Urban Sims

Chapter 346 Savage Dragon Drink (Fourth)

Hangtown, April 4.

The warm spring in April is the season of revival of vegetation. Hundreds of flowers are blooming, catkins are flying, spring breeze is blowing, and the climate is pleasant. It is the most comfortable day in a year.

This morning, Zhou Ming drove the car to the magic liquid research institute in the high-tech park. After staying for a while, he drove again and took the general manager Song Wenhui, the project leader Tian Yuanhao and others to the western outskirts of the city. Sanhua Village Industrial Park entered a factory covering an area of ​​fifteen acres.

This factory is the beverage production factory under the Magic Liquid Research Institute.

The two beverage production lines of the Magic Liquid Research Institute are located in this factory.

Among them, the production line of No. 1 nutrient solution has been in operation for more than half a month, and the output has increased steadily.

The volume of No. 1 nutrient solution produced exceeds 30 liters.

The No. 3 nutrient solution production line will be officially launched today.

Once the No. 3 nutrient solution production line is successfully launched, the magic liquid research institute will completely bid farewell to the state of no profit and achieve self-sufficiency.

Therefore, today is a very important moment, and everyone is looking forward to it.

Through the glass wall, one can see at a glance the dust-free and sterile production plant with high cleanliness. The equipment, walls and floors in the plant are all smooth and shiny, spotless.

Zhou Ming, Song Wenhui and others first put on disposable plastic bag shoes and special dust-free anti-static clothing. After the disinfection process was completed in the disinfection room, they entered the fully automated factory building.

The person in charge of the factory operation is a middle-aged man in his 40s named Du Ze. He used to be a senior automation engineer and was very good at managing the production line. After Zhou Ming offered a high salary to hire him, it took only half a year. The assembly and break-in of the two beverage production lines was completed, and the task assigned to him was completed at the fastest speed.

"Old Du, next month you can get a bonus of 100 million yuan belonging to your team from the financial department. Don't think it's too little, and the bonus at the end of the year will be more."

Seeing the very standardized factory building inside, Zhou Ming nodded. He didn't say anything like "Thanks for your hard work, you did a good job" and other insubstantial words. The way to express satisfaction is simple and rude.

"Thank you Mr. Zhou!"

"Thank you Mr. Zhou!"

Du Ze and the seven or eight employees under his command were all overjoyed, smiling from ear to ear, the fatigue on their bodies dissipated in an instant, and they all thought: These months of shifts are not in vain, so good The boss is also a rare one. Once he makes a move, he will be rewarded with a million bonus.

"Old Du, how is the backlog of No. 1 nutrient solution in the warehouse? If there is too much backlog, you can consider stopping the No. 1 production line to avoid occupying the warehouse."

Zhou Ming said that after the mass production of the No. 1 nutrient solution, the sales situation seems not to be optimistic. There are very few orders received, and the production cost of the No. 1 business solution is also very high. Daily production, more than 30 working capital per day, is really too much to bear.

"Mr. Zhou, the production line does not need to be stopped. Recently, the military learned that our factory can produce a full-nutritional high-energy drink, and placed an order for 60 liters, which is enough for No. 1 production line to run for a month. The space agency also has a batch Orders are being negotiated, and many medical institutions are also very interested in our drink... No. 1 nutrient solution, as the world's first and most nutritious drink, has a great market prospect."

At this time, a 30-year-old woman in a skirt in the crowd, with average appearance, stood up and said in a crisp voice.

"She is?"

Zhou Ming glanced at her in surprise. He didn't come to the beverage factory very often, and besides Du Ze, many employees didn't know each other.

"Mr. Zhou, her name is Ma Li. She is the sales manager of the beverage factory. She has been in charge of beverage sales for less than a month, and she has already received a lot of orders. She has strong business skills." Song Wenhui introduced in Zhou Ming's ear.

Zhou Ming glanced at Ma Li, then turned to Song Wenhui and said, "A bonus of 20 will be added to her salary card next month."

20?
The surrounding air was suffocated, and Qi Qi looked at the sales manager Ma Li with envious eyes.

Although 20 is not enough for them to be jealous, it is definitely a lot. If you add a little more, you can buy a nice car.

Mr. Zhou, that's really too generous.

But Ma Li shook her head, with a charming smile on her exquisite makeup, she unexpectedly refused: "Mr. Zhou, I have a bonus for the sales of beverages, so there is no need to give me an extra bonus."

"Take it, it's for you as a reward, work hard, this company will not treat any capable employee badly."

Zhou Ming waved his hand. Rewards for meritorious deeds are the best way to stimulate employees to work actively. After all, their feelings and beliefs are not as good as real money.

"Thank you Mr. Zhou!" Ma Li bowed.

10 o'clock in the morning.

All ready.

Before the production line started, Zhou Ming also asked Song Wenhui and the others a few questions.

"Old Song, after the production line starts, what will be the output of No. 3 nutrient solution?"

"The initial output will be a little lower, about 100 liters per day, and later it will be adjusted according to market sales. If sales are hot, the output of the production line can be increased to a maximum of [-] million liters per day."

"How much can the cost be controlled?"

"Below 12 yuan, the cost of configuring No. 3 nutrient solution is not very high, and the output will increase, and the cost will be reduced to less than 10 yuan."

"Compared with Red Bull, is our cost lower or higher?" Zhou Ming asked a question he was very concerned about.

"I'm not very clear, but on the market, a bottle of 250ml Red Bull is priced at 7 yuan, and four bottles of Red Bull are 28 yuan. If the share of dealers at all levels and the cost of transportation and packaging are deducted, I think Red Bull's The production cost of the factory will not exceed 9 yuan per liter." Hiroshi Tahara thought for a while.

"In other words, our actual cost is higher than theirs?"

Zhou Ming frowned. He is not competitive in cost control, but is there still competitiveness in the market?
It is estimated that the price war cannot be won, right?

"Mr. Zhou, in terms of cost, after the increase in production volume, it will still decrease in the later stage. Our biggest competitiveness is that our beverages have better charging effects and fewer side effects...Only based on these two points, we can occupy the A lot of market share, plus..."

Song Wenhui added: "Even if our cost is higher, in terms of price, it is not impossible to sell it cheaper than Red Bull. The market price of 250ml is 6 yuan per bottle, and we can earn more than 2 yuan per bottle."

In fact, the beverage industry is a very profitable industry, ranking among the forefront of all industries.

High-energy drinks are the most profitable, followed by fruit juices and carbonated drinks.

Even for the cheapest mineral water, the cost paid by the manufacturer is only the filling fee and transportation fee. After deducting these costs, each bottle of water can earn at least 3 to 4 cents.

"2 yuan per bottle."

Zhou Ming shook his head. It sounds okay, but the consumers who buy this drink, unless they are physically exhausted or stay up late, who will drink high-energy drinks?This naturally leads to low sales and high prices. I don't know if it is possible to achieve 13 billion people in country Z and drink two bottles per capita throughout the year?
It can be said that the money earned in a year from making beverages is certainly not as much as the game "Land of Glory", which can be spent in two or three months.

During this time, Tian Yuanhao is leading a scientific research team to develop several health products and beverages according to many formulas provided by Zhou Ming.

The scale of the health care product market is obviously much larger than that of functional drinks. After the Magic Liquid Research Institute enters this field, once it produces results, it is believed that Qian Jing will be much larger.

But neither drinks nor health products are Zhou Ming's ultimate goal. His ultimate goal is the medical industry with the highest profits!The kind that heals people.

Shaking his head and putting these thoughts aside, Zhou Ming said to Du Ze, the person in charge of the production line: "Old Du, let's start the production line. Our 'Brave Dragon Drink' can officially go offline."

That's right, "Wild Dragon" is the name Zhou Ming gave to No. 3 nutrient solution, which means: after drinking Wild Dragon, you can be like a dragon, aggressive and brutal, unstoppable.

This is much more powerful than the so-called "Red Bull", both in terms of momentum and layout.

"Good Mr. Zhou!"

"Start the production line!"

Du Ze gave the order, and the engineer heard the order and started the production program of the computer.

"Boom~Boom~"

The slight roar of the machine sounded, and the conveyor started to drive. The intelligent mechanical arm on the production line rotated and stretched flexibly, and bottles of blue open cans began to complete disinfection, drying, filling, sealing, and printing. Wen LOGO and other processes... The entire fully automatic production line only needs a few engineers to operate.

Outlet.

Bottles of blue drinks rolled off the assembly line neatly and in line.

"Crash~"

Taking out a bottle of Wild Dragon drink, unscrewing the tab, Zhou Ming put it to his mouth and took a sip, only to find the taste soft, sweet and refreshing.

After only a short while, I found that my whole body was full of strength and my spirit was lifted.

"Excellent! The market for Wild Dragon Beverage must be on fire!" Zhou Ming said with a thumbs up.

"I wish the Manlong Market a fire!"

"Dry!"

Song Wenhui, Tian Yuanhao, Du Ze and others also opened a bottle each, and drank a bottle with a wild dragon instead of wine.

As a result, these people spent the whole day in excitement.

(End of this chapter)