Chen Jixing was a little embarrassed and whispered, "Your fourth sister-in-law wants you to partner with us."
"Are you sure you want to make embroidery and sell it abroad?" Chen Xingling asked, "Are you sure you want to do this business?"
Before, Fourth Brother and Sister-in-law had come up with two or three ideas, which they changed again and again, but were eventually overturned one by one by themselves.
This idea was proposed by her, but she herself was not 100% sure and did not dare to make a final decision with them.
Chen Jixing nodded: "I can't think of anything else... I can only listen to you."
Zhu Siya started to laugh and explained, "I think Lingling you have a good business sense, and your suggestion must be right. Yesterday, your fourth brother went to the next village and brought me some traditional embroidery - I think it's very beautiful! There is machine embroidery abroad, but it's not as beautiful as the handmade embroidery here. There are hollow embroidery, and some raised embroidery - these are things that machine embroidery can't do."
Chen Xingling raised his eyebrows in surprise and said with a smile: "It seems that you are finally serious."
"That's right!" Chen Jixing explained: "Before, I didn't know what to do at all, so I couldn't think about it seriously. Now that I'm sure, I have to study it carefully."
Zhu Siya was still focused on the topic of this trip and asked, "Lingling, do you want to join us?"
Chen Xingling's eyes moved slightly and he shook his head gently.
"I'm very interested, but I don't have much time. First, I have to go to school, and second, I occasionally receive some small construction projects and I have to help out."
Chen Jixing frowned and said, "It's really not suitable for you to do those heavy jobs! You are a college student, so you should do something related to study."
"Haha!" Chen Xingling shook his head. "There is no distinction between high and low jobs. There are top talents in every profession. Dali and I are just getting started in the construction field. In the past six months, I have worked on three projects before I finally figured out the entire industrial chain. As for the workers, we also have a relatively proper team. Although I am a girl and not very strong, I am mainly responsible for purchasing and financial accounting, which is consistent with my major, so I can be said to be applying what I have learned."
Chen Jixing couldn't help but ask: "Is this business really that good? Where can we get so many houses to build for you?"
"There will always be some." Chen Xingling replied with a smile: "Don't we have two small projects on hand? Your housing and factory buildings, and Director Guo's new house - they are all small projects for this spring."
Chen Jixing asked again: "How much can you earn from a small brick house like this? You have to think long-term and not just focus on making small amounts of money."
"There is still money to be made." Chen Xingling explained: "We rely on a large number of workers, a full range of work types, and one-stop service, which is fast and guarantees quality. Master Mo is responsible for designing and arranging the work, Master Zhang is responsible for leading the workers, Ma Dali is responsible for management and carpentry, and I am responsible for purchasing and accounting. Everyone has a clear division of labor and is very enthusiastic about the work. Yes, we are now taking on some small projects and we don't make much money. For example, we didn't make a penny from the new house of Ma Dali's family. The treatment of the workers is about the same, and we have to ensure that they can earn money for their work."
"How much can you earn?" Chen Jixing lowered his voice: "Only intermittently... The income is not stable."
Chen Xingling chuckled, "Small projects will earn less, but we have to persevere. Only by completing small projects one by one can we have the opportunity to do big projects in the future. Big projects can really make money, such as the big garden in the east of the city. After the final payment is settled, we can settle the account and still earn some living expenses."
Chen Jixing couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when he heard her say that.
"Your fourth sister-in-law and I hope you can come and help us. It's more than just a partnership. I haven't been home for many years. I went to sea when I was a teenager. More than ten years have passed in a flash. I left the familiar deck where I have stood for more than ten years. I really don't know what to do for a while."
Having said this, he looked at his lovely wife standing beside him.
"Your fourth sister-in-law has just arrived in China. Everything is strange and new to her. She used to run a tavern business, and suddenly she was asked to do foreign trade. She has no idea what to do."
Zhu Siya smiled bitterly: "Yes! I was suddenly asked to engage in a completely unfamiliar job - the surrounding environment is also unfamiliar, I really have no confidence at all."
Chen Xingling encouraged: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, so take it step by step."
Zhu Siya held her forehead with her hand: "The key is that we don't even know how to start!"
Chen Jixing lowered his eyes and whispered, "I have talked to my eldest brother and the others these past two nights. They all said they don't understand these things and can't help us. I also asked them if they wanted to be partners, but they all said no. My eldest brother said that they only know how to fish and do some craftsmanship, and they don't know anything else. They can help us prepare the factory site and build the house for us, but they can't do anything else."
"Little sister..." Zhu Siya looked at Chen Xingling pleadingly and asked, "Can you reconsider it?"
Chen Jixing was reluctant to force his sister, so he whispered, "If Lingling had time, she would have agreed a long time ago. She just doesn't have time, and it's hard for her to give up her career that she has just started."
After hearing what her husband said, Zhu Siya felt embarrassed to say anything, but she still looked at Chen Xingling somewhat unwillingly.
Chen Xingling secretly couldn't bear it. After all, they were his closest flesh and blood. They needed him so much, so he had to try his best to help them.
"How about this. Actually, the suggestion I gave you may not be feasible. Why don't we give it a try while we have time? If it sells well, we will recruit a large number of employees to do the work. If it doesn't sell well, you can consider other businesses."
Chen Jixing and Zhu Siya looked at each other, somewhat unable to react.
"What do you mean? Give it a try?"
"Yes." Chen Xingling explained: "It's to try out the business in advance to see if it can be done. If it sells well, we will choose to engage in this industry. If not, we won't invest too much capital and stop the loss in time."
In fact, she encouraged her fourth brother and his wife to work in this industry just because she thought it was a good idea on a whim and she was not completely sure.
She had no experience in this area, and her fourth brother and sister-in-law obviously had even less experience, and they didn't even have any idea at all.
"It's normal to feel unsure when you rashly engage in a completely unfamiliar industry and invest so much at once. So, we can try the business first to see if it can succeed. If it does, we can then invest and produce on a large scale."
Chen Jixing and Zhu Siya finally understood what was said and smiled one after another.
"How to try? What to do?"
Chen Xingling thought about it carefully and answered, "In fact, the embroidery skills in Yucheng have a long history, and the origins can be traced back to more than a thousand years ago. The embroidery methods here are very unique. For example, the hollowing and padding embroidery methods that Fourth Sister-in-law mentioned just now are all unique embroidery methods here. The patterns are beautiful and colorful. They not only have practical value, but also artistic value. At present, the embroidery products here are purchased by foreign merchants and then sold to other parts of the country."
Zhu Siya said quickly: "We asked around, and found that many local girls can do it, but they don't make much money, so they just embroider some for themselves in their spare time, such as pillowcases, quilt covers, and some tablecloths."
"Some people make a living by purchasing." Chen Xingling is a girl born in Chongqing, so she knows more: "Generally, it is a small workshop model. They print the patterns themselves, and then hire girls and women to embroider them for a certain amount of money. They all take the embroidery home, and pay the money after the embroidery is completed. The purchasing merchants directly find small workshops to purchase, and then transport them to other places to sell, so as to make a profit."
"Oh." Zhu Siya nodded.
Chen Xingling thought about it and suggested: "Why don't we learn from the buyers first, go to the small workshops one by one, buy a thousand pieces first, and then ship them out through a shipping company. If the sales are good, we will set up an embroidery factory, hire some girls or women with good craftsmanship, give them a certain minimum wage, and work fixed hours, and try to make it a factory model."
"Great!" Chen Jixing was very excited after hearing this: "This plan is great! It can ensure that everything is foolproof, so that we don't waste time and energy and lose money if something goes wrong in the middle!"
"Yeah." Zhu Siya also quickly nodded in agreement.
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