Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 598 Building a Factory
Around six o'clock in the morning, Qin Dahe drove his Santana out the door, with his father-in-law and father in the car.

The Land Cruiser is still being driven by Hanwa. Bao'er gave birth to a big, healthy baby boy and will be back in the next couple of days.

The three men set out together, naturally because of the factory matter.

The car drove onto the embankment and headed towards Tongjiang Avenue. When it arrived at the factory, three old men were already waiting, including Mr. Wu's father.

"Grandpa." He got out of the car and greeted him, his cigarette immediately waving over.

The three old men were the factory's security guards, earning 800 yuan a month, which was a pretty good salary.

Since he's not here, he definitely needs to be watched over 24 hours a day.

Not only are there security guards, but surveillance cameras will also be installed later. There are also anti-theft glass shards on the wall, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

The bait and similar goods aren't worth much; they're just for protection.

"Dahe, what kind of arrangements do you think our work plan is?" Boss Wu's father asked with a smile as he took the cigarette.

He was just bored; the factory had been transferred, but he was still thinking about the security guard job, so Qin Dahe simply let him have his way.

"Normally, we work eight-hour shifts, but if anyone takes leave, it's a 12-hour shift. I'll post the detailed work schedule on the wall later. Let's start by digging the drainage ditch."

"Row."

Five old men and one young man, each with a cigarette dangling from their lips, began renovating the factory.

He took off his coat, picked up a hoe, and got to work.

All drainage ditches around the factory buildings need to be dug deeper and then paved with bricks. The last construction was too shoddy and did not meet the moisture-proof standards at all.

The father-in-law also started measuring the house in the warehouse, storing the bait and raw materials separately, but neither could be placed on the ground or the walls.

The back needs to be protected with wooden frames, and a passageway needs to be left in the middle for moving goods. Qin Dahe also plans to buy a forklift for transporting goods.

He can't afford to support laborers, and it would be difficult to manage too many people. He should just build the framework first.

Once the blueprints were finished, the old carpenter started making phone calls to order wood.

He also has a salary now.
As a master float maker, the basic salary is 2000, and there is a commission after work begins.

Although he didn't earn as much as he used to when he was working as a float operator, he didn't care because his son-in-law was the factory manager.

Later, Hanwa will also come and work with Qin's father to be in charge of quality inspection. The quality inspection is limited to the four of them. Without their approval, the products cannot enter the warehouse.

Qin Dahe is extremely attentive to the factory; how could he possibly be careless in this regard?

They were busy until noon before they could finally take a break and catch their breath. Qin's father then went to town to buy several boxed lunches and brought them over.

The men were all drenched in sweat. In the afternoon, they would have to mix cement mortar, stack the bricks, and secure the drainage ditch.

Just then, a minivan drove up.

"Hey, top student, have you eaten yet?" Qin Dahe greeted Xiao Liu.

"I ate before I came."

The two men went to the factory gate and started smoking.

How many surveillance cameras are you planning to install in your factory?

"I haven't counted them either, but I'll take you there." He pointed to the factory gate. "I need one here."

Further inside, there is a large open area, which is used for loading and unloading goods and has been paved separately.

"We also need a surveillance system here in the square, two for the product warehouse, two for the raw material warehouse, and one for the production workshop."

Behind the warehouse are two other corners, one facing the waterway and the other facing farmland.

"Fix the wiring in these two corners too. I'll leave the cabling to you." Xiaoliu nodded. "How long should the data storage time be?"

"About every two weeks, clean it out once every two weeks, and leave extra storage space."

"We still need to allocate a small space to install the server rack. Hard drives may be expensive, so we need to take precautions against theft."

The most expensive part of a surveillance system isn't the cameras, but the server rack; the hard drives inside are the real cost.

"That's fine. It's in the factory manager's office. There are two steel locks on the door, and the windows are also burglarproof."

"Okay." Xiao Liu nodded, feeling a little grateful.

We just rented the storefront for surveillance equipment and haven't even bought all the equipment yet, and then we received such a big order.

"Let me calculate it first, you go and get busy."

"Haha, come find me to settle accounts once you've done the calculations. Even close brothers should keep clear accounts."

The exact cost needs to be calculated, but the hard drive is estimated to be quite expensive.

Leaving Xiao Liu behind to continue her work, Qin Dahe began preparing the bricks and stones.

The abandoned brick factory building already had them, and the old man never threw away a single brick while he was looking after it; now they're coming in handy.

If it's too badly broken, just throw it away. Three security guards are also working hard to help.

They're all getting on in years, and jobs in the countryside with a monthly salary of 800 yuan are hard to find, so naturally they'll cherish what they have.

"Uncle Wu, we still need to recruit five packers in the village. We need women. There isn't much work. Could you introduce some to us later?"

"No problem, I'll definitely find you a good one."

“I’m here during the day, just have someone come find me.”

There's also the matter of the four floating apprentices, which is the responsibility of the village chief of Xiaowu Village. Setting up a factory in another location always requires giving face to the leaders.

Apprentice wages are low, 200 yuan for living expenses plus commission. Even if you do well, you can only earn a thousand yuan a month, and it's tiring.

In the early stages of making floats, a one-on-one mentoring system was adopted, with four carpenters each mentoring one apprentice, forming a two-person assembly line. The master craftsman received the main commission.

The father-in-law and the simpleton were in charge of inspecting the quality of the floats; only the finished products would generate income.

Apart from security guards, everyone else in the factory is paid based on performance, meaning the more you work, the more you earn.

For now, our own family members will take the lead in management, and we can gradually recruit more people later.

After the drainage ditch was completed, Qin Dahe wrote down the security guard's shift schedule and posted it in the security room. Then the three of them took turns guarding the factory.

Once the warehouse shelves are set up, the raw materials can be brought in directly.

Soybean dregs will only be transported during formal production. We use a lot of corn, so we purchase it from the grain station. We also bought 25 tons of soybeans from Ah Hu. The soybeans will be delivered tomorrow. If it doesn't rain these next few days, we can just pile them up in the factory area.

It was quite a coincidence that Ah Hu's own 3,000-ton cargo ship transported soybeans four times in September, all of which were imported genetically modified soybeans.

There is a loss rate of 0.5% to 0.1% in shipping, which he deducted directly, and he saved up more than 20 tons to sell cheaply to Qin Dahe.

They also indicated that there would be similar goods in the future, which was the boat captain's "legal" income. The owner knew but couldn't say anything, and they would just deliver it to you within the limits of the damage.

Qin Dahe naturally wanted all the cheap goods, since genetically modified soybeans weren't meant for human consumption.

However, he uses relatively little soybean flour; some of it is made into feed pellets.

Although the equipment in the factory is of relatively poor quality and not up to standard for making feed, it is just right for making bait. It doesn't matter if the pellet mill has a little rust.

Feed production is much more troublesome. Toxins, additives, bacteria, protein content, and a whole host of other things need to be tested before it can be sold legally. The requirements for raw materials are also high. It's not as convenient as producing bait.

(End of this chapter)