After chatting for a while, he felt that there was no problem with the rolling mill, so Li Zhao went back to his office and continued to be busy.

After more than ten days of busyness, Li Zhao finally sorted out the two factories and things related to him, fortunately, he didn't need to be responsible for specific affairs, he only needed to solve technical matters.

The rest is construction, and as for the study of new projects, that is all after the institute is in place.

Now the rolling mill and the material factory are two large construction sites, although the weather is still relatively cold, can not pour concrete, but the foundation has begun to dig, and the amount of excavation is very large.

However, there is no way, there are too many projects being built at the same time, and there are tens of thousands of construction workers working in the rolling mill and material factory every day.

This kind of scene is a very common situation in this era, mainly because of the lack of machinery and equipment, and a lot of work can only be done manually.

Li Zhao also checked the progress every day, and then saw if there were any problems, of course, a few metal production workshops were also one of the places where Li Zhao went the most.

The rest of the time, Li Zhao was on his way to draw or go to paint, and the time soon came to mid-March.

On the morning of March 13, Li Zhao was drawing in the office, and Director Yang's secretary came over and asked Li Zhao to go to the conference room for a meeting.

Li Zhao is still puzzled by this, without him, Li Zhao rarely goes to meetings, and is dedicated to the drawing, in addition to inspecting the progress of the project, is to continue to complete the drawings of the next few projects he will do.

When he arrived at the conference room, he had already chatted here, and seeing everyone's happy and noisy faces, Li Zhao knew that there was definitely good news today.

Seeing Li Zhao arrive at the conference room, Director Yang said: "Chief Engineer Li sit down, there is great news today, today is definitely the most important day of the rolling mill, guess, see if you can guess." At this time, not only Director Yang, but also everyone else looked at Li Zhao with a smile, waiting for Li Zhao to guess.

Seeing that these people were so happy, Li Zhao also guessed and thought about it, as if there was no major event in the rolling mill itself, and the construction related to Li Zhao was progressing smoothly, and there were no particularly major changes.

Thinking about today's time, Li Zhao suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said: "All the bicycle patents have been applied? Seeing that Li Zhao guessed the answer, Director Yang stopped selling Guan Zi and said: "The patents for bicycles have been applied for in the world's major countries, which is good news, right?" Just received a telegram this morning. Li Zhao was also very happy to hear the news, but this is an obvious thing, if he applied for it from John Bull, there is no reason why he can't apply for it in other places, so this matter should not make these people happy like this.

Thinking of this, Li Zhao asked: "Factory director, the good news is more than that, right?" Let's talk about the good news, you see how happy you are, this news will not make you happy like this, as if you have eaten candy. At this time, Director Yang said: "Go, you are all children?" I also steal candy to eat, let me tell you, the patent application is only secondary, the most important thing is that we are ready to ship, Lou Dong has contacted a lot of companies that do international trade, and has negotiated a lot of orders, and at the end of the month, he is ready to directly ship a ship out, guess how many goods Lou Dong asked us to prepare this time? I don't think you'll be able to guess for sure, but you just know the inside story. At this time, the leaders next to him also coaxed Li Zhao to guess and see if he could guess correctly.

Li Zhao saw that Director Yang and the leaders were full of joy, and knew that this number would definitely not be less.

However, now is the early stage, so it shouldn't be too outrageous, so after thinking about it and asking, "There should be no less than 50,000 vehicles, right?" Seeing that you are so happy that you can't keep your mouth shut, it must be more than you imagined, but it's still the early days, it should be about the same, right? Seeing that Li Zhao had finished guessing, Director Yang said directly to the people around him: "I'm right, right?" Although Chief Engineer Li definitely guessed the most among all of us, he certainly couldn't guess how much, right? At this time, Director Yang's face was already full of smiles, and he directly stretched out a finger to Li Zhao and said: "Dong Lou asked us to produce 100,000 vehicles by the end of the month, but fortunately, I listened to your words and expanded the scale." Now there are more than 1,000 people working in the bicycle workshop, and we can now produce 3,000 vehicles per day, and we now have 50,000 vehicles in stock. Li Zhao thought for a while and said: "It's not bad, it's whether this demand can be stabilized, if there are so many every month, don't get 100,000 units this month, don't want it next month, then it's troublesome." Now the most important thing is to find a few stable customers, and then ensure that we can ship stably every month, instead of making a hammer deal, if that, our bicycle factory can not do it. Director Yang smiled: "There is no problem with the demand, the sample car brought by Lou Dong has been airlifted to various countries after the patent application has been applied, and there are still many people talking to us." And it's not just Lou Dong who is selling our bicycles, those who have been called together like Lou Dong are contacting customers. Moreover, the patent application is really correct, when negotiating with others, we only need to show our patent documents, and the negotiation will be much easier immediately. Li Zhao was also surprised when he heard this, and asked: "Why is it easy to negotiate a lot when the patent documents are lit, this should have no impact, right?" It's not like they're looking to buy patents or license patents, right? For the time being, we can't sell these to them, and we estimate that we will have to rely on this to raise funds for a long time. Director Yang said: "Looking at the meaning of Lou Dong's telegram, these people have no idea of buying technology, they should not have a production factory in their country, just a simple trade businessman." The most talked about by these people is that they want to become the general agent of their country, because we have patents, so they can get the most benefits. ”

"The second reason is the material, the story you said is really good, Lou Dong said that a businessman of Gallic chicken directly ordered 50,000 vehicles. And there is no bargaining, we say how much is how much, and the ships shipped this time are all directly helped to contact, guess what the unit price is that we sell? See if you can guess correctly, if you guess right again this time, I really admire you. Li Zhao saw the expression of Director Yang, and knew that the price was absolutely outrageous, and tried to ask: "Two hundred dollars a piece, one hundred and sixty dollars for a stroller, I guess it should be about the same, right?" They should not be too afraid to ask for a price. At this time, Director Yang said: "Bicycles suitable for adults are not counter-offered for two hundred dollars a piece, and one hundred and fifty dollars for children's bicycles. Actually give such a high price. Li Zhao was also amused by Director Yang's words, Li Zhao thought about it, and probably calculated the price before saying;

"They're not stupid, and if they believe the story, they're making a lot of money. This price is equivalent to more than 7,000 US dollars a ton, and what we sold to Da Mao is 30,000 rubles a ton, which is about 33,000 US dollars a ton, do you think he is stupid? You're making a bicycle, that's the raw material. When Director Yang heard Li Zhao's price, he also had a toothache, which was too bad, and the price was more than four times worse.

This comparison shows that the bicycle is really cheap, but it is not as expensive as the raw materials.

Although the profit is also very high, almost 200% profit, but compared with the material factory selling raw materials are more than ten times the profit, it is really not good, it is too cheap to sell, or produced into bicycles.

Li Zhao saw that the smile on Director Yang's face froze directly, and asked with a smile: "Now the bicycles are produced in several old workshops that have stopped production in the rolling mill, and it is not a problem, we still have to build the bicycle factory as soon as possible." According to the current scale of shipments, we are afraid that we need to directly build the second phase of the project together, it is estimated that in a few years, we will be able to make the production of the new car factory to saturate, we have to prepare for expansion. Seeing Li Zhao ask about the construction of the project, Vice President Zhong, who was in charge of the project construction, said: "We will report to the superior after the meeting, and the second phase will be built directly." Now it is indeed very inconvenient to produce in those workshops, after all, there are other equipment, and the current production equipment is carried out by stitching, which is very inconvenient. Hearing that there was a plan, Li Zhao was relieved, and then asked;

"Director, does Dong Lou estimate how much this year's shipments will reach? If the quantity is relatively large, we need to coordinate well with several parts supply factories, after all, they do not have the ability to process rubber and plastics, don't run out of stock. At this time, Director Yang said: "Lou Dong's estimated shipments this year are 1.5 million vehicles, and it may reach 2 million vehicles at most, which should be within this range, not too much worse." Do you think it's necessary for us to develop tire manufacturing as well as plastic manufacturing? Our demand is expected to increase in the future, and if we produce it ourselves, our profit is estimated to be a few dollars higher per bike, which is a profit of several millions. ”