Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 165 Mother and Son Talking About Money (Part )

Seeing his mother Chu Bihe's worry, Liu Feiyun hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, Mom. I have thought about these things for a long time and have some preliminary countermeasures!"

"Let's talk about wooden tools and spiritual armor first! Our Anya County is mountainous and forested, so there is no shortage of wood. It's just right to produce some wooden tools!"

"But the profit margins on ordinary wooden products, whether tools or furniture, are too thin! And we don't have much precious wood here!"

"The cost of ordinary wooden products is actually mainly labor, and the cost of raw materials is not high. So I plan to make profits by quantity and adopt an assembly line model to improve production efficiency and reduce labor costs!"

"Assembly line mode!? What does this mean?" Chu Bihe was puzzled.

"The so-called assembly line is to decompose the entire complex manufacturing process of a finished product into several relatively simple processes. The original model of a craftsman making a finished product from start to finish is changed to a model where several people work together, each doing only one process, and then assembling it at the end. In this way, the requirements for the craftsman's skills can be greatly reduced, while at the same time the craftsman's proficiency in a certain process can be quickly improved! Even most of the processes can be directly handed over to ordinary people, and only a few skilled craftsmen are needed to be responsible for the final assembly and quality control!"

Chu Bihe was, after all, a person who was proficient in production and commerce. She soon realized the great advantages of the assembly line and said with some surprise: "This assembly line method is really amazing! It can not only reduce the number of skilled craftsmen required, but also improve production efficiency! The best thing is that it can also play a role in confidentiality! This method is more suitable for making cars and armor, but in this way, I am afraid it will be difficult to produce high-quality products!"

"So! This method is only suitable for producing large quantities of common quality items! Moreover, if you want to use the assembly line, you must first standardize the quality and specifications of the finished products. It's like building a car, all the wheels and frames must be standardized into one or several fixed styles and sizes!"

"That's right! Yun'er! Where did you learn this method? I never thought of such a simple and efficient production method before!"

Liu Feiyun couldn't help but blush slightly: This assembly line production method is well known in another world, but in this strange world, it has become a wonderful method!

Liu Feiyun did not answer his mother's question, but said: "Soap beans and red makeup are mainly for women's needs! The soap beans I mentioned are not directly taken from the soap tree, but there is another mystery. You will know it when the time comes. In fact, I prefer to call it soap. One is for washing clothes, and the other is for bathing."

"As for the red makeup, it is mainly to make various perfumes, creams and the like, rather than rouge and powder! With my knowledge of all kinds of flowers and herbs, it shouldn't be difficult to make these things!"

"Spiritual armor is even easier! Since my family can produce battle armor and crystals, as long as I add some knowledge of crystal formations that I learned from the Sky-Watching Pavilion, it will be no problem to make some simple spiritual armor! When I invite some fellow disciples who are proficient in formations from the Sky-Watching Pavilion in the future, it will be even more powerful!"

"As for the bookstore! I don't plan to make money from it! I just want to use it to create a little influence among the readers!"

"What about the colored glaze workshop? Not to mention the seven-color colored glaze, the five-color colored glaze, even the three-color colored glaze is not that easy to make! The secret recipe and technique of color matching are top secrets of each colored glaze family! They are not easily disclosed to the outside world!"

"As for colored glaze! I don't plan to make any colorful colored glaze toys! Instead, I plan to do the opposite and make single-color or even completely colorless transparent colored glaze! I will further process most of it into lenses and utensils for my own use, and a small part of it will be made into mirrors that can clearly reflect people and sold!"

"Monochrome glass! Colorless glass! Lenses! Utensils! Mirrors! These ideas of yours are really... really bizarre! Alas! Anyway, you have money now! You can spend it however you like! But you want to build so many workshops! Even if you use assembly lines, the number of skilled craftsmen will be greatly reduced, but there will not be too few ordinary craftsmen. Where are you going to find them? Will you directly transfer them from the household slaves or recruit them from the civilian households in the territory?"

"We don't need too many craftsmen. Even newcomers who have never been to a workshop can be used! I plan to transfer the guards, iron guards, and craftsmen's families in the Calling Name Valley to the workshop. These people will add up to at least one or two thousand people! These people are enough for now! Besides, the Calling Name Valley is not a big place, and it is not possible to build many workshops!"

"You plan to build all these workshops in your valley?"

"Exactly!"

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The mother and son first talked about the Liu family's existing industries and businesses, and then talked about building a workshop in Huanming Valley! Later, they naturally talked about some business marketing skills and experiences!

Although Liu Feiyun was just an ordinary wage earner before his rebirth, thanks to the information-rich era, the knowledge of production and marketing that he could hear and see was much richer and more advanced than that of the current alien world. When Liu Feiyun talked about some of the methods and techniques that he could think of at this time, Chu Bihe was surprised and amazed from time to time:

"Well! Your membership system is great! It can stabilize your customer base for a long time!"

"It's not uncommon for a restaurant and an inn to be combined into one, but if a theater and a brothel are added, will it work?"

“This points system and membership system are a perfect match! It’s really great!”

"Dividing carriages into standard and customized types! Hmm! We can give this method a try!"

"Low-end wines should try to keep all costs down and sell at low prices. Mid-end and high-end wines should add some extra functions and packaging, and sell at high prices to raise their status and earn the face money of those rich people. It's a shame that you can come up with such a dirty trick! But my mother likes it!"

The mother and son became more and more interested in chatting. Later, Chu Bihe even called two middle-aged female slaves to record Liu Feiyun's production and marketing ideas one by one!

Before she knew it, it was almost midnight again. Chu Bihe was afraid of delaying her son's rest, so she ended the wealth management knowledge exchange meeting between mother and son!

Before Liu Feiyun left, he saw Chu Bihe saying to a female slave who was recording the conversation between mother and son: "You have remembered all the words of the young master! Go back and prepare yourself, and leave for the imperial capital Changluo the day after tomorrow, and tell the young lady what the young master said! And help her to open up the situation! If you do well! When the young lady comes back, I will promote you to the chief steward in charge of all the shops in Changluo! Your man and children will also be upgraded! Do you understand?"

The middle-aged female slave's eyes suddenly brightened, and she immediately knelt down and kowtowed, expressing her loyalty and gratitude!

Liu Feiyun's heart moved, and he stopped just as he was about to walk out of the study room and asked, "Mom! Did you say my elder sister is coming back soon?"