Chapter 60 Preparing for production
When Cui Changjia arrived at the factory, Cui Xiuyuan had already eaten with Dagang and Ergang in the factory. The meal was made by Dagang, which was just a pot of cabbage, vermicelli, tofu and stew. Then two big steamed buns for one person.
The bottom of the basin of the three people eating together was almost empty. Ergang was still telling the story of rural romance, but when he saw Cui Changjia coming, he felt embarrassed to talk about it.
Cui Changjia put the stewed chicken he brought on the table and said with a smile, "I have already eaten it. I forgot to call you to tell you that there is chicken. Dagang and Ergang will come and eat again. Order."
"Manager Cui, come and eat too." Dagang and Ergang now call Cui Changjia "Manager Cui."
"I've eaten, you can eat."
"I'm full, you can eat some more." Cui Xiuyuan said, grabbing the crutch next to him, stuffing it under his arm, stood up, and walked out.
Cui Changjia saw this and followed him out.
"Brother, how are you feeling?" Cui Changjia asked after chasing Cui Xiuyuan.
Cui Changjia was asking Cui Xiuyuan how he was feeling.
Cui Xiuyuan has never been so happy for such a long time. He feels like a fire is burning in his heart, and he has an urge to break through everything now and move forward bravely!
Cui Xiuyuan leaned on crutches and walked slowly and irregularly on the concrete floor outside, with the vast starry sky above his head.
He stopped, "Very good, Jiajia," his tone was very solemn, "Jiajia, thank you for your hard work."
"See more of the outside world, go, go Have you been to the office for a while?”
“Of course, I think your improved desk is simple and practical, and it looks much more pleasing to the eye than the traditional desk.”
"It's just that the chairs are not popular. When we have enough funds, we can buy a batch of swivel chairs ourselves."
Cui Xiuyuan's eyes were starry, "Should we put the product on the agenda?"
"Isn't it time for you to be discharged from the hospital? Let's discuss it now?"
"Let's go!"
< br>That night, it was almost ten o'clock when Cui Changjia went back. Although it was late, she and Cui Xiuyuan decided on two small household products. One was a small folding table suitable for college students, which was mainly targeted at sales targets. It is for college students, and the other is a 75*80 folding table for home use. Both products can be made of ecological boards.
The ecological board has been finished, and all that's left is the hardware.
The hardware of small folding tables can be customized, but the hardware of large folding tables must be made of steel pipes, and they cannot be particularly thick steel pipes.
The thicker the steel pipe, the higher the cost, and the higher the cost. It is not suitable for them in the early stage when they want to occupy the market share.
Whether it is the hardware for a large folding table or a small folding table, unlike screws and the like, which can be made using standard parts, they have to be customized.
Cui Xiuyuan gave Cui Changjia the names of two factories and asked her to go there tomorrow to compare prices.
When he got up the next morning, at only eight o'clock, Cui Changjia arrived at the first store, Brothers Hardware Factory.
This is a small factory. You can almost see the entire inside from the outside. The yard is 100 square meters in total. There is a row of houses behind it. The big one at the end looks like a factory. According to the Cui Changjia's experience is that in such a large factory, she estimates that there are only two machine tools at most.
There was no security guard at the entrance of Xingshi Hardware Factory. She shouted through the gate, and someone came out immediately.
He was a middle-aged man, about forty years old, not tall, but he was neatly dressed and looked quite solid.
"Is something wrong?" the man asked. "I want to come and see the hardware."
"Oh," a smile appeared on the man's face, he hurriedly opened the door, then extended his hand to shake Cui Changjia's hand and introduced himself, "My surname is Zhang, my name is Zhang Shichao, just call me Lao Zhang."< br>
"Hello Mr. Zhang, my name is Cui Changjia."
Lao Zhang is just calling himself, Cui Changjia will not really call him "Lao Zhang".
"Where does Mr. Cui want to use the hardware, and what are the specifications?" Zhang Shichao guided Cui Changjia inside, "Please come over here, and you can take a look at our parts first."
Zhang Shichao spoke in a leisurely manner, and I felt very comfortable getting along with him.
“I don’t have many hardware requirements. I need steel pipes, angle irons and iron brackets. Can I do it?”
“We can do everything that can be seen on the market. , or if you have drawings, we can do it according to the drawings.”
Zhang Shichao’s brother’s hardware factory looks big from the outside. When I entered the factory, I found that his factory was very long. There were at least four machine tools in the back and a display cabinet in the front, which displayed the products made by their factory. A variety of hardware, as well as some pipe fittings of various materials.
The drawing was drawn by Cui Xiuyuan. Cui Changjia handed it to Zhang Shichao. Zhang Shichao only glanced at it and said, "This is quite simple." He pointed to the iron bracket and said, "This set is for You can just calculate the labor cost of 50 cents. This is It takes a little more time to make a steel pipe. Depending on the thickness of the steel pipe, the labor cost ranges from 80 cents to 2 yuan. I can't produce angle iron here, but I have channels to purchase it. If you want it together, it is guaranteed to be better than what is available in the market. Cheap.”
What Zhang Shichao said was just the price of labor charges. He had to calculate the exact price based on the length.
Cui Changjia said, “In addition to the price, we must also ensure the quality of the hardware, especially the iron parts. They cannot rust after being used for a period of time, which will damage our reputation.”
“ Don’t worry, the materials we use are It’s in accordance with national standards. The iron parts are all galvanized and absolutely corrosion-resistant.”
Cui Changjia asked Zhang Shichao to calculate the price and then left her contact information. If she was sure she wanted it, I will come back to confirm the quantity with Zhang Shichao.
Before leaving, Zhang Shichao also brought samples to Cui Changjia for comparison.
The Cui family is not what it used to be. Whether buying hardware or other items, the lower the cost, the better.
Cui Changjia went to another hardware factory in Shixing, but it was a big factory, and it had to start at least 10,000 pieces before making it. Even if it started at 10,000 pieces, the price was still higher than that of Brother Hardware. The factory is expensive.
It was already noon when Cui Changjia returned to the factory, so he stopped by to have a meal at the factory.
Because the house was still under repair, foreman Jiang Ge led people to cook a big pot of rice for lunch. Cui Changjia filled a bowl of food and followed Cui Xiuyuan to the office to eat.
Cui Xiuyuan had a good sleep in the factory yesterday, but this morning he was groping around in the factory, fiddling with this and that, but he still didn't have a very clear idea.
Cui Xiuyuan first looked at the price given by Zhang Shichao that Cui Changjia brought back, and he frowned as soon as he saw it.
“What’s wrong, is the price wrong?”
“No,” Cui Xiuyuan sneered, “Ye Guochu went too far,” he said, pointing to the price of the screws quoted by Zhang Shichao, “This Model of screw Silk, the price Ye Guochu gave us was ten yuan a pound.”
The Cui family’s hardware used to be supplied by the Ye family. Whatever pieces they wanted, the Ye family would go find them. Give me a price. Cui Xiuyuan has already given it.
I didn’t expect the Ye family to go so far and add so much extra money!