Because of the bet between Jiang Shiyue, Qiao Zhen and Lao Lin, the garment factory is now divided into two factions.
Jiang Shiyue and Factory Director Chen are members of the reform faction, and are jokingly called the loser faction by the workers.
Qiao Zhen and Lao Lin are conservatives and are called the "guaranteed winners" by the workers.
Of course, there are more people who are on the sidelines, commonly known as fence-sitters. They do not take sides and are happy to watch the show. Anyway, no matter who wins or loses, it will only benefit them.
Because when the clothes are sold, there is money to pay wages, even if it is just a little bit.
The "sure-win" group consists of about 20 to 30 people. They don't need to prepare anything and rely on their own abilities or connections to sell work cloth and clothes.
When they left the factory with their clothes on their backs, Jiang Shiyue and his team of about ten people were holding a seminar at Director Chen's house.
Director Chen led the workers to fade the work clothes overnight. It can be seen that they were very careful. Most of the work clothes faded evenly. Although the color is different from the usual color of real jeans, they already look like old jeans.
Factory Director Chen looked out the window, worried. "They've already gone to sell the work clothes. We still have to wait for the clothes to dry and then make alterations. We only have ten days. Will we have enough time?"
Jiang Shiyue shrugged, "Whether we can make it in time depends on how efficient everyone is at altering the clothes."
"The other clothes are easy to deal with, but what about these ten defective ones?"
Jiang Shiyue and Wang Guihua looked at each other and both laughed.
Wang Guihua said, "Don't worry! Comrade Xiao Jiang came up with a solution yesterday. We can keep the tops the same, but we can embroider some patterns on the spots on the pants. Flowers and plants on the women's pants, and bamboo, leaves, clouds, or small animals on the men's pants to cover up the holes. I also went to see some of the older women in our factory who are good at embroidery last night, and they all agreed to help."
Jiang Shiyue smiled.
Can you help me? It only costs 50 cents to embroider a piece of clothing!
After some discussion, everyone agreed that it would take at least five days just to modify these clothes, including the time spent working overtime.
"There's nothing we can do. We are too short-handed." Liu Yuanyuan pouted and sighed.
Lu Cuilan supports Jiang Shiyue in her heart, but she has to stand on the same side with Qiao Zhen on the surface.
Qin Panpan couldn't do such a thing as being in Cao's camp while her heart was with Han, so she chose to remain neutral. Only Liu Yuanyuan followed Jiang Shiyue without any scruples.
Director Chen rubbed his forehead and sighed, "In five days, they sold out all the clothes. No wonder they're called the sure-win group."
"Don't worry, they won't be able to sell all of them." Jiang Shiyue said firmly.
"Sister Yueyue, how do you know?" Liu Yuanyuan asked curiously.
The others nodded and asked.
"How could it be that they can't sell? Twenty or thirty people are selling a thousand sets of clothes, but one person only sells a little over thirty sets."
"And you made a bet that you could sell it at a lower price."
"Exactly. If I ask my friends and family to buy a few sets, and then have their friends and family buy a few more, won't they all be sold out?!"
"That's right! Even if we sell them at cost price, it's easy to sell them on the street! How can we not sell them?"
“…”
Jiang Shiyue waited until everyone finished asking questions before speaking: "Because, I added a sentence to the bet agreement. If both parties sell out on the same day, whoever sells at the higher price wins.
They all know that our work clothes need to be altered before they can be sold. As a designer, Qiao Zhen knows how much time it takes to alter these clothes.
At least they won't reduce the price too much when we're altering clothes these days. Also, if setting up a stall is easier to sell, guess why Director Chen hasn't sold a single set of clothes in the black market for half a month?
Workers: “…”
Director Chen: “…”
However, I still felt humiliated.
**
Although the losers are willing to believe Jiang Shiyue, none of them have as good a psychological quality as Jiang Shiyue.
On the first day of the bet, the people who were sure to win sold a total of 23 sets of clothes.
Those who are bound to lose have reduced three meals a day to two, and would rather eat all their meals in the workshop.
On the second day of the bet, the people who were sure to win sold a total of seventeen sets of clothes.
The losers stayed up all night without saying a word.
On the third day of the bet, the people who were sure to win sold a total of twelve sets of clothes.
Those who were bound to lose were a little impatient and went to the workshop to check the progress of Jiang Shiyue for advice.
"Why are you panicking? They're the ones who should be panicking." Jiang Shiyue asked back, "Haven't you noticed that the sales of clothes they sell every day are decreasing?"
If those who are bound to lose think about it carefully, it is indeed the case.
"Although we're still altering the clothes, they have about thirty people and sold a total of 52 sets of clothes in three days. Based on this standard, if there are two or three days left, they will only sell about a hundred sets of clothes. That's less than a quarter of the 1,000 work clothes. What are you afraid of?"
Everyone thought about it and it seemed to make sense, but they also felt something was wrong.
Only Liu Yuanyuan, the quick-talker, shook her head, "Sister Yueyue is wrong! If they can't sell it, how can we sell it?"
Jiang Shiyue tapped her head lightly, "Then why do you think we altered the clothes? Isn't it because your work clothes are not selling well?
There's a saying that goes, "Sharpening the knife doesn't delay the chopping of wood. Just keep calm and do your work carefully, and leave the selling of clothes to me."
**
The losers have adjusted their mentality, but the winners are no longer calm.
On the fourth day, Wenyingpai only sold eight sets of work clothes.
Liu Yuanyuan quietly reported to Jiang Shiyue, "Sister Yueyue, I saw a circle of blisters on the corner of Mr. Qiao's mouth today."
Jiang Shiyue laughed, "Just work hard, or you'll be the one with blisters on your lips tomorrow."
She was not surprised by this result.
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