I was so excited at night that I couldn't sleep, so I got up and read a book for a while, and took the time to go to the attic to make a list of recent development plans.

He received two loans with a total amount of more than $7 million.

Selling the patent of the dry battery to the Panasonic Group, and getting a huge sum of up to 15 million US dollars, it is not taxable for the time being, and it can be used freely until the tax deadline comes.

The reserve funds for marketing and promotion projects have increased again and again.

Recently, according to Han Chudong's request, he has begun to walk around the Hollywood area, asking directors or screenwriters to implant masks in recent films, with a budget of up to 700,000 US dollars.

This is significantly cheaper than contacting Hollywood studios directly.

With Hollywood's strong cultural output strength, it is equivalent to advertising in other countries and regions in advance, trying to cultivate the subconscious of letting women wear facial masks.

Besides.

The budget directly placed on advertising projects such as shopping malls and women's magazines is also as high as about six million US dollars, and more than one million have been spent.

In this way, the money spent on advertising is more than the cost of opening a store, training employees, and acquiring R&D labs, and this is only the first batch of budgets.

The earliest plans were a little pettily.

With the increase in funds in the account and the initial success on Rodeo Avenue, Han Chudong is now very willing to pay for it.

A new product for the female market is launched, it is not enough to rely on user word-of-mouth to spread to each other, spending money during the market development is to earn more money in the future, and the "ex-boyfriend" series of masks have shown signs of explosion, and the best effect is to throw money into it at this time.

Look at Storm Appliances again.

The amount of profits has grown steadily, and its own profits have begun to feed back the company's development, and it is okay to use the company's own profits to expand, but the speed is relatively slow.

It plans to invest another $3 million to $4 million in the next year, striving to win all the California market this year and enter neighboring states and cities next year.

I haven't heard of a competitor for the time being, and it may have appeared, but because of the lag in message delivery, Han Chudong hasn't learned about it yet, anyway, it's definitely right to seize the market first.

Winning a California market is equivalent to winning one-fifth of the domestic market in the United States, where the population is relatively concentrated and the consumption power is slightly stronger than most states.

If you take a big step, it's easy to pull the egg.

It's not okay to be in a hurry, don't look at Han Chudong, who has never managed this company, and has personally seen the weekly sales data, and often communicates with Mr. Joe Austin, the vice president.

Aurora gaming aspect.

R&D has just begun, some progress has been made, and funding is still abundant.

When he's done with mass production of face masks, he plans to take some time to go to Silicon Valley again.

After calculating, there are still more than 6 million idle funds left in the company's account, considering that Baofeng Electric does not need a one-time investment, it can temporarily embezzle funds and squeeze out 8 million US dollars.

Thoughts are clear at night.

After thinking about it carefully, I have probably already made a decision.

Five million were invested, and the rest of the money was partly reserved and partly used to develop the Walkman.

Ever since he saw the cassette player in Sun Laosan's store last year, Han Chudong has always kept this matter in mind.

According to past experience, any epoch-making technology product represents a huge profit, and it is worth taking the money out to bet on, which is similar to investing in the home game console project of Aurora Games.

......

On the morning of the eleventh.

As soon as he finished drinking the white porridge, Han Chudong immediately rushed to the old factory, and Driver Wu was already waiting at the door.

It was said that it would be delivered at seven or eight o'clock in the morning, but since I didn't receive the call, it means that it shouldn't have arrived yet.

If you agree on an exact time, there is no need to be so anxious, and you are annoyed that it may be delivered at any time, but you are still in a hurry to get the mask production line in your hands.

Product counters in New York, San Francisco, Seattle and other cities have been prepared, and employees have received short-term training, and now they are waiting to send the products to be sold to the outside world.

With so much time, energy and money invested, where can I still maintain a normal mind, I want to install and debug the machine as soon as possible, and then put it into production quickly.

Having accumulated experience in selling toys, another factory is being built in Pennsylvania, close to all major sales locations, and the East Coast urban agglomeration is mainly concentrated around Pennsylvania, which can radiate to more than a dozen eastern states.

The initial plan is like this, and we haven't started to think about it in a longer term direction.

The order for the second batch of production lines has already been entrusted to the automation equipment giant Rockwell, and when the time comes, the factory will be rented in Pennsylvania and shipped directly.

It's right to be in a hurry, my girlfriend can't forget, so I went to pick up Kiko Mochizuki first, and rushed to the factory location on the east side of Chinatown together.

The old factory was originally used as a timber warehouse, but it was rented in the name of Rainbow Beauty, and after the long-term contract was signed, the interior and exterior were renovated and painted dark red.

Covering an area of more than 3,000 square meters, the factory has two floors, and belongs to the old building built during the First World War, and the roof was renovated in the 60s, which is certainly enough for the production of beauty products, and there is enough space for stacking raw materials and finished goods.

When he saw two trucks with Washington state license plates parked outside, and the forklifts were unloading wooden boxes, Han Chudong was in ecstasy, hurriedly got out of the car and walked over, and greeted the on-board technician of Rockwell Company.

The automated assembly lines for making dry batteries have not been produced until now, but they have nothing to do with Han Chudong now.

These assembly lines for the production of facial masks are relatively simple, and the mask paper and essence are directly customized from other manufacturers, and here they only need to go through the steps of the mask paper into the bag, filling the essence, sealing, quality control, and boxing.

After unpacking and debugging the machine, dozens of pre-recruited workers finally finished their training and helped assemble the production line.

The process was relatively smooth, after a toss, and when the first production line was assembled and the power was turned on, it was already noon, and the engineer went on to debug and brought in raw materials for actual testing, which was not very smooth this time.

The mask paper is too soft and easy to stick together, and the machine makes mistakes from time to time during the bagging process, and I heard that it may take two days to delay, so I am so anxious that Han Chudong is about to jump.

Hurriedly asked the engineer in Rockwell and said, "What now, there is a mistake for every twenty or so pieces, some bags are empty, some are filled with two sheets of mask paper, if they are crumpled in it, customers must have an opinion." ”

"This ...... Please wait a moment and I'll check what went wrong, there was no such problem during the test, and the raw materials you used were different from the samples you gave us?" the brown-haired engineer asked rhetorically.

“...... I think it seems to have increased the thickness a little bit, without informing you?"

During his speech, Han Chudong looked at the heads of various departments, and almost all the temporary executives of the rainbow mask were present at this moment.

The reason why it is said to be "temporary" is because the working hours are too short, and it is not clear what the real work ability is, and it may be changed at any time to let more capable employees take up positions.

The executives also know this news, so they have been very serious recently, the economy is sluggish, and it is difficult to find a job, and Han Chudong's salary to his subordinates is generally above the level line, which is relatively kind.

The replacement of raw materials, but did not talk to the assembly line manufacturer, if the production is delayed, this is obviously a mistake of the head of the purchasing department.

A middle-aged man of British descent, who looked relatively calm, admitted on the spot: "At that time, I thought it was too thin, and the thickness increased by 0.2 millimeters, sorry, it seems that I forgot to contact them." ”

“...... Remember to be careful next time. "Han Chudong is very depressed.

endured not to say heavy words, let alone blame, the procurement department has a relatively high status in his heart, and today is a happy day, since the problem has been found, we should think about how to solve it.

After negotiating with the engineer, find someone to test it and put the mask paper in the bag.

It was found that manual bagging can also be done, the speed is not much slower than the machine, anyway, it can be produced on time, and the rest of the modification and debugging work is delayed for two or three days, and the problem is not big.

The mask that has just been produced must not be used, and the quality is prone to problems.

At more than twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Han Chudong was waiting behind the assembly line, only to see boxes sent over one after another, containing eight masks, no more, no less.

Finally, it is necessary to manually complete the sealing steps of the box, which is very simple, invite some girls to come and work, and the labor cost is pitifully low compared with the product profit.

He pulled out a bag from the box and tore it open, and seeing that the mask essence had been soaked in the mask paper, he clapped his hands and laughed:

"Very good! The rest of the production line should be done quickly, and we will strive to start production today! We will all work overtime, and we will pay more than two dollars an hour!"

This was said to the other workers.

Before production, some employees were asked to fill the mask by hand and supply it to Rodeo Avenue for external sales.

The vast majority of people are in a state of training and can get wages, but relatively few, and it was said at the time of recruitment that from the day of official production, the wages will be raised to the agreed level, and the average worker will be paid about 400 US dollars a month.

At this moment, when I heard the temporary wage increase, very few people complained, but there was a sense of joy that I could make money next, standing on both sides of this assembly line, smiles appeared on my faces.

Some people need to support their families, some have parents who do not have retirement salaries, and some people have young children, and it is time to spend money.

Rather than being easy but not getting a high salary, they hope to have the opportunity to earn more money through labor, and soon under the organization of middle management, they will arrange employees in various positions that need manpower, and continue to try mass production.

Now the trial production of masks will be destroyed, and after filling another bucket of mask essence again, the quality test will be really carried out, and the mass production of aloe vera-flavored masks will begin before two o'clock, and many workers will stand behind to seal and pack boxes.

If all goes well, tonight, or tomorrow, the first mass-produced masks will be sent to San Francisco and Seattle and other West Coast cities to start selling......