Chapter 196 Success in career but failure in love, success in career. Xu Heye...
Unsuccessful in love, successful in career.
Xu Heye received a call from her aunt the next day. The fabric R&D department had improved and developed a lighter, thinner and softer three-proof fabric according to her requirements.
Huang Wangcheng and Sheng Hong, director of the fabric R&D department, have already boarded the train with the fabric samples and are expected to arrive in Beijing that evening.
The reason for asking these two people to come over was to see if there was any room for improvement in the fabric. If further improvement was needed, Xu Heye could communicate directly with Sheng Hong.
Secondly, if the fabrics meet the production standards, the factory will then design new autumn and winter styles based on these new materials. Huang Wangcheng came here to discuss the upcoming winter styles with Xu Heye.
Xu Heye hung up the phone, called Pang Qiao, and went to the train station to pick them up in the evening. In order to avoid suspicion, Xu Heye did not let the two go to her newly bought house, but sent them to the hotel lobby.
After sitting on the train for more than ten hours, Huang Wangcheng and Sheng Hong were already exhausted. They took the room card and returned to the room. After taking a shower, they lay on the bed and fell asleep.
After a good night's sleep, Xu Heye went to see them the next day. After breakfast, the four of them found a place to test the new fabric.
The hotel rooms were definitely not suitable, so the four of them finally found a relatively secluded and open space by the river to test the fabrics.
Xu Heye was very satisfied with the results of this experiment.
The fabric is light, soft, windproof, waterproof and has good anti-fouling effect. A down jacket made of new fabric was also brought along. Xu Heye tried it on for a long time and was sweating profusely, but she was very happy in her heart.
The new fabric has a dense texture and is good at preventing down from leaking out. She wore it for a long time, moving around a lot, and except for a little down leaking out occasionally at the needle holes, there was no down leaking out anywhere else. It was better than all the down jackets made in the factory before.
Pang Qiao handed Xu Heye a bottle of water. Seeing that her face was flushed, she quickly asked someone to take off her clothes.
"You've been wearing it for half a day, take it off quickly, or you'll get heatstroke."
"Okay." Xu Heye took off her clothes, revealing the short-sleeved shirt underneath, and then said to Sheng Hong, "Uncle Sheng, the fabric this time is very good, far exceeding my expectations. Thank you for your hard work.
This month, the fabric R&D department employees will receive an extra month's salary as a bonus. Uncle Sheng, you'll receive an extra three months' salary. At the end of the year, if the new styles are released and sell well, the company will also give you a bonus."
Sheng Hong was very happy: "Thank you, boss. I will continue to work hard with the employees of the fabric R&D department." If there were rewards for every progress, he thought he would be willing to work for the company for his whole life.
Xu Heye nodded, then looked at Huang Wangcheng: "Uncle Huang, I have some ideas about the new model that I want to share with you in detail."
Pang Qiao interrupted her: "Sister, it's almost noon."
"Everyone's been busy all morning, so you're probably all hungry. Shouldn't we find a place to have lunch first? It's so hot out, why don't you find a cooler place so you can chat?"
Xu Heye looked up at the sky. The sun was at its zenith, and it was indeed noon.
She quickly changed her mind: "Aqiao, thank goodness you reminded me." Then she said to the two men: "Uncle Huang, Uncle Sheng, let's find a restaurant to eat first."
"After dinner, let's find a place to discuss the next new style." She already had some ideas in her mind, and she would communicate them with Huang Wangcheng next.
"Okay." After a busy morning, everyone was hungry.
After dinner, the four returned to the hotel. The hotel had a reception room that they could use to discuss matters.
Huang Wangcheng gave Xu Heye the drawings they had designed during this period. After reading them, Xu Heye couldn't help but sigh that some people are really born to be designers.
Huang Wangcheng is not like her. He has lived a second life and has cheating memories, but the elements reflected in his design drafts are all fashion elements that will still be popular in the next one or two years or even ten to twenty years.
Minimalist design, H-shaped, hooded, and above-the-knee for added warmth, so customers can keep their lower body warm even without wearing thick fleece pants.
Most importantly, with the addition of new fabrics, the new down jackets no longer need to be filled with too much down to increase warmth, overcoming the common bloated problem of down jackets on the market.
Xu Heye pointed at the side of her waist and said to Huang Wangcheng, "Uncle Huang, I think we can add another step here."
"What to add?" Huang Wangcheng looked around and felt that the current design was classic and elegant enough, and adding any more design would seem a bit redundant.
"Add a pig nose buckle and drawstring." Xu Heye said.
"Pig nose drawstring?"
"Yes," Xu Heye explained, "Winter clothes are generally made into straight-tube or looser styles for the sake of inclusiveness. At the same time, this weakens the curves of the body."
"If you could add a drawstring, you could adjust the tightness of the waist by using the pig-nose buckle. Loosening the drawstring creates a loose, comfortable, and relaxed fit. Tightening the drawstring creates a defined waistline, naturally highlighting a woman's curves."
"And the colors. I see the new fabrics they brought this time seem to have about ten colors designed in them?"
Sheng Hong nodded: "There are twelve colors." Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, a rainbow cannot contain them all.
Xu Heye took the sample cloth, picked and chose, and picked out four colors.
Black, gray, red, and white. Xu Heye said, "Uncle Sheng, don't use so many colors for now. Sometimes too many choices can actually make it difficult for customers to make a choice."
"However, among these four colors, white, gray, and red all need to be adjusted. White should be changed to off-white, and gray is a bit dark, so it should be lighter and more toned. The saturation of red should be reduced, not so bright. The current red is a bit too garish."
"Okay." Sheng Hong nodded.
Xu Heye looked at Huang Wangcheng again and said, "Uncle Huang, please design new models based on these four colors."
"The overall style is minimalist and elegant, but the details can be more refined. For example, with the pig nose buckle I just mentioned, you can pair it with a red pig nose buckle on a black down jacket. Black buttons can also be used on red clothes.
Other details, such as the color of the buckle on the placket, should also be consistent with the color of the pig nose buckle you choose, so that it is harmonious and unified from top to bottom. "
"But this is just a suggestion. The specific combination and color matching will need to be adjusted by your design department."
"And these colors can also be made into the same style for men and women." Most of the minimalist basic down jackets are the same style for men and women, with only slight differences in size.
"Oh, right." Xu Heye thought of another thing. Well-known down jacket brands in later generations would make their own trademarks and sew them onto the clothes. This served both as decoration and to showcase the brand.
"I think our trademark is very nice. You can find a way to make the trademark and sew it onto the main model. Put it on the chest or arm. Make it nice and exquisite. It can be used as a small decoration and let customers know at a glance that this is our brand of clothing." If their clothes become a nationally renowned brand one day, the clothes will bring not only warmth to customers, but also a high-end feeling and the envy of others.
Huang Wangcheng nodded, feeling that after talking with Xu Heye, his thoughts became clearer.
After finishing their business discussion, the four of them had dinner together. Huang Wangcheng and Sheng Hong then checked out of the hotel and went to the train station to buy tickets back to Hucheng.
It's already September, and they need to rush back to adjust the fabric colors and design new styles. Once the samples are ready, they might need to adjust the pattern before mass production begins, so time is running out.
After sending the two of them into a taxi, Xu Heye felt that their company also needed an office in Beijing. It didn't have to be too big, at least there would be a place to discuss business.
This time we are all family, so we don’t care about those external things. But next time when we meet customers or partners, do we have to bring them to the hotel’s public meeting room and discuss cooperation in the presence of so many people coming and going?
She also needs to hire someone to help her with some trivial matters and convey messages.
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