Chapter 241 Change
After hearing what Zhang Jianguo said, Li Daqi smiled without thinking, "I thought it was something else, it turns out to be this. Of course I know Aunt Sun, if she wants to come to the factory, let her come, it's okay to recruit people, this is a small matter."
"Daqi, thank you, thank you!" Li Daqi's answer made Zhang Jianguo overjoyed. He didn't expect it to be so simple. He was a little nervous when he first talked about it.
"Uncle Zhang, we are family. How can we not help each other?"
"Yes, yes, yes. But even so, I still have to thank you, Daqi. I am grateful for your help. By the way, don't treat your Aunt Sun specially when she comes. Just treat her like an ordinary worker. I have already discussed this with her at home. Besides, she is also a hardworking person. She can do the same work as others!"
"I understand, I understand. How can I not understand what you said?" Li Daqi nodded with a smile, but after thinking for a while, he said to Zhang Jianguo: "But Uncle Zhang, I think it's a bit inappropriate to let Aunt Sun go to the workshop directly. The work in the factory workshop is too tiring. Even if Aunt Sun can endure hardships, she is nearly 40 years old. In addition, you have elderly and young people at home , and the fleet is so busy, and she has to take care of the family..."
"It's okay. Didn't I tell you just now? Don't ask for special treatment." Without waiting for Li Daqi to finish his words, Zhang Jianguo waved his hand and said firmly.
Li Daqi smiled and handed a cigarette to Zhang Jianguo: "Don't worry, listen to me slowly."
Li Daqi helped Zhang Jianguo light up his cigarette and continued, "I won't talk about the benefits of our factory, you know all of that, but what I want to say is that although the salary in the factory is good, the work in this workshop is really tiring. It's OK for young people, but I'm afraid that older people won't be able to do it. If it was someone else, I wouldn't mind, but this is Aunt Sun, not an outsider, how can I not mention it?"
"Besides, this high salary is also relative. Compared with other factories, our salary is good, but even so, it is only 100 yuan a month at most. How high can it be? I understand what you said just now. Aunt Sun has been working in the street factory for many years and has no hope, so she has the idea of changing jobs, right? But think about it, if she enters the factory and is arranged to operate the sewing machine in the workshop every day, it will be okay for half a year or a year, but if she continues like this, she will not see any hope, right? Isn't this the truth?"
Zhang Jianguo was stunned. He didn't quite understand what Li Daqi meant by what she said suddenly. But what else could Sun Xia do if she didn't go to the workshop? She wasn't qualified to sit in the office!
"Uncle Zhang, I have an idea. Would you like to hear it?" Li Daqi suddenly asked at this time.
"You go ahead." Zhang Jianguo smoked a cigarette and acted as if he was listening attentively.
Li Daqi stretched out his hand and drew a circle, and asked, "What does our factory do? A clothing factory! Uncle Zhang, you are in charge of transportation and you know best how the clothing we produce is selling. As the old saying goes, if you live by the mountains, you can eat by the mountains; if you live by the sea, you can eat by the sea. If you live by the clothing factory, why would you only think of working on the assembly line in the workshop? Is that right?"
"Since she has the factory's channels and Aunt Sun is not an outsider, I think it would be better to let Aunt Sun do something else. You know Zhang Yong, right? He has several stalls on Maiyang Road. Maiyang Road is very popular now. I will go and tell him to vacate a shop for Aunt Sun and let her open a shop there. There is no need to worry about the source of goods. The factory can provide them directly. We can just sign a consignment agreement when the time comes."
"Although running a shop is tiring, it is still easier than working in a workshop. And more importantly, running a shop can make money. How much can you earn in a month if you work hard in a workshop every day? But how much can you earn from selling a piece of clothing? Uncle Zhang, you are better at calculating this than I am. In addition, what can you expect from working in a workshop? But running a shop is different. This is your own business. If you do well, you may be able to make it bigger and bigger. What do you think?"
Li Daqi's words instantly convinced Zhang Jianguo. Zhang Jianguo was not an ordinary citizen. He used to be a driver of a small car team. Drivers travel all over the country, especially those in the small car team, who usually come into contact with leaders. Zhang Jianguo's knowledge and ideas were much better than those of ordinary people.
What's more, Zhang Jianguo is now the team leader, managing his own fleet. He has been working here all these days, and he is responsible for the transportation of Tengfei Factory. How could he not be aware of these situations?
He had been to Maiyang Road in person, and it was indeed quite popular there, and no one who opened a shop there failed to make money. Moreover, Zhang Jianguo knew very well how huge the profit margin of clothing was. If it was really as Li Daqi said, such business was worth doing, and there was no risk at all.
"Daqi, this sounds good, but are there many stores on Maiyang Road? Can Zhang Yong help?" Zhang Jianguo asked hesitantly.
Li Daqi immediately smiled, patted his chest and told Zhang Jianguo that he could rest assured about this matter. As long as Zhang Jianguo and Sun Xia decided to do this, other problems would not be a problem at all, and he would take care of everything.
Li Daqi's words moved Zhang Jianguo. After get off work that day, Zhang Jianguo went home early. When he got home, Sun Xia was already there. Seeing Zhang Jianguo coming back, she hurried forward to ask how his work was going.
Zhang Jianguo told Sun Xia that it would be absolutely no problem for her to go to work at the Tengfei factory, as Li Daqi had already agreed and arrangements could be made for her to go at any time.
Hearing this answer, Sun Xia was so excited that she couldn't control herself. She cheered and jumped like a 17 or 18-year-old girl, hugging Zhang Jianguo and laughing and dancing.
Finally, there is hope! After so many years of making paper boxes in the street factory, she finally made it. Sun Xia was very happy when she thought about wearing the work clothes of Tengfei Factory, going to get off work and going home like those employees of formal enterprises, and having a proper job.
But what Zhang Jianguo said next made Sun Xia, who was already excited, stunned again. Zhang Jianguo took Sun Xia's hand and told her Li Daqi's suggestion, which was to open a store on Maiyang Road instead of working in the factory.
There is no need to worry about the store and the source of goods. As long as Sun Xia nods, Li Daqi will arrange it. Although the store does not have a staff structure and is just an individual business owner, it may not sound good, but opening a store on your own is more promising than working in a workshop.
In order to let Sun Xia understand the situation of the clothing industry, Zhang Jianguo explained to her carefully. After talking for a long time and feeling dry in the mouth, Zhang Jianguo picked up the cooled tea and drank it all in one gulp. Then he asked Sun Xia what she thought.
To be honest, both options are good, which makes Sun Xia a little hesitant.
Working in a company is for stability and the salary is not low. However, opening a shop as a self-employed person has certain risks. Although this risk has been reduced to the minimum, Sun Xia, who has never worked in this industry, is still a little nervous.
But when Zhang Jianguo told her about the profit of selling clothes, and she learned that she could make a lot of money from selling a set of clothes, Sun Xia couldn't help but be tempted. Compared with the salary, if the business of the store is good, the salary of a day may be higher than a month's salary. Isn't the salary of a month equal to the salary of working for three or four years? What if it is one or two years? Thinking of this, Sun Xia couldn't even imagine it.
"Jianguo, what do you think I should choose?" Sun Xia was at a loss for a moment and had no choice but to ask her husband for help.
In fact, Zhang Jianguo had thought about this on the way back. He took a puff of cigarette and said to his wife, "I think you should give it a try. Didn't you always say there was no hope? Now that the opportunity has come, let's give it a try first. Anyway, it's all consignment sales at the beginning, and you don't need to put in the money yourself. As for the other costs, such as booth fees and labor, the family can still afford this money."
"Just try working for a few months first. If you can do well, you can continue working there. If you really can't do well, you can go back to work as a factory worker. What do you think, Xiaoxia?"
"Yes!" Zhang Jianguo's words immediately made Sun Xia's eyes light up. It's not like there is no way out. She can open a store first to try. If it doesn't work, she can go to work in a factory. Isn't this the best of both worlds?
Sun Xia immediately made up her mind to try the store on Maiyang Road. After the decision was made, both Zhang Jianguo and Sun Xia breathed a sigh of relief and were full of imagination about the future. The couple couldn't help but discuss how to open the store and what kind of clothes to buy that would sell better. They forgot about time during the discussion and it was dark in the blink of an eye...
What Li Daqi said was absolutely correct. If it were someone else, it would be unclear whether Zhang Yong would sell the store or not. However, since Li Daqi came forward and this was Zhang family's business, Zhang Yong immediately vacated and said that there was no need to worry about the rent. He just kept the shop open and would pay later when there was business. In addition, except for Tengfei Factory's own products, all other goods sold in the store could be sold on behalf of Zhang Yong as long as he had them. He could take whatever he liked and settle the bill after selling them. As for the price, it was the cost price.
Just like that, after just two days, the vacated shop was relocated and the merchandise in the store was fully stocked. All of this was arranged without Zhang Jianguo having to spend a penny in advance.
When Zhang Jianguo brought Sun Xia to Maiyang Road and saw his own shop with their own eyes, he was so surprised that he didn't know what to say. He could only thank Li Daqi and Zhang Yong for their help.
It took several days to get the individual license, and on the first day after getting the license, Sun Xia officially resigned from the street factory. When the firecrackers rang out at the door of the store on Maiyang Road, the red silk hanging in front of the store fell down, revealing the sign of "Xiaoxia Clothing Store", Sun Xia was in high spirits and greeted the customers in the store with a smile on her face.
On the first day alone, Xiaoxia Clothing Store achieved a great success. Sun Xia, Zhang Jianguo who came to help, and even Fan Baoguo and others were so busy that they didn't even have time to rest.
Customers came one after another, firstly because Sun Xia's store was located in the best location at the entrance of the street, and secondly because many of the goods in her store were original products from Tengfei Factory, plus other popular products that Zhang Yong specially helped to select.
In addition, Li Daqi even took out jeans and shirts of the same type as those in export orders and sold them in the store, directly putting the banner of converting exports to domestic sales, which made the store's business extremely popular.
At the end of the day, Sun Xia was so tired that she was staggering, but she was excited and thrilled. Especially after counting the sales and finding out how much money she had made that day, Sun Xia was stunned and very happy. Now her whole body was full of fighting spirit and she was extremely satisfied.
