In July 1987, Hu Keke got into a dispute with her new boss at work and was fired by him using his personal power.
The reason for this is that this person and Hu Keke's mother, Wang Ling, did not get along in their workplace. After Wang Ling retired, this person took over as the factory director, and his relationship with Hu Keke was only superficial.
In his heart, he wanted to kick Hu Keke out of the Third Textile Factory as well. He had a plan to turn the factory into his own, so Hu Keke couldn't be kept around; she would cause trouble.
After all, he knew Wang Ling's methods, and if Wang Ling found out, she would also hinder him.
Hu Keke was in a bad mood, and Zhao Huanhuan stayed with her for two days. In the end, they discussed it and agreed that after Hu Keke had rested enough, she would join Anbao and work hard with her.
Hu Keke agreed.
Zhao Huanhuan said she wanted to open an Anbao underwear factory, specializing in underwear. She wanted Hu Keke to learn cutting techniques so that she could become the factory's technical director in the future. The two of them would work together, one focusing on internal operations and the other on external operations, to build the factory into a success.
Hu Keke agreed and started enrolling in a training course to learn cutting techniques.
At this time, the training classes could still teach some things, and she studied very seriously, learning everything from cutting to making.
After Lin Yuan officially took leave, the couple bought a Xiali car. Lin Yuan became his wife's full-time driver, taking her and the salesperson to various cities to make their fortunes.
In just six months, they brought the Anbao lingerie brand to Kyoto.
Anbao Underwear now has a dedicated counter in a department store in Kyoto.
Because of its good design, unique colors, and wide selection, Anbao underwear quickly gained popularity among the people of Kyoto.
The key is the two price ranges: the regular price of a set at around 20 yuan and the bodybuilding set at around 50 yuan, which has firmly grasped the Kyoto underwear market.
Just two months before the Lunar New Year, among Anbao Underwear's current dozen or so counters, the one that opened last in Kyoto achieved the highest sales performance.
Given the large number of customers buying Anbao underwear, the department store also gave Zhao Huanhuan a counter in another section of its own department store, so that she could stock more goods. There will be another group of customers after the New Year!
Zhao Huanhuan was naturally delighted and quickly arranged for the factory to speed up production and deliver the goods.
The better her business is, the happier the No. 2 Clothing Factory is, since Anbao Underwear's clothes are all made there.
The huge success of Anbao underwear shocked people in the underwear industry. They began to study the fabric of Anbao underwear, but they could not buy the same fabric as Anbao underwear no matter how many textile factories they contacted.
After making inquiries, people learned that the fabric of Zhao Huanhuan's underwear was woven by her own textile factory.
Well, they can't do anything about this material; they figure the other party won't sell this kind of fabric to outsiders.
Some people started thinking about stealing technology and fabric composition ratios from her factory, but the people in Anbao's factory kept their mouths shut, and the security guards were watching closely, so they couldn't get away with it.
Other lingerie manufacturers can only come up with creative ideas in terms of styles and designs.
Other textile factories also began to study how the fabric used in Anbao underwear was woven.
Surprisingly, starting in the spring of 1988, the industry actually became quite busy because of Anbao.
The efforts of the people were worthwhile, and all kinds of beautiful underwear, made of various fabrics, began to appear on the market.
With everyone's businesses improving, people felt a bit better.
This trend also woke up a bra and underwear manufacturer. If others can make shaping underwear, they can make shaping bras too. They are close-fitting and flattering!
Soon after, bras with shaping rings began to appear on the market.
Suddenly, women's clothing became much more fashionable. Underwear became more form-fitting, and outerwear became more stylish. Women's good figures gradually began to show.
Fashion has also started to incorporate more and more waist-cinching designs, and the styles are becoming more and more flattering and slimming.
In January 1988, after Lin Yuan returned to work, Zhao Huanhuan had already obtained her driver's license and started driving herself, taking her sales representatives out on business trips.
In the summer of 1988, Zhao Huanhuan took over a factory next to her own. It used to be a carpet factory, but it went bankrupt due to poor business and serious internal corruption.
The internal leadership was unable to take over the factory, but after Zhao Huanhuan found out, she used her connections to buy it out.
After four months of renovation and repair, Anbao Underwear Factory resumed operations after the National Day holiday.
By this time, Zhao Huanhuan's cooperation with the Second Garment Factory had dwindled significantly.
The underwear will no longer be made by the Second Garment Factory; only some styles sold in stores will remain, which Zhao Huanhuan will have the Second Garment Factory make.
Now, Wang Yu has retired from the Second Garment Factory. When the new factory manager heard that Zhao Huanhuan had opened her own underwear factory, he knew that she would no longer be making underwear for him.
Therefore, he didn't put as much effort into making the fashion items for Zhao Huanhuan's shop, and even knew that one day they would no longer work together.
He wanted to squeeze some money out of Zhao Huanhuan before his cooperation with her ended.
This summer, Zhao Huanhuan commissioned them to make several styles. While making them, he also sold Zhao Huanhuan's designs at high prices to several other private clothing factories that approached him.
He thought that since the styles of clothes were all similar, if Zhao Huanhuan sold her clothes and people copied them, there would be no problem, and this matter would definitely not be traced back to him.
Little did they know that Zhao Huanhuan had her own unique style in designing clothes. After this incident, Zhao Huanhuan realized that the new factory manager of the Second Garment Factory had betrayed the cooperation agreement she had signed with the factory.
It seems that not every entrepreneur is like Wang Yu and Hu Zhan.
Zhao Huanhuan first went to the factory manager of the Second Garment Factory and demanded that they apologize and compensate her for her losses.
However, the new factory director of the Second Clothing Factory refused to admit that he had violated the contract.
Zhao Huanhuan didn't argue with him. After greeting Wang Yu and Hu Zhan, she directly sued the director of the Second Garment Factory.
The factory manager also had connections, so the matter couldn't be resolved quickly and a tug-of-war ensued.
Ultimately, Zhao Huanhuan won the case because she had sufficient evidence, including matching the original designs and having the companies present their original clothing designs.
The private garment factories were fined, the Second Garment Factory compensated Zhao Huanhuan, and the new factory director was dismissed, expelled from the Party, publicly criticized, and sentenced to three years in prison. Even the official relative of the new factory director was affected and lost his job.
Zhao Huanhuan won the lawsuit this time, but she also offended several companies in the industry.
With these companies and the new factory director having his son arrange for people to retaliate behind their backs, Zhao Huanhuan's career began its first period of stagnation in the summer of 1989.
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