A small village at the foot of the hillside leading to Yangfang in the Hongya Miaoling area.

Wan Feng really forgot what the village was called. It's not surprising that he couldn't remember it since he had only been here once.

Relying on his memory, Wan Feng came to a house with a closed gate and raised his hand to knock on the iron door.

A few minutes later, a square face appeared from the crack of the door.

He obviously didn't recognize Wan Feng and looked at him puzzledly: "Who are you looking for?"

"Brother Chu, I've been to your house before, but you forgot."

Chu Guoyi still couldn't remember who Wan Feng was.

Just like Wan Feng couldn't remember the name of the village, it was normal for Chu Guoyi to not remember Wan Feng. After all, Wan Feng came here two years ago, and the two of them only met once, so how could he remember him?

"I'm the director of Fengfeng Garment Factory. I want to discuss cooperation with you."

Chu Guoyi really couldn't remember who the young man in front of him was, but he was very familiar with Fengfeng Garment Factory. His small workshop made a living by imitating the other party's clothing styles.

Upon hearing that the other party was the director of Fengfeng Garment Factory, Chu Guoyi's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that he came to his house today to cause trouble?

"Brother Chu, shouldn't you open the door and invite me in to sit for a while? If you're worried, then you can come out and we can talk."

Chu Guoyi thought for a long time and did not invite Wan Feng into the yard, but opened the door and walked out.

"What do you want to talk about?"

Wan Feng leaned against his motorcycle and took out a cigarette from his pocket and tossed it to Chu Guoyi: "Brother Chu, actually, based on age, I should call you uncle, but I think calling you brother is more friendly. Is that okay with you?"

"The name is just a symbol, you can call it anything."

It's okay to call it that? That's ridiculous.

"Brother Chu, my last name is Wan, Wan Feng. I'm here today mainly to discuss cooperation with you. You don't have to think about other things. Although your small clothing store has been relying on imitating our clothing styles to make a living in the past two years, I'm not here to pursue this matter. Although the market in Hongya is not big, it is not a problem to accommodate us."

Chu Guoyi felt the same way as Wan Feng said. Although the Hongya Market was not big, it had a population of 600,000 to 700,000 people, so it was not difficult to accommodate their two small garment factories.

Chu Guoyi lit a cigarette and took a deep breath before saying, "Brother Xiao Wan, you just mentioned cooperation. How do you do that?"

"Before discussing cooperation, I need to understand your current production scale and status. This shouldn't be an excessive request, right? If you have any concerns, you don't have to tell me."

Wan Feng didn't really take Chu Guoyi's small workshop seriously, so he didn't know much about it. A small business that relies on imitating others is destined not to go too far. If there was not a serious shortage of clothing in the market, he might not have come to him.

Chu Guoyi hesitated for a moment before saying, "I currently have six machines and seven or eight workers. I only produce some clothes and pants for the Hongya market. Business is average, and sales are not high. I can barely maintain the status quo."

Two years ago, Wan Feng came to him and he had five machines. Almost two years later, he only added one machine? Sewing machines aren't too hard to buy this year. The fact that he only added one machine suggests that business isn't going well.

“Do you have your own brand?”

Chu Guoyi shook his head. His products didn’t even have any logos, so how could they be branded?

"Do you know about the Wahou Market?"

“I’ve heard of it but never been there.”

"Your reaction is too slow. Wahou Market has now become a comprehensive wholesale and retail market with clothing, shoes and hats as the main products and other industries as a supplement. As a merchant, how could you possibly waste such an opportunity to expand yourself?"

Chu Guoyi was a little confused: "Is this your cooperation?"

"On behalf of Wahou Market, I invite you to come and sell your products there and establish your own brand. If you don't want to go, you can work for me as a production agent. I'll only provide the designs, and you'll handle everything else. I'll pay you a processing fee that's higher than the market price. Does this count as cooperation?"

Chu Guoyi was silent for a long time. "Even though the profit from the processing fee is slim, at least I can survive. But cloth coupons are hard to come by."

ah?

This time it was Wan Feng's turn to be confused. Is this guy actually in the clothing business now?

Since the year before last, China has enjoyed consecutive bumper cotton harvests, and polyester blended fabric production has increased dozens of times. Last November, based on actual cost changes, the government significantly lowered the prices of synthetic fabrics like Dacron and acrylic yarn for the first time. Previously expensive Dacron has become affordable. And starting this year, the government has gradually reduced or eliminated the collection of cloth coupons for some textiles, opening up supply. Cloth coupons, once in short supply and extremely valuable, are now readily available to every household.

At the same time, cotton mills not only significantly reduced prices due to product backlogs, but also waived the cloth coupons as long as you had strong connections. For example, Wan Feng now basically no longer needed cloth coupons to pick up goods at the county textile printing and dyeing factory.

In fact, the country is already considering canceling cloth coupons.

How could this guy not know about such a big change in the market?

"If you can't get the cloth, then the cloth will be mine, and you just earn the processing fee, how about that?"

Chu Guoyi didn't answer Wan Feng's question but asked, "Are you saying that the Wahou Market is really booming?"

The Wahou Market has been in existence for more than seven months since last winter, and he doesn’t even know what it looks like?

Wan Feng also understood that Chu Guoyi was unaware of some changes in the country.

Shouldn't someone like Chu Guoyi, who dared to open a workshop and do business two years ago, be so slow to react?

This kind of person can be considered a trendsetter. Standing at the forefront of the times, he should be sensitive to the country's policies and changes in trends in a way that ordinary people cannot achieve. However, Chu Guoyi is a bit behind the times in this respect.

You say he is timid, but can you say that he is timid when he dared to hire people to do business in 1980?

The only understanding is that it is reasonable to fight against other beasts, and it is ambitious to create a tiger.

"I came here today on purpose to find you. I will go back after I find you. Do you want to go with me to take a look?" Wan Feng patted his motorcycle.

Chu Guoyi was moved and said, "Wait a minute," then turned around and pushed his bicycle out of the yard.

"Why are you pushing a bicycle when I can ride on my motorcycle?" Wan Feng was puzzled.

"Go ride your motorcycle, what if I come back?"

Very thoughtful.

"I can just take you back or to the station, that's all. Get in the car!"

Chu Guoyi thought about it and pushed the bicycle back and climbed onto the motorcycle.

Twenty minutes later, the motorcycle arrived at Wahou.

Wan Feng threw the motorcycle in front of the machinery factory.

Chu Guoyi was staring blankly at the huge crowds of people in the market.

"There are so many people, maybe there are thousands?"

"Now is the time when there are fewer people. Before the New Year, you could even pick up leather shoes that were squeezed out here. It's true. At the most, there were tens of thousands of people." Wan Feng lied without any preparation or drafting.