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"Printing press?"

In the factory manager's office, as soon as he sat down, the factory manager Ma was stunned when he heard Song Yuanchao said that he wanted to borrow the printing machine in the factory.

The school-run factory has printing machines, and there are two of them. One is a stencil ink printing machine. This kind of machine has a very simple structure.

This stencil ink printing machine is generally used by school teachers to print out test papers. This kind of test paper is a common test result paper, and it doesn't need too good printing effect, as long as it can be used carefully.

Therefore, the test papers printed by this stencil ink printing machine have different thicknesses, and the ink is easy to smear, and the hands are often stained with black hands. But the key is that the operation is simple and low-cost, and it is used frequently.

As for the second printing press, it is different. This is an old-fashioned letterpress printing press, and it was a German product left before liberation.

This machine is made of solid materials, and the whole structure is made of cast iron and steel. There is a large wheel on each side, and there are pedals underneath. When you use it, you can just step on it. The iron plate and letterpress coated with ink will start to move and put the paper in place. Above, with the repeated reciprocation of the lever connecting the shaft, a sheet of paper can be printed.

The printing effect of this letterpress printing machine is excellent, and the writing is as clear as the finished product of the printing factory. If you can put a little effort into letterpress making, you can also print complex patterns.

However, compared with the stencil printing machine, this letterpress printing machine is not used frequently. It is only turned on when necessary, and it is only used three or four times throughout the year.

Although it is not usually used, necessary maintenance and maintenance are still in place. Therefore, although this letterpress printing machine is nearly 40 years old, it is still in good operation.

"Yes! It's the letterpress printing machine in the factory." Song Yuanchao handed over a cigarette, struck a match and lit it for Director Ma: "Master, next month's production task is not heavy, and everyone is idle. A friend planned to print something, and I wondered, isn’t our machine usually left to eat dust? It’s better to use it.”

"No!" Factory Manager Ma vetoed without even thinking about it: "Is there any reason to lend the things of the public house to others?"

"Master, don't worry, listen to my explanation, I didn't say it was nothing." Song Yuanchao was not surprised by the attitude of the factory director Ma, and said with a smile: "My friend and I mentioned this and I answered the same way, How can this public property be used for private use? This is against the principle!"

Factory Manager Ma nodded, his serious expression softened a bit.

Song Yuanchao continued: "But my friend said something again, and I think it makes sense after listening to it. Master, let me tell you."

Director Ma glanced at Song Yuanchao noncommittally, smoking a cigarette and waiting for him to continue.

Song Yuanchao said: "My friend said that it is not useless. This machine is considered to be rented. He pays the rent and pays the labor cost. The cost can be calculated according to the number of prints. In addition, what he wants to print is some tutoring and review for the college entrance examination. We have all these materials in our school, and if we can help him sort out the collection and print them out, the other party is willing to give some compensation at one time."

Following Song Yuanchao's narration, Factory Manager Ma was a little bit moved. Of course, as public equipment, it cannot be used for private use in vain. Factory Manager Ma is fully aware of this.But if you don't use it for nothing but rent it, and pay labor costs and compensation, it's not impossible.

In fact, it is not uncommon for foreign units to borrow printing machines, including some primary and secondary schools in the district, because they usually only have ordinary stencil printing equipment and do not have professional letterpress printing machines, so they will come to No. [-] Middle School when necessary Ask for help in turning on and using this machine.

But it was the help of the brother unit. Naturally, there was no rent or compensation, so it was nothing to put it bluntly.

"Which unit does your friend belong to? How much rent do you plan to pay?" Factory Manager Ma thought for a while and asked.

"He is an educated youth returning to the city, and now he and some friends are planning to take college entrance exams." Song Yuanchao replied.

"Private!" Director Ma's heart turned cold when he heard it, his head shook like a rattle: "This unit can still negotiate with each other, so why do privates come here? Besides, how many things can privates print? This machine once Open at least 500 copies, can he use so many? Pay for rent? Isn’t it nonsense?”

"Yanchao, since you mentioned this matter to the master today, it would be shameful for the master not to help you at all, so how about it, just tell him to borrow the letterpress printing machine, but the stencil printing machine can be borrowed He used it for two days, and he didn’t need any money. Wax paper, ink, paper, etc. counted as his cost, so it was a friend’s help.”

"Thank you, master." Song Yuanchao nodded quickly, but he was confused: "But master, the effect of stencil printing is too poor. My friend still plans to borrow that letterpress printing machine, and he prints a lot of things. There must be 500 copies. Maybe thousands of copies will be printed."

"So many?" Factory Manager Ma was taken aback immediately, and looked at Song Yuanchao seriously: "Yanchao, your friend is not going to do something illegal?"

"Master, where are you going?" Song Yuanchao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Didn't you just say that you need to print some official review materials for the college entrance examination, and the college entrance examination is coming soon. Many candidates lack these things and have no place to get them. Our No. [-] Middle School is a key middle school in Shanghai. Examination papers and tutoring examination papers over the years are rare outside, but they are not rare things in our school. If they can be sorted out and then printed and bound into a book, it will not only meet the urgent needs of these candidates, It can also be used by school students..."

Song Yuanchao's eloquence is good, and he is the apprentice of Director Ma, so he explained the matter to Director Ma carefully, and told Director Ma that there is a reason for young people's enthusiasm for college entrance exams. It is obvious to all, but because of the special period, it is difficult to find suitable review materials for the college entrance examination outside, so these people have a very large demand for these materials, and they are not worried about sales.

Song Yuanchao's friend planned to cooperate with the No. [-] Middle School for this purpose. The other side paid for it, and the No. [-] Middle School helped collect materials and then printed and bound them into books. Both of them got what they needed.

Director Ma is not a college student, and he is not a military professional, but he has been the factory director of the No. [-] Middle School for so many years, so he knows a thing or two about the importance of knowledge.In addition, it's not that he has never heard of the college entrance examination, but he has never thought about it. Now that Song Yuanchao said this, he, who didn't take it seriously at all, couldn't help being moved.

Song Yuanchao was right, there were not many production tasks ahead in the factory, and the workers were relatively free. If they could do some other work during this period, it would be a good thing for the factory to provide some extra benefits for the people in the factory.

However, he is a layman to engage in sales of printed materials. The school-run factory has always been engaged in the production of labor insurance products, but he has never done this kind of thing. For the factory manager, Ma has no idea.

"We don't have to take risks." Song Yuanchao saw that the factory manager Ma was a little tempted, and quickly lit a fire again: "The sales can be done by the other party, we can just provide equipment and manpower, and we can pay as much as we want. If this is the case If things can be done, we can also use this equipment in the future to print other learning materials and sell them on weekdays. This is a good thing for the factory, what do you think? Master."

"You boy, you have a pretty sharp mind. You can think about all of this." When Song Yuanchao said this, Director Ma laughed directly. Seeing his expression, Song Yuanchao was relieved, this matter is basically done!

Next, Song Yuanchao and Director Ma discussed how to calculate the rent, how to calculate the labor, and the cost of paper and ink, etc. In addition, the other party also asked the Second Middle School to assist in collecting test papers and tutoring materials from previous years, etc. So what.

In the end, the two parties reached an agreement and fixed a price. Song Yuanchao was very happy to tell Director Ma that he would talk to someone when he got back today, and Director Ma should also make preparations in advance and report this matter to Principal Zhou. In addition, we need to collect and organize the required materials from the school and so on.

Leaving the factory director's office, Song Yuanchao was extremely happy. He had actually been planning this matter for some time, and today it finally came to fruition.