Now one-third of households in the country have a television, another one-third are preparing to buy a television, and the remaining one-third are not planning to buy a television this year.
To everyone's surprise, Wan Feng actually belongs to the one-third of people who are not planning to buy a TV.
"I don't like it. The figures are too small and there's no color. I want to see big and colorful ones."
This is his answer whenever someone asks him why he doesn't buy a TV.
When answering this question, Wan Feng was at home teaching two young men how to operate an injection molding machine.
Wan Feng decided to hire two workers to use injection molding machines to produce recorder cases and assemble recorders. He originally planned to hire two women, but the proposal was rejected by Luan Feng, so he had to hire two men.
These two young men were from the team behind the mountain, and their home was separated from Wan Feng's by the western ridge behind the house.
For the time being, he plans to hire them for more than a month in the first year, paying each person 40 yuan per month.
He didn't know whether he could get a production license for his tape recorder after the Chinese New Year. If he could get a license, he would hire some people. If not, he would have to sell it secretly.
If he sells them secretly, he won't need to hire anyone. He can just sell as many as he wants.
He has designed the mold for the injection molding machine and finalized the formula. He only needs to inject the melted and mixed materials into the mold according to the formula and then cool it. It is very simple.
If he gets the permission, relying solely on Fang Hongqiu to provide him with the recording core would be a bit far-fetched and he would need to find a manufacturer to provide it.
There are two radio factories in Nanjin and Qindao that produce this kind of movement. Among them, the products of Nanjin Radio Factory No. 5 have even won the title of Ministry of Excellence.
Once he gets the production license, Wan Feng plans to go to Qindao or Nanjin.
Two weddings were held in succession in Wahou. Jiang Wen and Jiang Xishui seemed to have chosen the dates as December 8th and 9th as if they had agreed on it.
To determine whether a month is a good month or a bad month, just look at how many days are suitable for marriage in that month.
There are countless days suitable for marriage in December of 1981, especially in the first half of the month, from the 1st to the 11th, when there are as many as seven days suitable for marriage, and one day in the middle of the month.
Li Erman and Lanzhi both ran back home to become brides, and Zhan Xinghua's wedding date was set for May Day next year.
On the 8th, Wan Feng drove out the No. 22 truck from the brick factory. The carport that Wan Feng built last year was still there. After the carport was installed, this was the car to pick up the new bride.
One car was not enough, so in addition to hiring Xiao Jun's tractor, they simply drove out a few four-wheeled vehicles from the tractor factory, hired drivers, and drove them all the way to Xia Sun's house in a grand manner.
At that time, when people in rural areas still used horse-drawn carriages to marry a wife, this was considered a luxurious fleet.
The car stopped at the door of Li Erman's house after arriving at Xia Sun's house. Taking advantage of the fact that it would take at least half an hour for his wife to get in the car, Wan Feng visited Luan Ying's house.
Luan Ying's family now has five or six sewing machines.
Meiying and Liqing looked like mature young women, and they joked with Wanfeng when they saw him coming.
"Look, Erlanzhi and Xinghua are both going to marry into Wahou. Don't you two regret getting married so early? Or why don't you go back and get a divorce? We have quite a few men in their thirties who are still single in Wahou. How about you find one and marry one of them?"
Meiying and Liqing said in unison: "Get lost!"
"Really? We now have several factories and a daily market. We have customers from as far away as Harbin, Shenyang, Fushun, and Bohai. In the future, our market will become a famous market in the three northeastern provinces, and merchants will flock there like the sun and the moon. If you divorce now and marry there, you can at least find a younger one. In two years, if you want to marry there, I'm afraid there will only be old bachelors."
Meiying and Liqing were at a loss for words: "Why are you still so fond of talking nonsense? Can't you change for the better?"
"Change? Why? It's so good this way. I can say whatever I want and fool whoever I want... huh."
"You're exposed now, how did you trick Feng'er in the first place?"
"Ah? I didn't fool her. She was the one who fooled me."
"Bah! No one would believe that."
"You don't believe me? You were apprentices at Luan Feng's house. When have you ever seen me fooling a woman? I never fool a woman!"
"Come on, you tricked us into learning tailoring in the first place. Have you forgotten that now, you bastard?"
Did they trick themselves into learning tailoring? Oh, I can't remember.
"Brother-in-law, how big is your market now?" Luan Ying asked as she came out from the inner room.
"It's quite big, not inferior to the Black Lagoon Market."
"Ah! Has it grown to such a large scale?"
"That's not good enough. Right now, the majority of the market is still locals. Outsiders don't even make up one-tenth of the population. Only when the proportion of locals reaches one-tenth can the Wahou Market be considered to have reached a certain scale."
"But your brother-in-law said that if you don't collect taxes, it won't help even if you're big."
"Not collecting taxes is only temporary. We'll have to collect taxes in the future. Otherwise, where will we get the money to build a shed and a store? Sister! Are you interested in setting up a stall there? Or maybe just move to Wahou? The future Wahou won't be comparable to your remote and poor place."
If Wahou Market wants to become a wholesale market, it must have many manufacturers moving in to form a scale. The more manufacturers there are, the bigger the scale will be and the more merchants will come to purchase goods.
Luan Ying was speechless. It seemed that in Wan Feng's eyes, their Black Reef coast had become a remote and poor place.
"You can go and find a place now and move your small workshop there to become a factory. Then you can specialize in wholesale. The shoe factory in Wahou and your sister's clothing factory have many regular customers from other places who come to buy goods. Any one of them can make hundreds or even thousands of dollars in turnover. It's much easier than selling it yourself at the market."
"If I go, won't I be stealing Feng'er's market?"
"Sister! You're overthinking this. I was planning to bring the county's bedding factory here to set up a shop, but the conditions don't allow it. If conditions allow, we'll be ready to attract investment. Even now, your sister's clothing factory can't handle the regular customers. You calculate that your sister's clothing factory can produce more than 200 pieces of various clothing a day, which is not enough to fill the market. If it specializes in one thing, it's fine, but the problem is that there are too many styles. You can't produce many clothes of one style a day, it's not enough. If you don't do anything else, just make pants and you can make hundreds of thousands of yuan a year."
Luan Ying was tempted: "I'll discuss it with your brother-in-law when he comes back. I think what you said is feasible."
Meiying and Liqing were anxious when they heard this: "Sister Ying, if you move to Wahou, what will we do?"
"Go home and get a divorce quickly. I'll introduce you to some bachelors in Wahou and that's it! You can still work in Luan Ying's factory in the future."
"Get out!"
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