Wholesale orders were just a trial run to see if her designs would find a market in the north.
However, long-term transshipment of containers from the south not only significantly increases costs, but also means that southern styles are sometimes not suitable for the north.
Especially in winter, the temperature in the north is much lower, and winter coats in the south seem too thin in the north.
Therefore, if her designs have a market in the north, she could open a small workshop in Beijing.
The courtyard house that Chen Jing bought was perfect, with more than twenty rooms, enough to set up a small workshop.
When Ji Xia mentioned the workshop, Chen Jing laughed and said, "You focus on your exams and studying, leave the rest to me."
"Once the wholesale clothing market is established, I will inquire about fabric sourcing channels and keep an eye out for talent, whether it's sewing workers or workshop management personnel."
As Chen Jing spoke, he pointed to his neighbor next door: "Actually, there are quite a few people who know how to sew. There are quite a few neighbors around here. Take this Mrs. Lin for example. I've seen her occasionally take on small jobs, like sewing hats or something. She seems to be quite efficient at her work."
Upon hearing this, Ji Xia shook her head, her gaze towards Chen Jing somewhat strange.
Chen Jing even knew the situation of the neighbor's sister-in-law and aunt. His abilities were no less than those of the neighborhood committee aunt or the women's director.
With that ability to discover and place talent, one could easily run a successful headhunting firm.
She looked at Chen Jing with a smile, her eyes burning with desire. Chen Jing misunderstood and chuckled softly.
"Feeling hot and bothered? This mutton soup is really effective. Let's try it tonight."
Ji Xia immediately realized her mistake, her face turning red with embarrassment. She had misjudged him; this scoundrel was better suited to be a firefighter, putting out fires every day.
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After discussing it with his underlings, Wang Yuan decided to give it a shot.
In fact, the number of street vendors on Wangfujing Street is gradually increasing, and they seem to have a wide variety of food, drinks and daily necessities, and their business looks quite good.
A group of young people had ideas, but they really didn't know what they should do.
Chen Jing has now provided them with a solution: they need capital.
After discussing it all night, the group decided to go into business together. Seven or eight people borrowed money from all over the place and barely managed to scrape together three thousand yuan. Two or three days later, they approached Chen Jing.
Hearing that it took seven or eight people to scrape together three thousand yuan, Chen Jing sneered inwardly. Were these locals in Beijing even poorer than him? Back then, when Ji Xia wanted to borrow three thousand yuan, he and Ji Xiangjun managed to scrape it together.
He wasn't annoyed. Although three thousand yuan wasn't much, he still managed to buy about eighty women's sweaters wholesale, and then watched them set up a stall in Wangfujing.
Before the stall at Wangfujing had even started selling, customers who hadn't made a purchase last time came back and sold several sets right away.
A group of young men were doing business for the first time. In order to make money, they quickly learned the skills of flattery and praise. How many young girls buying women's clothing could resist such enthusiastic and thoughtful service?
Plus, the style is great to wear, it's warm and looks good, and everyone envies me when I wear it out. I didn't buy it the first time because I thought it was too expensive, but I didn't dare to be picky this time.
There were seven or eight men running the stall. When they saw that the goods were almost gone, they discussed it privately and decided to grab their money bags and go to Chen Jing again to get more goods.
Chen Jing chuckled inwardly and immediately sold off the remaining fifty or sixty sweaters, telling them to make up the difference later.
That day, all the sweaters were sold out and the stall was closed. They paid back the money owed to Chen Jing, and after taking stock, they found that the two batches of goods totaled more than 130 pieces, earning them nearly 900 yuan.
On average, each person earns 120 yuan a day, which is equivalent to three months' wages in a factory in half a day. A group of thugs were so excited by this profit that they shouted wildly.
Chen Jing made a lot of fun at them, and then gave them some light spring coats.
This time, there were over two hundred thin jackets, and Chen Qiuyu also sent over fifty thicker inner linings.
The inner lining is removable and can be added, making it suitable for autumn and winter as well as spring. When washing, you only need to remove the inner lining, making it easy to wash only the outer layer.
Chen Jing explained the combined function of the inner lining and the outer jacket to a group of people, and instructed them on how to sell them together, as well as sales techniques, which moved the group of underlings to tears.
When the first batch of over 600 sets of spring clothes sold out, it was time for Ji Xia's retest.
With the targeted guidance of teachers Rong and Fu, Ji Xia has made great progress in her painting during this period.
Stepping into the examination room again, she remained calm during the exam. Even when it was a life drawing session with a young girl who looked like a village girl as the model, Ji Xia was not intimidated.
The special training that Teacher Fu and Teacher Rong gave her over a month was quite effective. If she had been asked to draw from a live model a month ago, she probably would have broken down mentally.
Life drawing only requires drawing a portrait, that is, a sketch of a face. This requires much more attention to detail, but for Ji Xia, who has only been drawing plaster head figures for half a month, it is something she is quite confident about.
Two hours later, the portrait she painted was basically finalized. Compared with the model above, she wouldn't dare say it captured the spirit, but at least the proportions of the facial features, the handling of light and shadow, etc., were quite good, and it looked about 70-80% like the real person.
The afternoon watercolor and craft activities were simpler, since they were her forte.
After the exams ended that day, Ji Xia walked out of the school clutching her pencil case. Looking up and around, she saw Chen Jing leaning against a telephone pole across the street, hands in his pockets, chatting and laughing easily with a young man.
From afar, he has long, straight legs, a tall and upright figure like a poplar tree, and handsome, roguish features. His overall demeanor is that of a free spirit.
He was generous and had a wide circle of friends. Wherever he went, he could quickly make a group of friends. The girls in the neighborhood looked at him with shining eyes.
Only that man, with an inexplicable lack of confidence, would always force her to humbly coax him when they were in love, promising that he wouldn't stray even after going to university.
Does she seem like the type to be fickle? With his energy at night, she wouldn't have the energy to be fickle!
Hanxiao slowly walked to his side. Chen Jing turned around with a smile, put his arm around her shoulder and laughed: "Come on, let me introduce you. This is my fiancée, Ji Xia. This is Chen Xing, a friend I met today. We were from the same family five hundred years ago."
Chen Xing looked at Ji Xia's exquisite face with surprise. She had black hair, fair skin, and an elegant temperament. He had never seen many girls as beautiful as her in his life.
I heard that she's an art student preparing for college entrance exams, and she's actually dating a street vendor.
Regardless of one's status, making money is indeed the most important thing.
He pondered to himself, then smiled distantly at Ji Xia and asked, "Brother Chen, about what I just told you?"
"I'm out of stock right now, really. The six or seven hundred pieces that were delivered last time were all sold out wholesale. But if you want to see it, I'll take you to Wangfujing."
Chen Jing laughed and then whispered to Ji Xia, "We just finished the exam, let's relax and go to Wangfujing together?"
He paused, then lowered his voice: "They came to me on their own. They saw that Wang Yuan and Xiao Hui were making money, and they knew they could make money by following me, so they came to me. They offered themselves up, so there's no reason for them to turn away, right?"
That's right. The most important thing for a factory to sell the goods is to produce them.
Whether it's another vendor coming to buy goods and setting up a stall, or another store wanting to buy goods, they welcome it all.
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