Chapter 299

This year was destined to be restless. Meng Huaiqing spent the Spring Festival in the hospital. On the fifth day after the Lunar New Year, Grandpa Ge's condition stabilized and he went home to rest.

However, the old man refused to live with Ge Lijuan anymore. Finally, Qin Xiang asked Grandpa Ge to live next to her father in her house in the suburbs.

Ge Lijuan was quite sad about the old man's decision, but no one was too lazy to explain it to her, and she knew it clearly.

Before school started, Qin Xiang and Meng Huaiqing prepared to go to Pengcheng to see the progress of the factory there. The decoration was completed before the Lunar New Year. What needed to be done after the Lunar New Year was to recruit workers, buy machines, and then set up the leadership team of the factory, and then they could start work.

In terms of recruiting personnel, it is easy to recruit ordinary workers. After all, there will be people going south to work after the New Year, but most of them are inexperienced. Qin Xiang plans to ask Tan Xiu to help mobilize some people from the Third Garment Factory to go south

to take apprentices. In addition, during the New Year, Fei Qing and others also used their own treatment to successfully persuade several classmates who were originally interested. Qin Xiang's company has four more designers, all of whom are from the south. Qin Xiang has already called them, and when she arrives in Pengcheng, they will also go to talk to her and discuss future development.

As for various machines, they are all imported. They were bought before the New Year. Now they are at the port. After the customs starts working, they can go ashore and enter the factory.

The first batch of clothes made by the factory were summer clothes, because spring is too short and there is almost no spring in the south.

After arranging this and finalizing the task with Tan Xiu, Qin Xiang and Meng Huaiqing took a plane to Pengcheng.

Qin Xiang closed his eyes on the plane, "It's time to get busy again."

Meng Huaiqing smiled, "Do you feel tired?"

Qin Xiang rolled his eyes at him, "Of course."

"Then do you want to take a break and slow down?"

"No." Qin Xiang smiled, looking at the scenery outside the window, "Look, how beautiful China is now, and everywhere is booming. I think it's a waste of time to develop one day later. My goal is to make the most money in the best time. When the clothing industry is fully developed, I will only keep one high-end clothing line, and then start a retirement life."

Meng Huaiqing was a little surprised to hear this, "I thought you would fight until you are old."

Qin Xiang shook his head, "No, although people are born to fight, they should also learn to enjoy. If you just consume yourself, you will live too long. I still want to travel around the country."

"Then I'll accompany you." Meng Huaiqing said, "Before that, let's work hard together."

Qin Xiang nodded, "Okay."

The two didn't say anything else, but their minds were particularly connected. Qin Xiang thought that she would be with this man for the rest of her life, and no man could understand her as well as he did.

When she arrived in Pengcheng and took a look at the factory, she was relieved to find that it was just as Mi Hongjun said.

She went to take a look at the land where the hotel was going to be built. It was still deserted. After a few days, the workers would arrive and construction would start.

Qin Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. After finishing here, she would go to Sucheng. Liu Xiaocao is very energetic, maybe she can give it a try.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, several senior designers that Qin Xiang had invited came together.

Qin Xiang took them to the factory without saying much and introduced it inside and out.

The designer's office is naturally in the office building. The office building has four floors. The top floor is the factory director's office and the conference room. The third floor is the designer's office. The layout is similar to that of the capital, but the area is larger.

Several people were excited when they saw such an office.

In fact, they visited the Aimei Clothing Factory last year. At that time, they were tempted, but they were hesitant at that time. They were persuaded by their parents and finally chose the iron rice bowl.

But is the iron rice bowl really still an iron rice bowl? In the past six months or so, workers have been laid off one after another. The design department they were in was a mere formality. The leaders looked at them like ignorant children, and there was no chance for them to make a breakthrough.

So when their old classmates contacted them during the Chinese New Year, they were really moved. They didn't hesitate anymore and came directly to check the admission and employment.

Moreover, Pengcheng is a city that the country has vigorously developed in recent years. It has developed rapidly in all aspects, so it is not bad for them to come.

"That's the situation." Qin Xiang explained, "We will start construction after the robots are in place in a while. If you want to join us, I hope you can start early and design new models as soon as possible. Of course, I can't guarantee that the new models you design will be used 100%. Your designs will be screened together with Fei Qing and others."

Several people nodded quickly, "We understand this."

A short boy asked Qin Xiang embarrassedly, "Director, I heard that designers have the opportunity to go out for study. Do we have the same opportunity?"

"Yes, of course." Qin Xiang smiled. "The learning opportunities they are talking about are probably the opportunities to study in Hong Kong. After you join the company, I will have people take you there in batches to study when you are free. But you should not count on studying in Hong Kong. There are many domestic clothing places where we can learn. Look more and observe more. Not to mention other places, there are so many clothing factories in Pengcheng now, so many styles, are you afraid that you can't learn? But I also remind you that we are engaged in original Creation is not imitation, learning is learning fashion, not slightly changing others and claiming it as your own, understand? "

Several people nodded hurriedly, "We understand, we are all from the capital's colleges and universities, we dare not smear the school."

Qin Xiang laughed, "That's true, it's because of the trust in our schools that I let people lobby you."

After talking with several people, they all went back, and they had to go back to handle the resignation procedures, and then come back to report.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Mi Hongjun also came from the capital, acting as the temporary director of the factory here, and he also formed the leadership team. Not only that, Qin Xiang also had to go to Suzhou.

He could only say goodbye to Meng Huaiqing.

Meng Huaiqing sighed, "I found that we can't stay together for a month."

Qin Xiang was happy and opened her pocket, "How about you come in, I'll carry it wherever I go?"

Meng Huaiqing reached out and flicked her head, "You're so nagging."

He couldn't bear to leave her, so he hugged her, "Wait for me in the capital."

Qin Xiang nodded, "Okay."

This time she didn't bring Zhao Ping with her, because Zhao Ping had to go back to his hometown to see his parents and get married, so she couldn't call him at this time. So the people arranged by Meng Huaiqing followed her to Hangzhou.

When they arrived in Hangzhou, Liu Xiaocao and He Liping were there.

Qin Xiang took them to meet with several leaders of Suzhou silk factories to discuss the acquisition. They

had discussed this matter before the New Year, and several factories are now at the end of their strength and can no longer hold on. It was just that before the New Year, they still wanted to hold on, and also wanted to manipulate Qin Xiang to raise the price so that their superiors would not have more opinions about them.

But during the New Year, the workers of several factories made a riot, and several factory managers did not have a good year at all.

So now that Qin Xiang has come, they are like seeing a savior and want Qin Xiang to buy their factories.

They were anxious, but Qin Xiang was not. He took two assistants and bodyguards to visit each factory and inspected the production workshop. Finally, he chose the Fifth Silk Factory in Suzhou.

This silk factory was not large in scale, with more than 70 workers and less than 100 management staff. Although it was not large in scale, it had the most veteran workers among the four silk factories and was also the one with the least trouble.

After Qin Xiang made the decision, he consciously communicated with the factory manager about the future cooperation.

Director Hai also asked, "I wonder if it is possible to have a public-private partnership?"

Qin Xiang's face turned cold when she heard this. "Director Hai probably understands that if you don't work out here, there are other companies to choose from. It's not that you are the only one. I value your factory mainly because of the old masters. But no matter how good the old masters are, I will not have a public-private partnership. Once there is a problem, will it be considered public property or mine? When there is a courtesy dispute, the factory will What if they kick me out? Anyway, I won't do thankless work."

After hearing this, Director Hai knew there was no other way, "Then can all the employees in the factory stay?"

Qin Xiang smiled, "Why do you think the factory has developed to this point? Is it because the workers' craftsmanship is not good?"

Director Hai shook his head, "No, they are all experienced masters, and some workers' families have been making silk for generations."

"That's it. That's the problem with the leadership team." Qin Xiang said bluntly, "Of course, we can't deny that there are hard-working people in the current leadership team, so I will give everyone an equal job opportunity after the acquisition. If you pass the assessment, you can stay and wait for new job arrangements. If you fail the assessment, you will leave directly. Don't think that your job is a stable job. That's when you are working for the government. When it becomes a private factory, it will be more about personal relationships. It's a voluntary principle for both parties. If it's not done well, I won't keep idle people. "

Factory Director Hai nodded, "I understand, but I'm also worried that the workers will make trouble."

Qin Xiang smiled, "Then please ask Factory Director Hai to issue a notice to the city in advance, and it's up to them to go or stay. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry. At worst, I can slowly find workers. In Suzhou and Hangzhou, the most abundant thing is silk craftsmen, right?"

After saying that, Qin Xiang followed Factory Director Hai to the factory again. As a result, they were stopped by a group of workers.

The leader, wearing a Zhongshan suit and with hair combed like a dog, blocked Qin Xiang's way with his men, "Director Hai, are you really going to sell the factory to this woman?"

Director Hai frowned, "What are you doing, Zhao Haibo? Don't bring people to make trouble."

Zhao Haibo snorted, "You are going to sell our home, so why don't you let us make trouble? Right?"

He raised his arm and shouted, and the people who followed him responded one after another.

Qin Xiang looked at them calmly. She looked at Director Hai and said, "Excuse me, Director Hai, who is this comrade..."

"This Zhao Haibo is the head of our publicity department." Director Hai was very impatient and angry when he spoke, "The factory can't develop further, and it's the city's opinion to transfer it out..." "

We don't want to listen to this. These people only care about their own good life and don't care about the lives of us workers. We don't accept it."

"If you're not satisfied, you can leave." Qin Xiang looked at Zhao Haibo and smiled, "Once the factory procedures are completed, the factory will be my private factory. If you're not satisfied, you can go to the market and ask them why they sold the factory. At the same time, I'm also notifying you in advance that my factory will not want someone like you. As for the rest of you..."

Qin Xiang looked at the workers in the back. Some of them should be workers in the workshop, and some should be cadre posts. The difference can be seen from the way they are dressed.

She glanced around and said slowly, "You all know how your factory has developed. Although it became a private factory after I bought it, I can also make a promise to everyone that my factory is always welcoming to those who truly love this job and work hard. Salaries will be paid monthly and will never be delayed. You can also ask relatives in the capital, or go to the Xianglian Clothing Store in Suzhou to ask how I, Qin Xiang, pay them wages and benefits. My standard has always been to give money instead of goods. You can buy whatever you want yourself."

Except for Zhao Haibo, who wanted to jump up and make trouble, the other workers listened quietly. They haven't received wages for several months, and now several of them have left the factory to work in private factories.

They are actually confused and worried, and always feel that private factories are unreliable and not as safe as public factories. But now that public factories can't pay wages and there is no work to do, these craftsmen are very panicked.

A worker asked cautiously, "Will you pay us our previous wages?"

Qin Xiang glanced at Director Hai, who explained, "After all, the factory is still public. After the factory is transferred, we will take out funds from the transfer fee to make up your wages first." Director Hai

has been the director of the factory for many years. He also has a great responsibility for the development of the factory to its current level, but the times are changing and he can't keep up. The city has made it clear that it wants to sell the factory or form a public-private partnership, so he can only do it.

"There are so many private factories now. You can go out and ask if they are better than they are now." Factory Director Hai bowed and said, "It is my responsibility that the factory has reached its current state. I feel so ashamed of you."

Seeing that everyone seemed to accept this possibility, Zhao Haibo panicked and said, "No, we don't agree."

Someone said, "What's the point of you disagreeing? The country has decided. As long as they pay us, it doesn't matter whether it is a public or private company."

"That's right, that's right. Our family is still waiting for food to be cooked. If we keep fighting, we won't even have food to eat. What else can we say?"

"Let's go, go away, just wait for

your wages." The workers dispersed in a hurry, Zhao Haibo was anxious, "Don't leave, don't leave."

Qin Xiang said to Director Hai with a smile, "Director Hai, we will go to handle the formalities tomorrow."

Looking at Zhao Haibo, Qin Xiang said gently, "Comrade, you don't have to come to work after tomorrow, find a factory you respect and work for."