Chapter 113
Guan Zhibin didn't dare to ask any more questions, mainly because He Chenghua's temperament was a bit scary. He put Qin Xiang and He Chenghua down, left a message saying we'd talk about it tomorrow, and ran away.
Looking at the man who was sizing up the four-star hotel, Qin Xiang was speechless. "Instructor He."
He Chenghua glanced at her and said, "I'm not your instructor, I'm your benefactor."
Qin Xiang was speechless. "Do you know that saying that will bring me trouble?"
"What trouble?" He Chenghua looked at Qin Xiang as if she were a fool and said sarcastically, "A woman who is powerless and doesn't even know who is attending the banquet has the audacity to follow them. Aren't you afraid that they will spike the wine?"
Qin Xiang was stunned. "No way, Guan Zhibin isn't that kind of person."
"He's not that kind of person. How could he possibly control those big factory managers?" He Chenghua said mercilessly, "Believe it or not, if I hadn't been here today, those two bald guys would have dared to attack directly."
"They dare!" Qin Xiang's nerves tensed up. "If they dare to attack, I dare to hit them with a bottle."
He Chenghua's face was filled with even more sarcasm. "Stupid! You think you can handle multiple men? If it really came to that, you think Guan Zhibin alone could save you? Stupid! You're still skeptical. You think you trust Guan Zhibin, but why didn't he tell you to come to this hotel beforehand? Why didn't he tell you until we were on the way? And aren't you a big boss? How come you can't even afford a hotel? And your big boss's partner was so confident in letting you come to Guangzhou on your own? Stupid."
Hearing him calling him stupid, Qin Xiang's head was about to explode. She wanted to throw these two words back at He Chenghua on the head.
But she forced herself to calm down and realized that what He Chenghua said made sense.
It was already difficult for a beautiful woman to be outside. She had been accompanied by her third brother on her previous visits to Guangzhou, and nothing had happened. This time, she was indeed careless.
Even if Guan Zhibin was a good man and trustworthy, she shouldn't have been so bold as to pay for such a banquet in a place where she was unfamiliar with the place.
Even if the alcohol was not a problem, why did several people take turns persuading her to drink?
The other parties were all directors of garment factories. Could she refuse and offend them?
Qin Xiang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
He Chenghua looked at her pale face and seemed very satisfied with her expression. "So, stupid woman, I helped you again. I said I am your benefactor, right?"
Qin Xiang had to admit that He Chenghua helped her again tonight.
At least the two bald guys knew that she had a partner with a complicated identity, so they didn't dare to have any thoughts about her. Maybe they would have to think twice before collaborating with her in the future.
Just now in the car, He Chenghua was also trying to put on a show in front of Guan Zhibin to confirm this matter.
Qin Xiang pursed her lips and bowed directly, "Mr. He, I apologize for my attitude just now. Thank you for what happened tonight."
"It shouldn't have been so troublesome." He Chenghua said nonchalantly, standing there. "If your rich partner came with you, those two bald guys might even beg you for it."
Qin Xiang was speechless. "Are you talking about the person who sent me here? He's my friend and the landlord of my shop in the provincial capital. I'm just familiar with him. He's not my partner."
Although Meng Huaiqing expressed his feelings to her, Qin Xiang only admired Meng Huaiqing and did not have any feelings between men and women, so the two of them were just friends.
He Chenghua sneered like a spectator watching a show, "You don't have to explain to me, it has nothing to do with me."
He glanced at his watch, standing there with a dignified look, and said, "It's getting late. Since I'm here, can you treat me to a night in a four-star hotel?"
Qin Xiang nodded, "Of course, this is what I should do. I'll treat you to a meal when I have time to express my gratitude."
"Okay, okay." He Chenghua entered the hotel, and Qin Xiang followed.
I used my ID card to book two rooms next to each other.
When He Chenghua entered the room, he fell back and said, "Be more careful."
Qin Xiang nodded gloomily, "Thanks for the reminder."
If it weren't for the fact that he helped her, she would have wanted to take off her shoes and smear them on his face.
She finally understood why Guan Yuping looked constipated and wanted to run away as soon as she mentioned He Chenghua. A man like that was really too much.
He is a good person, but he has a mouth.
Pooh.
He opened the door, went into the house, turned on the light, and locked the room with the chain.
Qin Xiang sighed.
After all, it is a newly built four-star hotel, the decoration is quite good, and everything in the room is clean and tidy.
What’s even more rare is that there is a telephone installed on the bedside table.
Qin Xiang sat down, rubbed her face, took some clean clothes and went to take a shower. She came back, sat on the edge of the bed, picked up the phone and called Qin Yang.
However, when the call came, Qin Xiang quickly hung up. It was already half past nine, and the third brother was probably finishing up in the store at this time.
Qin Xiang waited until ten o'clock and called. After a long time, Qin Yang came to answer the phone.
"Xiangxiang, have you arrived in Guangzhou? Did anything happen?" Qin Yang asked without waiting for Qin Xiang to speak.
Qin Xiang heard the concern from her third brother and smiled, "It's good. I came here by plane. Third brother, you can try it later."
Qin Yang scoffed, "Forget it, that thing looks scary. I never want to ride it in my lifetime. Oh, and Zhao Ping is expected to arrive tomorrow morning at 11:00. Don't act on your own until you see him. You must take him with you wherever you go. He may not know how to do business, but having him with you will reassure your fourth sister and me, understand?"
Qin Xiang nodded hurriedly, "I see. By the way, how is my fourth sister?"
"It's going great." Qin Yang was happy for his two younger sisters when he thought of them. Qin Xiang wasn't the only one who'd been happy. Business had been booming at the two stores in the provincial capital since they opened. While the store on the square had seen a dip since the start of school, the store on the university town side, close to the university, had seen a healthy flow of customers. Qin Xiang's reputation as a top science student still lingered, and many people flocked to her, each choosing a piece of clothing to take home.
"Your fourth sister has Qin Zhen helping her. Qin Mian worked with her for a few days but she felt uncomfortable and was still envious of those college students. So I sent her back. Second Aunt also went to see Teacher Ning and had her take a private exam and enter the first year of high school. Although your fourth sister and Qin Zhen are a bit busy, they can handle it, so you don't have to worry about them."
Qin Xiang nodded, "Did the Cheng Jianjun siblings bother Fourth Sister again?"
"No, I cleaned up the mess and then went to see the brewery manager. He said he would take care of the family, so no one bothered me. But..." Qin Yang said helplessly, "After what happened, no one dares to introduce someone to your sister anymore."
Qin Xiang frowned, "Third brother, don't worry about whether Fourth Sister and I find a partner in the future. Don't you think all men are dogs? They're all the same whether they have one or not?"
After she finished speaking, she realized that something was wrong. Her third brother was also a man. She quickly explained, "Third brother, I'm not talking about you. It's getting late. I'm so tired from the flight. I'm going to sleep first."
As soon as the phone was hung up, Qin Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and then laughed again.
Everything is moving in a good direction, which is great.
After calling her third brother, Qin Xiang originally wanted to call Liu Minjun and the others to discuss the wind direction in Hangzhou, but when she saw that it was already past ten o'clock, she gave up.
Tomorrow is National Day and the weather in the north will gradually get colder, but Guangzhou is in the south and the temperature is still a bit high.
Even so, her next order would be for autumn and winter clothes. Autumn in the north can come very quickly; it might only take a few days for winter to arrive overnight.
Therefore, you can’t have too many autumn clothes, mainly sweaters and pants, and the bulk of the clothes are winter clothes.
Winter clothes are expensive, take up space, and have to be ordered in advance.
So when Zhao Ping comes tomorrow, he will not only come here, but also bring some of the money from the store.
Because she needed to save enough money to buy a shop, she didn't have much money to spare. Finally, it was Hao Jingjing who came up with an idea. Her third brother helped her get a bank loan of 100,000 yuan using her house in the university town to expand her business.
Qin Xiang opened the window, drew the curtains, turned off the lights, and lay down, but couldn't fall asleep.
My mind is still replaying what happened tonight.
I have to say, she really should thank He Chenghua.
It's true that this guy has a bad mouth, but he really helped her.
Qin Xiang sighed, turned over and continued to think, and finally fell asleep.
As a result, she quarreled with He Chenghua in her dream all night. When the sun rose and she woke up according to her biological clock, Qin Xiang's head was buzzing and she felt very uncomfortable.
Looking at the time, it was only around six o'clock. Qin Xiang thought for a while, got up to go to the bathroom, and then went back to bed and fell asleep.
Anyway, I have an appointment with Guan Zhibin to discuss something at noon, so I can pick up Zhao Ping at 11 o'clock and then go there.
Go to sleep.
I was sleeping soundly when I was woken up by a bang on the door.
Qin Xiang went to open the door and was stunned when she saw the person at the door. "Mr. He hasn't left yet?"
He Chenghua's face turned ugly. He looked at her clothes and said sarcastically, "I thought you had an accident, but you're still sleeping."
Qin Xiang said embarrassedly, "I didn't sleep well last night. I'm sorry for worrying you."
Seeing her like this, He Chenghua thought that she might have been frightened by his words last night, so he stopped stabbing her. "I have official business to attend to, so I have to leave first. Be careful and don't go out by yourself if you have nothing to do."
Qin Xiang nodded, "Thank you."
He Chenghua nodded and turned to leave. When he reached the stairwell, he turned back and told her, "Remember to go back and repay me for saving your life."
Qin Xiang waved her hand, "I understand."
After being disturbed by the noise, Qin Xiang lost her sleepiness. She changed her clothes, washed up, and looked at the time. It was only a little after nine o'clock.
After going downstairs and having breakfast, Guan Zhibin also came over. Qin Xiang was surprised, "Isn't your stall busy at this time?"
Guan Zhibin said embarrassedly, "My girlfriend was watching over there, so I came over first."
He rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry about what happened last night."
Qin Xiang shook her head. "That's not your fault. Don't think too much about it."
Guan Zhibin nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll just contact them later. The Huayu Garment Factory will mainly contact Qiao Guoan. Qiao Guoan doesn't have a good relationship with Director Sun, so don't worry about him."
"Thank you for your help."
After they finished talking, they went to the station together to pick up Zhao Ping. However, it was normal for trains to be delayed these days, and the train Zhao Ping was on arrived at the station an hour late.
Guan Zhibin came out and said, "It's just the three of us at noon today, so don't be restrained."
Guan Zhibin was familiar with the area and didn't look for a big restaurant. He just found a tea restaurant that looked quite old and went in to order some food.
While waiting for the food to arrive, Guan Zhibin took out a booklet and handed it to her. "This is the autumn and winter clothing styles from my cousin's factory. This year, there are two main styles of woolen coats, mainly in black and navy blue. There are six styles of sweaters in total, three with lapels and three with round necks. The rest are miscellaneous styles like warm ski jackets. There are relatively few trouser styles. Paired with the several styles from the Huayu Garment Factory, the number is not too small."
He paused, "The autumn and winter styles are not as numerous as the summer styles, but we will still be able to release one or two styles every month, which is enough to last until the Chinese New Year."
The best sales season is before the Lunar New Year. Once the autumn and winter collections are over, the peak season for clothing is over, and it becomes difficult to ship them again. Therefore, large clothing factories will design spring collections before the Lunar New Year. While the spring collections are still on the shelves, it is time to design summer collections.
Qin Xiang studied fashion design and had studied it separately in her previous life, so of course she understood that what Guan Zhibin said was right.
The patterns above were taken by Guan Zhibin as samples at the factory. There were more than twenty of them in total, which was quite a lot.
Qin Xiang thought for a moment and said, "If possible, I'd like to see the real thing."
Guan Zhibin nodded. "I guessed you would come to check out the goods, so I told my cousin yesterday that we can just go there this afternoon."
Knowing that Qin Xiang only had five days of vacation, Guan Zhibin arranged a full schedule for these two days. He would go to check out the goods in the afternoon. If there were no problems, they would sign a contract. Qin Xiang would then advance part of the payment, and after the goods were delivered to the capital, he would remit the remaining payment.
At this time, the food ordered by Guan Zhibin arrived. After breakfast, the three of them went directly to the garment factory where Guan Zhibin's cousin worked.
Qin Xiang had heard of that garment factory before. It was also located in the industrial park where Huayu was located. However, this factory was almost the largest garment factory in Guangzhou, and Qin Xiang didn't take it seriously at the time.
Moreover, this clothing factory did not produce sportswear, so Guan Zhibin recommended Huayu.
The place seemed familiar to me along the way, and I could see a thing or two through the factory's sales office.
Some small factories are on the verge of bankruptcy, with few people at their doors, while some large factories are crowded with self-employed individuals who want to place orders.
Qin Xiang and Zhao Ping followed Guan Zhibin into the garment factory, and then went to the sales department to explain their purpose.
It was obvious that Guan Zhibin was a frequent visitor here. The people in the sales department were very polite to them and took them to the warehouse to see the goods.
Of course, we can’t enter the big warehouse. There is a room outside the warehouse for picking up goods, and some product samples are hung in the room.
Qin Xiang looked at them one by one according to the atlas.
Some clothes look beautiful on paper, but they don’t turn out well when they are actually made.
She attaches great importance to the business of this wholesale city, and there must be no mistakes in any of the styles.
I looked at each style one by one, first looking at the style, then touching the fabric, and writing down notes in a notebook from time to time.
A dark shadow fell over the side, "What are you writing?"
Qin Xiang was startled and turned her head to look. It was Guan Zhibin's cousin, Guan Zhihong, the director of the garment factory, standing next to her and looking at her notebook curiously.
Qin Xiang didn't shy away from showing it to him directly. "Nothing much. I just wrote down which piece of clothing would look better with which pants or top."
Guan Zhihong took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "What a clever idea! This combination has some Hong Kong style."
Qin Xiang said modestly, "Director Guan is too polite."
"I'm not being polite." Guan Zhihong frowned, pointing at the pants underneath the sweater. "These pants don't seem to be our style."
Qin Xiang nodded, "Indeed not."
Guan Zhihong was surprised. "Whose pants are they? They are a nice style."
Qin Xiang said embarrassedly, "This is just a casual drawing. You may not know that I majored in fashion design in college. I just saw that sweater and drew it casually on a whim. It's not mature, so I'm sorry to make you laugh."
After hearing this, Guan Zhihong didn't say anything. He looked at the design draft, pondered for a while, and said, "Would you be willing to sell this design draft to our factory? For your order this time, I can apply for a certain concession on the basis of the original price. What do you think? Of course, if you give this draft to us, you can't give it to other factories."
As soon as these words came out, another idea popped up in Qin Xiang's mind.
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