60s Splendid Life

What is the first food that their food processing factory will produce? The first thing Lu Jin thinks of is Latiao. As a Latiao lover, he believes that no one can refuse the charm of Latiao, so he put The selection of spicy strips became the first and most important product of their food factory to open the market.

The main raw material for making spicy strips is also soybeans, but because they opened a tofu workshop in their village, and the tofu workshop collects soybeans all year round, so it is rare for them to receive soybeans in their village.

Since there were not many soybeans in their own village, but there were still many in the surrounding villages, Lu Jin handed over the work of harvesting soybeans to Lu Bowen. Within a few days, Lu Bowen collected soybeans from several nearby communes. Several carts of beans came back, and some of them didn't even need them to collect them. Other communes knew that they collected beans here, so they sent people to escort the carts to their factory.

The recovered soybeans soon filled half of the warehouse, and at this time their spicy strips were being made.

The factory is making spicy strips. People passing by the factory can smell the fragrance coming out of it. Recently, the children in the village like to run to the factory. Although they can’t get in, the children like it. Lie outside the iron gate and smell it.

The adults in the village are also very curious about what kind of food is being eaten in the new factory, and why it smells so delicious.However, the female employees in the factory were all told by their factory manager not to speak up, so even if their family members asked them, they didn't tell them what their new factory was producing that was so delicious.

This mystery has been kept until the day when the spicy strips are ready, Lu Jin specially invited their team leader and secretary to try their new product.

I saw a few small dishes on the table, and there were some red things in the small dishes. Aunt Qin could smell the fragrance from such a distance, but she was sure that she had never eaten such things, so she asked Lu Jin : "What is this, is this what you have been working on recently?"

"This is called spicy strips. It's a new product we launched recently. Please try it and see how it goes. If you have any suggestions, you can give us some suggestions so that we can make improvements." Lu Jin picked up the toothpick holder with a smile, and poured out the toothpick Let everyone take it and insert something to eat.

"Spicy sticks? I have to taste it. I know it's good when I smell it. Is it too spicy?" Mrs. Qin took a toothpick, inserted a small piece of spicy sticks, and smelled it closely. Ask Lu Jindao.

"It's a bit spicy, not too spicy, you should be able to accept it." Before inviting everyone to come, Lu Jin had already let the employees in the factory taste the taste. According to the degree of spiciness reported by everyone, this spicy strip is not too spicy. Spicy, basically acceptable.

Captain Lu and the secretary also took a toothpick and inserted a small piece of spicy stick into their mouths. It didn't taste very spicy, but it was spicy, sweet and fragrant.Captain Lu said: "This thing is a little bit elastic, like meat, are you made of meat?"

"No, it's all made of beans." Lu Jin said with a smile.

"Well, it's delicious." Mrs. Qin nodded. She knew that Xinchangzi was collecting beans recently. It turns out that this food is also made of beans. If people don't know, they really think it's made of meat." It really smells like meat, it's really fragrant."

The secretary and several other cadres also nodded and agreed.

"This is your new product. How do you plan to sell it and what price do you want to sell it?" Captain Lu was still more concerned about this and asked.

"We made two packages. The wholesale price of the small package is [-] cents a pack, and the market price is [-] cents. The wholesale price of the large package is [-] cents, and the market price is [-] cents." Lu Jin asked someone to bring two samples. The ones are much smaller, and the weight is relatively small, and the big ones are bigger than an adult's palm, and the big ones are full, and the weight is heavy at first glance.

If it is calculated by weight, it must be a good deal to buy a pack of [-] cents, and the wholesale price of a pack of [-] cents is only [-] cents, with a large profit margin.The price of [-] cents is cheap, but the profit margin is small. If you are a seller, you must make more money by selling a pack of [-] cents.

But because many people haven’t tasted their stuff, fifty cents a pack may still be a bit expensive for many people. If it’s ten cents a pack, I believe many people will be willing to spend money to buy a pack to have a taste.Moreover, the market positioning of Latiao is children and young people. These people may not have a lot of money in their hands. It is a bit difficult to spend [-] cents to buy snacks at once, but many children can buy it for [-] cents a pack. It is affordable, which is why they have to come out in two packaging sizes, or to target the consumption capabilities of different groups of people.

Of course, they are just experimenting now. If the [-] cents are easy to sell in the future, but the [-] cents are not, they will make more small bags and less large bags.

"Oh." Captain Lu nodded, but he didn't know much about business, so he just listened to what Lu Jin said.

Secretary Lu and the others are not good at doing business, and they don’t know how to do business, but they all think that spicy noodles are delicious. When they heard that such a pack only costs [-] cents, some people want to buy a pack to return. Go home and give it to the kids at home.

Hearing everyone said that they want to buy it at home and taste it, of course it’s not good to say that it’s free, lest anyone want to take advantage of their factory in the future, Lu Jin said: "This is a new product that hasn't been released yet, today you are the first Those who come to buy in batches, I will give you the wholesale price, a pack of three to five cents for a large bag, and a pack of seven cents for a small bag, but don’t tell people when you go out, we still have to sell it at the market price of."

"All right, then I want two packs." As soon as they heard that one pack was only thirty-five cents, some cadres said they wanted two packs.

Others said they want four packs. Such a big pack costs three to five cents, and four packs cost one yuan and four. Although it is not cheap, the whole family can eat it when you buy it home. It is worth the four dollars. .

This time, more than a dozen packs were sold, and Lu Jin gave them to everyone at the wholesale price.

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After Captain Lu and the secretary left, Lu Jin asked Mrs. Qin to come down and talk about finding someone to sell spicy sticks.

After the product is produced, it must be sold by someone. Now there are a group of ready-made salesmen, who are selling tofu in their village, and there is no need to spend money to hire another person to sell it. Lu Jin discussed it with Mrs. Qin : "We will give you the wholesale price here. How much you can sell and how much you earn will be yours. I will only recover the cost price here."

"This is fine." When Aunt Qin heard that there was money to be made, she happily agreed, "I will take some back today, and let them sell it tomorrow. If it sells well, our tofu shop will sell it every day. Come to your place to get the goods."

The two quickly negotiated, and agreed that the goods will be shipped first and then the bill will be settled, and the payment for the goods will be settled the next day.

Although they are old acquaintances, but because their new factory has just opened and the funds have not returned, if they owe too much, their factory may not last until the end of next month and will close, so Lu Jin still hopes that the payment can be settled as soon as possible.

Aunt Qin can also understand this, and said that there is no problem.

When the two walked out to the door, Lu Jin lowered his voice and asked in a low voice: "One more thing, Brother Boli, isn't he graduating this year? He may not be able to go to college now, ma'am, why don't you consider letting Brother Boli come to help you?" Be an apprentice, right? Although the salary of an apprentice is a little lower, you can learn knowledge after all. When the university resumes classes in the future, let Brother Boli go to the university."

In the past two years, the colleges and universities have basically been suspended, but there are still Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Universities that continue to operate, but it is very difficult for ordinary people to go to such universities, and the approval conditions are harsh, so it is not easy to get in.

The two of them are close, so Lu Jin knew that Lu Boli had graduated from junior high school this year. Although the scholars in the countryside didn't say they would go to the countryside again, they couldn't find any better jobs.It just so happened that there was a laboratory near their factory, and there was a great teacher in it. If Lu Boli was allowed to come and be an apprentice, he would be able to learn a lot. It was because he was an acquaintance that he specially reserved this opportunity for Lu Boli.

Aunt Qin's thoughts changed, and she understood Lu Jin's intentions, and she lowered her voice and replied, "Okay, I'll go back and talk to the child's father, and ask Bo Li if he wants to come, if Bo Li is willing, I'll let him come to your place tomorrow, it doesn't matter how much the salary is, the most important thing is to let him learn something."

The eldest son already has a job at the factory, seeing that the younger son's job has also been settled, but the second son is still doing farm work on the field.Out of selfish motherhood, Aunt Qin also wanted to find a better job for her second son, so she asked Lu Jin in a low voice, "Look at Brother Bocheng, can you arrange a job for him?" Son?"

"You don't have to worry about this aunt. We should recruit a group of salesmen in the near future. When we recruit again, if you ask Brother Bocheng to come for an interview, you will definitely be able to interview." If others Lu Jin dare not Nod, but if it was Lu Bocheng, he felt that with Lu Bocheng's personality and communication skills, it should be more than enough to be a salesman, so he suggested.

Hearing that Xinchangzi will be recruiting people soon, Lu Jin had a reassuring smile on his face, and said, "Okay, I'm relieved with your words. Tell me when you're going to recruit people here. Let me tell you, Brother Bo Cheng, to prepare and come over in advance."

"Okay, no problem." They are all his own people, so it must be convenient for some of his own people, and besides, all three sons of Mrs. Qin's family are so good, so he can feel at ease in using them.

The two said a few words at the door, and Aunt Qin had a smile on her face when she left.