Act XXVII

The scene was harmonious.

Although these young people who came supported Doug, they didn't think that this "Monopoly" would sell much.

A wooden house model occupies at most the workload of one worker.

Even if it is 10,000 copies of "Monopoly", how much space can it occupy on a freighter?

The same goes for dyes, just a few buckets of dye.

If Doug didn't know that the original sales of the game "Monopoly" exceeded 200 million in the world, and there were countless pirates, he would not have believed that such a small board game could have such a great magic.

Although this game has a spiritual core that is known as a critique of capitalism, what attracts ordinary players more is its easy-to-use gameplay, addictive (harmonious) content, and family-friendly attributes.

Judging from the results of the current test, "Monopoly" is indeed very interesting, and the same is true for these "well-informed" Yale students, let alone the poor who lack entertainment?

Don't use the entertainment level of ordinary people in the 21st century to measure the entertainment of ordinary people in the late 50s.

The Anglo-Saxon Protestants came to the land of North America, why did they have a large number of children? First, because the land was rich, and second, because they had no other entertainment.

Entertainment activities in leisure time, what else can you do besides making babies?

Due to the limitations of printing technology and cultural level, it was difficult for civilians to read a large number of texts for entertainment, and the phonograph had not yet appeared, let alone the movies.

Concerts, theatrical performances, that's where only the rich go every day. For the burghers, who have left the poor class, it is only a few months before they can go once.

Even if it's a singer in a tavern, not everyone can hear it.

In such an era of poor entertainment, isn't there a huge market for a board game like "Monopoly" that is simple to play and disseminated?

Of course!

Tea time.

Originally, Doug had already prepared some pastries, but unfortunately, these little gentlemen, who did not like the "common people's food" he prepared, took a carriage with their own logo on it, and went to the best teahouse in New Haven.

They want to have a leisurely afternoon tea there, and at the same time have a plate of "Monopoly".

Doug saw them go away and did not go with them.

His goal in reaching out to them was to get them to help promote Monopoly, and now his goal has been achieved.

Don't you think they're volunteering to help Doug promote the game now?

When the female workers found out that the little old men had left, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Doug didn't feel that those people had any aura, he was very normal with them.

That is not the case for these women workers.

The tone of grasping global trade at every turn makes them feel unimaginably powerful.

Doug returned to the shop floor and encouraged the women to work hard.

See the convenience of your own carriage, anytime, anywhere, where you want to go. He hoped that the women would work as hard as bees, so that he could buy a carriage with their toil in the shortest possible time.

In another, larger workshop, there was a "clanging" sound, and Doug stood in the doorway, making sure there was no sound of a steam engine or anything like that, before he walked in to see how Freeman was doing.

It's not very hot in the workshop, but it's a little stuffy.

Doug walked in and followed the place where the sound was, and found that there was not only a red-faced, red-necked Freeman. There are also two grade level apprentices.

"They're they?" asked Doug.

"You! You're here! The two of them are my apprentices. Freeman said with a hunched grin.

Doug frowned slightly, he didn't like this kind of unexpected situation that was beyond his control. However, if you think about it with your toes a little, you know that it is really difficult for you to want to complete the transformation of the entire project by yourself.

"Let's let them come to work in the factory too. Doug said.

"Yes, yes, you two come here, this is our boss, say hello to the boss!" Freeman's mouth almost reached his temples when he heard that two of his apprentices had been hired.

The little worker, who had been trained by Freeman to look like two meat (harmony) toilets, walked up to Doug and bowed in a proper manner.

Doug waited for them to stand up again and asked, "How's the production line changing?"

Freeman rubbed his large, greasy grease hand over to his canvas overalls, walked over to Doug and said, "You come with me." ”

He led Doug to a table and said to the things on the table, "I've verified the conveyor belt structure you mentioned here. Do you think so?"

He turned the miniature conveyor belt on the table instead of the handle of the steam engine, and drove it by manpower, and the entire circular conveyor belt turned in an orderly manner.

"Yes, that's it. Doug nodded.

"Come with me again. Freeman took Doug back to the place where he had knocked something.

"This is the steel pieces that we have procured back, which are fitted together one by one, and the structure is similar to that of a chain. Just assemble the conveyor belt and connect it to the steam engine. This large conveyor belt will move like the model just now.

The steel mill where we order the steel sheets does not know what we want to do when we order these steel sheets. ”

Freeman assured after explaining.

He hadn't seen anything like that before. But it's easy to imagine what it can do.

In traditional handicraft workshops and industrial production, a worker is involved in almost the whole process of a product from raw materials to finished products.

And this conveyor belt can completely break down the work that would have required one person to run around.

Everyone stands there and is only responsible for one link, saving time on the run and producing more products.

Each worker is also more dedicated, which greatly reduces the difficulty of training and work, and even a clever monkey can complete the corresponding work.

The more Freeman thought about it, the more he admired it, and he had more respect for his young little boss.

But at the same time, he was also slightly afraid.

Because he knows too much, if this production method is spread, it will greatly improve the production efficiency of other enterprises.

If you go out with this set of things, you will definitely get a lot of benefits in exchange.

But...... Don't look at the little boss, he looks kinder than the previous Smith boss, and he doesn't know where to go.

But Boss Smith died like that, and who knows what role the little boss played in it?

"Let the two of them live with you. Doug pointed to the two apprentices.

The assembly line is no secret, and its origins come from Henry Ford's automobile production line or the British ceramics factory.

It has a very low threshold, and once it appears, it will spread quickly.