Before the contract responsibility system was introduced, the production team would have already started work at this time, but now no one in the Wa area is in a hurry and they have all postponed the task of spring plowing to after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
It is said that on the 16th day of the first lunar month, the county theater troupe will perform a two-day drama at the Yongshi Commune Army Club, with tickets costing ten cents each.
As soon as the news came out, people in the surrounding villages became nervous and some people even went crazy.
Back then, the streets were packed with people watching the show.
They are all suffocated by the lack of cultural life.
Luan Feng is one of these crazy people. When she heard that there was going to be a big show, she went crazy.
"I want to see a play! I want to see a play! I want to see a play!"
People say important things three times, but she actually said it once more.
What a shitty show. What's the point of just singing a line in a long and humming voice? I don't even like watching American blockbusters, so why would I go to watch that?
"I don't want to watch it. If you want to watch it, go watch it yourself." Wan Feng refused firmly.
He has never liked opera, and he never watches opera performances even during the Spring Festival Gala.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll get lost?"
"Aren't you afraid that I'll be trafficked?"
"Aren't you afraid that I'll run away with someone else?"
Does this woman have a pirated copy of "100,000 Whys" in her head? Where does such a messed up question come from?
There are still several days before the show. Why are you so anxious?
The yangko team was still rehearsing. After the main team finished work, the yangko team went around to each small team and the only performance left was at the Fox Fairy Cave on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
Wan Feng ignored Luan Feng's nagging and went to find Zhang Hai who had stopped playing the drums and was taking a break.
"I bought the equipment from the defunct rubber shoe factory in Lifang, and I'd like to hear your opinion."
Zhang Hai looked at Wan Feng in surprise: "Is that the factory that produces toad shoes?"
Wan Feng nodded.
"What did you buy it for?"
"Of course they're for making shoes. If they were making tractors, I wouldn't buy them."
"Though toad shoes are cheap, even farmers like us think they're ugly and not worth wearing. Who are you going to sell them to?"
"Who said I was going to make frog shoes?" Wan Feng looked at Zhang Hai strangely. Preconceived notions are really harmful!
"If you don't make toad shoes, why did you buy all that equipment?"
"Make other shoes, even farm shoes. Isn't it just a matter of changing the mold?"
"Then what do you mean by asking me?"
Wan Feng took a deep breath and said, "I made this for the Wahou group, but don't worry. If you don't want it, I'm going to take it back for my own fun. I'm asking you now if you want it, so don't blame me for not thinking about the young and old men in Wahou later."
Zhang Hai took out a cigarette and said nothing for a long time.
He had never worked in the commercial field and was not very clear about the profits that products could generate, but subjectively he felt that making shoes was an unreliable business.
Rubber shoes cost just over one dollar a pair, how much money can you make?
"I know you have a plan for what you want to do. Tell me about your plan. I should know what it is, right?"
"It's very simple. I buy the equipment, design the types and styles of shoes myself, and then launch them into the market, just like Luan Feng's clothing factory."
Zhang Hai's eyes lit up when talking about Luan Feng's clothing factory.
When Luan Feng was making clothes, he thought it was just the little girl's playful tricks at home because she had stopped studying, and he didn't take it seriously at all.
But now Luan Feng already has more than 20 sewing machines, more than a dozen permanent workers, and more than 30 casual workers serving her. Many women in the village do work for her when they are free. It is said that her income is not lower than that of workers in the brick and tile factory.
Regardless of whether she made money or not, the twenty-two sewing machines alone were worth more than two thousand yuan.
Zhang Hai dared to say with certainty that no family in Jiangwei Brigade had a fortune of more than 2,000 yuan, not even including their houses.
"Can it reach the level of Feng'er Garment Factory?"
"Haha, Uncle Zhang Hai, your vision is too low. If we can just reach the level of Luanfeng Garment Factory, we can do it even if we close our eyes. What I want is for the shoes produced by our shoe factory to be sold nationwide and even to the world."
This is a bit of an exaggeration. Zhang Hai just wants to occupy the Hongya market, but this guy has already thought of the world. Is he planning to break out of the solar system?
After listening to Wan Feng's stories a few days ago, he remembered what the solar system was. The Earth they live on now is a star in the solar system.
"I don't have such big ambitions. I just want to gain a foothold in the Hongya market and bring home 500 yuan per worker to Wahou every year. How much are those equipments?"
"Including the equipment, their remaining materials, and some products, it's 7,000 yuan!"
"Seven thousand yuan!" Zhang Hai almost flew up.
"You think it's too expensive? It's just a few dollars. Take the industry we want to develop, for example. If the higher-ups don't give us some old equipment, do you know how much it would cost to buy new ones for those machines? At least a few thousand, up to tens of thousands."
Yes, Zhang Hai heard that buying a new lathe would cost tens of thousands of yuan.
"But even if we have the product, what about the distribution channels? It's useless if we can't sell it without distribution channels!"
"We'll build our own distribution channels and use farmers' markets in the early stages. Didn't Black Lagoon and Qingshan both have markets last year? Maybe this year our Warrior Daying Blue Mountain Farm will be able to open a market too. This is just the communes nearby, and there are more distant ones. Hongya has 33 communes plus the towns of Hongya and Qingshan. Just imagine, 33 rural markets. Even if there are only a few shoe sellers in one market, it means we have a sales team of hundreds of people. We only need to sell our products in these markets to support ourselves. Once the scale and industry are improved, we can extend it to the surrounding cities and counties, and slowly it will take off."
Zhang Hai was bewitched by Wan Feng: "So you want me to take over these devices?"
"You're the one who makes the decision. If you don't accept it, I'll take it myself, then rent a piece of land in the back of the valley, build a factory and hire people to do it."
Zhang Hai stared at Wan Feng for a long time and took a deep breath. "I'll just listen to you one more time. It's only 7,000 yuan. Take it!"
Now that we have decided to take the job, the next step is to choose a factory site.
“Where are we going to build the new factory?”
"Who said we were going to build a new factory?"
"Where should we put the factory? We can't put it in the industrial yard, right?"
Of course, you can't put it in the industrial yard. That big yard will be used to store the ministry's industrial products. What's the point of putting some rubber shoes in there?
"Now that our building is built, do you think the courtyard where the team was originally headquartered will still be useful?"
Zhang Hai slapped his thigh and said, "Yeah, why didn't I think about that? If we just modify the team headquarters a little bit, it will become a ready-made factory!"
Now we have the factory building and equipment, all we need is skilled workers.
Even if there are people now, they should at least find a master to train them, and there is no one yet.
But there is no rush. The people from the First Construction Company will need the team headquarters as a place to stay. It will probably take until May Day before they finish building the building.
By then, the house will be demolished, the staff will be almost trained, and then the shoe factory will be opened.
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