When will I have a long tassel?

Fortunately, the food was served at this time. Xiao Wenjun's attention immediately turned to the dining table. Without even saying a polite word to Tang Zifeng, he started to take down his chopsticks. It seemed that she was not lying when she said she was hungry before.

The two of them ate in a tacit understanding, unlike the young lovers at other tables who held each other's dishes to show their affection.

After eating for a while, Xiao Wenjun slowed down significantly and began to have time to continue chatting with Tang Zifeng. Tang Zifeng was not hungry at all, so he put down his chopsticks and resumed the previous topic: "By the way, Wenjun, you said on the phone that you are having some trouble now. What is it specifically?"

Xiao Wenjun said: "My previous estimate of the workload was a bit optimistic. I thought I could design the machine tool alone. Now it seems that I can't complete this task alone. I wonder if you can let Linyi The machine’s technical department will come to help.”

"Where is the workload mainly?" Tang Zifeng asked.

Xiao Wenjun said: "It's mainly about calculations. I'm a little ambitious. I hope this machine tool can process lower-strength steel, which will increase the stiffness requirements for each component of the machine tool. And this machine tool must be installed in a In the tool box, this determines that the machine bed, arms and other components cannot be too thick. To increase the stiffness, special steel must be used, which will lead to a significant increase in costs.

"I am now thinking that we need to comprehensively calculate the force conditions of the machine when processing various materials, and determine what kind of materials can be used to ensure the stiffness requirements and maximize cost savings. This calculation amount is It’s very big and there are too many factors to consider. If I do it alone, I might not be able to complete it in less than half a year.”

The mini machine tool envisioned by Tang Zifeng will certainly not be used for industrial purposes. It is just a toy for industrial enthusiasts. This kind of mini machine tool is not uncommon in later generations. Many industrial enthusiasts abroad will buy such machine tools and keep them in their garages, and occasionally use them to make gadgets to satisfy their own manufacturing habits.

Due to the small size of the machine tool, and out of the need to be "cool", all the parts must be packed into a tool box, so as Xiao Wenjun said, the bed, arms and other parts cannot be made very thick. Deformation will occur under large forces. Therefore, this type of machine tool is not suitable for processing steel and can only be used to process wood or aluminum. This is what Tang Zifeng told Xiao Wenjun in advance.

But Xiao Wenjun is a person who likes to challenge herself. She wonders, in addition to being a toy, can this kind of machine tool also have some practical value? For example, if a small part at home is broken, the owner can use this machine tool to process a part and replace it. In this way, the value of the machine tool will be much greater than before.

Some of the parts used at home are made of steel. Of course, they are generally not high-strength steel. Ordinary steel is enough. Xiao Wenjun's idea is to improve the structural rigidity of this mini machine tool so that it can process ordinary steel, which greatly increases the design workload.

Tang Zifeng now also has some industrial knowledge. Xiao Wenjun briefly explained to him and he understood what was going on. He thought for a while and said: "You have a good idea. Different materials are used, and the scope of application of machine tools is also different. I can divide the machine tools into several grades, those that can only process wood, those that can process aluminum, and those that can process ordinary materials. It's made of steel. The prices for each grade are different. The highest grade is sold to local tycoons for $10,000 without any counter-offer."

"Isn't this too exaggerated?" Xiao Wenjun said with a smile, "I have probably calculated that the cost of a set of such machine tools will not exceed 2,000 yuan, which is less than 300 U.S. dollars when converted into U.S. dollars. Even if it is made of special steel The bed and arms cost only $1,000, so why can you sell them for $10,000?"

Tang Zifeng said seriously: "First of all, there must be something wrong with your algorithm. You said that the cost of machine tools is low just because you calculated it based on China's labor costs. If you switch to foreign labor costs, just making these small How much labor is required for the parts? In addition, what we sell is not only the manufacturing cost, but also an idea. Isn’t this idea worth $5,000?”

"Others can do this idea too," Xiao Wenjun said.

Tang Zifeng said: "So we must seize the time to apply for a patent. This machine tool is considered a utility model, right? As long as we register the patent, others will have to consider imitating it. In the domestic market, it doesn't matter how many copycat companies want to imitate. , no wealthy person in China can afford such a machine tool anyway.”

"The main thing is that rich people don't need machine tools." Xiao Wenjun corrected him with a smile.

"Why did I just hear a rich man say that he wanted to buy one?" Tang Zifeng looked confused, as if he was recalling which rich man said this.

Of course Xiao Wenjun knew that he was making fun of herself, because she was the one who just said she wanted to own a set of such machine tools, and she was indeed one of the wealthy.

Over the past year or so, Tang Zifeng and Xiao Wenjun have jointly developed many new products. Each new product is proposed by Tang Zifeng, Xiao Wenjun implements it, and then sells the patent to Linyi Machinery for production. Although those small products later were not as popular as the previous wood carving machine tools, they also created revenue ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions for Linyiji. When accumulated, these products were of great help to Linyiji. of.

Linyiji has a tacit understanding with Xiao Wenjun, and Xiao Wenjun will be paid a certain percentage of the patent licensing fee for each new product. Over time, Xiao Wenjun became a rich woman with a net worth of millions. Of course, this matter is only known to a very small number of people, and Tang Zifeng is undoubtedly one of them.

Xiao Wenjun is not a person who pursues a luxurious life, but when he has money, his consumption concept will naturally change. For example, buying himself a mobile phone, buying some more expensive clothes, and sponsoring his parents to buy a house in Wulang City. Luxury houses, this is something that goes without saying.

Every time Tang Zifeng met Xiao Wenjun, he would always tease her that she was a new rich person from Tsinghua University. Xiao Wenjun was a little resistant to this statement at first. Over time, he accepted it and felt that he was indeed a rich person.

Hearing Tang Zifeng talking about the wealthy people again, Xiao Wenjun just pretended not to hear and said: "The design of this machine tool still has some skills, especially the integration of machine tools, milling machines, drilling machines and other functions into one, which is equivalent to a lot of Components need to adapt to different processing methods. For this, I have to use my brain a lot. Registering the design of these multi-functional components as utility models basically blocks the way for others to imitate. If others want to bypass these designs , even if it can be realized, the cost will definitely increase significantly.

"As for domestic small companies, it will be more difficult to imitate this kind of machine tool. Most of the parts of this machine tool are relatively small and require precision processing. I don't think those small companies have the ability to do this kind of precision processing. "

Tang Zifeng said: "It doesn't matter. As long as they don't sell abroad, I don't care how they imitate them at home. If they want to sell abroad, I will have to find lawyers abroad to deal with them. I think foreign agents dare not take the risk." It’s a big mistake in the world to act as an agent for their infringing products.”

Xiao Wenjun nodded in agreement, then returned to the original topic and said: "Then, there is only one problem left. We need to find someone to do the follow-up calculations. I can provide ideas, but so many components are affected by each other. It’s very troublesome to calculate due to the power relationship, and I can’t do it alone.”

"Why didn't you think of asking your classmates to help you do it? I don't think your two roommates...well, I mean, they looked like they were reading stupid books." Tang Zifeng was witty again.

Xiao Wenjun rolled his eyes at Tang Zifeng, and then said: "My two roommates, one named Liu Yidan and the other named Dong Xiao, are girls with very lively personalities. I will introduce them to you another day. In fact, I also thought about inviting them both I’m helping, but I haven’t thought of a specific way. If it’s not done well, it might affect the relationship between classmates.”

"Affect the relationship between classmates?" Tang Zifeng was stunned for a moment and understood. It seems that classmate Xiao does not have any social experience, and he knows what it means to win a favor and fight against a favor. There is indeed something wrong with her asking the two roommates for help. If she doesn't do it right, we won't even be friends.

Tang Zifeng asked Xiao Wenjun to design this set of machine tools with an eye on foreign markets. According to Tang Zifeng's estimation, a set of machine tools can be sold for one or two thousand US dollars, and it is easy to sell one or two thousand sets a year. If the marketing intensity is stronger, selling 10,000 units a year is not an illusion.

Ten thousand sets of machine tools is a business of more than ten million US dollars, which is equivalent to hundreds of millions of RMB. Xiao Wenjun receives 1% patent licensing fee and earns millions. So, the question is, if she asks two roommates to help during this process, how much money will she give to the two roommates in the future?

According to the general fee standard for hiring students to work, even if Xiao Wenjun paid his two roommates 10,000 yuan each, it would be considered a sky-high price. The graduate student's allowance is only 300 yuan a month, plus some labor fees paid by the tutor every now and then. , a graduate student can earn 6,700 yuan a month, and is considered a successful person on campus. Xiao Wenjun asked his roommate to do some work and was paid 10,000 yuan in two or three months, which was shocking enough.

But even so, once the roommates know that Xiao Wenjun earns 100 times this income, it will be difficult for them to maintain a psychological balance. They may even wonder if Xiao Wenjun exploited their cheap labor and gave them a good price for the things they made, while only giving them a fraction. By then, various conflicts will arise. Not only will Xiao Wenjun be unable to behave in the dormitory, but his bad reputation may even spread throughout Tsinghua University.

Considering these consequences, it was a wise move for Xiao Wenjun not to let his roommates help.