Chen Qiang mentioned the money-making business, which immediately made little Beckland's eyes light up.

How popular the hula hoop is, little Beckland knows. In the past few months, Little Beckland has produced tens of millions of hula hoops for Chen Qiang, so Little Beckland clearly knows how the sales of hula hoops are, and more importantly, Beckland Company is the producer of hula hoops, which is probably equivalent to the foundry of hula hoops, Little Beckland knows how much a hula hoop costs, and then look at the price of hula hoops on the market, Little Beckland can clearly calculate how amazing the profits Chen Qiang has made by selling hula hoops.

It is also for this reason that when Chen Qiang mentioned the lucrative business, little Beckland immediately became interested.

"What are you going to do this time?" Little Beckland asked.

"I'm going to make something out of this polyurethane ester, and it should have a good market. How about it, are you interested, let's do this business together. Chen Qiang said.

"What the hell are you going to do?" Little Beckland looked like he was breaking the casserole and asking the end.

Chen Qiang shook his head: "Actually, what I want to do is very simple, but the demand will not be less, if you are really interested in participating, I will tell you what I want to do." ”

Little Beckland instantly understood that Chen Qiang didn't see a rabbit and didn't scatter an eagle, he deliberately didn't say what he was going to do, because he was afraid that he would copy his products to make money.

In business, Chen Qiang's behavior can be understood by little Beckland, after all, shopping malls are like battlefields.

Chen Qiang didn't even say what products he wanted to produce, he had to pull the little Beckland partnership, which was not even a pie, and those real estate developers would take customers to see the model house in the future! Chen Qiang is now pointing to the air and saying, I have a good project, come and invest money! As for what project, I'll sue you again if you invest money.

This kind of empty glove white wolf practice, if it is replaced by normal people, will definitely not invest. However, in view of Chen Qiang's success in hula hooping, little Beckland did not rule out partnering with Chen Qiang to do business. In case Chen Qiang makes a second hula hoop-like thing, it will be a profit of several million.

"Does your new project require a lot of investment?" Little Beckland asked again.

"It's all about cost." Chen Qiang pointed to the polyurethane material in his hand again, and then said: "The lower the cost of this thing, the greater our profits." ”

Little Beckland thought for a few seconds, then said, "Okay, I'll you!" Even if you lose money in the end, it will be regarded as promoting new materials! So now can you tell me what the hell you're going to get? ”

"I'm going to make a ball out of this material, about this big." Chen Qiang gestured with his hand, and then continued: "Then make three holes in it so that your fingers can reach in." ”

"You're not talking about bowling!" Little Beckland spoke.

Chen Qiang nodded: "Yes, it's bowling, I plan to use this resin material to make bowling balls." ”

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When he got this material, Chen Qiang's first thought was that this thing could be used to make bowling balls.

Many people think that bowling is a simple solid ball, just punch three holes in it, but in fact, bowling has a core, bowling has something similar to a spinning top inside, is the weight fortress of bowling, this weight fortress is not only the counterweight of the ball, but also an important structure for the bowling ball to adjust the center of gravity, and it is precisely because of the existence of this top-shaped weight fortress that the rolling trajectory of the ball can be controlled.

The outside of the weight fortress is wrapped with a layer of padding, which eventually becomes a ball, which is the shape of a bowling ball; The outer layer of the filling is the spherical surface of the bowling ball.

In the thirties and forties, the weight fortress in the bowling ball was made of steel, and the reason why it was steel instead of stone was because in industrial production, steel molds cast something in the shape of a top, which was much simpler than stone carving.

The filling of the bowling ball, as well as the surface of the ball, are made of rubber. The use of ethylene and propylene synthetic rubber was a process that appeared after World War II, so the rubber before World War II was natural rubber. That is to say, to make a bowling ball, the materials consumed are mainly natural rubber and steel.

Bowling balls made of rubber have a disadvantage that they wear out more quickly. Although there are still many high-end bowling balls that use natural rubber as a sphere, the rubber synthesis technology of the forties was not as advanced as it is now, and the rubber was not as durable. For example, car tires, the quality of tires in the forties was far worse than today's tires.

Anyone who has ever driven a car knows that the tires rub the curb tartar on the side of the road, and the curb tartar often leaves black rubber particles, so the bowling ball made of rubber will inevitably wear and tear when it rolls and rubs on the ground, and when the bowling ball is taken off, it often leaves a rubber mark on the ground.

If it's another ball, it doesn't matter if it's worn out a little, like a soccer ball, you can continue to kick it if you drop a piece of rubber, and you can still score a goal. However, bowling is made by rolling, and once there is wear, it will affect the overall balance of the bowling ball, and thus affect the rolling trajectory.

Therefore, bowling in the thirties and forties was not durable, and the owners of the old age clubs had to often replace them with new ones, and they also had to often clean the rubber particles left on the road.

In the future, bowling balls will no longer use steel and rubber as materials, and bowling balls in the future will use resin. The weight fortress of steel in the bowling ball is made of a mixture of resin and limestone, and the casting process is simpler than steel. The layer of padding on the outside of the weight fortress is also made of resin, and even the outer skin of the ball is also made of resin.

Compared with rubber, resin material is obviously more wear-resistant, and will not lose a layer of skin because of rubbing the tartar. Moreover, the elasticity of the resin material is lower than that of rubber, and the material is more stable and more conducive to the rolling of bowling balls.

What's more, resin material is cheap!

In the future, synthetic rubber has begun large-scale industrial production, which greatly reduces the cost of rubber, but resin is still much cheaper than rubber, and in the thirties and forties, people are still using natural rubber, and the cost advantage of resin is more obvious at this time. Bowling balls made of resin cost only a fraction of the cost of rubber bowling balls.

Just imagine, the same product, with a longer service life, is cheaper, and idiots know how to choose.

And now it is World War II, and the prices of important strategic materials such as steel and rubber are constantly rising. For example, steel is better said, the United States has enough production, and there is no need to worry about the source of raw materials, and more iron ore can be dug up by expanding a few excavators. But unlike steel, rubber is limited by the supply of raw materials, and even though the U.S. has strong industrial capacity, the supply of raw materials is very tight. After all, natural rubber is still used in this era, and the raw materials flow out little by little from the rubber tree, and the rubber tree cannot grow in a day or two, so in a short period of time, the output of rubber raw materials will not increase.

There are only a few places in the world where natural rubber is supplied, one is the origin of natural rubber in South America, and the other is Southeast Asia and South Asia. In the future, after the Japanese army occupies Southeast Asia, the raw materials of natural rubber will be in a state of short supply, and the price of rubber will soar.

Now that the United States has passed the "Promoting American National Defense Act," the United States will provide Europe with millions of tanks, armored vehicles, military trucks, military jeeps, and military motorcycles, all of which are made of steel and rubber. Now that the price of rubber in the United States has begun to rise, this means that the cost of bowling balls made of rubber will become higher and higher.

Taking advantage of this time, if we can bring plastic bowling balls to the market, we will inevitably occupy bowling alleys all over the United States. Perhaps the owners of those bowling alleys will be grateful to Chen Qiang for introducing a cheap and durable bowling ball that has reduced their operating costs.

Chen Qiang, a sports expert, is still familiar with the structure of bowling, and when he went to the United States to visit and study in the future, he also visited bowling manufacturers.

Little Beckland is an expert in materials, and for him, adding something like limestone to polyurethane and making it a weight fortress inside a bowling ball is not a problem. Little Beckland also quickly solved the problem of industrial production of polyurethane.

The cooperation between Chen Qiang and Little Beckland can really learn from each other's strengths and complement each other.

In fact, the reason why Chen Qiang plans to cooperate with Little Beckland is also because of the technology that Beckland has mastered in the field of plastics research and development.

Chen Qiang is only proficient in sports, but he doesn't know anything about materials. For example, the hula hoop that is selling well, Chen Qiang does not understand the manufacturing and molding of polyethylene pipes at all, which all depends on Beckland Company. From another point of view, if little Beckland is darker, put aside Chen Qiang, and sell hula hoops by himself, he can also make a lot of money.

So this time, Chen Qiang sold bowling, so he brought little Beckland together, which can be regarded as giving little Beckland more sweetness.

In most cases, a cooperative relationship requires a sufficient number of interests to be sustained. If only one of the partners eats alone, and the other partners do not get benefits, then this kind of cooperation will inevitably not last for a long time.

Chen Qiang is also well aware of this truth, and when he was in college in the future, he saw many scientific research projects, but they eventually fell apart because of the distribution of benefits. So Chen Qiang plans to use interests to tie little Beckland to himself.

What's more, the production technology of resin materials is in the hands of Little Beckland, and Chen Qiang is just providing an idea, in this regard, it is actually Little Beckland who stuck Chen Qiang's neck.

In addition, Chen Qiang also found out in the process of selling hula hoops that he was really not a qualified businessman, he was not a business material. In contrast, Little Beckland runs a company and is much more business-friendly than Chen Qiang, and Chen Qiang also needs such a partner with business experience.

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Damon opened three bowling alleys and a bowling club in New York.

Damon has been very distressed lately, and although his bowling alley business has been doing well, his profits have been declining. The main reason is that the price of bowling has risen! Compared with the previous month, the price of bowling balls has increased by nearly 30%, because the price of rubber is rising, and according to the feedback of manufacturers, the price of rubber is still rising rapidly, and the price of bowling will continue to rise.

For bowling alleys, bowling is a kind of consumables, not all people who come to bowling are so cherished of the bowling ball in their hands, especially some novices with poor skills, when they play bowling, they often let the bowling ball rub against the ground, resulting in very serious friction, which makes the bowling ball easy to wear and tear.

So Damon's bowling alley has to replace it with a new batch of balls every once in a while.

"If the price of bowling continues to rise, I will have to raise the fee." Damon let out a long sigh of helplessness.

In my heart, Damon didn't want to raise the price, which would make Damon lose a lot of customers. After all, bowling is a very popular and popular sport in the United States, and bowling alleys rely on personal traffic to make money, which is destined to make bowling impossible to take the high-priced route.

Just then, a voice interrupted Damon's thoughts.

"Boss, there's a guy out there who wants to see you, he's a bowling salesman."

"No, no, no!" Damon waved his hand, at this time he was upset by the price of bowling balls, how could he bother to meet the bowling salesman.

"Boss, the man said please look at his quotation before deciding not to see him."

Damon took the quotation in distraught, but only glanced at it, but his expression suddenly changed.

"How can their bowling balls be sold so cheaply!"

The next second, Damon stood up without hesitation, he was going to meet the salesman.

After a few minutes, Damon couldn't put it down and stroked the bowling sample in his hand, and at the same time couldn't help but confirm: "The price you said is true?" ”

"Of course it's true, Tong Suo is not bullied." The salesman nodded.

"I can order 100 first, but it has to be cash on delivery. Also, I don't need to pay the deposit, let's pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other! Damon spoke.

Such a low price, lower than when the price of bowling had not increased before, Damon was really worried that he had met a scammer, what if he paid the money first, and people ran away with the money!

"There is no problem with cash on delivery, but in that case, should we sign the contract first?" The salesman spoke.

Damon felt that the salesman's request was also reasonable, so he repeatedly made sure that there were no pitfalls in the contract, and signed his name on the contract.

The next day, the 100 bowling balls ordered by Damon were delivered.

Damon was still worried about whether the salesman would be shoddy, so he opened the packages one by one and inspected them, and finally found that none of the 100 bowling balls were of good quality.

"Their bowling balls are really so cheap, is this selling bowling balls or doing charity, is this price enough for the cost? Didn't I meet a fool? I'll have to order another 200, no, 500! Take advantage of the cheap to stock up, in case the price rises in a few days, I won't be a loss! Damon muttered to himself.

……

In recent months, the price of rubber bowling balls has risen by a full three-tenths.

The price of the bowling balls sold by Chen Qiang is one percent cheaper than when the price of bowling balls did not increase before.

Here is a forty percent price difference, such a price is attractive enough! Any commodity, all at once reduce the price of forty percent, every consumer will inevitably shout "really fragrant"!

So in just a few days, every bowling alley in New York ordered new resin bowling balls from Chen Qiang. Even if you don't need to update your bowling balls for the time being, you will take advantage of the cheap and buy a few hundred tuns first. The bowling balls produced by the Bakerland Company were also sold out quickly.

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