By mid-August, the rains became more frequent, and seeing the continuous rain outside, Zhou Xing's mother couldn't bear to let Qin Xiaoyu go out.
Qin Xiaoyu longed to lie on the sofa and review the lessons A Lei had assigned, but she still had to go to the garment factory.
"Xiaoyu, I see your car is here. Come upstairs quickly." It was Factory Director Fei who came to find her, holding an umbrella and getting a little wet himself.
"What happened?"
"People from the Second Light Industry Bureau have come. They've formed an inspection team and want your assistance in an investigation." Director Fei was clearly in a hurry, indicating that something was wrong.
Qin Xiaoyu knew this was the aftermath of the model team incident. Although Lei Bingzheng intervened and got her out of trouble.
However, there were still many dissatisfactions within the Second Light Industry Bureau regarding this matter, and they kept insisting that she disband the model team.
But she kept refusing to accept it and stubbornly dragged it out.
"Director Qin, our work group has officially moved into Riyue Garment Factory." Qin Xiaoyu had seen the leader before; he was one of Director Feng's men, and they didn't get along. It seemed that he had found a new backer.
"Welcome to the inspection by higher-level leaders," Qin Xiaoyu said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
“We’re focusing our attention on the model team; you can make the arrangements,” Deputy Director Wang said arrogantly.
"Okay, when the model team starts training tomorrow, just have the leader come over to inspect." Qin Xiaoyu had her own plan.
"We plan to stay at the factory for this inspection. You have dormitories, so please arrange that for us."
Upon hearing this, and looking at the five greasy-looking middle-aged men in front of her, Qin Xiaoyu suddenly understood and felt a wave of nausea.
These people are here to take advantage. If she doesn't handle this well, she might find herself in a difficult situation.
“Our factory is full of female workers, and the dormitories are also for female workers, so it’s inconvenient to live here. Besides, some workers work overtime at night, and the machines are constantly running, which would disturb the leaders’ sleep.” Qin Xiaoyu’s mind raced as she tried to come up with a solution.
"Director Qin, I understand what you're saying, but you also need to support our work. When we inspect any factory, we're always stationed there. Why is your factory an exception? We're an inspection team with a mission, not sightseeing. To put it politely, you should make the arrangements. To put it bluntly, your factory has problems. Are you trying to resist the inspection?" Deputy Director Wang said, his face hardening.
"Alright, if you insist, I'll make the arrangements."
Qin Xiaoyu couldn't afford to escalate the situation, so she had no choice but to swallow her anger.
"What are these old fogies up to!" Director Fei also noticed the problem and chased after them to ask.
"What do you think they want? In their minds, it's just that we prepare a few pretty girls to drink and sing with, and if that doesn't work, we can sleep with them, and that will solve everything. Now it's all about our attitude." Qin Xiaoyu knew perfectly well what was going on.
Now, a simple phone call from A Lei can resolve everything, but with him holding back every single issue, there's no point in keeping the business running.
"What should we do?" Director Fei also had a fiery temper and wasn't going to let the model team suffer this loss. She rolled up her sleeves, ready to take a hard line.
"Don't worry, we won't let them succeed." Qin Xiaoyu smiled coldly.
That's what they said, but Qin Xiaoyu still felt overwhelmed after taking a look at the fourth floor. Half of the fourth floor of Riyue Garment Factory was dormitory space, and the other half was a dyeing and printing workshop.
After Qin Xiaoyu took over Riyue Clothing, she drastically reduced polluting processes like dyeing and printing, so the factory almost shut down. However, it was kept running just in case.
The female workers' dormitories were large rooms with six or eight people per room, all with bunk beds. They were divided into three parts: one for women working shifts in the garment factory, one for students from hairdressing and fashion schools, and the other for the modeling team.
The female workers' dormitory was the largest, located next to the dyeing and printing workshop, with a total of five rooms. The hairdressing school's dormitory was in the middle, with four rooms. The modeling team only had two dormitories, eight rooms each, housing exactly sixteen people.
The rooms were all locked at night, and security was important, especially with so many people around. So Qin Xiaoyu wasn't too worried about the model team members; she was more concerned about the female factory workers.
She witnessed firsthand more than once that some female workers were shirtless in their rooms, wearing only an old-fashioned pair of shorts.
The kind of thing that only 21st-century grandmothers would wear is washed so thin it's almost transparent, and it's loose and airy, like two pieces of cloth that a primitive person would wear. If you move, your private parts will be exposed, and it has almost no function of covering your body.
Most importantly, these female workers didn't care about these things at all, and it was impossible to get them to put on their clothes by ordering them from above.
Besides, it's summer now, and even though there are ceiling fans in the house, it's still very hot. Asking them to put on their clothes is really unrealistic.
"I think we should talk to them again; this place is really uninhabitable," said Factory Director Fei, who was also at her wit's end. They had always viewed the dormitory from a woman's perspective, at most thinking that the female workers didn't pay enough attention to their appearance.
Now, looking at it from a man's perspective, wow, no wonder someone risked their life to climb up here.
Living standards weren't high in the 1980s, and female factory workers had demanding jobs, so it was rare for them to gain weight. Even those who were a bit plump were considered vibrant and beautiful. Leaving aside their faces, their figures alone were sexy enough.
"They want to stay here, right? Get Captain Chen's men up here right now. Put up an iron gate here and separate two dorm rooms for them to live in!" Qin Xiaoyu was going all out.
Captain Chen and a few others were installing iron bars on the windows of the garment factory building when they heard there was urgent work, so they rushed up to check.
"How long will it take to install?" Qin Xiaoyu asked.
"It will take at least half a day. There are no existing door frames in this passageway, so everything will have to be redone," Captain Chen calculated.
"I'll give you two hours. I'll stall for time. Hurry up!"
Qin Xiaoyu couldn't let the inspection team see that she had just arranged the iron gate; that would infuriate them. It was almost noon now, so she'd get them to the cafeteria first.
The inspection team felt slightly relieved when they saw that Qin Xiaoyu was somewhat perceptive and led them into a private room.
They were initially worried that this young woman was ruthless and not easy to fight, but now it seems she's nothing special; women often lack assertiveness when faced with problems.
Qin Xiaoyu hated dinner parties the most, so she made an excuse to leave Director Xie behind and slipped away under the pretext of ordering more dishes.
She ran back to the fourth floor and took a look; they were already working.
"Hey guys, you've worked hard. Lunch's late, but I'll treat you to a big meal later," Qin Xiaoyu said with a grin.
"Director Qin, you're such a jerk. Working for you means we're always living the high life. We're not afraid of getting tired, we're afraid you won't come looking for us." Someone replied, and Qin Xiaoyu stuck out her tongue and laughed.
No matter how anxious she was, she had to take things one step at a time. Time waits for no one and passed quickly. Soon she could hear the machines downstairs starting up. Lunch break was over, but it looked like the door would still take some time to install.
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