When she got off work in the evening, Liu Yuanyuan finally understood what Jiang Shiyue was planning.
Jiang Shiyue was holding Yangyang's hand and standing on the road that was the only way to go to the cafeteria or back to the family building. Behind them was a wheelbarrow that she had borrowed from somewhere.
The cart was filled with meat, rice, eggs, noodles, vegetables, etc. sent by the garment factory workers.
There was a wooden sign in front of the car with three big words written on it: Exchange for food coupons.
The workers who had come out of the workshop early had already surrounded Jiang Shiyue and the others. Liu Yuanyuan squeezed into the crowd and saw Jiang Shiyue sitting in front of the unicycle, looking leisurely. Seeing that there were many people, she shouted, "First come, first served."
Liu Yuanyuan pointed at the things on the cart and asked, "What are you doing?"
Jiang Shiyue raised her foot and tapped the wooden sign, "Exchange it for food coupons."
Liu Yuanyuan: “…”
What do you mean by "exchange" or "sell"? You actually sold the gifts everyone gave you?
Jiang Shiyue understood what Liu Yuanyuan meant. In fact, Liu Yuanyuan was just a mouthpiece. The surrounding workers all said the same thing, but they were embarrassed to say anything to Jiang Shiyue because she had just earned some money for them.
Jiang Shiyue bowed to the workers watching, then stood up and spoke, "I'd like to thank all the uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, and younger brothers and sisters in the factory. The gifts you all gave me are kind gestures, and I can't refuse them. However, I'm staying at the factory guesthouse, and I don't have a stove or a pot, so I can't afford to spend all this food. So, I shamelessly exchanged the food you gave me for some meal tickets for the factory cafeteria."
Liu Yuanyuan gave Jiang Shiyue a thumbs-up and asked cooperatively, "How do we exchange it? For example, how many tickets do you want for this piece of meat?"
Jiang Shiyue glanced at Liu Yuanyuan with admiration, thinking she was a teachable child. Then she smiled and said, "Since this is a gift from everyone, I'm embarrassed to put a price on it. Please give whatever you think is best. Any amount is fine!"
Someone among the workers watching the excitement murmured quietly, "Comrade Xiao Jiang is really a good businessman. He said it was a gift for her, and even though there's no price tag, who would give less?"
"Isn't it? The people who delivered the food should at least get something in return at a fair price. Those who didn't deliver the food should do a favor and give more tickets when they see so many people delivering the food."
Jiang Shiyue pretended not to hear.
Liu Yuanyuan rolled her eyes and became the first buyer. "Then I want this piece of meat."
She quickly took out the meal ticket and put it in Yangyang's new pencil case.
Others followed suit.
"I want this rice."
"My child just wants to eat eggs."
“…”
Soon, all the things that Jiang Shiyue pushed in the cart turned into meal tickets in the pencil case.
Jiang Shiyue collected the meal ticket contentedly and pushed Yangyang to the cafeteria in the empty wheelbarrow to get food.
It’s great that I don’t have to worry about food for a short period of time!
**
Qiao Zhen lost the bet with Jiang Shiyue so badly that the garment factory no longer objected to Jiang Shiyue changing to work clothes.
Under the guidance of three designers, we began to revise 20,000 sets of work clothes.
Qiao Zhen said she was sick and refused to participate.
According to Lu Cuilan, Qiao Zhen actually realized she was wrong, but she's too stubborn to admit defeat to Jiang Shiyue. She'll likely retire due to illness.
After Qiao Zhen retired, Lu Cuilan became the chief designer, and communication with Jiang Shiyue became much easier.
Jiang Shiyue basically didn't have to do anything to alter the clothes, her task was to find buyers.
Jiang Shiyue could no longer go to Mr. Qiao Si's house, and she even gave up the idea of asking him to rent a house for her.
She is not narcissistic but not stupid either. Mr. Qiao Si is really interested in her now.
A man's thoughts about a woman.
Besides, the garment factory is a legitimate state-owned factory. We can’t always drag people to the black market. Formal transactions are more sustainable.
After much deliberation, Jiang Shiyue asked Director Chen to convene a meeting with the young backbones of the factory.
The meeting went very smoothly, and everyone expressed their opinions directly and happily.
"Comrade Jiang, we'll do whatever you say!"
Jiang Shiyue: “…”
"In that case, I won't be polite with you all. The production department will be responsible for completing the clothing alterations as quickly as possible, for all four seasons."
The production workshop director nodded immediately, "It's already been arranged. Don't worry, it won't cause any delays."
Jiang Shiyue nodded and turned her gaze to Director Chen, "Director Chen, I wonder if you can have a say with these companies."
She handed the list of companies in her hand to Director Chen, who then handed it to the business manager after reading it.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Some of the people on your list were our former partners. But we no longer have any dealings with them. To be more precise, they've all found new buyers."
The director of the business department also nodded, "Yes, most of these lists you have, our business department has gone through them."
"I'm not asking you to run a sales operation. If you could sell them the workwear, I wouldn't be sitting here anymore. I have some fashion show tickets here. All you need to do is deliver them to these companies and invite the people in charge of ordering the workwear to come."
"That's easy! Leave it to me," the sales director agreed immediately. "But what is this fashion show?"
"You'll know when the time comes." Jiang Shiyue didn't explain much, but took the ticket out of his pocket and placed it on the conference table. "There aren't many tickets left. But factory workers or their families who want to go can just show up with their work badges."
Director Chen understood at a glance why there were not many tickets left. It turned out that all of Jiang Shiyue's tickets were hand-painted.
He looked at Jiang Shiyue in astonishment, "Did you draw all this?"
He had always known that the two and a half designers in the factory would go to Jiang Shiyue's place every night, but he never expected that in addition to designing clothes, they were also responsible for drawing tickets?!
The reason why they are called two and a half designers is that Liu Yuanyuan is studying as an amateur and her level cannot be compared with Qin Panpan and Lu Cuilan.
"We drew some of them." Jiang Shiyue smiled proudly, "but we printed most of them."
Jiang Shiyue originally wanted to print some color tickets, but the factory's printer could only print in black and white.
Qin Panpan said there were no color printing shops nearby, so they had to go a long way. Furthermore, since the quantity they wanted was small, they were afraid they wouldn't be willing to print it.
"Then let's draw them ourselves!" Liu Yuanyuan suggested. "It's pretty simple anyway, and there won't be too many, just a hundred or so."
Jiang Shiyue didn't object, as handmade tickets could better demonstrate sincerity.
However, when you actually start painting, you will find that it is not easy.
The ticket is only 10 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide. It is quite difficult to draw and write on such a large page. I can only draw a few pages in a day.
When Jiang Shiyue was about to give up and go out to find a printing factory, Yangyang gave her an eraser.
She took a closer look and saw that Yangyang had actually made a small stamp with an eraser. The printed pattern was a flower. Jiang Shiyue suddenly had an idea.
Finally, Qin Panpan found an old carpenter, who carved the ticket upside down on the wood. He then poured paint onto different sponges, dipped them in different areas, and printed one ticket at a time.
This increased the speed and we finished selling the 100 tickets quickly.
Director Chen was very touched and took the initiative to lead the work: "What do you need me to do?"
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