Lin Mai hurried all the way to the clothing factory.
The guard uncle beamed when he saw Lin Mai: "Mr. Lin, I saw you on TV last night. You said it so well!"
Lin Mai said a few words of modesty and went to Tao Zhiyun's office.
In an office with three people, Tao Zhiyun was the only one in it.
Lin Mai asked: "Where are Director Ren and Director Hou?"
"Director Ren has gone to explore the market. Director Hou is now in charge of two workshops with more than 100 workers. He has to stay in the workshop to inspect to prevent some workers from making shoddy products."
She picked up a stack of posters and handed them to Lin Mai.
"Yesterday afternoon, I asked you to take a poster, but you were reluctant.
See for yourself how beautiful your posters are!"
Lin Mai took the posters and looked through them one by one.
In the poster, whether she is wearing a ponytail or a braid, she is wearing clothes "designed" by her. The clothes modified by Tao Zhiyun are all youthful, beautiful and cute.
The lily headdress on the head is the finishing touch and is a bonus.
Tao Zhiyun stood behind her and admired the posters with her: "Isn't it beautiful?
The makeup artist who designed your look is really good, and she dressed you up perfectly!"
Lin Maidao: "I said I designed my own image. Do you believe it?"
Tao Zhiyun patted her back: "Why don't you believe this? You have always dressed very tastefully."
Lin Mai smiled and put down the poster: "You and your old... some kind of clothing factory?"
Tao Zhiyun reminded: "Chunlei Garment Factory."
"Yes, yes, have you contacted Chunlei Garment Factory to do the processing for us? Have they agreed?"
Tao Zhiyun nodded: "I went to the factory director last night and told him about this, but he was very happy.
He said that the clothes produced in the factory were sold in state-owned shopping malls, and the sales were very poor.
Clothing has created a backlog, and factories are almost shutting down production.
We asked them to do the processing on our behalf, which was a timely help, otherwise it would be difficult to pay next month's salary.
The factory director arranged for the workers to work overtime last night and delivered a batch of clothing early this morning."
“There’s no problem with the quality.”
Lin Mai was more worried about this.
The quality of clothes in state-owned garment factories is generally not good, and the quality of clothes made in a hurry may be even more difficult to guarantee.
And if her Unico clothing wants to become bigger, it must ensure quality.
Tao Zhiyun nodded and said: "Don't worry about this, I personally checked it and the quality is fine.
The stitching is dense and the buttons are firmly nailed.”
Lin Mai then noticed that her eyes were bloodshot and asked, "Did you not rest at night?"
Tao Zhiyun touched his face: "I got some rest, I just slept a little late.
I had to supervise the work and waited until the workers finished their overtime shift before going home to sleep."
Lin Mai frowned and said: "When you signed the processing contract with Chunlei Garment Factory, didn't you indicate that the product quality is not up to standard and will not be accepted, and you will also have to pay liquidated damages?"
"It has been noted, but our purpose is not to ask them to compensate for liquidated damages, but to ask them to supply us with goods.
So I have to supervise the work and let them complete the task with quality and quantity."
"Then you plan to stay up late every day during this period?"
Tao Zhiyun waved his hand: "That's not necessary. Last night, I controlled the quality very strictly.
During the quality inspection, dozens of pieces of clothing that could barely pass the inspection were deliberately thrown away.
He also said harshly that if such substandard clothes are produced again, I will switch to another garment factory and let them go to the northwest.
From the factory director to the employees, everyone was swayed by me and they didn't dare not work hard."
Lin Mai was relieved.
He asked with some confusion: "How come the clothes produced by Chunlei Garment Factory cannot be sold in state-owned shopping malls?"
Tao Zhiyun said disdainfully: "Do you think it will be easy to sell clothes just by putting them in a shopping mall?
That was before, not now.
Now that we are reforming and opening up, there are so many hawkers setting up stalls selling clothing, and self-employed people opening shops selling clothing.
The styles of clothing they brought back from Guangdong were much more fashionable than those produced by state-owned garment factories.
Many young people no longer go to shopping malls to buy clothes, and prefer to buy clothes at street stalls or clothing stores.
These foreign garments have had a huge impact on local state-owned garments, and the state-owned garments are naturally struggling."
Lin Mai's heart moved after hearing this.
She can also open a Unico clothing chain store to capture young customers who like to buy clothes in clothing stores.
But now is not the time. We will wait until our factory recruits more troops and expands production.
Tao Zhiyun suddenly winked at her mischievously: "I took the opportunity to bargain with the old factory director by giving me the original processing order.
Let him send the security team from the factory to help me drive them out on the day that beast Ma Tao marries his first love!"
Lin Mai gave a thumbs up: "Great job!"
While the two were talking, Ren Baozhu rushed back in a hurry.
As soon as I entered the door, I shouted: "Oh, six shopping malls came in at the same time, I am exhausted!"
After that, I poured myself a glass of boiled water and drank it.
Lin Mai saw this and went to the accounting room.
Tang Shunying was instructed to provide Ren Baozhu and all salesmen with a tea subsidy of three yuan per month starting from this month.
The salesman and Ren Baozhu would often run outside and get thirsty.
Give them a tea subsidy of three yuan, so they don't have to pay for soda or tea out of their own pockets.
Although it is a small amount of money, it can make them feel that the company cares about them.
Tang Shunying asked hesitantly: "Why don't you let them buy water outside and get the receipt for reimbursement?
It’s not like they have to go out every day, and they subsidize three yuan for tea every month... It’s a bit wasteful, and they don’t respond to your slogan of saving~”
Lin Mai said seriously: "Although I have emphasized saving, saving is not stingy.
In a factory, the hardest job is the salesperson.
Without them to open up the market, we would all have to drink from the northwest wind.
They can't work with the weather in mind.
It’s the coldest month of winter and the sweltering heat means you have to run outside, but you still have to run outside, and you have to warm your face against someone’s cold buttocks.
What happened to giving them a three-yuan subsidy for tea?
You let them drink a bottle of soda outside and get a receipt for reimbursement, have you considered whether the soda seller is willing to give them a receipt?"
Tang Shunying then complied.
When Lin Mai passed by the door of the salesman's office, he saw Ren Baozhu arranging tasks quickly.
A salesman said with a gloomy face: "Deputy factory director Ren, you don't have salesmen, so let us take turns to take over the salesmen's work. We have to distribute goods every day, which is very hard."
Ren Baozhu patiently worked for them: "Because it was a temporary decision to open up a new market and it was urgent, there was no time to recruit salespeople.
You can support me for two days, just two days. I will recruit salespersons quickly and replace you then.
I’m really sorry, thank you for all the hard work!”
Lin Mai heard this, walked in, and smiled at Ren Baozhu and others: "I want to make a suggestion."
Ren Baozhu and the salesmen all smiled and said, "Director Lin, please tell me."
"You can directly ask the sales managers of each shopping mall to support a few salesmen, and we will just pay a little money to the shopping mall."
Ren Baozhu hesitated and said: "The salesperson is also a carrot and a trap, how can he support us?"
"Salespersons all work in shifts. If the resting employees are given a few days of rest, we will pay them double wages. Then there will definitely be salespersons who are willing to work."
Ren Baozhu's eyes lit up: "What a great idea!"
Then he said to the salesmen: "You have all heard what Director Lin said.
Follow Director Lin's instructions and solve the salesperson's problems yourself.
In five days at most, I will recruit a good salesperson."
Lin Mai suggested: "After recruiting salespersons, they should undergo simple training before taking up their posts."
Ren Baozhu nodded.
Lin Mai then left and took a look at the kindergarten first. She saw that the signboard was well installed and she was very satisfied.
Then walked to the Lily Headwear Workshop next door.
Before I even got there, I saw Lily Headwear was bustling with customers, with many customers coming in and out.
I couldn't help but feel overjoyed. I didn't appear on TV for nothing yesterday, and the effect was better than spending money on advertising!
She quickened her pace a little excitedly and saw that the store was crowded with customers.
Many of them are small vendors selling goods, but there are also many customers who want to buy one or two flowers for their own wear.
Lily Headwear Store is positioned as a wholesale store and only does wholesale business.
But there were so many people who wanted to buy retail products, and the salesperson didn't know how to deal with them.
Don't sell them, for fear of losing business.
Although the profits from retail sales are far less than those from wholesale sales, mosquito legs are also meat.
Sell them, it's too time-consuming and you won't be able to properly entertain the vendors who sell their goods.
Lin Mai smiled and said to those customers who wanted to buy hair flowers for themselves: "I'm really sorry, we only do wholesale business here, not retail business."
Many customers recognized Lin Mai, and everyone was pleasantly surprised. They all said, "You are Director Lin! We saw you on the news broadcast yesterday!"
But there was still a discordant voice: "We also saw you on TV yesterday.
So I came here specifically to support you today, show love for the disabled, and buy your headwear.
How can you not sell us? Does this mean you don’t want us to support you?"
Lin Mai still had a smile on his face: "Thank you very much for your support for us.
If our store does retail business, it will affect the business of these wholesale owners.
When you buy from these wholesale owners, you are also supporting us, so please understand."
The small vendors selling goods felt particularly comfortable after listening to Lin Mai's words.
They don't want Lily headwear to be sold at retail.
Just like Lin Mai said, if Lily headwear is sold for retail, more and more people will come to her home to buy retail products, which will affect their business.
Although the impact is not big, it still makes them feel like they have something stuck in their throats.
Many customers could understand Lin Mai, and the discordant voice stopped abruptly.
After all the customers who wanted to buy retail products left, Lin Mai criticized the two salesmen.
When asking them to do business, they must have an overall view of the situation. They must not only want to pick up sesame seeds, but also want watermelons. They must know how to choose.
The two salesmen nodded repeatedly after hearing this.