The High Profit of High-Tech Materials

"Could it be that chasing girls can improve my Chinese language skills?"

His Chinese subject experience points directly increased by 2000. If the Galaxy Technology Library wasn't malfunctioning, then there was only one truth, no matter how unbelievable it was.

The Galaxy Technology Library was 100% accurate, so it could only be his ambiguous interactions with Li Shihan that increased his Chinese subject experience points.

Zhou Feiyu found it both funny and frustrating, thinking, It seems I'll have to talk to Li Shihan more often in the future.

As for being a playboy or anything similar, Zhou Feiyu disdained it.

The value of a person lies in self-discipline and self-control. If one completely indulges their desires, how are they different from beasts? Regardless of others, decades of family education had instilled in him a strong sense of responsibility.

The night passed without incident.

The next day, on his way to the county town, Zhou Feiyu received a message from Wang Wei, informing him that he had arranged for some samples for his project verification and that the drawings had been sent to his email.

Zhou Feiyu opened it and indeed found an email from Hua Long Technology. The attachment was a drawing, and the body of the email detailed the sample requirements. The email was from a buyer in Hua Long Technology's procurement department, asking him to arrange for 50 samples according to the drawing specifications and dimensions and to provide a quotation.

"I'm on the road now. I'll handle it as soon as I get back."

Zhou Feiyu was delighted and quickly replied.

He had been waiting for news from Hua Long Technology for the past few days. He hadn't expected it to take two full days. It seemed the internal system operations of large companies were not just slow, but exceptionally so.

Wang Wei replied with an OK gesture.

When Zhou Feiyu returned to the county town, his first task was to deal with this email.

He first calculated the price, then planned the sample production schedule, before finally replying to the email.

Compared to the price of King Material from abroad, the price of his developed Basic Optical Film FY-01 needed to be discounted by 30%. Zhou Feiyu calculated the dimensions required by Hua Long Technology. It should be used for a 6.6-inch dual-punch hole phone screen. For this size of King Material, the price per piece should be around 8 yuan.

If it were domestic materials from Qian Jia or Di Guang, the price should only be between 1.6 and 2 yuan, a difference of over 6 yuan.

The profit for a single phone screen is only about ten yuan. Just this piece of optical material takes away 6 yuan, showing how exorbitant the profits are for King Material on the market.

Of course, if a phone screen uses King Material, its price when sold to customers will also increase accordingly. But even with the increase, compared to the gap between King Material and the top domestic companies like Qian Jia and Di Guang, it's completely insignificant.

Holding high technology, he could make money standing up, and make big money at that!

FY-01, with a 30% discount on the King Material price, would be priced at 5.6 yuan for Hua Long Technology, including tax.

Zhou Feiyu simultaneously calculated the input cost. Each piece should be between 0.8 and 0.9 yuan, meaning his profit margin was between six and seven times.

"A 600%-700% profit margin, high technology is indeed highly profitable!"

Zhou Feiyu's mood was indescribably cheerful.

He didn't include the initial investment costs, such as free samples, labor costs, logistics fees, etc. These could be considered research and development costs and could be discussed in detail in a separate chapter.

He quickly replied with an email, providing the quotation and also informing the other party that the samples could be expedited and sent out today, and that he would fully cooperate with them on this project.

Of course, it was expedited. Hua Long Technology was his only client right now, and he had to serve them well. Once things were on the right track in the future, he would have to follow the process. In the industry, for Qian Jia or Di Guang, a sample from request to delivery generally takes seven working days, while for King Material from abroad, it generally takes fifteen working days. That's right, they're that awesome!

After replying to the email, Zhou Feiyu began the sample production.

Generally, making such samples involves the Die Cutting industry, which is mold punching and cutting. A set of molds is made, and the material is placed under the mold to be punched and cut into the required samples.

The shape of the mold is made according to the drawings provided by the customer.

When ordinary people hear the word "mold," they often think of large pieces of equipment, the kind of steel molds used in injection molding machines to churn out toys or buckets.

In reality, molds can be very small and simple. Even a basic box is, to some extent, a mold. When food enthusiasts make jelly or pectin, they pour the cooked liquid into a box to solidify. After solidification, they get the desired jelly or pectin. This is mold production.

In industry, to produce high-quality products, one must first create high-quality molds, which can be collectively referred to as "precision molds." Products manufactured with these molds have extremely high precision and naturally excellent quality.

However, Zhou Feiyu didn't have time to design and produce a set of precision molds. Even for ordinary molds, he was too lazy to bother, because they all cost money.

A set of die-cutting precision molds for the samples he needed now would cost several thousand yuan. Even ordinary molds cost several hundred yuan. This was all money.

Furthermore, molds are difficult or even impossible to change. This was only the first sample run, not final mass production. If he made a mold this time and the client changed the plan, the money he spent on the mold would be wasted. Therefore, Zhou Feiyu took the product and found an acquaintance at a material die-cutting factory, asking him to help arrange for laser cutting to produce these 50 samples. It only took a total of two hours, which was both economical and practical.

"This material of yours is a bit special. Who are you making samples for?"

His acquaintance asked curiously, "Dual punch-hole screens are rare. There aren't many companies on the market that can make this type of phone model."

Zhou Feiyu smiled and just said he was doing it for someone else and that he would know in the future.

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, his acquaintance didn't bother to ask, as it was someone else's secret after all.

After packing the samples, Zhou Feiyu sent them out via next-day delivery according to the address provided in the email.

By the time he left the express delivery point, it was already past three in the afternoon.

Zhou Feiyu was about to go find Director Dong to urge him about the startup loan when a familiar call came in.

"The dark night gave me black eyes,

But I use them to search for light..."

Amidst his favorite ringtone, Zhou Feiyu saw the caller ID name "Peng Fan," with the note "Zhong Wei Technology Procurement Manager." He couldn't help but smile, thinking, You ignored me that day, let's see if you still have to come find me today?

"Hello, Mr. Peng, what brings you to call me personally?"

Zhou Feiyu asked with a smile, his words carrying a hint of teasing.

Peng Fan's awkward chuckle immediately came from the phone: "Mr. Zhou, that day I was blind and missed your excellent material. I'm calling you today specifically to apologize. I hope you, being a magnanimous person, won't hold a grudge and will give me a chance."

Hearing him speak so humbly, Zhou Feiyu was a bit unaccustomed to it. He had only hoped Peng Fan would simply say he was sorry.

But such a low posture was truly beyond his expectation, making him feel a bit of goosebumps.

He immediately replied, "You're exaggerating, Mr. Peng."