Chapter 13 By-products (Ch 807815719)

Starting in September.
Hailufeng Company sold glass eels in large quantities to surrounding areas, and soon all 7.6 million glass eels were sold out in less than a month.
The average selling price of each glass eel was around 2.65 yuan, and a total of 20.14 million yuan was sold.
The first wave of return will cover the previous investment costs.
An average of 7.6 million glass eels will be produced in the next two months, which means the farm will generate around 10 million in revenue for the company each month.
at the same time.
At the same time, at the eel cannery, 5,000 female eels had been slaughtered and frozen after spawning in August.
In fact, the fish meat from 5,000 eels is only about 7 tons.
The specifications of canned eels customized by Hailufeng Eel Canning Factory are a net content of 150 grams and a solid content of no less than 65%, that is, 100 grams of eel meat per can. 7 tons of eel meat can produce 70,000 cans of canned eels.
According to the production efficiency of that production line, 70,000 cans of canned eels would only represent half a month’s production.
However, in the later stage, after the breeding farm expands in scale, the cannery will also produce at full capacity.
Jiang Miao did not get carried away. He planned to continue expanding production and expand the farm to 200 acres.
However, Li Xinhua, the cannery manager who was hired some time ago, was having a headache at this time.
The fourth floor of the cannery is the research and development area.
Manager Li Xinhua, food engineer Huang Jianye, the company’s kitchen assistant Auntie Li, and several assistants are trying to braise eels in oil.
At this time, more than a dozen eel dishes were displayed on the stainless steel square table.
These eel dishes are not made by Aunt Li, but are purchased and packaged from various food stalls in the city.
“This one tastes the best. Which restaurant makes it?” Li Xinhua took a look at the label, which read: Axiong Farmhouse in Nanfen Village, Pubian Town.
Huang Jianye took out his phone and played a video: “I filmed their kitchen and there is a video of them cooking eels.”
Everyone looked at her for a while, then looked at Aunt Li.
“I’ll try and see if I can do it.”
A morning passed as everyone prepared the braised eel, adjusted the ingredients, and tried the flavor.
Until about eight o’clock in the evening.
The recipe after the 23rd adjustment.
After rinsing his mouth, Li Xinhua picked up a piece of eel meat covered with brown sauce with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He savored it carefully for a while and said, “The taste is almost the same this time.”
The others also rinsed their mouths and started eating.
“Well, they are indeed very similar. You can hardly taste the difference.”
A bald middle-aged employee put down his chopsticks. “There is still a little difference. That food stall uses wild live eels, and we use frozen eels. But it’s a little strange that our eels don’t seem to have a strong earthy smell. Do you taste any earthy smell?”
Aunt Li shook her head. “No, I’m usually a little sensitive to earthy smells. The eel from that food stall does have a bit of earthy smell. If it’s not covered in sauce or eaten cold, the earthy smell should be very obvious.”
In fact, they didn’t know that although the spawning female eels eliminated from the farm had been frozen, they had been cultured in the breeding pond for more than a month, and coupled with the feed specially prepared by Jiang Miao, the geosmin in these eels’ bodies had been almost consumed.
Therefore, the earthy smell of these eliminated spawning female eels will be reduced to an extremely low level. Combined with the cover-up by the sauce, even people who are extremely sensitive to the earthy smell will find it difficult to detect it.
Li Xinhua thought for a moment and said, “Let’s do an experiment! Keep one part warm, cool one part, freeze one part and then heat it in the microwave. Then take a few eel dishes from food stalls and test them together to compare the results.”
“Okay.”
Two hours later.
Everyone compared three conditions: keeping warm, cooling at room temperature, and reheating after being frozen. The same test was also conducted on eel dishes from five food stalls.
After comparison, they felt a clear difference.
Li Xinhua made a summary: “The eels from food stalls are only suitable for hot eating. Once they are cooled, they have a distinct earthy smell. The eels from our factory have no distinct earthy smell whether they are hot or cold.”
“Manager, are you planning to use formula No. 23?” Huang Jianye asked.
“Well, let’s use this recipe! But I’m going to try it with a big pot tomorrow to see if there’s any difference in the taste.”
Huang Jianye suggested: “If that’s the case, then I will design the ingredient list as soon as possible.”
“Can.”
Less than five days later, it was September 15th.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xinhua came to the company with a large box of canned eels.
Jiang Miao happened to be eating in the cafeteria.
Seeing Li Xinhua carrying a large box, he had already guessed what it was: “Manager Li, have you finished developing canned food?”
“Yes, I have trial-produced three batches in the past few days. This one was just produced today. Chairman, please try it.” Li Xinhua said as he took out a yellow can from the cardboard box.
Jiang Miao took the can, looked at the design, and thought this style was pretty good.
The lemon yellow paint on the surface of the can is not bare tinplate, but lemon yellow paint and the Hailufeng Cannery logo and product name; the side is also lemon yellow paint and sprayed with the ingredient list, nutritional composition table, production date, etc.
Turn it over and the bottom is a pull-tab cover.
He put his finger through the pull ring, twisted it and pulled it, and the lid was pulled open.
Inside the can is brown sauce, chunks of eel meat, and boiled peanuts as a side dish.
He picked up the chopsticks, picked up a large piece of fish and put it into his mouth.
“Not bad, there is indeed no obvious earthy smell. Mom, try it.”
Jiang Miao handed the can to his mother next to him.
My mother took a piece and tasted it, and nodded: “It tastes a bit like the food stall in Nanfen.”
“Madam, we are imitating that food stall.” Li Xinhua explained with a smile.
Jiang Miao immediately ordered: “Let’s produce it according to this formula!”
“Chairman, how much does a can cost?”
“It’s fine if it’s similar to the market.”
“If that’s the case, then I suggest a wholesale price of 12 yuan per can and a suggested retail price of 15 yuan.”
“Okay.” Jiang Miao nodded.
In fact, he didn’t care too much about the cannery business. After all, canning was destined to be a low-profit industry.
The cost of a canned eel is not small, including 3 yuan for the fish meat, 0.8 yuan for the tinplate can, 0.5 yuan for packaging and printing, and 0.8 yuan for ingredients. These costs add up to 5.1 yuan.
Then there are labor, venue, equipment depreciation, water, electricity, gas, transportation, and taxes.
The profit of a can is about 1 to 2 yuan.
7 tons of eel meat can produce 70,000 cans of eel. Even if all of them are sold, the profit is only 70,000 yuan.
If the eel farm did not have a steady supply of discarded female eels, which were difficult to sell directly, he would not have bothered to set up a cannery.
Then Jiang Miao thought of something else: “Oh, Manager Li, I’ll ask the purchasing department to buy a batch and give it to all employees as Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, one box per person.”
“Sure. Anyway, the three batches produced in trial production had some problems with the appearance printing, and they happened to be consumed internally.” Li Xinhua nodded.
That afternoon, the cannery sent dozens of boxes of canned eels to the headquarters.
Jiang Miao sent a notification on the corporate WeChat account, asking all employees to come and receive their Mid-Autumn Festival gifts this evening.
A box of 24 canned eels, plus a four-piece mooncake gift box that Jiang Miao had previously ordered from Suixiang Pastry in the city, and a red envelope worth 100 yuan were distributed to all employees as Mid-Autumn Festival gifts.