Back to the golden age

The collation, plate making and printing of review materials and exercises are carried out in an orderly manner with the assistance of schools and factories.

A few days later, through the hard work of the school teachers, the materials for math exercises were first sorted out, and the next step was to make plates.It takes three days to make a plate, which is already very tight, and it was the factory manager Ma who asked someone to work overtime to get out.

Considering the use efficiency of the old letterpress printing machine in the factory, Song Yuanchao selected 8K paper for printing. This size belongs to the maximum size that this letterpress printing machine can print.

The size of the 8-fold paper is equal to the size of the folded full-page newspaper, which is commonly known as A3. This is usually the size of the summer and winter homework books that everyone sent out when they were young.

The letterpress printing machine in the factory must be much slower than the automatic letterpress printing machines of later generations. It must be known that many letterpress printing machines of later generations can reach more than 15000 prints per hour, and some of them can even exceed 18000 hour per hour. [-] prints.

The maximum speed of this old-fashioned letterpress printing machine is only 2500 prints per hour, and the time for adding ink and cleaning is also removed, so from this point of view, it can only run about 24 prints in 50000 hours.

There are 39 pages of review materials for mathematics exercises according to the size of the paper. In this way, the maximum number of copies that can be printed in one day is about 1300. , according to this situation, the real number of published volumes is about 966 volumes.

The number of pages of physics and chemistry is less than that of mathematics. The preliminary estimate is about 32 pages, and the number of volumes published in a day is about 1350 volumes.

Time is very tight, there are less than two months before the college entrance examination, Song Yuanchao must finish this matter within one month.

When the review materials for math exercises came off the printing press and the first booklet was in hand, Song Yuanchao began non-stop sales work.

According to the previous arrangement, each was responsible for their own tasks. Qin Zhengguo took the samples and the letter of introduction from the school to contact all middle schools in the city to sell these review materials.

As for Li Daqi and Gu Jie, they were not idle either, and they dispelled the news early on. After the samples were obtained, they started to act, and the good news came that day.

Li Xiaoyun was originally a college entrance examination candidate this year. Many of her classmates and friends took the college entrance examination. When she learned that this was a business done by her brother and Song Yuanchao, Li Xiaoyun, who had been thinking about getting involved in Song Yuanchao's business, was especially concerned. Before I came out, I asked many people to talk about it. When I learned that there were formal and reliable review materials, almost all the students were particularly interested in it.

In just one day, Li Xiaoyun helped Song Yuanchao sell more than 30 volumes of materials. That’s not counting. Li Xiaoyun excitedly told Song Yuanchao that everyone read them after getting them. They were very satisfied with the exercise materials inside and looked forward to what they said before. Exercise materials for the two subjects of physics and chemistry.

Although the price of this thing is not low, a book of learning materials costs 5 yuan, but can this kind of thing that can improve your college entrance examination performance be measured by simple money?Although 5 yuan is not a decimal, if the three materials add up, it will cost 15 yuan, which is basically one-third of the monthly salary of ordinary people, but most people are still willing to pay this money in their hearts.

Wholesale Song Yuanchao set a price of 4 yuan for those who bought and sold clothes hangers, leaving room for them to make a profit of 1 yuan.

The profit given away is not low in proportion, but Song Yuanchao doesn't care about it, because the price he originally determined is already relatively high, and now because of time constraints, Song Yuanchao must sell as much as possible in a short period of time. Count how much.

Everyone has been working like a chicken, and their hard work has paid off.

It took Qin Zhengguo a few days to travel to almost all the middle schools in Shanghai. Although many middle school leaders expressed no interest in this at first and refused, they couldn't stand Qin Zhengguo's flickering and negotiated terms in private. He sold it to the school at a wholesale price of 4 yuan, and then the school sold it to the students at a price of 5 yuan, and the sales channel was completely opened.

Of course, Qin Zhengguo did not just open his mouth to say this price. Song Yuanchao had thought of this a long time ago, so he deliberately printed the words of the internal college entrance examination review materials of Shanghai No. The words "recommended selling price: RMB 5 yuan" were written on it.

People in this era are relatively simple in thinking. With these two lines, although they say that the price is high, they have no objection to the price.According to most people's opinion, since the price has been printed in black and white, the price is approved, and it is only natural to pay according to this price.

On this day, Song Yuanchao came to the workshop early, and the current workshop has been divided into two parts.

Some of them still produce the original products, while the other part is mainly used to arrange printing.

The printing side was very busy, several workers turned three shifts, and the machine continued to run 24 hours a day. Because at the beginning, Song Yuanchao played a trick of "killing chickens and scaring monkeys" according to Li Daqi's suggestion, which made the workers in the factory feel uncomfortable. There is no usual disapproval on the printing side.

In addition, after Song Yuanchao discussed with the factory manager Ma and announced that he would give part of the bonus and overtime pay to the printing staff, everyone's enthusiasm was immediately mobilized. Now all the workers have applied to work on the printing side, and there is no shortage of manpower.

"Where's Gu Jie?" Looking at the printing situation, and then at the cut and bound booklets that came out last night, Song Yuanchao suddenly found that Gu Jie was not there. It stands to reason that he would have arrived at this time, and immediately frowned. brow.

"I don't know. Could it be that you came back too late yesterday and couldn't get up?" Li Daqi left early yesterday, and Gu Jie was still there when he left.

"What time did he go back last night?" Song Yuanchao asked.

Li Daqi shook his head and was about to say something when his eyes lit up suddenly, "Here we come, Gu Jie is here!"

Turning around, looking towards the workshop gate, he saw Gu Jie's figure appearing, rushing towards them.

"Brother Song, I have something to look for you." When he arrived in front of Song Yuanchao, Gu Jie blushed and panted heavily, it seemed that he came all the way here in a hurry.

He whispered something to Song Yuanchao, then Gu Jie nodded to Li Daqi, then turned and walked out.

Not understanding what Gu Jie wanted to say to him, and what was the matter, Song Yuanchao gave Li Daqi a calm look, and then followed Gu Jie out of the workshop.

When I got outside, I found a secluded corner, and then Gu Jie said: "Today, I ran into Zhang Yong when I was about to go out. He dragged me to talk about something, so I was late."

Gu Jie first explained the reason for being late, and then said: "Zhang Yong also made clothes hangers before, but this was after you transferred the business to me, so you haven't seen him, Brother Song."

"He is my sister's classmate. He is three years older than me. He was an educated youth in the Southwest before, and he came back last year..." Gu Jie introduced Zhang Yong's situation to Song Yuanchao in detail. Gu Jie was three years older than Song Yuanchao, and two years older than Song Yuanchao. He was an educated youth at about the same age as Song Yuanchao, except that Song Yuanchao went to the northwest, while Zhang Yong went to the southwest.

Zhang Yong was a fierce fighter since he was a child, and he was the king of the kids at school. He was not very peaceful in the southwest, and he was well-known among the educated youth in Shanghai.

Zhang Yong's home, Gu Jie's, is not too far away. After returning to Shanghai, Zhang Yong also has no job, and has been wandering around at home and in society with nothing to do.

Some time ago, Song Yuanchao was in the business of clothes hangers, and Zhang Yong did not know where he got the news.But when he heard the news, Song Yuanchao had basically transferred the deal to Gu Jie, and the original team had also been disbanded.

Zhang Yong was a quick-witted person. He found a member of the team who worked with Song Yuanchao before. After learning how to tinker, he quickly learned how to make clothes hangers, and then recruited several people to start the business.

In the beginning, Zhang Yong and the others made some money from this business, but the good times didn’t last long. Later, because of Zhang Bin and Wang Jianjun’s incident, after the police station took action, the clothes hanger business was thrown into the dust all at once, and Zhang Yong’s side also had nothing to do. Income.

These days, Zhang Yong and a few of his friends are engaged in the business of selling eggs, that is, collecting scattered eggs from farmers in the suburbs and selling them in the vegetable market.Although this purchase is not as good as the original clothes hanger business, it can still earn some hard money.

At this time, Zhang Yong didn't know where he heard that Gu Jie had started selling college entrance examination review materials. He asked someone about it, and after getting a definite answer, he decided to come to Gu Jie to discuss business.

Zhang Yong is Gu Jie's sister's classmate. Of course, he has known Gu Jie since he was a child. Didn't he come to block the door early today? Part of the business will be given to him. As long as Gu Jie agrees, Gu Jie will be Zhang Yong's brother in the future. If there is something to talk about, as long as he promises to help Zhang Yong.

How could Gu Jie be in charge of such a big matter, not to mention Zhang Yong's appetite is not small. Gu Jie originally planned to send him according to Song Yuanchao's method of batching ten volumes, but he did not expect that Zhang Yong felt that the number was too small. He meant either not to do it, or to make it bigger.

"Big one? How much does he want?"

"He said at least [-] copies, and the price has to be lowered." Gu Jie said.

"This guy has a big appetite!" Song Yuanchao laughed immediately, and Gu Jie's words made Song Yuanchao very interested in Zhang Yong.

Gu Jie nodded, and said to Song Yuanchao: "Brother Song, you don't know, this Zhang Yong has been a crab since he was a child, and he is very rude. I don't dare to say no to what he said, in case this kid becomes angry and plays tricks. If trouble comes out, it will be bad food, so I can only use words to stabilize him first, saying that I have no say in this business, and I need to find someone who can make a decision. But whoever thinks he says who has the final say, he will face to face Talk, let me pass on this message for him, I have no choice but to agree..."

As he spoke, Gu Jie lowered his head with shame on his face.

"You've done a good job!" Song Yuanchao patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Harmony makes money, try not to offend others if you can, it's better to have one thing more than one thing less, and you're right to say that."

"Brother Song, don't you blame me?"

"Hahaha, why are you to blame? This is the truth." Song Yuanchao shook his head with a smile, and then said with emotion: "Zhang Yong looks like a character, okay! Since he wants to see me, then meet me, you Go back to him early in the afternoon and make an appointment to meet him, as for the place..." Song Yuanchao thought for a while and decided that the air-raid shelter used to make clothes racks would be more suitable. Although the place was cleaned, the tables and chairs are still there, and there are no people there. I will bother you.