Chapter 1151: Home Becomes Workshop

Fang Jingfu took over the pen and started writing without politeness.

Since he already owns so many properties, he probably doesn't lack the rent, so they take what each other needs. He needs space for his workshop, and Ye Yaodong needs someone to look after his house.

"I'm not going to be polite to you anymore, so I'm just going to give you free rent?"

"Write it, write it, and I'll treat it like asking you to look after my house."

"Okay, I'll give you some lighters later and let you take them back."

Ye Yaodong was happy. It was better to ask for a lighter than to ask for the rent. Talking about money seemed too philistine. It would be better to give each other objects as gifts and reciprocate the courtesy.

"Okay...hey...do you have a lot of goods on hand? Otherwise, you don't have to give them to me. You can sell them to me cheaper. Anyway, I have a store. You can give me a few boxes, calculate the wholesale price, and I will take them back and trade them." This rent will be earned back.”

"Okay, it's easy to say. You are indeed a businessman, and the fishermen are just a cover, right?" Fang Jingfu looked like he knew it. "Smuggling is so rampant now, and they all rely on fishing boats..."

"Shh, don't talk nonsense. I am a serious person. Whether it is smuggling or speculation, I will be arrested. The Eight Kings incident in your local area has not passed yet, and there are still people who have not been caught. This cannot be done casually. Nonsense, walls have ears.”

He took a selfie and said, "My bad mouth made a mistake. This lighter is made in my own workshop. It is a specialty product and is given to each other as a gift among friends."

"right."

"Our workshop has only been established for a month or two. Recently, the order volume has increased significantly. Every day, we are assembling 24 hours a day, and materials are shipped back and forth. That's why my parents don't like the noise, so I can move some of it to you first. How much do you want? Anyway, when I move to your place, let my brother increase production. Anyway, the space here is larger than mine. "

Ye Yaodong thought for a while, "Do you produce plastic casings?"

"Plastic one? How do you hold gasoline in a plastic one?"

"Then it's just iron?"

"It's originally made of iron, just like the one I gave you some time ago. At most, it's a different color."

"That's quite simple. How much does such a wholesale cost?"

Fang Jingfu looked at the worker next to him and said, "I'm telling you, since you want to wholesale, then it must be the wholesale price."

Ye Yaodong also looked at the workers beside him and felt that his question was stupid. How could he reveal the wholesale price so carelessly that he would take it back and sell it.

"Then how much can the lighter you gave me be sold for? It's the market price."

"6 to 8 yuan. You still have to ship this to your local area. Selling 8 yuan each is not too much. Our new batch of patterned ones can sell for 15 yuan or 20 yuan at the market price."

"That's still cheaper than the Friendship Store. The foreign ones cost two to three hundred yuan, and I don't even know what brand it is when I look at it in English."

"Some foreign products are priced at this price. What brand is that? Foreign consumption is already high. Anyway, we ordinary people can't afford it. With that kind of money, we might as well buy a TV and radio. At that time, my brother also got one and then dismantled it. He also loved to research, so he kept looking for alternative materials to make them cheaper. "

"If you like to study well, you have to make it cheap and affordable for the public, so that sales will skyrocket. Our country has such a large population, if we really need one per person, we have to sell more than one billion, and it is impossible for everyone to just Buy one and it won’t last a lifetime.”

"Yes, yes, you have to make something that everyone can afford." Fang Jingfu seemed to have met a close friend, and his eyes sparkled when he looked at him.

"So you can consider plastic. The cost of plastic is lower."

He frowned, "Plastic?"

"I don't understand this. You can research in this direction. Anyway, try to reduce the cost as much as possible. When the cost comes down, won't the price come down and everyone can afford it? Now 8 yuan a piece is worth 8 yuan to ordinary people. , and it’s quite stressful.”

"Tell my brother about it later. He has just come up with this research, so he must take his time. I find that you know a lot and can always come up with incredible things."

"No? I was just talking casually."

"Yes, I think you are knowledgeable."

"Maybe, I probably see a lot when I travel around."

"Understood!" Fang Jingfu understood instantly and had an "I understand" expression on his face.

"What do you understand again?" Ye Yaodong looked a little speechless at his expression. Did he really think he was involved in smuggling? So you have a lot of experience and know everything?

"It goes without saying, it goes without saying. I understand. The current environment is like this. If you don't do this, you won't be able to make a lot of money. You can only make money quickly like this. I understand. I have seen a lot of them."

"I'm so innocent."

"Yeah, I understand. You can tell me how many you want later. I'll go home and count them and move them over to you."

Being labeled a smuggler for no reason, Ye Yaodong reached out helplessly and knocked on the table, "Write yours first, and finish writing the signature quickly."

"Okay, okay."

Fang Jingfu immediately lowered his head and started writing again.

Ye Yaodong also thought about the appropriate quantity for him. Each one sold for 6-8 yuan, and the cost could never be higher than two or three yuan. After all, this might take several hands, from wholesalers to middlemen and then to retails, probably adding labor and materials. It only costs about one or two yuan to get up.

Of course, people have to make money to produce them. For 1,000 of them, it only costs about two to three thousand yuan.

There was no need to ask for too much, he just took it back and flipped it around. He didn't make money by reselling it, so he just took a little bit with him.

Moreover, he just remitted 10,000 yuan back a few days ago, and now he only has four to five thousand yuan accumulated from selling goods in the past few days. The workers also have to pay thousands of yuan for their wages.

"It's written. Take a look at it and sign your name if it's ok."

Ye Yaodong was pulled back from his thoughts. He picked up the paper and looked at it. If there was no problem, he signed his name.

Fang Jingfu also wrote his name, "You can make another copy, one for each person."

"Just copy it, don't bother me with anything. Anyway, you've already written one, so just write another one."

"Okay, then how much do you want? I'll go back and prepare it. Also, can someone come over tomorrow to put up a roof for the yard."

"Okay, no problem. Anyway, we go to sea every day and come back to sleep at night. The housekeepers leave two or three people to cook. You can have someone come over to set up the shed first and move in the assembly materials in advance. ”

"Okay, why not, I'm determined to be your friend. Fortunately, I'm going to hand in the photos today, which also saves me from running around on a hot day. I had a heat stroke after searching all day yesterday, and I lay at home all day yesterday. Who doesn't have a shortage of housing these days? , there are so many empty houses.”

"You take one copy first. It's almost noon. You can stay with me for dinner later and chat while eating."

"good."

He lowered his head to brush and copy again, and then the two of them signed their names, one for each person on the two pieces of paper.

He kept the one by Ye Yaodong attached to the notebook without tearing it off, so as not to tear off a piece of paper and throw it around, he tore off the one by Fang Jingfu and gave it to him.

"Come on, dinner hasn't started yet, let's go to the room and have a chat."

Fang Jingfu immediately stood up and followed him, and then whispered: "Do you have any other good products there? I'll buy some from you too..."

Ye Yaodong's head was full of black lines, "Do you really think I'm a smuggler?"

"Otherwise, you have more than a dozen boats, several shops, and several workshops. How can you make so much money? If you were here with us, you would have been invited to tea and interrogated every now and then. ”

"You also said that I have so many things. If I didn't have any legitimate reason, I would have been invited to tea for questioning. How can I still stand here?"

"Ah, you really didn't do that?"

"No, I'm a serious person."

Fang Jingfu was doubtful, "Forget it, after all, we have met by chance and have never met many times. It's normal if you don't believe it. Let's talk about it later. After we have been together for a long time, you will know what I am like."

"Don't sound like you're dating. It's disgusting or not. To be honest, you still don't believe it. Forget it, you'll know it later anyway. Please tell me first, how much does the wholesale price of your lighter cost to me? I’ll calculate the quantity again.”

"Originally, the wholesale price is 2 yuan. Since you gave me your house for free, I can give you 1 yuan and 5 yuan. After all, the metal casing, metal parts, springs and electrodes are all customized by other workshops. The gas dye It’s also expensive and you have to hire someone to assemble it.”

Ye Yaodong felt bad. Sure enough, the price could be reduced by 50 cents. Counting his wholesale price of 1.5 yuan, they still had to make money at this price. The cost was definitely less than 1 yuan. Selling for 8 yuan, it was simply expensive. ten times.

Even if you deduct the cost of intermediate transportation and labor, the profit is still huge.

Tsk tsk tsk, as expected, all walks of life are very easy to do now, and all are profitable.

In an era of scarce resources, everything is easy to sell and everyone lacks everything.

"Don't tell anyone about this price. Our current wholesale price for takeout is two yuan, and then wholesalers or dealers sell it to various places. Then it may take a while for them to be available to local hawkers and shops. , it costs 6 yuan to sell it outside.”

"Sure enough, it was all exploited one by one by middlemen. When it comes to the hands of the people, I don't know how many hands have gone through and how much money has been added."

"There is nothing we can do about it. We can't sell it one by one. People wholesale and sell in large quantities, so we can make a profit. If we sell it one by one, it will last until the end of the year of the monkey, and we can't sell to hundreds of millions of people. on the hand.”

"Well, I'll just say it casually. Sure enough, we still have to find the source factory. As you become bigger and stronger, don't forget about your brothers. Brothers are also brothers."

"Haha, you haven't even written the horoscope yet, but you keep talking."

"Oh, sooner or later."

Fang Jingfu waved his hand, "It's easy to say, I'll just lend you the venue for free today. You will be my brother from now on."

"Okay, as long as we are rich and honorable, don't forget each other."

"Hahaha, it's so funny. Before anything else, I feel like I'm going to become a billionaire."

"Oh, it's all a matter of time."

"You're really good at talking. Tell me how much you want, and I'll save it for you in advance, while everyone else's will be put back."

Ye Yaodong happily stretched out his hands and gestured, "I want 2,000."

"So many!" Fang Jingfu looked him up and down, "And he said you weren't doing that."

"Please, brother, I have a shop. Do you know where my shop is? In the aquatic product wholesale market, the largest aquatic product wholesale market in our city, you don't know how many people flow there every day. 2,000 people may be there in less than a month. It’s sold out.”

"real or fake?"

"Of course, but if it sells well by then, I may have to ask you for it."

"Easy to say!"

He can be considered a cross-industry...

Originally he was thinking of a wholesale price of two or three yuan, and he wanted 1,000 pieces, but now it was calculated to be 1.5 yuan. So 2,000 pieces was not too much, so he just took it back to test the waters, and it happened to be something they didn't have. .

If the response is good, we can get another batch from Fang Jingfu, which will help him expand, and he can also make money, a win-win situation.

If one earns 5 yuan, 2,000...10,000...

Damn...this is too sinister, right?

What about the overseas ones that sell for dozens or hundreds? Grass, proper capital.

I have long heard that in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wenzhou's lighter industry rose and began to slowly occupy the national market. By the turn of the millennium, Wenzhou's lighters will account for 80% of global production.

Unexpectedly, he would meet him and witness the rise of lighters with his own eyes.

Thinking about it, he felt a burning sensation in his heart. No wonder so many people went to work for him. It was so damn profitable. No wonder the Eight Kings were targeted.

"Then I'll prepare 2,000 for you when I get back. There have been too many people coming to me to place orders recently. Think about it, I need to find a few more people to assemble them."

"Let's hire more people. There will definitely be more in the future. It's best to arrange for a one-stop service and even produce the accessories ourselves."

"The investment is a bit big, so take your time and make money first, and then you can do more after you earn it."

Ye Yaodong didn't say anything. This was not an industry he was familiar with anyway. They planned it themselves.

He just happened to meet it, so he would make a fortune and make no money. Anyway, just taking people back is one trip, and dragging goods back is also one trip. It's better to take more things back and resell them.

Finally he understood: West-to-East gas transmission, South-to-North water diversion, transportation between the two places, and exchange of special products.

Lin Jishang must have made a lot of money!

Fang Jingfu and the others must have made a lot of money. If they wholesale for two yuan, they will earn at least one yuan. If they can just produce a thousand pieces a day, that is a net profit of 1,000 yuan, which is 30,000 yuan a month! There are only three hundred thousand left a year!

If we expand production a little, it will be 100,000 a month and a million a year!

Ye Yaodong's eyes bulged out as he calculated in his mind. Sure enough, he was the slowest in making money, and he had to rely on technology.

"Let's go out to eat. Remember to prepare the goods and bring them to me early. I'll probably go back when the temperature cools down."

Fang Jingfu stretched out his hand and counted on his fingers, "Today is the 5th. It will take about half a month to wait until the temperature drops. It's early. Anyway, I will prepare it for you before you go back."

"Okay. Tell me, you are already in business making lighters, is it appropriate to still be the vice president of the Fisheries Association?"

"What's inappropriate? My dad studies the ocean, but my eldest brother got sidetracked and accidentally researched lighters. What's wrong with me? Anyway, I move wherever I need, and I also have several younger siblings. When they graduate, you can throw them to my dad. You still have the nerve to talk to me."

"That's different. At least I'm really floating on the sea."

"Is it fun?"

"Who said it's fun? You risk your life to make money, and you risk your life to fight for it. Who told you it's fun? If you have a choice, who is willing to go to the sea to ride the wind and waves? In other words, you have to rely on the sea to eat, otherwise you can only wait to starve to death. "

Fang Jingfu touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed to ask such a question.

"Your name is well chosen. It will bring blessings and blessings to you. You will know that your destiny will be good as soon as you hear it."

"Oh shit! How did you know that my nickname is Xiangqingfu!"

Ye Yaodong was dumbfounded. He just said the homophone smoothly.

"This is accurate to me, and it shows that this is your fate."

Fang Jingfu's face was full of joy, "I think so too, you are destined to enjoy happiness. What's your nickname? We all have nicknames, right?"

"I don't have a nickname!"

"How is it possible? Is there anyone who is not called by a nickname?" Fang Jingfu looked at the other people at the dinner table who had been smiling at them.

"What's your boss's nickname?"

"Ship Wangdong, my nickname is Ship Wangdong. My ship is much older, so my family calls me that."

"Huh? Real or fake?"

He looked at the other three old guys who were snickering with some suspicion.

"Of course it's true. Didn't I tell you before that I have more than a dozen ships? If not called by this nickname, what kind of nickname would they be called? But when I go back, I may change it to another one. Everyone has to call me President Ye. !”

"Hahahaha, that's hilarious. You're really going to put your face on the line."

"When you go out, you have given your identity to yourself. When you go back to your hometown, of course you have to brag about your reputation. If you don't show off such a good identity, it's not like... wearing nice clothes and going out at night."

"That's called Jinyi Night Walk."

"Ah, yes."

"What grade did you go to? Did you graduate from junior high school?"

"Graduation from literacy class."

Fang Jingfu almost couldn't help but spit out the soup. Fortunately, he turned his head in time, but because he covered his mouth with his hand, the soup all over his face.

"Ah, why are you so excited? Graduating from the literacy class is also a graduation, and you are now an educated person."

He couldn't help but give Ye Yaodong a thumbs up, "Gao, when you go out, you really gave your identity to yourself. I understand, I finally understand the meaning of what you said. You are really good and you have seen it."

"What's the point? Just be literate."

Other boatmen hurriedly agreed, "Yes, being able to read is already very impressive. What's more, A Dong is well-known in our hometown. What's the importance of being literate or not?"

Ye Yaodong did not agree with this statement.

"That's still important. You can't just say it casually. Writing is still very important."

"Okay, I don't know which of your boasts is true and which is false."

"What's so deceiving about this? It's true that I boast about President Ye when I go home. How can it be called bragging when I tell the truth to my fellow villagers?"

After saying this, Fang Jingfu didn't think it was a lie.

"That's true. It's a real reputation. It's not bragging."

"Let's eat. If we talk about it later, you'll burst out again."

After Fang Jingfu had enough wine and food, he sat down and chatted with them for a while. He asked about their hometown. He was still a little curious about Ye Yaodong.

He had such a big boat at such a young age. He also bought a house in the local area. He said that he had more than a dozen boats at home, and he had shops, land and workshops. He made them brag about it as if he was very famous, but it didn't look fake.

Ye Yaodong was bored and sat with him for a while. He sent him away after talking enough.

The boatmen asked him questions, but he didn't say much. He went back to the house, planning to count the money and take a nap.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, they continued to fish for a few days. Now he has collected more than 5,000 yuan. If he fishes for another 20 days, he can probably collect another 10,000 yuan.

Well... So, 3,000 yuan is not too much to buy a lighter?

But it's better to be cautious for the first time and take less. Anyway, after selling all the fish, we can come to transport a batch when we see the situation.

In the evening, Ye's father came back. He also told his father that the house problem had been solved. When the weather turned cooler, they could leave without any worries.

"Thousands of lighters, can they be sold? So much money..."

"How can it not be sold? Friendship Store sells them for hundreds of yuan each, but this one only costs a few yuan. I guess everyone will rush to buy it."

"Well, I just want to say that we buy fish and fish, and suddenly we buy so many lighters to take back..."

"What's the big deal? When you go to a place, you always have to bring some local specialties. Just put them in the store for consignment."

"Okay, you can see for yourself."

Ye Yaodong patted his father's shoulder, "Well, that's right, you will live a hundred years."

Ye's father looked at him puzzledly, "What are you talking about? It doesn't seem to be a good thing."

"If you are happy and fat, you will live a hundred years without worrying about anything."

Ye's father still didn't understand "It's so weird."

Fang Jingfu was very fast. He went back that day and called people to build a awning the next day.

However, Ye Yaodong went out to sea and was not at home. When he came back in the evening, everything had been built.

From a distance, we could see the military green awning on the top of the door, which was particularly eye-catching. Everyone stood at the door and looked up for a long time.

The gate of the courtyard was wide open, but it was pitch black when we looked inside. The effect of the sunshade and rainproof was too good. It was not dark yet, and we had to turn on the lights in the house.

"We have to talk to him tomorrow and let him pay the electricity bill himself."

Ye's father quickly agreed, "Yes, we don't need him to pay the rent, but he has to pay the electricity bill, and we can't let him pay it. Otherwise, once the awning is set up, we have to turn on the lights in broad daylight. How much electricity bill will it cost."

"Don't mention it, it's quite efficient. The awning will be set up today, and the parts and accessories will be shipped here tomorrow. The workers will start assembling it here the day after tomorrow."

Ye's father didn't care about other people's workshops. He felt sorry for the vegetables in the yard. As soon as he came back, he looked at the vegetables he planted at the foot of the wall.

"The sun can't shine in now, so we have to eat these vegetables in the next two days, or dig them out the back door and plant them."

There is also a small area at the back, but it's only about ten square meters and there is a well, and there are a few clothes hangers next to it for drying clothes.

"Just eat it up in the next two days."

"Well, you just need to make sure that our house will not be occupied by others if it is rented to others for free."

"No, our house has been registered, and there is a lease contract written yesterday. Besides, Fang Jingfu is not a rogue. After several contacts, he can still be trusted."

"You saw him walking on the street that day and he gave you a lighter when he met you."

"That's also a point. Their lighter workshop makes a lot of money every day. How much is our house? Do we need to occupy it? At most, they can run it for a year or two, and then they have to buy land and build a large factory."

"Are you so sure?"

"Of course."

In this era, those who can do it are all powerful people, and he knows that the trend of lighters is a money-making business from what he heard in his previous life.

Ye's father shook his head and said nothing about him.

Anyway, no one rents the house, and leaving it there will give them a headache. They are also worried that it will be occupied by neighbors or others. Since he believes it, then believe it.

The next day, when they got up early to go out to sea, they didn't expect it to be cloudy and windy, but it didn't rain, so they thought about continuing to go out to sea.

Fang Jingfu was also very quick. When they returned early in the afternoon because it rained, he was already busy piling up the spare parts around the corner, boxes and bags everywhere.

He also placed four long tables in the open space in the middle of the yard, with a pile of stools on both sides. This was probably the work station for the workers to assemble lighters, which looked quite simple.

The three boatmen were sitting on the steps of the main room, watching people coming in and out and busy with the work.

When they ran back in the rain, the stools were also full of people called by Fang Jingfu to carry the work.

Fang Jingfu was the first to greet him, "It seems there is a typhoon coming."

"Yes, it's already October, and the weather is going to get cooler soon, and there's going to be another typhoon. Have you moved all your stuff here?"

"It's almost the same. We can call people over tomorrow to assemble and start work."

"How many workers are there?"

"Originally there were only a few. I moved here and planned to order a few more to make up 20. Now I am planning to order a few more, otherwise it will be too late to complete the order."

"It's amazing. If we change the venue, the production quantity will be doubled."

"But it's also worrying. The number of orders has increased. They only give us a 30% deposit, but we have to pay for the raw materials ourselves. The more orders there are, the more money we have to pay in advance. We have only been working for a short time. , Worry, I’ve already borrowed it a lot.”

"Isn't it enough to collect a large deposit for one or two orders first, and then use the balance to continue buying materials for subsequent orders after completing the order?"

"If it's not enough, we have to stock up and order materials in advance. Once we receive a wave of deposits, we have to order materials. Otherwise, if it's late, we won't be able to keep up with the materials."

Ye Yaodong didn't know much about this. He was a little greedy, but he was not familiar with this industry. This was considered a family business and he didn't dare to mess with it.

"I'll borrow it from my brothers and sisters later."

"Well, since there are orders anyway, it will be a matter of time before we make money."

"You have more confidence than me."

"Don't worry, getting rich will happen sooner or later."

"Do you want to invest in our workshop?"

Ye Yaodong was a little hesitant. He didn't understand this thing, and he was very calculated. They had not known each other for more than a month, and he was leaving soon.

It's a little late, but I forced myself to spend 10,000 yuan a day today