Chapter 49

Qin Xiang looked at the master and suddenly asked, "Master, what is your surname?"

The master said, "My surname has nothing to do with this matter."

"Why not? You said you can make the decision on this matter, so we should say something nice to you? How can we say that when we don't even know your surname?" Qin Xiang said sincerely, "Master, we really want to rent it. We will rent it for fifty yuan. We won't bargain."

In this location, as long as you open a business, if the style and quality of the clothes are not bad, it will be difficult for the business to be bad. To be honest, fifty yuan a month is not too high.

The master looked Qin Xiang up and down. Qin Xiang was still wearing the clothes she wholesaled. The style and quality were not very good.

But they were going south, and they wanted to avoid attracting attention on the road, so it was not easy to dress nicely. She even wanted to put some dust on her face so that people would not notice.

Qin Xiang said, "I bought this dress in bulk before. This time I went south to buy nice clothes and open a store in the provincial capital. Grandpa, if you can make the decision, please help me." Grandpa

nodded, "I can make the decision, but the owner is also bothered and wants to rent it for at least one year."

Qin Xiang calculated the bill, fifty yuan a month, six hundred yuan a year, she gritted her teeth, "I will sign for three years first. But the agreement must state that if I still want to rent it after the expiration, it must be rented to me. If the house needs to be sold one day, it must also be sold to me."

Hearing this, the grandpa looked at her unexpectedly and laughed, "What a big tone."

"I'm not being arrogant, I just like this shop. What if I do well and the owner suddenly thinks it's good and wants to take it back to run it himself? Then I'll lose everything." Qin Xiang also had these concerns. Nowadays, if you don't own the house, you will have this problem. Qin Xiang hesitated, "Maybe you can help ask if I can buy it?"

The old man was surprised, "Do you really want to buy it?"

Qin Xiang nodded, "I really do."

The old man nodded, "I can help ask, but my master is not here now. Someone will come in a few days, and then I will ask."

Qin Xiang regretted hearing this, "How long will it take? To be honest, I have already bought a train to the south tomorrow morning, and I can't stay too long."

"That can't be helped. They're not here, and it's not that convenient to contact them." Grandpa ignored them after saying that.

Qin Xiang thought for a moment, "Then let's sign the lease contract first, and talk about the sale later, okay?"

Grandpa, "The lease has to wait, I can decide to keep it for you first and not rent it to others, I can't sign the contract on your behalf, maybe a week or so."

Qin Xiang glanced at Qin Yang and could only nod, "Okay, I'll come back to see you."

Qin Xiang left the telephone line next to his county address with Grandpa, and asked for the public telephone here so that he could call and ask questions in the middle.

After saying that, they couldn't stay any longer, so they left the house where Grandpa lived. Qin Xiang stood in front of the door and said, "Third brother, this house is really nice."

In fact, the building is old and it is obvious that it is quite old. And judging from the layout, it should have been used as a business and a store in the past. It has been more than ten years. Now that the environment has improved, it has not been open for business. I don't know why.

Qin Yang looked at her and then looked around. The provincial capital has indeed developed much better than the county town, and there are more stores around. Qin Xiang and Qin Yang walked around the square and looked at some clothing stores. They found that the clothing styles were not very novel. There were still more traditional and formal clothes. It is estimated that they were all produced by clothing factories in the province. Qin Xiang was

not too disappointed, but the transportation was too inconvenient these days. Even for individual businesses in the provincial capital, it was not so easy to go south.

Moreover, the clothing industry in the south is developing very fast, and the quality and styles of clothing vary greatly. If you can't find a reliable supplier, you can't get good goods. Qin Xiang dared to go to Guangzhou naturally for her own reasons. In her previous life, she learned about clothing design and got to know some people in the clothing industry. They also told her about some clothing bosses who developed in the 1980s. She also had a certain understanding of their personalities. She might be able to try her luck and see if she could find those bosses, even if she could find just one of them.

Qin Xiang said, "Third brother, we have to do something big this time."

After hearing what she said, Qin Yang also felt more ambitious. He looked at Qin Xiang and smiled, "Okay."

Although the master said that the landlord would come over once a week, Qin Xiang could not guarantee that he could buy the house smoothly, so he and Qin Yang looked around again. There was indeed a suitable place, but the location was far worse than that two-story building. The

two rooms used to be the front room, with large windows on both sides. When they were cleaned up and renovated, they would be replaced with glass, and the effect would be even better. According to the master, the two rooms are connected inside, and the storefront is at least 30 to 40 square meters. This area is not small, and it can be used as two separate fitting rooms. As for the upstairs, they can use it for self-residence or as a warehouse, which is very convenient.

Qin Xiang calculated the time and felt a little urgent. After all, she still had to apply for a business license. She didn't know if it would be easy to get one in the provincial capital. She thought about the people she knew and finally found someone. It was a pity that they met many years later. Now she was just a small self-employed business owner. She didn't know if she could talk to him.

"Let's go, let's find a guesthouse to rest for a night."

In the middle of the month, their county finally started to apply for ID cards. Qin Xiang and Qin Yang took the time to go back and apply for it. Now it was much easier to go out with their ID cards.

When they were going back, they were also worried that there would be a lot of trouble, so they asked Qin Baotian to take the household registration booklet and the letter of introduction to the town to handle it. Otherwise, she could ignore what the villagers said, but she was worried that her mother and Tanaka Mei would continue to talk about this and that and be annoying.

After checking in a room, the two of them went out for dinner, took a nap, and got on the train to go directly south.

The weather is now quite warm, and Qin Xiang plans to buy all summer clothes this time. Everyone likes beautiful clothes, and women's clothes are the easiest to make money.

She was thinking that after she came back and before getting the business license and storefront, she and Qin Yang would set up a stall to sell. There is a night market in the provincial capital, and you can also set up a stall in front of the university during the day. In short, you can't be idle.

The trains at that time were not so comfortable to sit on. The hard seats were fine at the beginning, but they became very uncomfortable later.

And it took a long time to get to Guangzhou. It took them almost a week to go there and back, so the time they could stay there was also very limited.

Qin Xiang couldn't help but think of the Ma lady she met in Hangzhou. She didn't know if she was still setting up her stall there. As for the clothes in the Second Garment Factory, she also went to observe and they were indeed good.

The key point was that she was very worried about the storefront. What if they came back late and the landlord left again?

Qin Xiang thought for a while and said, "Third brother, why don't we go to Hangzhou first?"

Qin Yang understood what she meant, "The Second Garment Factory?"

Qin Xiang nodded, "Yes, let's go and have a look first. If the clothes are good, we can find a way to wholesale some back. After the storefront and business license are ready, I will go to Guangzhou by myself."

"I agree to go to Hangzhou first, but I don't agree with you going out alone." Qin Yang saw that she wanted to say more, and said directly, "Before you said that you would do it yourself sooner or later and I couldn't refute it. Now I follow you, there is no reason not to let me follow. No matter how important buying and selling is, it is not as important as you in my eyes."

"But..."

"No buts." Qin Yang glanced at her, "Okay, I'll lie down and sleep for a while, and I'll take your place at night."

Qin Xiang had no choice but to nod.

At the next stop, there were more people on the train, but Qin Xiang was blocked by Qin Yang, so she didn't have to squeeze with the people, but the air was really smelly.

There was nothing they could do about it. They couldn't buy sleeper tickets even if they didn't have any connections.

The only thing they could be thankful for was that this train from the provincial capital went directly to Hangzhou. They had to change trains in Hangzhou to go to Yangcheng, so it was a good time to get off now.

Qin Xiang originally wanted to go directly to find that Madam Ma, but after thinking about it, she wanted to go around and see what the Hangzhou Second Garment Factory was like.

There were quite a few department stores in Hangzhou, and there were also quite a few self-employed stores on some busy streets. Qin Xiang and his sister walked all the way from the train station, looking around as they walked. They found that many of the clothing styles here were indeed more novel than those in other places.

Arriving at the department store, there are many counters planned out. Many factories have counters here. The counter of the second clothing factory is located right in front of the entrance. The area is also quite large. The wall is full of clothes. On one side are tops, on the other side are skirts. As for pants, they are on the bottom shelf. The planning is very clear.

Looking at the quality of the goods in this store, Qin Xiang feels that she can learn from it. Of course, she mainly looks at the quality and style of the clothes.

The weather in the south has already changed to summer clothes, so the counters are almost all summer clothes. Short-sleeved shorts, long pants, dresses, everything is available.

The styles are indeed new, but there is still a certain gap from what Qin Xiang expected. To be honest, she thought it was good when she took a quick look at it before, but now she feels that it is not good enough after a careful look.

Qin Xiang was a little disappointed.

She couldn't help but think of Liu Minjun saying that the Second Clothing Factory in Hangzhou specially sent people to Guangzhou to learn and collect information.

Maybe this clothing factory is just making high-quality imitations from Guangzhou?

Qin Xiang said to Qin Yang, "Second brother, it seems that we still have to go to Guangzhou."

These clothes are selling well in Hangzhou. At least at this time, when there are not many people in other counters, this counter has a constant flow of people, and it is obviously more popular.

But Qin Xiang didn't just buy goods this time. She wanted to find the most suitable, the best-looking, and the ones that could be cooperated with for a long time. This way, she wouldn't have to come here every time to look for goods.

Qin Yang didn't quite understand these, "Aren't these clothes good-looking?"

Qin Yang smiled, "They look good, but not good enough. If we can rent those two storefronts, we must run them well and sell the best-looking ones. I want everyone in the provincial capital to know about my store, and all the pretty girls to wear the clothes in my store, so we have to go to Guangzhou."

They were originally heading to Guangzhou, and now they came to Hangzhou to see if it didn't work, so they decided to go again. They weren't too disappointed.

The two went back to the station, bought train tickets to Guangzhou early tomorrow morning, and then went to a hotel near Ma's stall.

When they got there, they really saw Ma. Qin Xiang went over to buy two tea eggs. Auntie Ma recognized her and said, "It's you. You're in Hangzhou again. It seems that you sold well last time?"

"Yes, it was not bad." Qin Xiang smiled and said, "I passed by Hangzhou this time and came to have a look."

"Our Hangzhou is not bad either." Auntie Ma saw that this girl was different from before, so she took the initiative to say, "Let me tell you, the clothes of the Second Garment Factory are very good. Do you need me to introduce you to my daughter?"

Qin Xiang laughed and said, "Last time you said that you couldn't use the back door."

"It's a different time now," Aunt Ma told the truth. "The last time I looked at you, you didn't look like you were rich. This time, you look different. You will definitely be able to purchase goods."

Qin Xiang laughed twice and said, "It's great to meet your daughter, but we have to leave early tomorrow morning, so we can only find a chance to meet again."

"Is that so." Aunt Ma was a little disappointed. "She's busy lately, otherwise she would have let you meet today."

Qin Xiang had a good impression of this enthusiastic lady and said immediately, "There will definitely be a chance."

It can be seen that the development of the Second Garment Factory is different from some small factories. At least in this era, it can keep up with the trend of the times. As long as it can design its own clothes in the future, the development will definitely be better. If it really stops as she wishes, then the future development will not be good.

Of course, it is very important for a state-owned enterprise like this to have a good leader. It is hard to say what will happen if the leader is changed.

After saying goodbye to Aunt Ma, the brother and sister stayed in a nearby hotel. They got up at four o'clock the next day and went to the train station and set off again to Guangzhou.

The distance from Hangzhou to Guangzhou is not close. It took two days and one night to walk directly. Qin Xiang calculated the time. They went to Guangzhou from the provincial capital non-stop. It would take a week just on the road.

When they arrived in Guangzhou, they found that the temperature in Guangzhou was a little higher than that in Hangzhou. Fortunately, she had been to Guangzhou several times before. On the way, she chatted with people and learned about Guangzhou today. I know that jeans, glasses, Dacron shirts and some clothes with bat sleeves are popular in Guangzhou now. Thanks to the movie "Red Skirts Are Popular on the Street" broadcast at the end of last year, red skirts are particularly popular this year. Many young girls are wearing red skirts.

As for the wholesale places, if the purchase quantity is small, they have to go to places like Shisanhang or Doulanshang Street Guyi Street. If the order quantity is large, they have to go to the factory.

Qin Xiang and Qin Yang brought all their belongings here, more than 20,000 yuan. For the storefront, she had to leave at least 3,000 yuan. The remaining money can at least order 2,000 pieces of goods.

Qin Xiang thought about it and decided to take a day to investigate first. It would be good to go to the factory and order it all at once, but there is a disadvantage. A factory can only produce so many styles. If they are dispersed to several factories, their funds may not be enough to accommodate them.

"Let's go take a look first."

It was already dark when the two got off the train. They went to Shisanhang and saw that all the stalls were closed. The same was true for Doulan Street. They asked around and found that most of the stalls opened at three or four in the morning and might have closed around ten in the afternoon.

Qin Xiang had no choice but to ask the old man for directions to the Xihu Road Night Market while drinking sugar water on the roadside.

There is also a night market in their provincial capital, and it is said to be quite large, but they have not been there yet. The night market with lights here has opened their eyes.

When Qin Xiang came to Guangzhou in her previous life, Wang Junsheng's business was already very big, so she could not visit the night market even if she came to Guangzhou. Qin Yang has lived to the age of 20, and although he thinks he is knowledgeable, he has never really visited any place, big or small. When he arrives at a place, he only transports goods and sleeps to rest. He is still amazed that there is such a place in Guangzhou.

He thinks that his decision to resign is right. Only when a person's horizons are broadened can he have better ideas.

Qin Xiang was full of pride, "Let's go and have a look."

The two of them strolled leisurely in the night market, looking at this and that. No one knew that they were carrying thousands of yuan.

Of course, the money was all with Qin Yang. When he stood there, few people dared to approach him.

The two of them strolled around and found that there were also many wholesale clothing stores in the night market. Qin Xiang's mind was less interested in playing, and she observed carefully. If the styles were good, she would secretly look at the manufacturers and then ask about the prices. After a few comparisons, Qin Xiang understood that there were several manufacturers of the same style of clothes on the stalls.

Undoubtedly, most of these were imitations. As for where the authentic ones were, she would have to look carefully.

You can find a lot of things by visiting the night market. At least you can know what is popular in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, so you won't be blind.

What shocked Qin Yang the most was that there were pink jeans. He couldn't understand, "Who would buy such jeans?"

Qin Xiang laughed, "Didn't you find that there are men's pink jeans?"

Qin Yang was speechless, "Men still wear these? It's so sissy."

Qin Xiang nodded, "Why not? I tell you that pink jeans will look good on some men."

She even thought maliciously that she should buy some pink jeans this time and let her second brother wear them. Those young people dancing disco in the park will definitely like them.

Qin Xiang watched silently, asked a few questions from time to time, and then touched the material of the clothes. Suddenly, he heard a scream from behind. He turned around and saw Qin Yang knocking a young man to the ground. The young man begged for mercy, and Qin Yang let him go, "Get lost."

The young man looked at him with fear and then ran away. The owner of the clothes stall next to him said, "They all have gangs. Although they have been beating them severely, they can't be beaten completely."

The stall owner glanced at Qin Xiang and said, "You'd better be careful, be careful that he will bring people to retaliate against you."

Qin Yang's eyes flashed fiercely, "Then come on, I'll wait."

Qin Xiang was a little worried, "Third brother, we go first."

The night market was originally After they had finished their shopping, Qin Xiang pulled Qin Yang out, "We are strangers here, there is no need to linger here."

Qin Yang wanted to say something, but thinking of the money on him, he finally nodded, "Let's go back first."

Qin Yang was very alert. After being reminded by the stall owner, he was very careful on the way back to see if anyone was following him. However, as soon as they walked out of the street, they saw several men standing at the entrance of the alley. The young man who was just knocked to the ground by Qin Yang was standing aside cautiously and said to the leader, "Brother Hu, that's them. The woman next to them is so hot."