Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

Hongwei County.

After Wang Qiang arrived here with five salesmen, he quickly found another warehouse and rented it as a base for Chunfeng Bread to enter the Hongwei County market.

With the documents from the Supply and Marketing Corporation, Wang Qiang did not encounter any obstacles in Hongwei County and was able to smoothly establish connections with local companies.

Xiangqian also recruited some local laborers, made a few tricycles, and used the same model to start distributing goods in Hongwei County.

Truckloads of bread were shipped into Hongwei County and placed on the shelves of various supply and marketing cooperatives.

The sweet and soft new bread soon surpassed the original large bread in the supply and marketing cooperative and became the new favorite of customers.

While Wang Qiang was happy, he did not notice that another small bakery in the county was in trouble because of the emergence of Chunfeng Bread.

Wheat Field Bakery is a small enterprise in Hongwei County. It was originally a handicraft workshop founded by a group of self-reliant young people who were led by the street.

Because it is made in the Russian style of large bread, the bread produced is large and has a rough texture, and is commonly known as large bread.

However, the emergence of big bread did fill the market gap in Hongwei County. For a period of time, Wheat Field Big Bread was still very popular.

The handicraft workshop soon grew and the Wheatfield Bakery was officially established. Although its scale was far less than a quarter of the Chunfeng Bakery and it did not have the automated production equipment like the Chunfeng Bakery, Wheatfield Bakery was still living a comfortable life in its small piece of land in Hongwei County.

But all this has changed dramatically with the arrival of Chunfeng Bread.

The large and rough wheat field bread suddenly became a slow-selling product. The stocks in various supply and marketing cooperatives could not be sold and were also facing the situation of corruption and expiration.

Inside the Wheatfield Bakery.

The production workshop has been notified to reduce production, and the daily output is now less than half of what it used to be.

The workers had nothing to do, so they could only sit there and do nothing.

In the factory director's office, five or six people sat around a table, each with a very solemn expression.

There are many Chunfeng breads placed on the table, and all the different types of Chunfeng brand bread on sale are on the table.

One person grabbed a red bean toast bread that was shaped like a square brick, tore open the bag, and tore off a piece and put it into his mouth under the gaze of everyone.

The red beans are sweet and melt in your mouth, the bread is delicate and soft, and has a hint of milky flavor.

"It's this red bean toast bread. Although it's 1 cent more expensive than our big bread and the quantity is not as large as our big bread, customers still prefer it instead of our big bread." One person said somewhat angrily.

The man who had tasted the red bean toast sighed helplessly after hearing this: "Compared to our big bread, this red bean toast is indeed more delicious. It's sweet and fragrant, and it looks better too."

"I just ate it, and it's indeed better than our big bread." One person said.

"Feng Kui, you're in charge of technology and production. The sample is right in front of you. Do you think we can make bread like this?"

Feng Kui, who was called, also picked up the bread on the table and looked at it carefully.

"It's not a big problem to make the same thing. Even if we don't know how to do it now, I can go to the provincial capital to find someone to learn from. The root cause of this incident is not entirely due to the product itself." Feng Kui said to several people in a somewhat dejected manner, holding Chunfeng's bread.

"What do you mean?" Liu Daqing, the director and secretary of the Wheatfield Bakery, looked at Feng Kui and asked.

Feng Kuituo placed the bread in his hand in front of everyone and said, "Look at their bread. It's all individually vacuum-sealed. Look at the tooth marks on the edges. It's obvious that they were sealed all at once by a fully automatic packaging machine. This is more hygienic, and vacuum sealing can also extend the shelf life of the bread."

"Look at these breads." Feng Kui picked out all the breads of the same style on the table and placed them together.

"See? The breads are almost identical in size and shape. This shows they use machines, not manual labor, to make them. That's why they're so consistent."

"From kneading the dough to making it, and then to packaging, their entire process is mechanized. Even if we decipher their formula, what can we use to compete with them?" Feng Kui said somewhat dejectedly.

"Why can't we compete? They use machines and we use people. Isn't it just that we can't do it as fast as them? The worst that can happen is that we hire more people and have three shifts of production. Why can't we compete?" Xie Yuan, who is in charge of purchasing and storage, said somewhat unhappily.

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Feng Kui looked at Xie Yuan as if he were an idiot.

"What about the cost? Can the cost of machine production and manual production be the same? The same piece of toast may cost them less than 1 cents to make, while we can barely break even 5 cents to make it manually. Without a cost advantage, there can be no price advantage. Don't you even understand this?"

Feng Kui looked down on Xie Yuan. Not only was he a complete fool, but he also took advantage of his position to do dirty tricks and make money.

Take the batch of flour that Xie Yuan recently purchased for example. That batch of flour was at least one year old.

Old dough is heavy and new dough is light, and old dough does not ferment as much as new dough. The same amount of ingredients can produce nearly 10% less bread.

But Xie Yuan quoted the price of new flour to the factory.

The reason for such embezzlement was all because of Xie Yuan's uncle, Director Xie of the Street Office who had taken the lead in setting up the Wheat Field Bakery and is now also the superior leader of their bakery.

Xie Yuan was embarrassed by Feng Kui's public criticism and said unhappily, "I'm not in charge of production and sales. If you're so clear-headed, why don't you come up with a useful solution? I can't help it. What did you just say is no different from a dog fart?"

"What did you say?" Feng Kui got furious upon hearing this. He pointed his finger at Xie Yuan's nose and cursed loudly, "Xie Yuan, what the hell are you! You used old flour to quote the factory for new flour, and you pocketed the entire difference. Do you think we don't know? This is corruption!"

"Nonsense! Feng Kui, you can eat whatever you want but you can't say whatever you want! Who the hell is corrupt? I clearly purchased new noodles, and it's clearly written on the purchase order. There are so many people here, don't you dare accuse me!" Xie Yuan was a little angry when Feng Kui exposed his good deeds, and he pointed at Feng Kui and cursed.

Factory director Liu Daqing held his arm across to hold back Xie Yuan who was about to attack.

"It's already this late, and you're still fighting among yourselves! If we don't come up with a solution, our factory will close down, and everyone will be left starving!"

Liu Daqing's words calmed Feng Kui and Xie Yuan down.

Xie Yuan looked at Feng Kui coldly, snorted, and said, "They are just a few outsiders. I don't believe they can cause any trouble in Hongwei County. Within five days, I will send them back to where they came from!"

"But Feng Kui, you better remember this: I saved your job. So be polite to me next time you see me!"

Xie Yuan grabbed a piece of bread on the table and slammed it hard on the table, then turned and left.

Inside the house, Feng Kui was so angry that his teeth were itching.

Liu Daqing, however, acted like a peacemaker: "We are all a collective, why are you arguing with him? If Xie Yuan can really drive him away, then he will be our greatest hero. There are some things that we should not mention again in the future."