Rebirth: My college entrance exam score was stolen? I turned the tables and made a billion.

A few minutes later, in the conference room on the second floor of the factory's office building.

Wang Cheng, along with five key technical personnel and three workshop directors, sat properly on one side of the long table.

Although the city leaders just now determined that he was innocent and had made a contribution in the warehouse, he is still sweating profusely.

the reason is simple.

That is, he couldn't figure out what this excessively young new boss was up to.

Soon, Liu Guangming also walked in, pulled up a chair, and sat down opposite them with an air of authority.

Sun Ming and Zhao Shaoqiang pulled out chairs and sat down, one on each side.

Zhao Shaoqiang threw a plastic bag on the table.

Inside were several unwrapped, yellowish-brown bars of soap.

With a "snap".

The hard soap slammed onto the table and rolled twice.

Liu Guangming pointed at the soap and looked at Wang Chengcai.

"Section Chief Wang, this is our factory's flagship product, Hongmei brand laundry soap, right?"

Wang Chengcai nodded quickly.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Liu, this is a brand that our factory has been selling for over ten years."

Liu Guangming leaned forward.

"How much does it cost?"

"Including raw materials, labor, water and electricity, and machine depreciation, the cost of a bar of soap is about 21 cents."

"What about the factory price?"

"The price was 24 cents, and it was sold to supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores."

Liu Guangming gave a cold laugh.

"A bar of soap, netting a profit of three cents."

"We also need to factor in transportation and losses."

"With such low profits, it's no wonder the factory can't even pay wages."

Hearing him say this, a workshop foreman with a Mediterranean hairstyle couldn't help but chime in.

"Mr. Liu, this isn't our fault."

"These days, which factory doesn't make soap? Even small factories in rural towns are making it."

"Everyone's competing on price. If we sell at a high price, the supply and marketing cooperative won't even buy from us!"

Liu Guangming didn't refute, but pointed to the soap on the table and continued.

"It's not just a matter of low profit margins."

"This stuff is too alkaline. It's okay for washing clothes, but if ordinary people use it to bathe or wash their faces, their skin will be so dry that the white skin will peel off after they've used it."

"You've all seen what's going on at the towel factory."

"Their goods have already been sold in the franchise stores I manage."

"But if I were to stock up on your outdated products, I'd only be ruining my own reputation!"

The technicians looked at each other, their faces turning bright red.

Wang Cheng sighed with a bitter face.

"Mr. Liu, do you think our technical department wouldn't know about these problems you've mentioned?"

"But the reactors in our factory are all antiques from the 1970s."

"To make those fragrant, non-irritating, semi-transparent high-end soaps, you need to introduce new equipment, modify the molds, and use high-grade bleaching oils."

"That investment would be enormous; you couldn't possibly go down to less than several hundred thousand!"

Liu Guangming leaned back in his chair, watching them.

"Who said I was going to make soap?"

Everyone was taken aback.

If they don't make soap, what else can a daily chemical factory make?

Liu Guangming gave Zhao Shaoqiang a look.

Zhao Shaoqiang bent down and opened a black travel bag at his feet.

He reached in, pulled out a clear plastic bottle, and placed it in the center of the table.

The bottle isn't big, about the size of a mineral water bottle.

It was filled with a pale yellow, viscous liquid that was crystal clear.

The most unusual thing is that the bottle opening is not the usual screw cap, but a plastic press pump head with a long tube.

"What is this?"

Wang Cheng and his friends craned their necks, staring at this novel gadget.

Liu Guangming didn't explain, he just gave the order.

"Shaoqiang, go fetch a basin of warm water."

A moment later, Zhao Shaoqiang came in carrying an enamel basin with the Double Happiness logo and placed it on the table.

Liu Guangming rolled up his sleeves and dipped his hands into the basin of water to wet them.

Then, he took the plastic bottle and gently pressed the pump head twice with his finger.

"Sizzle—sizzle—"

Two small blobs of pale yellow, viscous liquid were squeezed into my palm.

Liu Guangming rubbed his hands together back and forth.

A miracle happened.

There was no dry, frictional feeling; the liquid on my hands emulsified quickly upon contact with water.

In just a few seconds, Liu Guangming rubbed his hands together to create an extremely rich and dense white foam.

It's several times finer than the lather you get from soap!

Immediately afterwards, a fresh and delicate floral and fruity fragrance filled the entire conference room.

The fragrance is not pungent at all; on the contrary, it smells very sophisticated and refreshing.

Liu Guangming put his hands into the basin and rinsed them with water.

The foam dissipated instantly, leaving the skin clean.

He grabbed a tissue to wipe his hands and pushed the plastic bottle in front of Wang Cheng.

"Did you understand?"

Wang Cheng and several technicians were so shocked their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Several people scrambled to grab the bottle, taking turns rubbing it in their hands to test the water content.

The more they tried, the more shocked their expressions became.

"This...this feels so smooth!"

"My hands weren't dry at all after washing, and they even smelled nice on the back!"

"Mr. Liu, which major manufacturer in the south produced this new product? It's so much more convenient to use than bar soap!"

Wang Cheng was so excited that he stammered.

Liu Guangming responded directly.

"This is called liquid detergent."

"According to its use, it can be called shower gel, hand soap, and if it's for washing dishes, it's called dishwashing liquid."

"I brought this back from a supermarket in Gangcheng when I went on a business trip some time ago."

"Outside, people no longer use harsh soap to shower and wash their hands."

Liu Guangming spoke directly.

"In my opinion, if Hongqi Daily Chemical Factory wants to survive, it has to completely get rid of the mess it made before."

"Let's take this as our first step in the reform!"

The eyes of several workshop directors in the conference room lit up.

However, after his initial excitement subsided, Wang Cheng quickly calmed down.

He picked up the plastic bottle, unscrewed the pump head, smelled the contents, and checked the viscosity, his brow furrowing deeply.

"Mr. Liu, this stuff is really good."

"I can roughly guess the principle. It's nothing more than using AES or other surfactants, combined with some thickeners."

"Our factory's equipment doesn't need major modifications; we can just use the reaction vessel for mixing and filling."

"but……"

Wang Cheng swallowed hard, looking troubled.

"To achieve this level of transparency and lingering fragrance, the core ingredients are not simple."

"Especially with this kind of mild surfactant, domestic technology simply can't match it!"

"We have to rely on imports!"

Several technicians nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

"Yes, Mr. Liu, although we can roughly guess the principle, we don't have the specific formula, and the raw materials are expensive. How can we mass-produce this stuff?"

Seeing the worried faces of the crowd, Liu Guangming laughed.

"Section Chief Wang, your thinking is still stuck in the old factory."

"Who told you that you have to spend exorbitant amounts of foreign exchange to buy foreign formulas and ingredients?"

Wang Cheng was stunned.

"No need for imports? But there are no domestic alternatives for the chemicals..."

Liu Guangming bent his index finger and tapped it twice on the table.

"If we can't buy the chemicals, we won't buy them."

"I've already had someone figure out the core of the formula."

Looking at Wang Chengcai, whose face was full of doubt, Liu Guangming said, word by word:

"The core of this product is its natural foaming agent and gentle ingredients; we don't need to ask foreigners for them."

"It grows on the black soil of our Northeast."

Wang Chengcai gasped sharply and immediately moved closer to the table.

"Grows in the soil?!"

"Mr. Liu, what...what are you talking about?!"