Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 300 The problem of the garment factory
Finally, He Ping discussed with Liang Jiahong about the training fees of the teachers. He Ping has always been generous in this regard. He gave a high lecture fee of five yuan per class hour, and reimbursed round-trip travel expenses, board and lodging, which made Liang Jiahong very satisfied. I am also very interested in the school-enterprise cooperation that He Ping mentioned before.

Who doesn't want an atmospheric partner?
There is still one month before the school's winter vacation. He Ping and Liang Jiahong agreed that he would send the teachers directly to Bao'an County at that time, and he would notify the base in advance.

After leaving Huanong's school gate, He Ping came to the Yangzhou No. [-] Cotton Textile Factory. Han Zhaokun rented a temporary house in a residential building opposite the Yangzhou No. [-] Cotton Textile Factory.

Walking into the narrow and narrow alleys, after talking with the old lady who speaks Cantonese for a long time, I finally found out the exact address of Han Zhaokun, a newcomer from other places.

After knocking on the door a few times, Han Zhaokun opened the door and saw a happy smile on He Ping's face, "You are here!"

"did you miss me?"

"I miss you."

He Ping entered the room and took a good look. Like most of the urban dwellings in this era, the layout is simple, the space is cramped, and the decoration is full of the atmosphere of this era.

There are a lot of fabrics piled up in the room, as well as Xiangjiang clothing brought by Han Zhaokun before. A lesbian in her 50s is sitting in front of a sewing machine.

"Sit down for a while, I'll pour you some water."

"Okay, you two are welcome." He Ping stopped Han Zhaokun, "I am here this time to find some teachers for the laying hen breeding base, and I will come to see you by the way."

"Oh, come and take a look if you have time, and give me some advice. I've been worrying about this these days!" Han Zhaokun said with a sad face.

"What, it didn't go well?"

"What's going well? Wait for me to tell you slowly. Let me introduce you first. This is Master Hu, the master I hired from the knitting factory."

He Ping stood up and shook hands with Master Hu, "Hello, Master Hu."

"This is our big boss." Han Zhaokun introduced to Master Hu.

"What big boss, I just help out with some money, don't talk nonsense. Tell me, what difficulties have you encountered?"

Han Zhaokun sighed, "What difficulties can there be? Fabrics are difficult to obtain, people are difficult to recruit, but the venue has been found, but there is no one and no cloth, how can we work?"

He Ping frowned and asked, "Let's talk about the same thing first, why is the fabric so hard to make?"

"I rented the house here originally because I wanted to buy cloth through the way of the No. There is no foundation here, why should people sell cloth to us, cloth is so in short supply now."

Han Zhaokun was a little discouraged when he spoke, it seems that he has been hit hard enough during this period.

"This is normal, don't be discouraged. Didn't you ask if there is any way to buy goods on the street?"

"I have inquired, they are all peddlers, and there is no way to meet our requirements."

He Ping pondered for a while after listening, and he remembered that there was a place in Yangzhou City in later generations that was specialized in cloth wholesale.

"Then why is it difficult to recruit people?" He Ping asked.

"The successful hands are all from the knitting factory. Although the price we give is a bit higher, who can give up their iron rice bowl to earn a few dollars more. There are many unemployed young people who want to come here, but the craftsmanship is not good at all." , I asked Master Hu to take a test, and some people have never even used a sewing machine."

The more Han Zhaokun talked, the more frustrated he became.

After hearing this, He Ping understood, and he comforted him: "Second brother, don't worry, this matter is actually not difficult to solve."

"What do you mean?"

"Let me clarify with you the type of clothing we are going to make. Our base is in Yangzhou, and the future distribution will be mainly in South China. Given the climate here, we must produce summer clothing. Compared with winter clothing and autumn clothing In other words, the difficulty of summer clothes must be lower, and the technical requirements are not high.

In addition, we can also decompose the process of making clothes, adopt the method of assembly line operation, and simplify the requirements for workers' craftsmanship. You can discuss this with Master Hu.In this way, our requirements for workers' skills are greatly reduced.

Next, you need to change the calculation mode of wages. Instead of using fixed wages, change to piece-based commissions. How much is the commission for each process of completing a piece of clothing, so that potential applicants can see more rewards for more work.It is three or five yuan more than the factory, and everyone may not be tempted. What if it doubles?

And don't take into account whether it is full-time or part-time, as long as you can make more clothes, it doesn't matter whether he is full-time or part-time. "

After He Ping finished speaking, Han Zhaokun's eyes lit up immediately.

"It's still you who has a smart brain, why didn't I think of these things earlier!" He patted his head hard a few times, "Elm head, elm head!"

"Okay, okay, I'm just offering an idea, you can try it later to see if it works."

"It must be fine!" Han Zhaokun seemed more confident than He Ping himself.

"Let's talk about the cloth. I heard that there is a place in Yangzhou where you can get cloth. Can you go there and try?"

"Where?"

"At Haiyin Bridge, there are quite a few 'ghosts' there, and they all buy goods through connections. If you go to build a relationship with them, you should be able to get the goods. At worst, you can get the skins off!"

The matter of Haiyin Bridge was mentioned by He Ping when he was chatting with people while walking around the city in Nanshan a few days ago, which reminded him of the famous Zhongda Cloth Market in Yangzhou City in later generations.

The Zhongda Cloth Market gradually emerged in the late 80s, and before that, the vendors in Zhongda actually "walked ghosts" (set up street stalls) at the bottom of the Haiyin Bridge. In 87, the Yangzhou municipal government began to rectify the appearance of the city, and stalls were not allowed. These vendors spontaneously moved to the opposite of the south gate of Sun Yat-sen University, and gradually formed the famous Zhongda cloth market in later generations.

At this time, there should be a lot of street ghosts at the bottom of the Haiyin Bridge. Without exception, these people rely on their connections to buy goods. As long as they can get in touch with each other, buying goods should not be a problem.

"Okay, I'll go and have a look tomorrow."

As soon as He Ping came, he proposed two solutions to the problem, and Han Zhaokun finally showed a smile on his face, "Let's stay here tonight, let's have a drink together in the evening."

"Sure, there is no car if you want to go!" He Ping remembered Liang Yuejin's little brothers, "Where do the brothers from Yingcheng settle down?"

Han Zhaokun slapped his head, "Look at my memory, I almost forgot about them. I rented a house for them, not far from here, go and see them?"

"In the evening, invite them to have some dinner together."

Having nothing to do in the afternoon, He Ping chatted with Han Zhaokun about some specific operations of the garment factory.

(End of this chapter)