"So when do you plan to go back?" Li Jingyue asked. When Lu Yan next to him heard this question, his face remained expressionless, but his ears were perked up.
An An and Xu Chengcheng looked at each other and pondered, "A few days later, after the store here opens, I plan to go back."
"That time is a bit tight."
"Yes! So I was thinking, this store should open as soon as possible! I can also put my mind at ease when I leave!"
"I will speed up here, and you don't have to go to the store these few days, just go out and have fun with Chengcheng."
An An thought about it, and that made sense. Even though they had been here for several days, except for the first night when she and Lu Yan went to the beach for a stroll, they had been busy the rest of the time.
The shop was almost done, and the remaining work was handed over to Aunt Li. An An and the others left immediately. When they returned to Li's house, the carpenter delivered a batch of goods.
They were clothes hangers, two types, the ones that hang up and the ones that stand on the ground. An An counted them and found that there were quite a few. After the sales department used a batch, they could keep a batch for their own shop. It was estimated that it would be just enough and not much more.
An An did not go out in the afternoon. She stayed in the room by herself and drew a lot of simple clothing styles. In fact, she did not dare to draw the ones that were too advanced. After all, it would be difficult for everyone to accept them.
So her drawings came from the styles of clothes she wore in the past few days, but she made slight changes on the original basis.
On the third day, the shop was basically staffed. Li Jingyue also got a few second-hand sewing machines and set them up in the back room of the shop. At the same time, the old tailor was waiting in the shop as a master.
In addition, five young sisters-in-law were found. The back room of the shop was not big. It was originally a temporary resting place for people, but it was turned into a temporary small factory by An An and his friends.
The old tailor had been making clothes for his whole life, so An An was not too worried. On the contrary, four of the five sisters-in-law were driven out by the clothing factory. They were temporarily out of work and their children at home had just been weaned.
There was only one young widow. Everyone called her Widow Xiao. After her husband had an accident a few years ago, she never remarried and raised two children by making matchboxes at home. Occasionally, she would receive some needlework that neighbors were unwilling to do, and they would give Widow Xiao some help within their ability.
When An An stood in front of the five people, everyone was obviously a little surprised. They didn't expect An An to be the boss. An An's purpose was very simple, "You all introduce yourselves." Before coming, she naturally looked at the information of these people clearly.
Let them introduce themselves, but just want to see their eloquence, and then be a temporary team leader.
Three of the sisters-in-law were a little shy and subconsciously took a step back, giving the opportunity to Xiao the widow and Zhang Fenhong, who used to be a team leader in the clothing factory. An An's expression did not change, as if she did not see them step back. She said lightly, "Who of you two will go first?"
Zhang Fenhong said, "My name is Zhang Fenhong. I worked in the clothing factory for six years. Later, I was kicked out of the clothing factory because of giving birth. I have been working all these years. Stay at home to take care of the children."
Compared with Zhang Fenhong's experience of working in a garment factory, Widow Xiao's experience is obviously inferior. "I am good at sewing, but I haven't worked for more than ten years, let alone a textile factory." This is Widow Xiao's disadvantage. Since her husband left, she has been staying at home to take care of the children, and only occasionally takes on some odd jobs to barely make a living.
An An nodded, and the other three beside him also finished their introductions in a low voice. However, in just over ten minutes, An An had a basic idea of the people in front of him. "I called you here to do something specific. I believe you all know it. Let me tell you the next task. After cutting out the pattern of the ready-made clothes, you will be responsible for making the same clothes according to the pattern of the ready-made clothes. Your salary will be based on the number of clothes each person makes per day." The more you do, the more you get paid. Similarly, the less you do, the less you get paid at the end of the month. "When
An An said this, the sisters-in-law looked at each other. Except for Widow Xiao, all of them had worked in garment factories. They were paid in garment factories, but in reality they didn't do much work, but they could get all the money without losing a penny. This was very different from what An An said, "the more you work, the more you get."
Even Li Jingyue, who was standing next to him, was a little shocked after hearing this. It was obvious that he had a hard time digesting An An's new salary plan. However, after thinking about it carefully, he found that this plan was better than the one in the clothing factory. In the clothing factory, everyone got the same salary. When working, you rely on me, I rely on you, and basically you can be lazy if you can. You will never take the initiative to do anything. But An An's method of getting paid according to how much you work is obviously equivalent to dropping a bunch of money in front of these people. If they want to make money, they should work hard to make clothes.
The four sisters-in-law who had worked in the clothing factory found it difficult to accept this plan. They were used to eating from the same pot, and suddenly they had to accept this kind of plan.
On the contrary, after Xiao Gu Fu figured out the problem, her eyes became brighter and brighter. This is actually the same as when she made matchboxes at home. If you work overtime and make more, you will get more money, and if you make less, you will get less money.
She suppressed her excitement and asked, "How about this piece of clothing?"
"Summer clothes, one dime." It's not that An An is mean and gives a low price, but summer clothes are lighter and easier to make. If you are a skilled worker with quick hands and good at sewing machines, it is not a problem to make seven or eight pieces a day, or even more than ten pieces.
With this calculation, their monthly salary is actually not small!
If they are quick and skilled, they can even get higher wages than those in the clothing factory.
The sisters-in-law were thinking about the meaning of An An's words carefully. When they figured it out, their eyes became brighter and brighter. They stopped making excuses and were eager to try.
An An guessed what everyone was thinking. She said slowly, "I'll give you half a day to think about it. If you can't accept this method, leave early! If you can accept it, you can make clothes with Zhang Tailor in the afternoon."
After that, An An went out, leaving the rest of the time for the sisters-in-law to think about it.
After leaving the house, Li Jingyue looked at An An in surprise, "What do you think is in your little head? How can you have so many ideas?"
An An laughed, "This is just a way to mobilize their enthusiasm. If it were you, uncle, you would definitely be able to think of it." This is the truth. This logic is not difficult. Factories in later generations basically pay according to this piecework. The more you work, the more you get. Compared with the big pot meal, this is actually more fair.
In the afternoon, the latest batch of fabrics arrived. As for the five sisters-in-law, they finally decided to stay and work for a while to see the situation. An An was not surprised. The price she gave was considered high.
Now that all the things are ready, the small workshop in the back has officially started with the tailor leading the way, while An An and the others are at the front, hanging up the batch of hangers that were ordered earlier.
The shop had taken shape, and An An breathed a sigh of relief. She was not in a hurry to open the business. Instead, she let the tailors and the sisters-in-law test the waters for the first three days. At the beginning, everyone was a little unfamiliar with it, so they were a little slow in making clothes.
Basically, they got the hang of it by the second day, from three or four pieces of clothes a day to six or seven pieces. On the third day, the widow Xiao was the fastest. Except for eating and sleeping time, she spent the rest of her time running in the small workshop at the back. On the third day, she made thirteen pieces of clothes by herself, and the others made about ten pieces.
An An was very satisfied when she saw this. After all, she was an experienced hand. After one or two days of getting familiar with the environment, she got the hang of it right away. What surprised her the most was Widow Xiao. She didn't expect her hand speed to be so fast. This was only the first three days. If they were allowed to get thoroughly familiar with it, twenty pieces a day would not be a problem.
With Widow Xiao leading the way, the sisters-in-law behind were not willing to lag behind, and they were all chasing each other.
But in just a few days, they had accumulated more than a hundred pieces of clothes. An An directly hung these clothes on hangers in the shop. Compared with the previous pile of clothes, these hung clothes were obviously much brighter, and you could tell at a glance what the style was like and whether it looked good!
On the opening day, An An, who had been expressionless and stern, relaxed a little and smiled. Lu Yan breathed a sigh of relief. He had been following An An these days, watching her perfect the systems bit by bit, drawing out clothing styles one after another, and trying out the positions of every piece of clothing and every hanger in the shop countless times before finally settling on them.
This is how the shop in front of him came into being.
Lu Yan felt so distressed, but seeing that although An An looked tired, her eyes were surprisingly bright, he couldn't bear to disturb her and could only help silently.
Lu Yan was so proud at the end. This was his An An!
Li Jingyue, who had worked in the clothing factory for many years, was also amazed when he saw the large and small racks in the shop. If the clothes in the sales department were piled up randomly,
the clothes in the new shop were neatly hung on the racks, especially the clothes at the front door, which were ironed neatly without even a wrinkle. When the door of the shop was opened, basically every piece was like a sign, so that passers-by could see it clearly.
The styles of their clothes were newer than those in the sales department, and the prices were much more affordable. The reason why An An chose the intersection of the old street for the shop was because he valued the prosperity of this place, and the flow of people in the old street was twice or even more than that of the prosperous Nanjing Road.
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