Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 274: The Fourth Machine Department has a good start (Subscription Request)

The business was booming on the first day as a self-employed business owner, and Zhou Weitian was so tired that his shoulders felt numb at the end.

He is the one who cooks the most dishes, and when guests come on the first day, he always makes sure they leave satisfied.

He didn't expect the quantity to be so large. It was more tiring than cooking four big pots of dishes in the cafeteria.

Not only Zhou Weitian, everyone else was exhausted, and the dishwasher even felt sparks coming out of his hands.

Just when everyone was resting, Qu Ying shouted to Zhou Weitian with a happy face: "Boss, come here."

Zhou Weitian was startled, but still went to a corner of the kitchen with Qu Ying; when they bought the house, they connected the backyard and the front shop, so the place was very large.

Qu Ying said happily, "Boss, guess how much we earned today?"

"I won't guess, why don't you just tell me directly!"

Zhou Weitian took a breath and said, "I'm so tired today, I don't have time to guess this!"

"You are such a jerk. We made a total of 243.60 yuan today! This is the net profit after deducting the cost. Boss, we made a fortune!"

Qu Ying said excitedly that she knew the business was very popular today when she saw customers lining up, but she didn't expect to make so much money.

The net profit is only 240. If I keep going like today, I can make more than 6,000 a month?
Qu Ying calculated and said, "Today, many customers couldn't wait for a seat and left directly. If they all came to eat, our net profit might be more than three hundred."

The main reason is that meat dishes have higher profits. A plate of meat dishes usually weighs four taels, and the most is no more than half a catty or six taels.

Including other costs, they can make 90 cents on a plate of meat dishes, and double the profit on vegetarian dishes, but the customers enjoy eating them all. It’s a bit expensive, but the taste is worth it!
"Forget it. Go back and have a rest today. The money here belongs to the third brother, so we have to remember it in advance."

Speaking of this, Zhou Weitian said in a serious tone: "The third child didn't ask for anything, but we can't forget this. No matter how much money he makes in the future, our family will have half of his money."

"I know, you don't even need to tell me!"

Qu Ying rolled his eyes and said, "You are just lucky, you met a brother like Lao San. Our family is considered to be on the rise. If Xianzhe can get into university, it will be even better."

Zhou Weitian laughed and said, "I remember in 1960, you called Lao San an ungrateful person."

Qu Ying said anxiously, "I didn't say that. Dad said so at that time, and we didn't understand the situation! Anyway, I didn't say it!"

At that time, Zhou Fengnian had gone to the city and had not been home for several years. I asked him for some money but he hadn't given me any.

However, Zhou Fengnian explained it later, and also spent money and effort to get the brothers into the city, so they all believed Zhou Fengnian's difficulties.

"Okay, if you didn't say it, then don't say it. No one in our family told it!"

Zhou Weitian waved his hand and said, "Go home and have a rest. By the way, I'll give them three yuan each as a bonus for the grand opening. They are exhausted today and they are also very tired.

When we open a branch store in the future, these "old people" can all be used; when we go back, tell Xianzhe to ask Wutian Commune to send some meat and vegetables when he goes to the countryside tomorrow."

"Three dollars? Okay. I'll listen to you."

Qu Ying hesitated for a moment, but still agreed. Now she no longer questioned Zhou Weitian.

After returning, Qu Ying took out some money and gave each person three yuan, telling them that it was a bonus envelope for the grand opening, and also thanked them for their hard work today.

The people who received the money instantly lost any resentment in their hearts. Three dollars was more than a day's salary for them. Whether it was the waiter or Zhou Weitian's apprentice, they all thanked Qu Ying with a smile.

After packing up, closing the door and leaving, Zhou Weitian and Qu Ying also rode their bikes back.

There are rooms here where people can stay, but they haven't prepared beds. If you're busy too late, you can rest here for a night.

The money he earned today made Qu Ying unable to sleep even after returning home. He was so excited that he took a while to fall asleep.

The self-employed No. 1 Restaurant will have to eat crabs for a long time. After others have observed and confirmed that everything is fine, they will probably flock to this industry of self-employed people.

In the eyes of most people, self-employed individuals are equal to capitalists and handicraftsmen. Having just experienced those few years, they have not had enough time to avoid such elements, so how could they possibly take the initiative to approach them?

It was Zhou Fengnian, who knew the future direction, who instigated Zhou Weitian and Zhou Fengnian to give up their formal jobs and start their own businesses.

You can also retire in the factory. Other factories will go bankrupt, but Huaxia Machine Tool Factory definitely will not.

But if Zhou Weitian had not resigned, he would have remained a middle-level cadre in this life and would have received a pension of more than 10,000 yuan in the future.

If he tries his best now, he may become a catering giant in the future.

When Zhou Fengnian found out that the No. 1 Restaurant was very popular, it was already the fifth day of its opening.

For the first five days, the elder brother and his wife were too busy to come over, so they asked Xianzhe to come and run errands. Only then did they tell Zhou Fengnian that their restaurant business was booming.

The two families lived only a hundred or two hundred meters apart, but they just had no time to come over. You can imagine how busy Zhou Weitian and his wife were. Whenever they came back, it was always after nine o'clock.

Zhou Fengnian is similar. He doesn't have to worry about the wireless communications factory.

The paging station has been built in Sijiu City, and the time for selling pagers has been finalized. Now Zhou Fengnian mainly runs the drone factory and the Shenzhou Computer Factory.

In addition, the Fifth Technical Department and the Integrated Circuit Workshop of the Shenzhou Computer Factory were also preparing to be separated.

The new factory being built is the Hua Xia Semiconductor Factory. Although the name is simple, the scale of the new factory is not small.

A semiconductor and integrated circuit research center, six production workshops, and more than 3,000 people in total.

China's semiconductor and integrated circuit technology is now the best in the world, and they just need to keep leading.

During this period, the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building was very active, with new factories being built one after another. And anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhou Fengnian's actions made several factories increasingly "healthy".

The Shenzhou Computer Factory has enough capacity to carry out in-depth research and development in the direction of computers, and the Hua Xia Semiconductor Factory can also supply other domestic factories.

That's roughly what it means: hands that are entangled together will hit people more fiercely when separated.

This day was the day when pagers were released, and the wireless communications manufacturer had already placed advertisements in newspapers in advance, and had done so for two consecutive days.

Not only was the function of the pager introduced in detail, but the price was also stated: 150 yuan per page, no ticket required.

Such a small gadget certainly doesn't cost that much, but the wireless communication factory plans to use half of its profits to build public telephones in the city. If a pager can't call a paging station, it's almost like a pimple, and the wireless communication factory has already started to improve telephone exchange technology.

Starting with the telephone offices in the old city, improving telephone digital technology can change manual telephone exchanges.

Otherwise, with more public telephones in the city, the telephone company staff would probably be busy just looking for the phone number of the paging station.

Coincidentally, several Amei movies that had been reviewed were introduced into China some time ago, and one of them happened to have a pager plot.

The line "call me" from the movie immediately made all the young people who had watched the movie yearn for it.

Coupled with the advertisements in newspapers, there was a long line outside on the day the pager went on sale.

At first glance, they are all young people.

There are many poor people in the old city, but there are even more rich people. Moreover, this is not the 1960s. Many people can afford big items, and bicycles are almost becoming an essential means of transportation when going out.

As soon as the pager sales point opened, the people queuing outside immediately rushed in, and the first thing they asked was: "Are you selling the pagers that appear in the movie XXX shown in the cinema?"

"Yes? Then bring me one!"

Influenced by the people shouting behind him, the first person in line had no time to ask more questions and just took out money to buy a pager.

After getting the pager, I went to ask how to use it; however, it was very simple to use, and I would be able to use it after listening to it twice. Moreover, the pager developed by the wireless communication factory had Chinese display, so it was very convenient to use.

The only complaint from those who bought it was that they needed both a pager and a telephone to make calls, and even in the 1980s, telephones were not yet popular.

However, the sales staff of the wireless communication factory explained to everyone who bought the pager that they would build at least one hundred public telephones in the city within a year.

In the end, everyone had to explain, and the person who was speaking had a hoarse voice, so they put up a sign outside, promising that the wireless communications factory would build public telephones in the city within the next year.

It is definitely an exaggeration to say that one hundred telephones will be built in one year. Ten public telephones in one district are enough to cover all the main streets, and we can build more slowly over time.

The cost of building a public telephone is not high. It mainly involves laying the wires, which can be completed in half a year rather than a year.

Not long after, a car drove up to the place where pagers were sold, and Gu Wenjie, his secretary, and his security guard got out of the car.

Seeing the same hot sales scene as in the supply and marketing cooperative, Gu Wenjie nodded with satisfaction.

The wireless communications factory did a good job and had a good start.

This is the street-side shop that the Wireless Communications Factory rented from the Street Office. It is also their only sales point, so Director Zhao is here in person today.

After seeing the car outside, Director Zhao hurried out of the store, came to Gu Wenjie, and said with a smile: "Leader, you are here, I will take you in to have a look. By the way, Deputy Leader Zhou is here today."

"No, just watch here for a while. We'll be squeezed in if we go in. Director Zhao, you guys have done a good job. This is a good start for the wireless communication factory."

Gu Wenjie smiled and said, "Comrade Fengnian has other things to do, and he doesn't like this kind of crowded scene. You should interact with him more in the future and get used to it."

It is considered good nowadays if new factories do not make losses and do not ask for money from higher authorities. Those that can still make profits are basically the treasures.

Fortunately, their Fourth Ministry of Machine Building listened to Zhou Fengnian's advice last year and did not introduce large-scale foreign technology and equipment to build the factory.

Otherwise, after the factory is built, the products produced will be unwanted in China and cannot be sold abroad, and will become a bad debt.

Director Zhao said with a smile: "Leader, this is just the first step. We prepared 500 units on the first day, but now it seems that it is not enough. We are preparing to transfer another 300 units from the factory.

Moreover, Deputy Factory Director Yu said that other supply and marketing cooperatives also want to transfer another batch, and it is estimated that more than 2,000 units can be sold today."

"When the sales of pagers in Beijing reach 70,000, we will arrange personnel to go to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Guangdong."

"Seventy thousand? Do you know how many people there are in the Forty-Nine City? The goal is quite high. If we can't achieve it by then, let's see what you will do."

Gu Wenjie was a little surprised to hear this number. Pagers are not as practical as bicycles, and there are only nine million people in Beijing. It is impossible for the number of rich people to reach even one percent.

"Leader, this goal can definitely be accomplished. Even you need a pager!"

Director Zhao said quickly, "Leader, you are often away from home. What if someone in the department wants to see you? We can't call you. So, we can just send you a message on our pager. That won't delay things, right?"

Besides, it is not that difficult for superiors to find their subordinates. Our paging station has a wide signal reception range, and we can receive some news even if we are outside the city."

When Gu Wenjie heard this, he realized that it was indeed true. If he could still contact his subordinates when they were out, he wouldn't have to worry about losing contact due to an emergency.

Especially someone like him who goes out frequently.

Gu Wenjie asked: "If I go to another city, won't I still be unable to contact you?"

Director Zhao said: "We will expand to other cities within 18 months, and then expand to the whole country within five years.
Then, no matter where you are on a business trip, you can always be reached by your pager."

"What you said makes sense. Here, you get one for me, and I'll have someone send the money to you later."

Gu Wenjie said with a smile that he was actually persuaded as he listened and wanted to buy one to carry with him.

Apart from anything else, just for the function of being able to contact at any time, he wanted all his subordinates in the department to be equipped with one, so that they could contact him whenever they wanted in the future.

Director Zhao said, "I'll have someone get it for you."

Fortunately, they have prepared enough today and don’t have to worry about out of stock.

This pager cost thirty or forty yuan, but was sold for one hundred and fifty yuan. A few years ago, this would have been reported.

But they also have to use half of the money to build public telephones and improve the telephone exchange's manual switching conditions. This can be said to be taking from the people and using it for the people.

The remaining profits must be reserved for the development of the wireless communications factory. Zhou Fengnian also plans to let the wireless communications factory be responsible for domestic Internet broadband construction.

Pagers have huge profits. If you continue to sell them for five years, you will definitely make a lot of money.

The wireless communications factory will have two main tasks in the future: responsible for the construction of Internet broadband and mobile communications.

Pagers were just a transitional product for accumulating strength in the early stages. They had to be the first to develop the second generation of mobile communication technology five years later in order to exploit foreigners.

(End of this chapter)