Chapter 97 Standing Alone: You two, mother and daughter, are both ruthless! ...
"Hello, is this Factory Director Wang?"
Qin Xiangxiang was making a phone call in the simple factory director's office. The current factory leaders' offices were all tiled houses, very simple inside. There were no honorary certificates pasted on the walls, only the words of great men and empty filing cabinets.
“My surname is Qin, Qin Xiangxiang. I am the factory manager of Feiyan Textile Factory. Yes, I have something I would like to discuss with your factory.”
"Yes, the machine is still being debugged... This is a golden opportunity for your factory. We have the best technicians and very rare imported machines in our factory right now. Have you heard of a water jet textile machine?"
"It's not suitable for traditional cotton and linen, but it's suitable for chemical fiber materials. Did you not know that? Our country is now vigorously introducing chemical fiber production lines. With the installation and trial production of chemical fiber factory machines, we will all be making textiles from chemical fibers in the future."
"Polyester, polyester-cotton blends, and now so many people are begging to buy Dacron..."
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“Yes, this is a great opportunity. You’ve sent your factory’s best technicians here to learn how to debug, operate, and maintain these state-of-the-art machines. This is a chance for them to broaden their horizons.”
"At least broaden your horizons, right?"
"Seriously, most people can't get this kind of opportunity. It's about being ahead of the curve and learning ahead of the times!"
Qin Xiangxiang shamelessly asked Director Wang on the other end of the phone for technical personnel, asking them to send the factory's best technicians over for exchange and learning.
When Assistant He heard Qin Xiangxiang speak, his usually refined face turned bright red. He felt incredibly guilty and ashamed, wishing he could disappear into the ground.
Only family members know their own affairs.
Their factory currently has a group of half-baked trainees, all of whom are unfamiliar with the skills. They lack skilled workers even for the installation and debugging of ordinary machines. It is a problem whether they can complete the debugging of all the machines on schedule... Good heavens, their factory director Qin still has the audacity to ask others to send technical backbones to their factory to learn "advanced technology".
They even spoke with a regretful tone, as if to say, "If you don't send someone over, you'll miss this opportunity."
Assistant He was dumbfounded.
On the other end, Factory Director Wang felt just as bewildered as Assistant He. He asked suspiciously, "Is that really true?"
Factory Director Wang also knew about Feiyan Textile Factory. This new textile factory hadn't even finished installing and debugging its machines yet. But Qin Xiangxiang wasn't lying about one thing: their water-jet textile machines were indeed high-quality imported goods, and many technicians had never even seen such machines before.
Furthermore, the country is vigorously introducing chemical fiber production lines, and chemical fiber blending will likely become the mainstream in the future. Although these chemical fiber plants may not be fully completed for another four or five years, they will produce a lot of chemical fiber materials during the construction process, and the supply of chemical fiber raw materials will definitely increase year by year.
Everyone was chasing after Dacron, and Factory Director Wang knew it too. This polyester-cotton blend was now only available in the two major coastal port cities of Shanghai and Guangzhou. It even made the news last year, with ordinary people queuing up in the dark to buy Dacron, and the newspapers lamenting the hardship ordinary people faced in buying fabric...
"Believe it or not, I'm just letting you know that this is a learning opportunity."
"Don't say I didn't warn you if you regret it later." Qin Xiangxiang rested her chin on her hand, and her confident tone made her words sound so certain and believable.
"Alright, then I'll send a few of our factory's key technical personnel on a business trip to learn." Director Wang's heart was already wavering. He had originally wanted to see Feiyan Textile Factory make a fool of itself. He had heard that the factory director was only in her twenties, a young woman, and everyone was waiting for her to give up and raise the white flag, waiting for someone else to come to her rescue.
Now, they have mastered advanced technology. If Yelang is arrogant and misses out, he will be the one who suffers in the future.
Regardless, we still need to send a few people over to take a look.
After hanging up with Factory Director Wang, Qin Xiang tried to replicate the same approach by calling textile factories in other provinces, using the same script on every call.
"Okay, send someone over. We have people specifically assigned to arrange the visit."
Qin Xiangxiang felt a little thirsty, so she opened her water glass and took a sip. When she looked up, she met Assistant He's admiring gaze.
Assistant He said with utmost respect, "Factory Director, you are truly amazing! Our factory can't do without you, not even anyone else!"
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
Oh well, as long as we can find people to do the work, that'll be great.
"Qin Xiangxiang is completely unreasonable. She would never be a good factory manager." Gao Rong complained to the woman beside her, having failed to get anything out of Qin Xiangxiang.
This woman happened to be Lin Xiuqin. Since the last time, Zhao Yangyang had stopped contacting her and always avoided Lin Xiuqin. Lin Xiuqin then stopped trying to win her over.
However, she unexpectedly met Gao Rong, the military officer's daughter-in-law who lived downstairs from Qin Xiangxiang and Zhao Yangyang. Moreover, Gao Rong was learning the skills of a textile worker at Qin Xiangxiang's textile factory.
The machines at Feiyan Textile Factory have not yet been fully debugged, and can only be put into trial production.
Gao Rong revealed, "At this rate, we won't be able to finish debugging even next year. Apart from a few veteran technicians, they're all just for show."
"Qin Xiangxiang is not good at being a factory director at all. She is lucky that she is a military officer's family member and a textile worker's daughter. Otherwise, she would not have been chosen at all."
"Given the current state of the factory, it's questionable whether it can even start production on schedule. Moreover, the technicians are so unreliable that I doubt they can even produce textiles that meet the required standards."
“We still plan to produce military cloth. If we fail to complete the task next year, Qin Xiang should step down as factory director and replace him with someone more capable.”
Lin Xiuqin: "Qin Xiangxiang is just like you said, she's not reasonable at all! Your family is so poor, of course we should arrange for you to work only the early shift. If she can't even solve this problem for the employees, how can she be the factory director?"
"Exactly! It's questionable whether this factory can even officially start operations now." Gao Rong covered her mouth and laughed.
"Lin Xiuqin, do you remember that canned fruit in syrup that I told you about last time?"
Lin Xiuqin's expression froze for a moment. "I remember. I'll get it for you to try right now."
Gao Rong took the can of syrup from the other woman, forcing a bright smile. She guessed that Lin Xiuqin was approaching her because she wanted to marry into the military family compound and become a military officer's wife.
But how could Gao Rong let the other party take advantage of her? It was already a great act of mercy for Gao Rong not to extort money from them.
Gao Rong could ask for anything without any shame, including "eat," "drink," "take," and "ask."
Lin Xiuqin wanted to use her connections with military officers, but Gao Rong pretended to be naive and kept asking her for things, trying to take advantage of her as much as possible.
Gao Rong: "Lin Xiuqin, it's getting cold now. The coat you mentioned last time looks pretty. Could I borrow it for a couple of times? I want to go out and take pictures with my new husband."
"I'll take the photos, wash them, and return them to you."
Lin Xiuqin forced herself to suppress her anger and said, "Fine, I'll lend it to you. It's getting cold, and I only have a few thick coats."
Gao Rong borrowed a coat from Lin Xiuqin, and she was overjoyed.
Back home, she told her husband, Gou Qiang, "When I go to return the clothes next time, you go to the kids in the compound and ask for a jar of children's urine. Then I'll take it to change clothes and pretend to accidentally pee on the clothes in front of her. After that, I'll say I'm willing to buy her coat at a discount."
Gou Qiang was delighted to hear this. "Great, this will save the family money too. My parents bought me an imported watch last time. We don't have much money to spare, so every little bit helps."
"This outfit looks very presentable when worn out."
If you can get this coat for half the price, it's really a great deal.
Gao Rong figured Lin Xiuqin still wanted to get to know the children of military officers in the compound through her, so she probably wouldn't dare to break ties with her. Hehe.
On the other hand, Lin Xiuqin was also very happy to hear from Gao Rong that Qin Xiangxiang's job as the textile factory director was a complete mess.
Just watching the show and having fun.
Qin Xiangxiang's phone call quickly yielded results. Key representatives from various textile factories arrived one after another to learn from the call. They were then taken on a tour of the water jet looms and given lessons explaining various production considerations for producing polyester and polyester-cotton blends.
After the class, she kindly asked these key personnel to demonstrate their abilities at the factory—by helping to debug the machines.
These key members readily agreed.
Meanwhile, the factory's technicians applauded and praised them, eager to learn and master their operating skills.
As more and more people arrived, Gao Rong noticed that the factory was making rapid progress in debugging the machines, and the technicians' skills were also improving quickly.
These key personnel sent out for training may not be the most technically skilled, but they are certainly good at teaching. They are sent out to learn so that they can go back and teach the factory's internal staff.
Through this back and forth, they learned from each other.
Everyone was satisfied.
"Thank you, Director Qin, for giving us this opportunity to learn and broaden our horizons. This water jet loom is truly incredible. It uses jets of water to pull the tail yarn through the shed. The spinning speed is simply unimaginable."
Qin Xiangxiang smiled slightly, and said mysteriously, "I've heard that there are jet looms abroad, but not many have been introduced to China yet."
"Thank you very much, Director Qin."
Through communication, the factory's technicians were promoted, the progress of machine debugging in the factory was rapid, and many people began to be able to work independently.
"Director Qin, at this pace, it won't be long before all our machines have completed initial debugging and we can begin formal production!"
Qin Xiangxiang nodded. Very good, at least it saved her some trouble.
"Think about it, I really didn't expect you to be so capable! I knew about the difficulties the factory had before, but I didn't expect you to come up with a solution. You've really impressed me."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..." It was all done by being shameless.
Even Xu Anguo, a seasoned veteran, couldn't help but call Zhou Aodong and exclaim in admiration: "Zhou Aodong, your daughter is really something, even more capable than you were in the past. She's a natural-born factory manager."
Zhou Aodong on the other end of the phone was dumbfounded. It was one thing for Master Li to say that, but who was Xu Anguo? He was a cunning old fox who didn't respect anyone. Today, even this old fox had praised his daughter Qin Xiangxiang.
Has the sun risen in the west?
How could she not know that her daughter was so capable?
Zhou Aodong: "Is this still my daughter Qin Xiangxiang?"
Xu Anguo: "Don't be modest. It's because you taught her so well. I heard that when your daughter was heavily pregnant, you still came to teach her about textile machinery."
"You and your daughter are both ruthless!"
Zhou Aodong chuckled inwardly: "..."
Thinking back to how cunning and mischievous my daughter was back then, I feel so sorry for her...
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