"Good. How many of these Pneumatic Motors are you planning to order, Boss Jin?" Zhang Yi asked. Then he added, "But as you can see, our factory is currently in this situation. If you need a large quantity, you'll have to pay a deposit first."
"What price are you setting for this motor? If it isn't too expensive, we can order more. If it's expensive, we can only place a small order for now," Jin Hao Cheng said after thinking it over.
After all, Jin Hao Cheng was somewhat short on cash at the moment. Once he acquired this Air Motor, he would still need to develop new high-end pneumatic tools. Moreover, he had seen the scale of Seven Color Stone Mechanical Factory. So he knew that even if the price was not too high, he could not place a very large order for the time being.
"Boss Jin, this Air Motor costs six hundred yuan each. What do you think?" After saying that, Zhang Yi waited for Jin Hao Cheng's answer.
"Fine! I can accept that price. I just don't know what your current production capacity is like, Boss Zhang. I hope to receive one thousand Air Motors within a month. Can you manage that?" Jin Hao Cheng could basically accept the price Zhang Yi had quoted.
Although the price was far higher than that of ordinary Air Motors, he felt it was worth the money. Still, he was somewhat worried about Seven Color Stone Mechanical Factory's output, so he asked.
Zhang Yi did not answer Jin Hao Cheng immediately. Instead, he first considered whether Seven Color Stone Mechanical Factory could produce one thousand Air Motors within a month.
After all, one thousand Air Motors was no small number. An Air Motor was not a simple component either; it consisted of many parts. Even for the simplified version, using a CNC Machine to process the parts would certainly not be much faster than Xiao Hua.
But then he thought of how Xiao Hua could produce fifty or sixty non-simplified Air Motors in eight or nine hours each day. A CNC Machine surely would not be much slower than Xiao Hua. If nothing else, it should be able to produce forty Air Motors a day!
To be honest, Zhang Yi did not want to let Hao Chen Pneumatic's order slip away. This was Seven Color Stone Mechanical Factory's first genuine product order, and the profits were not low either—at least four or five hundred thousand yuan.
Thinking of this, he turned his gaze toward Xiao Hua. To be honest, he truly had no confidence.
When Xiao Hua saw Zhang Yi look at her, she knew what he was thinking. He was simply afraid they would not be able to complete the order within a month. So she said, "Boss Jin, delivering one thousand Simplified Air Motors within a month won't be a problem."
"Alright! Then it's settled. Your Seven Color Stone Mechanical Factory must deliver one thousand Air Motors to us within one month," Jin Hao Cheng said.
Afterward, Zhang Yi and Jin Hao Cheng signed the contract in Zhang Yi's small office. To demonstrate Hao Chen Pneumatic's sincerity, Jin Hao Cheng directly produced four hundred thousand yuan as the deposit for the order.
After all, he had seen Seven Color Stone Mechanical Factory's current situation. He was afraid that Zhang Yi's factory would lack the funds to purchase the raw materials for the motors. That was why he did this, because this motor would be a tremendous help to his factory's future development.
Of course, Jin Hao Cheng had also considered buying the patent for this motor from Zhang Yi, but he immediately dismissed the idea. Although Hao Chen Pneumatic was already fairly large within Zhou Tai City, those who did not run a household did not know how expensive daily necessities were. If Hao Chen Pneumatic wanted to buy this patent, the price would definitely be extremely high.
In his view, without tens of millions or even over a hundred million yuan, they should not even think about obtaining the patent for this motor. This motor was not just useful for pneumatic tools like theirs; it was also highly practical for many large machines. Their factory did not have much working capital now, only around tens of millions, and some of that had to be retained as operating funds.
"Boss Zhang, may I take this Air Motor back with me? That way, I can use it as the foundation for designing several new high-end pneumatic tools. I'm sure Boss Zhu understands as well. The finished price of ordinary pneumatic tools is not even as high as your Air Motor. If this motor were installed in ordinary pneumatic tools, no one would buy them. So we must redesign pneumatic tools worthy of this Air Motor's value," Jin Hao Cheng said to Zhang Yi after the contract was signed.
"Sure!" Zhang Yi did not care much about this motor. After all, the motor had already been patented, so he was not afraid of other individuals or companies copying it. The Great Hua Empire had extremely strict laws protecting intellectual property rights.
After Jin Hao Cheng left, Zhang Yi looked at the additional four hundred thousand yuan in his account and felt incredibly delighted. He said to Xiao Hua beside him, "Xiao Hua, to celebrate our factory receiving its first truly meaningful product order, I'll treat you to a big feast tonight!"
At the same time, Zhang Yi could not help sighing inwardly. Doing subcontracted processing work for others could only ever be small-time business. Having their own products was the true path to success. They had completed so many orders for Zhu Gang before, yet their combined profits had only been five or six hundred thousand yuan. This time, however, the profit from just the first order was already four or five hundred thousand yuan. There was simply no comparison.
"Really? Hooray!" Upon hearing Zhang Yi's words, Xiao Hua immediately jumped up.
During this period, Xiao Hua had been thoroughly conquered by the Great Hua Empire's food. At first, she had dismissed it with disdain, but now she had become a complete foodie. In Xiao Hua's words, she now realized that the food they had eaten in their own civilization before was not even as good as pig feed in this spacetime.
"Huang Jie, your one hundred Aerodynamic Bicycles have already been shipped." The next morning, after Zhang Yi and Xiao Hua had loaded all one hundred Aerodynamic Bicycles onto the truck and watched it drive into the distance, Zhang Yi called Huang Xiru and informed her of the matter.
"Alright! I'm ready on my end. I'm just waiting for your goods," Huang Xiru replied.
Although Huang Xiru had seen the Aerodynamic Bicycle before, she still felt uncertain deep down. After all, photos and reality were entirely different things.
Still, she had cleared out enough space in her stores. She had even put up promotional advertisements outside the entrances.
What reassured her was that although her stores did not yet have the goods, the advertisements alone had already attracted quite a bit of attention. Many people were already asking when the Aerodynamic Bicycles would arrive and how much they would cost. After all, the areas where her stores were located did not lack wealthy people, people who often bought only expensive things rather than suitable ones.
The Aerodynamic Bicycle was so novel that anyone riding one on the road would definitely draw countless looks and stand out from the crowd.
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