Urban Sims

Chapter 14 - Difficult to start a business



The production of cigarettes is divided into flue-cured tobacco, shredded, cigarettes and other processes. The most difficult process is the shredded tobacco. The thinner the shredded tobacco, the better the taste when smoking and less harmful substances.

At this time, there are many brands of Guoyan and Yangyan in the cigarette market in Shanghai, such as the famous ‘Old Jinrong’, ‘Wanbaolu’, ‘Pegasus’, ‘Beautiful’, etc. Years of cigarette sales history, some good quality and high price, is a high-end brand, such as ‘Wan Baolu’, some are good and cheap, take the low-end route, such as ‘Pegasus’.

Even, in all walks of life of this era, there have been a lot of commercial phenomena of advertising endorsements, such as the cover of the ‘beautiful’ brand cigarette cigarette case, printed with the decoration patterns of many drama actresses, the promotion of these beautiful patterns As a result, the ‘Beautiful’ brand cigarettes occupy a large number of low-end markets in Shanghai.

Tobacco company founded by Zhou Ming, to produce cigarette products, in order to occupy a certain market in Shanghai, first of all, in terms of quality, to be first-class or quasi-first-class, the production of tobacco, you must choose to grow in Fujian Province Tobacco, Fujian tobacco has the characteristics of good combustibility, moderate nicotine level, and sufficient aroma, and is the first choice raw material for producing good tobacco.

Tobacco quality is guaranteed, followed by the shredder and cigarette machine that are used in the process of making cigarettes. These two machines can be selected by the local method, and they can also be used in combination with some simple tools. The advantage is that the equipment cost is low However, the quality of cigarettes produced varies, and labor costs are high.

Zhou Ming decided to import several advanced wire cutters and cigarette machines from abroad. Although the equipment cost is high, the product quality is guaranteed and the production efficiency is higher.

In order to increase his product’s competitive advantage, Zhou Ming specially took his mother to the Patent Office to apply for a patent for a cigarette filter. Most of the cigarettes currently on the market are not equipped with filters. In order not to burn the mouth, the cigarette burns to the buttocks. Throw away, if the filter appears on the cigarette in advance, it will inevitably increase the market competitiveness of the product.

Uh …

In September of the fifteenth year of the Republic, it took nearly six months to prepare, and the establishment of the Zhenxing Tobacco Company, which cost nearly 100,000 yuan, was announced.

A month later, after the first batch of ‘Fulong’ brand filter cigarettes produced by Zhenxing Tobacco Co., Ltd. was promoted through promotional activities such as float patrol on the street, free tasting on the spot, and seven packs of one pack for one package, the market response was very enthusiastic. In one week, the factory produced 50,000 packs of 20 packs of “Fulong” cigarettes.

After the first shot of the hit, Zhou Ming expanded the production scale of the factory, and also made a group of children aged 5-10 years old to let these children promote the “Ford Long” brand cigarettes all day long. The iconic slogan of “Long Cigarette, Race Over the Living Fairy” is more resounding in the streets.

After brainwashing with mad bomb ads, all of Shanghai knew about the cigarette brand that just came out recently. After trying a few times, they found that the price was cheap and the quality of the cigarette was also very good.

The extra ‘filter tip’ at the end of the cigarette is more magical, which brings great convenience to smokers.

Three months of sales exceeded one million boxes, the market share is first in Shanghai, and the brand influence covers the surrounding provinces!

Revitalized Tobacco Company, in a short time, expanded into a star enterprise with a monthly profit of nearly 50,000 yuan.

But for this reason, the revitalization of tobacco companies has also become the “fat meat” in the eyes of some forces.

In early November, “Fulong” brand cigarettes were just launched to the market, and a group of strangers of unknown origin squatted around the factory, always observing the production status of the factory.

A few days later, a man in a white dress holding a paper fan came to visit and said that he wanted to have an interview with the factory manager and make a friend.

“This man in white clothes, we call him a” white paper fan “on the rivers and lakes. In the gang, he is generally the role of a military division. He is responsible for singing red faces on various occasions. He came to our company today. Talk about how much protection money is paid. “

As a labor force at the dock, his father Tiannian still knew a little about the underground rivers and lakes organization in Shanghai. When the white paper fan visited, he knew that the revitalization of the tobacco company was being targeted by the unknown gang around him. Of tobacco companies are not well-intentioned.

“Can we not pay the protection fee?”

Zhou Ming asked, the company has just started to make profits, and it will expand its scale in the future, how can there be money to pay protection fees.

Da Nian shook his head, “If you refuse them, up to three days, they will send people to make troubles, affecting the company’s normal production, it is best to be wealthy!”

“Find a patrol room, let the police come to help?”

“The police ask for money, and they want more, not to mention that the police cannot stay in our factory all the time. They can’t be guaranteed for a while, but they can’t be protected for a lifetime.”

艹, what kind of world is this?

In the end, his father Tian Danian met the white paper fan in the name of the factory manager. After repeated “consultation” talks, he exchanged for the “Tiger Tiger Gang” at the cost of 10,000 oceans per month. Protection, the other party promised to provide ten “helpers” to protect the safety of the tobacco factory day and night.

However, within a few days of sending away the Tigers, a group of officials from the tax bureau came up to levy a half-year commercial tax. For a total of 60,000 oceans, the tobacco factory that has just made a small amount of money has so much money? Anyway, they even let them read the company’s operating books. UU reading www.uukanshu.com finally took away only 20,000 cash from the company before sending away the gang of officials.

Send away two plague gods, looking at the company’s empty cash box, Zhou Ming’s heart was cold.

“The company’s profit is less than 50,000 a month, and these two groups of plagues will take away more than 20,000. In the future, the larger the company will be, the more these people will knock on the bones and **** the bones. The tobacco company, I ’m afraid I have n’t even become a large company, so I ’m gonna be bitten by these hungry wolves! ”

Good, law-abiding and wicked people are increasingly oppressed. Merchants want to operate in good faith, but in troubled times, this is indeed in troubled times.

The haze in my heart hasn’t gone away, and it didn’t take long for Zhou Ming to send the children who promoted the “Ford Long” cigarettes to the streets to report back. There are also a variety of cigarettes with filters installed on the market, and the retail price is higher than the “Fu”. Delong’s are cheaper. In recent days, ‘Fordron’ cigarettes are almost out of stock.

“What? My cigarette filter patent was plagiarized? Did they ask for our permission? This is plagiarism, this is a crime!”

Zhou Ming was angry! It didn’t take long for him to apply for a patent for a cigarette filter. Someone plagiarized openly, shamelessly! Thief!

Be sure to sue them to the court!

“Mr. Tian and Ms. Zhao, we are sorry that we cannot accept this lawsuit. The patents for cigarette filters are not invented by your Chinese. It is impossible for someone in your country to invent this thing. Your registered patent is proved to be invalid.”

At the entrance of the court, the yellow-haired, green-eyed, gangster lawyer said arrogantly.

“Ghost, shell oil!” Zhou Ming stomped **** the foot of this ghost lawyer, and with a wailing wailing, he walked away with several legs before the next few guards chased over.


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