Seven Hundred and Seventieth Chapters No Work No Wealth

Molotov stood in a long queue wearing dirty work clothes. He was sloppy, his hair was disheveled and smelled of motor oil, and he looked haggard with sunken eyes.

The team went all the way to the Finance Department of the Ministry of the Interior. It is said that this department will soon become the Ministry of Finance independently, but it is not yet known who will be the minister. And Molotov came to the Finance Department this time to apply for a loan.

"Name." The clerk of the Finance Department asked.

"Molotov, Russian, thirty-five years old. I traveled in South America before, and arrived in Havana after the catastrophe. I have worked in the Legion's factory for three months. My skill level is A-level, which meets the loan requirements. I want a loan of two hundred gold coins."

When Molotov was nervous, he would talk too much. When someone asked him, he said all the words brewing in his heart, and at the same time handed in the loan application written by himself.

The clerk glanced coldly at the application, then at Molotov, and asked, "What do you want to get a loan for?"

After the chaos of the last days, Molotov seemed to be extremely careful in everything. He quickly took out a few crumpled design drawings from his pocket, and then had a sample—a kerosene lighter.

"The Legion is still producing matches in large quantities, but I think we should upgrade to producing lighters. My hands-on ability is pretty good. I used to like to collect all kinds of old-fashioned lighters. I can use the simplest tools and materials to make them. this thing.

The lighters we used in the past needed plastic, electronic ignition, and liquefied petroleum gas, but these things are gone now. And matches are still too troublesome. I think kerosene lighters must be sold.

I run a factory by myself, and I have already gathered several partners. Everyone's technology is very reliable. We can hire dozens of people, and we can start working after only half a month of training. There is no difficulty in making this thing. We don't have the funds though, so I want a loan. "

The clerk grabbed the sample lighter and fiddled with it a few times. The ignition went smoothly, but it was quite easy to use, indeed much better than matches. So he grabbed a seal at hand and stamped it heavily on the application form, "Your preliminary review has passed, go to the second floor, where there will be more professional reviewers."

Woohoo... Molotov was so nervous that he was sweating. This loan is related to his future life. But such an important loan has no collateral at all, and it all depends on whether the people in the financial department of the legion are optimistic about him.

The initial review was easy, but the review was more troublesome. The Legion sent people to know about Molotov's team, and watched them build some kerosene lighters by hand, and tested their performance.

In the end... before the factory was built, the army placed an order for 10,000 kerosene lighters. In the last days, a small and portable ignition device is very necessary.

Molotov happily pulled a group of people to start his own business. Now the labor force in Havana is very cheap, and basically he can recruit a large number of people just by giving him a living.

The steel mills in Havana provided the simplest tinplate, and grinding wheels and flint were the basic minerals, which were easy to acquire.

Kerosene, which can be purchased from the Havana refinery, is much easier to supply than gasoline and diesel, which are in short supply. Production tools only need some pliers and clamps.

Molotov initially recruited 50 workers and completed simple training in only three to five days. In the case of division of labor and cooperation, 50 people produced more than 1,000 lighters on the first day. Molotov personally acted as a quality inspector and took his partners to check the quality of the lighters one by one.

"The yield rate is not enough, more than half need to be reworked." After Molotov said this, he still laughed happily, "But as long as the production lasts for a week, I am confident that the yield rate will increase to more than 95%. Hahaha..., hey! Brothers, we are going to get rich."

In the entire production process of lighters, it is the most difficult to train employees. Scolding and even beatings were indispensable during this period. Molotov was even furious about his employees,

"I just taught you yesterday, and I forgot it after I slept."

In terms of technology, in order to support Molotov's lighter factory, the Legion even asked professional chemical personnel to help deploy high-quality low-volatility electric oil.

To get rich in the last days, it is difficult but also easy to say. On the same day, Molotov bought a barrel of "Supreme" vodka, and happily shouted with his partner: "I wish the health of Commander Hugo, we have come to the right place, and finally we can live a stable life."

It took Molotov a whole week to deliver the order of 10,000 kerosene lighters placed by the Legion, ensuring that each lighter was of excellent quality. And after confirming that his factory could operate normally, the legion actually placed an order of 100,000 yuan for him.

"The cost of a lighter is less than two silver coins, we sell it for five copper coins, and we can repay all the loans in less than a month, and the rest is gross profit. I really didn't expect that one day I would rely on Get rich selling lighters."

Molotov, who had no worries about sales, directly expanded production. His number of employees soon reached more than 500, his daily output soared to 20,000, and the yield rate quickly stabilized at over 99%. . But such production quantity is still in short supply.

The production of lighters was very simple, and similar products came out quickly, but in terms of quality and price, no one could compare with Molotov. Havana's industrial production is becoming more and more abundant, the supply of raw materials is getting cheaper and cheaper, and the stable security makes production very stable.

Commodities with a soothing effect like cigarettes have historically been very popular in the last days. Havana's 'Supreme' brand cigarettes have always been very popular. People who smoked in the past could not do without a pack of matches in their pockets, but now everyone is more willing to use a lighter.

The popularity of lighters even drove the sales of kerosene at the Havana refinery in turn, and the special lighter oil sold very well. The Legion made a lot of profits and taxes from it.

"Since we opened up the labor market and provided personal business loans within the Legion, similar small light industrial enterprises began to appear on a large scale. The types of goods on the market suddenly increased by more than ten times, and the market vitality suddenly exploded."

At the briefing meeting within the legion, the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs flattered Zhou Qingfeng's policy of opening up self-employment after the rectification movement, boasting that the head of his own legion blushed.

"We were originally worried that a large number of idle labor would cause social unrest, but these privately run enterprises have absorbed these personnel very well, and the labor efficiency is higher than some factories we founded ourselves.

The development of industry has caused an enrichment effect. While commodities are outflowing, more and more people are converging to Havana. The Home Office estimates that our population will top 1.2 million in a year's time. And the wealth we create will be more than ten times what it was before. "

This is really no work not rich!