99 Refrigerator
After getting the new order and deposit, the first thing Xu Zhi did was to immediately place another order with Deyi. After that, I followed Robson to see several arcade assembly factories he introduced, and each placed some sample orders, and after the quality was confirmed, the later orders will not be less.
Although He Guoyuan is a management talent, but he is not a god, the expansion of the factory is not a few days or even months can be completed, and the proficiency of workers takes time to temper, Midea has 3 production bases in Xiangjiang, and the production capacity has been as high as 3000 units per month.
What's more, Xu Zhi believes that after this order is concluded, there will be a lot of follow-up orders, and this is only the market in the United States, although the market size of RB Europe and Asian countries is not as good as the United States, but it will not add up to too small, at least within half a year, the problem that plagues the United States will be this huge production task.
Robson is right, handing over the order to the American company, although the profit will be a little less, but the efficiency is high, the arcade machine produced can be delivered to the dealer in a few days, and the speed of payment on the side of the United States will be much faster.
After determining the outsourcing matter, the business in the United States will come to an end, this time to the United States, the most important thing is to find a powerful distributor, can avoid the future products in the United States may appear in various problems and disputes, the simplest is all kinds of piracy problems, and even the Rockefeller family, should be able to solve this problem.
Midea's tasks in the United States have been completed, and there is still more than half a month before the Father's Day program on ABC TV, and Xu Zhi is also very worried about the production situation in Xiangjiang, so he has to rush back recently, not to mention that even if the TV program is broadcast, he does not necessarily need to stay in the United States.
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In June, the Xiangjiang River is already full of heat, and the clouds in the sky can't stand the scorching heat, and they have disappeared without a trace.
In Midea's No. 3 factory:
"It's so hot here!" Xu Zhi pulled his neckline and poured a gust of wind into it, but it was also hot.
He Guoyuan also ignored his boss's unruly behavior, and said: "We have contacted a professional industrial air conditioning company to install air conditioners, but now that the heat wave has hit Xiangjiang, there are too many air conditioners to be installed, and it is estimated that we will have to wait a few more days." ”
Xu Zhidao: "The previous boss of this factory is really picky, the air conditioner is reluctant to install, the workers must pay attention to the heat, to buy some ice cubes or iced drinks back, otherwise it is too hot, not only the body can not stand it, the efficiency and quality of production will also be affected." ”
"We are already doing it, we bought a few refrigerators from the supermarket a few days ago, all kinds of mineral water are available, employees can drink ice water to cool down at any time if necessary, and we have also prepared some summer medicine. ”
"Okay, where's the fridge, I'll go get a drink!"
The temperature in Xiangjiang is not very high in terms of numbers, but it is surrounded by the sea, and the humidity is extremely heavy, so it is not too hot at normal times, but it has not rained for a while recently, and the temperature has begun to rise sharply.
On the road or outdoors, as long as you are not exposed to the sun, you can still endure it, but in the factory, the activities of various electrical heat dissipation workers are emitting heat all the time, and one or two o'clock in the afternoon is the most uncomfortable time!
But there are very few conscientious enterprises like Xu Zhi, in Xiangjiang, a large number of garment and electronics factories are densely populated, but even in summer, there may not be air conditioning supply, if you can find a small workshop with air conditioning, this is not the boss has a conscience, but because the equipment in the workshop needs air conditioning!
Xu Zhi opened the refrigerator, and there were a lot of drinks in it: Coke, Sprite, Fanta, Pepsi, and Xiangjiang's sentimental soda cream.
In the 70s, before the birth of milk tea, most of the tea restaurants in Hong Kong had two well-known drinks: black cow and scalper.
These two are not animals, and the scalpers behind them are not a certain profession. The "black cow" is cola and chocolate ice cream, and the scalper is the ice cream with cream soda and mango or pineapple flavor, which has an excellent taste and nutritional value, much higher than the milk tea that costs only one dollar in later generations!
After drinking a small bottle of cream, Xu Zhigang was about to throw the glass bottle into the trash can next to him, but suddenly noticed that a thick layer of ice had formed on the back of the refrigerator.
Xu Zhi touched his hand, half of the back plate had been frozen, and the partition of the drawer had also been frozen together, and it couldn't be pulled out at all.
He Guoyuan saw that Xu Zhi's behavior was a little strange, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xu Zhidao: "Will the refrigerator freeze in now?"
"Yes, this is a normal phenomenon! Now the air is humid in summer, every time the refrigerator is opened, the air inside and outside exchange, and the water vapor will enter, and the temperature of the inner wall of the refrigerator is low, and the water will be attached, and then it will freeze!" He Guoyuan patiently explained, and almost explained the basic physics knowledge again.
Xu Zhi rolled his eyes and said, "Of course I know what the principle is, I mean have you ever seen an air-cooled refrigerator?"
"Air cold?" He Guoyuan didn't understand.
Xu Zhi thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's called differently, or it can be a frost-free refrigerator, or the kind of refrigerator that won't freeze inside?"
He Guoyuan said: "Oh, I've heard of it, it seems that RB Panasonic has a few refrigerators like this, but that kind of refrigerator belongs to high-end refrigerators, the price is extremely expensive, I have seen it in the mall before, but I think it is too expensive, although there is no need to de-ice, it is indeed very convenient, but the cost performance is not high!"
Xu Zhi said with a smile: "It's not that the cost performance is not high, but in Xiangjiang, the cost performance is not high."
In Xiangjiang, this kind of refrigerator may take several months of salary to buy, but in developed countries such as Europe and the United States, ordinary refrigerators and this kind of refrigerator are only two or three days of salary and five or six days of salary, if it is convenient, how do you think they will choose?"
There is such a thing as cost performance, that's it, whether there is money or not, the view is different!
He Guoyuan said: "It makes sense, but what are we talking about?"
Xu Zhi looked at the refrigerator in front of him and asked, "Do you think our beauty can make the air-cooled refrigerator I said?"
"Make refrigerators?" He Guoyuan said: "The refrigerator market is currently saturated, whether it is Xiangjiang or overseas, there are countless giants in it, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to do it! ”
Xu Zhidao: "Don't just look at profits, refrigerators and other household appliances are a huge market, it doesn't care about a few more manufacturers, and it doesn't care about a few, even if the profit is low, it can also form a stable industry, although our arcade machine makes money, but can you guarantee that it will always have such an advantage?"
He Guoyuan said: "So, in addition to refrigerators, we will also make other electrical appliances in the future?"
Xu Zhidao: "Yes, at present, the arcade machine has temporarily stabilized, and the profit is quite considerable, but a company can't rely on only one product, diversification is the best choice, the market for household appliances is very huge, let's start with the refrigerator!"
He Guoyuan said: "The principle of the refrigerator is actually not complicated, but the compressor in it has a very high technical content, and it may be difficult to break through this piece." ”
"Who told you that I want to develop a new compressor?" Xu Zhi said with a smile, in fact, it is not difficult to build a compressor, but it is very difficult to create a low sound, low consumption and high life.
He Guoyuan said: "Let's do the assembly ourselves first?"
Xu Zhidao: "Yes, now RB Germany's compressors are everywhere, why do you want to study by yourself? Our direction is not a compressor for the time being, the road has to go step by step! But my ultimate goal is to develop our own air-cooled refrigerator, this thing does not look at the current high-end, as long as we can reduce the cost, we can quickly occupy the market." ”
He Guoyuan said: "Then there is another problem, the production line of the refrigerator occupies too much area, and the office building factory in Xiangjiang cannot accommodate it at all, if you want to build a factory in Xiangjiang, you have to apply for land from the Hong Kong government, which is also a very troublesome thing." ”
Xu Zhi smiled: "I just asked you to study the refrigerator first, you don't have to think too much, let's talk about the construction of the factory later! Maybe there will be a place for us to build a factory at that time!"
When He Guoyuan heard that he didn't have to go to the production line for the time being, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, he was also afraid that Xu Zhi's head would be hot, and he wanted to copy the success of the arcade machine to other products, if he impulsively went to the large production line, it would be hard.
Now it's just research, and a million Hong Kong dollars is enough to invite dozens of good engineers to develop for a long time, and one million Hong Kong dollars is just a drop in the bucket for the current Midea.