Zhao Huanhuan's two clothing stores are still open, but they mostly sell clothes made by their own factory now.
After ceasing cooperation with the Second Garment Factory, they set up a fashion division in their own underwear factory to specialize in fashion research.
The clothing workshop, equipment, packaging, style research, and so on were all assembled by Zhao Huanhuan and Hu Keke. They personally went out to inspect the machines, select equipment, and set up the fashion team.
Therefore, Anbao Underwear Factory was renamed Anbao Garment Factory a year after its establishment.
Huanhuan's shop still carries her own Anbao lingerie, and the shop name has been changed to Anbao Clothing Specialty Store.
Because Zhao Huanhuan divided the income from the clothing store equally among the four elderly people in order to support them in their old age, although the name was changed, the income and accounts were not incorporated into Anbao's factory.
The people running the shop here are all former employees of Zhao Huanhuan, who are now the shop manager. They have also hired a few sales clerks to sell the goods.
The four elderly people would occasionally go to the shop to help out and keep an eye on things.
Customers weren't too bothered by the store's name change. The people were still the same, the store was still the same, and the clothes inside seemed even better. When buying fashion items, they could also check out the underwear to see if there were any colors or styles they liked, and if so, they would buy a set.
By 1992, with stable factory production and a peaceful and prosperous family life, Zhao Huanhuan opened the first Anbao brand specialty store in Kyoto.
The store is called Anbao Specialty Store, and Zhao Huanhuan has become the brand's spokesperson.
It's none other than An'an, who's currently in college.
As Anbao's young master, An'an personally endorses his own family's clothing and underwear.
However, when shooting promotional posters and videos, Zhao Huanhuan hired a female model with a great figure to take photos with An An for the women's clothing side.
An'an originally wanted to ask his mother to take the picture with him, but his father glared at him, so he didn't dare to say it.
If it weren't for her father's special status, An'an doubted that this would have been her turn at all; her father would definitely have been willing to be her mother's model for these shoots.
With these advertising and promotional efforts, Anbao Clothing gained a foothold in Kyoto and established its own customer base.
In the summer of 1994, after graduating from university, An-An did not accept the job that was assigned to him, and instead went to Kyoto Fashion Vocational School to study professional knowledge.
He knew that his responsibility in the future was to inherit the family business and take over the family factory and brand when his mother got tired, so he studied business management in college.
This time, I went to specifically learn professional knowledge about clothing. If you're going to do a job, you have to understand it.
However, he didn't neglect his beloved art. While studying at university in Kyoto, he took a part-time job as an illustrator, studying and doing what he loved, not for money, but for happiness and passion.
In order to be able to reunite with An'an and Lin Yuan more often, Zhao Huanhuan bought an apartment in Kyoto in 1992 in a neighborhood not far from the school, where the family often gathered together.
Worried that the elderly might sometimes come over, she bought a unit on the third floor, not a higher one.
In the summer of 1995, An'an completed her fashion design studies in a year, received her graduation certificate from the vocational school, returned to Yuancheng, and started working alongside Zhao Huanhuan.
Because An'an started school early, she entered primary school at the age of six. She went through five years of primary school, three years of junior high school, four years of university, and one year in the clothing industry. When she graduated, An'an was not very old, only twenty-two years old, which was the prime of her youth.
Zhao Huanhuan originally wanted him to pursue his ideals while he was young, and she could still hold on for a few more years, so that her son could have some fun while inheriting the family business.
But An-An says that his love for painting and his learning to run a business and manage their own factory with his mother do not conflict.
Zhao Huanhuan felt a warmth in her heart, comforted by her son.
With her son joining the team, Zhao Huanhuan found her work much easier.
An'an stayed by her side for two years and also developed a friendly relationship with all the employees in their factory.
During these two years, he also gave his mother some very good advice.
In the past two years, Anbao Textile Factory and now Anbao Garment Factory have witnessed continuous expansion in scale and influence.
Zhao Huanhuan was even recognized as a well-known female entrepreneur in the province.
In recent years, due to the sudden and large-scale bankruptcies and layoffs of state-owned enterprises, the economy has become much more depressed.
However, Anbao has developed steadily in recent years, with its own mature franchise stores and nearly 30 stores. It has a very good reputation among private enterprises, and many laid-off workers want to work here.
As Anbao's specialty stores and counters continued to grow, Zhao Huanhuan decided to expand the scale of the two factories due to market demand. She conducted assessments and recruitment, and the number of employees in Anbao's two factories instantly increased by nearly a hundred.
With the increase in the number of workers, Zhao Huanhuan's pressure increased again. Just then, a good opportunity came up, and Zhao Huanhuan bought a shirt factory next to her own garment factory and connected it with her own garment factory, thus expanding the scale of the garment factory.
Anbao also began to expand its shirt business. However, after discussing it, Zhao Huanhuan and Hu Keke decided to redesign the shirts themselves and change the previous style. If they were to launch new products, they would have to win people's hearts in one fell swoop.
In late 1997, Anbao brand shirts were launched, and Anbao business shirts were introduced in major Anbao counters and stores. To this end, they also specially ordered women's ties from a tie manufacturer. Regardless of whether it was a men's or women's shirt, a tie was given away with the purchase of a shirt.
Anbao's single "buy one get one free" promotion made Anbao business shirts a household name in most cities across China.
Of course, there are also fashion styles of women's shirts, which are still available in the store. After the women's shirts were introduced in the morning, many people had a new perspective and interpretation of business attire.
Soon after, a trend of business attire swept the country, with Anbao remaining the leader, and Zhao Huanhuan's fashion brand also taking the lead in selling business attire.
By acquiring the shirt factory, Zhao Huanhuan once again elevated Anbao's social status and standing within the industry.
Seeing the current scale of Anbao, Zhao Huanhuan convened a meeting and proposed the establishment of Anbao Group.
An'an was the first to raise her hand in support of her mother.
Needless to say, Hu Zhan's family also had no objections, as their shares were given to them by Zhao Huanhuan.
In the spring of 1999, Anbao Underwear and Anbao Apparel established Anbao Group.
After the group was established, Zhao Huanhuan reorganized the work and shares of each person.
This time, Zhao Huanhuan also included Lin Yuan and Hu Keke's husband.
Lin Yuan cannot hold a senior position in the group company, nor can he be the legal representative. However, he can own shares. Zhao Huanhuan allocated shares to him. Anbao was built up by their family through hard work, and Lin Yuan should also have a share. She knows that he has protected and secretly supported her a lot.
Li Jinfeng also resigned from his original job and came directly to Zhao Huanhuan's side, becoming the head of the mechanical department of both factories. This time, Zhao Huanhuan made him the general manager of the equipment department of the group, in charge of the replacement, procurement, maintenance and other work of all equipment and machines in each branch factory.
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