Personal Wealth: 105,800 Yuan
"About 33,250 Yuan. We made nearly 100,000 Yuan from this batch. Your mother and I never even dreamed of it, hehe."
Fang Shi said delightedly, his smile squeezing his eyes into two narrow crescents.
He had never expected his son to have such a talent for business. Their hard days were finally over.
There were seven or eight hundred people and over a hundred households in the entire village. In terms of household net assets, his family could rank among the top ten.
Several families had been running small workshops in the city for years, while two others had long been making money overseas. For now, his family could not compare with them.
But when it came to the speed of making money, his son was definitely number one in the village. Even the owners of some small businesses could not match him.
His son was truly capable!
The locals had money, and quite a few earned their living overseas. In rural areas of some provinces, let alone 100,000 yuan, even 10,000 yuan might make someone the richest person in the village.
Of course, there were also many poor people in the village who could not afford meat more than a few times a year. They were no different from villagers in some other provinces.
Comparing them, Fang Shi felt a faint sense of pride and straightened his back. After all, his son had made money in business, and he had contributed too. It gave him face when he spoke of it.
Those students called him The Boss or Old President Fang, which showed that they acknowledged him.
Fang Bai calculated on paper. After a while, he worked out the total revenue and costs for the first batch. "We had 390 TVs in the first batch. Procurement cost 11,300 Yuan, transportation was 500 Yuan, labor costs were about 1,500 Yuan, and the apportioned rent, stall fees, and so on were not much.
We sold 194 TVs in total, with revenue of 110,291 Yuan.
Not counting the tricycle, expenses came to around 13,520 Yuan, and net profit was about 96,770 Yuan.
There's also one 32-inch Color TV and one 21-inch Color TV at home that haven't been sold, plus some spare parts, worth around 10,000 yuan in total."
Without a computer, doing this kind of accounting was rather troublesome, but he calculated quickly and soon had specific figures.
It could be said that the net profit was 100,000 Yuan!
Fang Bai then calculated the cycle. They had set off for T City on October 21 and finished selling on November 3, a total of fourteen days.
As for the time he had personally spent, it was probably only a few days.
By that calculation, it was truly outrageously profitable.
Making money in this era was hard work, but it was really easy to earn, with hardly any competitors.
Well, Fang Bai had relied on the Golden Finger. Otherwise, no one else could have made such outrageous profits.
Making 100,000 Yuan in half a month completely crushed Hengli Valve Company and Boli Valve Company.
Of course, once a business grew larger, it would make money much faster later on.
"Son, how many TVs are there in the second batch? I feel like there are more than in the first batch, and the proportion of Color TVs is huge." Fang Shi had been busy moving TVs all afternoon and had not asked.
"About 500. Four hundred are Color TVs. The 14-inch color TVs sell well."
"If we really sell out the second batch of Color TVs, we'll definitely make more than from the first batch."
"We'll definitely make much more. It depends on how many TVs we can refurbish. Getting half of them working would already be very good."
"I wonder how many we can sell in Wen City. If we can keep selling for a whole year, that would be fine too."
"With the few TVs we have, selling two hundred in half a month or four to five hundred a month won't even meet the demand of the entire Wen City market. As long as nobody causes trouble, we can keep selling until I go to college."
"Will you still sell TVs after you go to college?" Fang Shi asked. He had become addicted to selling TVs.
"Dad, we'll talk about that then. We can't even say whether we'll be able to keep selling until the college entrance exam." Fang Bai said. The future was truly hard to predict.
Since he relied on testing TVs himself, there was a ceiling on how much money he could make selling them.
But with a business, although it might not make much at first, if he did it well, profits would surge every year. Once it grew strong after a few years, its market value might reach several hundred million Yuan. If it went public, it would be incomparable to selling TVs.
Still, no matter what, refurbishing TVs was one of the fastest ways to accumulate wealth in the early stage.
After giving his son the money, Fang Shi chatted with him for a while before leaving. He could not interfere with his son's studies.
After seeing his father leave, Fang Bai put away the money and opened the Golden Finger's virtual screen.
[Personal Wealth: 105,800 Yuan] (Money given to family and certain expenses are not included in personal wealth. Personal fixed funds count as personal wealth.) [Notice: Middle Finger can be upgraded. Upgrade?]
Fang Bai had already tried how to upgrade it. He silently said, "Confirm," and the middle finger Golden Finger directly rose to Level 2.
Suddenly, he felt a surge of warmth in the middle finger of his right hand.
After a while, the warmth faded. He saw that the swelling in his middle finger had reduced slightly, making it almost normal, and it was somewhat more flexible than before.
However, he felt that he still could not exert strength when lifting heavy objects.
It had recovered by 30 percent overall. When he squeezed the scar, he no longer felt any pain.
A complete recovery would take far too long, but at least he had the chance.
He had even mischievously wondered whether, if all ten fingers were severed, he would get ten Golden Fingers.
The moment that thought surfaced, it felt far too dangerous.
Fang Bai did not dare try it. Even if they truly became Golden Fingers, he would be unable to use both hands normally for many years, bringing all sorts of inconveniences to his life. He would not even be able to wipe himself clean after using the toilet. That would be miserable.
He would absolutely never do something so stupid!
After the upgrade, there was an additional function.
[Middle Finger LV2: Analyze design flaws in physical objects such as mechanical equipment and electronic devices]
After reading the information, Fang Bai was delighted and immediately tested it.
He took out his Pager and silently activated the LV2 analysis function.
A transparent three-dimensional image appeared, entirely dark green. This green differed from the pale bean green of LV1.
There were no other colors. Under normal circumstances, green represented qualification.
At the same time as the analysis, a prompt appeared without even the slightest delay.
[Analysis Result: No Design Errors]
Seeing this result, Fang Bai felt something was off.
Shouldn't it have indicated a direction for Chinese localization, or perhaps a more advanced design direction?
From the perspective of the future, this Pager's design definitely had problems.
It seemed he had misunderstood the function of LV2.
It could not optimize designs!
To further understand the new function, Fang Bai went downstairs and brought over a TV for testing.
He discovered that when he used LV1 on a faulty circuit board, it quickly identified where the fault was.
But after switching to LV2's design flaw analysis function, the circuit board still appeared entirely dark green.
In other words, there was no problem with this circuit board's design?
Fang Bai did not think so.
Then, he scrutinized the wording of the function description.
Since it said design flaws, it most likely referred to only extremely obvious design errors being detectable. Problems in designs that could already perform their intended functions could not be analyzed.
To verify whether this guess was correct, Fang Bai turned his attention to his bicycle.
With so many components, there had to be some design flaws, right?
He walked over to the bicycle, touched it with his middle finger, and activated LV2 analysis.
Sure enough, beneath the transparent 3D image, there were more than a dozen red dots.
For example, at the handlebars, the analysis result read: The tube opening has no chamfer, making it inconvenient to install the plastic grip.
Seeing this result, Fang Bai understood immediately.
Normally, chamfering prevented cuts on the one hand and made manufacturing more convenient on the other, such as when installing other components.
However, this analysis identified the design flaw but did not explain how large the chamfer should be, or whether it should be rounded or straight. Only someone who understood mechanical design would know such details.
Fang Bai examined the other design flaws, such as holes designed too small, making bolt installation difficult, and so on.
After more than ten minutes, Fang Bai finally understood LV2's new function and gained a clearer understanding of LV1 as well.
For example, the bicycle just now had no faults because it could be used, so LV1 could not find anything wrong.
But using LV2, he could identify flaws in its original design.
However, it could help Fang Bai point out where the flaws were, but it did not tell him how to optimize them.
Anyway, it told him what was wrong.
But what about the optimization plan?
There was none. He had to figure it out himself.
What a stubborn temperament!
It could be understood simply like this: as long as a design scored below 60 according to the system, it could point out where the flaws were. As long as he corrected them properly, the design would pass.
But it could not optimize a design to 70, 80, or even higher. It had no optimization function.
Moreover, it could only analyze physical objects.
If Fang Bai drew up a design blueprint, it could not analyze what was wrong with the design. Only after a physical object was manufactured could it help analyze it.
"Ah, forget it. Compared with LV1, it seems a little useless."
"Maybe I'll get the functions I want after reaching a higher level."
Fang Bai could not help complaining, but he had to admit that it was still extremely useful to him.
Just like the bicycle before him, he only needed to touch it to know where its obvious design flaws were.
If he corrected those flaws, the product design would improve, production efficiency would rise somewhat, and costs would decrease.
When he established an industrial company in the future, it would certainly have many products. This function would be enormously useful to him, preventing him from going wrong in the overall direction.
After figuring out the new function, Fang Bai returned to his bedroom and went to sleep.
He was still very happy. It showed that after the Golden Finger upgraded, new functions could appear, and existing functions might also be enhanced rather than remaining unchanged.
Ever since he had obtained the Golden Finger after being reborn, he had worried about this.
Now it had upgraded, though its functions were still not powerful enough.
But as long as he raised its level, the future was promising.
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