"What? Yun Zhiqing, you want to take away 10% of the shares of the sweet potato vermicelli workshop." The team leader of the second team was a little bit unacceptable.
"Is there a problem? I'm not only responsible for developing the technology for the sweet potato vermicelli, but also for marketing it. Shouldn't I own 10 percent of the shares?"
The captain was a little bit unacceptable, but then he thought, if it weren't for Yun Yan, they wouldn't be able to come up with such a good idea.
"It's only right that Yun Zhiqing gets 10% of the shares, but you will also be fully responsible for the promotion of the sweet potato vermicelli in the future."
"Captain, it's unrealistic for me to sell sweet potato vermicelli alone. But I've figured out how to sell it."
"Yun Zhiqing, have you even figured out how to sell sweet potato vermicelli?" The accountant was overjoyed. He now admired Yun Zhiqing more and more.
"Of course, since I proposed it to the village, I will definitely think of everything."
"Captain, here's my plan. The Chinese New Year is only two months away. Every year at the end of the year, there are quotas for educated youth to return home."
"We asked the educated youth to take the sweet potato vermicelli back to their hometowns to sell it. We gave them a commission of two cents for every pound sold. This way, they would definitely be very happy."
"Yun Zhiqing, your idea is great. You intellectuals from big cities are quick-witted."
"But in this case, will there still be a profit of 30 cents per pound of sweet potato vermicelli?"
"Yes, I've calculated it. On average, six pounds of sweet potatoes can make one pound of sweet potato vermicelli. The village price for six pounds of sweet potatoes is 48 cents. The cost of hiring people and firewood is 2 cents. Even if I give the salesman 2 cents, I still have 30 cents of net profit left."
The accountant also did the math and said, "Indeed, Yun Zhiqing's profit calculation is based on the minimum profit. If we reduce costs a little more, the profit can be increased by a few cents."
"Captain, how many sweet potatoes do we have left in our team? We need to prepare enough raw materials." Yun Yan reminded.
"Don't worry. The brigade still has over 20,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes left, in addition to those reserved for seeds. If that's not enough, we can buy some from other villages."
"Captain, the leftover sweet potato residue from making sweet potato vermicelli can be used to feed pigs. It's excellent pig feed."
Because he was going to learn how to make sweet potato vermicelli from Yunyan tomorrow, the team leader had someone move 300 kilograms of sweet potatoes to her house.
After the people who delivered the sweet potatoes left, Yun Yan took out a pen and paper and drew a sign and a business card.
The next morning, team leader Liu brought several villagers who were arranged to learn how to make sweet potato vermicelli. Considering that Yunyan was a woman, the team leader chose aunts and sisters to learn how to make sweet potato vermicelli.
A total of six people were selected this time, most of whom were Yun Yan's acquaintances.
Yun Yan started by teaching them how to peel and mash the potatoes, then moved on to how to filter them. The assigned people were very quick and nimble, and by the time all three hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes had entered the filtering stage, the entire morning had already passed.
"Yun Zhiqing, is this enough for the sweet potato vermicelli?" asked the team leader's wife.
"Of course not, Auntie. There are several steps involved. It takes at least ten days to make sweet potato vermicelli."
In the afternoon, Yunyan went to the county town to find a blacksmith and asked him to make a few more peelers and funnels for making sweet potato flour.
The next day, Yunyan began to teach them how to scoop out the settled sweet potato flour and place it on a winnowing basket to dry.
The sun has been pretty good during the day recently, so I guess it will only take two days at most.
Yunyan made an appointment with the aunts and sisters to come back in two days, and then she would teach them the most important steps.
Yunyan was busy with the aunts and sisters who were learning to make sweet potato vermicelli, and the team leader was also busy. The location for the workshop had been selected and construction had begun. The workshop was relatively simple and was expected to be completed in less than a month.
Yunyan went to see the captain with the signboard and business card she drew.
"Captain, this is the sign I drew for our sweet potato vermicelli noodles, as well as the business cards. I'm going to apply for funding to go to the printing factory in the county and print a few more copies of these."
The captain took the blueprint Yun Yan had drawn and looked at it. "Why don't you have a name for this sign?"
"Shouldn't we discuss this with all of you leaders? Let's see what name to give our sweet potato vermicelli."
After discussion among several people, it was finally decided to call it Chunhe Sweet Potato Noodles, which is simple and easy to remember.
Finally, the deputy team leader took the drawings of wrapping paper and business cards to the printing factory. It was more convenient because he had acquaintances at the printing factory.
Two days later, the sweet potato starch was dried, and Yunyan began to teach them how to make sweet potato vermicelli. The team leader and his friends heard that today was the most critical step in making sweet potato vermicelli, so they also came to join in the fun.
After several hours of hard work, they finally made all the sweet potato flour into vermicelli noodles. Yun Yan saved some of the wet vermicelli noodles and said she would make a pork stew with vermicelli noodles for the team leader and his men. The rest were hung on bamboo poles to dry in the sun.
Yun Yan invited the team leader and a few others to have lunch at her home, and made a pork stew with vermicelli and a cabbage stew with vermicelli using sweet potato vermicelli.
The team leader and his friends were still enjoying the meal, and now they no longer had to worry about not being able to sell the sweet potato vermicelli.
While the sweet potato vermicelli was drying, Yun Yan took the team leader's wife and others to make sweet potato vermicelli again. This time they were able to complete all the steps independently.
Fortunately, we made it early, because it started raining just as the first batch of sweet potato vermicelli was drying.
It rained continuously for three days, and the weather became even colder after the rain. As soon as the rain stopped, Yun Yan rode her bicycle to deliver vermicelli noodles to state-owned restaurants and breakfast shops.
When Manager Luo saw Yun Yan finally brought the sweet potato vermicelli over, he was so happy that his face was grinning from ear to ear.
Ever since I used the six pounds of sweet potato vermicelli left by Yun Yan to make a few dishes, there have been customers ordering those dishes almost every day.
He was worried because he had run out of sweet potato vermicelli, and Yun Yan brought some to him.
This time, Yun Yan took 15 kilograms from him and 5 kilograms from the breakfast shop. After receiving the money, Yun Yan went to the black market.
Taking advantage of the good weather, Aunt Zhang and the others made another batch of sweet potato vermicelli and hung them on bamboo poles. Now they have all learned how to make it and don't need Yun Yan to teach them.
Yunyan went to the educated youth site and planned to talk to them about selling sweet potato vermicelli.
She first went to see Zhang Yuan, who was the person in charge of the educated youth center. She briefly told him about the idea of selling sweet potato vermicelli, and he thought about it and agreed.
After gathering all the educated youth in the living room, Yun Yan told them about her sweet potato vermicelli sales plan.
"Yun Zhiqing, do you mean that we should bring the sweet potato vermicelli made in the village back to our hometown and sell it?" Wang Fang asked.
"Yes, you don't need to bring too much at once. I'll give you a business card. Even if you leave your hometown, as long as the customers you developed call and place an order, the sales will still be counted as yours."
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