Ji Xia spent several days preparing more than twenty sets of spring clothes suitable for the aesthetics of this era, mainly girls' clothes and children's clothes.
She also designed several styles of women's clothing that were intellectual and mature, but considering that the workshop only had a few people and the positioning was too varied and chaotic, which was not conducive to long-term development, she finally put the designs down.
Perhaps the sophisticated and mature style is more suitable for big cities in the southeast; it's hard to say whether it will have a market in the countryside.
After two or three days of preparation, she took the packaged New Year's goods and merchandise, along with Liu Xiaogang and Chen Qiuyu, and rented a small truck to deliver the goods to the county department store.
The same warehouse manager at the department store was there to receive the goods. He recognized Chen Qiuyu and Liu Xiaogang, and had a good relationship with Chen Jing. He readily led his team to receive the goods.
When no one was around, Ji Xia secretly delivered New Year's goods to the warehouse manager.
The warehouse manager declined twice, but when he saw that it was cured meat and dried mountain products, he readily accepted it and even helped Ji Xia make an internal call to Manager Hu.
Manager Hu had just gone out, and the purchasing department was being handled by another purchasing agent. After hearing what Warehouse Manager Liu said, he lazily replied, "Wait here, I'll be down in a bit."
Even after the warehouse staff had counted the quantity and the quality inspectors had checked the quality, no one from the purchasing department came down.
Warehouse Manager Liu called the internal hotline again, only to hear an impatient young man's voice: "What's the rush? Are you trying to kill me? Who's in a hurry to be reborn?"
After the man finished speaking, he rudely hung up the phone.
Chen Qiuyu said irritably, "What do you mean? We've already accepted the goods, why are you still making things difficult?"
Liu, the warehouse manager, looked very unhappy. Ji Xia smiled apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, my colleague went out today with a few tasks, so time is a bit tight. How about we take the receiving slip to the purchasing department?"
Warehouse Manager Liu waved his hand: "No, you can't go up now. You don't know, Old Hu went to the provincial capital for further studies. I heard he might be transferred to the provincial capital. That new purchasing agent has quite a background. Ever since he arrived, no outsiders have been allowed to go up..."
Warehouse Manager Liu harbored many grievances against the new purchasing agent and complained to Ji Xia and the others for a while.
Just then, a lazy voice came from outside the warehouse: "Team Leader Liu, where is he? Where did he go?"
That voice was the same male voice from the phone call just now.
Ji Xia suppressed her resentment and left the warehouse with the delivery receipt. She saw a young man with a leather coat and slicked-back hair standing outside the door.
The young man had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, his eyes filled with disdain, and his movements were languid. But when he saw Ji Xia's true face, his impatience instantly turned into amazement.
Ji Xia was originally good-looking. At the best age of eighteen, she had delicate features, beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and a fair and tender face that looked like it could be pinched to release water.
This time when she went to the city, she dressed up specially. The deep red turtleneck sweater made her fair face look like porcelain, her eyebrows were curved, and her bright almond eyes sparkled.
She wore a long, fitted cotton coat, with skinny trousers and black lambskin boots underneath, showing off her long, slender, and shapely legs.
The young man had seen many beautiful women, but he had never seen a girl as beautiful as Ji Xia. His eyes were immediately fixed on her.
He stared blankly for a long time until Liu, the warehouse manager, coughed twice, which startled him. He quickly put out his cigarette and stretched out his hand with a mixture of surprise and delight: "Hello, I'm Hu Bin from purchasing! Team Leader Liu, what's going on? A manufacturer delivered goods, but you didn't call me earlier."
"It's alright, we didn't wait long. Comrade Hu, this is the delivery receipt that Team Leader Liu just signed. Please sign it."
Ji Xia forced a smile, inwardly thinking to herself, "That look in his eyes, as if he's never seen a woman before."
He handed over the delivery slip and pen together.
Hu Bin reached out his hand, and as he took it, he subconsciously squeezed the other person's fingers. He saw Ji Xia's beautiful almond-shaped eyes widen in disbelief, and she pursed her lips, suppressing her anger, and quickly pulled her hand back.
Hu Bin smiled at her: "Sansheng Garment Factory, are you in charge of delivery at the factory?"
Ji Xia smiled faintly and shook her head. Chen Qiuyu and Liu Xiaogang, sensing something was wrong, immediately stepped forward to block Ji Xia's path.
"I'm sorry, there are two of us in charge of delivery. This is our factory's clothing designer. She came here today to deliver design drafts to Manager Hu and discuss next year's orders."
Chen Qiuyu explained with a forced smile, and Hu Bin laughed with a mixture of surprise and delight: "Design drafts and orders? Perfect, Manager Hu has already assigned this task to me. Let's find a place to sit down and talk about next year's orders."
He grinned at Ji Xia behind the two of them and said, "I have the right to choose my suppliers. If I'm satisfied with your designs, I can place a long order. Three to five hundred thousand sets a year is no problem at all."
Chen Qiuyu and Liu Xiaogang stared wide-eyed at Ji Xia in disbelief.
Last time, they had over 20,000 orders, and they outsourced 90% of them, leaving only 2,000 to 3,000 orders to handle themselves.
He dares to offer 300,000 to 500,000 a year, but we others wouldn't dare to accept it!
Ji Xia smiled faintly: "Comrade Hu, it's no problem to talk about next year's orders, but let's sign this order first? We have something to do later."
"Okay, I'll sign the contract."
Hu Bin readily signed the delivery receipt in Ji Xia's hand, handed it back to Ji Xia, and then smiled meaningfully, "I need to see the new year's orders before I can confirm them."
Ji Xia accepted the order and smiled slightly upon hearing this: "Thank you. If Comrade Hu is free at noon, shall we go to a teahouse outside to have tea and chat about next year's new designs?"
"Of course, no problem. I'll be waiting for you at Hongyun Tea House across from the department store at noon."
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