After a month, Evan met the management of magic7 again. Among the management, Davidson, the general manager, looked the hardest and most tired, and his hair turned a lot gray.

Before the start of the monthly report, Evan looked at Davidson, who couldn't hide his tiredness, and said with concern: "Davidson, have you been too tired lately, if the work load is too heavy, please be sure to say it, or find someone to share it." But don't get tired of the problem!"

Davidson replied: "Evan, I'm fine, it's just that the new factory has just been put into operation recently, and there are a lot of things, so I look tired." ”

"It's good to wait for this period to pass. ”

After Davidson repeatedly assured himself that he was fine, Evan had to trust him for the first time.

At the beginning of the debriefing, Carl attended as a director.

The first to report was September's sales, and it was Girard who made the report.

"Last month, the sales volume of the Rubik's Cube successfully exceeded 1 million, reaching 1.02 million, and it is still on the rise. The marketing department expects that the growth will continue by at least 70,000 next month. ”

According to the tracking of the marketing department, the discussion of the Rubik's Cube was still at a high level last month, not only the number of Rubik's Cube newspapers (excluding advertising) reached more than 30 times, but also three books with the theme of the Rubik's Cube were published, one of which even appeared on the sales list. Of course, this may have something to do with the fact that the author of that book is a middle school student. ”

After Girard's report, Evan took the lead in applauding and congratulated the sales momentum.

After that, Girard talked about the follow-up marketing plan, and based on the current popularity of the Rubik's Cube and the emergence of the Rubik's Cube club, he made a suggestion to Evan - to hold an official competition.

After thinking about this for a moment, Evan asked a question: "Can anyone restore the Rubik's Cube in 22 seconds now?"

Girard didn't expect Evan to ask such a question, and was stunned for a moment before replying: "Probably not yet, otherwise there will be a report." ”

"In that case, let's push back the plan of the game!"

"At least until the popularity of the Rubik's Cube drops significantly, there is no need to hold a competition. ”

"What's more, with the current production capacity, if the sales volume continues to grow, the production capacity will not be fully satisfied. ”

Evan's point of view was obviously beyond Girard's expectations, and he couldn't find anything to refute for a while, so he could only nod his head and file the game plan that he had worked so hard to prepare for two weeks.

After Girard, Jean Léon, the new manager of public relations and workers' affairs, was put to the test. Lion）。 Leon's original position was to be the foreman of the assembly line, a position he was appointed because of the support of the workers.

Evan had a slight impression of Leon before this, that he was one of the few wise and sensible people in the "strike" who not only did not participate in himself, but also persuaded many of his co-workers.

So, Davidson chose to put him in this position, and Evan did not object.

Although his education is not high, Leon, who spoke in front of Evan for the first time, was not nervous at all, and reported the affairs within his responsibility in an orderly manner.

“…… In general, the new employees are satisfied with the conditions of the factory, and the labor motivation is very high, which I believe will be very helpful for the ramp-up of the new factory's production capacity. ”

"Relationships with the North Sacramento government and city council are also important because we already have one of the highest number of employees in the region. They said they would lean towards us in terms of public transport and policing......"

After listening to Leon's report, Evan nodded and expressed great satisfaction.

After chatting with Leon for a few words, Evan listened to the briefings of several departments such as the manufacturing department, the quality department, and the finance department, and finally the general manager Davidson made a summary.

"In September, we completed the assembly, commissioning and trial production of the second plant, and successfully added eight new production lines at the end of the month, increasing the daily production capacity to 50,000 units. ”

"In September, we produced a total of 820,000 Rubik's cubes, exceeding the production target by 10,000, but 200,000 fewer than the sales volume of that month. ”

"In September, we also put the canteen into use, fulfilling our promise to our workers......"

"In October, sales will climb further and our contract with Airfix will be executed, so we can't afford to let ...... up."

"Davidson is right!

In the end, Evan ended the meeting with this correct nonsense.

Afterwards, Evan walked around the new factory with Davidson, and at noon he had lunch with everyone in the new cafeteria.

After lunch, Evan and Carl went to the Alphabet office after leaving the magic7 factory. There, Evan returned the materials from the United Carbon Project team to him.

Naturally, there was nothing wrong with the information, but there was no progress on the project team, and Evan couldn't wait impatiently, and after a few hesitations, he added his hint to the reply to the project team.

After that, there was no time to talk to his sisters, so Evan had to rush back to Los Angeles with Audrey and Virginia.

As for Carl, he still had to spend a few days in Sacramento, and the bidding for the Band-Aid production line had closed, and the bid was won by a CalTech alumnus introduced by Rogers. Next is the manufacturing cycle of the production line, as well as the cycle of preparing the factory site. Carl stayed to inspect the site and decide whether to place ACAH's factory in Sacramento or Los Angeles.

It depends on which of the two conditions is better.

Judging from the current situation, Carl prefers to be in the suburbs near Los Angeles, where not only logistics are more convenient, but there is also no shortage of human resources.

This was Carl's job, and Evan did not interfere.

When Evan and his party returned to Los Angeles, everyone was a little tired.

Driving nearly 1,200 kilometers round trip in two days, Evan was the most tired one.

Back at the "cabin in the woods", after a hasty dinner, Evan leaned back on the sofa in the living room and didn't want to move.

Audrey came out of the bathroom in her pajamas and bloomers and sat down next to Evan to help wipe his hair. Evan smelled the fragrance of nothingness, and then he came to his senses.

"Audrey, Joseph didn't speak ill of me, did he?"

"No......," Audrey yawned.

"Audrey, tell you something......

"What?"

"Do you believe I'm Gay?"

"Hmm, are you?" asked Audrey without even looking back.

"It's not!"

"Then why do you ask me if I believe it or not?"

"Because someone slandered me so much, I had to find someone to prove it for me. ”

"Oh...... I see!"

"Just get it?"

"yes, or else?"

"......" Evan looked sad when he heard this, and the movement of his hand stopped.

"Alas...... Don't stop, okay, you say, what do you want me to do?"

"It's simple, just another CalTech campus tour. ”