Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 270 Industrial Transfer
What made Zhou Yi speechless was that he was the last one among the people present to know about the refrigeration box.

Gong Zheng apologized: "Chairman, this is my fault. I didn't report the progress to you in time. Please punish me."

Qiansu is still the bravest.

She spread her hands and said, "The main reason is that you, the chairman, have been worrying about big things, bombing the Shuanghe area, developing flying aliens, and ground-breaking light bombs... These small advances are really not worth mentioning."

Zheng Tao also echoed, "We just want to make the transformation as perfect as possible and report back to you."

Zhou Yi also understood what they meant, but still said: "Completion is more important than perfection. As long as it is a new thing, there will definitely be a lot of controversy and flaws. But that doesn't matter. As long as it benefits the majority of people, it is a good thing."

Everyone said yes.

When it comes to pricing, Zheng Tao was a little confused: "Chairman, the refrigeration box can actually follow the previous Flame Cup model and be handed over to a mechanical and electrical city like Coral Mouth, so that it can be mass-produced, right?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "We need to have our own manufacturing industry."

"In the past, it was due to objective conditions such as insufficient population and lack of relevant materials. But the materials of the refrigerator itself are simple, and the core is the design and proportion. We can completely produce it independently."

“This has three benefits.”

He said to the others: "First, it can drive the company and allow some employees to learn basic manufacturing and processing, laying the foundation for future related industrial upgrades. Only when you have processing and production experience can you further improve and innovate."

"The second is that it can absorb new employment groups. Currently, there are more and more new immigrants. Because the Guangxu Dam is too large, we have to control the number of workers, and management has become very difficult. Manufacturing and processing can accommodate more workers."

"Third, we cannot rely too much on electromechanical cities, otherwise we will be controlled and influenced in disguised form. We must have our own industries, although many of them have to be explored from scratch, but this is the only way to have a future."

Zheng Tao nodded and said, "Indeed."

Qian Su's eyes became sharp: "Chairman, are we going to decouple from the Mechanical and Electrical City?"

“Not yet.”

Zhou Yi said: "It's never a bad thing to just have one more leg to walk on. No matter what, you can't rely on others. You have to rely on yourself."

As an arms dealer after all, Qiansu is very sensitive to many things.

"Back to the pricing of the cooler. Let's all feel free to share our opinions."

Zheng Tao was the first to express his opinion: "The core of the pricing of the refrigeration box is the refrigeration coal. If the material cost is 15 yuan per piece, according to the standard of daily consumables, the cost of raw materials usually accounts for about 1%-30% of the product price. Our external pricing should be around 40 yuan-38 yuan to ensure a certain profit."

"With this price, I need at least 2280 mushrooms to keep the refrigerator cool every month, which is not affordable for most people. So I am actually quite worried about whether it can be sold on a large scale."

"Refrigerator boxes are great and can store food for a long time without spoiling, but they are a bit expensive."

This is also a point that Zhou Yi is more worried about.

Cooling and heating are different.

The latter is a basic need. Without heating, you will really freeze to death in winter. Boiling water and cooking for daily meals is also a necessity.

The Goblet of Fire itself can be charged through the Dead Sea, and the subsequent expenses are very small.

So there is no need to worry about selling.

The refrigeration box is more like an upgrade in quality of life, at least for ordinary people in the wasteland era.

Qian Su lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Chairman, I strongly agree that we should have independent manufacturing capabilities."

"How about this? We first hand over some of the manufacturing and processing work to other members of the development alliance. For example, Steel City, which produces coal and iron and has been manufacturing iron tools."

"There are ready-made workers and processing sites over there. We only need to provide the technical design and hand over the final production process to them. Steel Refinery will process it on their behalf and sell it to the outside world. We just need to share the profits."

"This will become a distribution of benefits within the alliance, and I believe the Fullmetal Alchemists Guild is very willing to do so. As for the price issue, I don't think there is anything to worry about."

The girl said confidently: "It's a little difficult for ordinary people to buy a refrigerator, but some industries really need it, and it's even indispensable."

"First, restaurants need to refrigerate food to keep it fresh, especially meat. In the past, they used cellars and icehouses, which were not very effective and had a short shelf life. Icehouses also required ice to be purchased and transported from outside, which was much more expensive."

"Then there is the ship, where cooling is also extremely important. Long-term sailing in the Dead Sea will cause the ship to overheat and overload, so there will be special crew members responsible for cooling it."

"Typically, crews would hang wet cloth or reeds over doorways and windows, and when the wind blew through the damp fabric, it would lower the air temperature. Or they would use a fan to cool the air."

"Large reinforced ships and advanced ships have comprehensive cooling measures, such as purchasing special [low temperature] light prints."

She explained patiently: "But the majority are small and medium-sized ships, which do not have that much available budget, so this has always been a problem. As a result, they cannot sail for a long time and have to stop to cool down."

"In addition, cooling is also required for storing medicines, making ice cubes, and patients recuperating."

"If you sell the refrigerator to these people, they won't think it's expensive. It's much cheaper than before."

After hearing what she said, Zhou Yi immediately understood.

indeed.

Although it is impossible to popularize refrigerators in every household immediately, there are still many jobs that require refrigeration and low temperatures.

"In addition to selling to these people, we can also customize underground freezers to supply some specialized organizations. Not to mention the merchants, as far as I know, the Alchemists' Association, the Knights' Order, and the Craftsmen's Guild all need ice cellars because they have to store a lot of specific equipment and supplies."

"Our technology has greatly reduced the cost of ice cellars, and with improved customization and design, we don't have to worry about customers."

Qian Su smiled and said, "The company now has mechanical and electrical programmers who can calculate and design through programs, which is much faster than the traditional method."

Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

When it comes to business, Qiansu's professionalism is beyond doubt.

Zhou Yi immediately contacted Ganglian Gong.

After hearing about the refrigeration box, the electromechanical sea lord was overjoyed: "Are you really willing to let us make and sell this product?"

"of course."

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "What do you think? You can't do it?" "I can do it! I can handle it!"

The other party quickly said, "Refrigeration technology is very common in electromechanical cities, and both the principles and technologies are very mature. It is basically a metal structure, and it requires more or less refrigerants, working fluids, gas and liquid, steam compression equipment, etc. It's just that it has never been possible to reduce the cost to such a low level before."

"The refrigeration box has a simple structure and is made of cheap materials. Although its stability is a little worse, its cheapness is its biggest competitive advantage!"

"Steel City is a manufacturing and processing city with experience in processing metals and coal. We can undertake this project, from raw material processing to finished product production and sales."

"Please believe us, Fullmetal Alchemist can definitely do this well."

Zhou Yi didn't waste any time and signed an electronic agreement with it on the spot, splitting the profits 50-50.

The final market price is negotiated by both parties.

Then, he asked Red Falcon to synchronize and connect the designs and formulas from the programmers with those from Fullmetal Alchemist.

The commercialization strategy for the entire refrigeration box has been determined.

The company is responsible for design and research and development, while Steel Refinery City is responsible for processing, production and sales.

The two places are not far apart, and communication between them is convenient.

This is also one of Qiansu’s core ideas.

"We will retain and further develop key core technologies, and will first hand over parts that require a large amount of labor to other cities in the alliance."

"In this way, the cycle of benefits within the alliance is achieved."

"In the future, many commodities and equipment can be produced in other cities, which can provide a large number of jobs for the local area, absorb and stabilize more population, and generate considerable and sustained profits."

Now Beike City has taken over the sale of Mushroom House, and Steel Refining City has taken over the refrigeration box industry chain, and both have also received a share of the company's development pie dividends.

They are the most core allies.

"We in the express delivery industry don't have these complicated things. We just deliver goods everywhere."

"With more Bonefish couriers, we can cover more cities. Chairman, do you know? Something outrageous is happening right now."

Qian Su showed a somewhat helpless look: "There are actually orders for us to deliver goods to those sailing ships, to give them food and supplies. They treat us as a mobile transport team."

Zhou Yi was also surprised.

Really outrageous.

"What did you say?"

"I'll take it. It's annoying, but they give a lot..."

Qian Su said righteously, "The most outrageous thing is that we had two orders before, one for each side of the battlefield. They were both rushing to buy medicines, and when we delivered them, we were almost attacked."

"..."

Even during the war, we were still placing orders and calling for external logistics.

Everyone is getting better and better at playing.

Zheng Tao said at this time: "Chairman, if you have time now, I would like to invite you to go to the land of the suspended layer with me to take a look."

"how?"

"A kind of...monster appeared over there."

Zhou Yi immediately understood.

The God of Land covered the suspended layer with soil, and after a few months, it finally had an effect.

He and Zheng Tao came all the way to the suspended floor.

White radishes and cabbages grow in the soil here. The cabbages look normal, but some of the radishes have grown to be as tall as a person, like missiles stuck in the soil.

There are four giant white radishes like this in the field. They are surrounded by fences and protected by warning ropes.

Zhou Yi was about to ask what was going on.

Suddenly he sensed something sneaking around not far away.

Zhou Yi took a quick step forward and found someone pulling radishes in the field... Radishes?
The radish monster pulled out his beard and ran away.

The shadow disappeared in an instant.

However, [Alert] still firmly locked onto this little monster. It was emitting white light, indicating that it was a light-absorbing species.

Zhou Yi walked over to it and pulled it out of the soil by the radish leaves. The radish monster was still struggling desperately.

Look carefully.

This little thing looks similar to an ordinary white radish, the difference is that it can move, and its roots are more developed and flexible, and these roots are its moving limbs.

The plant is a phototrophic species.

This was also the first time Zhou Yi met him.

"Chairman, please show some mercy, please show some mercy!"

Zheng Tao said hurriedly.

Zhou Yi said: "Don't worry, I won't hurt it. What's the matter?"

The agriculture minister said: "It's actually harmless. Those four giant radishes were created by it."

(End of this chapter)