Upon hearing this, the brothers immediately cheered: "No problem, Brother Jing, I've got it covered."
"Brother Jing, we have a few machines. I'll bring some more guys over tomorrow to help us move them."
Chen Jing ordered the machines from Huacheng. He bought a total of thirty machines, plus two edge-trimming machines and two long tables for cutting fabric.
They even ordered six plastic mannequins for trying on clothes, which were shipped over by a transport company.
Judging by the time, I should arrive by tomorrow afternoon.
As for the miscellaneous parts and other items, he planned to purchase them in the capital.
Hearing several of his underlings eagerly sign up, Chen Jing's handsome face broke into a satisfied smile.
"Alright, it's good if you bring more people, about seven or eight people. There are about thirty machines. Tomorrow, have two people come with me to the transportation company, and the rest of you wait outside the alley. I'll have their vehicles bring them to the alley entrance."
A group of underlings excitedly agreed.
Moving the machines was tiring, but Chen Jing's favor was invaluable. Helping him for half a day would earn you a lot of respect from him.
The machines arrived as expected the following afternoon; more than thirty machines were placed in three separate rooms.
Chen Jing and Hou Fang, along with a group of underlings, assembled the machines one by one.
The machines in the small workshops and the shelves in the warehouses began to fill up one by one.
While the man was installing the machine, Ji Xia and Chen Qiuyu began recruiting. They temporarily hired ten female machinists, one quality inspector, a male warehouse manager, and a middle-aged woman to be in charge of lunch.
Since they were all locals from Beijing, the small workshop provided lunch, and everyone went home in the morning and evening. Only Chen Jing and his group of five lived in the courtyard.
After three or four days, everyone finally finished assembling all the machines and tested them without any problems. Chen Jing then took Hou Fang to purchase fabrics, threads, and various tools for garment making.
Chen Jing had already made contact with the sourcing channels several months ago. He treated the warehouse manager and the warehouse team leader of the textile factory to a meal, and Manager Yang finally relented and agreed to take Ji Xia and Chen Qiuyu to select fabrics.
The textile factory that Chen Jing found was not in the city, but in the relatively remote southwest Fengtai District. It was a large factory with at least two or three thousand employees. Once inside the factory area, there were rows of factory buildings.
Ji Xia had seen factories in the south in her previous life, so she remained calm. Chen Qiuyu, however, was filled with amazement, like a country bumpkin visiting the Grand View Garden.
The textile factory's output is astonishing, but Chen Jing and Ji Xia's small workshop is only a small workshop with more than ten people. The monthly fabric consumption is only a few hundred bolts, and there are many requirements for the color and fabric.
Team Leader Yang led them directly to the warehouse for leftover stock: "These fabrics don't have any orders right now, so feel free to pick what you want. This side has limited stock, while that side has more stock..."
He introduced the inventory situation and storage location, then sat down on a chair at the warehouse entrance, took out a morning newspaper, and leisurely drank tea while reading the newspaper.
Ji Xia was satisfied and led Chen Qiuyu into the warehouse to pick out goods.
The warehouse of the Second Textile Factory in Beijing is at least a thousand square meters. I heard that this is a warehouse for leftover stock. Rows of shelves are densely packed with fabrics of various colors, and the color codes are marked on the outside of the shelves.
Ji Xia and Chen Qiuyu looked at the colorful fabric of the women's clothing several times.
"Sister Xia, how about the color and pattern? This pattern is quite nice. Although it's not exactly the same as the pattern you designed, I think it will look good."
She picked a light green one with irregular linear patterns like raindrops, the color shimmering a soft, pale green under the light.
Ji Xia tore off a piece of cloth, pulled out a few feet, and draped it over Chen Qiuyu for comparison, sketching out a new dress in her mind.
"The pattern is nice, fresh and cute. I wonder how many colors this fabric comes in?"
The three of them searched by fabric number and found that there were seven or eight colors for the same pattern, all of which seemed pretty good.
Ji Xia wrote down the fabric number and color number on the paper, picked out six colors in a row, and asked Chen Jing to check the inventory with Team Leader Yang. If there was inventory, he should pick out four colors, thirty bolts of each color.
She designed twelve autumn outfits, including women's dresses, coats, and pants, and this time she decided to make four autumn outfits first: two dresses, one coat, and one pair of pants.
The dresses came in four colors each, the coats in three colors, and the trousers in two colors. There were thirteen different styles of fabric, each in thirty bolts, and they ordered a total of three hundred and ninety bolts of fabric.
In addition to these four styles, she also selected four top-quality fabrics with very beautiful colors, and ordered a total of ten bolts of fabric, intending to use these fabrics to design several other exquisite women's clothing styles.
Four hundred bolts of fabric cost more than forty thousand yuan, and most of them were mid-priced fabrics. Fabric prices in the capital were indeed higher than in the south.
One bolt of fabric, by general standards, is roughly enough for eight to ten dresses or ten to twelve coats. So, four hundred bolts of fabric would amount to four to five thousand pieces, which is about a month's production.
Four hundred bolts of cloth were delivered back to the courtyard house, filling the shelves of both warehouses.
A group of female workers began their shift. Chen Qiuyu was the production supervisor, and Hou Xiaolian was the group leader. They kept an eye on the quality while assigning them different tasks.
This small workshop uses the usual assembly line method, where a garment is divided into several parts, and each person is only responsible for a small part.
Ten pieces of fabric make a dozen. Each dozen is delivered to the quality control department for inspection, and only those that pass the quality control are sent to the final stage to be made into a garment.
All ten female workers were skilled. They practiced with scraps of cloth for half a day. The assembly line operation allowed them to quickly become proficient in their assigned tasks. After three or four days of monitoring, the quality issues were resolved.
Not only is the quality guaranteed, but the speed has also improved rapidly. This is because it was stated from the beginning that the guaranteed minimum salary for the first month is 35 yuan, with performance targets and tiered bonuses for exceeding those targets.
Starting from the second month, it's a system where the more you work, the more you earn.
The wages were set in advance, and after a few days of operation, a group of female workers were able to quickly calculate how much they could earn in a month, which sparked great enthusiasm.
A week later, the first dresses in four colors were displayed in the showroom in the west wing of the front yard, and wholesale business began.
Chen Jing hired another quick-witted junior to handle wholesale. On the first day of business, a group of juniors came to support the business.
At this time, Ji Xia's university life also began.
Two days before the start of the semester, Ji Xia, accompanied by Chen Jing, went to the Academy of Fine Arts to register, carrying her admission notice and proof of enrollment.
With directions from several passing students, they successfully registered at the academic affairs office, obtained their student IDs, and received their dormitory room number and keys.
As she walked out of the registrar's office, she was about to ask for directions to her dormitory when someone frantically waved to her, "Ji Xia, come here quickly!"
Ji Xia looked intently and saw Rong Ruoshi and two girls standing on the corridor outside the small flower garden, beckoning her over.
She couldn't help but smile, and turned to Chen Jing, saying, "Ruo Shi is calling me. I asked her to take me to my dorm. You're busy with work, so you should go back first!"
Chen Jing looked up and scanned the campus. The huge campus was quite empty, with only a few dozen students, most of whom were girls.
He felt relieved and whispered, "Then I'll go back first and come pick you up at noon. Take care of yourself."
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