Chapter 523 Human and Machine

The house next door used to be the Sun family's, and was later bought by them.

"Next door is fine, but there are a few workers living in that house now, and they will help to look after the materials at night. We can then see if we can make use of the yard.

There is no need to demolish the house. It is a huge project and will cost a lot of money. Besides, your brother-in-law also said that this is residential land in the village. Even if you want to open a large factory in the future, you can’t do it here. You will still have to move away when the time comes.”

Lin Yuzhu nodded and said, "That's fine. It's better than now. Besides, we thought of using this place as a transition. We will continue to operate according to the current sales volume. When the scale is larger and we make money, we will move to a bigger factory."

"That's true." The second sister's frown relaxed. "I'm too far ahead. I'm thinking about the factory before I even make any money."

Lin Yuzhu also laughed after hearing this, "You are preparing for a rainy day, which is good."

At this point, he asked again: "By the way, when I heard you talking about the workers just now, I saw that several of them looked familiar. Are they from the village?"

"Yes, when we came here to build the factory, we went to see the village chief first as my brother-in-law said. He helped us a lot. When he heard that we were here to open a workshop, he asked us if we were hiring, as there were many unemployed people in the village.

We thought that since we were recruiting people anyway, we might as well recruit some from the village and build good relationships with them, so we selected some people and recruited them.

But we didn’t recruit all of them from the village. A few of the remaining ones are from other places, such as those who live next door.”

Lin Yuzhu nodded after listening to this, but then she frowned when she thought about the work process she had just seen, which was almost entirely manual.

“Can’t these pastry-making processes be done by machines?”

The second sister didn't know why she thought so, and shook her head, "How could it be? Where is such a machine? Can a machine help knead the dough?"

Lin Yuzhu was silent for a moment, thinking to herself, why not? Of course there is, otherwise when the production volume increases in the future, we can't rely on manual labor, right?

But she thought that there might not be such a machine at the moment, so she didn't continue to dwell on the topic.

He just said: "I just thought it would be great if I could have a machine. Not only would it be convenient, but it would also be less tiring, and the food would definitely be better. After all, whether it's kneading the dough or adding the seasonings, humans wouldn't be so accurate and consistent, and the results would be different, right?"

The second sister nodded and said, "Differences are inevitable, but I will keep a close eye on them, and even if there are differences, they won't be that big.

Furthermore, even if there really is such a machine as you mentioned, it is certainly not cheap. Spending thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars to buy a machine just to do the work that can be done by humans is not worth it. How many people can you hire with that money?

I know you may feel that they are a little tired from kneading the dough all the time, but I am not the kind of person who will give them a break after working for a while. There are also several people who are taking turns to work, so don't worry, they won't get tired."

At this time, the worker nearby heard the conversation and said with a smile: "Yes, boss lady, don't worry, we are not tired. We usually do this at home. It's good enough to be able to make money now."

"Yes, yes, we are not tired. If we really had that machine, we wouldn't be able to make any money. Fortunately, we don't have it."

After hearing these words, Lin Yuzhu finally fell silent.

She now understood where her thinking was wrong. In her opinion, machines might be more convenient and save a lot of manpower.

But in the eyes of my second sister and even these workers, spending a lot of money to buy machines is a pure waste.

The labor is of high quality and inexpensive. By hiring people to do the job, the factory saves money and the workers make money. Isn't that the best of both worlds?

Why do we need machines then?

Lin Yuzhu suddenly realized, yes, what is most lacking in this era is labor, that is, cheap labor. For them, they have no right to choose their jobs, and some jobs are already good, so why would they complain about being tired?

That's why her ideas seemed so out of place.

It’s still a different time!