Since the second aunt Ding Yongfeng is working as a technician in the district lock factory, Geng Wenyang has started to think. With acquaintances in the enterprise, the acquirer has a certain confidence. After the acquisition, the resistance of employees is relatively easy to resolve, and the cost of re-entering production will be relatively low.

After dinner that day, Geng Wenyang drove the Duke Wang car and took his parents to a public dormitory belonging to a housing management office in the north of the city. His second aunt, Li Yuzhi, and her husband, Ding Yongfeng, live here.

Most of the public dormitories under the jurisdiction of the housing management office are old-fashioned tube buildings, which are almost the same as where Xin Xudong's family lives.

The brand-new and luxurious Duke Wang car drove downstairs to the dormitory, as if driving into a large courtyard, with a pile of rotten wood in the east and a pile of broken furniture in the west.

The uncles and aunts who were chatting downstairs saw a luxury car suddenly coming from the yard, and quickly focused their eyes on Geng Wenyang's family of three who got off the car. When they found out that the family of three was as simple and unpretentious as ordinary people, they were surprised and a little jealous.

"I thought it was a big boss coming, but I didn't expect it to be the same as us."

"I think that young man looks like the driver of the big boss, who drove out secretly."

"Well, I think so, can he afford to drive such a good car like that? It must have been secretly opened......"

In the midst of everyone's discussions, Geng Huizhong's family came to the second floor and knocked on the door of Li Yuzhi's house.

Ding Yongfeng and Li Yuzhi had just finished eating and were sitting together watching TV and resting. Ding Jianjun, the only child of the two families, is in the second year of junior high school, and he has gone to school for evening self-study and is not at home.

Li Yuzhi saw that the eldest sister's family suddenly came to the door, and hurriedly served tea and poured water to greet him warmly. After a brief greeting, Li Yufen said with concern: "Yuzhi, Yangyang needs help over there, do you think you are willing to go?" ”

Of course, Li Yuzhi knew that his nephew Geng Wenyang had done a shocking career, but the poor had the ambition of the poor, and the two of them didn't want to ask relatives and friends to drag others down, but still wanted to be as self-reliant as possible.

But Li Yufen came to the door and offered to provide an opportunity, so the two of them couldn't pretend to turn a blind eye and not appreciate it.

"Lao Ding, what do you think ......?" Li Yuzhi habitually looked at her husband.

Ding Yongfeng is a typical person who likes to study technology, and he is introverted and not good at words. From the time Geng Huizhong's family entered the door to the present, he didn't say a few words.

"Yangyang, what can I do with your aunt when I go to you?" Ding Yongfeng asked directly.

Geng Wenyang said with a smile: "Uncle, I have built a new electronics production enterprise in the North Economic Development Zone, you can go there to help." There is also the Zhannan Huimin Wholesale Market, which is also mine, and you can go there if you want. ”

Ding Yongfeng was disappointed when he heard this: "I still like to study my locks, but unfortunately you don't need them there!" ”

Li Yuzhi saw that her husband was desperate on the spot, so she quickly pinched him secretly. Geng Wenyang said with a smile: "Uncle, the next step is to build an anti-theft door manufacturer, which needs to be matched with door locks." Are you interested in this? ”

Ding Yongfeng's eyes lit up and said, "As long as I am allowed to do my old job, I am willing." ”

Geng Wenyang had already expected him to react like this, and said with a slight smile: "Uncle, what is the lock factory you are in now, can you tell me?" ”

Although Ding Yongfeng is obsessed with studying technology, he is not a wooden man who doesn't listen to things outside the window, and he was surprised at the moment: "What? Are you interested in our factory? ”

Geng Wenyang smiled: "I just want to ask." ”

Ding Yongfeng sighed and said: "Although the equipment in our factory is a little old, it is definitely much better than those family workshop-style factories in the south. ”

Geng Wenyang was puzzled: "Then why can't you do it?" ”

"Humph!" Ding Yongfeng said disdainfully: "Now that raw materials are so expensive, the profit of a padlock is only four to five cents, and it takes four or five hundred yuan to sell a thousand, and even the salary is not enough, so it is strange if you don't pay it." ”

The simpler the product, the lower the technical content, and the lower the profit obtained, especially for the lock factory that relies on the lock cylinder technology to eat. If the lock cylinder is lagging behind in technology, then it can only make a fuss about the material of the lock body and the luxury of the panel.

And the traditional padlock is difficult to increase in price no matter how it is packaged. Because once the price of padlocks goes up, people tend to choose cheaper products from other manufacturers. Therefore, if you want to make a profit by padlocks, you must expand your production capacity to a monthly output of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands.

The monthly output of padlocks in the district lock factory can only reach more than 2,000, and the highest output has only reached more than 3,000, and the profit is less than one-tenth of the one-day booth fee income of the Xujia Village Cultural Gathering.

However, whether it is a cultural market or a wholesale market, it has a very low threshold for reproducibility. As long as the capital smells the smell of copper, it is easy to come to the nest to get a piece of the pie, so this way of making money will eventually come to an end.

According to Geng Wenyang's understanding, the sub-district office of the northern suburbs has decided to establish a large-scale comprehensive wholesale market near Beiwai Bad. The Xiguan Sub-district Office is also preparing to build a new hardware and building materials wholesale market in the West Outer Ring Road. Therefore, the monopoly of Zhannan Huimin Wholesale Market in Baicheng will soon be broken.

What's more, the North Commodity City has been completed by seven or eight percent, and once it opens, it will greatly divert the customer base. Geng Wenyang is far from the point where he can make a lot of money by sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and lying down.

Born in sorrow and died in peace. In times of peace, Geng Wenyang did not dare to slack off, always thinking about grasping the pulse of the times and continuing to make his career stronger and bigger.

The locksmith that inadvertently intruded into his field of vision once again brought inspiration and opportunity.

"Uncle, since you know this truth, why don't you tell the factory?" Geng Wenyang said curiously.

"Alas!" Ding Yongfeng sighed and said, "Our factory director is an old stubborn!" How many times have I mentioned to him that he has to switch to a new product with a higher level of technology. As a result, people say that the new products are not familiar to everyone, which will cause low output and many defective products, and it is better to maintain the production of existing products than to waste that money. ”

Geng Wenyang thought for a while and said: "Then there is no one in your factory management who dares to innovate?" ”

"Nope." Ding Yongfeng shook his head and said: "Lao Wang is a feudal paternalistic management style, and he can only have the final say. Those who dared to do it against Lao Wang were all squeezed out by him, and the rest were all listened to him. ”

Geng Wenyang said: "If it is really like what my uncle-in-law said, if the lock-making factory wants to be reborn, it must first get rid of the current old factory director." ”

"Uncle, I have a bookstore on Caojia Street, let the second aunt go there first and take care of the bookstore for me." Geng Wenyang discussed: "I'll help you find your job." ”

At the end of last year, Li Yuqin married a physical education teacher at Beiguan Primary School, and not long ago she was pregnant again, and Geng Wenyang needed to find a reliable person to manage the book club instead of her.

Ding Yongfeng glanced at his wife, nodded and agreed, "Okay!" It's better to be in a bookstore than to go to a wet market. ”