Chapter 256 of the Chinese Sportsman's Text Volume, Resin Bowling, Chen Qiang mentioned the money-making business, which immediately made Bakerland's eyes lit up.

Little Beckland knows how popular the hula hoop is. Over the past few months, Little Beckland has produced tens of millions of hula hoops for Chen Qiang, so Little Beckland clearly knows how the sales of hula hoops are. More importantly, Beckland is the producer of hula hoops, which is probably equivalent to the OEM factory of hula hoops. Little Beckland knows how much a hula hoop cost is. Look at the price of hula hoops on the market, Little Beckland can clearly calculate how amazing the profit Chen Qiang made in selling hula hoops.

It is also for this reason that when Chen Qiang mentioned making money, Bakerland immediately became interested.

"What are you going to do this time?" Little Beckland asked.

"I plan to use this polyurethane to make something, which should have a good market sales. How about it, are you interested? Let's do this together?" Chen Qiang said.

"What the hell are you going to make?" Little Beckland looked like he broke the casserole and asked to the end.

Chen Qiang shook his head: "Actually, what I want to do is very simple, but the demand will not be small. If you are really interested in participating, I will tell you what I want to do."

Little Beckland instantly understood that Chen Qiang was not showing off his rabbit and did not show off his eagle. He deliberately did not say what he was going to do because he was afraid that he would copy his products to make money.

When it comes to business, Beckland can understand Chen Qiang's behavior, after all, the shopping mall is like a battlefield.

Chen Qiang didn't even say what products he wanted to produce, but he just wanted to join forces with Bakerland. This didn't even count the painting cake. In the future, those real estate developers would still take customers to see the model houses! Chen Qiang is now pointing at the air and saying, I have a good project, come and invest money! As for what project, I will take the exam to you after you invest money.

This kind of practice of making money by making money by a bareback would definitely not invest if it was a normal person. However, given Chen Qiang's success in the hula hoop, Beckland was not opposed to doing business with Chen Qiang. If Chen Qiang made another hula hoop-like thing, it would be a profit of millions.

"Does your new project require a lot of investment?" Bakerland asked again.

"The key is the cost issue." Chen Qiang pointed to the polyurethane material in his hand, and then said: "The lower the cost of this thing is, the greater the profit we will have."

Little Beckland thought for a few seconds, then said, "Okay, I'll do it with you! Even if you lose money in the end, it will be regarded as promoting new materials! So now can you tell me what you are going to make?"

"I plan to make a ball with this material, about that big." Chen Qiang gestured with his hands, and then continued: "Then punch three holes on it so that your fingers can reach in."

"Isn't this bowling you mean?" Little Beckland said.

Chen Qiang nodded: "Yes, it's bowling. I plan to use this resin material to make bowling."

...

When he got this piece of material, Chen Qiang's first thought was that this thing could be used to make bowling balls.

Many people think that a bowling ball is just a simple solid ball with three holes on it, but in fact the bowling ball has a core. There is something like a gyro in the bowling ball, which is the weight fortress of the bowling ball. This weight fortress is not only the counterweight of the flat ball, but also an important structure for the bowling ball to adjust the center of gravity. It is also because of the existence of this gyro-shaped weight fortress that the ball can be controlled by retaining the rolling trajectory.

A layer of filling is wrapped outside the weight fortress, and the filling will eventually become a ball-shaped, that is, the shape of a bowling ball; and the layer outside the fill is the ball of the bowling ball.

In the 1930s and 1940s, the weight fortress in the bowling ball was cast from steel. The reason why it was steel rather than stone was because in industrial production, steel molds cast a gyro-shaped thing, which was much simpler than stone carving.

The filling and spherical surface of the bowling ball are made of rubber. The use of ethylene and acrylic to synthesize rubber was a process that only appeared after World War II, so the rubber before World War II was all natural rubber. In other words, the materials consumed for making a bowling ball are mainly natural rubber and steel.

One disadvantage of rubber-made bowling balls is that they will wear faster. Although there are still many high-end bowling balls that have natural rubber as spherical surfaces, the rubber synthesis technology in the 1940s is not expected to be so advanced now, and rubber is not that durable. For example, car tires, the tire quality in the 1940s is much worse than that of the current tires.

Anyone who has driven the car knows that when the tire rubs the curbs on the side of the road, black rubber particles often leave on the curbs. Therefore, when the bowling balls made of rubber are rolling and rubbing on the ground, they will inevitably wear. When the bowling balls are removed from their hands, they often leave a rubber mark on the ground.

If it is another ball, it doesn't matter if it is a slight wear. For example, a football ball can be kicked off with a piece of rubber and can still score goals. However, bowling balls rely on rolling. Once wear occurs, it will affect the overall balance of the bowling ball and thus affect the rolling trajectory.

Therefore, it is certain that bowling in the 1930s and 1940s is not durable. The owners who run the aging athletic arena often replaced with new bowling balls, and often clean the rubber particles left on the ball road.

In the future, bowling balls no longer use steel and rubber as materials. In the future, bowling balls will use resin. The weight fortress cast in the bowling ball is made of resin and limestone, and the casting process is simpler than steel. The filling outside the weight fortress also uses resin material, and even the outer skin of the ball will also use resin material.

Compared with rubber, the resin material is obviously more wear-resistant and will not fall off a layer of skin just by rubbing curbs. Moreover, the elasticity of the resin material is lower than that of rubber, and the material is more stable, which is more conducive to the rolling of bowling balls.

More importantly, the resin material is very cheap!

In the future, synthetic rubber has begun to be produced on a large scale, which has greatly reduced the cost of rubber, but resin is still much cheaper than rubber. In the 1930s and 1940s, people were still using natural rubber, and the cost advantage of resin became more obvious at this time. Bowling balls made of resin are only one-something that of rubber bowling balls.

Just imagine, the same product has a longer service life but is cheaper, and idiots know how to choose.

And now it is World War II, and the prices of important strategic materials such as steel and rubber are constantly rising. For example, steel is good. The United States has enough production, so there is no need to worry about the source of raw materials. Expanding a few excavators can dig out more iron ore. However, rubber is different from steel. Rubber will be limited by the supply of raw materials. Even if the United States has strong industrial capacity, the supply of raw materials is very tight. After all, natural rubber is used in this era, and raw materials flow out bit by bit from rubber trees. Rubber trees cannot grow in a day or two, so in a short time, the output of rubber raw materials will not increase.

There are only a few places in the world for natural rubber, one is that natural rubber is native to South America, and the other is Southeast Asia and South Asia. After the Japanese army occupied Southeast Asia in the future, the raw materials of natural rubber will be in a state of in short supply, and the price of rubber will rise even more.

The United States has passed the "Promotion of the United States Defense Act". In the next few years, the United States will provide Europe with millions of tanks, armored vehicles, military trucks, military jeeps and military motorcycles, which are made of steel and rubber. Now the price of rubber in the United States has begun to rise, which means that the cost of bowling balls made of rubber will become higher and higher.

Taking advantage of this time, if resin bowling can be launched to the market, it will inevitably occupy bowling alleys across the United States. Perhaps the owners of those bowling alleys will thank you very much, thanking Chen Qiang for launching a cheap and durable bowling ball that reduces their operating costs.

Chen Qiang, a sports expert, is quite familiar with the structure of bowling. When he visited and studied in the United States in the future, he also visited the bowling manufacturer.

Bakerland is an expert in materials. For him, adding some limestone and other things to polyurethane and then making a weight fortress in bowling is not a problem. Bakerland also quickly solved the problem of polyurethane industrial production.

The cooperation between Chen Qiang and Beckland can really learn from each other's strengths and complement each other.

In fact, the reason why Chen Qiang planned to cooperate with Beckland is also because he is interested in the technology that Beckland has mastered in the field of plastic research and development.

Chen Qiang is only proficient in sports and knows nothing about materials. For example, Chen Qiang is selling hot hula hoops at all, and Chen Qiang has no idea about the manufacturing and molding of polyethylene pipes. These are all depended on Beckland. To put it another way, if Beckland is a little bit unfair, putting aside Chen Qiang and selling hula hoops by himself, he can also make a lot of money.

So this time, Chen Qiang sold bowling and pulled Bakerland together, which was also a way to give Bakerland some more benefits.

In most cases, mutual cooperation requires enough benefits to maintain. If only one of them eats alone and the other partners cannot get benefits, then this kind of cooperation will inevitably not last long.

Chen Qiang also knew this truth well. In the future, he had seen many scientific research projects in college, but eventually fell apart due to the issue of interest distribution. So Chen Qiang planned to use his interests to tie Beckland to himself.

What's more, the production technology of resin materials is in the hands of Beckland, and Chen Qiang is just providing creativity. In this regard, Beckland actually stuck Chen Qiang's neck.

In addition, Chen Qiang also found that he was not a qualified businessman, he was not a business material. In comparison, Bakerland, at least, runs a company and has much more business than Chen Qiang in business. Chen Qiang also needs such a partner with business experience.

...

Damon opened three bowling alleys and a bowling club in New York.

Damon has been very distressed recently. Although his bowling alley business has been very good, his profits have been declining. The main reason is that the price of bowling has increased! Compared with last month, the price of bowling has increased by nearly 30%, because rubber is rising. According to the feedback from manufacturers, the price of rubber is still rising rapidly, and the price of bowling will continue to increase.

For bowling alleys, bowling is a consumable product. Not all people who come to bowl are so caring about bowling, especially some novices with poor skills. When they bowl, they often rub against the ground, causing serious friction, which makes bowling easily wear and tear.

So Damon's bowling alley has to replace a batch of new balls every once in a while.

"If the price of bowling continues to rise, I can only increase the charge." Damon sighed helplessly.

From the bottom of my heart, Damon does not want to raise prices, as it will cause Damon to lose many customers. After all, bowling is a very popular and popular sport in the United States. Bowling alleys rely on personal traffic to make money, which means bowling cannot take the high-price route.

At this moment, a voice interrupted Damon's thoughts.

"Boss, there's someone outside who wants to see you. He's a bowling salesman."

"See you!" Damon waved his hand. At this time, he was upset about the price of bowling, so he had no intention of meeting the bowling salesman.

"Boss, the man said, please check his quotation first before deciding whether to see him."

Damon took the quotation in dismay, and just glanced at it, but his expression suddenly changed.

"How can their bowling balls be sold so cheaply!"

The next second, Damon stood up without hesitation, and he was going to meet the salesman.

A few minutes later, Damon couldn't let go of the bowling sample in his hand, and couldn't help but confirm, "Is the price you mentioned true?"

"Of course it's true, it's perfect." The salesman nodded.

"I can order 100 first, but it must be cash on delivery. Also, I don't pay a deposit, let's pay and deliver the goods at the same time!" Damon said.

Such a low price is lower than when bowling has not yet increased. Damon is really worried that he will meet a liar. What if he pays the money first and runs away with it!

"There is no problem with cash on delivery, but in that case, should we sign the contract first?" the salesman said.

Damon felt that the salesman's requirements were also reasonable, so he repeatedly confirmed that there were no traps in the contract and signed his name on the contract.

The next day, the 100 bowling balls Damon ordered were delivered.

Damon was still worried about whether the salesman would use inferior products as good ones, so he unpacked the packaging one by one and inspected it, and finally found that all the 100 bowling balls had no quality problems.

"Their bowling is really so cheap. Is this price enough to sell bowling or charity? Am I a fool? I have to order another 200, no, 500! Is it a good idea to stock up more when it is cheap. If the price rises in a few days, wouldn't I lose!" Damon murmured to himself.

...

In recent months, the price of rubber bowling has risen by 30%.

The bowling balls sold by Chen Qiang are 10% cheaper than when the bowling balls were not raised before.

There is a 40% difference in price here and there, and such a price is attractive enough! If any product is reduced by 40% at once, every consumer will inevitably shout "It's really delicious"!

So in just a few days, every bowling alley in New York ordered new resin bowling balls from Chen Qiang. Even if there is no need to update the bowling balls for the time being, they will take advantage of the cheapness and buy hundreds of bowling balls. The bowling balls produced by Bakerland Company were quickly sold out.
Chapter completed!