Two days later, in the afternoon, Ye Qing was standing by the side of the aluminum smelting road, watching the peons use small pincers to fill the molds with molten aluminum.
After the molds solidify, two sets of aluminum alloy wheels with high temperature were produced.
Not only that, but the brake drum and rear seat of the scooter can also be cast using this method.
The time saved is incredible.
The five engraving machines have all been sent out, there are still two left in the workshop.
Along with the main roads of Zhongyun, the number of curbstones on the road increased. A lot of stone processing industries went to the city construction bureau to ask what kind of machine was used to make these curbstones.
To be the boss of a factory, one must have a network of connections. After asking around, they finally found Ye Qing.
But the scale of these stone processing factories is not large, so they were only willing to order one of the 500,000 rmb engraving machines to test the effects.
Two advertising companies also called, asking if this engraving machine can be used to engrave soft metals.
After receiving Ye Qing's guarantee, they each ordered one. But they have to test the machine before they can pay.
Originally, Zhongyun's landscape is mostly flat, so naturally there won't be any large scale stone processing factories.
There are a lot of advertising companies, but the word of mouth hasn't spread yet, so there are very few that dare to spend 500,000 rmb on an engraving machine.
The biggest stone processing factory is Sang Qing's Jiangshan masonry. No matter who he sells it to, Ye Qing won't sell it to this guy.
Ye Qing originally wanted to use the engraving machine to become a hit, but he didn't expect the scooter to be so popular.
Actually, this is easy to understand. If an engraving machine costs 500,000, Ye Qing can make a profit of 400,000 rmb. If an electric scooter sells for 2,800 rmb, he can only make 1,500 rmb.
If he sells 250 electric scooters, he can only make as much profit as an engraving machine.
The only regret is that the electric scooters can't be made into normal quality, or else the Monster Factory would have already reached level 3.
Just as he was preparing to send the 50 new electric scooter parts to the old factory to be assembled. His father called, telling Ye Qing that the assembled electric scooters were sold out.
Ye Jiangning's tone, which should have been a joyous occasion, was very serious.
He told Ye Qing that 30 electric scooters had suddenly appeared on the market this afternoon. Other than the different brands, they were all identical to the factory assembled scooters.
The appearance of this batch of electric scooters, other than the craftsmanship on the inside being miles apart, the exterior, the tires, etc. were exactly the same as the ones assembled by his family's factory.
This batch of fake goods was sold at the same price, and it didn't take long for it to be sold out.
"I've asked my friend at the Industry and Commerce Bureau. He said that it's hard to hold anyone responsible for this kind of product counterfeiting. If you register a patent on the appearance, you can still sue the other party for infringement. If you don't have a patent on the appearance, you can't do anything unless you imitate the name. "
"Looks like we can only work on the quality, the details in those fake goods are really bad." Ye Jiangning was a bit disappointed, his business had just started to flourish and there were already people trying to imitate his products.
"For now, we can only register the exterior patent and the structural patent. But I reckon that even if we apply for a patent, it won't be of much use. They just need to modify it a little and they can sell it again. "
Counterfeiting was always the most troublesome and helpless thing in the business world.
From big cars to small nail clippers, as long as it's a product that sells well, there's no one that hasn't been counterfeited.
Of course, counterfeits will always be counterfeits. Just like the Apple phone, countless phone manufacturers have tried to imitate it, but none of them had the ability to create the Apple operating system.
When a consumer buys a fake electric scooter, as long as they ride it for two days, they'll naturally know that they bought a fake. But since they already bought it, they can only be scammed for nothing.
"Which store is selling it?"
"Right across from your Uncle Huang. Now that our electric scooters have become popular, if they sell it somewhere else, no one will recognize it."
After hanging up the phone, Ye Qing drove the van to the Emma Electric Scooter Store on Zhujiang Road.
The store that sold the fake goods wasn't hard to find, because his father's friend Huang Ranjun was standing in front of the store, arguing with the owner with a red face.
As the saying goes, those in the same trade are like enemies. The two of them originally didn't get along, but now under the drive of profit, the two owners' relationship completely broke down.
"What right do you have to sell this kind of fake goods? Look at your scooter, it's floating so high it can't even find north."
"What a joke. Only you are allowed to sell, and I'm not allowed to sell?" The owner of the store said confidently: "Isn't your Emma Electric Scooter Store? Why is your store selling Emma's Star?"
Huang Ranjun stomped his feet: "My Emma's Star only has the same name, but the outer appearance is not the same as Emma's. Look at the scooter you are selling. Other than the name, it looks like it came out of the same mold. "
"If you have the guts, let's see whose scooter can last longer."
"What's the use of shouting at me?" The owner of the store saw more and more people crowding around and said: "This scooter is Owen Electric Scooter Manufacturing Company's new Wind and Rain brand long range scooter. How can I reject their offer?"
Ye Qing also squeezed into the crowd to watch. Both scooter stores kept one scooter as a sample.
If one were to ignore the artistic words of Wind and Rain and Storm, then even Ye Qing would have a hard time telling which of the two scooters was fake.
Ye Qing did not have a professional plastic injection molding machine and could not make the outer shell of the scooter. He could only ask a professional manufacturer to make the outer shell for him.
Now it seems that this Owen Electric Scooter Manufacturing Company not only had an injection molding machine, but they also had experienced mold makers. If not, they would not be able to make the outer shell look like a professional scooter.
Ye Qing had gotten all the useful information, and he drove back to the factory at Dragon Creek Beach. Ye Qing squatted in the workshop thinking of how to solve this problem.
Complaining was not Ye Qing's character, and he did not need to consider using the law.
If the law was useful, then those Kang Shifu, Pepsi, and Sanjiao toothpaste would have disappeared a long time ago.
No matter how capable Ye Qing was, he could not be more powerful than those tycoons with over 10 billion assets.
Of course, this does not mean that Ye Qing would not find trouble with Owen Electric Scooter Manufacturing Company. Now, the scooter brand had just started, and there was a rat coming in to mess with the scooters. Wouldn't that ruin the reputation of the old factory?
But looking for trouble to solve the problem, when the Storm brand scooters were selling well. Owen II, Owen IV, Real Owen, there would definitely be more and more of them.
Then what could he do to let the customers tell the difference between the real thing and the fake?
Thinking back to the two scooters he saw that were almost exactly the same, even the professional Huang Ranjun said that the two scooters were poured from the same mold.
Poured from the same mold … …
Wait a minute!
Ye Qing looked at the corner, where the peons were pouring aluminum into the mold and casting the wheel hubs, and suddenly thought of an extremely important step.
Pour out the mold!
Ye Qing immediately took out his phone and called the factory that helped him make the mold for the wheel. He had them order three sets of high precision molds for the aluminum alloy outer shell of the scooter.
The molds for the aluminum alloy were made with sand, so they were very fast. The only downside was that the surface of the aluminum alloy had a rough feeling, so it needed to be polished.
The next day at noon, the molds were delivered. Once the molds were in place, Ye Qing had the monsters pour in the molten aluminum.
Once the aluminum alloy in the mold cooled down, a set of silver white scooter outer shell was created.
After letting the monsters use the polishing machine to do a round of polishing, Ye Qing chose the outer shell of the scooter. Using the rapid metal engraver, he carved out a coiling dragon embossed with a furious expression.
After the scooter was changed to a silver white aluminum shell, and the beautiful dragon carving under the headlights was completed.
A completely silver white scooter that looked like it came from the future appeared in front of Ye Qing's eyes.
Ye Qing was stunned. Who had ever seen a scooter with an aluminum alloy outer shell?
The monsters had the attributes of accuracy and efficiency. Even after only one round of polishing, the scooter's aluminum alloy outer shell shined like a sports car.
Why was it a scooter?
Ye Qing hated that he could not bring his van over, modify it into a silver white aluminum shell, and then carve it full of carvings.
Of course, carving a dragon was a bit old-fashioned. Carving some ladies was more tasteful.
Let's see who can fake it. Ye Qing sneered.
The aluminum shell was easy to make, but what about the polishing process and carving process?
Ye Qing only needed to pay a few cents for electricity. If other people wanted to do it, just carving a dragon would be a huge problem.
The Monster Factory's phone beeped again. Originally, Ye Qing did not pay much attention to it, because all the previous beeps were failures.
But this time, the beep was a bit different. Ye Qing took out his phone and looked.
Test passed!
The parts of the scooter were independently processed by the monsters. More than 60% of the scooter's parts met the minimum requirement of normal quality.
Super long range scooter (normal quality/can be sold). Battery management technology and rapid charging technology in production … …
Happiness came too suddenly, and Ye Qing was directly smashed into a brain crash by this huge surprise.
Previously, the scooter's parts were only 43% completed. He did not expect that after the monsters processed the outer shell, it would exceed 60% and meet the minimum requirement of normal quality.
After selling 50 normal quality scooters, the Monster Factory could level up to level 3 and enter a brand new mode.
Right now, he had sold 5 engravers and a few hundred low quality scooters.
Now that the scooters were upgraded to normal quality, does that mean that the Monster Factory could level up to level 3 tomorrow?
According to the original plan, he could sell 50 engravers. But the engraving mechanism was too complicated. Even if 6 master artisans worked together, they would need at least half a month to finish.
Now, with 50 scooters, the monsters would have to work overtime.
Level 3, brand new mode.
Not only would it open up the manufacturing leaderboard, but it would also be able to buy impersonator uniforms. This would allow the monsters to be exposed to others.
Also, the M.P.C.V. would welcome an upgrade.
Hmph!
After leveling up to level 3, he would immediately bring this group of monsters to Owen Scooter Company to cause trouble.
There was also Sang Qing. That guy must have already been released from the detention center. He must be looking for him everywhere.
Who else?
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