Chapter 402
Su Yuanzheng was also delighted at this time: "Hahaha, I didn't expect that such an expensive machine could be made so cheaply!
Including labor and materials, it's only a little over 500, so they're really making a profit."
Su Miao continued, "What's valuable isn't the materials and components of the machine itself, but the technology. When there's market demand, others haven't been able to produce it, but he has. That top-tier technology is the most valuable."
Just like before, Uncle Feng took Grandpa Feng to Hong Kong for a heart stent surgery, which cost tens of thousands of dollars.
In fact, what is expensive is not the small stent placed on the heart, but the technology used to place the stent.
Technology is constantly being updated, so they must make a lot of money while they have it exclusively, otherwise by the time others have figured it out, there will be no profit, just like now, when they can no longer make money from us."
After Su Miao finished speaking, he fell into a moment of thought, and then added: "But we don't know whether they have applied for a patent, so we will just make it for our own use and not sell it."
After hearing this, Su Yuanzheng nodded in agreement and said, "Master Zhang also told me this. Generally, the things they imitate should be kept secret. Otherwise, it will easily cause disputes. After all, it is an extraordinary measure."
Early the next morning, Uncle Huzi drove his car and brought two shredding machines to the branch factory.
As soon as Uncle Huzi entered the gate of the branch factory, he was amazed by the spacious venue and the brand-new factory building. He said in admiration: "Brother Yuan! Your factory is so magnificent! Such a large place, it must have cost a lot to buy it.
You said before that you would use your old yard for renovation, but I didn’t expect you would acquire such a large piece of land.”
Su Yuanzheng explained with a smile, "This was originally an abandoned yard of the villagers. We took it over and renovated it, so the investment was not as expensive as we imagined. Excluding the money for buying the yard, the renovation cost more than 3,000 yuan.
The most expensive part isn’t the buildings, but the fence. It took a lot of material to build such a large fence.”
After hearing this, Hu Zi nodded repeatedly: "I guess that's true. The plot of land is large, so the wall needs to be long. The total cost must be more than a few houses!
But I think it's worth it! I delivered goods to a boss in the suburbs of Nancheng before. His shop wasn't even as big as yours. I heard he spent 5,000 yuan just to buy the land."
Su Yuanzheng patted his shoulder and said, "We are in the village, and the land prices here are incomparable to those in the suburbs. Fortunately, it is not far from Yongcheng, so it is quite convenient.
In the future, you will have to transport more goods, and you will have to work harder.
From now on, all the items that need to be shipped to Yongcheng will be brought to the factory, and you can just come here to pick them up."
Uncle Huzi responded readily: "Brother Yuan, don't say that, this is what I should do, and I should thank you for letting me haul the goods!
This location is really great. I can come in directly from the main road, load the goods and leave without having to take the village roads. It’s much more convenient.”
As soon as the two shredding machines were installed in the factory, they immediately attracted the attention of all the workers. Everyone gathered around and looked curiously at the iron lump that was constantly swallowing and spitting out iron.
An Cui exclaimed, "Oh my, it's really fast! One machine can replace several workers."
"It's better to have a few than ten! Look, just throw them in and they'll be cut into pieces, and they'll be cut nice and thin." Huang Xiaomei looked around the shredder.
"This thing that uses electricity and oil is more powerful than ours that uses grain. And the most important thing is that it doesn't get tired, just like a tractor is more powerful than an old ox cart."
Aunt Wei couldn't help but sigh, thinking that today's machines are really amazing and the productivity of the past is completely incomparable.
My second aunt was so fond of these two machines that she excitedly told the workers, "With these two machines, we will be able to work much faster.
Now that the papayas have grown, we have to pick them quickly. We can't delay any longer. If they hang on the tree for another two months, they will become soft. Green papaya must be used to make papaya pickles.
So we have to arrange our time and start picking papayas soon, and then make a batch to dry in the afternoon.
It has been like this since then. The batches that have been dried will be collected and bagged, and then we will go to pick papayas and process them.
Once we’ve finished picking our own papayas and start collecting from others, everyone else won’t have to pick any more.”
The factory and the papaya garden form an industrial chain, so in addition to doing the work in the factory, these employees also have to assist with the work in the papaya garden.
With permanent employees, there is no need to hire part-time workers for routine work, unless large-scale planting is required.
Their salary is 75 per month, which is far more than what they earn from farming.
There is one day off a week and the working day is eight hours. Since everyone is from the same village and goes home for dinner, there is no such thing as free meals.
This treatment made others extremely envious. It was not hard work and it was close to home. It was more comfortable than working in the city.
Su Miao and Su Yuanzheng also arrived at the papaya garden and joined the harvesting team.
On the rows of papaya trees, huge green papayas hang on the branches, emitting bursts of fragrance.
The workers are full of energy and pick the fruits in an orderly manner according to the divided areas.
Pick the papayas and put them in a backpack, then carry the backpack to the tricycle parked outside the yard.
The small tricycle of my second uncle's family, carrying the fruits of half a year's hard work, shuttles between the garden and the factory.
Su Miao looked at the papaya tree laden with fruits, his face full of joy and anticipation.
She reached out and picked a heavy papaya. The moment her fingertips touched the peel, a cool feeling came from her fingertips.
She tossed the papaya in her hand, and the green color immediately transformed into the color of gold coins in her eyes.
The little papaya is full of treasures.
She knew that the extraction and application of papain were already under research and promotion, and that Guilin would be an important production area and research base in the future.
In a few years, when market demand picks up, this green papaya will be used for more than just making pickles.
Papain is widely present in the roots, stems, leaves and fruits of papaya, and is most abundant in the unripe latex.
Therefore, before picking, the milky white pulp that can be obtained by cutting the pulp is papaya pulp.
The papain extracted from it is a low-specificity proteolytic enzyme. The active center of papain contains cysteine and is a thiol protease. It has the characteristics of high enzymatic activity, good thermal stability, and natural hygiene and safety.
It can not only become an important raw material in the food and pharmaceutical industries, but also a high-quality material for making skin care products and detergents, which can greatly increase the added value of papaya.
Compared with those who wait for demand to rise before starting planting, they have such a mature papaya forest, which will undoubtedly allow them to seize the opportunity and be the first to reach stable cooperation with the demand side.
By then, the papaya will really turn into a golden pumpkin, and Miaomiao will laugh out loud!
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