Chapter 15 Competitors
Chapter 15 Competitors
After a whole week of continuous overtime work, Xiaogu and a few friends finally finished making 2,000 pairs of gloves, and the remaining gloves were sold out one after another through wholesale. After calculating all the cooperation between the few people, excluding labor and costs, Fang Qing and Xiaogu actually made a net profit of more than 40 yuan!
Looking at the blue ten-yuan note in her hand, Fang Qing felt particularly at ease. She handed the money to her aunt, but she stubbornly gave her half of it. "Take it. If it weren't for your advice, I wouldn't even dare to think about this money. This is what you deserve, take it!"
Fang Qing refused for a long time before carefully taking it. He looked at the money in his hand and liked it more and more. Suddenly he remembered something and quickly pulled his aunt, "Where is the leftover cloth from making gloves last time? Do you have any more?"
The aunt nodded. "There are so many pieces of cloth that can be pieced together to make stool pads. How could I throw them away? What evil ideas do you have, little girl?"
Fang Qing told her aunt all about her plan. When she heard it, she kept praising her for having studied very well. She put the money in her pocket and went out to contact Zhao Qiang about this matter.
Amid the gossips of others, the Fang family is working hard to grow on their own.
Zhao Qiang contacted several lumberyards and ordered a batch of wooden sticks. He then went to a hardware store and bought a lot of iron wire. He threw the wires into his yard and started processing them.
Zhao Qiang polished the wooden stick until it was smooth, while Fang Cuiying and others sorted out the scraps of cloth, tied them with wire, and finally fixed them to the front end of the wooden stick. After the short nails were fixed, the overall shape was trimmed and a cotton mop was made.
As soon as the mop was launched, it attracted great attention in Jingtan County. There were people selling mops in the market, but they were shipped in wholesale from other places, so the price was definitely a little higher.
Fang Qing and his team’s mops are all made locally, and the cost is compressed to the lowest level. They were soon noticed by local retailers. Several waves of people came, and all the mops in Fang Qing’s hands were sold out before the end of the year!
The three of them sat in a shabby processing point, counting the orange one-yuan bills in their hands. The more they counted, the happier they became. Zhao Qiang scratched his head and embarrassedly took the money handed to him by Fang Qing. There was actually a hint of embarrassment on his seemingly fierce face.
"This... this is so bad, Qing, I just helped you, I feel guilty about taking this money..."
Fang Qing was so happy to see his uncle-in-law, so he stuffed the money into his arms and looked at his aunt-in-law. "If it weren't for my aunt-in-law and uncle-in-law, I wouldn't be able to do it this time. I'll take a small share this time and give you the big share as a gift to my future brothers and sisters."
The young aunt's face turned red, and she pinched Fang Qing before looking at the money in her hand happily. Last week, she fainted while mopping, and then she found out that she was pregnant.
Afterwards, Fang Qing and Zhao Qiang said that she would not continue to work, but she was worried and insisted on staying. Zhao Qiang had no choice but to find another helper and let Fang Cuiying guide and supervise. Although this increased the cost, nothing was more important than the child.
The three of them divided the money and went home happily. But a few days later, Zhao Qiang came running to them in a panic and brought bad news.
"Qing girl, something happened! The garment factory just sent me a message saying that they will not give us the scraps of cloth they reserved for us and have sold them to someone else!"
What?
Although Fang Qing knew that someone would follow suit, she didn't expect it to happen so soon! She stood up suddenly, and the ink on the table was spilled. She didn't bother to wipe it off, grabbed her coat and scarf, and rushed to the garment factory with her uncle.
At the back door of the garment factory, a short man was shaking hands and saying goodbye to the deputy director. Behind him was a broken horse-drawn carriage filled with scraps of cloth.
Fang Qing understood as soon as he saw it. It must be this person who stole their order.
"Wait a minute! Director Wang, please wait a minute!" Uncle and Fang Qing ran, sweating profusely, to stop the carriage that was about to leave. Only then did they notice that the short man was actually the temporary worker who helped them before! But Fang Qing could no longer care about him. He grabbed the iron door that was about to close and squeezed his head through the crack of the door. "Director, didn't we agree before that these scraps of cloth would be left to us? Why did you sell them all to him?"
Director Wang's face was bright. He blocked the door and refused to let the two people in. "You can't blame me for this. They offered a higher price and asked for more than you did. This was decided by the higher-ups. I am just a small director and can only follow orders. You just wait a little longer. I will make sure to keep some for you in the next batch!"
After saying this, he gave a look to the worker next to him, and the two of them worked together to slam the iron door shut.
Fang Qing knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened the door for them.
She was a little confused. This business had just started, but it was over so soon? She was planning to buy a TV for her family this year, but now, there was not even enough spare parts.
Seeing that the man was about to leave with the carriage, Fang Qing suddenly became ruthless, quickly chased after him, and grabbed the cloth package behind him tightly, trying to pull it down.
Seeing this, the short man swung the whip in his hand violently. The old horse roared in pain and sped up. Fang Qing staggered due to the sudden pull. After being dragged for a long distance, his fingers finally lost strength and he fell into the mud pit.
Zhao Qiang was chasing after Fang Qing and was terrified. After catching up with Fang Qing, he quickly helped him up and checked him up and down for a long time. He was relieved to see that Fang Qing only had a scratch on his palm.
"You girl, are you trying to save your life? They are just some rags. If they are gone, they are gone! At worst, your uncle will go look for you. But you are our future college student. If anything happens to you, how can I explain to your aunt and the others? Don't do this again in the future..."
Fang Qing was still a little dazed from the fall. He watched the carriage disappear at the end of the road, as if it was taking hope with it.
It was not until her uncle called her anxiously that she came back to her senses. She felt helpless and aggrieved. "Uncle, our mop is gone... Two days ago, I promised that Boss Xu that I would leave more for him. I have already received the deposit. Now the cloth is gone. What should I do..."
Seeing his usually quiet and steady niece crying so aggrieved for the first time, Zhao Qiang felt bad. He rolled up his sleeves to wipe the child's tears, and patted the dirt off his pants. He smiled and comforted her, "It's okay! It's not a big deal. There is a small garment factory in Hexi. Your uncle will go and ask. Don't worry, it's okay..."
Fang Qing wiped away her tears and limped with her uncle to the next garment factory. But when she got there, she found out that scraps of cloth had been in short supply in recent days and many people had already shipped them away in advance. And even if she wanted to make a reservation, the price had increased a lot compared to before.
Fang Qing sat on the curb, the cold wind made her nose red. She looked at the strip of cloth in her hand with dismay, "Uncle, what other materials are we processing? Let's return them all..."
(End of this chapter)
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