(This chapter is an extra chapter for the first helmsman of this book, Fengxue Yiling! Thank you for your support! Lao Jin bows in gratitude!)
Wan Feng smiled and said, "Hello, uncle! Is grandpa's illness healed?"
"Alright, alright, this guy is still talking about your cantaloupe. He insisted on going to the hospital to find you. If I hadn't promised to buy it for him, he would have gone there on his own."
Xia Qiulong looked puzzled: "Old Zhou, do you know Wan?"
"Haha, I guess we know each other. Come on, come in and sit down."
After entering Manager Zhou's office, Xia Qiulong learned how Wan Feng and Zhou Bingde met.
"Is it true that the father of a certain county leader ate a lot of melon and was discharged from the hospital? Is it the old man?" Xia Qiulong was surprised.
Wan Feng quickly waved his hands: "Those are just rumors, they're not that amazing. Grandpa Zhou's health is excellent, eating melons was just an accident."
"Hahaha, this can't be an accident. My father did have a good appetite after eating Brother Wan's cantaloupe, and then he was discharged from the hospital."
After the three of them chatted about all sorts of things, the topic finally turned to the main topic.
Xia Qiulong explained his purpose: "Old Zhou, here's the thing: Wan and his family have just opened a brick and tile factory in their village. Since it's new, they can't find a market, so they came to me and asked me to help find a market. That's when I thought of you, so you must help me."
After Wan Feng's guidance, Xia Qiulong's words this time sounded somewhat human.
Zhou Bingde turned to look at Wan Feng. "Oh! Wan, you're quite something. You can sell melons and even bricks. You're young and promising. Come and tell me about your team's brick factory."
Wan Feng began to introduce the Wahou Brick and Tile Factory, giving a detailed introduction to the process from the initial planning and construction to the start of production, as well as the various products produced.
Zhou Bingde nodded. "It's not easy for farmers to start a sideline business to improve their lives. We should support them. By the way, do you have any samples?"
"I brought it. It's in the bicycle basket outside." Just to bring these samples, Wan Fengjin carried 20 kilograms less of melons and earned 70 or 80 cents less.
"If I had known I would stay on your bike, I wouldn't have come into the house. You have to go out. Let's go out and take a look."
A few people walked out of the house as soon as they sat down to warm up.
Wan Feng and Xia Qiulong's bicycles were parked at the entrance of Yijian Building, watched by Wu.
Xia Qiulong and Wan Feng accompanied Zhou Bingde out of the gate of the First Construction Company and came to the bicycle.
The two baskets of Wanfeng's bicycle were covered with two pieces of cloth. When the cloth was lifted, the samples at the bottom of the basket were revealed: two cement tiles of different styles, one red brick and the other cement brick.
Zhou Bingde did not look at the bricks, but immediately picked up the two cement tiles of different styles.
"Hey, this tile is quite interesting. I've been working in the construction industry for more than 20 years, and I've never seen tiles like this."
This is so fresh! This style will be from at least thirty years later. Of course you haven’t seen it now.
"This is the latest product developed by our Wahou Brick and Tile Factory. We put a lot of thought into it to ensure its beauty and durability. We conducted thousands of experiments and wasted more than ten tons of cement just for the experiments."
In fact, it didn't take Wan Feng even five minutes to design this style. He just scribbled it on the scratch paper according to his memory.
As for the number of experiments, it was indeed quite a lot, but definitely not thousands, and only five tons of cement were used in the experiments.
Of course, this can be exaggerated a little, since Zhou Bingde couldn't go to the scene to investigate anyway.
After you carefully examined the front and back of the two tiles, Zhou Bingde nodded with satisfaction. "They look very novel and beautiful, but I wonder how the quality is?"
While speaking, he gently touched the two tiles in his hand together, and then listened attentively to the sound the tiles made.
The sound made by the tiles hitting each other gently is very clear and crisp, with a little continuous vibrato.
Tiles that can make this kind of sound are almost all of top-notch quality. Although Zhou Bingde rarely comes into contact with cement tiles, he still understands these basic knowledge.
"Have you done any pressure tests?"
"We have a product quality inspection certificate."
Wan Feng is not bragging. The products of Wahou Brick and Tile Factory really have a certificate of conformity issued by the Quality Inspection Bureau. This was obtained by Zhang Haituo commune people. As to whether Wan Feng has really inspected it, it is not clear.
He can't know everything when he's not at home.
"Let me introduce the advantages and disadvantages of your cement tiles."
Zhou Bingde seemed to show great interest in cement tiles.
"The biggest advantage of the cement tiles we produce is that they are beautiful, practical, and strong. The cost is almost the same as those fired butterfly tiles on the market. Although our flat tiles are one-third more expensive than butterfly tiles, because our tiles cover a larger area and require fewer tiles per square meter, the project cost is almost the same. In addition, using our tiles will greatly speed up the construction process and save a lot of man-hours."
Zhou Bingde nodded: "What other advantages are there?"
"Then there's the supply. We'll ensure there's enough supply for your company's needs. We'll have as much as you want."
Unlike kiln-fired tiles, cement tiles are easy to make and can be used as a production line. Although they require a one-month maintenance period, this maintenance period will not be noticeable once there is sufficient supply of products, and they can be supplied uninterruptedly.
No matter what you do with the tiles used in the kiln, you cannot offset the time it takes to burn the kiln.
Zhou Bingde nodded. There was no doubt that Wan Feng was telling the truth.
"Now that we've finished with the advantages, let's move on to the disadvantages."
Wan Feng thought for a moment and said, "Apart from oxidation, there doesn't seem to be any other drawbacks."
Everyone knows that oxidation of cement products is a problem. It is a common characteristic of cement and there is nothing to hide.
Zhou Bingde picked up another tile and flicked it with his fingers, then suddenly lifted it up and threw it to the ground.
Xia Qiulong and Wu shouted without any preparation.
Wan Feng said nothing.
Zhou Bingde was testing the quality of the tiles.
Unfortunately, Zhou Bingde didn't drop the tile properly this time and it fell on the ground while standing. Because the ground was not hardened, except for a hole made by the corner of the tile, not even the corner fell off.
Before Zhou Bingde could bend down, Wan Feng quickly picked up the tile and handed it to Zhou Bingde with both hands.
Zhou Bingde took the tile and looked it over carefully, muttering to himself, "Interesting!"
After that, he raised the tile again and threw it to the ground.
This time the tile did not stand upright, but fell flat on the ground.
With a "bang", a hole was hit in the earthen ground, but the tiles remained intact.
"Uncle, I think you should find a hard surface to fall on. I don't think you'll be able to break the sand after a few falls."
"That makes sense."
Zhou Bingde took the tiles and went to the side of the road.
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