The Era of Hard Work

The chicken semi-finished products of Burger King basically come from the processing plant of Iron Rooster, with relatively low cost and guaranteed quality, but raw materials such as French fries and finished skewers from Malatang stores are mainly purchased from the market.

One more middleman will naturally add another layer of cost.

Lu's Catering Company wants to further expand the scale, and it's okay to say that there are various supplies such as Malatang. In fact, hot pot restaurants also have a considerable demand. Further reducing costs has naturally become a problem for Lu Dong.

It is not shameful for commercial companies to pursue profits within reasonable and legal limits.

Lu Dong contacted several manufacturers again, and the other party heard that he needs nearly 10,000 yuan of goods every day, and there will be further growth in the future, each of them became extremely enthusiastic, as if the price was not a problem at all.

Price is important, but other than price, some issues are equally important.

Therefore, Lu Dong is going to visit those factories in person, and then talk about cooperation.

Lu Dong also kept an eye out and didn't make an appointment with anyone for a specific time.

There are no larger manufacturers here in Quannan. Lu Dong has specifically inquired about them, and there are several small workshops that produce them. The larger the scale, the lower the cost of the raw materials used in Malatang.

Lu Dong saw a small workshop in Quannan, and he no longer had extravagant hopes for family-style workshops. The hygienic conditions alone were enough to eliminate them all.

He was going to visit Linzi and Kite City that he had contacted.

I might be going for a while, and there are still a lot of things to arrange before I go.

In terms of recruitment, let Du Xiaobing and Qian Feng be in charge of initial interviews; store managers are in charge of each store; support and loans, etc. that deal with government agencies, it is most suitable for Big Yiwan to come forward; You can call Lu Chun directly.

"I heard that the road is quite chaotic." Song Na still remembered the village toll booth when she entered the firecracker last year, and told Lu Dong: "You need to bring a lot of money when you go to buy goods. It's not safe to go alone, so bring a few more people with you. "

It seems that Uncle Qi said that once he and Lu Dong went to buy goods at night, they also encountered robbers.

In the past few years, the news about cracking down on car bandits and road tyrants on TV and newspapers has never stopped.

Lu Dong smiled and said, "I'll take Xiao Shan and Wei Guo together. With both of them, they can scare some people's bad thoughts away."

Song Na nodded: "Alright, the three of you can take care of me together."

Lu Dong said again: "The law and order has improved a lot this year, you can just rest assured and go to school safely."

Speaking to Song Na, in fact, Lu Dong was very careful and asked Su Xiaoshan to buy a few rubber rollers to put on Santana.

If you really want to meet someone who can't open their eyes, the two bald heads can scare away many people.

How do you say something? The bald head seems to be able to increase crit.

The next morning, Su Xiaoshan drove a black Santana with Lu Dong and Qiao Weiguo to the nearby city of Linzi.

Then go to Kite City.

After leaving the University City, Lu Dong directly said to Su Xiaoshan who was driving: "Xiaoshan, let's take the high speed."

"Okay!" Su Xiaoshan went out of the university town to the north, and from the service station in the north, he got on the highway from Quannan to Daocheng.

This expressway, which was completed five years ago, traverses many cities between Quannan and Daocheng, greatly shortening the travel time between the two places.

When Su Xiaoshan used to transport coal, he often ran on this expressway. After passing the toll booth, he said: "Traveling on the expressway can shorten the time by half compared to taking the provincial road, but the expressway toll is a bit expensive."

But Lu Dong said, "It's not cheap to take the provincial road."

Qiao Weiguo, who was on the co-pilot, answered, "Two years ago, Qingzhao went to Quannan and there was a toll booth."

Lu Dong nodded: "It was revoked in the past two years."

Taking provincial roads, there are not only toll stations between prefectures and cities, but now there are also toll stations between different counties in the same prefecture and city.

For example, when going to Quannan from Qingzhao, before the university town was built, there were toll booths on both provincial and national highways, and the toll fee for small cars was 10 yuan.

If you go abroad, you will be charged more.

After exiting the Qingzhao section of the expressway, Su Xiaoshan concentrated on driving. This expressway was very tricky in the early days. The maximum speed limit on this section may be 120, and it may become 60 within a short distance. People who are not familiar with the road conditions should run down at high speed. , in addition to the high-speed fee, it is not uncommon to throw a few hundred yuan.

Even in this era, on the highways in the Taidong area, all kinds of speed measurement and monitoring are the most advanced, so there is no need to worry about the high cost, because the income generated by a celebrity income-generating section in a year can make many large enterprises shameless.

Not long after leaving Qingzhao section, I encountered a traffic jam, which is very rare in this year.

Su Xiaoshan saw someone running ahead to inquire, and when he came back, he lowered the car window and asked, "What's wrong in front?"

The man said: "There was a car accident. I heard that the two elders came to watch the cars together on the highway. One of them wanted to cross the highway and run to the other side, but was hit by a small car."

Lu Dong asked, "How is it handled?"

The person replied: "It's not bad, it will probably be released soon."

Originally, it took more than 40 minutes to arrive, but because of a car accident, it took nearly an hour and a half to arrive.

Get off the expressway at the toll station in the east of Linzi City, there is no navigation on the car, and the mobile phone can only be used for half a turn. According to the address provided by the other party, Lu Dong asked Su Xiaoshan to get off the car several times to ask, and it was around 10:30 At that time, I finally found the Hanlin Food Processing Factory near the eastern suburbs of Linzi City.

When he was about to arrive at the processing factory, Lu Dong specifically called the boss he had contacted.

This is a completely personal enterprise, the scale is not small, and it mainly produces various small foods.

In the past two years, Malatang, which spread from the Sichuan and Sichuan regions, has undergone localization changes in the north. It has bloomed infinite charm in the streets and alleys of the city, attracting many young diners, and also created many people who got rich first. people.

Chang Hanlin, the owner of Hanlin Food Processing Factory, is one of them.

The black Santana drove into the factory gate, and just as the car stopped, Chang Hanlin, who was in his forties, walked over quickly and helped Lu Dong open the car door.

According to the phone number he had contacted, he was a big client. If he could negotiate a deal, it might increase sales by two to three hundred thousand a month, so he put on a very low profile.

What is produced is not called goods, but what is sold is called goods.

Otherwise, it will be piled up in the warehouse, which is no different from garbage.

The other party has a car and a driver, and obviously has a certain strength.

"Boss Lu, I've been looking forward to your coming since the first time I spoke on the phone."

Although the person on the opposite side was a little too young, he came to the door suddenly, but Chang Hanlin was born as a self-employed person, with enough brains and enough knowledge, otherwise he would not have worked hard to build a huge processing factory, and he spoke very politely: "Come here today, Peng Piper radiance!"

People say politely, and Lu Dong is also polite: "I can't afford it, I can't afford it, Boss Chang is too polite."

Chang Hanlin quickly said, "Let's chat in the office."

Lu Dong followed him to the office, and took a look at the factory. It covers an area of ​​at least 20 mu. There are two huge steel structure factory buildings. The floors in the factory are hardened with cement, and they are cleaned spotlessly. Just look at the hygiene on the surface. Conditions, needless to say.

Entering the office, Chang Hanlin put Lu Dong on the sofa and poured tea and water himself.

Su Xiaoshan and Qiao Weiguo were also greeted.

Chang Hanlin stayed by Lu Dong's side, exchanged some pleasantries, and then took the initiative to get to the point, and asked tentatively, "The last time I called, did Boss Lu use the goods from the factory before?"

Lu Dong said: "I have used it many times, and the materials in Hanlin Factory are sufficient and of good quality, but the price is a bit expensive."

Chang Hanlin said with a smile: "It is said that you get what you pay for, and I am not bragging. The quality of the products made by Hanlin Factory is absolutely guaranteed. I have been in this business for more than two years, and there has never been a single food accident. "

Lu Dong said again: "So, the first one I came to was Boss Chang's factory." He said directly: "I currently have two shops in the Quannan area that need to use semi-finished materials such as spicy skewers..."

Hearing that there are only two stores, Chang Hanlin's full expectations are suddenly a little disappointed.

"The daily sales of these two stores can reach about 30,000 yuan!" Lu Dong continued, "I plan to continue to open a store in a prime location in the center of Quannan City, and may expand to three or four stores within the year, so I purchase from the market alone. , It is far from meeting my needs, and the terminal sales directly talk to the manufacturer, which can save the intermediate links, and also help the manufacturer to produce more targeted products and avoid waste of resources."

Chang Hanlin naturally understands the benefits of direct cooperation between terminal sales and manufacturers, otherwise he would not treat such a potential big customer with such a low profile.

Chang Hanlin smiled all over his face: "Boss Lu, I also want to cooperate directly with you here." He has confidence in his factory: "How about this, you go to the workshop to have a look first, and then we can talk after reading it?"

Lu Dong thought for a while and said, "Yes."

Chang Hanlin led the way and led Lu Dong to the production workshop. Qiao Weiguo thought of Song Na's instructions when he came, and pulled Su Xiaoshan to follow quickly.

You need to wear overalls to enter the factory and disinfect it in the air shower. Although the effect process is far inferior to the food processing factory in Lujia Village, it is definitely very rare in this era.

For most small and medium-sized private processing plants, let alone disinfection, it is rare to wash your hands after entering the production workshop.

Like Chang Hanlin, the three of Lu Dong changed their clothes and put on their shoes and went through the air shower before entering the workshop.

Seeing the factory building, Lu Dong nodded slightly. The stainless steel equipment was brightly lit, and the workers were wearing overalls, hats and masks, very formal.

"This way, please." Chang Hanlin led the three people to visit.

The production scale of the factory is not small. For such low-priced products, the larger the production scale, the lower the unit cost.

There is a significant cost difference between producing goods worth 10,000 yuan a day and goods worth 100,000 yuan a day.

Turning around the whole workshop, Lu Dong had a pretty good impression.

Before he came, he said that he might only have time to come next month, and the other party couldn't possibly prepare for it. This is most likely a daily state.

These days, there are so many unscrupulous manufacturers who are short-sighted and only care about immediate interests, but there are also those who pay attention to the reputation of the factory and product quality.

There is a certain price for Hanlin Food Processing Factory to do this, and the cost will inevitably increase.