174: Chapter 174 Hot Pot Base Production Line Needs Optimization and Improvement

Led by Bai Zhi, Lawyer, Mo Li and An Ran first visited the office building where the reception room was located.

The office building had three floors, each about 60 square meters.

The first and second floors contained general offices, meeting rooms, and reception rooms, while the third floor had two oversized offices.

Outside the oversized offices, there were even attached offices for secretaries.

One side bore the sign of General Manager, and the other side bore the sign of Deputy General Manager.

An Ran pushed open the door to the General Manager's office, looked at the fully equipped oversized office with interest, and said to Mo Li, "Boss Mo, how about making this your office?"

Mo Li scanned the office and nodded with satisfaction.

Using such a large office when he might not even work here every day was a bit extravagant.

But since these were already here, remodeling would only add unnecessary costs; it was better to just make do with it.

Moreover, with this office, the previous problem of having no place to receive guests and discuss business was solved instantly.

"Then I won't be formal. The one opposite will be yours, Boss An... You'll need to put more effort into the matters here in the future."

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An Ran gave Mo Li an annoyed look.

"We haven't even started hiring yet, and you're already assigning me work?"

"As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility..."

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Seeing them chatting again, Bai Zhi, Lawyer hurriedly spoke up to interrupt.

"You two, the factory area is still very large. Let's hurry up..."

Mo Li nodded.

"Let's go check out the other building..."

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When Mo Li had looked from outside the factory area before, he felt that the six-story building looked like staff dormitories.

But that was just a guess after all, a rough estimation at best.

Now that he could conduct a field inspection, he might as well go and see for himself.

Bai Zhi, Lawyer responded and soon led Mo Li and An Ran to the front of the six-story building.

"These are the staff dormitories... but everyone moved out before National Day."

As she spoke, the three of them arrived at a dormitory room on the first floor.

The door was unlocked. After pushing it open, the room was dirty and messy, with four steel bunk beds arranged on both sides.

At the back of the dormitory, there was a toilet, a shower room, and a small balcony.

The overall layout looked very much like those cramped eight-person school dormitories.

But the rooms here were even more cramped than school dormitories, making it hard to even place a table in the middle of the room.

Bai Zhi, Lawyer curled her lip and explained to Mo Li, "All the rooms in the dormitory have this layout. When Old Master Sun was around, these were four-person rooms."

"After Sun Chuan took over, he said it was to reduce costs and increase efficiency, so he changed them to eight-person rooms."

"As a result, after changing them to eight-person rooms, the dormitory was never even full. I don't know what Sun Chuan was thinking..."

"I heard all this from the old security guard. Whenever he talks about it, he misses Old Master Sun immensely."

Mo Li frowned.

What else could he be thinking?

Wasn't it just the mindset of a boss who purely treated employees like beasts of burden and couldn't stand seeing them have even a little bit of comfort?

Mo Li thought for a moment and said to Boss An, "Boss An, how about we change this back to four-person rooms?"

An Ran nodded.

"I have the same idea... having eight people live here is truly a bit ridiculous."

Bai Zhi, Lawyer once again interrupted Mo Li and An Ran's conversation in a timely manner.

"I say, you two bosses, if there's anything specific to discuss, you can sit down and discuss it slowly later. Can we look at the factory area first?"

An Ran glared at Bai Zhi, Lawyer, then looked at Mo Li. Seeing him nod in agreement, she then said to Bai Zhi, Lawyer, "Fine, fine, fine, my dear Bai Zhi, Lawyer, we'll do whatever you say, alright? Are we going to see the production line next?"

"That's right, the production line. The production line is the key point, okay? Honestly, clearly you two are the ones funding the acquisition, yet I'm the one who's more anxious than you."

Bai Zhi, Lawyer grumbled.

Then she led Mo Li and An Ran to Workshop No. 1.

"This is Workshop No. 1. It's mainly divided into three parts: the workshop office, the hot pot base production line, and storage. The entire workshop is for producing hot pot base."

"However, the automation of this production line is very average. Coupled with low worker motivation and problematic management, the production capacity is quite limited."

"With three shifts, even at full capacity, it only produces 1,200 jin per day."

"I suggest that after the procedures are completed, you'd better optimize this production line."

Mo Li's eyelid twitched after hearing Bai Zhi, Lawyer's introduction.

Only 1,200 jin with three shifts? That's only 500 jin an hour—this is a bit too low.

Mo Li glanced at An Ran and found that she also seemed somewhat speechless.

She probably also felt that this output was too low.

The Central Kitchen was currently producing hot pot base; its production line took up less space than this one but was highly automated.

The theoretical capacity per hour was 300 jin, but in actual production, it could reach about 2,500 jin per hour.

Based on a normal eight-hour production day, the daily capacity was around 2,000 jin.

If they ran three shifts a day at full capacity...

Under ideal conditions, it could produce 7,200 jin per day, and in actual production, it could reach around 60,000 jin per day.

One was 6,000 jin, and the other was 12,000 jin; the contrast was indeed quite stark.

This was a dimensional reduction strike by an advanced, automation-focused production line against an old, manual-focused one.

However, with this workshop available and a place to put the production line, everything was manageable.

Suddenly.

Mo Li realized a problem.

It was a problem that An Ran had never mentioned to him before.

"I say, Boss An... how much did our hot pot base production line cost?"

An Ran held up two fingers and waved them at Mo Li.

"Two million. I worried quite a bit back then to scrape that money together..."

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Mo Li clicked his tongue.

Although An Ran spoke lightly of it now, it was because the difficulties had already been resolved.

When the hot pot base production line was being set up, the Central Kitchen had just started production, and the Harmony Garden in Donghai City was still being renovated; money was needed everywhere.

At that critical juncture, she had actually squeezed out another two million without a word to buy the hot pot base production line.

The pressure must have been explosive; just thinking about it, one could tell how difficult it had been for her.

"Boss An, you've really worked hard on the hot pot base matter..."

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The corners of An Ran's mouth curled up, and she gave Mo Li a charming smile.

"You already provided the recipe for the hot pot base, so I couldn't possibly ask you for money too, right? Fortunately, the difficulties were only temporary, and now everything is moving in a good direction."

Watching from the side as the two started chatting again with a hint of affection, Bai Zhi, Lawyer decisively interrupted them once more.

She decisively spoke up to interrupt the two again.

"You two bosses, could you wait until I'm not here before you continue your chat?"

"I say, Bai Zhi, Lawyer, do you have to make things difficult for me today?"

Bai Zhi, Lawyer couldn't be bothered with An Ran's teasing. She was clear-headed and knew that here, An Ran didn't have the final say; Mo Li did.

She fixed her gaze directly on Mo Li.

"After finishing with the hot pot base production line, let's go check the other factory building. Over there are the production lines for Frozen Dumplings, frozen buns, and spice packs."

Mo Li was equally interested in the other production line.

The recipes for Frozen Dumplings and frozen buns had long been tested and were just waiting for this line to start production.

As soon as the relevant procedures were completed, production could start immediately.

By then, it would be a triple success with hot pot base, Frozen Dumplings, and frozen buns.

With the production lines running at full power and finding influencers to promote the products, sales wouldn't be an issue either.

Theoretically, the previous problem of heavy financial pressure should never arise again.

"Alright! Lawyer Bai, let's go check out the other factory building now."