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Huanghe Storage "TF memory card" production workshop.

Just after 12 o'clock in the morning, employees in the production workshop took off their dust-proof clothing and walked out of the workshop one after another.

It’s not that it’s time to change shifts.

The "TF Memory Card" production department urgently adjusted its production hours yesterday. The night shift was from 8pm to 8am the next morning. It was just after 12am. According to the consistent overtime tradition of "Yellow River Storage", all employees There will be a half-hour break.

During this half hour, everyone can take a short rest, or go to the canteen on the second floor to have some midnight snacks to fill their stomachs.

Although the canteen is not as complete as the one during the day in the evening, basic noodles, noodles, steamed buns and other simple meals are fully supplied, and you can even have a cup of coffee, drinks, etc.

Huang Shufen carefully followed the crowd to the canteen on the second floor. This was her first overtime work since joining the TF memory card production department of "Yellow River Storage".

In fact, not only her, but almost all employees in the "TF memory card" production department have no experience of working overtime.

For a long time, the "TF memory card" production department has mainly supplied only two major customers, "Nietzsche Mobile" and "NetEase Select". The sales volume is stable. It only needs to complete the production tasks step by step every day, and there is no need to work overtime at all.

Of course, not working overtime also means that ordinary sorters like Huang Shufen can only get so much salary every month.

Thinking of this, Huang Shufen couldn't help but worry about gains and losses.

This kind of work is indeed easy, but it only costs three to four thousand yuan per month.

She sighed softly and unknowingly followed the crowd to the canteen on the second floor.

She looked up and saw that the lights in the canteen were bright and the huge restaurant was crowded. In addition to the employees of the "TF Memory Card" production department, there were many employees from other departments who were also dining.

"There are quite a lot of people..."

Huang Shufen was secretly speechless. At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came to her ears.

"Sister Huang, is this your first time working the night shift?"

"Just order whatever you want. Late night snacks are free in our factory, so feel free to eat."

Huang Shufen turned around and was suddenly flattered to see that it was Manager Wang, the head of her production department.

Unexpectedly, the leader was still there at night.

After a moment, she nodded hurriedly.

"Well, thank you, Manager Wang, I understand."

After saying this, Huang Shufen did not dare to stay longer and hurriedly walked to the canteen's ordering window.

There were already several people lined up outside the window, waiting for their meals to be served. When she got closer, she saw that the window was steaming and several canteen staff were working enthusiastically.

Huang Shufen watched for a while, perhaps sensing her embarrassment, the staff member responsible for ordering food at the window looked over and asked proactively:

"Sister, we have steamed buns, porridge, steamed stuffed buns, noodles, noodles, and glutinous rice balls. What do you want to eat?"

Huang Shufen was not actually hungry. The main reason she came here was out of curiosity.

Just as she was hesitating, the staff member added another sentence.

"Don't worry, it's all free. Just order what you like and don't waste it."

"All right……"

Huang Shufen smiled sheepishly and breathed out lightly.

"Then let's have some glutinous rice balls."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

After about a few minutes, a bowl of hot glutinous rice balls came out of the pot. She immediately found a seat with the glutinous rice balls and sat down. At this moment, a few seats away not far away, two young men came with noodles. Sat down.

She glanced at it subconsciously, and it looked familiar. After a closer look, she saw that they were two technicians from the same department. One of them was a little older and she had greeted her several times. He was a junior supervisor. Everyone called him Brother Liu or Lao Liu. .

The two of them didn't notice Huang Shufen beside them. Just as they sat down, the young man beside Lao Liu was stirring the noodles with a smile on his face.

"Brother Liu, you have a good relationship with our manager Wang. Can you help arrange a few more night shifts for your brother?"

Hearing this, Old Liu smiled happily.

However, he did not answer in a hurry. Instead, he calmly took a sip of noodles, his face full of satisfaction.

After taking two more big bites, he slowly said:

"Xiao Ding, I know you have something to do with me, but... I'm afraid I can't help with this matter."

"As you know, according to the current rules and regulations of our department, a night shift is equivalent to double the normal salary, and there is also a night shift subsidy. Calculating, a night shift can earn almost 700 yuan."

"Everyone is watching and competing to do it. Who doesn't want to work the night shift?"

When Xiao Ding heard this, his face darkened a bit.

Indeed, as soon as Manager Wang announced the overtime pay at noon yesterday, everyone in the entire department enthusiastically signed up to work the night shift.

You know, the average salary for a technical position is around 7,000 to 8,000 yuan. Looking at other departments in the company, the monthly salary is often 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. It would be false to say that I am not envious.

But they also understand in their hearts that the work in the "TF memory card" production department is easy, and seven or eight thousand is already a good salary among their peers. If they want to increase their income, they must...work overtime!

But how can the department have the opportunity to work overtime? !

Now, the opportunity has finally come!

Thinking of this, Xiao Ding did not give up and said with a smile on his face:

"Brother Liu, please help me. Just add one more night shift, just one!"

"You also know that our department has a rare opportunity to work overtime. I don't know how long it will be next time..."

As soon as these words came out, they touched Huang Shufen's heart deeply.

In a daze, her heart tightened, and she hesitated whether she should also intercede with her supervisor and apply for more night shifts.

As a sorter, her salary is just over 4,000 yuan. If she works the night shift, she can earn almost 500 yuan per night shift, which is almost equivalent to three days' wages.

With such overtime pay, who wouldn’t want to work more? !

But at this moment, Lao Liu smiled again and suddenly lowered his voice.

"Who said there will be no chance of working overtime in the future?"

"To tell you the truth, our overtime schedule this time has been scheduled until twenty days later...when you have to work the night shift!"

Twenty days later!

Xiao Ding couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face!

Even Huang Shufen, who was "eavesdropping" on the side, couldn't help but feel a little excited.

There is a twenty-day overtime plan, so no matter how you arrange your shifts, you can still work night shifts for ten days. Ten days is worth 5,000 yuan!

If you add in the basic salary, isn't it possible that your monthly salary will exceed 10,000 yuan this month? !

Monthly salary exceeds 10,000 yuan.

Huang Shufen couldn't help but feel excited. Although working the night shift was very hard, the night shift fee given by the factory was really not low. This kind of hard work——

She does!

and.

Huang Shufen lowered her head and glanced at the steaming glutinous rice balls on the table. The hot steam hit her face, making her feel dazed for a moment.

To be honest, she is already an older employee, and she worked in many factories when she was young.

But even in the developed coastal areas, she has never heard of any company that provides free midnight snacks to ordinary employees every day.

This is not to say how valuable a bowl of glutinous rice balls or a bowl of noodles is, but that you can feel the corporate culture and the factory's care for its employees from the details.

Sighing, at this moment, Liu Jian's voice came to my ears again.

"Eat quickly, we have to work for several hours in the middle of the night!"

"The factory pays high overtime pay and provides us with free midnight snacks. We can't take advantage of it, can we?"

"Yeah! That's right!"

Huang Shufen was startled and came to her senses. The next second, she stopped listening to the conversation between the two and quickly scooped up the glutinous rice balls in the bowl.

After taking this money, the best reward is to work hard and work hard!

Come on!

…

Huang Shufen is just a small microcosm of the "TF memory card" department.

After organizing emergency overtime work, a large number of employees rushed to work the night shift and put into production. The "Jinghong series" memory cards were soon running at full capacity at twice the usual production capacity.

After receiving Mo Ran's approval, the 32-layer "3D-NAND" flash memory particles were officially launched into mass production and put into use.

soon,

A large number of "Jinghong series" memory cards using 32-layer "3D-NAND" flash memory particles are flowing into the market and reaching every consumer one by one.

At this point, Nietzsche's "Jinghong Series" has truly realized the nationalization of the main control chip + flash memory particles and a closed loop of fully independent research and development.

but.

Even with the full cooperation of the TF memory card production department of "Yellow River Storage", the "Jinghong Series" 128GB and 256GB memory cards will inevitably be out of stock in the next few days.

In particular, after the article recommending the purchase of 128GB or 256GB paired with the "Brilliant S1" was widely circulated by major self-media, even the first batch of customers who purchased the "Brilliant S1" in March were tempted to re-purchase large-capacity TF memory cards. .

Fang Lin, the head of the operations department, was surprised and delighted when she saw the continuous explosion of sales.

In just a few days, the "Jinghong Series" 128GB and 256GB have exceeded 100,000 copies!

You know, in the past, even if all models of 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, etc. were added together, the monthly sales volume would only be about a thousand!

Now, we sell more in one day than we did in a year!

Behind the sales, what surprises her most is the profits.

In 2018, the most mainstream memory card in the market is 64GB memory card, but the price competition is also fierce.

Nietzsche's "Jinghong Series" 64GB is a U3-level high-speed memory card. After the price increase of flash memory particles, the purchase price from "Yellow River Storage" is as high as 85 yuan, and the retail price is only 99 yuan.

There are hundreds of orders a month, with a profit of more than ten yuan per order and free shipping. You can just imagine how much money you can make.

The profits of 128GB and 256GB are slightly higher, but they also have little sales volume.

And now!

"Jinghong series" memory cards are popular, and they are also the most profitable large-capacity memory cards. Suddenly they are popular!

The purchase price of 128GB Nietzsche from "Yellow River Storage" is 175 yuan, the sales price is 229 yuan, and the net profit margin is as high as 30%!

The profits for 256GB and 512GB are also considerable.

The purchase price of 256GB is 345 yuan, and the selling price is 428 yuan;

The purchase price of 512GB is 640 yuan, and the selling price is as high as 729 yuan. The profit per dollar is even higher than the profit from selling a "Nietzsche A8"!

At first glance, the sales of more than 100,000 copies in just a few days contributed to a net profit of 10 million yuan!

Thinking of this, Fang Lin couldn't help but gleam in her eyes. Hot sales can be linked to everyone's bonuses. The more sales, the more bonuses!

After a moment, she quickly took out her mobile phone and dialed Li Zhi's number again.

"Mr. Li...please increase your production capacity as soon as possible. We are out of stock again today!"

The popularity of the "Jinghong series" memory cards not only gave Nietzsche a sudden profit growth point, but the "TF memory card" production department also really tasted the benefits.

As mentioned before, the price competition for 64GB memory cards is fierce, the shipping prices of various manufacturers are relatively transparent, and the profits are not high.

The cost price of the 64GB "Jinghong series" is about 76 yuan. Nietzsche's purchase price is 85 yuan. After calculating, producing one unit only makes 9 yuan.

This is still gross profit.

However, producing 128GB and 256GB is a completely different story.

Producing a 128GB card can generate a profit of 20 yuan;

256GB can make a profit of 40 yuan;

512GB can even cost 50 yuan!

From a production perspective, there is no difference at all between producing 64GB and 512GB!

In other words, the sales volume of more than 100,000 copies this time has also brought millions of profits to the TF memory card production department of "Yellow River Storage"!

As the manager of the TF memory card production department, Wang Xiaole has been laughing so hard these days.

Anyone who has ever managed a department knows that this is the profit earned by the production department itself, and a large part of it can be controlled independently by the department!

When the time comes, the department will provide some benefits and bonuses. Wouldn’t it be nice for him?

Of course, not everyone is happy.

Gao Qiang, the head of the "3D-NAND" flash memory particle production department, is very depressed.

Although it is known that the cost of 32-layer "3D-NAND" flash memory particles is currently comparable to that of the mainstream "2D-NAND" in the market, the "TF memory card" production department may even be doing itself a favor by purchasing "3D-NAND".

But seeing my brother's department eating meat and doing it for nothing at the damn cost price, I still felt unwilling and very unhappy.

What can be done?

If we want the department to be competitive in meat-eating, we can only improve the yield rate and reduce costs!

"Brothers, if we work harder and increase the yield rate by another 2%, we will make a fortune!"

…

The sudden explosion of the "Jinghong Series" memory card caused a chain reaction in various departments of "Yellow River Storage". Mo Ran didn't know it.

After arranging the mass production of "3D-NAND" and returning from Huanghe Storage, he focused his attention on the three technologies he had picked out.

Finally, after thinking for a long time, he decided to start with a laptop.

First of all, with the current positioning of the Nietzsche brand, launching a laptop is not too abrupt.

Secondly.

He carefully looked at the "YT7000 thin and light notebook computer design drawings" provided by the system, and calculated that the cost was about 2,500 yuan.

The retail price will be set at 3099-3499, which is neither expensive nor cheap. It is very suitable as Nietzsche's first laptop.

He immediately handed over the matter to Lao Wang and asked to recruit people first and set up the laptop department first.

And just when Mo Ran started preparing for the laptop, a few days later, a piece of news suddenly came on the Internet and caused heated discussion.

Xiaomi’s new flagship, Mi 8, is preparing to be launched at the end of next month. The latest spy photos and various functional configurations have begun to be exposed.

Needless to say, the popularity of Xiaomi mobile phones goes without saying, but what surprised netizens is——

The newly exposed Xiaomi 8 mobile phone does not continue to imitate the Iphone like previous generations of mobile phones, but...

It seems that following the recently popular Nietzsche "Brilliant S1" mobile phone, the "TF memory card slot" function appears? !

"Hey, Xiaomi's flagship has also added a 'TF memory card slot'. Is this starting to imitate Nietzsche's 'Brilliant S1'?"

…

PS: Never an eunuch.