One reason is that he has money but cannot distribute it.

Second, his museum does not intend to make a profit.

If Han Chunming were allowed to invest, it would be like his money being wasted.

Li Jiandong had too much money to spend, so he dared to open the museum for free. But Han Chunming was different. His money was earned from collecting antiques for Li Jiandong over the years. Although it was not a small amount, it was not so much that he could waste it casually.

Besides, Han Chunming also has a family to support.

So Li Jiandong won't use his money.

"Chunming, I asked you to come here this time to discuss the location of the museum. According to my idea, of course it should be in Nanluoguxiang. The closer it is, the better. As for the money, you don't have to worry. The shopping mall I opened this month has officially started operating, and the monthly income is not small. It is more than enough to build a museum. It's just that I am old and may not have enough energy, so you have to keep an eye on the construction of this museum for me."

Han Chunming was of course extremely happy about this.

He said without even thinking.

"Master, don't worry. Just leave this museum to me. You just need to list a few conditions for me, and I will guarantee that you will be satisfied with the museum."

"Well, I trust you to do your job."

Li Jiandong nodded, and then told Han Chunming about his plan and requirements for the museum.

Han Chunming prepared to go.

Han Chunming began to prepare for the museum in full swing, while Yan Bugui had already gathered with the people in the institute to discuss whether to start a small commodity business.

"I think that since Lao Li said that opening this small workshop can make money, then it will definitely make money. So now we are not considering whether to open this small workshop, but how much money we all contribute and how big this workshop can be. Do you think I am right?"

Yan Bugui was the first to speak. He had always believed in Li Jiandong's words.

Jia Zhang, who was standing beside her, curled her lips and said.

"That's not necessarily true. People make mistakes and horses stumble. After all, Li Jiandong is old now. He may not be as comfortable as before. It's not a small amount for us to invest in a small workshop. If we can really make 1000 yuan a month, why doesn't Li Jiandong do it himself?"

Jia Zhang has always been an ungrateful person.

It is difficult to change one's nature, and her character is fixed.

When Li Jiandong was the factory director, she always obeyed Li Jiandong's orders because she had to rely on him.

But they all pretended to obey Li Jiandong's orders, and in their hearts they did not necessarily agree with Li Jiandong's approach.

This time, Li Jiandong asked Yan Bugui to come back and find people in the hospital to open a small workshop together.

Jia Zhang was even less convinced.

Especially when Yan Bugui said that after they opened a small workshop, each household could earn 1000 yuan a month, Jia Zhang sneered.

Jia Zhang felt that 1000 yuan a month was five times Jia Dongxu's salary.

If he can really make so much money, why doesn't Li Jiandong do it himself?
It has to be said that Jia Zhang's words did make others suspicious.

Several residents also said on the spot that they had no money to invest.

It would be fine if they were allowed to invest in a shopping mall, but Li Jiandong himself invested in a shopping mall and asked them to invest in small workshops, so many people were unwilling to follow him.

So, one by one, they made it clear that they did not want to run a small workshop.

Only Yan Buguier, He Daqing and a few other families were willing to respond to Li Jiandong's call and set up small workshops.

"Well, since none of you are willing, then forget it. When we make money, just don't be jealous."

Yan Bugui still firmly believes in Li Jiandong.

He Daqing also said, "That's right, since you don't trust Lao Li, just don't regret it when we make money."

He Daqing is still looking for a steel plant. He is helping Li Jiandong take care of Yan Jiecheng.

However, I am now semi-retired.

Except for the fact that he would show up when Yan Jiecheng needed his help, he was very free most of the time.

Opening a small workshop does not require him to rely on it all day long. He just needs to invest some money, and then Yan Bugui will naturally be responsible for the management of the small workshop.

Therefore, He Daqing also supports the idea of ​​setting up small workshops.

He's wife, Xu Huizhen, is also a capable woman.

When the small workshop is opened, He Daqing plans to let Xu Huizhen do some work there.

With Xu Huizhen's help, the small workshop should not lose money easily.

"Haha, okay, we promise not to be jealous, but we're just afraid that you'll lose money later, so don't come to our house to borrow food."

Jia Zhang said with a crooked mouth.

She couldn't wait to see He Daqing and Yan Bugui get into trouble.

In the past, apart from Li Jiandong, his son Jia Dongxu was the highest-ranking official.

However, now with the steel plant being upgraded again, Yan Jiecheng's rank is half a level higher than Jia Dongxu.

As a member of the team, He Daqing is only slightly lower than Jia Dongxu, but the people he manages are no less than Jia Dongxu.

Both of them are now very powerful figures in the hospital.

Jia Zhang felt extremely unbalanced because her son was outdone.

She would feel better if she could see the two families in trouble.

Yan Bugui and He Daqing had no idea what Jia Zhang was thinking.

Otherwise, with He Daqing's temper, he might have given him a big slap on the spot.

The whole hospital meeting ended in a bad mood.

In addition to Yan Bugui and He Daqing, there are Hu Haodang, Liu Haizhong, Xu Fugui, and Zhao Quezi and his wife Li Huilan.

Only these six companies are willing to raise money to run small workshops.

Everyone discussed it and each family took out some money.

The total amount raised was fifteen thousand.

Although this money is not much, it is more than enough to open a small workshop.

After Yan Bugui had collected enough money, he came to Li Jiandong again and asked him what small commodities he needed him to make.

Li Jiandong has also done the statistics in the past two days.

There are many hot-selling items.

Such as soap, hairpins, necklaces and other small accessories.

There are also some snacks.

Things like White Rabbit Milk Candy are in short supply.

Li Jiandong made a list for Yan Bugui and asked him to take it back and discuss with the people in the hospital to see what they wanted to do.
Talk to him when the time comes, and he will be responsible for introducing talents and equipment to the hospital from outside.

After Yan Fugui returned, he discussed with the people in the hospital, and finally everyone decided to make soap.

First, this thing is simple to make.

Second, this thing can be used by everyone.

Third, soap is a daily consumable and has a huge market.

Moreover, this product has no expiration date, so you don’t have to worry about it melting or going bad in hot weather. People use it all year round.

There is no problem selling to all parts of the country.

In other words, this industry can be expanded.

Li Jiandong also agreed with this.

As people's living standards continue to improve, soap will gradually be replaced by things like perfumed soap and laundry detergent in the future.

It is a good time to manufacture soap, promote the brand and seize the market early.

You will definitely earn a lot in the future.

The most important thing is that this thing is easy to operate. It can be produced by a machine and a few people. The investment cost is low and the expansion is not difficult.

So Li Jiandong quickly helped the hospital contact experts in this field.

At the same time, several sets of soap-making machines were purchased.

In Yard No. 40, they rented a few houses and brought together the idle women in the yard, and the small workshop was officially opened.

The production cost of an ordinary bar of soap is only two cents, and it can be sold for three cents, with a profit of about 50%.

However, a bar of soap, which only contains some fragrances and other things, has a production cost that is half as high, which is about three cents, but it can be sold for eight cents if it is sold outside.

You can earn 5 cents from a bar of soap, which is more than 150% profit.

The soaps produced in the small workshop in Yard 40 are directly handed over to Li Jiandong for retail after they are produced.

Li Jiandong did not sell the soap to other places, but instead set up a special soap counter in his shopping mall.

A bar of soap costs 8 cents, Li Jiandong takes 40 cents, and the people in Yard earn cents.

The sales were not very fast at the beginning, but as some people took the soap home and used it to wash their faces and hands, which made them smell great, gradually other people discovered it and came to buy the soap.

A bar of soap at 8 cents is really expensive.

But for people today, they only need to spend 8 cents to use soap for two weeks.

It's worth the price to make yourself smell good.

Especially for some women, if they don’t have two bars of soap at home, they will be looked down upon.

"Big sister, you smell so good. What did you use to wash your face and hands?"

"Sister, where did you buy this soap? It smells so good, doesn't it?"

"Although the soap is a little expensive, the clothes washed with it are all fragrant. It's really worth it at 8 cents a piece."

"Unfortunately, this kind of soap is only sold in Jiandong Shopping Mall, which is too far from here. If any of you go to buy it, remember to bring a few pieces for me."
As word of mouth spread, the news that Jiandong Shopping Mall sold soap quickly spread throughout the north city.

Those young girls and wives adore soap very much.

Many people couldn't come because of the long distance, so they asked someone to bring it back for them.

A new industry has also emerged for this purpose: the soap purchasing agency industry.

A piece of soap originally costs 8 cents, but if you ask someone to buy it for you, a piece of soap will cost 9 cents or cents.

Even so, people are still willing to buy soap at a high price.

Which woman doesn’t love beauty, which woman doesn’t love fragrance?
The small workshop in Yard 40 was able to produce 2000 bars of soap every day at the beginning.

Li Jiandong’s shopping mall could not sell that much, but as more and more people knew about the soap, around the 10th day, the mall’s sales reached 2000 yuan a day.

After 12 days, there was a sudden explosion of growth, with sales of 3000 yuan a day.

There is still some inventory at this time, but if we continue to buy at this rate, I'm afraid it will be out of stock in a few days.

So, Li Jiandong gave a heads-up to the people in Yard 40 in advance and asked them to increase production.

Yan Bugui was also extremely excited when he heard the news.

After all, they can earn three cents for a bar of soap, and if they make 2000 bars of soap a day, they can earn 60 yuan.

That’s 1800 yuan a month.

Although there is still a gap between what Li Jiandong had promised before, which was to let each household earn 1000 yuan per month.

Under the current circumstances, each household can earn 200 yuan.

Yan Bugui was very satisfied with the income, but he didn't expect that less than half a month later, Li Jiandong would ask them to increase production.

Yan Bugui knew very well what this increase in production meant.

Increasing production means increasing income. For every extra bar of soap sold, they can earn an extra three cents. Li Jiandong asked them to increase production by 1000 bars per day.

They can earn an extra 100 yuan per family every month.

If I continue to increase production in the future, maybe I can really make 1000 yuan a month.

"Mrs. He, this is great news. Just now, Mr. Li sent someone to see me and told me that he wants us to increase the production of soaps. He wants us to produce 3000 bars of soap every day. This way, we can make more money."

Yan Bugui was very excited. This money came too easily.

After all, he was of no use in the production of soap.

He doesn't even need any management. He just needs to hang around here every day and earn 300 yuan a month, which is more than what he earned in a year as a temporary worker in the steel factory.

Before he retired, his salary as a teacher was only more than 300 yuan a year.

Xu Huizhen was also very surprised when she heard this.

Previously, they produced 2000 bars of soap a day, but with such a large quantity, they didn’t know who to sell them to.

I didn’t expect that it had only been less than half a month and 2000 bars of soap a day were not enough to sell?
What methods does Li Jiandong have?

That was a piece of soap that cost 8 cents, and although it was indeed useful, he still kept using it.

But the quantity is too large and it’s expensive, can it really be sold?
At this moment, hearing Yan Bugui's words, Xu Huizhen felt excited but also felt the pressure on her shoulders increasing.

Producing 3000 bars of soap a day is quite difficult for their small workshop.

"Uncle, we don't have enough people in the rented house, and we only have two sets of machines. If we want to produce 3000 bars of soap a day, we can only extend the working hours. But our workers already have very short rest time every month. If we extend the working hours further, I'm afraid everyone will be unhappy."

Yan Bugui disagrees:
"Why would they be unhappy about this? It's not like they are not paid for their work. We are just asking them to work overtime. As long as they work one hour overtime, we will give them an extra 20 cents. A big reward will always bring courage. I don't believe they will not do it."

Two cents an hour, to be honest, this price is not low.

What Xu Huizhen is worried about is that the workers’ workload is too intense and the yield rate may decrease.

Moreover, if you work while tired, safety accidents are likely to occur, so I thought about it and said.

"Uncle, I think we should hire a few more people. We can't let them do all the work. I know you want our people to do the work and give them the money, but these guys in our hospital are not young anymore. I'm afraid they don't have enough energy."

In the small workshop No. 40, most of the workers are residents of the courtyard.

A small number of them are neighbors from the adjacent yards.

But the residents of Courtyard 40 are all relatively old, including some elderly women or disabled people like Zhao Quezi.

The physical strength of these people is indeed a problem. If they work too long, they are likely to suffer safety accidents or faint in the workshop because they cannot bear the intensity.

Yan Bugui thought about it and realized that this was indeed the problem, so he agreed.

"What you said makes sense. Then let's hire a few more people and have them do overtime work. However, we don't need to pay them so much."

"The people we recruit this time probably aren't from our school, don't you think?" Yan Bugui said very calculatingly.

Xu Huizhen strongly agrees with this view.

The wages in their small workshop are still relatively high.

Each worker can get a salary of 30 yuan per month.

It is more than what an ordinary worker in a steel mill can earn.
On the contrary, the intensity of the work is not very high.

This is also because the workers in the small workshop are all our own people.

If I were to hire someone else, I certainly wouldn’t be so generous.

"Then how about I go out and post a notice tonight and recruit about 10 more people?"

"Okay, I think it's okay. You can decide on this matter."

Yan Bugui left after discussing with Xu Huizhen.

Then that night Xu Huizhen started recruiting people. Of course, the salary could not be compared with that of No. 40 Courtyard, so Xu Huizhen reduced the salary a bit to 20 yuan a month.

For many people who don’t have a workstation, this is simply a blessing in disguise.

So as soon as the notice was posted, the next morning when Xu Huizhen went to work, she saw a long line of people standing in front of her small workshop.

After a quick count, there were at least a hundred people, and there were others coming from all directions.

This number is even more frightening.

In the end, Xu Huizhen had to choose 10 younger women.

Young people have more energy, and women are more meticulous in their work.

After the new workers come to work.

The output of soap in the small workshop naturally increased a lot.

However, just a few days later, Li Jiandong asked to increase production again.

Xu Huizhen was really busy and happy. Yan Bugui was even happier, almost laughing his teeth off.

Higher production means more income. For every 1000 extra bars of soap produced every day, each household can earn an extra 100 yuan per month.

And this time.

Li Jiandong has also started preparing for the second shopping mall.

The mall made too much money, and apart from the investment in goods, the investment in other aspects was very small. In addition, Li Jiandong's side was to deliver the goods first and then pay.

Even if he wants to open a few more shopping malls, he can do it with his funds. (End of this chapter)