In the coal plant's management room.
Fatty Sun was holding a bamboo sieve and reported his initial plan to Zhao Hao:
"I discussed with a few managers and decided to use this thing to inspect the coal powder."
Zhao Hao took it and looked at it. He found that the mesh was quite fine, so he asked Fatty Sun to try it on the spot.
A basin of coal was poured into the sieve, and the coal powder flowed down like rain.
Fatty Sun kept shaking the sieve, sifting all the coal powder into the basin.
Large coal lumps and particles, as well as sand and stones mixed in the coal remain in the sieve.
Then he handed the sieve to his men and held the basin to present it to the young master for inspection.
Zhao Hao grabbed a handful and watched the coal dust falling from between his fingers. It was even finer than the standard he had set yesterday.
"That's a good idea. Let's buy a few thousand sieves and give one to each worker." He nodded with satisfaction and asked:
"But in this case, how much can be produced in a day?"
"We have discussed it and found that half of the 30 million kilograms of charcoal is coal powder, so it should be no problem for each person to order 1,000 kilograms per day."
"Well, let's set it this much for now, and you can adjust it at any time based on the actual situation." Zhao Hao covered his mouth and coughed twice. That was caused by the dust produced when he was screening the coal just now.
"Oh, there's this thing." This reminded Zhao Hao. He took out a mask made of several layers of gauze from his sleeve and handed it to Sun Dawu. "After the Chinese New Year, when the tailor shop opens, you have to make a large batch for me every month. The workers must wear it when they go to work."
"This thing can protect their health, including yours. You must wear it when you go to the construction site," he said, covering his mouth and nose with the mask, and said in a muffled voice, "Otherwise you are not allowed to work."
"Yes, sir..." Since Sun Dawu had determined that the young master was doing charity, he would naturally let him do as he pleased.
When knocking coal, sifting coal or even mixing coal powder, workers will unknowingly inhale large amounts of dust. Over time, they will develop the terrible pneumoconiosis.
Although in this era, no one would come to him for compensation, and many people even did not treat refugees as human beings.
But Zhao Hao felt that exploiting them like this was too much.
If we know the dangers of occupational diseases but fail to provide workers with the most basic protection just to save a few dollars, that is extremely cold-blooded.
After all, Mr. Zhao’s purpose is not to make money, right?
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As they were talking, Cai Ming came in with a few pieces of coal lotus root in a charcoal basin.
Zhao Hao asked him to burn it on the spot in front of Sun Dawu and others, and sure enough, they were all stunned.
But this group of people's focus is completely different from Wuyang and Yizhao.
Looking at the faint blue flame in the pot, Sun Dawu's little eyes lit up with excitement.
Several managers were also whispering to each other, with happy expressions on their faces.
"Once this thing is taken out, all the coal shops in the capital will have to kneel down!"
"It's not just the coal shops. I think even firewood and charcoal will be affected..."
"Well, as long as the price is reasonable, it will definitely sell well..."
They are all people in the business world, so they can naturally see how much business opportunity this thing contains.
"Sir, how are you going to price this coal lotus root?" Sun Dawu asked with trembling lips. He was now worried that the cost was too high and that he would not be able to sell it in large quantities.
"Four cents each." Zhao Hao also told them the ingredients: "One coal lotus root weighs two and a half pounds, contains two pounds of coal powder, and half a pound of loess...just use the most common coal."
"Then the cost of a coal lotus root is..." Sun Dawu calculated silently in his mind, looked at Zhao Hao with a shocked face and said, "It will definitely not exceed three cents!"
"Not bad!" Zhao Hao couldn't help but look at him with admiration, and in his heart, he addressed Sun Dawu as "Fatty Sun", a more intimate name.
Before arranging this business, he had done a strict cost calculation.
Assuming the initial investment is not taken into account, the cost of each coal lotus root generally includes three parts: raw materials, labor and miscellaneous expenses.
Among the raw materials, loess and water are free of charge and are inexhaustible on the riverbank. Slaked lime and sawdust are extremely cheap and are used in very low quantities. When added to each coal lotus root, they cost less than 0.1 cent, which is almost negligible.
Therefore, the cost of raw materials is basically two cents for the two kilograms of coal.
As for labor, Zhao Hao planned to pay the workers who piled coal lotus roots one penny for every ten of them. The workers who made coal powder and transported coal also followed the same standard, so the total labor cost for each coal lotus root was 0.3 penny.
The last item, miscellaneous expenses, included the remuneration of management and sales staff, the 30% tax for entering the city, the food for workers, and labor insurance. Although the total was not small, it was definitely more than enough to cover each piece of coal lotus root.
So just as Sun Dawu estimated, the cost of each piece of coal lotus root would not exceed three cents at most.
With the selling price being four cents, every time a coal lotus root is sold, a net profit of one cent is made, with a profit margin of up to one third!
Ma Zi once said that as long as there is a 10% profit, it will be used everywhere by capital; with a 20% profit, capital will become active.
A profit of 33% can already make capital twice as active, approaching the border of taking risks...
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Although Sun Dawu didn't know Ma Zi, he could clearly calculate how promising this deal was...
He secretly calculated in his heart that Beijing City uses three to four million catties of coal every day. We are not greedy. We can grab a small half of the market, and then grab a little bit of the firewood and charcoal market. It should not be a problem to sell 1.5 million yuan a day. In this way, the net profit per day is - 1,500 taels.
At the end of a month, my goodness, it was actually 40,000 or 50,000 taels!
Even if there is an off-season, the net profit of three or four hundred thousand taels a year is still stable...
Boss Sun Dawu opened his mouth wide, what kind of business can make so much money?
This is because the young master increased the cost a lot out of charity, otherwise he could have earned more.
After calculating several times in his mind to make sure that he had not made a mistake, Sun Dawu smiled bitterly and looked at Zhao Hao with admiration:
"I was so blind that I thought you were an amateur. I never expected that I was the real fool..."
“Hahaha…” Zhao Hao patted his elastic belly and laughed loudly, “You are not bad either. Follow me and work hard. I guarantee you will get fatter!”
"Hey, even my wife dislikes me..."
Of course Sun Dawu knew what Zhao Hao meant. He deliberately belittled himself in order to please Zhao Hao and bring him closer to the young master.
"Stop talking nonsense, my son is not even an adult yet!" Unexpectedly, he was mercilessly scolded by Cai Ming.
Sun Dawu was so scared that he wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but Zhao Hao waved his hand and said, "Forget it, ignorance is not a crime, just be careful in the future."
Well, I can’t let the mess in the adult world affect the healthy growth of this young master.
"Yes, yes, I will pay attention!" Fatty Sun nodded quickly, and then said to the managers, "You should not only pay attention to yourselves, but also no one is allowed to say a single dirty word when the young master enters the coal factory!"
"Yes!" All the stewards responded in unison, determined to work together to escort their young master's youth...
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