Chapter 242
Then there is the cost issue.
The management model of state-owned garment factories has not changed and they are unwilling to accept new trends. For example, if a factory comes up with a new style, it must go through layers of approvals from the design to the final production line.
By the time your factory finally produces it, other styles may have become popular in the market.
This is the cost of time.
State-owned factories support too many idle workers, which indirectly increases material costs. For example, a job can be completed by two people, but the factory here has five or six people.
Now that the market is slowly moving from a planned economy to a market economy, what is needed is efficiency.
Formalism is no longer viable in this era.
Deputy Director Jiang shook his head in disapproval: "This kind of fashionable clothing has become popular for a while, but after this gust of wind has passed, it has become a slow-moving item. If the output and sales volume are not directly proportional, then it is not a problem for the factory. Increase the burden? Didn’t you see that there are a lot of unsold items in our factory’s warehouse? I think the classic style will go further.”
Gu Jiu smiled and said, “Director Jiang, the classic style will last forever, but we have to follow the trend of the times. I think swimming against the current is thankless and asking for trouble.”
When Deputy Factory Director Jiang heard this, he endured his displeasure and turned to ask Chen Fei: "Mr. Chen thinks so too?"
Chen Fei poured himself a cup of tea and said with a smile: " Times are progressing, and our thoughts will naturally advance with them. Do you think I am right, Deputy Factory Director Jiang?”
Vice Factory Jiang pursed his lips and said with a serious look: “Live until the end.” As time goes by, ideas will naturally improve. Our garment factory naturally wants to follow the trend of the times, but it is difficult to get rid of the unsalable finished garments and old-fashioned fabrics in the warehouse for the time being. The factory has no working capital and is unable to follow the trend of the times. "
Gu Jiu and Chen Fei looked at each other, this meal was a bit hard to swallow.
Seeing the two of them sitting there indifferently and not talking, Deputy Director Jiang hesitated for a while and then said: "I heard that Mr. Chen was back yesterday, so I wanted to invite you two to come and sit together. By the way, Let’s talk about the situation outside. It’s really difficult in the factory now. Do you two wise nephews have a better way to solve our current predicament?”
"Or is there any chance of cooperation?"
Chen Fei's eyes looked at this and then that. Finally, when he saw everyone staring at him, he couldn't help but cough softly: "Ahem, our company is now The focus is on the electrical appliance factory, while the clothing store that made great achievements in the past is just a small business, doing business when there is no business. The business is idle.
If you don’t mind, Deputy Factory Manager Jiang, you can get some goods for sale. As long as you don’t mind the sales volume of the day, our company will not refuse if we can help.” br>
The corners of Deputy Factory Director Jiang’s mouth twitched. His meaning was so obvious, but these two naughty guys pretended not to understand.
“I am deeply gratified that you have such a heart. It’s just that there is a lot of slow-moving money in the warehouse now, and there is also a lot of fabric from the past. Can you help me find a way to clear these goods? Go out and let our factory’s funds return?”
Gu Jiu and Chen Fei were silent again.
They don’t dare to guarantee this kind of thing.
This meal looks like it will cause indigestion.
Lin Shu took Dabao to help at the restaurant counter. When he saw Chen Fei and Gu Jiu coming down from the private room on the second floor, he asked in surprise: "Are you two eating here today?"
Gu Jiu supported the counter with one hand and raised his chin, "My sister made an appointment with us. Deputy Director Jiang of the First Garment Factory treats us."
Lin Shu followed his guidance and looked over. Two men, one tall and one short, were walking down the stairs. Gu Nuan was following behind the two men.
When they finished paying and left, Lin Shu pulled Gu Jiu to his side and asked, "They must have something to ask for when they treat you to dinner, right?"
Gu Jiu gave Lin Shu a thumbs up. : "Wife, you are really good at knowing things. They really have something to ask for from us."
Lin Shu slapped off his thumbs up and said angrily: "Don't be so playful, I'm asking you what's right." What do they want from you? Do they want you to deal with the unsold money for him again?”
“That’s pretty much it.” Gu Jiu leaned into Lin Shu’s ear and told the whole story. , "What can we do about this kind of thing? Hanging their clothes in the company's sales is the greatest support for them. We can't do anything else."
After hearing his words, Lin Shu fell into deep thought.
"What are you thinking about? Want to help them?" Gu Jiu took Dabao from Lin Shu, "Where is the second treasure? Are you following our mother to chat with the old lady again?"
Lin Shu suppressed her thoughts and pushed the strands of hair behind her ears.
Speaking of Erbao, a smile appeared on her lips:
“That girl loves to join in the fun, and she is used to going out with my mother every day to visit. ”
Gu Jiu: "Have you eaten?"
"Not yet. I will go to the kitchen later to prepare some food for you to eat. Do you still want to go to the company in the afternoon?"
< br>"I have to go over to deal with some things in the afternoon. You are busy now. Remember to eat early. I will hold Dabao back and take a nap first."
Gu Jiu hugged Dabao and asked Chen Fei to go back together. Home.
After taking a nap at noon, Gu Jiu asked Chen Fei to rest in the guest room, and then he carried Dabao back to his bedroom.
After dinner, Lin Shu came back from the restaurant and Dabao was sleeping soundly.
Gu Jiu woke up when he heard the noise, "I'm back."
"Well, I woke you up, how about you sleep a little longer?" Lin Shu changed his clothes and put on Untie the hair and press the scalp.
Gu Jiu sat up and yawned, "I'm not going to sleep anymore. I don't need to sleep for long at noon. I can just squint for a while. Do you want to take a nap while Dabao is asleep?"
Lin Shu smiled and shook his head, sat down next to Gu Jiu excitedly, and asked: "I heard you talk about the clothing factory today, and I suddenly want to start my clothing workshop in advance. What do you think? ”
"Garment workshop? Isn't it a garment factory?"
"It's impossible to get hundreds of sewing machines back in the beginning. Today I met the director of the garment factory and I got inspiration. My idea is to take some time to Go to their factory and look at the fabrics. If some of them can be used, use them."
Gu Jiu asked: "What do you think?"
Lin Shu pursed her lips and smiled. Hold Gu Jiu's arm : "My idea is that I will make design drawings based on the fabrics that the clothing factory can use, and let them help us process them. For example, if they don't have some fabrics, I will purchase them myself and let them complete the order according to my requirements."< br>
“There are advantages and disadvantages to this arrangement. You don’t have to manage it by letting them do the processing, but after all, the production line is not in your own hands, and sometimes urgent orders can easily be manipulated by them.”
"At the beginning, this is the only way to save costs and maximize profits. If I buy a sewing machine myself and find a sewing machine to process it, it will be too time-consuming and laborious. And because of limited manpower, I cannot ship in large quantities. You must know that clothing is seasonal. , if it delays the launch of the new model, it will be worth the loss."
Gu Jiu encouraged her: "Since you know it yourself, Just do it boldly."
Lin Shu stepped forward and hugged him, kissing him on the mouth, "Thank you, I feel confident with your support."
"It's too polite to say thank you. There is no doubt about your ability. You Lin family members have a lot of hard work. No matter what you do, you are more likely to succeed than others." Gu Jiu really admires the Lin family.
From top to bottom, no matter whether they are old or young, they all have a lot of hard work, and they dare to move forward without fear of falling when they do something.
Working with such people is impossible even if you don't work hard.
The uncles have never been out of the countryside before. They seem to be honest and honest, but in fact they all have a spirit of unwillingness to admit defeat.
Everyone who lives in rural areas works hard, and it is precisely because they dare to work hard that they have their current family business. If they are timid and timid when they leave the countryside, they may not be able to accomplish much if they stay in the countryside all their lives.
The other side.
Deputy factory director Jiang returned to the factory office. As soon as he sat down, he and the sales section chief looked at each other and sighed. No one had the desire to speak.
Gu Nuan very wisely made tea for the two of them and then left.
Just as she crossed the threshold, Deputy Director Jiang stopped her.
"Comrade Gu, please keep in touch with your brother about this matter and try to get them to help think of a solution. Whether our factory can overcome this difficulty depends entirely on you."
Gu Nuan was startled and waved his hands quickly: "Director, please don't say that, I will try my best to let them think of a solution, but my shoulders have never shouldered a heavy burden and I cannot bear such a heavy burden for the entire factory. ”
joke.
What she said is that she cannot bear the ups and downs of the entire factory.
Vice Factory Director Jiang had a smile on his face, "If this problem in the factory can be solved, I will give you a bonus on behalf of the factory. Go ahead and walk around with your brother and the others more these days."< br>
Gu Nuan nodded, and that said more or less.
When Gu Nuan left the factory director's office, Deputy Factory Director Jiang looked at the section chief, "How hopeful do you think this is?"
The section chief shook his head: "There are so many different lines of work. I think Gu Jiu and Chen Fei are at the end of their ropes. Otherwise, there is money to be made in dealing with unsaleable items. I don't believe they would reject us if they just let the money go unprofitable. Now they have refused. We just show that they have no choice.”
Deputy Director Jiang feels that we can only take one step at a time, and the factory’s expenses can be met for a while.
Gu Nuan left the factory director's office. Instead of going to her own office to rest, she went directly to the warehouse.
She wants to be aware of whether the fabrics in the warehouse are still finished products, and see if she can process as much as possible to save some costs for the factory.
When you arrive at the warehouse, first go to the warehouse manager to get the account book and find out what goods and inventory are in the warehouse.
Finally, she picked two types of clothes. "I will bring out 40 sets of these two types of clothes. At noon, I am going to set up a stall on the street to try them out and see if I can count the inventory."
Warehouse management took over After checking the account book, he glanced at the item number on it, nodded and asked, "Why don't you take a break at noon?"
"No need to take a break, I'm not sleepy."
How can you make money while sleeping? , set up a stall during the lunch break, maybe you can earn back a day's worth of food.
The warehouse manager took out the shipping book and said, "Please sign here."
After coming out of the warehouse, Gu Nuan carried a large bag of clothes and carried it on a bicycle to a street with more people.
Stalling is the starting point for Lin Gang and Gu Youhui to make their fortunes.
Especially Lin Gang, when he first arrived in the provincial capital, it could be said that his pockets were cleaner than his face.
He saved some savings by setting up a stall, and now he has opened this hardware grocery store, and the business is very good.
His daughter-in-law Li Wan opened a jewelry store next door to his store, which was more popular than his hardware grocery store. Passers-by and students passing by every day liked to visit her store.
Taking a break from his busy schedule today, guess what he saw?
On the street outside his shop, there was a familiar figure. After looking carefully for a while, I realized that the person setting up the stall was actually the sister of the Gu family.
He quickly ran to his wife’s jewelry store next door.
"Wanwan, Wanwan, do you think that stall owner is Gu Jiu's sister?"
Li Wan looked outside the door. A woman was setting up a stall, selling items and They have no conflict.
"You said that beautiful woman is Gu Jiu's sister?"
Forgive Li Wan for not knowing Gu Nuan, because they have never met Gu Nuan at all.
“You don’t know her?” Lin Gang was a little confused. It took him a while to remember something and asked, “Have you never met Gu Jiu’s sister?”
Li Wan shook her head: “Is it possible that I Have you seen her?"
"Forget it if you haven't seen her before, now you see that woman is Gu Jiu's sister."
As he said this, Lin Gang became confused, "The daughter of the Gu family seems to have a job, and she gets a fixed salary every month, and the income is guaranteed during droughts and floods. How could she come to set up a stall?"
Did something happen to her husband's family?
"Maybe she wants to make some private money." Li Wan said her guess. Since opening the jewelry store, she can be regarded as a little daughter-in-law with private money.
"I'll go over and take a look." Lin Gang left Li Wan and left the store.
“Sister Gu, why do you have time to set up a stall today?”
Gu Nuan heard someone calling Sister Gu, raised her head and looked at the person, and found that it was Lin Shu's brother.
“Ah, it’s Lin Gang, why are you here?”
Lin Gang pointed to the shop on the roadside, “That hardware store is owned by me, and the one next to it is owned by my wife. Jewelry store."
Gu Nuan said with envy: "You are really good, you have opened your own one after another. It’s not like a small shop where I can’t even support my family with my monthly fixed salary.”
After hearing this, Lin Gang felt comfortable, but he still pointed at the clothes on the street stall. , asked with concern: "Sister Gu, why are you here to set up a stall? Where did you get these clothes?"
"The clothes were brought from the factory, and I'm going to set up a stall here to try out the water."
Lin Gang glanced at the styles on the stall, picked them up and looked at the fabric, "These clothes from your factory The quality is good, but the style is too old-fashioned. Young people don’t like this retro style.”
Gu Nuan was a little uneasy and nervous when she came to set up a stall. After listening to Lin Gang’s words, she smiled. Pointing to the clothes on the ground.
"You are really good at talking. You actually said that this outdated slow-moving model is retro style."
Lin Gang smiled and said: "You can introduce it to customers like this, and maybe it will be better. I can close a few more orders.”
"But what?"
Gu Nuan took advantage of the fact that no one wanted to chat with Lin Gang. After all, Lin Gang had experience in setting up a stall.
Lin Gang: "However, just by placing it on the ground like this, the quality of these clothes has been reduced by several levels."
Gu Nuan's eyes lit up and he asked eagerly: " Then do you have any good ideas?”
Lin Gang pointed to his store. Shop, "I have iron pipes in my shop. I will go in and help you weld a simple shelf to hang your clothes. Clothes will only attract other people's attention when they are ironed and hung up. And you are unsaleable." Although the style does not need to be ironed, it is convenient for customers to choose.”
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