Chapter 99 Open up the market

"Dad, you never cared about these things of mine before..." Liu Siying said with a frown.

"When your mom and I were together, she was about your age. Actually, dad didn't have any other ideas. He just hoped that you could live a better life than us in the future." When Liu Biao said this, his eyes were filled with regret. He continued, "Your mom and I suffered a lot when we were young. Especially your mom didn't have a good life for a long time when she was with me. I don't want you to follow my old path. Besides, you are a girl, there is no need to be so ambitious..."

Liu Biao's words were very straightforward. He just wanted his daughter to marry into a good family and live a better life in the future.

As for the issue of career ambition, although Liu Siying is a girl, her pursuit of technology and career is no less than that of men. It seems that she has inherited her father's genes. Only one year after Liu Siying joined the factory, she successfully developed an upgrade plan for the 2 electronic fuse of the Ljung-130. It was precisely because of this plan that Liu Siying was eventually promoted out of turn and became the youngest technical team leader since the establishment of the factory.

But even so, Liu Biao did not pay enough attention to his daughter's work in the factory. He still had some traditional ideas of favoring boys over girls. Although Liu Siying's work was outstanding enough, Liu Biao still did not think that she would be able to hold up the banner of the technical department in the future and allow the factory's efficiency to continue to grow.

"Dad, I'm only 20 years old. I don't want to leave this home so early." Liu Siying smiled and continued, "Now I'm very busy with work every day and can't take care of other things..."

"He just came here to have a meal. Besides, I've seen Li Cunzhu's son. He's a chubby boy, and he looks like an honest kid." Liu Biao smiled and continued, "He has been in the army for the past few years, and later became a volunteer soldier. He just recently retired and is preparing to join our factory. Although he is not a cadre, as long as he works hard, he will be reused sooner or later."

"Yes, as long as a boy is down-to-earth and hardworking, he will be good. What's more, Li Cunzhu is the chief engineer of our factory. We all know what his family is like. You don't have to look down on them. As long as young people can get along with each other for a period of time, they will gradually develop a good impression of each other." Mother Zhang Fenglan also interjected.

It is obvious that Liu Siying's parents both took a fancy to Li Cunzhu's family background. After all, he is the head of the factory's technical department and has been commended many times by the factory and the Provincial Military Industry Office. What's more important is that the factory is currently in a critical period of transformation. The importance of Li Cunzhu, the head of the technical department, is naturally self-evident.

"It's your business to invite their family to dinner, but I'm in charge of my affairs. Is that okay?" Liu Siying said.

Liu Siying naturally understood her parents' thoughts, but she obviously had no interest in the chief engineer's son whom she had never met.

The reason is very simple. The two of them have nothing in common. First of all, they have different academic qualifications. Secondly, Liu Siying is obsessed with technology, but the other party obviously has no topics to talk about in this regard. If Li Cunzhu's son could also enter the technical department, the two of them might be a different story.

"That's it." A look of helplessness flashed across Liu Biao's face.

Liu Biao knew his daughter very well. She had been very opinionated since she was young. Once she made up her mind, no one could change her mind no matter what. In this respect, the father and daughter had somewhat similar nature and temper.

Afterwards, the family of three continued to eat, but they were silent, as if they were all preoccupied with their own thoughts...

...That night, Xu Qiang handed over all the shampoo and soap he had produced in the past three days to Wang Yongsheng. After some calculations, the total price of the goods was more than one thousand yuan. After the handover was completed, Xu Qiang's debt was reduced to more than one thousand two hundred yuan.

If he continued like this, it would only take another three or four days of production for Xu Qiang to pay off all his debts and be debt-free.

However, judging from the current situation, Wang Yongsheng still has a relatively large demand for shampoo and soap, especially the soap produced by Xu Qiang, which has become famous in the factory and has always been in short supply. This time, after Xu Qiang produced more than 600 pieces for him, his dilemma of having no goods to sell was temporarily alleviated.

"The stuff you brought is really good. Yesterday, a friend from another workshop asked me to buy some more for him. He wanted more than two hundred yuan at a time, but wanted me to give him a lower price. It seems that these guys think I am a wholesaler." After checking the account book, Wang Yongsheng and Xu Qiang started chatting. He continued, "This stuff makes money much faster than selling cooked meat. I set up a cooked meat stall in the factory before. In fact, it is just to cook the bought meat with some seasonings and put some sugar in it to make it look better. When business is good, I can make thirty or forty yuan a night. Since I started selling shampoo and soap like yours, I can make one or two hundred yuan these days. It really deserves to be a product made in Shanghai..."

"Good products will sell well." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "In fact, you can also go to other factories to sell soap and shampoo. There are so many brother companies around our factory, and their salaries are not much worse than ours. With your eloquence and ability, you should be able to open up this market."

Xu Qiang has always been considering the sales of the daily chemical products he produces.

Although soap and shampoo are selling well in the factory with the help of Wang Yongsheng and his gang, the factory has a limited number of employees after all. When it reaches a certain level, sales will definitely reach a bottleneck, which is inevitable.

But if new markets can be expanded, the sales problem will be solved. Although the current Shengli Machinery Factory is the largest third-line enterprise in the province, in fact, there are many other large and small third-line arsenals around it. Although the number of employees is much smaller than that of Shengli Machinery Factory, the consumption capacity of employees in these factories is also very strong, which is definitely not comparable to that of local farmers.

Wang Yongsheng and his group have strength in numbers. As long as they are willing to go back and forth between these factories to promote their products, they will definitely be successful. Xu Qiang is still confident in his products.

As long as he can open up sales channels, Xu Qiang can continue to increase production. In this way, even if he does not produce humic acid fertilizers in the future, Xu Qiang can still make a lot of money!
"You are right." Wang Yongsheng nodded.

In the past, he had been mainly selling cooked meat in the factory. This required a hand-trailer with a glass window, and it was impossible to push the truck too far away, so he could only buy and sell it in the factory.

But if you are selling soap or shampoo, it’s different. You only need to carry a box on a bicycle and you can travel conveniently between various factories.

What's more, Wang Yongsheng also has acquaintances in other companies. You know, the technical school of Shengli Machinery Factory recruits students from all the third-tier factories in the surrounding area of ​​the city. Many of Xu Qiang's classmates were children of the surrounding factories. They were all brothers back then. As long as they help, Xu Qiang will definitely be able to get through all the factories without any obstacles...

(End of this chapter)