This was a condition that no one would refuse, but Lin Qingping proposed that she should get 50% of the profits.
This is not a problem for the factory manager. She is responsible for the design and also attracts orders, so 50% is not too much.
The garment factory has been settled, and the next step is to head straight to the provincial capital to meet Xiang Hongying at Meisheng Department Store.
They still couldn't buy seat tickets, and had to stand or sit on the floor all the way to the provincial capital. But this time they didn't carry large bags of clothes or a lot of cash, so although they were tired, they felt free psychologically.
When they arrived at the provincial capital, it was still morning. They had a simple breakfast, tidied their clothes, and went to Meisheng at a leisurely pace, feeling refreshed.
After stepping into the door of Meisheng and explaining the purpose of the visit, someone personally took me to the manager's office. Xiao Hongying, who got the news, came down directly to greet me.
Gu Youlian thought about how just last month, they were looked down upon as peasants when they came here. She couldn't help but lower her head, tears welling up in her eyes.
The conversation with Xiang Hongying went very smoothly.
Xiang Hongying had been looking forward to Lin Qingping very much. This time, she placed a large order for winter styles with Lin Qingping directly. The total number of items was 2,000, including about 1,000 styles that had already been on the market and 1,000 new styles. She didn't even look at the samples of the new styles.
Xiang Hongying also made a request to Lin Qingping, "Comrade Qingping, I am taking a big risk with such a large order. I have a condition: you cannot supply goods to other shopping malls. I must be the exclusive one."
Lin Qingping thought about it and felt very embarrassed.
Xiang Hongying thought about it for a while, "Then at least you have to promise me that you can't supply it to others in our province. If other shopping malls want the goods, they have to buy from me."
In fact, this is equivalent to the later regional general agent model.
Lin Qingping still admires Xiang Hongying's business acumen. No wonder she can be a manager. She can come up with such an advanced model in an instant. It's amazing.
"Okay!" Lin Qingping agreed readily.
There were problems with the order of 2,000 pieces when Xiang Hongying mentioned signing a formal contract. At that time, there was no precedent for individuals and companies signing contracts, at least in their place.
Lin Qingping had expected this and said with a smile, "I'm really happy to have reached a cooperation agreement with Manager Xiang today. It's settled then. Manager Xiang, can you please choose a day that's convenient for us? Our factory director will come over to sign the contract then."
"Factory Director? You... have a factory?" Manager Xiang has actually always been curious about this question.
"Yes, how about the day after tomorrow?" Lin Qingping said.
"Of course." Xiang Hongying said nothing else. An order of 2,000 pieces was not like the small order of one or two hundred pieces before. She could afford any promise. She also wanted to see the strength behind Lin Qingping.
Therefore, Lin Qingping did not go back for the time being. The first thing he did after leaving Meisheng was to go to the post office and call the director of the garment factory to explain the situation to him.
Originally, Lin Qingping had to spend some time to persuade Director Hu, but unexpectedly, the other party agreed immediately and took the train tonight to come to the provincial capital.
Lin Qingping then took Gu Youlian and Du Gen to live in the provincial capital.
The hotel where I stayed.
It was Gu Youlian’s first time staying in a hotel. She felt it was extremely interesting and kept touching and looking everywhere. But when the novelty wore off, she became more frustrated.
She sighed to her husband Du Gen in the room, "Genzi, you see, we have been with my brother and sister-in-law for just over a month, and we have seen the world that we have never seen in several lifetimes. We took the train to the provincial capital, ate in big restaurants, and stayed in hotels. I am afraid that we will not have the opportunity to see the world like this again in the future..."
"Why not?" Dugan didn't understand.
"Look, my sister-in-law has found Director Hu to cooperate with us. There are so many workers in the factory, why do they still need us to make clothes?" Gu Youlian was worried.
"Have you forgotten? Didn't your sister-in-law ask us if we were willing to work with her? How could she not need us anymore?" Dugan pointed at her.
"This is of no use at all!" Gu Youlian sighed.
"Why can't you use it?" Lin Qingping's voice came from the door.
"Bottle...bottle..." Gu Youlian was caught red-handed and felt a little embarrassed.
Lin Qingping didn't bother with her and just asked Dugen, "Dugen, tell me, what else can you do?"
Dugan was eager to try, "Please don't laugh at me if I'm wrong. I'm a country bumpkin with little knowledge."
"Go ahead!" Lin Qingping encouraged him.
"What I'm thinking is, you said we want to grow bigger and bigger, so I originally wanted to develop in the neighboring city. People in the neighboring city also specially take a bus to buy our clothes! But Manager Xiang won't let us sell, so we can still go to the neighboring province! There are so many provinces in the country, our clothes can be sold all over the country!" Du Gen has a natural peddler's mentality, his ancestors were peddlers who walked the streets and sold goods everywhere, this is something engraved in his genes.
"We don't need to make clothes anymore! We only sell clothes!" Dugan became more and more confident as he spoke, this was his specialty!
Gu Youlian also perked up and looked at Lin Qingping, "Pingzi, is he right?"
Lin Qingping nodded, "It's about the same, the idea is right, but we need to think about how to sell it."
"Of course! We will all listen to you then!" Dugan was very happy to receive the affirmation.
"Let's go! Let's go eat first." Lin Qingping was very excited.
Gu Youlian had been thinking about this question for a long time. Where would she eat in this hotel? Did the hotel provide meals? She saw Pingzi pay for two rooms for one yuan a night!
How much food can you buy with one dollar!
"Does the meal at the hotel cost money?" Gu Youlian asked worriedly.
Lin Qingping smiled and said, "We won't eat at the hotel today. Let's go eat something fresh."
Lin Qingping led them to a Western restaurant.
She had eaten steak here in her previous life. She had to say, although she also ran a restaurant business, the steaks in this western restaurant were really good. She often exchanged cooking skills with the boss.
However, the restaurant owner is still the boss's father. The boss she knew was still a young man! Maybe he was still in his rebellious period...
According to her memories from her previous life, she came to the location of the steak house.
As a century-old store, it does not have any stylish decoration at the moment and its facade is very simple.
When I walked in, the boss had a friendly face and he turned out to be the young man’s father!
Gu Youlian sat down, looked around, and didn't know how to order.
"What...what are these foods?" She was even more nervous than the last time she asked her manager for a treat, and whispered to Dugan.
Dugan whispered to her to comfort her, "Don't worry, just follow the bottle."
Then he said to Lin Qingping openly, "Pingzi, you order it. We don't understand."
Lin Qingping took charge and ordered three steaks, a salad, a roast pigeon, and three desserts.
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