After all, this soap business is a big business with a net profit of ten thousand taels a month! Everyone wants a piece of the pie.
There are many people out there who are paying high prices to buy the recipe for making this soap. When the time comes, there will always be people interested.
However, Hu Changan just needs to ensure that the recipe will not be leaked until he can produce soap on a large scale and make his soap a brand.
Just like making Coca-Cola, although almost all manufacturers in later generations can make Coca-Cola, there is still no company that can beat Coca-Cola.
Why?
First, Coca-Cola has specialized factories all over the world that can produce large quantities of Coca-Cola as quickly as possible.
Once the production volume increases, the fixed costs of purchasing machinery and equipment can be spread very thinly, and the unit price of each bottle of Coke will naturally be suppressed.
Compared with similar products, Coca-Cola has a price advantage.
As a consumer, you will naturally choose the cheaper product for the same product.
In this way, Coca-Cola forms a positive cycle.
The more consumers buy, the more the company can produce, and the price per bottle can be lowered. When consumers see the low price, they will naturally want to buy more Coca-Cola.
After a set of combos, the manufacturer will naturally make a lot of money.
In addition, through so many years of intensive market development, Coca-Cola's reputation has already been established.
Just imagine, if a bottle of off-brand Coke and a bottle of Coca-Cola were put together, even if the price and taste were the same, consumers would choose Coca-Cola without hesitation.
After all, it’s a big brand and the quality is guaranteed.
What Hu Changan has to do is to establish a completely modern production system in Ming Dynasty and let price and brand become his moat.
In this way, even if the soap making process was overwhelming outside, Hu Changan would not panic.
But now, it is far from the time when this recipe can be spread.
But facing the threat from Chief Wang, Hu Changan could not give in.
What a joke, if Hu Changan gives in now, then in the future these workers will follow suit and unite together to ask Hu Changan for money. Will he give it to him or not?
Hu Changan smiled and suddenly changed the topic.
"Mr. Wang, since you insist that you were not present at the time, I will not ask you about this matter now."
"Let me ask you, why are there only fifty-three craftsmen actually working, but there are nearly seventy workers registered in the account books?"
After hearing this, Mr. Wang was surprised at first, and then he was happy.
Well, it seems the threat worked.
I guess the matter of wages will be fooled like this!
The young master is indeed too young, so what if he is a member of the prince's staff? Why not be fooled around by his little boss!
Manager Wang proudly puffed up his chest, and tried to repeat his old trick to obscure this matter: "Master, you must have made a mistake! There are only fifty or so people working? Absolutely impossible!"
Hu Changan sneered and narrowed his eyes.
What a joke, do you think I will fall into your clumsy trap?
Hu Changan cleared his throat and suddenly said: "Monday, Xu Goudan, Xiao Zhang..."
At first, the craftsmen didn't know what Hu Changan was thinking about.
But after a moment, they reacted.
This... This seems to be a list of people who are actually working in the workshop!
Hu Changan breathed a sigh of relief as he reported his name.
Fortunately, I finally successfully reported so many names!
Fortunately, the system can be used to redeem the notebook in his head. Otherwise, Hu Changan might not be able to memorize such a long list of names word for word, even if he was given another week.
After reading, Hu Changan cleared his throat and said loudly: "The person reporting the name stands on the left. You are the pillars of the workshop. Master, I will not treat you badly."
"Those whose names are not reported, please stand on the right side. You are the lazy worms in this workshop, just wait for your punishment!"
Those who reported their names couldn't help but smile with relief.
The young master will remember them after all!
Their hard work is seen by the young master and will be remembered in his heart!
As for those whose names were not reported, they all had sweat on their foreheads and regretted it.
Hey, if I had known this, I would have worked more steadfastly.
Losing a job with such a well-paid salary for a moment of relaxation is simply not worth the gain!
Of course, not everyone accepts their fate.
Seeing that Hu Chang'an didn't report his name, a craftsman who was rich and powerful shouted loudly: "Master, you must have remembered it wrong. Lao Peng and I are not lazy at all! God has eyes, I can swear to God!"
Suddenly, a group of unwilling people joined in and the scene became very chaotic.
When Manager Chen saw this, he quickly blew the trumpet placed beside him with all his strength, and finally managed to silence the excited people.
However, although everyone stopped talking, their eyes were fixed on Hu Changan, hoping that Hu Changan could be deceived by them this time.
However, Hu Changan did not want to be fooled by them. He coughed lightly and picked out the person who yelled the loudest: "Lao Peng, tell me, which process are you in?"
The craftsman surnamed Peng rolled his eyes and said: "Master Mingjian, Lao Peng, I have been working in the process of making lye. I worked very diligently and never asked for a day off!"
Hu Changan snorted coldly, pointed directly at the big pot in the yard and said: "Old Peng, you said that you are very diligent every day, so naturally you are very familiar with the process of making lye?"
"Master, I have never seen you make lye solution. Why don't you open my eyes today?"
Ah, this... Lao Peng was suddenly on the verge of getting off the tiger. It didn't matter whether he took action or not.
Don't do anything, the young master has said so. As a servant, you must not disobey the master's young master's order.
Come on, isn't this a joke?
You must know that since Lao Peng came to this soap workshop, he has enjoyed a good life of free money directly by sucking up to the boss Wang.
Not to mention starting to operate it directly, Lao Peng has never even seen what the tools for making lye look like!
However, seeing Hu Changan staring at him without blinking, Lao Peng had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward to pick up the mixing stick.
However, as soon as his hand touched the stirring stick, he was mercilessly exposed by Zhou Yi: "Lao Peng, this stirring stick is specially used for concentrating lye. There are other special tools for making lye."
Lao Peng's face suddenly turned as red as a monkey's butt, so bright red that he almost dripped blood.
Lao Peng couldn't hold on any longer, so he had to walk back to the crowd in dejection. His back looked really embarrassed.