Chapter 2 Tricycles and Toys
In his past life and in this life, John was a delicate and cautious man.
Last year, he had already made up his mind to be a doctor in his life, but John did not express this idea in front of anyone, because he knew that neither his grandfather, Old Huntelaar nor other friends with interests, would allow him to engage in such an ordinary or humble profession. Physicians, especially surgeons, in this era did not have a good reputation and were poorly paid, which was definitely not something that a gentleman like John should do.
At least until he returned from Europe, John did not intend to let anyone else know about this intention.
On the other hand, John is also a person who likes to think ahead of everything, in other words, he can also be "forward-looking", so he has already begun to plan for the future as early as last year.
First of all, the first point is to show the talent of Xiàn.
Talent can explain many things, and it can also play an unexpected role in special times, so in addition to his continuous efforts in painting, John also unabashedly shows a strong "talent" in the field of science! Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry are the top priorities, and using the accumulation of his previous life, John made the resignation of three tutors in just one year, and successfully carved a heavy mark in the hearts of others.
And then one thing, and one thing that looks cheesy, is that you have to have money!
Prudence does not mean conservatism, nor does it mean that there is no momentum, in fact, if you are satisfied with only being a good physician, or even leaving a name in the history of medicine, it is a very simple thing for John, as long as you take it step by step. But he wants to do more, faster, and he can't do it without the support of money. In this era, there is no nIm that can get $3oo dollars a year for future generations, and there is no tens of billions of dollars a year for a pharmaceutical group, and Americans don't even have the concept of investing money in the medical field: you know, when the whole of the United States can get tens of millions of dollars a year, the total funding of all medical schools is only a hundred thousand dollars!
Of course, Rockefeller would have started to devote his money and energy to the medical field after a maximum of ten years, but John did not dare to put his hopes in the oil magnate, so having enough wealth himself was the way to go.
In just over a year after the bicycle was launched, it was sold all over the world, creating a sales myth of nearly 50,000 units and bringing more than 100,000 dollars in profits to everyone. And according to the current market situation, this boom will continue for a long time to come, so all profits are invested in expanding reproduction, and Joshua and Funk have an ambitious plan to open two factories in Europe......
Drawing a few drawings can get such a huge gain that John can't help but want to shoot again.
"I'm ready to invest in two more areas."
Ready, John confidently said to his friends around him: "One is still a means of transportation, I have recently designed a new type of bicycle...... Well, or they could be given another name, mainly for carrying goods, and the other for children......"
"A new type of bike?"
Before John could finish the rest of his sentence, Funk stood up suddenly, and asked in surprise, "Have you made a sample?" How fast is the degree? How much does it cost? ”
As the "director" of the bicycle factory, Funk is undoubtedly the most sensitive to this information, and he immediately thought of the three most important questions.
"Uh......"
After being slightly stunned, John shook his head with a wry smile and said, "No, I just drew the drawings, and nothing else has been done yet!" ”
"Bring me the drawings!"
As soon as John's words fell, several hands immediately reached out in front of him.
Seeing that several people had a posture on their faces that they had to look at now, John couldn't say that he would wait for him to finish first, so he simply nodded and stood up: "Okay everyone, let's go to the study with me." ”
Surrounded by everyone, John went upstairs to his study, closed the door and took out a stack of drawings from the cabinet, and explained with a smile: "The working principle of this bicycle is the same, but the design has been adjusted, the front and rear wheels of the same size have been changed to the form of one front and two, and then equipped with a carriage, which can be used to carry goods or people......"
After everyone got the drawings, they couldn't wait to look through them.
If future generations see these drawings, they will definitely be able to see at a glance what these designs are, because it is really simple, it is just a tricycle!
"Perfect for use in the city!"
John took advantage of the fact that everyone looked at the drawings carefully, and then explained: "It can easily pull a lot of goods, the cost is much lower than that of a horse-drawn carriage, but it is not slow, and it is suitable for short-distance freight ......."
"Haha, that's great!"
No one expected that the first person to understand the mystery of the tricycle was Tarley Brown, the mechanical expert first screamed in surprise, and then patted his head in annoyance and said: "Such a simple change, why didn't I think of it?" ”
At Tare's prompting, several others soon realized the benefits of this tricycle.
Everyone is not stupid, and it immediately understood that this tricycle designed by John was probably going to set off another craze soon. If ordinary bicycles are a convenient means of transportation for people, then tricycles are a new way to transport goods for short distances! It is conceivable that for a city like New York, no grocery store, restaurant, or hotel will refuse such a convenient and practical means of transportation!
After a sharp spin of his brain, Feng Ke also said in surprise: "The cost is at most twice as high as an ordinary bicycle, but the price can be at least twice as high!" ”
The others nodded at the same time.
Merchants and factory owners will always be much more generous than ordinary people, and they will never mind spending more than a hundred dollars on such a good thing as long as they can be more efficient.
While everyone else was secretly calculating the value of the tricycle, and wondering how to plug in a second thought that John had just said halfway through: "John, the other one you said...... Well, what is it that has to do with children? ”
"Hehe, it's just some toys."
Of course, John didn't dare to slack off on Emma's question, and immediately said with a smile.
"Toys?"
As soon as I heard this, it was not only Emma who was the only one, but the curiosity of the others was immediately aroused.
It's not that there are no products for children these days, but the number is very small, and the second is that most of them are very traditional toys, which are not at all shaped, and no one thought that John would suddenly design such a thing.
None of them could have imagined that the best money to make in the future life is children, except for women.
Women's money John doesn't want to earn for the time being, and he doesn't dare to make it, after all, the ready-to-wear and cosmetics market is very small these days, and the conservative forces are far from being able to compete with him, don't think about it for twenty or thirty years, but what about the child's money......
Smiling, John opened the door to another cabinet.
He took out a thick stack of drawings from it, and then distributed them to everyone: "Everyone, this is the toy I designed for a year, they are all things that are not expensive to manufacture and not very difficult, like this kind of building blocks and puzzles, they should be things that children like......"
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