Chapter 222: New Factory
Han Songlin was not worried when he was inside Fule Liquor Company, as Xu Lu was very strong. The two men talked about Fule Liquor Company's sales this year.
In the first half of the year, Fule Liquor Company's total annual sales reached 500 million.
In the second half of the year, sales should increase quite a bit, and there should be no problem breaking past 1 billion.
It depends on whether it just breaks through or whether it can reach 1.2 or 1.3 billion.
Local protectionism is prevalent in China, and to a certain extent, the domestic market is not yet a completely unified market.
One of the main reasons why Fule Liquor has been able to conquer the country is that it has handed over the distribution rights of baijiu to powerful local companies to operate.
These distributors also have a great deal of influence in their local areas.
'In the first half of the year, our net profit reached 120 million yuan.'
This is net profit!
It is clear that baijiu is profitable.
'Now, how much raw spirit do we have in storage?'
'4,600 tons.'
Han Songlin looked puzzled: 'Not enough! This amount of raw spirit is not enough. We have purchased 3,000 tons of raw spirit to store in the factory.'
'Boss, this...'
Now, Fule Liquor's baijiu is already selling well enough.
If we purchase a lot of raw spirit, there won't be enough tanks in the factory to hold it all!
Han Songlin looked at Xu Lu and thought for a moment before saying, 'CCTV has a new director of advertising.'
Xu Lu was a little surprised. What did this have to do with Fule Wine?
Fule Wine advertised on CCTV, but the ads were not shown during prime time.
If you didn't have connections for prime time ads, you simply couldn't get them.
Nowadays, if you wanted to get prime time ads on TV, you had to have connections. Whoever had the strongest connections would be able to get the ad time.
'She has been in her position for quite some time now, so she should have made some moves!'
Han Songlin didn't specify what kind of moves.
CCTV is going to hold a bidding for prime-time advertising, but it hasn't been officially announced yet.
But once it is, it will definitely send an invitation to Fule Liquor.
After all, Fule Liquor has advertised a lot on CCTV, and the cooperation has always been good.
This good relationship needs to be put in question!
Who can say what kind of relationship is good?
If you often eat and drink together, the relationship should be good, right?
But when something happens, all these people run away; on the contrary, those people who you can't get in touch with a few times a year will reach out to help you.
Xu Lu pondered, trying to get something going at CCTV, but it would be quite difficult.
Xu Lu knew this, and she could feel the resistance whenever she tried to do something at Fule Wines, let alone at CCTV.
'Prime advertising space?'
Han Songlin looked at Xu Lu in shock. How did she know?
Xu Lu gave a small smile, as if they had thought of the same thing!
'Before, I did think about moving the advertising for our Fule Liquor Industry to prime time, but...' Xu Lu shrugged helplessly, thinking that it was impossible.
'If CCTV really carries out reforms and puts prime time advertising spaces up for tender, I want to get it.' Han Songlin's gaze was full of certainty.
CCTV prime time advertising was really too important.
The advertising space really had too much influence.
Han Songlin was excited at the thought of the influence of the future CCTV king of advertising.
Fule Wine Industry could easily double its sales.
Not to mention eight or nine times, but two or three times is also feasible.
'Regarding the construction of the new factory, it must be completed this year.'
Xu Lu: 'Boss, don't worry, it will definitely be completed this year.'
This year, the number of cellars in Fule Wine Industry will exceed 10,000; to be honest, Han Songlin's approach is really a bit too aggressive.
Most wine companies would never dare to do this.
Only Han Songlin would.
If he succeeds, people will say that he has courage and foresight; if he fails, people will say that he has expanded chaotically and that this is a case of people beating themselves up.
'Whether you will enjoy a life of luxury in the future depends on what you do today!'
As she listened to Han Songlin's words of lament, Xu Lu couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Her boss was being so funny.
Can't you enjoy a life of luxury now?
If you were to talk about the richest person in Shu Chuan right now, it would probably be your boss!
If you were to talk about wealth, Han Songlin is in the top ten, but he is not really the richest person in Shu Chuan.
Some people are richer than Han Songlin.
'Boss, if you say so, then I know what to do!'
If they really manage to secure the prime advertising space, then Fule Wine will definitely be able to take off.
Of course, after taking off, whether it can keep flying, or even fly higher, will depend on its own abilities.
Han Songlin and Xu Lu went to see the production situation in the workshop again, accompanied by Yuan Hongping.
After that, they went to the new factory building.
When the new factory building was being built, because they wanted to put the cellar into use as soon as possible, the cellar was built first, and then it was sealed after the ingredients were added.
After that, the factory building was built.
As for how long the grain can ferment in the pits without problems, such as a reduction in the amount of distilled spirits, there is no problem with a period of one or two years.
In many distilleries, it is normal to suspend production for one or two years.
'This workshop covers an area of 55,000 square metres and has 1,080 pits!'
Standing at the entrance to the workshop and looking across, there is a sense of the scale of the industrial operation, with the brewers' stills and condensing tanks that have already been installed.
There are so many of them, so it's naturally impressive.
Inside the large workshop, there are four areas, each with four brewers.
In other words, there are 16 brewers in the entire workshop.
Needless to say, all 16 brewers are in use at the same time.
In one area, there is a crane and 220 cellar tanks.
Between the wine steamers and the vats, there is a large work area. The bottom of the work area is paved with cement, and then covered with bluestone slabs.
It looks quite nice.
If the entire workshop is in production, it needs nearly a hundred people.
Needless to say, there are the wine makers.
There are also people who operate the overhead travelling crane, which requires people, right?
In addition, there is the workshop director, the workshop technicians, the people who seal the vats, and the people who clean the dregs.
After production, a large amount of lees is produced every day, which definitely cannot be piled up in the factory and must be taken away.
In addition to these personnel, there are also people who unload the grain and unload the goods every day.
These are all included in the logistics side and are not included in the workshop.
'I think this workshop has been repaired almost completely, right?'
'It has been built. Now we just have to wait for the boiler room.'
Now, there are three boiler rooms in the Fule wine industry alone.
The new boiler room is much larger than the previous one because it has to supply the production of the five large workshops.
In fact, there are only 90 wine stills in the five workshops.
The steam from the boiler room enters the workshop through pipes.
When the winery is in production, the area around the factory can really be described as smelling of white wine.
There is also a smell of lees.
And the smell of fermented sewage, it's pretty unpleasant anyway.
'When will the boiler room be ready for use?'
Yuan Hongping: 'In a month, we'll be able to use it. By then, the other workshop will also be almost ready.'
'Then organise production as soon as possible. The wine from this new cellar is not very good. Produce more so that the new cellar will become an old cellar as soon as possible.' Han Songlin frowned as he said this.
Fule Liquor must ensure the quality of the wine.