Saint Jose finally breathed a sigh of relief. All the shops and hotels in the city ordered a total of 8,000 boxes of goods, with 6 cans in each box, which is 48,000 cans.
The wholesale price of one box is 300 pesos, and the comprehensive cost of one box is 200 pesos. The cost can be reduced in the later stage of scale expansion. These 8,000 boxes are a profit of 800,000 pesos, equivalent to 16,000 US dollars.
Quite a huge profit, and because of the spot payment, the deposit return for the entire batch of goods has reached 400,000 pesos, and the 800,000 pesos that can be used in the short term can be used to do a lot of things.
This is the current output of a production line in 24 days. It can now produce 2,000 cans a day, and workers’ wages can be paid half a month later. The scale seems to be expanding.
After winning the first battle, it is indeed more profitable to do business, even if it is just a simple canning factory.
St. Hesse contacted people to ask middlemen to place orders and smuggled the second and third packaging production lines, as well as supporting materials, so that they could continue to expand production in the future.
In recent times, in addition to communicating with other colleagues (drinking, bragging, and eating barbecue), St. Jose has been running to the cannery as soon as he gets off work.
But it was already seven or eight o'clock when I got there after get off work, and the factory had to prepare for get off work, so other methods could only be adopted, such as asking for leave.
At first, the person in charge of leave approval at the headquarters said that he was fair and strict, and that St. Jose's request for leave did not comply with the regulations. St. Jose almost believed this fat man who smelled of alcohol and looked at him with an upright face.
However, after receiving advice from other colleagues, Sanjesé went to the top stores in the city center, shopped around, and bought a box of fine tequila and other gifts for women at a high price, with 2,000 pesos in cash stuffed inside. Send it to that little fat guy’s house.
Then things became simple. When St. Jose came over the next day, Xiaopang gave him a stack of leave application papers with his consent signature on them, and asked him to write leave applications as he pleased in the future, just don't be too exaggerated. To prevent anyone from noticing.
Saint Jose once told people about this history in his later years,
"I didn't want to go to work at that time. The fat guy didn't agree with me asking for leave at first, until he pointed to the tequila in his office. Then I understood, so I tried to get a box of tequila. , I can ask for leave at will, but I still dare not be too arrogant."
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Due to the weather influence in Argentina this year, the entire rainfall in previous years was concentrated from November to March. However, the rainfall in the entire Argentina this year was significantly less than normal, resulting in a poor wheat harvest and a poor fruit harvest.
Argentina, the world's breadbasket, actually imports wheat from Brazil. The prices of agricultural and sideline products have increased. In the words of later generations, the Engel coefficient is very high.
Relatively speaking, the canned fruits produced in Prali are not particularly expensive, and are even quite conscientious. They are a substitute for daily fruits.
The second production line of the cannery has been arranged. The simple production line is currently working in two shifts to increase output every hour.
On average, two hundred cans can be produced in one hour. With 16 hours of production per day, there will be a production of 4,800 cans per day. The cans have increased rapidly, four to five times larger than before.
It has been able to basically meet the sudden burst of demand in the city. After all, the current scheduled orders have exceeded 25,000 boxes. Some middlemen have begun to transfer to other provinces to seek profits. Considering that the current population of Kecheng is less than 700,000, it is quite a lot. Yu bought one box of cans for every 28 people, which is quite astonishing.
High-end stores sell the fastest. Rich people buy ten boxes of goods when giving gifts, and they even pack them extra. Ordinary people will buy one or two cans, while some people will bite the bullet and get a box when giving gifts. , achieve canning freedom.
The explosive sales made San Jose even consider a three-shift production method, but after some consideration, it finally gave up.
Although the union organization in Cordoba is weak and people are eager to work, if the recruitment is expanded again in the short term, it is not good to let these people lose their jobs if the can is no longer popular, and their conscience is a little hard to bear.
This little canned whirlwind has spread to surrounding suburban towns. Everyone loves this "American product" that looks high-end but is actually not a luxury.
Now the entire market is relatively blank, and the country’s strong trade protection is commonly known as closing the country off.
Western Europe is resuming production after World War II. The prices of products imported from international trade are too expensive. Argentina has been unable to obtain new production equipment from the United States in recent years due to the Bilon government. This gives Saint Jose an opportunity. take.
The remaining three production lines have been smuggled across the border, starting from the city of Salto in Uruguay and arriving at Concordia in China. San Jose packed two carriages and arrived at Cordoba Central Station in about three days. .
Trade protectionism is prevalent in Argentina now, and tariffs are extremely high. If you go through normal channels, you will have to at least triple the existing price. Moreover, Argentina is located in South America. Only Western Europe and the United States have developed food industries abroad, but they are actually very far apart.
The local area has stopped setting up factories with foreign investment. Deep in the hinterland of Cordoba, most of the factories are run by locals. There are also some occasional local joint venture factories that do not produce canned products.
The relationship with Western Europe, especially the United Kingdom, also has some minor conflicts due to nationalization. Spain is developing in a mediocre way due to dictatorship. France, Italy, and the Federal Republic of Germany are working hard to restore domestic production and even import equipment from the United States.
Uruguay, as a country that is a compatriot of Argentina, has relatively good relations, but turns a blind eye to most border transportation.
Recently, the cannery has recruited 100 more workers. After all, these so-called production lines are only semi-automated packaging production lines, and most processes still need to be operated manually.
San Jose also recruited 10 security personnel to form a security team. The number of people in the entire factory has reached 170, and one-third of the entire 3,000-square-meter factory is filled with production processes.
I have been purchasing materials in the market for the past two days. I originally wanted to recruit a few electricians to train and customize a simple assembly line. However, it turned out that there was no electrician in the entire Cordoba, and even carpenters were difficult to find.
This makes Saint Jose miss the country with its demographic dividend and talent dividend very much. There are only a few vocational schools in Cordoba, and they are basically business schools. As for universities, there are only a few universities, and they are all To train doctors, lawyers, and other high-end professions.
At present, only about half of the people in Cordoba can attend high school, except for the Gauchos, and the National High School. Although the people in the entire country are relatively wealthy, the population is still too small. Currently, 8% of the people in the entire country have attended university.
It may get better in a few years, but with such a small population, it is not easy to build large-scale industries. Think about it, the world's major countries are developing the fastest, all with large populations.
For example, Japan now has 70 to 80 million people, and will develop rapidly in a few years. Although Germany is split into two, the current Federal Republic of Germany still has more than 40 million people, and even the smaller Democratic Republic of Germany has nearly 20 million people. It’s even more than Argentina is now, so it seems a bit difficult to develop.
By the way, South Korea, which emerged after World War II, also has more than 20 million people. Saint Jose now has a bigger idea when thinking about the problem.
Without enough population, there will not be a large enough domestic market, and there will not be enough labor force. It is better to have more people. More people are more powerful. A great man is a great man. It seems that I should go there to study his works seriously. If I can learn If he catches the surface of his dragon-slaying skills, he might be able to make great progress.
Saint Jose was thinking a lot, and suddenly he understood why the Argentine Republic developed so slowly and regressed.
A careful look at the history after World War II shows that the newly emerging industrialized countries and regions, the "Four Asian Tigers", are all countries with large populations, except for the two special cities of Hong Kong and Singapore.
Even Hong Kong had seven million people with its back to the mainland in the later period. Singapore is the core area of Indonesia and Malaysia. It sits on the important Strait of Malacca and can absorb a large number of talents. It is a completely international city.
Argentina also has the largest Spanish-speaking system. In addition to Brazil, other neighboring countries such as Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Peru are currently relatively weak. If they can develop rapidly, they may be able to absorb more immigrants like the United States.
If the country continues to encourage childbirth, and the population grows rapidly, it may become a country with a population of nearly 100 million, instead of just over 40 million in the 21st century in another time and space.
Look at Iran, Egypt, Nigeria, and even Pakistan and Bangladesh. These countries have such a large population. Except for Bangladesh, which is a weakling in the future, they are also quite powerful countries.
For a moment, Saint Jose had an ambition. If these military governments can hold power, why can't I, Saint Jose?
Princes, generals and prime ministers would rather have their own kind.
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Most technical jobs come from various vocational schools, but because the industry is average, talents are very scarce.
Of course, university graduates disdain to do these types of jobs, and are more willing to work in government and public institutions, or as doctors or lawyers, which not only have high status but also make money.
This was a bit embarrassing. In the end, I had to find a few smarter dropouts for simple training. I hired an electrician and a carpenter with a high salary to provide apprenticeship education. After installation, I set up a simple assembly line with modern knowledge, and finally let Production speed expanded to 4,000 pieces a day.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that I will soon go to the capital to set up an office. The entire Cordoba market has almost been occupied. This is how a country with a small population is. It is still almost closed to the outside world and cannot export or anything. I can only make a little money and have fun.
If the policy does not change, this cannery will only be able to reach the full scale of five production lines. In the future, it will at most expand its categories, and then it will have to get involved in other industries such as canned meat processing.
But there is a problem that is difficult to solve, and that is steel production. Currently, the annual steel production in the entire country of Argentina is less than 300,000 tons, which is a bit dumbfounding.
There are still quotas for steel, which really feels like it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
It should be known that in later generations, a certain city's concealed steel output seemed to be 30 million tons, but it seems that domestic iron ore reserves are also somewhat small.
It’s also time to think about what to do next. The goal of going to college is still the first priority.
At present, canneries can only operate on a small scale to earn some extra money and provide some funds for activities.
To develop the cannery, there is still a shortage of talents. Recently, a factory director will be recruited, and the foundation has been basically laid.
The next step is to get admitted to a university in the capital. Saint Jose’s goal is the largest university in the country, the University of Buenos Aires.
Moreover, the small-scale St. Jose study group has also begun to recruit some members.
Our people are more knowledgeable and have close ties with fellow villagers.
However, because St. Hesse currently only has a high school education, he even planned to bring some dropout children from the village to carry out "rural education" education. However, considering that it would be difficult to implement, he gave up.
At present, domestic education is not completely free, and the ideological consciousness of the Gauchos is low, so there are many Gauchos who drop out of school. Saint Jose is considered to be doing very well, and his speech is relatively weighty.
I am going to go to the village during my vacation in a few days to see if there are any talents that I can recruit.
There is a shortage of people, a huge shortage, and an even greater shortage of talents.
Two or three big cats and kittens.
No activities can be carried out, and they can only develop in secret. As for the Gaucho Military Progress Organization, they are also preparing to formally establish it tonight, carry out a social event, and carry out some defense and counter-infiltration.
It's time to unite so that we can gain some benefits in this four-way fight between the National Defense Forces, City Guards, Local Family Government Departments.
Although the Gauchos are not a particularly reliable group, Saint Jose currently has only one group that they can rely on. It is impossible for Saint Jose to be a lapdog.
Therefore, Saint Hesse did not accept the solicitations from other forces. In addition, the recent deposits and cannery funds received gave Saint Hesse some confidence.
After all, if you have money, you can travel all over the world, but if you don’t have money, it will stump a hero. Even if Saint Jose brags about drinking and connecting with each other, it is still not as real as a few pesos.
If you think they are too stupid, you will be deceived sooner or later. Of course, they will unite around him to some extent for the sake of Saint Jose's face. In fact, it is actually a money offensive. Before that, few people believed it.
Moreover, the city guards and even the Gauchos were mostly decayed, but considering the canneries and other things, this backing was still necessary.
Unless Saint Jose intends to escape from the quagmire of Cordoba, but in that case, they vampires will not make it easy for Saint Jose.
According to reports from my subordinates, some people around the cannery have been investigating recently, and some of the cannery's interests may be let out.
Saint Jose took his confidants and took a three-wheeler, wearing a slightly slutty military coat, and prepared to go to the Aclara Hotel. He was followed by several colleagues, looking enviously at the cars in the city. Now in Cordoba, There are probably less than a thousand cars, but there are still horse-drawn carriages, bicycles, and motorcycles on the road.
The cold wind was howling, although it was not too cold, and there were not many pedestrians on the road. Half of the shops were closed and half were open, which was a bit depressed. Occasionally, there were gangs fighting. When I saw this three-bounce car with military plates, I felt They were immediately evacuated. What was even more impressive was that there were no beggars on the entire main road, which was pretty good.
"When I get rich, I will buy a car first. Sitting in this three-wheel drive looks a bit like a puppet army..." Saint Jose thought, then he wrapped his coat tightly and held his head. Wear a hat to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.
