Chapter 58 New Product Trial
On Monday morning, Xu Qiang took Wang Yongsheng and others to his dormitory and took out four gasoline barrels from under the bed.

"Is this the bulk shampoo you mentioned?"

Wang Yongsheng asked in surprise after seeing the four oil drums.

"Yes, this is the shampoo you wanted. My relative in Shanghai asked someone to bring it back." Xu Qiang opened the lid of the oil barrel and said, "Take a look at it."

"smell good……"

The moment the lid is unscrewed, a rich sweet floral scent instantly fills the entire room.

"This one has the scent of lily..." Xu Qiang said as he opened the lid of another oil barrel.

"Why does it smell like apple? I like this smell!"

When the little cannon reacted, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The green apple essence formulated by Xu Qiang has a very refreshing smell, which makes people feel relaxed and happy. In his previous life, it was also a very popular fragrance among male consumers.

"It's worthy of being made in Shanghai!" Wang Yongsheng couldn't help but praise it, and then said, "Open these two barrels and take a look."

"These two buckets have the scent of clove and orchid..." Xu Qiang said as he opened the lids of the remaining two buckets.

"Brother Sheng, I remember that the shampoo we sold before didn't seem to have so many scents, right?"

A young worker standing behind Wang Yongsheng said.

"I don't know what brand of shampoo you sold before, but this is the latest product of Shanghai Daily Chemical Factory No. 3. It is said that it uses the formula from Japan. It has not yet been publicly sold, only internally tested." Xu Qiang said seriously.

"It's the Japanese recipe, no wonder." Wang Yongsheng nodded.

These days, many Chinese people still believe that foreign products are brighter than domestic ones. Especially after a large number of Japanese electronic products, such as tape recorders and televisions, entered China, Japanese products became synonymous with "advanced" and "high-end".

This is not mindless worship of foreign things, but the fact that the country's doors had just been opened at that time, and domestic products were indeed much inferior when facing competition from developed countries.

In addition, as far as shampoo is concerned, there were basically no well-known brands in China at that time except Shanghai's Seagull Shampoo. As for the fragrance of domestic shampoo, it was also very simple and there were not so many varieties.

"You can try washing your hair first." Xu Qiang said, pointing to the basin.

"Let me try." Little Cannon volunteered and went to the water room with a basin to fetch water.

"Why don't we just go to the bathhouse and try it? It's a good opportunity to take a bath there." Xu Qiang suggested.

"Okay, then let's take some from these buckets and see if this thing works." Wang Yongsheng said, picking up the soap box on the washbasin rack in Xu Qiang's dormitory, scooped some shampoo from the buckets one by one, put it in the box, and then prepared to take a shower.

As the saying goes, practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

More than an hour later, when several people came out of the bathhouse, everyone had a satisfied smile on their face.

"This stuff is really good! Qiangzi, how much did you spend on those buckets in total?" Feeling the refreshing and refreshing fragrance in his hair, Wang Yongsheng went straight to the point.

"My buckets were all 15 liters, which means one bucket was 15 kilograms. Four buckets in total weighed 60 kilograms. The factory price of shampoo was 3.5 yuan per kilogram. I spent a total of 210 yuan..."

Xu Qiang had already calculated the price of this batch of shampoo. From the cost point of view, it is about 2.5 yuan per kilogram, including the soap for extracting soap base, essential oils, and raw materials for preparing fragrances. As for water, firewood, labor, etc., they can all be ignored. So if Xu Qiang sells it at this price, he can make more than 1 yuan per kilogram.

In fact, Xu Qiang sold a 50-kilogram bag of humic acid to the supply and marketing cooperative for 12 yuan. After deducting various costs, he could only make a few cents per kilogram, which was less than one-tenth of the profit from shampoo.

But fertilizers are produced in large quantities and are in short supply. From this point of view, if shampoo cream cannot be produced in large quantities, the profit will be less than that of humic acid.

But even so, this time, 60 kilograms of shampoo can earn 100 to 180 yuan, which is equivalent to two months' salary for an ordinary worker.

Moreover, the daily output of humic acid fertilizer at Xu Qiang's peat field has reached a bottleneck. Without better and more equipment, the maximum output is 30 tons a month. Therefore, if daily chemical products such as shampoo can expand the market, it will be an additional way to make money, allowing Xu Qiang to accumulate original capital faster.

"Okay, I'll give you two hundred and fifty yuan!" Wang Yongsheng said straightforwardly.

"...Forget it, we are all brothers, just give me two hundred and forty dollars."

"Okay, I have fifty yuan in my pocket. I'll give you the money later." Wang Yongsheng said as he took out five Big Unity banknotes from his pocket.

"No hurry." Xu Qiang said this, but still took the money Wang Yongsheng handed him and put it into his pocket.

Compared with ordinary workers in the factory, Wang Yongsheng is definitely a wealthy man. He has been doing small business since he was in technical school. He sells cigarettes by the stick and liquor by the cup. The local food coupons are 1.2 cents per pound, and he sells 1.5 cents. The national food coupons are 3.5 cents, and he sells them for 40 cents...

In the eyes of people of that era, Wang Yongsheng was definitely daring, but it was also people like him who became the first group of people to become rich.

"By the way, how do you plan to sell this thing? You can't sell it by weight, right?" Xu Qiang asked curiously.

After all, Xu Qiang sells bulk shampoo, but if he wants to sell it, it's better to have packaging. After all, this is different from selling meat and vegetables. People are not used to buying this kind of thing by weight.

"You don't have to worry about this. As long as the product is good enough, I will find a way to sell it." Wang Yongsheng looked confident. He continued, "Besides, I have been working in this factory for so many years. I still have some old customers. They trust me, and I never cheat them!"

"Uh." Hearing this, Xu Qiang suddenly understood.

"If the products sell well this time, I will purchase from you again. Is it okay with your relatives there?" Wang Yongsheng asked.

"No problem, as long as he can make money, he is willing to do it." Xu Qiang said straightforwardly.

"That's OK!"

"By the way, my relative's factory also produces soap. Do you want some?" Xu Qiang asked again.

"Of course! As long as it's cheap!"

"Then I'll ask him to bring some back."

Compared with shampoo, the production process of soap is simpler. Since there is a market for it now, he naturally will not miss this opportunity.

"Take the stuff and put it in my dormitory first." Xu Qiang motioned his companion to take the shampoo away, and then continued: "Let's go to the scrap yard again in the afternoon..."

"Where are you going and what are you doing?" Xu Qiang asked curiously.

"You'll know when the time comes." Wang Yongsheng kept it a secret, then led his companions away...

(End of this chapter)