Chapter 71
Zhen Zhen asked people everywhere to inquire about the packaging machine. It happened that Zhen Xiangyang's old colleague from the grain station used to work in a state-owned food factory. Zhen Xiangyang gave two bottles of wine to his old colleague, who faxed the deputy director of the food factory, hoping that he could help find out.
In the early 1980s, state-owned factories were performing well and were willing to introduce new equipment. All the equipment that had been eliminated by the island countries was bought by domestic factories.
If you buy someone else's equipment, your own equipment will become obsolete.
The reasons for elimination are nothing more than low capacity, low efficiency, and production failing to keep up with demand.
Zhen Zhen's food factory is small, and the equipment retired from state-owned factories is more than enough for her. If the price is cheap, she will buy it and use it for two years. After making some money, she will introduce equipment from abroad and take it one step at a time.
It's easy to get things done because of someone in the court. This old colleague that Zhen Xiangyang asked to help accepted his wine and was responsible in getting things done.
After sending two faxes in succession to urge the deputy director, the deputy director quickly called his unit, and this old colleague asked someone to call Zhen Zhen to the factory.
It is said that Qingshan Food Factory really has a batch of machines that need to be eliminated.
These machines were originally used to produce snacks. Qingshan Food Factory's business scope includes biscuits, candies, canned foods, melon seeds, etc. The machines that were eliminated were all smaller machines.
There are vacuum packaging machines, fruit wine and beer filling machines, tamping machines, candy packaging machines, canning machines and the like.
The entire assembly line is available.
The old factory manager guaranteed that the machines could be used normally, but some of them were very old and would occasionally malfunction. If they really wanted to purchase them, price was not an issue. The main thing was to send people over to learn the common sense of machine repair in case of emergency.
People these days are very honest. The old factory manager even recommended a manufacturer that produces filling bottles and packaging bags, so Zhen Zhen didn't have to ask around.
After hanging up the phone, Zhen Zhen sent Meng Eryong to the train.
"No, mother, please at least let your son drink some water."
Zhen Zhen: "No, you are not thirsty."
"We're having dumplings for dinner. My son hasn't had his meal yet."
Zhen Zhen: "No, you're not hungry."
"You didn't say anything, but just gave me an address. Aren't you afraid that your son will get lost?"
Zhen Zhen smiled. She originally wanted to say that if he didn't learn the skills well, he shouldn't come back to avoid being an eyesore. But when she saw Meng Eryong's fragile eyes, she changed her tone and gave him a firm look.
"Look at what you are saying. Who am I? I am your mother. You came out of my belly. How capable are you and how much you can do? How could I not know? Some people are careless when doing things. They don't make others pay attention. They need to be repeatedly reminded and taught. But my Eryong is not that kind of person. Even though Eryong is usually unreliable, when he really gets down to work, he is more reliable than anyone else!"
Meng Eryong felt embarrassed by what she said and wanted to say something humble, but his mother didn't even give him a chance:
"Okay, don't be so modest. I know you've loved repairing things since you were a kid. We don't have a TV at home, but you can repair the TV for the village chief's family. Your talent in repairing machinery is no worse than Zhen Xiangyang's! Repairing a food machine is not easy, but can it be difficult for you?"
Zhen Zhen gave him a look that said "Don't try to fool me, no matter who you are", took his son's hand soothingly, and stuffed 20 yuan into his pocket.
"Buy whatever you want to eat. Take care of yourself and don't get too dark or too thin, or your mother will be sad, oh~~"
This "Oh" was the essence. Meng Eryong felt that he was full of energy. His mother's encouragement was like the sun, shining in the most inconspicuous corner of his heart. He nodded and smiled happily.
"Mom, don't worry. Just leave this matter to me. If there are any problems with the machines in the food factory in the future, your son will fix them for you!"
Look at all this nonsense.
"Remember to bargain. Complain about the outdated machines while bargaining. I don't need to teach you this, right? Try to buy these machines at the lowest price."
As soon as he left, Zhen Zhen asked Meng Daguo to help her get a business license and register a trademark.
"Mom, what's your name? Why do you call me good mother-in-law?"
"Register the good mother-in-law, good grandma, good daughter-in-law, and good mother-in-law, and then register the three of Zhenxin, Zhenxin, and Zhenxin."
Zhen Zhen is afraid of counterfeit products. If her name becomes known, knockoffs will appear. People these days don't have the ability to distinguish. If they are really deceived, they will be irresponsible to both the brand and the consumers.
Taking advantage of the cheap trademark fees and the immature laws, all categories are registered. If one name cannot be promoted, another name can be used. There will always be a name that will become popular.
Meng Daguo nodded and went to do it.
In March, Gou Zi Niang and Zhang Cuihua brought the prepared chili sauce and pickled vegetables.
There are three kinds of chili sauce: sweet and spicy sauce, chopped pepper sauce, and fermented black bean sauce, all of which are loved by local rural people. Rural people do not have vegetables to eat every day, so when there are no vegetables, they can eat pancakes or steamed buns, and order some chili sauce to get by.
There are two kinds of salted vegetables, one is stir-fried with Chinese mustard greens, dried tofu and chili peppers; the other is sour crispy radish slices.
The prepared chili sauce and pickles are packed in large buckets, and those who want to eat them can use lunch boxes to carry them.
Nowadays, there are people who sell chili sauce with baskets on their shoulders, but the taste of that kind of chili sauce is quite ordinary, and Zhen Zhen doesn't like it very much. The chili sauce made by Gou Zi's mother is really famous far and wide. As soon as you open it and smell it, you can tell that it is different from other places.
The pickled vegetables made by Zhang Cuihua are also excellent. It can be said that these country women are really good.
This year, the variety of products here at Zhenzhen has doubled compared to last year.
There are more types of snacks, and a salted vegetable area has been set up.
This year, Zhen Zhen also asked a few ladies to make pancakes, dumplings, steamed buns, flower rolls and other pasta, and the variety of vegetables also increased.
She also bought a noodle machine, took out several kinds of noodles in the space, and made noodles of several different colors.
In other words, when you come to Haopo Po to buy things, you can buy snacks, salty foods, dry goods, noodles, pickled vegetables, and vegetables. When you have dinner at home in the evening, you can just take a walk around here and buy everything.
It has initially acquired the functions of a supermarket.
There are many varieties and it is very popular, so there is really no worry about making money. The pickled vegetables that Zhang Cuihua and Gou Zi's mother had just brought out were not even warmed up when customers came to take a look.
"This pickled vegetable smells delicious."
Zhen Zhen smiled and took a piece of food with chopsticks and gave it to the man. "Master, please taste it. This salted vegetable is very fragrant. It is best eaten with rice."
The old man tasted it and found it really suited his appetite. Even if it was not suitable, the people politely let him try it with a gentle and attentive attitude. The old man had never experienced such service in his life. It was only a few cents, so it was not a big deal to buy a little.
Grandpa ordered 50 cents worth of pickled vegetables and chili sauce.
Others also gathered around. The salted vegetable chili sauce made by this duo tasted really good, and the conversion rate of the tasting was very high. Many people bought a jar and took it home, using the glass bottles left over from canned food at home.
After dinner time, some parents asked their children to come by bike to get chili sauce, but by then the goods had almost been sold out.
Zhen Zhen gave him the remaining spoon for free and told him to come back to buy it tomorrow.
Zhen Zhen did the math and found that Gou Zi Niang earned 5 yuan from her chili sauce and Zhang Cuihua earned 4.5 yuan. These were the net income after deducting the cost and labor. The first day was just to test the waters, and the two did not dare to prepare too much. Who could have thought that there would be such an income?
Prepare more next time. Once the food factory is set up and the products are bottled and sold, the sales volume will be even greater.
Anyone who goes on a business trip or to school can bring a can with them, and it can be sold all over the country. This is something that a small county town cannot compare to.
By then, let alone 5 yuan a day, 5 yuan a day will be a piece of cake.
Gou Zi's mother and Zhang Cuihua were extremely happy and even helped Zhen Zhen clean up before leaving.
On the way back, Gouzi's mother was holding the money, and the more she thought about it, the happier she became. "Cuihua, we make so much money a day, we can make 100 or 200 a month, and 2,000 a year. We can become a 10,000 yuan household in five years!"
Zhang Cuihua sneered, "With Zhen Guizhi here, it won't take five years!"
"Why? Do you think this thing of ours can really sell well?"
Gou Zi's mother had no confidence. She thought that if rural people made things by selling them in bulk, they could make a little money. If they sold them to other cities, would anyone really buy them? Why would people spend money on something that every household could make?
Gou Zi's mother was also afraid that Zhen Zhen would invest in equipment but end up losing all his money.
"Guizhi, this food factory must have cost a lot of money, right? You said she is from the countryside like us, how come she has such courage?"
Zhang Cuihua didn't know either, but Zhen Guizhi had made money and didn't forget her old sister. She was bragging about it for three days and three nights.
The food factory is not far from Zhen Zhen's house and is located in an abandoned old factory building.
Go to the Housing Authority to file a case, pay the rent, do the renovations yourself, make sure the roof doesn't leak, the hygiene in the house is up to standard, and it meets the requirements from above, then it can be considered a qualified factory building.
However, the variety of Good Mother-in-law foods is a bit mixed, so Zhen Zhen has to find a few flagship products.
She was thinking about nougat, melon seeds, peanuts, and biscuits.
Except for nougat, other raw materials are easy to obtain.
In the early stage, due to lack of manpower and conditions, we mainly focused on melon seeds and biscuits. Once these two products became famous, we would do other things.
In fact, what Zhen Zhen really wants to make is instant noodles and ham sausage.
We already have instant noodles in the country, but it is not so easy to make ham. There is no ham intestine production line in the country. If we want to make ham, we need to import machines from island countries.
Zhen Zhen invested all the money in fabric and clothing stores.
The fabric store gets paid quickly, but it also takes time. The ham sausage machine is not cheap, so I can only dream about it.
Before the Chinese New Year, a new bathhouse opened in the county town. The bathhouse and shower area were both nice, and the back scrubbing was great. I heard that all the back scrubbers were from the north. In the words of Jiang Dongping, you can feel like you're in heaven after doing the back scrubbing.
Meng Li's unit issued some bath tickets and sent some to Zhen Zhen early in the morning. Tao Aihong and Jiao Huilan went there early in the morning and said it was good.
Zhen Zhen doesn't like going to the bathhouse to take a bath. She always boils water for bathing at home. However, Meng Li likes to ask her to accompany her and insists on going with her.
Dabao and Xiaobao are quite annoying. They never take a clean bath at home. After wearing the woolen clothes, Zhenzhen also felt itchy, so she packed her toiletries and simply went with her.
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