The outpouring of support from the commune leaders also inspired the town's residents to come and watch the excitement. As a result, before eight o'clock, the entrance to the new factory was packed with people, so much so that the people from Shuangshui Village who came to cheer couldn't even find a place to stand.
At eight o'clock, the opening ceremony of the new factory officially began.
As usual, Cheng Maixiang set off a string of firecrackers with thousands of bangs outside the factory. Amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, Cheng Maixiang specially invited Secretary Song to personally unveil the Shuangshui Village Garment Factory.
Secretary Song smiled and took the bamboo pole handed to him by Cheng Maixiang. With a light wave, he picked up the red cloth covering the plaque at the factory gate.
A black plaque with six big characters "Shuangshui Village Garment Factory" was revealed.
Cheng Maixiang took the lead in applauding, and dozens of female garment factory workers standing behind her, as well as leaders at all levels, followed suit.
There was also warm applause from the crowd who were watching the fun. Some people even shouted, "Congratulations on the opening of the new factory. Give out candy quickly, give out candy."
When someone started like this, many children followed suit and shouted, "Congratulations, congratulations, give out candy, give out candy."
Cheng Maixiang smiled and said to the crowd, "Let's invite Secretary Song to speak first. After he finishes speaking, we'll give out candy. Everyone present will get a share, and no one will be left out."
The children cheered loudly, and even the adults applauded. This time the applause was much louder than when Secretary Song unveiled the event.
Secretary Song smiled and nodded, and said a few brief words, which were nothing more than affirming the past achievements of the garment factory and estimating that Cheng Maixiang would continue to work hard and lead the garment factory to create more brilliant results.
The opening ceremony that Cheng Maixiang prepared this time was very short. After Secretary Song finished his speech, it was basically over. Shen Qingyun's wife, along with Fang Xiaoyan and several employees, carried several large tea trays and distributed candies to the crowd. The crowd rushed forward and soon snatched up all the candies in the tea trays.
Everyone was making a fuss when suddenly someone behind them shouted, "There's a car coming, make way!"
There were so many people watching at the scene that Cheng's mother and Lin Jiayu were responsible for maintaining order with several female workers. When they heard the shouting, they knew that the car sent by Wei Lingcheng to deliver the sewing machine had arrived, and they hurriedly guided the crowd to make way.
A dark green truck slowly stopped in the middle of the road, and the driver jumped out of the cab.
It was he who delivered the sewing machine to the garment factory last time. Cheng Maixiang said something to Secretary Song, then walked up to greet the driver. The driver nodded, climbed onto the truck bed, and removed the baffles on the truck bed one by one.
Cheng Maiqing did not go to the brick kiln today. He specially brought a few strong men from Shuangshui Village to move the sewing machine for his sister. When he saw the driver remove the baffle, he climbed onto the car with two people and carefully carried the brand new sewing machine under the car.
Three people stood under the car, took it with equal caution, and then delivered it to the workshop of the new factory.
This time, Wei Lingcheng only delivered half of the sewing machines, a total of thirty machines. The residents of the town had never seen so many before. Many people were stunned to see that someone bought so many sewing machines at once.
The people in Shuangshui Village made several trips back and forth before they moved all 35 sewing machines into the factory. When the driver was about to get in the car, Lin Jiayu suddenly stopped him.
The last time the driver came, after delivering the sewing machine, no matter how Cheng Maixiang and Lin Jiayu tried to persuade him to stay, he refused to stay for dinner and refused to accept the money. The two had no choice but to give him some fresh fruits, and the driver accepted them with many thanks.
This time the two were prepared. Lin Jiayu handed the driver a large bag of fresh vegetables and two boxes of snacks sent from Gangcheng.
"Master Wen, I'm sorry to bother you. These aren't expensive gifts. They're just a small token of appreciation from me and my partner for the grand opening of our new factory!"
The driver wanted to decline, but Lin Jiayu smiled and said, "Today is the grand opening day of our new factory. Master Wen, please give us some face. Don't refuse. This will also help us get off to a smooth start."
Lin Jiayu had said so much that the driver couldn't refuse anymore. He took the thing from his hand with a smile, said a few auspicious words, then jumped into the car and slowly drove away.
After the opening ceremony, all the leaders did not leave and prepared to visit the garment factory.
As soon as the leaders entered the factory, their eyes suddenly lit up.
A flower bed was built with blue bricks on the originally empty ground, and the flower bed was filled with various flowers. It was early summer now, and the flowers were in full bloom, colorful and particularly beautiful.
Secretary Song smiled and said, "This must have been Comrade Xiao Cheng's idea."
Before Cheng Maixiang could say anything, the commune secretary, Li, took over and deliberately said, "There's nothing we can do. Female comrades just like flowers and grass. This is only in recent years. If it were in previous years, they would definitely be criticized for being out of touch with the masses."
Cheng Maixiang rolled her eyes, ignoring Secretary Li's sarcasm. She smiled and said to Secretary Song, "Secretary Song, you have a good eye. It was indeed my idea. I thought that when the workers come to work early in the morning and see the jars full of flowers, they will feel much better and work more vigorously."
"That's right," Secretary Song said to the other secretary. "Looking at these flowers, I feel much better."
Secretary Fang nodded repeatedly, and a group of commune leaders behind him echoed him.
Cheng Maixiang glanced at Secretary Li, who looked constipated, and felt indescribably relieved.
Originally, after what happened at the wedding, Cheng Maixiang didn't want to see him. He didn't say a single nice word when he came, so he deserved to be slapped in the face.
Cheng Maixiang led a group of leaders around the flower bed and said, "These are our four offices, which are used by the factory director, supply and marketing manager and other factory leaders."
Both Secretary Song from the county and the commune leaders had been to this factory before, and no one was interested in these offices. What's more, today several factory leaders were staying in the workshop, and there was not a single person in the office. The visiting leaders did not go in, but just glanced from the window and walked away.
The workshop is the highlight.
As they entered the workshop, the leaders were surprised again.
In their memory, the workshop was gray and dusty everywhere, and the lighting was dim. Whenever it was rainy, they often had to turn on the lights in the workshop, otherwise they could not see clearly.
However, what appeared before everyone's eyes was clearly a bright, spacious, clean and tidy factory.
Cheng Maixiang smiled.
After renting the factory and cleaning it, Cheng Maixiang made a detailed area division and asked Cheng Maiqing to find a construction team to do some simple renovation of the workshop according to her requirements.
There are four large windows on the north and south sides of the workshop, which suddenly provides sufficient light in the workshop, making people feel much brighter and having a wider view.
Moreover, according to the areas divided by Cheng Maixiang, Cheng Maiqing asked the construction team to smooth the ground with cement, and the entire workshop immediately felt different from before.
Yellow tape was pasted on the flat ground to separate each area, and a wooden sign was hung in front, clearly indicating the name of each area.
This is also the old rule of the garment workshop. It was founded by Cheng Maixiang. This is how it was done in the small workshop in Shuangshui Village, and the new factory naturally continued this practice.
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