Chapter 35 Unwanted Trademarks
"Old Li, it's time to eat."
"You eat it first. I can't eat it."
"That's what you have to eat. I know the factory is not doing well now, but the body is the capital of revolution."
"The benefits are not good? There is no benefit at all. I am the deputy factory manager in charge of production and sales. Now most workshops in the factory work for one day and two days off. The workers' wages can only be paid half of the time for several consecutive months. If this continues, many families will almost be unable to afford to eat!" Director Li smiled bitterly. He, as the deputy factory manager, has neglected his duties.
Dangdangdang~~~
"It's Lao Zhao. Have you eaten? Let's have a drink with Lao Li. He can't sleep at night now."
"Sister-in-law, don't drink it for now. I'll have an urgent matter to ask Director Li." Director Zhao is not in the mood to drink now.
"Old Zhao, what urgent matter is? Something happened in the factory?" Director Li stood up from the sofa. The factory was not working at night now. Not to mention that someone came in and stole any important things, their factory still had military products.
"A good thing is a good thing. Director Li, today my nephew brought a big boss..."
After listening to Director Zhao’s statement, Director Li lowered his head and thought. It was a good thing to have an order to come to his door. Moreover, the other party’s requirements for technology are not high, and their motor factory is fully capable of producing.
But what Director Zhao is worried about is not unreasonable. All plastic is used. Isn’t that a defective product? It may be broken by a slight drop and it is not resistant to use at all. This will ruin their reputation in the factory!
But now the factory has stopped working every few days, with no orders and no benefits, workers cannot pay wages, and even medical expenses cannot be reimbursed.
There are workers who are clamoring for wages every day. They have been blocked by workers three times this week. He lends out the wages he saved every time, but this is not a long-term solution.
Now that the order is delivered to the door, he doesn't know whether he should take it or not.
"Director Li, I think we can take it, but we must take it. If there are no new orders this month, half of the salary will be paid."
"What should we do with the reputation of our factory? We are an old factory and have so many honors that we cannot say that we produce inferior products!"
"We can discuss with that boss and post their trademarks, and we only produce them. Last time we went to the south to study, didn't many factories there do this? Why can't we?"
"You mean OEM?" Director Li sighed. They are state-owned factories, and when did they become the ones they have to do OEM for private individuals?
"Director Li, there is no way to do this. I'm so determined and waiting for the task above to go to the top. When will I wait? I said that the electric fan was produced last year. In the end, I lost money and sold it. This time, the boss was very easy to talk about, but he didn't ask for the price, so he said he would have to ask for 10,000 units first. We earn ten yuan per unit, even if it's five yuan, that's fifty thousand yuan!"
"Okay, that boss is still at your house, right? I'll go over and check it out and settle the order. The machine is always idle and maintenance costs a lot, so it's better to do OEM!" Director Li gritted his teeth and made a decision.
"Old Li, what are you doing? You haven't eaten yet." Chief Li's wife shouted.
"I won't eat anymore, I'll go to Lao Zhao's house to discuss work!"
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Feng Yu looked at the food on the table and was a little unbelievable. This was the home of the workshop director. There were only two plates of green vegetables on the table. The only plate of fried eggs with meat dishes was made just now.
If the leader's family is like this, how will the worker's family be poor?
"Aunt, are you and my uncle eating this now? You don't even have some meat?" Wu Zhigang couldn't get off the chopsticks. After going to work at Taihua Company, he had food and accommodation. He had meat every meal, and he was already tricky.
"It's good to eat this. Your uncle and others who are leaders have lent all the money to workers. They also want to eat meat, eggs, and they can only eat it once or twice a month!"
Wu Zhigang didn't know that the factory was so miserable now. He gave his family sixty or seventy yuan every month. His life was much better than when he was idle.
They both ate only one bowl of rice and put down their chopsticks. The eggs were not embarrassed to move, so they should go back and eat them in order.
The door lock rang, and Director Zhao walked in with a stranger.
"Director Li is here, have you eaten?" Director Zhao's wife quickly stood up.
"Mr. Feng, this is our Director Li. Now the factory matters are up to date. He comes to hear how much you plan to give us one." Director Zhao waved his hand to his wife and grabbed Feng Yu's arm.
The factory director is about to retire, and he lives in the hospital every day because he is sick, so he doesn't care about the factory's affairs at all. Director Li, the first deputy factory director, is now the actual person in charge of the factory.
Feng Yu reached out and shook hands with Director Li: "Hello Director Li, then let's sit down and talk."
Director Zhao's wife made a few cups of tea with a wink, and Wu Zhigang stood behind Feng Yu, like a bodyguard.
Director Li was stunned when he saw Feng Yu when he came into the house. Director Zhao said that Mr. Feng was young, but he didn't expect that he was so young, but he was twenty. If he knew that Feng Yu had not even celebrated his 16th birthday, he wouldn't have fallen into shock.
"Director Li, Director Zhao told you my request. Except for the necessary motors, plastics can be used in other places. The motors do not need to be that big. Plastic fan blades are as long as the power is smaller. Even the protective covers on the outside are optional!"
"What? You have to save the protective cover! If the blade flies out, the person will not be injured!" Director Li was angry. It was indeed a profiteer, so he didn't even consider safety?
"How could I get injured? Have Director Li never seen a ceiling fan? Why can the ceiling fan have no protective cover? Besides, our plastic fan blades have a lower speed. Even when the fan is turned on, the fingers will only hurt. This is my requirement!" Feng Yu explained indifferently.
"Put your finger in? That's too slow, can there be wind?"
"It's fine to have a higher wind than a fan! It's small and saves power. Isn't that good? Just say that you are at home, who dares to blow strong winds at the fan? This kind of fan only needs one gear, no need to shake your head, and just blow it at one person all the time!"
"Also, the base can be changed to a smaller size. With such a large clip, it can stand on the ground, on the table, or even on the top of the wardrobe, and becomes a ceiling fan that blows from top to bottom."
Feng Yu said and gestured. The small fans like this in later generations were still very popular, but now there is no one.
Feng Yu's new design shocked Director Zhao and Director Li. Can the electric fan still do this? That's really a big deal.
"We can produce all of what you said. How much do you give us a fan?"
"I'll do it, the cost is only a dozen yuan per unit, I'll give you twenty. Those with shaking their heads and protective covers are slightly higher, and I'll give you thirty. If you can produce them, I'll set 10,000 units each now."
Director Li and Director Zhao looked at it, and the two of them muttered in a low voice, "You can make two kinds of fans, replace them with plastic materials, each profit is at least eight yuan. Twenty thousand units, that is 160,000!"
"Yes, but we have a requirement. This fan cannot be in the name of our factory. You have to re-register a trademark!"
Feng Yu opened his mouth wide. He didn't even ask the motor factory for design fees. He wanted to help the local old state-owned enterprises revitalize the factory. Unexpectedly, the other party actually didn't want a trademark. Are they not optimistic about this electric fan? You don't want it, I can't be happy!
"Then let's just say, I'll register the trademark, the name...it's Fengyu!"
Chapter completed!