Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Li Weidong went to the National Cotton Factory and hired engineers to install and debug the machine. Then based on the process provided by Professor Chu, he made the kind of core-filled braid that Li Weidong wanted.

The next step is to purchase raw materials such as wool and linen. This is not a problem for Li Weidong, who has worked as a dispatcher. As for the transportation of raw materials, the freight office also opened a back door for Li Weidong and gave priority to the raw materials Li Weidong needs.

With the raw materials in hand, the four high-speed braiding machines began to rotate at full speed, and each core-filled braid was produced.

At this time, Li Weidong finally announced the new product he was going to launch.

On the drawing, there is a cushion drawn. The cushion has a backrest, and there is also a design specially designed to cushion the head at the position of the head.

Li Weidong pointed to the drawing and said, "This is the next flagship product of our factory!"

"This is a seat cushion with a backrest. Is it for a sofa?"

"I think a chair would work too."

"The backrest seems a little high, right? Is it suitable for a chair?"

"Is that top part a pillow?"

The four workshop directors started discussing in low voices.

Li Weidong said: "Everyone, this is not for sofas or chairs, but for cars. This is a special cushion for car seats!"

"It turns out it's for car seats. No wonder the backrest is so high and there's a place to rest your head on top." Everyone suddenly understood and nodded.

Li Weidong went on to explain: "Next, we will use core braids to weave them into ordinary cushions, and then process them into car seat cushions.

Our core-filled braids are made of linen and wool blends, which have strong breathability, good heat dissipation, and can prevent static electricity. Especially in humid and hot environments, having such a cushion can greatly relieve the pain of the body.

Hot.

You can think about it, in the summer, the cockpit is so stuffy and hot, it’s almost like a steamer. With this kind of linen car seat cushion, isn’t it much more comfortable to sit in the cab?”

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In the 1930s, car shock-absorbing systems were poor and it was very uncomfortable to sit in the car. At that time, some people put thick seat cushions under the buttocks to increase riding comfort.

With the continuous development of the automobile industry, the shock absorption system is getting better and better, and automobile manufacturers have begun to pay attention to the comfort of driving and passengers. Car seats have become softer and softer, and car seat cushions have gradually disappeared.

Especially after leather car seats became popular, people in developed countries in Europe and the United States paid more attention to the texture of leather. Genuine leather plus sponge made it feel like sitting on a sofa, which was comfortable and classy.

In China, cars are relatively rare, so many people sew a seat cover for the car seat, not mainly for comfort, but to protect the seat from getting stained or damaged.

This kind of seat cover cannot provide additional functions, so it cannot be regarded as a functional cushion.

Really functional car seat covers appeared in the 1990s. The first ones were bamboo mat seat cushions. You can sit on them in the summer for two pieces. Later, there were fur seat cushions, which could keep you warmer in the car in the winter. And later on

Seat cushions made of various new materials are emerging one after another, including genuine leather, microfiber leather, artificial leather, chemical fiber, ice silk, and sub-silk.

The Chinese are poor and don't want to burn their buttocks in the summer or freeze their buttocks in the winter, so they can only think about adding a car seat cushion. Countries in Europe, the United States and Japan have money, and they have begun to think of ways to add seats to seats, such as seat heating, seat ventilation and other functions.

The arrangement allows passengers to withstand the severe cold of winter and the scorching heat of summer.

Later, domestic high-end cars basically did not install car seat cushions. High-end cars all had leather seats, which itself was a reflection of class. Of course, they had to be displayed. In addition, the seat heating and ventilation functions made the car seat cushions lose their function.

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Moreover, airbags are often installed in high-end car seats. The car seat cushions will affect the ejection of the airbags, thus affecting driving safety. Therefore, manufacturers do not recommend that car owners install car seat cushions.

Ordinary-grade cars don’t have this concern. Many ordinary-grade cars don’t even have leather seats, let alone heated and ventilated seats. Therefore, car seat cushions are still needed to keep you warm in winter and cool in summer.

As for airbags, ordinary-grade cars are equipped with two to four airbags. Some cheap new energy vehicles that are selling well do not have even one airbag. Such cars with a set of beautiful car seat covers can actually cover up the rudimentary configuration.

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A deputy factory director and four workshop directors are all good executors. Li Weidong said in one sentence that he wanted to produce linen car seat cushions. Deputy factory director Wang Jing immediately began to assign production tasks. The four workshop directors received the production tasks and then

Go organize production immediately.

Once there is a production task, there is no ambiguity and production starts immediately. This is the only advantage of the state-owned garment factory. At least Li Weidong does not have to worry about production.

In the production process of linen car seat cushions, the most difficult thing is to produce qualified core-filling braids. This has been solved by Li Weidong, and the next step is to weave the core-filling braids into linen cushions.

In fact, this set of processes can also be completed by machinery, but Li Weidong chose not to do this. Instead, he handed over the process of weaving into mats to workers in the garment factory and asked them to weave them by hand.

The efficiency of hand knitting is definitely not as good as that of machine knitting, but the cost is lower. The garment factory already has more than 300 employees, which is a ready-made labor force. Anyway, wages have to be paid every month, so it is not wasted.

In addition to weaving, a series of processes such as lining cloth, cap head, waistcoat, accessories, quality inspection, and packaging are also required to produce a car seat cushion. These are the original profession of the garment factory, and they are also very easy to make.

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In the conference room, there was an empty seat among the leadership team.

"Secretary Yu, Chairman Chen is not here yet. Should we wait a little longer?" Zhu Shicong asked.

"Chairman Chen received the notice and went to the organization department. He probably won't be back for a while." Yu Zhengcheng replied.

Zhu Shicong was overjoyed when he heard the news.

Chairman Chen of the trade union has reached retirement age this year. At this time, he was called to the organization department. The organization must have talked to him. Then Chairman Chen should officially go through the retirement procedures.

Zhu Shicong subconsciously looked at Yu Zhengcheng next to him, and thought to himself: It will be your turn next year!

Yu Zhengcheng is only one year younger than Chairman Chen of the labor union, and will reach retirement age next year. After Zhengcheng retires, Zhu Shicong, the second-in-command, will naturally take a step further and become the top leader of the transportation company.

During the meeting, Zhu Shicong was always in an excited state of mind, and the feeling of a wife who had been a wife for many years and became a mother-in-law was always lingering in his heart.

After the meeting, Zhu Shicong called Wang Haibin into the office.

"Hainbin, Chairman Chen is retiring soon. You should know this, right?" Zhu Shicong asked.

Wang Haibin nodded: "I know, hasn't the organization department already talked to him? I guess he will go through the retirement procedures soon."

"There is still a process to go through to complete the retirement procedures. Go back and see if Chairman Chen needs anything else. In terms of material matters, if you can solve it, please help." Zhu Shicong asked.

Wang Haibin hesitated for a moment and then said: "As usual, should we arrange for Chairman Chen to go out for inspection?"

Zhu Shicong nodded: "Okay, let's ask Chairman Chen for his opinion and see where he wants to go. If he's outside the province, we'll try to make arrangements. I'm afraid it will be more difficult to go to Hong Kong. After all, Chairman Chen is not a full-time employee of the company."

Everyone knows that before leading cadres of state-owned enterprises retire, they should arrange an "inspection".

In the 1980s, such "inspections" were generally conducted domestically, such as going to Xi'an to inspect the Terracotta Warriors, Guilin to inspect the landscape, and Hangzhou to inspect the West Lake.

If you have a higher level, such as a full-time official like Yu Zhengcheng, you are eligible to leave the country and go to places like Hong Kong Island.

In future generations, "inspection" will definitely involve going abroad. If you want to be low-key, go to Japan for inspection. If you don't want to be low-key, go to European and American countries. Those who are brave will dare to go to Las Vegas for inspection. But no matter where you go, "

The cost of the "inspection" is paid by the employer, so you don't have to spend any money.

Now that Chairman Chen is about to retire, this "inspection" naturally has to be arranged.

"The inspection matters are not under the control of your purchasing department, but are left to the office. However, if Chairman Chen needs to purchase anything in the near future, you will have to make arrangements there."

Zhu Shicong changed his voice and then asked: "What's going on at the clothing factory recently? Have you asked for an order?"

"I heard that they no longer produce leather jackets. But they haven't asked me for an order." Wang Haibin has obviously been paying attention to clothing factories.

"Do you know what the garment factory is doing now?" Zhu Shicong asked again.

"According to the information I inquired about, the clothing factory is making a kind of cushion that is specially placed on car seats. It is said that it will be cooler when you sit on it in summer." Wang Haibin replied.

Zhu Shicong was slightly startled: "Car seat cushion? Will anyone buy this thing? If you want to cool down, find a mat to cushion it, isn't it the same!"

"Yes, I think so too. But I heard that Li Weidong bought new equipment specifically to produce this car seat cushion!" Wang Haibin replied.

Zhu Shicong frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "In the entire Qinghe area, the car seat cushions produced by our transportation company and clothing factory are the ones with the most cars. Apart from us, there is probably no other car seat.

Buyer, this car seat cushion is not a necessity, you can buy it or not, keep an eye on it, don’t even give an order to Li Weidong!"

"Mr. Zhu, don't worry, I won't give Li Weidong an order without your instructions!" Wang Haibin said fiercely.

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At the same time, at the clothing factory, sets of car seat cushions were stacked in the warehouse.

As the inventory increased, Li Weidong had no intention of finding sales channels. The car seat cushions he produced were directly backlogged in the warehouse.

Wang Kaiping took several invoices and came to Li Weidong for reimbursement.

"Director, this is the invoice for purchasing raw materials of hemp wool. Please sign it so that I can record it." Wang Kaiping handed the invoice to Li Weidong.

Li Weidong looked at the amount on the invoice, signed his name with a swipe of his pen, and then returned the invoice to Wang Kaiping.

Wang Kaiping took the invoice and seemed hesitant to speak.

"Brother Wang, just say what you have to say, there is no need for the two of us to be polite." Li Weidong said.

"Director, our production has been booming this month, but none of the car seat cushions produced have been sold. Now the factory's expenses depend entirely on the profits from selling leather jackets. After all, this is not sustainable for a long time.

What a plan!" Wang Kaiping said.

Li Weidong smiled slightly and asked: "Do you think, for the broken cars in our country, they are good as long as they don't fall apart on the road, so do they still need to buy car seat cushions?"

"Well, it seems that there is really no need for it." Wang Kaiping said honestly.

"That's right! We produce car seat cushions, but they are not sold in China! These products are sold to foreigners."

Li Weidong smiled slightly, ignoring Wang Kaiping's surprised look, but looked at the calendar in front of him, and then said: "Registration for this year's Canton Fair will start soon!"