Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 176 Mold Factory
Duan Yun naturally wouldn't disclose the profits of his business to others, and it was the same for Master Jing.

However, he was still surprised when he heard that the speaker he cooperated with Duan Yun sold for 130 yuan.

In fact, in Jing Zhiqian's opinion, although the processing cycle of the wood for making speakers is relatively long, in fact, there are a lot of wood in stock over the years, and they are all wood cut by himself, so he doesn't think it will be worth much.

But in the eyes of Jing Zhiqian, the high-quality wood is not worth much, but in the eyes of Duan Yun, it is a rare high-end product.

Duan Yun knew that the motivation of a team was not based on salary, but on bonuses.

Salary can only tie these employees, and bonus is the excitement that can stimulate their maximum work potential.

Duan Yun had calculated before that the cost of the subwoofer he sold this time was less than 40 yuan, including two speakers, various electronic components and wooden speaker casings, and the remaining profit was as high as 550 yuan, which is almost equivalent to the price he sold. The profits of more than ten antennas have been paid out.

Moreover, there must be a lot of people counterfeiting things like antennas in the later stage. Even if Duan Yun has taken anti-piracy measures now, it is still difficult to guarantee that they will not be cracked by other electronic experts one day. This is all foreseeable.

And once his antenna circuit principle is cracked, with the increase of market products, there will be vicious competition with each other to lower prices, future profits will continue to decline, and Duan Yun's subwoofer will become a new growth in his future business. This is an important reason why Duan Yun will devote a lot of time and energy to this product!
"Actually excluding the profit, we made a net profit of forty or fifty this time." Duan Yun frowned, and then said: "So you can accept the five yuan bonus, Mr. Jing, if the speaker you make in the future If the customer is satisfied, I will give you a cut of the profit..."

"Hey, this..." Jing Zhiqian gave way twice, and finally pocketed the five yuan, with a smile on his face.

"Master Jing, are these all your apprentices?" Duan Yun asked Jing Zhiqian after glancing at the apprentices who were working in the workshop.

"Well, all four of them." Jing Zhiqian nodded.

"How much is their monthly salary?"

"They're all apprentices, about [-] yuan a month." Jing Zhiqian replied casually, and then asked: "You don't mean to hire them for a hundred a month, do you?"

"Hahaha, they are not worth the price." Duan Yun shook his head with a smile, and continued: "In this factory, you are the only one worth 100 yuan a month's salary, Master Jing."

"Hehe, in fact, there are many talented people in the factory with better skills than me." Jing Zhiqian said with a smile.

"Let me make it clear. The main reason is that I am worried that if there will be more carpentry work in the future, you will not be able to do it alone, so I want to find two more apprentices to help you." Duan Yun paused, and then said: "One apprentice I will give him 20 yuan per month, and I will help you with the work every day after I finish my night shift. The specific work will be arranged by you, Mr. Jing. If you want, I can pay them half a month's salary in advance, do you think it will work?"

"20 yuan is quite high!" Jing Zhiqian's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and said, "I'll ask them later."

Jing Zhiqian really needs one or two helpers now. He is a bit old now. Although he is skilled in craftsmanship and can do general carpentry work, his physical strength cannot be compared with when he was young, especially when he went up the mountain to log and carry wood. , It will be very difficult for one person. With two young men as helpers to do these rough jobs, he will have more time and energy to devote to wood processing, and the efficiency and quality will be greatly improved.

Duan Yun also took this into consideration before deciding to hire two more apprentice carpenters.

"Okay, after you find someone later, let me meet with them, and I will pay them half a month's salary in advance." Duan Yun settled down.

"Ok."

"Master Jing, please be busy." After Duan Yun finished speaking, he turned around and left.

After leaving the mold workshop, Duan Yun went to the foundry workshop.

During this time, Duan Yun has been designing and making various molds. From the electrical switch casings he designed to the molds he made for Xu Fugui Village's plastic factory, they all need to be poured in the steel casting workshop.

Small molds are fine, but molds such as washbasins, buckets, and cups made for Majunying Village are relatively large, and it is very troublesome to take them out of the factory.

Duan Yun used to take advantage of the night shift to cooperate with Cao Dongli in the factory and just throw things out, but now Duan Yun dare not take such a risk anymore.

Because now Duan Yun has been nominated as a model worker in the factory, once he is caught for stealing things from the factory, it is a trivial matter to cancel the quota of model workers, but if he is regarded as a thief, he will lose his job and be sentenced. It's gone, this is something Duan Yun can't accept anyway.

In addition, the mold this time was relatively large and heavy, so Duan Yun definitely couldn't throw it out.

But if you have money, these are not a problem.

Several night shift masters in the foundry workshop have more or less benefited from Duan Yun. In the past half month alone, Duan Yun has already opened seven or eight 'big front doors'.

Moreover, it is an undisclosed secret that the workshop workers help each other with private work. From the ordinary workers to the workshop leaders, they all use the materials and equipment in the factory to make some gadgets, as long as it is not too much. Nobody cares.

So no one will say anything about Duan Yun making molds, and no one will take it seriously. After all, there are very few people with clean buttocks.

There are two Jiefang trucks in the factory, one of which is dedicated to transporting the waste left over from steelmaking every day, and occasionally someone will use this truck to transport some private goods out.

The monitor of the foundry workshop charged Duan Yun 60 yuan, and asked his two brothers in the workshop to throw Duan Yun's mold into the car, cover it with waste residue, and transport it out of the workshop.

Duan Yun once inquired that if you find a specialized manufacturer to make these molds, it will cost hundreds of dollars to open a single mold, and even thousands of dollars for a more advanced one. It also required a cost of 2000 yuan, so if calculated in this way, the cost of 100 yuan paid by Duan Yun is simply not worth mentioning.

And in this day and age, it is difficult to buy some molds if you have money. You need to approve a note with a target, and you can't buy it casually.

This reflects the importance of Duan Yun's backing to the factory. If Duan Yun is not a worker of this factory, if Duan Yun's small workshop wants to open, the cost of time and money will become very high.

None of the guards in the factory would risk burns to check the freshly baked waste in the car, so the car left the factory smoothly.

In the waste dump in the early morning, only Cao Dong was waiting there early on his bicycle. After the truck driver dumped the waste and left, Cao Dong stepped forward immediately, wearing thick canvas gloves and holding a flashlight. The hot mold was taken out and placed on the car, and then quickly disappeared into the night...

(End of this chapter)