Capitalists are profit-seeking! - Capital

Karl's housekeeper was very efficient, and the results were also very gratifying, and the owners of eight of the factories were willing to sell.

No one wants to do a business that doesn't make money. In Austria, where industrialization has been completed, flour mills are already a sunset industry, and the cutthroat competition makes it impossible to make money.

Ferdinand handed over the negotiation to Karl, after all, the old butler's talent in this area made him ashamed. The previous purchases in the supermarket proved this, and Ferdinand himself was really not suitable for bargaining.

Eventually, Ferdinand bought a flour mill called "Catvi Porto" for 18,000 pounds.

The machinery and equipment were purchased a year ago, with more than 180 skilled skilled workers, more than 50 employees, and full firepower, which can produce 2,000 metric tons of flour per day.

Since the purchase of these machines, Catvi Porto has not been running at full capacity, and the number of employees has shrunk from more than 500 people at its peak to the present.

Even so, Catvi Porto is struggling to hold on, teetering on the edge of losses and profits.

Ferdinand was happy with the acquisition, the new owner had to have a new look, and then changed the name of Cartvi Porto.

"Shuanghui Food Development Co., Ltd.", this lofty name, is the new name of the flour mill, heralding a new beginning. Well, it's actually a complete spoof of Ferdinand, who plans to pirate all the brands he is familiar with in the future.

Ferdinand retained the former director, Vérien Schubert, and in the highly competitive Vienna, the flour mill was able to preserve its capital, which was more than enough to prove his ability.

In fact, the original Cat Vi Porto is still running very well, it is well managed inside and out, and the cost is compressed to a minimum.

However, in terms of sales, it can be said that it is a mess, there are no brands, there are no large wholesalers, and the products are mainly sold to the vast countryside.

No way, as a rising star, the city's market has been carved up. Being able to open up the rural market is enough to show that the boss has strategic vision, but unfortunately it is too advanced. The countryside in this era was so poor that it was a dream to complete the encirclement of the city by the countryside.

But now with Ferdinand, everything is not a problem, of course, in the short term, the sales of supermarkets are limited, and the rural market still cannot be given up immediately.

Ferdinand, as the boss, personally went to the factory to appease the employees. He made a promise in public that he would never be in arrears of wages, and checked the current situation of the factory.

When he finally saw the black bread, he was moved by compassion and announced that he would raise the original food cost standard by 20 percent, and immediately won the support of the workers.

Managers were dispatched, and because of the cooperation of the workers, after a short period of running-in, the factory continued to operate.

In order to improve production efficiency and stimulate the enthusiasm of the workers, Ferdinand proposed a constructive bonus plan to Vérien.

Wei Li'an quickly took it out, which was in line with the actual factory reward system, and reported it to him.

Ferdinand was pleased with Verion's approach, as a boss he could be generous to the workers, but the opposite was true for the managers. Like many bosses, only he can be a good person and buy people's hearts, while managers must be evil people to save him money.

In Velion's plan, workers are expected to increase their average monthly output on an existing basis, or to increase overall quality. For every one percent increase in yield or quality, the team is rewarded with a bag of flour.

This measure is not expensive, the flour is produced by themselves, the cost is very low, and the workers can also take it home and eat it themselves, which has the same effect as the direct bonus.

Ferdinand also discovered that Verian still had a basic conscience, and on the premise of not harming his own interests, he could increase the benefits of the workers as much as possible, which made Ferdinand even more satisfied.

"Mr. Wei Li'an, you have done a beautiful job of this plan, and the workers need to be motivated. In this way, you go down and count all the employees who work in the factory, how many families they have, and they can use the factory price to buy the corresponding rations from the factory in the future. Once again, Ferdinand still had a strategy of buying hearts and minds.

"Okay, Your Highness~ I'll do it right away!" Wei Li'an said with some excitement

From factory to retail, the price of flour has increased by at least three layers. Moreover, flour is a staple food in Europe, so the cost of living for the workers will be greatly reduced, which is equivalent to an increase of two or three layers of wages.

This was the best way for Ferdinand to improve the living conditions of the workers as much as possible under the existing conditions, without prejudice to the interests already made.

Ferdinand's strategy proved to be correct, and as his industry expanded, the more benefits his workers received. In the future, when the workers' movement flourished, his factories were always the most stable, and the unions had much less influence here.

Time flew by and the flour mill was quickly on the right track, with production increasing and quality rising. When it finally stabilized, total production had increased by nearly 30 percent, and quality products had increased by 11 percent.

And the price he paid was to distribute hundreds of extra bags of flour every month, and on average, each worker could get two or three bags of flour.

Wei Li'an was very angry when converting the rewards, and he basically filled it up. However, when the reward was distributed, he was very undisciplined in replacing the reward with a pouch, because it was not clearly stated at that time, and the workers had nothing to say.

This is to adapt to supermarket sales, and the size of the packaging has been specially developed. There are 50kg large bags, 20kg medium bags, 10kg small bags, and 5kg small bags, and even 1kg micro bags, of course, on average, the smaller the package, the higher the unit price.

Wei Li'an is still a little humane, and he didn't change to the smallest packaging, otherwise the workers would really want to cry without tears. Now 10kg of flour is distributed in a bag, and two or three bags are enough for one person's ration, so the workers still happily took it away.

Ferdinand, fearing bad debts, separated the finances of the factory and the supermarket very early, and even the supermarket purchase had to be paid, and the settlement was settled with reference to the market price.

As a result of the increased supermarket sales, the flour mill soon became profitable, making a profit of three hundred pounds in the first month, although not as much as a supermarket.

However, Ferdinand is still very satisfied, this is a good start, the factory's production capacity is only a third of now, and many products are sold to the countryside, there is almost no profit, if all can be produced and sold by themselves, the factory's profits still have a lot of room for improvement.

Ferdinand came up with the most common trick for later merchants. It was very undisciplined to change into different packaging bags, and made seven or eight brands for customers to choose from. Like the unscrupulous merchants of later generations, the same flour was sold at different prices, and it was very profitable.