Chapter 51: Preparing the Laboratory
At the end of May, the company made another sale.
This time there was more inventory than at any previous sale.
After the expansion of the production line after the May Day holiday, and after more than half a month of production, the accumulated inventory is unlikely to be less.
There are 5 million boxes of two types of masks each, and the shower gel is okay, only a little more than the last pre-sale, with a total of 3 million bottles of the two shower gels.
After the shower gel production line was increased, there was a pre-sale, so the inventory was only so much.
Due to the fact that the inventory is more than before, the official Weibo of the powder, white and black cosmetics company released the sales news one day in advance.
Not only that, but once again it did a promotion on the whole network.
Many beauty bloggers and short video creators have happily worked hard to promote it.
The products of the pink, white and black company are so effective, they should not be said to have no conscience and just bad money, right?
Originally, because of the effect, it attracted many fans, coupled with a wide range of publicity and promotion, this time the sales were as hot as the previous ones.
In just 36 seconds, all the products on the major e-commerce platforms on the whole network have been sold out!
Cumulative sales reached a new high, reaching 1.772 billion yuan!
The two masks totaled 845 million, and the two shower gels totaled 897 million.
The difference in sales between the two categories of products is also the reason why the price of a single product of shower gel is higher than that of facial masks.
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The powder, white and black cosmetics company once again sold its products, which can be said to have once again focused the attention of countless people.
In addition to the venture capital institutions and major cosmetics companies that have been noticed early, this time it includes a lot of people and passers-by who eat melons.
For no other reason, someone on the Internet gave the approximate statistics of pink, white and black cosmetics since they were born:
Since the launch of the product in April, a total of 4 online sales have been carried out throughout April, with a total of 6 million boxes of masks at various prices and an operating income of 1.014 billion.
With the increase in production capacity and the launch of new shower gels, throughout May, the company carried out a total of 2 sales.
9 million for two kinds of masks, 5 million bottles of two kinds of shower gel, and an estimated operating income of 3.066 billion.
Because it is not clear about the specific raw materials and production costs of pink, white and black, it can only be comprehensively estimated according to the production costs of the two types of products on the market.
It is estimated that the gross profit margin of the company is about 50%, and the final profit is only high.
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Looking at this dazzling report card, it is no wonder that so many people's eyes are focused on the pink, white and black cosmetics company.
A group of venture capital firms hung their chests and were annoyed.
At the beginning, there was no investment success, but now in just over a month, I have missed a huge amount of profits, not to mention the best investment opportunities.
At that time, the company rejected venture capital, and now it is even more unlikely to accept venture capital.
The major cosmetics companies looked at this set of data, not only greedy, but also distressed.
These should have been their profits!
Now they have all been snatched away by the company of pink and white!
What's even more infuriating is that those consumers are still scrambling to give them money.
I'm not afraid that they won't make money, but I'm afraid they won't make enough money.
Every day shouting to continue to increase production, increase efforts, whip them to their heart's content, and don't pity them!
Since when did the money in the cosmetics market become so profitable?
There is no need for large-scale, long-term, and omni-channel promotion and publicity offline and online, nor does it need celebrities and big names to endorse.
You only need to bury your head in production, save enough inventory, and then find some Internet celebrity bloggers on the Internet to post advertisements, and shout "It's in stock".
The only star who has a connection with it is still the one who got together to participate in the snap sale!
When did cosmetics sales become so simple?
It's really a big food... Have times changed?
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Lu Yu and Deng Qiang also looked at the statistics given on the Internet, to be honest, there was no difference from the company's internal statistics.
The difference lies in the profit, and the actual gross margin is much higher than 50%.
Take the mask as an example, the production cost of the low-cost mask at the beginning is between 3 and 4 yuan per piece, and the cost of the mid-to-high-end mask is less than 5 yuan.
As the scale increases, there is a small reduction in costs.
It is a box of facial masks for 99 yuan, and the gross profit margin is also more than 50%.
Not to mention the more lucrative mid-to-high-end masks.
How can it not be profitable if the number of single boxes of masks decreases, while the cost does not rise much, but the price doubles?
After reading the news, the two did not say anything.
Deng Qiang reported on the company's situation, mainly the financial situation.
He knew that Lu Yu's main focus recently was to set up a laboratory, which required a lot of money.
You know, building a state-of-the-art laboratory is not as simple as renting or building a house.
Not to mention the expensive experimental equipment, it is already necessary to spend a lot of money on the waterproof and dustproof, anti-corrosion, anti-vibration, anti-static and anti-interference of the entire laboratory, clean system to prevent pollution to ensure the safety of samples and personnel, gas supply and heating, and treatment of experimental supplies.
As for the lab equipment, the more sophisticated and advanced it is, the more expensive it is.
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After listening to Deng Qiang's explanation of the company's financial status, Lu Yu frowned and thought for a while, roughly estimated the value of the equipment he needed, and nodded.
Although it is not yet possible to build the laboratory in one step, it is possible to prepare for it first and carry out some preliminary preparations.
Lu Yu thought about it and said to Deng Qiang: "The scale of the company will definitely expand in the future, and the laboratory is ready to be built next to the company." ”
"So the current space is definitely not enough, you remember to go to the leaders of the industrial park and fence off the places around the company."
Deng Qiang nodded in agreement.
Lu Yu called Liu Shichang again and asked him to urgently recruit an executive with experience in laboratory management to be responsible for the preparation of the laboratory.
After all, it was impossible for Lu Yu to stare at the laboratory every day.
For professional things, it is necessary to find professional talents to be responsible.
As for whether it is necessary to recruit some researchers to engage in research work after the laboratory is built, Lu Yu said that it is only now that it is starting.
Although the company makes money, it also uses a lot of places, and it can't afford the huge consumption of top laboratories.
Now this laboratory was built just so that he could research drugs that enhance his physique and slow down aging.
The others, in his eyes, are not in a hurry.
After inspecting the production department with Deng Qiang, Lu Yu left the company and prepared to go home.
There are still so many books to read at home, and I don't want to waste too much time outside.
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The time goes into June.
After a heavy rain that lasted for a day and a night, the sky cleared.
It seems that overnight, Shudu has become hot and entered the scorching summer.
With the change of weather, countless young ladies have also taken off their trousers and coats, dressed up more and more cool, and showed off their figures to the fullest.
There are legs to show off the legs, and there is a waist to show the waist.
That's why most men love summer, right?
If nothing else, the mere pleasing to the eye is enough.
Lu Yu has a deep understanding of this.
Shi Zixuan and Qin Xiaomian at home, it's okay to go to work in the company.
Once he came home from work, or was at home on weekends, he often let Lu Yu take a casual look, and he couldn't help but take a second look.
There is no way, light clothes and thin clothes, Lu Yu is a serious gentleman, a typical visual animal, this reaction is normal.
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Lu Yu didn't read at home that day, and Liu Shichang called to say that after screening, four people passed the interview with the personnel department and asked him to make the final decision.
Lu Yu set up this morning to let the four people who passed the interview come to the company, and he talked to them in person.
Lu Yu does not have high requirements for the person in charge of preparing for the establishment of the laboratory.
He has experience in laboratory management, and it is good to be able to complete the work as soon as possible according to his requirements, and do not require anything else.
When he arrived at the company, he hadn't been sitting in the office for long before Liu Shichang came to inform him that the four applicants had arrived.
Lu Yu and Liu Shichang went to the small conference room, and Liu Shichang briefly introduced each other.
Lu Yu didn't say much, picked up their resumes and looked at them.
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After a while, Lu Yucai said: "Our company's position this time is simple, which is to prepare for the construction of biological and pharmaceutical laboratories, and the specific focus of work must be the construction of laboratories." ”
Then he looked at two of them and said, "I see that your previous laboratories or research institutes have been engaged in specific research work, and you have also managed research teams, and they are all very good. ”
"It's just a pity that we don't need specific researchers for the time being, and the position is the overall management of the laboratory, so the two of you, I'm sorry."
After listening to Lu Yu, the two also nodded, what they were good at was specific research work.
They were not good at administrative things, and they were not interested, so they all got up and went out with Liu Shichang.
Lu Yu looked at the remaining two people again: "Both of them have been engaged in relevant management work, and they both meet the requirements." ”
"What I want to know now is how much you know about the equipment in the lab."
"You also know that if you don't understand, it is likely that there will be some problems and troubles during the construction of the laboratory."
Both of them said that they had told them about the experimental equipment and technical requirements in biology and medicine, and in the end, Lu Yu decided to recruit one of them named Tang Zhiming.
Tang Zhiming has worked in domestic research institutes, mainly in logistics and administration, and has done management, which is most in line with Lu Yu's requirements.
After determining the candidate, Lu Yu left Tang Zhiming alone, and told him some of the plans of the laboratory and what he was currently going to do, and then let him go out to report to the personnel department.
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After Tang Zhiming went out, Lu Yu also came out of the small conference room.
I knocked on the door in front of Liu Shichang's office and walked in.
The laboratory that Lu Yu wants to build, although the funds are drawn from the Pink White Daihei Company, he does not plan to hang the laboratory under the name of the Pink and White Daihei Company.
Instead, it will be placed under the name of the Hewai Nebula Company.
This has nothing to do with anything else, it's just that this is more in line with Lu Yu's plan for the extra-river nebula.
In the future, under the name of Hewai Nebula, there will be not only this biological and pharmaceutical laboratory, but also some other laboratories and research institutions.
There will be those who are engaged in all aspects of research.
After all, there are so many primary science and technology materials in my mind, involving all aspects of science and technology.
Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, New Materials, Energy, Remote Sensing, Superconductivity, Aerospace, etc.
Surely not a laboratory, or a research institute, will be sufficient.
In the future, the extragalactic nebula will have many research institutions and laboratories.
Step by step, verify and implement all kinds of primary scientific and technological data in the brain.
Only the progress of these basic research and basic technologies on the Blue Star can promote the progress of the entire industrial system.
Only in the future can we create more possibilities.
If you want to realize your dream of going to the vast universe, this is the only and only way.
There are no shortcuts.
Otherwise, what would you do to create a black technology like an anti-gravity vehicle?
Do you rub it by hand?
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