Chapter 37: Fire and Water Lighters
Fire excerpts? Is there such a fire fold? Does the fire fold look like this? Don't you have to blow the fire fold? Is the fire head of the fire fold so small? Is the fire fold so bright? You... You're lying .......
Shen Wuwan stretched out his hand and snatched the "fire fold" in Ma Hanshan's hand, which was much heavier than the commonly used fire fold, and... And... This thing seems to look good.
"How did it happen?" Shen Wuwan said.
"It's simple, put this... When you press this lid back and the fire is extinguished, when you want to start the fire, press here and open this lid and the fire will ignite. Ma Hanshan took the lighter and clicked it twice.
"Ah, so convenient? Is this fire breaker afraid of the wind? Afraid of water? Is it blown out? Shen Wuwan took the lighter and tried it twice, and found that it was very convenient, and it seemed to be better than the original fire fold, and he was finally a little moved.
"The wind must be afraid, and it will be extinguished as soon as it blows. But this thing is not like other fire folds, which do not need to be sealed with a lid and keep burning, this thing, when the fire is extinguished, it needs to be re-opened, and it will not burn all the time. Water... It can be said that he is not afraid, because the water is wet, and the water on the flint can be used again after drying. Of course, if you soak it for too long, you will have to change the oil bottle if it fills with water. Oh, the biggest advantage of this fire fold is that it is durable, refueling when the oil is gone, and replacing the flint when the flint is gone. Ma Hanshan removed the so-called oil bottle filled with cotton and showed it to Shen Wuwan, and the flint, this version cannot be replaced, and only the improved version of the grinding wheel can be replaced with the flint.
"You mean to say that this thing can be used forever?" Shen Wuwan was finally excited.
"Theoretically, this is the case, but that is impossible, the life of this lighter, depends on the life of the lighter parts, generally speaking, the life of the lighter parts is about 10,000 times, that is, even if it is fired ten times a day, it can be used for three years." Ma Hanshan estimated it and said.
"Three years for a fire fold? It's too long, it's too durable, it's not a good business. I heard that a lighter could be used for three years, and Shen Wuwan's happy face disappeared immediately.
After three years, the number of fire folds sold is less, and now those fire folds are lit dozens of times, and every family has to buy them every month, so there is more business to do.
Ma Hanshan looked at Shen Wuwan's face, and wanted to scold him for being a big profiteer, fuck, the lighter must be much more expensive than the fire fold, if it is not as durable as the fire fold, the ghost will buy it from you.
"Hehe, Shopkeeper Shen counts very quickly, but I think you miscalculated." Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
"Miscalculated? How to say. Shen Wuwan was stunned.
Ma Hanshan was also stunned, how could this thing not surprise Shen Wuwan as he imagined.
"How much does a fire excerpt cost?" Ma Hanshan said.
"There are 40~120 Wen, the best, the fire excerpt produced by Perak Hall will be sold for 150 Wen each." Shen Wuwan thought for a while and said, "The profit from the intermediate transaction is two to three yuan, and the terminal retail profit is three to five yuan, which is probably it." ”
"So, how much do you think this lighter can be sold for? Retail. Ma Hanshan asked again.
"It should be able to sell for 200 wen." Shen Wuwan thought for a moment and said.
"Hehe, it's impossible, the manufacturer will sell for 300 Wen, and the retail can sell at least 400 Wen. The profit margin of 100 Wen, how to divide it between the middle and the retailer, is more than selling ten fire folds, and the profit margin is much higher than it. Think about it, if you buy ten 120 yuan of fire folds, you will have to cost 200 yuan consistently, and the profit will only be 50 yuan. And selling this fire and water lighter only costs 300 yuan, and the cost can earn 50 yuan. Ma Hanshan gave Shen Wuwan elementary school math problems.
Fire excerpts are quite mature technology in this world, many people produce that play, and the profits of merchants are very thin, but this is a necessity of life, and the demand is indeed a lot.
However, does anyone buy a new type of fire fold that sells for 400 Wen? Shen Wuwan questioned.
"Does anyone want to sell 400 wen at retail? You must know that the average family's monthly living expenses are only two dollars. Shen Wuwan said worriedly.
"Shopkeeper Shen, you are smart and confused, this thing, even if you don't add oil, the oil in the original bottle can be lighted hundreds of times, which is equivalent to how many fire folds, compared to the current fire folds, very cheap, okay." Ma Hanshan glared and said, "Now the fire fold of fifty wen is ignited fifty times at most, once a penny, and my fire and water lighter, even if it is the original oil, can be ignited five or six hundred times, and calculated, one penny can be almost twice fired." Moreover, as long as you spend two pennies to refuel, you can play hundreds of ....... ”
That's right... That's right... Shen Wuwan finally calculated this "ignition cost", and there was a smile on his face again, this thing is good, really good, cheap, durable, and ...... profitable.
As for business, Dasong now has a population of tens of millions, and one household uses one, which is the number of people who are scared to death, when will it be able to produce so much?
"This thing is called a fire and water lighter?" Shen Wuwan finally regained his identity as a businessman.
"Yes, fire and water lighters. This is the original version, handmade, and a real production version will be launched later, there will be many styles, and if the shell can be replaced by iron, the cost should be reduced a little ....... "Ma Hanshan's headache is that there is no way to carry out secondary treatment such as electroplating and oil injection on the metal now, and the shell is made of iron, and it will rust if it has not been plated, which is really distressing.
"When will it be delivered?" Shen Wuwan is a big businessman, and when he sees the profit, he will boldly order.
"It will be May next year at the earliest." Ma Hanshan estimates that it will take half a year to manufacture hydraulic punches and remodel firearms, so it will not be officially mass-produced until May next year at the earliest.
It's not difficult to get a few samples by hand, but it's not the same thing when it comes to mass production.
In Ma Hanshan's idea, if he wanted to build a water-energy stamping workshop, he had to build a tablet press first, press the copper plate into copper sheets, and then use the stamping machine tool to punch out the lighter shell .......
These problems, if in the previous life of Mahanshan, are not a problem at all, what thickness of copper sheets, buy directly on the market, and then buy a punch, build a mold and install it, plug it in and click for production.
But in this world where industry is zero, everything has to start from scratch, and half a year is actually very rushed.
"Next May? So why are you showing me this now? Shen Wuwan was unhappy.
"So I'll show you, it's to let you see the new products that will be launched in the tile tank village." Ma Hanshan said with a wicked smile.
Hmph, it's fake to give you insight, it's true to borrow your hand to investigate the market.
Although, Ma Hanshan thinks that it is okay to deliver 300 wen for this thing, but he has not investigated, and he is really not at ease.
"Hmph, think I don't understand your mind? Let's go, and there will be results to tell you when I turn back. Shen Wuwan stuffed the lighter into his sleeve and said.
"Wait, I'll give you three, and I'll tell you in advance, the officially launched model will be smaller, and the flint can be replaced." Ma Hanshan took out two lighters and handed them to Shen Wuwan.
"Well, you better hurry up and steam the bar, and give me at least 50,000 catties a year ago. By the way, has your liaison station in Wanhe Township been completed? I also build a sending and receiving station in Wanhe, what news do you have, just tell the people at the sending and receiving station, we have flying pigeons to send messages, faster than the post post. Shen Wuwan put away the lighter and said.
"Ah, you didn't mention that I forgot, please, help me find two carrier pigeon keepers, and help me buy some carrier pigeons." Mahan Mountain to raise carrier pigeons is mainly to contact the three liaison stations outside the mountain in the village, although it is only forty or fifty miles, but it is too tiring to run back and forth on horseback.
"Well, that's business, I'll help you find a few people when I get back." Shen Wuwan left, taking the world's first kerosene lighter model with him.
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Time is a thing, how fast or slow it passes, it really depends on the mood. Ma Hanshan feels that he has been in this world for a long time, but in fact, he has only been here for ten months, a year younger.
However, he has done a lot of things in the past ten months, and if the old village owner is resurrected, he will definitely not recognize the current tile pot village.
In October, the weather is actually getting cooler, and the temperature difference between day and night is widening, from 20 degrees during the day to 10 degrees at night.
In previous years, at this time, people had nothing to do at the foot of the wall, hiding in their homes and counting their fingers. But this year is different, at this time, the tile pot village is still in full swing day and night, no one feels that it is going to be cold, no one feels that it is going to be winter.
The work of picking tung oil and camellia oil and collecting medicine on the mountain is naturally done by the people who have just planted winter wheat, and every day a load of tung oil fruit is picked back, and it is liked to look at it.
By the river, several workshops are planned, one has been built, and the others are under construction.
If you want to say that the most nervous thing should be the tile pot distillery, Li Zhuoshui can really be described as busy now, and it is not a joke to hand over 60,000 catties of drunken immortal wine before the Chinese New Year. Although, now there are ten sets of steamers, theoretically each steamer can produce more than 100 catties of wine per day, which is four or five thousand catties in a month, and it is okay for ten steamers to produce 60,000 catties of wine in two months. But that's just arithmetic, not production.
Completely manual operation of primitive scale production, the process of anything can happen, so Li Zhuoshui did not dare to be careless. The output of two months, if it is full, ten steamers, must be more than 60,000 catties, if the sake lees can keep up. Li Jiushui is worried now that the wine lees can't keep up, 60,000 catties of wine, more than 200,000 catties of grain will be distributed.......
Although measures have been taken, the weather is getting colder and the fermentation of sake lees is much slower. Moreover, after ten steamers were sufficient, it was found that there was a serious shortage of space in the fermentation workshop.
No, this will not work, we must continue to reform, and the production area and the living area must be separated ....... Ma Hanshan was lying on the recliner and thinking about things with his eyes closed, he felt that the cottage still needed to be reformed in depth. This time, he's going to change it a little more thoroughly... How to be thorough, it is easy to change when there is no food, but now that the days are getting better, the reform will be different.......
"Ah Niu... Niu... Mr. Yu and Mr. Qi when will they come back? Mahanshan shouted.
"Young master, it's hard to say, according to expectations, they should be back at the end of the month." Ah Niu said.
"Well, you make a note, at the end of the month, when Mr. Yu and Mr. Qi come back, you can arrange for a high-level closed-door meeting for managers above the third level of administration, remember to remind me when the time comes." Ma Hanshan said, Ah Niu recorded.
Ah Niu, who went to an overnight class and was studious, is now like a competent secretary .......