Chapter 881 Seeking a Way Out
Min Qiaoqiao was showing off on the first floor.
I feel that the connections I have are no worse than those I had as the director on the third floor.
Lu Miao has already reported his attendance schedule and is on his way out.
Unable to find anyone who roughly met the requirements, she simply took the job herself.
This era probably needs someone to lead the way.
Her thoughts are not bound by the background of the times.
Entering the game personally might make it easier to control...
When looking for materials, Lu Miao came into contact with many folk craftsmen.
There are also many small units similar to dyeing workshops.
In order to find the fabric with the right feel, she once again walked through the streets and alleys.
While she was busy with these things, there was also new progress at the machinery factory.
Regarding production, how can we obtain the maximum cash benefits in the short term?
Of course, it has low consumables, high output, and practical use value.
Lu Miao's suggestion to Fu Jingyou was that maybe he could try a lighter.
There are roughly two types of lighters on the market.
One is disassembled and manually filled with kerosene.
The other is filled with butane.
No matter which one it is, it is made of metal.
And the selling price in northern Beijing is mostly between RMB 1.2 and RMB 1.5.
The parts lathes in the machinery factory are all ready.
Both the metal and the plastic scraps used to wrap the motor can be reused.
Although this type of leftover material is not sufficient for mass production, it can save costs if used.
And if you are sure that you can make it, even if the raw materials are not cheap, you can try to invest a small amount of money to buy a batch.
After all, a lighter can use more materials?
The principle of a lighter is very simple.
Lu Miao understood almost everything. She gave a few hints, and Fu Jingyou, who was quite good at science, naturally got the point.
Fu Jingyou has an active mind and thinks of other aspects when communicating.
For example, the metal casing can be replaced with a plastic one.
So, can the small metal parts inside, which are expensive, be replaced with other materials that have stable performance and low cost?
He already had a lighter at home, and he bought a few more at the department store. After returning to the factory, he began to disassemble and study them.
After repeated disassembly and assembly, the idea of replacing cheaper materials was temporarily rejected, but Fu Jingyou found another feasible way to reduce costs.
The internal structure of imported lighters is very complicated, and many small parts can be omitted.
The effect of assembly alone may not necessarily be stable.
Considering the issue of safe use, Fu Jingyou has been working on this issue in the factory for several days.
After the first batch of more than a dozen self-produced lighters came out, he pressed the buttons one by one, and the flame appeared as expected every time.
He felt okay, no problem.
But it’s hard to say what his idea is, it should be tried by more people.
Fu Jingyou walked out of the office with a bag of lighters and went to the workshop. He called a few old smokers over and gave one to each of them.
"Director, what does this mean?"
It’s understandable to give out cigarettes under normal circumstances, but who would give out lighters?
"Try it and see if it works?"
Several old smokers formed a semicircle around Fu Jingyou, and soon they all started smoking.
"It's really useful! Look at the fire! It works every time..."
Someone held a lighter and looked through it repeatedly, and finally said:
"Where is this made? It's so rare! This is the first time I've seen a plastic lighter!"
"This is the first time I've seen this too. Director, where did you get this? How much is it? Isn't it expensive?"
Fu Jingyou raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling a little happy. Instead of answering, he asked:
“How much do you think it should be?”
This question is...
Several old smokers looked at each other, and finally tried to say:
"One dollar and eighty cents?"
After saying this, he immediately changed his words:
"Two?"
Why guess so high?
Machinery factories inevitably use metal materials, so they have a clearer understanding of the prices.
The price of metal is around one yuan and fifty cents per kilogram.
But the plastic raw materials are different.
The price of polyethylene and polypropylene is about one to three yuan per kilogram.
The motor casings used in their factory are all made of polycarbonate and polyamide.
The price per kilogram starts at five to eight yuan.
For high-horsepower equipment, the most expensive plastic shell can cost up to fifteen yuan per kilogram.
To put it bluntly, by comparison, the price of plastic is really not cheap.
But this is the public's habitual thinking logic.
This is not how costs are calculated.
Just think about it, how many metal lighters can you make with one kilogram of material?
Plastic doesn’t weigh much, so how many lighters can be made from one kilogram of plastic?
The ratio is almost one to three.
One kilogram of metal can make about twenty-five lighters.
One kilogram of plastic can make seventy-seven to eighty lighters.
Common metal lighters on the market are sold for 1.2 yuan each.
Based on this price, twenty-five lighters would cost thirty yuan.
If a plastic lighter costs 80 cents each, and you calculate it based on 77 lighters, that would be 61.61 yuan.
Even if the cost of raw materials is a few cents or a dollar higher than metal, it is undoubtedly a profit.
The key point is that this thing is sold at a high price, so maybe few people will buy it. People will subconsciously feel that it is worth it and won’t have any complaints.
Control the pricing well and set it lower than other market prices, just like the estimate just now, sell it for 80 cents each, and the target audience will be expanded immediately.
As for profits?
You can make a small profit if the selling price is not lower than 40 cents, let alone 80 cents.
Fu Jingyou asked as soon as he thought of it:
"If this is sold for 80 cents, will you buy it?"
"What? 80 cents? Buy it, of course!"
Such a good lighter is cheaper than the ones sold on the market. You will make a profit if you buy it. Why not buy it?
Several old smokers rushed to ask:
"Director Fu, where did you buy these? I want two!"
"I want one too!"
Look.
Fu Jingyou chuckled, his heart filled with joy.
He pressed his hand down to calm everyone down, and then announced something:
"Please keep the lathes at the back of Workshop No. 2 vacant for a few days. We're going to produce these lighters ourselves."
"What?"
"Producing lighters?"
"How could we possibly..."
The workshop was immediately filled with noise and bustle.
Fu Jingyou was extremely anxious. Without stopping, he left the workshop and returned to the office.
Now that it has been confirmed to be feasible, we must strike while the iron is hot and quickly formulate an action plan!
In the workshop, no one knew what was going on.
The old smokers were stunned for a moment, then realized that he was still holding the lighter in his hand. One of them came back to his senses and said:
"Director Fu has been working behind closed doors for so long. Could it be that he invented this lighter?"
When he said this, a few people nearby looked at each other in surprise. It was true!
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