"That's right, it's a setup." Ye Beiping's eyes suddenly sharpened, a hint of anger rising in his heart: "These foreign companies are despicable and shameless. They set up joint ventures, providing advanced technology and equipment, but have you ever considered why they didn't send any designers over, instead continuing to produce these outdated products for them?"
"Why?" Zhang Ming suddenly became interested and asked.
He knew that foreign clothing was indeed much better looking than theirs, but most of the orders in China were for workwear, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
But now, after Ye Beiping brought it up, he seemed to feel that something was wrong.
"What else could it be?"
Ye Beiping sneered as he looked out the window at a spot: "The joint venture factory is introducing new technologies and equipment, hoping you garment factories will buy from them. Once you've almost gone into debt to purchase the equipment, they'll launch new garments and gradually erode the domestic garment market, allowing foreign brands to gain recognition in China. Because your workwear-like clothing can't compare to their design concepts that have been fashionable for over a century. When you established garment factories are burdened with huge debts, and the garments you produce are piling up in warehouses unsold, that's when they'll harvest you at low prices."
"What?" Li Dali never expected that these foreign companies would harbor such vicious intentions.
He was even thinking of getting two new pieces of equipment for production.
If, as Ye Beiping said, they went to buy new equipment, wouldn't they be doomed?
Just thinking about it made Li Dali break out in a cold sweat.
Even Zhang Ming was startled, feeling that Ye Beiping was exaggerating: "Boss Ye, don't the higher-ups know about this situation you're talking about?"
"hehe."
Ye Beiping smiled and turned to look at the two people in front of him: "Don't know? No, they know better than anyone else. If you want to reform, how can you call it reform without going through these things? Reform comes at a price, and the pain is temporary, not a lifetime."
That's right, these are all things he, the reborn person, experienced.
It is likely that in the near future, there will be widespread closures of state-owned factories, and a large number of employees with secure jobs will lose their jobs and end up on the streets looking for work.
The sheer number of state-owned factories and their employees across the country constitutes a heavy burden.
If you want to develop, the first thing you need to do is get rid of those burdens.
Only by shedding these burdens can the national economy enter a fast track and develop rapidly.
"This..." Li Dali and Zhang Ming were speechless, stammering.
Ye Beiping stopped explaining; he hadn't told Li Peiqiang and Wei Daming any of this.
Because foreign countries haven't been able to fully penetrate the market for leather shoes; for high-end products, it depends on the consumer spending power of the Chinese people. Not everyone in China can afford leather shoes these days, but clothing is a different story.
Products that everyone needs are a battleground for foreign companies.
Now that I'm cooperating with Qiaosi Garment Factory, I naturally need to tell them about the pros and cons.
"Mr. Ye, but if we don't purchase those advanced equipment, our output and costs will be higher than theirs. Then, our designs will be inferior to theirs, our output will be lower, and our costs will be higher... then we..."
Li Dali didn't know how to continue speaking; in the end, he couldn't escape his fate anyway.
He felt utterly powerless in the face of this.
At the same time, Zhang Ming was also looking down, seemingly lost in thought.
Ye Beiping naturally understood the meaning behind those words and realized that he had said something somewhat frightening. At this moment, he had to boost the confidence of both of them.
"Of course not, Director Li, Director Zhang, we need equipment, we need technology, but we need to reform our clothing designs even more. Only in this way can we ensure that your factory can occupy a place in the future. I have a great proposal for you: a patriotic theme. If sales get better and better, and it attracts the attention of higher-ups, and foreign companies start to compete, won't the higher-ups try to protect you?"
"While the higher-ups are protecting you, you also need to improve. You must be able to compete with those foreign clothing brands. You know, whether it's a person or a company, they will feel out of place when they go to an unfamiliar place, let alone them who are from abroad and don't understand our national conditions and customs at all, right? If they could be understood at a glance, the higher-ups wouldn't have dared to let them in."
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