Chapter 159 Chapter 159 Two updates

in one Some time ago, every time Huacai Garment Factory launched a new style, a similar style would soon appear on the market, not once or twice, but every time.

This was obviously not accidental.

Shen Moer, Bai Junwen, and Zhao Zhenghui sorted out the entire production process of the factory and carefully counted the inventory in the warehouse. Strangely, the clothes in their factory were not lost.

This is very strange.

If other factories follow the pattern and produce after the clothes are on the market, there will definitely be a time difference in the middle. They have to wait until most of their clothes are sold before the clothes of other factories will be on the market.

In this case, it will not have much impact on them. After all, Huacai Garment Factory has limited production capacity and can only produce so many goods. If other factories follow suit, it can fill the gap in the market.

Shen Moer even knows who are the companies that make clothes according to the style of Huacai Garment Factory. There is a street factory and two professional cooperatives led by streets. Basically, there are these three companies, and they are also small-scale. Huacai Garment Factory eats meat in front, and they follow to drink soup.

In fact, these three companies just followed the trend because the clothes of Huacai Garment Factory sold well.

Originally, everyone thought that there were so many state-owned garment factories in the capital, and the market was monopolized by the big factories, leaving no room for other factories to survive.

When Huacai Garment Factory came out, some people suddenly realized that the most important thing about ready-made clothes is not how good the fabric is or how well it is made, but the style!

Especially after the bell-bottom pants that came from the south gradually became popular, no matter what kind of fabric, as long as it was made into that style, people would line up to buy it.

The strength of Huacai Garment Factory is that even if they are all bell-bottom pants, their bell-bottom pants are better looking and more fashionable than others.

So some people started to set up professional cooperatives, secretly producing according to the patterns of Huacai Garment Factory, and gradually developed from one to three.

Shen Moer thought that these three companies were just following the lead of Huacai Garment Factory, but in fact, they were working very hard and felt that they were getting the most benefits. Although they were not large in scale, they had few employees, so their efficiency was actually quite good, and the wages of their workers were not lower than those of the big factories.

Shen Moer asked someone to investigate and found that the goods were indeed not produced by these three companies. As for the department store and the supply and marketing cooperative, they were also very secretive and refused to reveal the source of the goods. Shen Moer and her team really had no idea what to do for a while .

Then, just when Bai Junwen and his team were at a loss, the "insider" revealed herself.

The "insider" was neither from the production workshop nor the warehouse management, but a female worker who handled defective products and scraps of cloth.

No wonder it had not been discovered. After all, who would have thought that the problem would come from an inconspicuous piece of cloth?

This female worker used to work in the workshop. At the beginning of last year, she suddenly developed presbyopia and her eyesight deteriorated. She could no longer work in the workshop, so the workshop manager asked her to be responsible for handling defective products and cloth scraps.

This female worker had worked in the sewing workshop of a garment factory for many years. Later, she gave her job to her daughter and went home to have free time. Later, she joined the Huacai Garment Factory by chance. She has some talent in this area. With practice, she can figure out how to cut clothes and how many pieces of cloth to divide by comparing the defective scraps.

At first, she was thinking about making one or two pieces of clothing for her family, which was much cheaper than buying ready-made clothes in department stores.

After her daughter, who worked in a garment factory, found out, she handed the pattern she had come up with to the factory where she worked. So the factory where her daughter worked asked her to send the pattern to Huacai Garment Factory every time there was a new style.

This time, she was exposed because there was a female worker in the factory who was her neighbor. The child at home accidentally bumped into her daughter and saw some strange pieces of paper falling out of her daughter's bag. When she went home and told her about it, the female worker was careful and found it.

The female worker who found it was also smart. She didn't tell a word and quietly reported the matter to Zhao Zhenghui.

"Director, what should we do? Should we fire the person?"

Zhao Zhenghui was almost mad. He had spent countless hours investigating the matter, but he never expected that the "internal thief" was actually Aunt Hu, who dealt with waste fabrics. Aunt

Hu was already quite old when she joined the factory. When she was recruited, she was told that she would be a temporary helper, and if she couldn't handle it, the factory would terminate the contract.

Logically, the factory could have fired her because her eyesight had deteriorated and she couldn't do the work. However, the workshop director heard her say that her old man was sick and her son was unfilial and didn't pay her, so out of kindness, he arranged a job for her to deal with defective products and waste fabrics.

Who knew that she would repay kindness with enmity and sell out the factory.

Shen Moer glanced at Zhao Zhenghui and asked, "Which factory is her daughter's garment factory?"

Zhao Zhenghui was stunned for a moment and said, "It's the Fifth Capital Garment Factory."

He frowned, "Is it because we got that batch of equipment? But the equipment has only been contracted, and there is no sign of it yet."

Shen Moer shook her head. They got that batch of equipment, which was also a reason, but the main reason was probably that the performance of the Fifth Capital Garment Factory had declined sharply.

She was not like Zhao Zhenghui, who grew up in China under the planned economic system and had no awareness of market competition. She grew up in the capital of Daliang, and she had seen a lot of competition between the big merchants in the capital and the struggles between the imperial merchants in the court.

For the sake of profit, it is possible to fight to the death, not to mention just stealing a clothing style?

At present, state-owned factories and collective enterprises still account for the majority. After two years, when there are more private enterprises, the competition in this area will only be more intense.

The fact that the factory was sold out by Hu Niu is not the most important thing in this matter. The important thing is that it can be seen from this that the original calm and independent status quo of the industry may be broken.

Shen Moer has always been a person of "I will not offend others if they do not offend me". Since others want to engage in a business war with her, she will naturally not let it go.

She whispered a few words to Zhao Zhenghui. At first, Zhao Zhenghui still looked like "Is this possible?", but the more he listened, the brighter his eyes became. He clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's do it! If we don't teach them a lesson, they will think that Huacai is a vegetarian!" After

Shen Moer arranged the matter, she didn't care about it anymore. She went back to school and focused on tutoring and reviewing.

During this time, Huacai Garment Factory launched a new winter clothing model.

The factory attached great importance to this new model. It is said that several factory leaders held several meetings for this matter. The style was finally decided, and they also referred to some clothing magazine in the United States. In short, it is very fashionable and will definitely be popular.

This word spread in the factory, and many workers said that it was no wonder that Director Shen came to the factory so frequently during that period of time. It turned out that he was here to order new models.

It was also said that in order to promote this new style, the factory spent a lot of money to order a batch of expensive fabrics from the textile factory, and planned to concentrate on producing this style in the period before the New Year, striving to make this style the first choice for the capital's women's new year clothes.

Not long after, as expected, the crisp tweed fabric was distributed to various workshops, and each workshop began to work overtime to produce it.

Within two days, the fifth garment factory in the capital received the fabric drawings of the new clothes. After the best craftsman in the factory cut them, several factory leaders frowned at the finished clothes.

Why does this dress look so weird?

They have been in the garment industry for many years and are not completely without their own vision, so after seeing the ready-made clothes in front of them, they all had a kind of suspicion that "Hua Cai wants to become the first choice of new clothes for women in the capital for the New Year with this thing."

However, the previous successes made them dare not believe themselves.

After all, they have actually brought back a large wave of performance by imitating Hua Cai's clothes.

Moreover, since the establishment of Hua Cai Garment Factory, no clothing style has failed. Every style sells very well. The only difference is whether it sells very well or sells exceptionally well.

After a silence of ten minutes, someone finally couldn't help but speak out: "This, will it work? This fabric is not cheap?"

If they lose money after production, it will make their already poor performance worse.

"It's really hard to say. Some of the styles they released before seemed a bit out of line, but they sold quite well afterwards. But this one is short on one side and long on the other, which seems even more out of line. Can female comrades really like this kind of thing?"

There were female comrades in the leadership team of the Capital Garment Factory No. 5. She was the deputy director Niu who was involved in the impersonation scandal. After the deputy director Niu was arrested and sentenced, a new deputy director was sent down from above, but he was a gay. Since then, there have been no female comrades in the factory leadership team.

A group of big bosses really don't understand this.

If they were asked, what does style matter? Winter clothes should be warm and dirt-resistant, right?

Some people also said, "It's hard to say. Take bell-bottom pants for example. Do they look good? They are a good pair of pants, but the legs are made to look like bell-bottom pants. Not only does it waste fabric, but it also lets air in. They look good, but they look weird. But not only lesbians like them, but gay men like them too. Can you understand?"

This seems to be true.

Bell-bottom pants are indeed weird.

Could it be that young people nowadays like weird things?

Several people looked at each other, all a little confused.

"How about we ask a lesbian?" Someone said, "Let's ask the most fashionable lesbian."

Then the factory office asked a lesbian who was famous for being fashionable in the factory to come over. This lesbian worked in logistics, had short curly hair, and wore heavy makeup. She was wearing the most popular bell-bottom pants and bat shirt. It was quite cold, and she didn't even wear a warm coat.

Seeing the wool coat with irregular front and back lengths in the conference room, the lesbian's eyes lit up and said, "This coat is very special!"

What she pursued was fashion and individuality. This coat was a little big, what later generations called a silhouette coat, and the front and back pieces were irregular, which looked very "designed" and very in line with her aesthetics.

Not to mention, when she put the coat on, whether it was short curly hair or bell-bottom pants, it matched the coat very well.

The female comrade said with a smile: "Leaders, why don't you sell this dress to me..."

What she wanted to say was that if it were someone else, they probably wouldn't like it either, but she just happened to like this style. However, before she could finish her words, Gao Yong, who was sitting at the head, waved his hands repeatedly: "I asked you to come here and try on the clothes. Okay, take them off and you can go back."

After a pause, he added: "Don't tell anyone when you go out."

The female comrade didn't understand what these big bosses were going to do, but since they asked her not to tell anyone, she naturally wouldn't say anything, so she took off her clothes and left. As they

walked, they muttered, "It's so rare to see a suitable piece of clothing, why haven't they sold it yet?"

After the others left, the people in the conference room looked at each other and sighed in their hearts, what kind of taste do young people have nowadays, why do they like such weird things?

Sighing aside, the clothes still had to be produced as soon as possible.

Huacai Garment Factory was so confident in this style, and the most fashionable female comrades in the factory also liked this style. This style was stable!

So during the next period of time, both factories began to work desperately. In a blink of an eye, it was the eve of New Year's Day, and both sides began to deliver goods to department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives.

Normally, the Fifth Garment Factory in the Capital would wait for the clothes of the Huacai Garment Factory to be put on the market, and then deliver the goods to the department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives after a few days, so as not to expose the "nails" buried in the Huacai Garment Factory.

But this time, the Huacai Garment Factory did not know why it was dragging its feet and did not deliver the goods. The Fifth Garment Factory in the Capital did not want to miss the peak period of New Year's Day when citizens buy new clothes, so it waited and waited, and finally gritted its teeth and went straight to the delivery.

As a result, they started to deliver the goods, and the Huacai Garment Factory also started to deliver the goods.

The sales department of the Fifth Garment Factory even met the people of Huacai in a department store in a certain district. The people of the Fifth Garment Factory felt a little guilty, so they unloaded the goods, counted the quantity, and left without hesitation.

The people from the purchasing department of the department store were guarding the warehouse door, and they were a little helpless facing the Huacai Garment Factory alone.

They knew that the Fifth Garment Factory of the Capital copied the styles of Huacai, but who made Huacai's production capacity insufficient? Why didn't it sell enough?

And the Fifth Garment Factory was an old state-owned factory after all, and the relationships in all aspects were more comprehensive. They were all state-owned units in the capital, and they were also considered brother units. It was understandable that they favored the Fifth Garment Factory.

It was still a bit embarrassing to be caught by the people of Huacai.

The people from Huacai seemed to be completely unaware of his embarrassment, and asked with a smile: "Which factory is that? Why don't you check the style and quality before they deliver the goods?"

The comrades from the purchasing department were immediately more embarrassed. Indeed, although the style and quality of Huacai Garment Factory have always been very good, because the other party is a social enterprise, they have always checked more carefully.

Although such differential treatment is actually an unspoken rule, it is really embarrassing to be asked directly in the face.

He had to laugh it off: "Well, they have already sent samples before, and we have a long-term purchase and sales agreement. If there is any problem, they can just return it directly, so there is no need to check too carefully."

Huacai, who has always been quite knowledgeable about the ways of the world, was inexplicably a little shrewd today and kept on nagging about this matter: "We have to do random inspections, and we are not in a hurry here. Why don't you open one and check it?"

The people in the purchasing department were troubled and thought that it was not their problem that the two of them had the same style. If you want to see it, I will show it to you.

So they quickly opened a package and took out a black tweed coat from it.

"The material is really good, delicate and crisp. This coat must be beautiful..."

Before he finished speaking, the coat was shaken off and the words he was about to say suddenly stopped.

The people in the purchasing department stared at the clothes in front of them, their eyes almost popped out.

No, what the hell is this?

Why is this coat short on one side and long on the other? Who would buy such a weird-shaped piece of clothing?

The people at Huacai Garment Factory bit their lips to hold back their laughter, and after a long while, they finally asked in a normal, puzzled voice: "This dress... why does it look a little special?"

The people from the purchasing department: "..."

It's not just special, it's so special that it can be classified as strange clothing.

The person from Huacai Garment Factory pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Is this style popular recently? Does your department store like to sell this style recently? Oh, then our factory may not be able to keep up with the trend this time. Our clothes are still a little conservative."

The person from the purchasing department: "No, no, no, this, uh, is more special. Some people may like it, but it must be only a few people. We mainly sell simple and generous styles..."

Halfway through speaking, he suddenly reacted: "You, your factory's styles are different from theirs?!"

The person from Huacai Garment Factory narrowed his eyes, then laughed: "You are kidding, how can our factory's styles be the same as theirs."

He curled the corner of his mouth: "It's so trendy ..." How can we, a social enterprise, produce such popular styles?"

The person from the purchasing department: "..."

He also knew that he had said something wrong accidentally, and hurriedly said: "I just thought that this style was popular in your factories recently. Forget it, let's not talk about this. What style is your factory's? Take it apart and have a look? Brother, I'm not inspecting. We don't favor one over the other. I'm just curious about the styles of your factory. You know, every time your factory produces a style, our sales are particularly good..."

His attitude became very enthusiastic. There was no other way. The batch of goods from the Capital Fifth Garment Factory was obviously not good. It was estimated that they would have to rely on the sales of the Huacai Garment Factory during this period at the end of the year.

There are so many department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in the capital. Huacai Garment Factory has limited production capacity. If he doesn't speak well of them, they will deliver less goods and sell less goods, and customers will go to other stores.

State-owned units are undergoing restructuring, and so are their department stores. Performance is linked to year-end bonuses and welfare.

The staff at Huacai Garment Factory seemed to be completely unaware of the other party's arrogance. They opened a package with a smile and took out two pieces of clothing: "We have two styles this time, one long and one short. The fabrics are all very high-end woolen fabrics."

He shook the clothes off: "Look, the cut of this long one is very neat and elegant. I heard from our factory director that fashionable girls in Eagle Country and America like to wear this kind of coat with leather boots, which is very beautiful. Then this short one is a little more heroic, but it is also very beautiful, and it is also very convenient to wear. You don't have to worry about the hem of your clothes being caught by the wheels or dragging on the ground when you bend down to ride a bike."

"Both styles are beautiful. It depends on personal preference. We have several colors here. Whether you are a heroic lesbian or a gentle and quiet lesbian, you can pick the style you like."

"Also, our factory director said that these two types of clothes can be matched with the clothes and pants we released earlier. Comrades who have already bought them can wear one set directly. It will definitely be impressive when visiting relatives during the New Year."

The person from the purchasing department: "..."

It's like this every time.

Every time.

The people from the sales department of Huacai Garment Factory are really good at talking. Every time they send a new style, they will talk a lot about how to match it. They are obviously big and strong, but they can talk about these things very well.

Sometimes the people in the purchasing department feel that the sales clerks in their department store can't promote as well as they do. If they are allowed to sell the goods at the counter themselves, they may sell better.

However, we have to admit that the styles of Huacai Garment Factory are really good every time.

The two woolen coats, one long and one short, are very neatly cut, but there are some small details, such as the cuffs of the coats are embroidered with dark patterns with the same color silk thread, which makes the clothes look more upscale.

The fabric of this coat is good and the workmanship is fine, so it is naturally not cheap.

However, this period around the Chinese New Year is also the time when people are most willing to spend money on clothes. Such a high-end woolen coat, whether it is a blind date or visiting relatives and friends, will definitely be impressive when worn out. It goes without saying that it will definitely sell very well.

The people in the purchasing department immediately became more enthusiastic: "Brother, why don't you send us another batch of goods tomorrow? It's almost New Year's Day, and I guess this amount of goods is definitely not enough to sell."

Originally, they thought that there were still goods from the Capital Fifth Garment Factory, which should be enough, but in the end, the goods brought by the Capital Fifth Garment Factory were all crap.

The people from the Huacai Garment Factory also laughed, neither agreeing nor refusing.

After the people left, the person in the purchasing department sighed: "It's slippery."

He picked up the clothes from the Huacai Garment Factory and looked at them again, and then picked up the clothes from the Capital Fifth Garment Factory and looked at them, looking here and there, and the more he looked, the more strange it seemed.

Then, a light bulb went off in his head, and he slapped his thigh, and suddenly realized: "The Capital Fifth Garment Factory copied two clothes into one, right?!"

"No, the people in the Capital Fifth Garment Factory are all confused. Even if they copied it wrong, they made such a weird-shaped piece of clothing. Don't they think there is a problem?!" They

can't even copy it correctly, it's really hopeless!

The price of this tweed fabric is not low, and the Fifth Garment Factory seems to have a lot of production this time. This matter may be troublesome!

That evening, in the small meeting room of the Capital Fifth Garment Factory.

It was still the same group of people, but this time, there were no longer weird-shaped clothes on the meeting table, but two beautiful tweed coats, one long and one short.

After a suffocating silence like death, Gao Yong, who was sitting at the head, suddenly grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it to the ground: "Damn it, we were fooled by that bitch Shen Moer!"

The cup broke into pieces and the tea spilled all over the floor.