"Second Brother is back? Did the shipment go smoothly?" Chen Jing greeted him with delight. Ji Xiangjun turned around and smiled at him.
Behind him, Sun Xiaoyu was holding a pen and notebook, registering the newly delivered goods.
The two stood together; the man was tall and imposing, while the woman was youthful and radiant.
The two did not speak, but their expressions and gestures revealed familiarity and intimacy. Standing together, they exuded an indescribable harmony and compatibility.
In the evening, Ji Xia was dismissed from school, and Chen Jing picked her up to go home.
Seeing Chen Jing bring her back to her new home, she couldn't help but wonder, "Why are we here again? My mother said that if I'm not married, I shouldn't be coming here all the time."
Chen Jing parked the car and took the heavy backpack off her shoulder: "Second brother is back. He said he has something he wants to discuss with us. Future sister-in-law is also here."
"Second brother is back? That's great!"
After Ji Xia finished speaking, she saw Ji Xiangjun and Sun Xiaoyu sitting in the room with serious expressions, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Second Brother, Sister Xiao, Second Brother, you really don't understand romance? Who invites a date to my house?"
"My second brother said he had something very serious to tell us, but it was inconvenient for my sister-in-law to know, so he brought Team Leader Sun with him."
As Chen Jing spoke, he gave Ji Xia a push: "You stay and chat with Second Brother and Team Leader Sun for a while. I'll go boil some water and make some tea. Second Brother, Team Leader Sun, I'll have someone go to the restaurant to buy some food. Do you have any dietary restrictions?"
Ji Xiangjun and Sun Xiaoyu both shook their heads: "No, you've made the arrangements."
Chen Jing went to the kitchen to boil water. Ji Xia sat down opposite Ji Xiangjun and Sun Xiaoyu and asked suspiciously, "Brother, Xiaoyu, what's going on between you two? What are you going to discuss today?"
Ji Xiangjun pulled a large box from his pocket and handed it to her, his eyes filled with a mixture of helplessness and affection: "I originally wanted to give you an engagement gift, but when I got back I heard you were getting married."
"Thank you, Second Brother!"
Ji Xia happily accepted it, opened it and looked at it. Her eyes lit up, and she excitedly thanked Sun Xiaoyu: "Thank you, Second Sister-in-law."
Sun Xiaoyu blushed and glared at her, annoyed: "This was a gift from your brother, what does it have to do with me?"
"Of course it's your business. This is your money too, since it cost my second brother's money. If Xiaoyu were a stingy woman, my brother wouldn't dare to give it to her."
Ji Xiangjun knew that Ji Xia liked jade. He had given her a piece of raw jade before, which she treasured and kept.
This time, Ji Xiangjun sent another piece, which was even better in terms of water content and color than the last one. It was also larger, about the size of a pomelo, and as green as a lake, glowing with a vibrant green light. It looked very valuable at first glance.
Wow, after being reborn and getting rid of that scumbag, her luck with money seems to have been consistently good. Was her poverty in her previous life because that man absorbed her luck?
Ji Xia examined the raw stone that Ji Xiangjun had given her again and again, and finally carefully put it back in the box before asking suspiciously, "Brother, Xiaoyu, what's the matter that's so serious, that you need to talk about it here? Are you two getting married?"
"What are you talking about? We're discussing business."
Sun Xiaoyu blushed again, and, suppressing her embarrassment, handed her the order.
"Your designs are very popular in the southern Jiangsu area. Before I went home, several friends asked me for orders..."
Looking at the total order amount compiled by Sun Xiaoyu, Ji Xia was somewhat shocked. In addition to the five thousand that Chen Jing had brought, Ji Xiangjun had also obtained more than ten thousand orders, which together exceeded twenty thousand.
All of these need to be delivered twenty days before the Lunar New Year.
When Ji Xia saw so many orders, she was overjoyed. More than 20,000 orders, even if she only made a profit of two yuan per set, would still amount to 40,000 yuan, which was a lot of money.
But soon, she frowned and looked at the calendar: "Twenty days before the New Year, how long is that? Can we do it?"
Looking at the date, it was already the 28th day of the tenth lunar month, only forty days before the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. How could a small workshop with less than ten sewing machine operators possibly make 20,000 sets in forty days?
Ji Xia frowned: "Big brother, what will happen if the goods aren't delivered before the tenth of the twelfth lunar month?"
"If I drag it out for two or three days, I think they'll still give me face. But if I drag it out any longer, I'll have to pay compensation."
Ji Xia looked back helplessly at the door. Chen Jing came over carrying several teacups and a teapot, and said with a wry smile, "If I had known that Second Brother had also gotten so many orders, I would have refused the five thousand orders from the department store."
"What do we do now? It's too late to buy a lot of sewing machines and hire sewing machine operators," Sun Xiaoyu said.
Winter clothing is not the same as summer clothing. Not counting the inner lining, even the outer layer is much more complex.
With over 20,000 orders, even skilled machinists would need at least a hundred people. How can we possibly keep up with the demand now?
If the order isn't completed, there will be a penalty. Although I didn't ask how much, considering that the order could earn at least tens of thousands of yuan, how much compensation would there be?
Ji Xia felt a headache coming on and subconsciously looked at Chen Jing. In his previous life, he had been a powerful figure in the business world. Did he have a way to solve this problem now?
Chen Jing poured tea for the group and suggested, "I was thinking, since Second Brother has connections over there, why don't we open a branch factory there? We can send a few people over to recruit and manage. Of course, Xia will still be in charge of the design drawings."
"Opening a branch factory is necessary, but it's too late now."
“If we want to expand our recruitment now, that small courtyard is definitely not enough. We need to find a large enough courtyard, buy hundreds of sewing machines, and then recruit women from the surrounding villages.”
Ji Xia asked, "What if we make such a big show of things and people investigate?"
Sun Xiaoyu was at a loss for what to do. There were only a few people in the small courtyard, and most people wouldn't pay much attention to them.
But with more than a hundred people, it's no longer a small workshop; it's at least a medium-sized garment factory.
It's only the end of 2017 or 2018, and there's still more than a year before individual businesses become legal in 1980. If someone has their eye on them, a simple letter of complaint will be enough to bring them to justice.
The group discussed it for a while, but couldn't come up with a good solution.
Chen Jing suddenly turned around and looked at Ji Xia intently: "Xia, you haven't said anything, is there a way?"
Ji Xia bit her lower lip and remained silent for a while: "I do have an idea, but I don't know if it will work?"
"What method?" Sun Xiaoyu asked.
Ji Xia looked at Ji Xiangjun, then at Chen Jing: "I want to ask, do either of you have connections with the sales or production managers of large garment factories?"
Ji Xiangjun: "You have connections with people from big garment factories? What for?"
Chen Jing's heart stirred; recently, he had been having many dreams about doing business.
Ji Xia explained in a low voice, "This is what I'm thinking: if I know any leaders in garment factories, I can transfer some of my orders to them and ask them to process them."
Ji Xiangjun shook his head: "No, the styles made by those garment factories are not popular."
"We outsource our business, and the styles and quality requirements are based on our specifications. Of course, we'll make our new styles according to our requirements!"
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