Time flies, and it is February 1977, the end of the year is approaching.

What do you like to do most before the New Year?

Of course, it’s time to prepare New Year’s goods!

Even the poorest families will buy some things to prepare for the Chinese New Year.

In addition, many people get married during the Chinese New Year.

Normally, everyone has to go to work and doesn't have much free time. Now that the New Year is approaching, many factories have closed their doors early, and young men and women want to take this opportunity to get married.

This saves you from having to take leave and having your salary deducted in the future.

In addition, there are many auspicious days at the end of the year, and the old man is superstitious, so he also agreed to hold it at the end of the year.

Since you are getting married, the issue of bride price and dowry will naturally come into play.

The portable sewing machine was put on the shelves at this time, just in time to solve everyone's urgent needs.

You know, sewing machines are big items in today's society.

The betrothal gift list of “three turns and one ring” included a sewing machine.

When getting married, if the man can give out a sewing machine as a betrothal gift, it is definitely a very impressive thing!

Although the portable sewing machine is small in size, it is fully functional and is no worse than an ordinary sewing machine, or even better!

The key is, it is also called a sewing machine!

Anything but a sewing machine will do!

Because this was a new thing, and the key was that the quantity was not large, only 500, the government did not specially print "portable sewing plane tickets".

But this is also an industrial product, so everyone can buy it with industrial coupons.

Of course, in addition to industrial coupons, the retail price at the supply and marketing cooperative’s store is 55 yuan per piece.

It is less than one-third of an ordinary sewing machine.

The most important thing is that this thing is not complicated to operate and you can learn it quickly.

Therefore, once it was launched on the market, it was enthusiastically sought after by the general public.

There are a total of seven supply and marketing cooperative stores in Xiangxi County, not including the communes below, only those within the county.

Director Li of the supply and marketing cooperative was originally worried that people would not be able to accept this new thing for a while, so he only put it on the shelves in three stores.

As a result, the public's acceptance far exceeded Director Li's expectations, and the three stores were crowded almost every day.

There were even people from the neighboring county who came here to buy a portable sewing machine.

We are not stupid. Portable sewing machines have similar functions to ordinary sewing machines, but they are only one-third of the price.

Who wouldn’t want something that’s cheap and can be used to show off?

Besides, coming here from the next county only costs a few dollars for a ticket, but it can save more than a hundred dollars to buy a sewing machine.

In this deal, even a fool knows which one is more cost-effective!

During this period, Mai Laosan is in high spirits and is very busy.

Even Director Li from the supply and marketing cooperative has to call him "Brother Mai" when he sees him now, which makes Mai Lao San very happy.

The two parties later signed another acquisition contract, and this time it was not 500 units as before, but 5,000 units!

Director Li complimented Mai Lao San for a purpose, of course.

Because the portable sewing machines sold well, he was praised by his superiors. After 5,000 portable sewing machines were launched on the market, he might be promoted to a higher level.

In addition, he learned that Mai Laosan's daughter was serving in the army and his son-in-law worked in the military district's research institute. Such a relationship naturally had to be well maintained.

Who knows, he might come up with more and better things in the future, which can also be considered his political achievement.

.......

On the black market, Yan Feng, who had been released, and Lao Ding and others also heard about the portable sewing machine.

Mai Laosan only produced 500 units in this batch, and they were sold out at the supply and marketing cooperative long ago. Many people were unable to buy one, so they wanted to try their luck on the black market.

Even if you add ten or eight dollars, it is better than spending more than a hundred dollars to buy an ordinary sewing machine.

Yan Feng also wanted to make this money, so he asked around and finally found out that the person behind this portable sewing machine was actually Mai Lao San!

Old Ding's eyes widened in disbelief. "That's impossible, Boss. Don't I know what kind of person Mai Lao San is? How could he be so capable?"

Ever since Yan Feng, Lao Ding and others were arrested by Qi Chuanqing for investigation, Mai Lao San has not met Lao Ding again.

Lao Ding is so busy with his own affairs that he naturally has no time to take care of Lao San Mai.

Therefore, in Lao Ding's impression, Mai Laosan is still the street urchin who is idle and does nothing all day long.

“Whether it’s true or not, you can go to Lianhua Village and ask Mai Lao San, and you’ll know.

If it's really him, with our friendship, it shouldn't be a big problem to get ten or eight machines here. After all, it's not like we won't pay, what do you think, right?"

But when Lao Ding rushed to Lianhua Village to find Mai Lao San, he discovered that the latter no longer lived in the village, but had gone to join the army with his daughter.

Old Ding was completely speechless. It was the first time he heard that his daughter was joining the army and her father was going to follow the army!

How much can’t you live without your daughter?

Old Ding was completely convinced.

There was no other way, Lao Ding could only wait until the Chinese New Year to come again. Mai Xiangdong was still in the village, and he believed that Mai Laosan would definitely come back during the Chinese New Year.

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Back at Mai Sui, the whole family was very happy to learn that the portable sewing machine was selling well.

The supply and marketing cooperative’s purchase price is 47.5 yuan per unit, so 500 units is yuan.

After deducting the material costs, labor costs, handling fees, etc. paid to the machinery factory, Mai Sui and his team had just 10,000 yuan left.

Half a year ago, their family's entire fortune was not enough to buy even a two-yuan Xinhua Dictionary.

Half a year later, he became a millionaire!

I became rich overnight, as if by accident.

Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai's eyes were shining with excitement, and Shen Xingchen was also a little bit unbelievable.

Only Wheat Ear was the calmest, as if this was not ten thousand yuan, but one yuan.

In fact, she felt a little unhappy when she calculated that the fees she paid to the machinery shop were more than what she had left.

Then, another bold idea came up with Wheat Ear.

"Once the next order of 5,000 units is completed, we will not give the work to the machinery factory anymore. We will open our own factory and make the work ourselves!"

"What?!"

Mai Sui never stops talking until he says something shocking, and his one sentence left everyone stunned.

But on second thought, what Mai Sui said makes sense.

Judging from the current situation, the portable sewing machine has received a very good response and will inevitably be promoted nationwide in the future.

Now the cost seems low and the profit is considerable, but when the quantity increases, the fee paid to the machinery factory will be no small amount.

It would be better to use the money to set up a factory.

Mai Sui even thought of the location to build the factory, which was in Lianhua Village, and asked Mai Xiangdong to be her factory director.

As for Mai Laosan, he will continue to be responsible for external contacts.

This is a bit difficult to say, but it is not completely impossible.

As mentioned before, the government encourages farmers to engage in production and increase their income by forming cooperatives and mutual aid groups.

They can cooperate with a machinery factory and set up a branch in Lianhua Village.

Of course, this matter not only requires the consent of Xiangxi Machinery Factory, but also the consent of Xiangxi Government.