Chapter 132
Compared to other manufacturers, their display cases are simply too small: just a one-and-a-half-meter-long table with an aisle next to it.
Zhou Jiani took a look and found that it was not easy to pull the rope from above, unless the adjacent counters on both sides pulled it together.
To their left was the Linshi Weaving Craft Factory, the very manufacturer that had filled the gap in wicker exports last year; to their right were wooden carvings. Continuing to the right, she saw Meng Yan over there. The silk factory's display case was not far from them.
The Linshi Weaving Craft Factory and the Woodcarving Counter are larger than theirs, and have more space. They have ready-made goods and are already shipping them in. Behind the booth are many ready-made woven products, categorized into different categories.
Zhou Jiani discovered that the wicker weaving style in Linshi has formed its own style, especially the color decoration of some products, which has a very strong visual impact.
There are also wastepaper baskets, flower baskets, and soap boxes in original colors, which are somewhat different from the designs she came up with. The ones they make are also very beautiful, otherwise they would not have won the first order for wicker exports.
The other baskets were not as delicate as Zhou Jiani had imagined. They had bold and open designs that were both practical and beautiful.
Zhou Jiani was also jealous. After the Canton Fair was over, if she could get an order from them, she would definitely order a batch in the name of the village supply and marketing cooperative and sell it in the group. She was so greedy.
But everyone is busy now. They have to display the goods, count and check them. They are much busier than them and don’t have time to greet each other.
Bai Haoyang saw Zhou Jiani sighing heavily as she stared at the stall next to her. Then, looking at the shabby conditions at his own place, an idea came to his mind. He went over and whispered, "Sooner or later, our factory will have to go through diversion, right?"
After spending these days in the factory, he could see something was wrong. The output seemed to have reached a bottleneck. Even if the factory was expanded and more workers were recruited, the output would be difficult to meet the requirements. It would be better to develop multiple locations and produce on a large scale to bring the entire commune up.
Nowadays, I dare not take orders at all.
Zhou Jiani coveted other people's things, but when she heard Bai Haoyang's question, she was stunned for a moment and nodded in agreement, "It's an inevitable trend."
Bai Haoyang also expressed his understanding, otherwise production capacity will always be a major flaw.
Before Zhou Jiani came, she had Zhang Baosheng look over the first draft of the diversion plan and then submitted it to the commune. She didn't know what the leaders thought of the plan.
She went back to check her own display case. She wondered if the ropes would hold it up properly. Zhou Jiani discussed this with Li Jingdang, gesturing on the table. "Can we find a platform this wide and put it on it like a staircase? We could put one row of items on the top and one row on the bottom... That way, we could put the big stuff in the front and the smaller items on the top, so we could see everything clearly."
Li Jingdang said, "I'll go ask." He saw that the weaving factory next door had already put their goods on display and muttered, "Why are they setting up their goods so early? Let me wait for notification."
Zhou Jiani smiled, "I see everyone in the showroom has started displaying their goods, so they probably haven't paid any attention to us yet." She added, "Once we've finished setting up the counter, we'll go back and get some samples. If we can't find anything suitable to use as a stand, we can bring two of our suitcases, stand them up on top, and then cover them with some cloth or something else to display our small exhibits."
Li Jingdang went to ask someone.
Meng Yan ran over and said, "Aren't you going to display your goods today?"
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "Put it there. I'll go back and get it later."
Meng Yan pulled her: "Come and take a look at our side."
Zhou Jiani walked over and looked at the beautiful silk fabrics spread out on the display cabinets, her eyes brimming with envy and her heart aching.
“It’s so beautiful!”
Meng Yan's other colleagues were busy arranging the goods, sorting them into different categories and placing them one on top of the other on the counter. A net was also pulled up behind the counter, with some other styles and patterns clipped on and hung up one by one with clips.
There are various types of square and long scarves, silk shawls, silk pillowcases, silk satin, etc., and none of them look bad.
Zhou Jiani whispered to Meng Yan, "Can I buy it privately?"
Meng Yan whispered back, "We'll have to wait until the exhibition starts to see if the leadership will approve it. A lot of people have already asked. How many do you want? Once the leadership agrees, I'll reserve some for you."
Of course, they wanted as many as they could get, but Zhou Jiani knew that was impossible. She didn't know how many people were eyeing them, and they wouldn't have to worry about selling them. She could only say, "Keep as many as you can. If you need tickets, please help me save some too!"
Pointing to the small square handkerchief on the counter, he said, "Do you have any silk scarves like this one that have a low silk content, are inexpensive, and look good? I think our women's backpacks would look really nice with a small silk handkerchief."
Meng Yan couldn't follow Zhou Jiani's ideas and couldn't imagine how to combine a scarf and a backpack?
Zhou Jiani suggested tying a bow on one side of the bag, or sewing it on the left or right side of the front. If she could get the goods and decide to release this model, she would specialize in export.
The grade is immediately improved, and the price can be raised to the highest possible level within the permitted range.
This is a public-to-public cooperation, but their team leader is not here, so Meng Yan cannot make the decision, but she agreed to help ask.
Li Jingdang returned empty-handed. Since there were no shelves that met their requirements, he said, "Xiaobai and I will bring our suitcases over to serve as temporary shelves."
There was no need to rush. The four of them walked around for a long time. Zhou Jiani wanted to buy everything she saw, but nothing was available.
After a walk around, I found a photographer at the door and took a few photos. There was no need to mail them, as his studio was not far from here. I could just get the order and pick up the photos in a few days.
After taking the photos, Li Jingdang said, "If you want to buy something, go out and buy it. Xiaobai and I will bring back the samples to set up the booth. We won't wait for any further notice from there."
Zhou Jiani: "Once the place is decorated, someone will have to stay to watch it. There is no need to rush. We can just put out the samples quickly. It will be done in a short time. Wait for my aunt and I to come back after shopping and then we can decorate it together."
Li Jingdang thought the same and said, "Then let's go shopping together."
Zhou Jiani: "We also have to consider the size of the two suitcases and tear off a piece of cloth to cover them, otherwise it would be inconspicuous to pile knitted items on top of knitted items."
Li Jingdang knew that Zhou Jiani had good vision and good ideas, so he said, "Go ahead and talk nonsense. The factory will reimburse you later."
Going shopping also fulfilled Bai Haoyang's wish.
There are also people buying clothes at the Canton Fair, but there is no place to buy anything today. Zhou Jiani needs to buy some summer clothes, so she goes to the department store first.
I made an agreement with Li Jingdang and Bai Haoyang that if we got separated while strolling around, we should not go back to the guesthouse by ourselves, but wait at the door and leave together after the four of us gathered.
Zhou Jiani first dragged Aunt Cuiyun to the clothing counter.
The convening of the Canton Fair did not affect the customer flow of the department store at all. The counters were full of people, making it impossible to carefully choose. If you liked something, you had to pay and hand in the ticket immediately. It was like a war as I grabbed six skirts, three short-sleeved tops, and two pairs of thin pants.
In addition to the ones Yu Wanxia and Sun Ping wanted, she planned to buy one for her mother, Aunt Su and her aunt as well.
I bought a light grey shirt with blue floral patterns for my grandma.
Aunt Cuiyun exclaimed, "Oh, these clothes are much prettier than the ones sold at the supply and marketing cooperative in our town. I used to just make them for the children, but since I'm coming south, I'll buy them both a set."
The key is that I can't help it. The boys' clothes are okay, but the girls' clothes, especially the skirts, are all beautiful.
Seeing that Zhou Jiani bought several pairs of women's plastic sandals and two pairs of boys' sandals, she gritted her teeth several times but still couldn't bear to do so. She thought about buying a pair of Liberation shoes for the two children from the town supply and marketing cooperative when she returned. Those shoes can be worn in spring and autumn, unlike sandals which can only be worn in summer.
In front of Aunt Cuiyun, Zhou Jiani hesitated again and again, and finally said, "I'll buy a few small handkerchiefs to give as gifts. I think the patterns are different from the style we have over there."
She also saw a small silk handkerchief, which definitely couldn't be used directly on the bag because it was too small. If Meng Yan could negotiate it, the size would definitely have to be changed.
Facing Aunt Cuiyun's distressed look, they each bought more than a dozen.
Never mind. The enamel products and hand-woven products nearby cannot be purchased in large quantities. If she doesn't buy this handkerchief, she won't be able to sleep tonight. Anyway, no matter how suspicious Aunt Cuiyun is, she will never think of her bizarre experience.
Aunt Cuiyun bought two small cotton handkerchiefs, just as Jiani said, with different patterns and colors from the ones over there, to give as small gifts when she got home.
I bought a plastic hairpin for each of my nieces from my mother's side and my husband's side, and a glass ball with flower petals inside for my nephews on both sides, and then decided not to buy anything else.
But when she saw Zhou Jiani buying shirts for her boyfriend and her father, she couldn't help but buy her husband a vest and said, "It looks similar to ours, but it's this cheap."
Looking at the huge department store and not being able to shop happily was a torture for Zhou Jiani. She resisted the temptation of the goods displayed behind the shelves, went to the door to meet Li Jingdang and others, and returned to the guesthouse.
After lunch, when we said goodbye in the hall, Zhou Jiani said, "Call us when you go to set up the samples."
Of the roommates, only Sun Feifei and Xu Mingzhu from the porcelain factory had returned. When they saw them come in, they smiled and said, "When I came out to pick up the goods, I saw you taking pictures at the door. I called out, but you didn't hear me."
Then he looked at the things they were carrying and exclaimed, "Ah, are they going to the department store? I've never been able to go there."
Then I will have even less time. The exhibition starts tomorrow. I will be so busy all day that I won’t even want to move a finger. After the exhibition is over, I will have to rush back without stopping.
Zhou Jiani left her skirt for them to see. She took two sets of short-sleeved clothes and rinsed them in water. Then she came back and hung them on the rope next to the window to dry.
When I went to display samples in the afternoon, I saw them putting the suitcases side by side on the table in the next display cabinet, covering them with a piece of blue cloth, and then placing a row of small woven products on top.
He came over to talk to Li Jingdang and said with a smile, "Comrade Li, please leave two suitcases for us when we leave. We can exchange some products. You can choose whatever you want."
But I will definitely not copy it 100%. I will take it back to inspire creative ideas and then make my own changes.
Li Jingdang looked at Zhou Jiani, who smiled and said, "In addition to the exchange items, how about selling us one of each of your baskets and other handicrafts?"
The visitor was amused: "Why don't we just replace them all? What else do we need to buy?"
Linshi Craft Factory has a lot of products, so Zhou Jiani took the opportunity to take advantage of it and said with a smile, "Can you give us a separate batch of goods? It will add some fresh blood to our local supply and marketing cooperative."
The other party took a breath and said, "I'll discuss it with our leader, but we'll have to switch the stock."
Zhou Jiani: "Okay, let's talk about it after the exhibition."
None of the four left. They waited for the venue staff to come over and check that the layout was satisfactory. They also called everyone together for a brief meeting before closing the venue, and then went back together.
The next morning at around 6:30, everyone in the dormitory got up.
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