Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Kong Hao thought about it and then spoke seriously.

"Minister Zhang, I'd better tell you some things in advance, so as to avoid big losses in the operation process later."

After hearing this, Minister Zhang and Brigade Commander Chen quickly put down their wine glasses, and Secretary Xiaowen beside them also took out his notebook to take notes.

"The various wine glasses produced by our glass factory are all high-end, and the selling price cannot be too low, usually about 80% of the market price."

"At the beginning, you can sell at a low price to open up the market, but it must not be lower than 50% of the market price."

"People drink foreign liquor for style and good things for face. We can't let them feel that we are selling cheap junk."

After hearing this, Brigade Commander Chen nodded in agreement. He knew exactly what kind of people those rich people in Shanghai were like.

You must wear a suit, and the clothing store must be owned by foreigners. You must eat bread and drink milk for breakfast. Only in this way can you be considered a high-class person.

Whenever there is a party, we have to order foreign liquor and eat Western steak, as if we would be inferior if we don’t do so.

"Xiao Kong is right. No matter what our cost is, we must sell it at a high price and make a killing out of those rich people."

Minister Zhang also nodded repeatedly. It was always right to listen to Kong Hao when it came to making money.

“As for the second point, we can definitely set up an economic department to sell this kind of glass products, and there will be other industrial products in the future.”

"This department is purely a sales department and is not involved in any intelligence. This way, it will not be targeted by any hostile forces."

"Also, in the rear areas, especially in the mountain city, there are many dignitaries and dignitaries there, so there will be a huge demand for these foreign gadgets. If you do it well, you can make a lot of money."

Minister Zhang responded seriously: "Xiao Kong, in fact, the head of the headquarters has made a similar plan before, but our Eighth Route Army has never had anything to show for it. We can't sell some agricultural and sideline products that are everywhere on the street."

"This kind of high-end glass wine set is just right now. If you operate it well, you can probably make tens of thousands of dollars a month."

Kong Hao then led the two to another glass cabinet, took out a wine bottle and proudly introduced it:

"Minister Zhang, actually you can make a lot of money from these empty wine bottles."

"For example, if this bottle of XO is sold to a certain channel, it will be worth at least two dollars. Do you believe it?"

Look at this small glass bottle, it only weighs half a pound of glass at most, how could it be so valuable?

He asked curiously, "Xiao Kong, although I have never been to a big city, don't lie to me. How can this empty bottle be so valuable?"

At this time, Brigade Commander Chen came to his senses and said with a smile:

“Xiao Kong, you mean to sell it to those who make counterfeit goods on the black market.”

"Yes, Commander. Imported wine like this costs at least ten dollars a bottle. Some are even more expensive."

"The foreign wine bottles produced by our arsenal are exactly the same as those sold abroad. We sell them to certain people for two dollars. They then fill them with some worthless wine and seal them before selling them to bars at a high price."

"Anyway, the people in the bar are all drunkards who can't tell whether the wine is good or bad. This is also a good business that can make money."

Minister Zhang was also greatly inspired by listening to Kong Hao's business talk. It turned out that money could be made in this way.

They had never thought that there were so many ways to make money.

This is also the benefit brought by industrialization. The products produced contain a lot of added value, unlike agricultural and sideline products which are worthless.

Then, Kong Hao took out a kettle and continued to introduce:

"In fact, there is very little demand for these high-end wine bottles and glasses, so they cannot become the main products of our glassware factory."

"After the factory's technicians worked day and night on research and development, several of our factories jointly developed this kettle, which has similar performance to those on the market."

After saying this, he found three large bowls and poured some hot water into them.

"The hot water has been in the thermos for two days, and the heat preservation effect is still good."

After Minister Zhang took the water and drank it, he asked with a smile:

"This kettle is really a good thing. We used to spend a lot of money to buy it from outside, but now we can produce it in our own factory and save a lot of money."

"By the way, what is the production volume of this stuff?"

"We are currently in trial production and can produce about 1,500 pieces a month. Once the production becomes stable, the number will almost double. As for the cost, it is about one-fifth of the market price."

Minister Zhang was quite satisfied when he heard that more than 3,000 units could be produced in the next month.

Their logistics department had previously tried to equip the heads of the headquarters with some of these thermos, but only two could be allocated to one office, and it took several heads to get one.

The main reason is that this kind of thing is not a necessity of life, and it is impossible to purchase too much with limited funds.

Of course, if we can produce it ourselves, that’s another matter. If we can produce more than 3,000 kettles a month, then it would be easy to equip the headquarters with 200 kettles.

In this way, no matter how late the leaders are busy, they will always have hot water to drink, which is very good for their health.

Excess production capacity can also be sold to the people in the base at a low price, so that everyone can enjoy the convenience brought by industrialization.

At present, the Eighth Route Army has tasted the sweetness of industrialization and will certainly invest more manpower and material resources into it in the future.

Next, the three of them visited the production line of the Ma Sihuan rifle, which was the main purpose of Brigade Commander Chen’s visit.

"Xiao Kong, how is the progress of the rifle now?"

"Commander, a batch of sample guns have been produced in the past few days and are now undergoing extreme testing. If we want to officially mass-produce them, it may take some time."

"Let's go to the shooting range together and compare the Czech rifles with our own rifles to see the specific effects."

"Go and have a look."

Faced with this request, Brigade Commander Chen and Minister Zhang gladly accepted it. They would definitely support such a good thing.

After arriving at the firearms testing field, we saw that the testers were divided into two groups, each with two rifles. One group was continuously shooting, while the other group had more than sixty soldiers lined up to use them.

Seeing that the two leaders were confused, Kong Hao could only analyze it in detail:

"According to our standards, each rifle needs to be fired with 500 rounds of ammunition to determine all aspects of the rifle's performance."

"But Director Ren felt that this was a bit wasteful. After all, the frontline troops didn't have enough bullets, so they changed to this method."

"One group is for the special forces snipers to conduct continuous shooting training. Each person must fire 100 rounds in a row. The other group is for the soldiers of the arsenal garrison to conduct live-fire training. Each soldier fires five rounds."

"According to Director Ren's idea, we just have to shoot. This can also improve the shooting ability of some soldiers, which is the best of both worlds."

Upon hearing this, Brigade Commander Chen and Minister Zhang were speechless, but this was in line with Director Ren's personality, he liked to settle the small accounts of everything.