Chen Jing returned from the provincial capital a few days ago and told Old Man Sun and Sun Xiaoyu the results.
The grandfather and grandson had also given up hope for their relatives in the provincial capital.
As originally agreed, Ji Xia promised to help them transfer their household registration to the commune and arrange a job for Sun Xiaoyu.
Ji Xia naturally sought out Ji Xiangjun, and upon hearing that the household registration issues for the grandfather and grandson had been resolved, she breathed a sigh of relief.
When Ji Xia heard that Sun Xiaoyu was to be given a job, he felt his teeth ache.
In the past two years, a large number of educated youth have returned to the city, and there are no vacancies in any of the city's work units. People are paying to fill other people's positions, and the number is at least 800 to 1,000.
It would be better to lend her the money to help her make ends meet than to buy her a job with 800 yuan, especially when there was a massive wave of layoffs before the 1990s!
Thinking of borrowing money, Ji Xia pulled Ji Xiangjun into the house with a fawning expression: "Second brother, I have something to discuss with you."
"What's up?"
Ji Xiangjun followed her into the house, then suddenly thought of something: "You haven't given up on the idea of making clothes? Ji Xia, let me tell you, someone is targeting you now. If this happens again, no one can protect you."
"What if the finished clothes aren't kept in the commune, but sent to the county or provincial capital? Can they still keep an eye on me? What if the finished clothes are sent to other provinces with your truck? Can they still control me?"
Ji Xia chuckled, and Ji Xiangjun raised an eyebrow: "So confident? Do you know people in the provincial capital or the county?"
“I don’t know him, but Chen Jing does. He even took me to the textile factory in the county town today.”
Ji Xia and Chen Jing had already discussed several plans on their way back.
The small workshop needs to be set up, but it can no longer be located in Ji Xia's courtyard, nor can it be located nearby, because there are too many people living in the nearby houses, and who knows which people might have ulterior motives.
Chen Jing rented a courtyard near the black market in the suburbs. He used it as a warehouse when he was running his black market business. There were few people living nearby.
They planned to tidy up and secretly hire three or four capable young girls from the brigade who knew how to use sewing machines.
Anyway, the yard is relatively remote and has a lot of space. Dividing it into a warehouse and a workshop, and leaving a small room for office, shouldn't be a big problem.
From now on, Ji Xia will be responsible for design, pattern making, and fabric selection, while Sun Xiaoyu will continue to be responsible for cutting, management, and quality inspection, just like before.
As for exporting products and running business, Chen Jing was responsible for that.
The two men confessed their plans and the deal made at the textile factory that day to Ji Xiangjun, whose gaze toward Chen Jing carried a hint of murderous intent.
That brat, he's such a show-off. Before he even said a word, he'd already taken his men to the county town to order fabric.
Ji Xiangjun had contacted some old friends a few days ago to look for connections, and he had planned to take his younger sister there in the next couple of days.
But after what happened today, she gave up the idea. However, Chen Jing still managed to get her to pay the deposit for the fabric.
Chen Jing chuckled and shrank back, "Second brother, don't worry. Xia wants to study, so I'll be in charge of this workshop from now on. If anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame. I absolutely won't let anything happen to Xia."
Ji Xiangjun gave him a cold glance and asked his sister, "How much did you say you wanted to borrow?"
"Eight hundred. I have six hundred yuan on me, so I can borrow another eight hundred." Ji Xia smiled ingratiatingly.
Ji Xiangjun: "Fourteen thousand is enough? Didn't you say it would be over three thousand?"
Chen Jing weakly raised his hand: "Second brother, I have about two thousand on me."
Ji Xiangjun snorted coldly, but said to his younger sister, "I won't lend you money, but I can. I can take out a thousand coins and partner with you. I'll cover the shipping costs to other places."
"It's a deal."
Ji Xia was stunned for a moment, then immediately agreed, raising her hands to give him a high five as a pledge.
With Ji Xiangjun and Chen Jing working together to advance the business, Ji Xia's confidence soared, and that very night she wrote an agreement.
Ji Xia invested 600 yuan plus technology, taking a 35% stake; Ji Xiangjun invested 1,500 yuan, taking a 30% stake; and Chen Jing invested 1,800 yuan, taking a 35% stake. Together, they established a small workshop.
The small workshop was mainly based in Chen Jing's courtyard. After Ji Xia and Chen Jing took a walk around the courtyard, Ji Xiangjun also rented a small courtyard in an adjacent location to use as a dormitory for a few girls.
Grandpa Sun and Sun Xiaoyu moved in together. Sun Xiaoyu was the manager and technician, while Grandpa Sun guarded the warehouse and also received a salary. The grandfather and granddaughter were very satisfied with this arrangement.
The warehouse needed to be waterproof and moisture-proof, so Chen Jing asked a few of his brothers to buy two bags of cement and plastered the largest room with cement. Then he swept the entire room from floor to ceiling with lime water several times to ensure that the entire room was waterproof to the extreme.
In addition to using cement and lime water for moisture prevention, the warehouse also used bricks and wooden boards to build two fixed three-tier shelves, once again taking moisture prevention to the extreme.
Besides the warehouse, Chen Jing went back to the brigade. There were quite a few people in the brigade who could sew clothes, but their skills varied.
On the recommendation of Chen Qiuyu, Aunt Chen, and Ji's mother, they found four teenage girls whose families owned sewing machines, and secretly moved them, along with their sewing machines, to the city at night.
When Sun Xiaoyu heard that Ji Xia had secretly set up a small workshop and asked her to join as a manager and technician, leading four young girls to make clothes, she immediately agreed.
With a few more people, Ji Xia used an assembly line method to break each piece of clothing down into several parts and distribute them to each person.
This not only allows them to become familiar with the parts they are working on more quickly, but also makes it easier to assign responsibility if quality issues arise.
The four girls' minimum wage is thirty, and they receive an additional commission for any clothes they produce that exceed the monthly quota.
Sun Xiaoyu has a guaranteed base salary of fifty yuan, and she also receives additional commissions and bonuses for completing tasks each month.
While Chen Jing and Ji Xiangjun were preparing for the small workshop, Ji Xia and Sun Xiaoyu designed six new autumn clothes. They made a sample for each style, disassembled the parts into individual components, and then put them into the workshop.
A week later, Chen Jing took two sets of twenty new clothes to the county town. Through the introduction of the black market boss, he met and invited the purchasing manager of the county department store to have dinner, drinks and play cards together.
After spending two days entertaining Manager Hu with food, drinks, and entertainment, Chen Jing finally revealed his purpose and offered to send twenty sets of clothes from the department store to see how they looked.
These twenty sets of clothes are a gift for Manager Hu. If sales are good, Manager Hu will receive a 3% rebate on the men's and women's clothing supplied by Sansheng Garment Factory to the department store in the future.
With such generous terms, Manager Hu readily agreed and placed an order that evening, sending twenty sets of clothes to the sales department. The money then went into Manager Hu's pocket.
The next morning, Chen Jing treated Manager Hu to a leisurely and sumptuous breakfast, and the two chatted and laughed as they went to the department store to check out the results.
At 10 a.m., there weren't many customers in the department store, but as Chen Jing accompanied Manager Hu slowly from the electronics display case to the clothing counter, he unexpectedly saw four or five women surrounding the sales clerks.
"Comrade, can you check if we have any larger sizes?"
"Comrade, I want this color. Can I see this color?"
Several girls were shouting and yelling, and people around couldn't help but look over: "What's going on over there?"
"Hey, that outfit looks really nice, shall we go take a look?"
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