wang Zhiqun agreed, he asked: "As for the motor, I will find a way to go to Japan and Germany Ask about it."
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Okay, but after finding the right one, we need to buy the relevant technology and then produce it ourselves. This core component needs to be in our own hands;
The role of motors is very important. The current fans and hair dryers are just small markets. When the motors are ready, we will have a bigger market. ”
The role of motors is really great. Among conventional electrical appliances, except for TVs, other air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, fans, microwave ovens, etc. all need motors.< br>
“Okay. Wang Zhiqun thought for a while and then asked: "Yang Sheng, the technology of hair dryers shouldn't be difficult. We can make certain optimizations, but compared to other peers, we don't seem to have any absolute advantage." "
"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 it will be produced in Hong Kong. When there is an industrial chain here, it will be much cheaper. ”
"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 Industrial. In many cases, everyone is about the same, and then rely on brand, channel, price, Quality competition.
After we have a certain market and experience, we will consider taking a technical route, such as electric fans and Hair dryers, what we make are definitely not as good as those of other established companies, but we make them first and think about improvements later.”
If this were the 1970s, Yang Wendong would definitely find a way to make products related to computers. Or arcade machines, calculators, etc.; but the time is still more than ten years, which is equivalent to less than half a life, so he naturally wants to develop well in the field of electrical appliances.
Especially now that the Asian economy has just taken off, the demand for electrical appliances is very high, just like the mainland in the 1980s.
At this time, local Asian brands also have great opportunities. For example, Samsung took advantage of this opportunity to take off. When Samsung was engaged in electronic products in the 1960s, it had little technology, but this did not affect its future technological achievements.
Just do it step by step.
Wang Zhiqun said: "Okay, I will ask the design department to start trying to design a small hair dryer."
"Okay." Yang Wendong said again: "Waiting for the appearance design drawing to come out Come on, show me, maybe I can give you some advice.”
It’s called “design”, but in fact it’s just buying some similar products on the market and then taking them apart.
This is also normal. If late-developing countries want to develop rapidly, they should imitate them. As long as they don't directly plagiarize patents, they have to focus on their own innovations, which is hard work.
"Okay." Wang Zhiqun agreed.
Yang Wendong asked again: "How about the recruitment of designers? There are not many electronic talents in Hong Kong, right?"
Wang Zhiqun replied with a smile: "Yes. Hong Kong is short of talents in this field, so I mainly recruit from Wanwan.
Wanwan had a special talent training program in the 1950s, and the university also had electronics subjects, plus local ones. The development of the electronics industry is much better than that of Hong Kong, and the total population is also larger, so just poach people directly. The wages in Hong Kong are higher than those over there. As long as the accommodation and food problems are solved, they are still happy to come. ”
< br>"That's not bad." Yang Wendong nodded and added: "The Chinese University of Hong Kong is about to be established. Wei Zetao has negotiated with the Hong Kong government's education department. Two classes of engineering subjects will be added, one is structural design, and the other is In terms of electronics, you can work with him when the time comes to see how we can maximize our interests.”
Hong Kong universities still cannot compare with national-level universities, whether in terms of campus size or enrollment, so Wei Zetao only got two classes, so he can only do that for the time being.
“Two classes?” Wang Zhiqun thought for a moment and said, “Although it’s a little less, as long as we make these two classes the best in the school and attract high-credit talents, it will be good for us. That's good to say.
Because many times, when doing research and development, we don't just look at the number of people, but at those who are capable. If we can let the people with the highest credits enter these two classes, then Not bad."
"How to attract them?" Yang Wendong asked: "Is this an internal matter within the university?"
Wang Zhiqun said: "It's simple, we just need to hire these two people with high salaries. High-quality graduates from a class can naturally attract people. After all, the purpose of going to college is to find a good job, unless you are a rich second generation. ”
"Your method is okay." Yang Wendong agreed: "But it will take a long time. In the short term, we still have to recruit people from overseas or from the Gulf."
Wang Zhiqun nodded and said: "Yes, that's for sure. Yes, Hong Kong had almost no electronics industry and relatively few general industries a few years ago. It was only in the past few years that you, Yang Sheng, expanded these industries. It will definitely take longer for local talents and supply chains to be improved. "< br>
"Well, it's true that there is no rush." Yang Wendong thought for a while and then said: "In this case, your strategy can not only target future graduates of the University of Hong Kong, but also target those in the Bay Area, and use relevant information from their universities to Recruit top-notch professional students or talents from society.
First strengthen our current team. As the scale grows, we will definitely need to conduct research and development on multiple projects at the same time, which will not be the case now. , come one or two.”
There are too many electrical products, and I am not short of funds, but what limits me is talents in this area. Although some things can rely on overseas R&D centers, communication efficiency in this era is low. , too many things are not easy to operate if they are developed overseas. The best choice is to do it in Hong Kong or Wanwan.
"Okay, I will try my best to go to Wanwan to recruit people." Wang Zhiqun said with a smile.
"Okay." Yang Wendong said again: "When your first batch of TV sets come out, bring me a few sets."
Wang Zhiqun agreed: "No problem."
A week later, it was the morning of May 20th:
The Honor TV was 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, "Yang Sheng, you have always watched color TVs over 20 inches. , maybe I’m used to it; but in fact, normal people usually buy 14-inch small TVs.”
“Well, it’s okay.” Yang Wendong nodded and asked, “This batch. How many units have been produced? "
"200 units," Wang Zhiqun said, "100 of them will be put in our factory for various tests. I will give the rest to various brother companies for display later. Colleagues who want this TV can sign up.”
Yang Wendong said with a smile: “Then we mainly rely on Changxing Industrial?” “Yes, there are 80 of the 100. It's for them." Wang Zhiqun said: "I will follow the car to Kwun Tong later."
Yang Wendong said: "I'll go too, I just have something to go over."
"Okay." Wang Zhiqun said with a smile.
After noon, a group of people and a truck arrived at the Cheung Hing Industrial Park in Kwun Tong.
Wei Zetao came to greet him. He had already made preparations. As soon as the truck stopped, he arranged for people to get on and unload the goods. There were also many small cars waiting below.
He himself came to the internal factory with Yang Wendong and Wang Zhiqun.
A middle-level leader within Changxing Industrial came to the three of them with a cart of cartons. Wei Zetao said, "Yang Sheng, this is the plastic woven bag we produced using Japanese equipment."
"Woven bag?" Wang Zhiqun didn't understand.
Yang Wendong picked up the bag and looked at it, then said to Wei Zetao: "Old Wei, please explain 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. Then they picked up the bag and pulled it vigorously. There was no apparent loss.
Wei Zetao smiled and said: "A normal plastic bag is difficult to tear, so don't even think about it; this woven bag cannot be scratched even if it is lightly scratched with a knife."
Wang Zhiqun said in surprise: "Then this thing is really good. It is very convenient to hold rice, flour and so on."
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "There are also cement, chemical fertilizers, in short, small particles or powdery things, our bag can be used."
"Yes." Wei Zetao said: "Now The first target I plan to promote this woven bag is the cement factory. Their current transportation is very troublesome.”
Yang Wendong asked: "How many bags can be produced in a day now??"
Wei Zetao said: "Almost 500 bags a day, and it will continue to increase in the future."
"500? You can also try it first Water." Yang Wendong nodded.
Even for cement, woven bags are not used once and thrown away like plastic bags, so the quantity of 500 is a lot.
On May 22, Jinzhou Yingni’s cement factory in Hung Hom:
"Boom~~"
A deafening noise can be heard far away outside the cement factory.
A young man came to the door and was stopped by the security guard at the door. After a brief exchange, he was handed a pack of cigarettes and was quickly invited in.
"Jian Sheng?"
The young man in the conference room heard the voice behind him and stood up quickly and said: "Chief Xu, hello, I am Jian Jiahua, Is the sales manager of Changxing Industrial. ”
"Hello, please take a seat." Section Chief Xu said politely, "I don't know if Jian Sheng came to visit me, Qingzhou Yingni, and what advice do you have?"
Qingzhou Yingni is the largest cement factory in Hong Kong. Changxing Real Estate has a bit of a cooperative relationship,
but now it is also the largest industrial giant in Hong Kong. Anyone who comes has to be treated with courtesy, so Section Chief Xu is also very polite.
"I'm here to sell you a new product of our Changxing Industrial. This thing is called a plastic woven bag, or it can be called a snakeskin bag." After Jian Jiahua finished speaking, he took out his own and put it in the cardboard box next to him. snakeskin bag.
“Snake skin bag?” Section Chief Xu was a little surprised when he heard the name: “What is this bag used for?”
"You take a look first." Jian Jiahua handed the bag over.
After Section Chief Xu took it, he looked at it carefully and said, "Do you plan on letting us use this bag to hold cement?"
"Yes, it is very strong. "Jian Jiahua introduced: "The outside is made of..."
Section Chief Xu couldn't help but be impressed after listening to the introduction, as well as the bag's load-bearing capacity, waterproof characteristics, etc. His eyes lit up and he said, "Can you make this waterproof?"
"Of course, we can try it out later." Jian Jiahua smiled and said, "Look at the inside, it's actually the plastic we use every day. The bag is definitely waterproof. The outside is sealed with thin plastic and has a very high hardness. It will not be damaged unless it is poked with a very hard object.”
"Okay, can I try this?" Section Chief Xu suddenly became interested.
As a cement factory, the most fearful thing is to encounter water, that is, rain, when transporting cement, because the transportation cost in this area is also relatively high;
Of course, there has been less rain in Hong Kong in the past two years. , but Hong Kong will not stop raining forever, and we must always consider the future.
Jian Jiahua promised: "No problem."
The two soon came to the backyard of a workshop. Section Chief Xu gave the order, and several workers poured raw cement into the snake skin. bag.
Then I poured water on the surface, and used some hard objects to lightly scratch it to test the hardness of the surface. I also tested the load-bearing capacity. Everything was the best result.
Section Chief Xu quickly asked: "How much does this bag cost?"
Jian Jiahua smiled and said: "3 yuan a piece."
"3 yuan? It can't be cheap. Do you want it?" Section Chief Xu asked.
Jian Jiahua said: "Chief Xu, our bag has just been produced, and the cost is still very high. Moreover, with this kind of bag, it is much more convenient than your company's previous use of wooden boxes to transport cement. It's really It’s enough money to save, but it’s a lot.”
"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 get 5 cents cheaper?" Section Chief Xu said with a smile.
Jian Jiahua said: "Chief Xu is really good at bargaining, but the most I can give you is 1,500. We will send the rest to other places for sale."
"1,500? That’s okay.” Section Chief Xu added, “I’ll use it first. If it works well, I’ll ask you later.”
"Okay." Jian Jiahua smiled.
After having a work lunch in Yingni, Qingzhou, Jian Jiahua rushed to a nearby flour processing factory without stopping and started selling it
The next day, several people from Changxing Industrial For sales, we also started to go to various places such as vegetable markets and small factories that might need snakeskin bags.
Soon, at the end of May, the phone of the plastic products business department of Changxing Industrial began to ring frequently. When I answered the call, people wanted to order snakeskin bags. It became extremely popular for a while.
Wei Zetao quickly informed Yang Wendong of the news, but Yang Wendong said calmly: "Accelerate production capacity and satisfy the Hong Kong market as soon as possible. Later, I will focus on developing overseas markets."
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