Chapter 168 Development Direction
Not many people in school believed what Ye Ran said.
Meng Shulan is now ranked first, and everyone hopes to ask her to help with English matters. If she were not very popular and had a high prestige in school, it would be impossible for gossip about her to spread.
There are not many people who can meet these conditions. Meng Shulan knew who it was after a quick thought.
Zhang Yimei...
For some reason, this person started using these little tricks to cause trouble for himself.
In fact, her actions are not harmful at all. As long as Meng Shulan doesn't care, those rumors are just bullshit.
From my impression, Zhang Yimei would not do such a despicable thing. Her level should be higher than Ye Ran's at any rate.
It seems that she is very angry.
What happened between her and Gu Hansong made her a little irrational, or maybe there was some other reason.
Meng Shulan couldn’t think of it for the time being.
When I returned to the store, I saw someone waiting at the door for the goods from a distance.
During this week of tutoring, Meng Shulan has never left the school.
However, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, He Jinqiu went to see her daughter and gave Meng Shulan a few boiled eggs.
The mother and daughter chatted for a while at the school gate, and Meng Shulan roughly knew the current situation in the store.
A few years ago, Meng Changli received the denim materials shipped back from South City and immediately started selling new goods.
In order to sell these goods, she asked Shen Chengyuan to take two salesmen to the city to do business.
At first I thought this would take some effort. After all, it’s a new thing and some people might not be able to accept it easily.
Who knew that as soon as they took out the sample, it would immediately catch the attention of those people.
In this era, there are still many people with vision, but they suffer from material scarcity and cannot get good things.
Meng Changli gave two posters to each of the customers who purchased large quantities of goods, and asked them to display them to help with sales.
At first, everyone saw that the models in the magazines were wearing clothes that seemed good, so they tried to buy one because they thought it was new.
The Chinese New Year was coming soon. Movies were shown in the town and videos were shown in the city. The characters in those movies and TV shows would appear in jeans from time to time, which immediately became a fashion trend.
In this way, customers sell quickly and place orders here crazily.
There was a little stock left in the store before the New Year, but it was all taken away by customers who came specially on the first day of the new year.
Afterwards, those people kept coming to their door to urge them to start work.
But there was nothing we could do once we started working, as there wasn't much fabric left.
Although Meng Changli contacted the manufacturer as soon as possible, she transferred the money and asked them to ship the goods by freight.
But it would take at least ten days or half a month to get the goods, and there would not be enough to sell during this period of time.
Without fabric, not only would we not make money, we would also be at risk of closing down our business.
So, the store made some adjustments after the New Year. The quantity of denim clothes and pants was limited, and they had to be paired with other goods before they would approve them.
With this adjustment, the store's shipments are now running normally, because the store has denim clothes to support its business, and Meng Changli often releases new models and keeps updating them. They have already walked out of their own path and can do business well without competing with others on price.
After returning to the yard, Meng Shulan first entertained Hu Bifang, and then wanted to find her sister. As a result, when she asked, she found out that Meng Changli was not there. She had gone to the town office, as if something had happened.
He Jinqiu said, "It's been a while since I left. Why don't you go over and take a look?"
"OK."
Meng Shulan went out to look for someone. When she arrived at the town office, she happened to see her sister coming downstairs with Secretary Tang.
Yes, after the New Year, Director Tang was promoted to Secretary Tang. The previous Secretary Wu was removed from his post due to disciplinary issues, and the relevant documents were handed down to him after the New Year.
Meng Changli was very happy to see her sister. She said hello to Secretary Tang and left first.
Meng Shulan asked her sister, "What's the matter? You look so happy."
Meng Changli whispered: "Great thing..."
On the short journey back, Meng Changli briefly told her sister what they had just discussed in the town office.
It turned out that the town office was planning to launch a township revitalization plan in order to comply with policies from above.
This plan was discussed in several nearby towns before the New Year. Some towns were planning to develop agriculture, such as growing rapeseed for oil extraction, raising silkworms, planting trees, raising poultry, and so on.
In short, we need to improve people’s living standards and income so that everyone can live a good life.
But no matter what you do, it costs money.
The above ideas are good, but in practice, each has its own difficulties.
At the beginning, the town’s suggestion was to plant fruit trees, and asked the villagers to raise money to buy seedlings and distribute them to plant.
But when it comes to paying, no one cooperates. Not being able to pay is one reason, and some also think that this plan is not good, that there is no way to see immediate results, and that there is no motivation.
Secretary Tang thought about it and called Meng Changli over.
It is not very realistic to get rich together. Under the current specific conditions, it is better to let some people stand up first and play a leading role.
Secretary Tang meant that the town should act as a guarantor for Meng Changli so that she could apply for a loan from the bank and use the funds to build a garment factory, thereby scaling up her current business and making it bigger and stronger.
Meng Shulan said: "As long as I am willing, the town will help me find the land for the factory and exempt me from rent for the first five years. They will also find a way to contact me for sewing machines so that I can get the goods without invoices. The interest rate at the bank can also be kept to the lowest.
However, since we have received the benefits from the town, our factory can only develop and recruit workers in the town in the future."
Meng Changli was not very satisfied with the last one.
According to her plan, when she has money, she will drive to the city where transportation is well developed and everything will be convenient.
But the town showed such great sincerity in order to keep her, and if she agreed, there was no way she would leave.
So, although it was a good idea, Meng Changli did not agree to it immediately. She had previously told Secretary Tang that she still needed to discuss it with her family.
Meng Changli: "Based on our current business, building a factory is a matter of time. Of course, with the help of the town, we can do it in one step."
There are gains and losses, it just depends on whether the benefits are greater or less.
Meng Shulan: "Sister, sure. I think the town's proposal is a good one. Discuss it with my parents tonight. If no one has any objection, reply to Secretary Tang as soon as possible."
Since this is the future development direction, if they don't seize it, it is hard to say whether Director Tang will find someone else, and there may be variables for them at that time.
Moreover, this is indeed a rare opportunity. If everything goes well, their business will soon reach a height that ordinary people cannot reach.
When we returned to the store, Hu Bifang had already left.
Seeing that she came specially to wait for her fiancé, He Jinqiu let Zhou Yan go home first.
Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival and the store is also planning to be closed.
However, because there was still a late shift in the evening, the mother and daughter of the Meng family were not in a hurry to go back. They had to finish the late shift and could return to the village to celebrate the festival tomorrow morning.
(End of this chapter)
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