Chapter 92 Chapter 92 We Want to Surpass the Top
Fang Yunyun and Wang Qian successfully joined the Hongmian Garment Factory, but it was unrealistic for the factory to rely on these two newcomers to build a brand. Therefore, Liu Anmin continued to contact the designer from the larger factory.
The designer had always ignored Liu Anmin.
It's easy to imagine. She's a designer in a big factory, rich and well-established, and doing well there. Why would she come to a startup like yours that has nothing?
But this time, after Liu Anmin brought the manuscript paper given to him by Liu Mianmian, the designer expressed for the first time his desire to meet with the author of the two drawings.
Liu Anmin was extremely happy and immediately made an appointment with the other party.
Liu Mianmian and the other party met in the conference room on the third floor of Hongmian Garment Factory.
Deng Ailin is an elegant and well-behaved middle-aged woman. It is said that she originally studied fine arts. After the reform and opening up, she worked in the Gangcheng Garment Factory. She became a disciple of the old designer of the garment factory and learned fashion design through the master's instruction and her own research.
She is a latecomer, neither a graduate of a prestigious university nor the descendant of a great designer, so naturally her fame is average.
However, Liu Anmin spent a month or so collecting market information and found that among all the designers of major clothing factories in Guangzhou, including those with great reputations, Deng Ailin's designs were the best-selling and most popular.
Even though they are just a small, inconspicuous garment factory now, their goal is to become a top domestic and world-class garment company.
Of course, this was said by Liu Mianmian.
If someone else said this, Liu Anmin would definitely think that person was bragging, but when Liu Mianmian said this, Liu Anmin always felt that this was not completely impossible.
Just say that a year ago, would he have dared to believe that he could become the leader of a garment factory and own so many assets?
That's definitely impossible!
But the thing is, this is the reality now.
So, it doesn’t matter whether he dares to think about it or not, he just needs to believe in Liu Mianmian.
It was with this idea in mind that Liu Anmin naturally looked for the best designer he thought of when implementing his "poaching" plan.
As for Deng Ailin, who was poached by Liu Anmin, she was actually a little confused.
An unknown small workshop actually poached her, and she was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
The problem is that this guy is still very persistent. Even after she rejected him, he still came to her again and again, as if he had no idea what "giving up" meant.
Deng Ailin was annoyed and had a headache. She told the factory security department that if she saw this person, she should say she was not there. However, after one or two times, this person simply stopped asking the security department and just squatted outside the factory to guard the place.
This time, Deng Ailin was furious and told him directly that if he continued to pester her like this, she would call the police. As a result, he took out two sheets of manuscript paper and asked her to take a look first. If she still couldn't change her mind after reading it, he would not come again.
Deng Ailin thought to herself, how could I change my mind? I will never change my mind... But after seeing the draft, she really changed her mind.
These two drawings are so beautiful.
It was a beauty she had never seen even in the famous clothing companies in Hong Kong, and it had a fashion sense that transcended the times.
Deng Ailin feels that only the top designers in the world's fashion capitals can design such works.
She has always been paying attention to information in the fashion industry and is sure that this is not a plagiarism of a master or a big brand. The two drawings are beautiful, but she has never seen them before, not even a similar one.
She was very curious about the author of these two drawings, but what made her even more curious was how a small workshop like Hongmian Garment Factory could have such drawings?
It can't be that it was drawn by the designer in their factory. Besides, if they already have such a designer in their factory, why would they need to ask her to do so again and again?
So Deng Ailin decided to make the trip.
Deng Ailin thought the other person should be about the same age as her, but after meeting her, she found out that she was a girl around 20 years old. She was very shocked.
"Did you really draw that picture?" Deng Ailin asked.
Liu Mianmian smiled and said, "My lover and I worked together."
In fact, it was she who provided the idea and Shen Weizhuo who provided the brush.
She has an aesthetic that transcends the times, which is actually just pushing the existing clothing style forward.
She didn't copy the ideas of a famous designer from her past life; after all, she couldn't remember them, and even if she could, she wouldn't copy them. She used elements from her memory to recreate them, and this re-creation was perfectly interpreted by Shen Weizhou with his brush.
Liu Mianmian felt that Shen Weizhuo was actually an artist who was delayed by military industry.
The drawings he produced were even more beautiful than she had imagined.
Deng Ailin was silent for a few seconds before saying, "In that case, you don't actually need me."
They already have a very good designer, and Deng Ailin doesn't think she can produce anything better than these two drawings.
Liu Mianmian said sincerely: "On the contrary, we really need you."
Although she had some understanding of later clothing, she was not a professional designer after all, so it was impossible for her to actually take on the design work.
But her foresight is precisely Hongmian Garment Factory's greatest advantage. Therefore, what the factory needs most now is a mature and outstanding designer who can complement her and, in line with her chosen direction, help the garment factory build its brand and establish its image.
In her previous life, Liu Mianmian had also eaten the cakes made by many bosses, so now she is also very skilled in making cakes for Deng Ailin.
She had learned about the clothing factory where Deng Ailin worked. It was indeed large in scale and very profitable, but there was also an obvious problem: its brand positioning was very unclear.
After all, it was a large factory, so there was definitely more than just Deng Ailin. The entire design department actually had around ten designers. These ten or so designers had very different styles, which is why the factory was known for its wide variety of products.
Currently, the market is in short supply and orders are plentiful, so no one sees a problem with this. Furthermore, brand awareness and style consciousness aren't as strong at this point. However, as market competition intensifies, the drawbacks of this model will become apparent.
At least, it will be very difficult to build a high-end brand.
For designers, if they cannot create a highly recognizable brand, they will never be able to become a top designer in the industry.
What's more, Deng Ailin is obviously very capable, but just because she is a woman, the factory did not consider her when appointing the director of the design studio, but gave it to another male designer who was less capable than her.
Liu Mianmian couldn't believe that such a tenacious woman who was constantly improving herself would willingly accept such an arrangement.
It's more of helplessness.
The saying "women hold up half the sky" has been said for many years, but discrimination and injustice are still seen everywhere in reality.
However, Liu Mianmian made it clear that Hongmian Garment Factory will become the top garment factory in the country, and Hongmian's designers will naturally become first-class designers in the country and even internationally.
Deng Ailin didn't say anything for a long time.
Liu Anmin and Jiang Hongmei, who were sitting next to each other, looked at each other, and both of them had complicated expressions on their faces.
Not to mention Deng Ailin, both of them were excited by Liu Mianmian's words and inexplicably gained great confidence in the future of Hongmian Garment Factory.
At the same time, I really admire Liu Mianmian, who can confidently say in a simple rented office building that Hongmian Garment Factory will definitely become a top garment factory in the country.
Deng Ailin actually doesn’t care whether she can become the top clothing factory in the country. What she cares more about is what Liu Mianmian said, registering a brand as her personal designer brand. This is what she has always longed for.
Although Deng Ailin is not a professional, she has always had a dream. She wants to become a first-class fashion designer and to establish a reputation for herself with her own strength. Even if she is not a professional, she can still become a first-class designer.
This was a knot buried deep in her heart, which was usually covered up by busy work and life. Liu Mianmian's words were like the wind blowing away the sand, exposing everything hidden under the sand.
The office was quiet for a long time. Only the faint sound of the sewing machine came from the gaps between bricks, cement and wooden boards that were invisible to the naked eye, making the silence in the room even more tense and breathtaking.
At least Liu Anmin felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
He was not afraid of being rejected. After all, he had been rejected many times and was naturally mentally prepared. On the contrary, he had an inexplicable intuition that Deng Ailin might really agree, which made him even more nervous.
Finally, Deng Ailin spoke up: "What you said sounds like empty boasting and empty talk."
She paused slightly, then quickly continued, "But I can't deny that I'm moved by your boasting. I think I should give you, and myself, a chance."
She said, "Let's try it for the autumn and winter clothes for the second half of the year."
Liu Mianmian immediately stood up and extended her hand: "Ms. Deng, it's a pleasure to work with you!"
Liu Anmin and Jiang Hongmei also reacted quickly and stood up: "Ms. Deng, it's a pleasure to cooperate with you."
Deng Ailin smiled and extended her hand: "Happy cooperation."
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Hongmian Garment Factory previously had two designers, who were hired by Liu Anmin from other small factories with high salaries. Later, Fang Yunyun and Wang Qian, two fledgling technical secondary school students, came on board, and now there is the foreign aid of Deng Ailin. In total, there are at least four and a half designers.
Given the current scale of Hongmian Garment Factory, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is "overstaffed".
You should know that clothing factories of the same size usually only have one designer, and copying patterns is done very quickly, so at most there will not be more than three designers.
Anyway, the four designers except Deng Ailin were under great pressure, fearing that the garment factory was practicing survival of the fittest. So since Fang Yunyun and Wang Qian joined the company, the four of them have been working overtime to draw the drafts.
There is no way around it. The wages at Hongmian Garment Factory are the highest among factories of the same size, and the welfare benefits are sometimes even lower than those of the big factories. They don’t want to be “eliminated by the inferior”!
So after just one week, each of them produced at least three drawings, and the quality was very high.
So far, except for Deng Ailin, Liu Mianmian has given directions to the designs of the other four people, and they have all completed them quite well. Even Fang Yunyun, who always complained that she had no ideas, handed in an answer that satisfied Liu Mianmian.
A glimpse of the whole picture reveals the whole picture. Liu Mianmian felt relieved after seeing the draft.
What’s more, surprisingly, Fang Yunyun and Wang Qian’s abilities are unexpectedly strong.
Looking at the two timid people, they are extremely cowardly, but their design is very bold, and the most valuable thing is that it is very spiritual.
Liu Mianmian felt that she was very lucky as she had picked up two more treasures, and they were both hardworking and lucky.
That day, Liu Mianmian took the two treasures she had picked up out to the wholesale market. When she reached the intersection, she ran into the man with high cheekbones who had been on the train.
Since Fang Yunyun and Wang Qian had already joined Hongmian Garment Factory, they naturally rejected the offer from Dinghao Garment Factory.
The man with high cheekbones is called He Xinrong.
He was very proud when he saw Fang Yunyun and Wang Qian at the factory that day. He was waiting for them to join the company so that he could show them some of his strength. However, a few days later, he heard that the two of them were not coming again.
Logically speaking, they met by chance and didn't even know each other. Even if there was a quarrel or two, it should have been over with the passage of time.
But He Xinrong has always been a petty person.
On the one hand, he felt that Fang Yunyun and Wang Qian were clearly avoiding him, which made him feel that his male dignity was being hurt. Although this logic was a bit touching and others would definitely not understand it, this was exactly what He Xinrong thought.
On the other hand, he originally wanted to show the other party how "powerful" he was, but the other party actually refused to join the job. He Xinrong felt a little "slapped in the face" and was naturally very unhappy.
Especially these two people were walking together with Liu Mianmian again.
He Xinrong felt particularly suffocated. He stopped Liu Mianmian and the others and started to speak sarcastically, "Didn't you say you were going to the Hongmian Garment Factory? That's ridiculous. It would be better not to choose that small workshop. You will regret it later."
Liu Mianmian raised her eyes and asked, "Who are you?"
He Xinrong: “…”
Liu Mianmian turned to Fang Yunyun and said seriously, "Guang City has a dense population of immigrants, so it's really difficult to manage. I heard that the public security is very average. Remember, both of you, if you encounter strangers who don't look like good people and suddenly try to talk to them on the street, don't pay any attention to them. If necessary, you should quickly seek help from people around you or the police."
He Xinrong: "You stinky bastard, what are you talking about? Do you believe I will beat you to death?!"
Liu Mianmian said calmly: "See? In this situation, we must seek help immediately."
She glanced at Fang Yunyun, who was stunned for a moment before reacting and running towards the police station not far away.
He Xinrong was stunned, and said in a timid voice: "You, don't try to scare me, I, I, I didn't do anything, the police have no right to control me." After saying that, he ran away.
Wang Qian was stunned.
Liu Mianmian poked her: "Go call Fang Yunyun back."
Such trivial matters should not waste the precious time of public security comrades.
While the other three were browsing the wholesale market, Liu Mianmian took the opportunity to encourage them: "Why is that ugly guy so arrogant? Isn't it because Dinghao Garment Factory is large in scale and has good efficiency? Our first goal is to surpass Dinghao Garment Factory!"
Fang Yunyun and Wang Qian exchanged a glance. Wang Qian, who rarely took the initiative to express her opinion, nodded heavily: "Yes, we must surpass the top!"
It turns out that as long as you resist, those who seem arrogant will flee in panic.
Wang Qian looked at Liu Mianmian with sparkling eyes.
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