Rebirth 1994: Starting from laid-off workers

After leaving home, Zhang Jiaqiang took a taxi and went straight to the factory.

On the way, he kept smacking the lingering taste of noodles in his mouth, feeling that something was missing.

It seems that we have to cast a wide net and offer a huge prize to mobilize the whole factory. I don’t believe that we can’t collect an unforgettable sauce.

Back in the office, Gao Jie took out the compiled information and placed it in front of him.

"This is the equipment you asked to inspect, as well as the machines that need to be purchased this time. Master Liu and Master Wang will go to the capital on a business trip early tomorrow morning to contact foreign companies there to purchase ready goods!"

In the past, when manufacturers purchased machines, they would form groups of enterprises in this city and go abroad to place orders under the arrangements of the foreign affairs department.

But that requires foreign exchange. Zhang Jiaqiang can't get even a cent of foreign exchange now, so he can only do the next best thing and find foreign companies to buy spot goods.

It is much faster to buy off-the-shelf products than to customize them, but there are always some things that do not meet the requirements and need to be rectified after returning. In short, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Zhang Jiaqiang read the information meticulously and added several types of inspection targets according to his memory.

"We have to take one step at a time and look at three steps. This time when buying spot goods, we need to understand the situation of the latest equipment. When we have sufficient funds, we will make a move directly. We can even pay a part of the deposit in advance!"

"In addition, Master Wang and Master Liu will separately set up an equipment department in the future to be responsible for equipment procurement and maintenance for all enterprises under my name. There are such masters in the food factory who will also be included in this department, and they must be professional. Only by concentrating talents can more effective technologies be hatched.”

Gao Jie turned into a secretary and recorded all of this for implementation at the next office meeting. This is the work procedure formulated by Zhang Jiaqiang. Unless there is an emergency, the procedure must be strictly followed so that it can be orderly.

Zhang Jiaqiang continued, "There is another thing that needs to be urgent. You ask Lao Cai to make an announcement and offer a reward of 1000 yuan for information on the noodle soup with the most unique taste. Anyone who can provide the specific recipe will receive ten times the reward if it is adopted. Do this immediately. Let all employees in the factory know!”

The grand prize of [-] yuan is quite shocking these days. Even if the clues provided are used, there will be a reward of [-] yuan, which will definitely make everyone tempted.

Soon the loudspeakers in both factories broadcast the news, and notices were posted on the bulletin boards of the two factories.

The factory immediately exploded. The workers were thinking hard about the most unique noodle soup they had ever tasted. Some even recalled the similar news they had heard.

Before getting off work, a lot of paper slips had arrived in the hands of the factory directors on both sides.

In the end, they were all piled on Zhang Jiaqiang’s table.

Looking at the pile of notes and even the tinfoil from the cigarette pack, Zhang Jiaqiang had a headache.

I can’t read them one by one, I just hope there is something I want in there.

After the sun went down, the lights came on in the office. Zhang Jiaqiang planned to stay up all night and destroy all these notes. He called his wife to ask for leave and started working hard.

"You're satisfied just by looking at it, aren't you?"

Gao Jie held a small lunch box and placed it in front of Zhang Jiaqiang.

The snow-white rice is topped with tomato scrambled eggs and a few pieces of oily soy sauce beef. The rich aroma makes people salivate.

This lunch box belonged to Gao Jie. She cleaned it carefully after eating and then brought the meal to Zhang Jiaqiang.

Zhang Jiaqiang was already hungry at this moment. He didn't care about other people's lunch boxes, picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

Gao Jie pulled up a chair and sat across from him, stretching out her slender fingers to sort out the messy notes.

Browsing through the various scrawls on it, she frowned and said, "Director, can you find the formula you want here?"

Zhang Jiaqiang said vaguely, "Not necessarily, but there is hope. I am naturally sensitive to food. I can tell how it tastes just by looking at the name!"

Gao Jie was surprised at first, then pursed her lips and chuckled, "Blow it, the tax bureau doesn't care anyway!"

Zhang Jiaqiang did not explain, and continued to pay attention to his dinner. He ate very carefully, but very quickly, and within a few mouthfuls, only half of the contents of the lunch box were left.

Gao Jie tilted her head and looked at him. She didn't know what she was thinking of, and she smiled foolishly.

After Zhang Jiaqiang finished cleaning the battlefield, a box of lavender cookies was placed in front of him again.

"It's such a small lunch box, it's okay for girls to eat, but you must not be full, so just eat the cookies!"

This is a new product from the factory and has not been launched yet. Gao Jie kept a few packs in case of emergency.

Zhang Jiaqiang picked up the biscuits, looked at the packaging carefully, shook his head and said, "I think the packaging should be designed to be more fashionable!"

"Chao?" Gao Jie had never heard of this new word, and her delicate face was full of doubts.

Zhang Jiaqiang said with a smile, "It's more trendy, novel and fashionable. Our biscuits are aimed at the teenage market. Before they taste the taste, they can only choose based on their preferences, so the appearance becomes the key to attract them!"

Gao Jie nodded repeatedly to show that she had been taught, and thought about how to design a new packaging.

Zhang Jiaqiang pushed the biscuit away and reached out to pick up the note compiled by Gao Jie.

He suddenly remembered the cardboard potato chips that could be seen everywhere in the supermarket in his previous life. It seemed good to replace them with biscuits, so he said casually.

"Actually, you don't have to use traditional plastic packaging. You can consider paper tubes, sealing with tin foil, and a cartoonish appearance, which will be more attractive!"

Gao Jie's eyes lit up and she quickly drew a cute penguin on the paper, with a black and white round body and a top hat on its head.

She also majors in fashion design, so drawing is easy. This penguin is so lifelike and cute that people fall in love with it at first sight.

Zhang Jiaqiang was stunned, and it took him a long time to say something.

"Why did you remember to draw penguins?"

Gao Jie shrugged, "It's cute, isn't it? It's a metaphor for the chocolate and cream filling in the cookie. Don't you like it?"

"I like it, I like it!" However, he was thinking in his mind whether to register this trademark, or even wait until [-] when the domestic Internet development began...

Gao Jie definitely didn't know that a violent storm was brewing in his mind, and she looked at her masterpiece with great satisfaction and said.

"Then try to make a batch tomorrow and start putting it into the market!"

Perhaps due to luck, Zhang Jiaqiang happened to see the note in his hand, which said that somewhere in the southwest, spicy beef noodles were served.

Dried beef is similar to ham, except that the former is a cow and the latter is a pig.

Because the southwest is warm, humid and rainy, it was extremely difficult to preserve meat in ancient times without refrigeration equipment.

Therefore, a large amount of salt is used to marinate the meat. After time of brewing in the unique local environment, the meat has a unique taste.

Dried beef has a more delicious and rich flavor than fresh beef, making it unforgettable for a long time after eating it.

If you add the spicy and appetizing taste, it will be even more unique.

Although Zhang Jiaqiang has never eaten this kind of noodles, he has an appetite just by reading the words.

"Gao Jie, call the provider of this information to have a chat!"