The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen drove along Huancheng North Road and passed the dynamic zone without stopping. He drove until the Red Sun Exhibition Hall in front, turned left, turned right at Stadium Road, and then turned left onto Yan'an Road.

He drove to the "Ban Mu Tian Women's Lifestyle Flagship Store" and then stopped the car at the gate.

Zhang Chen walked into Tan Shuzhen's office. When Tan Shuzhen saw him, she said angrily, "What are you doing here?"

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Tan Shuzhen, have you taken any medicine?"

"I want to eat you, and I also want to take gunpowder." Tan Shuzhen scolded, "What I need now is goods, not you, Zhang Chen. You can't sell them. What the hell are you saying your factory is doing? Our company's own The store can't even replenish the goods, the salesperson below is crying, and Director Zhao and I have had several quarrels, do you think he deliberately refused to send us the goods?"

Only then did Zhang Chen know why Tan Shuzhen was angry. Zhang Chen quickly said, "It's really not the case. Zhao Zhigang is not that chicken-hearted. He is used to being scolded by people who want goods. I just came from the factory, and the factory also out of stock.

"Then what does his factory director do? Why don't you know how to arrange production earlier if you don't have the goods?" Tan Shuzhen was still indignant.

"I blame me. I blame me for not showing up at the factory in the past few days and not asking him to recruit people." Zhang Chen said.

Tan Shuzhen shook her head: "I don't know what you do all day long, Zhang Chen, then tell me when the supply of goods can be guaranteed."

"It should be soon. We are already recruiting workers today. The factory's ability to expand production is still very strong."

"You didn't deal with me?"

"No, absolutely not."

"I don't care, Zhang Chen. I gave an ultimatum to Factory Director Zhao. If he doesn't replenish the goods tomorrow and the delivery truck comes, I will hold it back and prevent it from leaving." Tan Shuzhen said.

Zhang Chen laughed.

"You're still laughing, do you think I'm joking?" Tan Shuzhen scolded, "No more, I'll sit in his office and won't leave. Also, the franchise stores below are also complaining, please be more careful, Zhang Chen."

Zhang Chen looked at Tan Shuzhen and asked, "Are you familiar?"

"What's good?"

"Everyone I met today made me feel more at ease, and so did Zhao Zhigang."

"This is not simple. It shows that you really don't care. Zhang Chen, when I came here, you complained to me, saying that making clothes depends on the sky. Then you said that the weather has changed in half a month, you What are you doing? If farmers are like you, they won't be able to grow rice to eat, right?" Tan Shuzhen said, while Zhang Chen remained silent.

Next, Zhang Chen asked about the situation in the store. What he learned from Tan Shuzhen was similar to what Zheng Huihong said.

It seems that the chaotic situation in the clothing industry last year is now starting to get better. Those who were fooled by the 100% exchange rate have probably woken up after almost a year. The exchange rate is not the king of clothing. Some people buy it. Your clothing is king.

Zhang Chen returned to Stadium Road from Tan Shuzhen. As soon as he entered the office, He Hongmei followed him in. Zhang Chen said, don't talk to me about the goods.

"Okay." He Hongmei said, "Then I'll let He Dongmei call you."

He Hongmei said and prepared to go out. Zhang Chen quickly shouted: "Come back, come back, you better tell me."

"Shall I tell you?" He Hongmei sat down opposite Zhang Chen and said to him:

"What I'm telling you is, I grabbed the goods at Sijiqing for two days. I didn't go to the factory. He Dongmei made up more than 600 pieces. The factory actually only sent two small packages with 82 pieces of clothes. Do you have any? For this reason, the clothes I designed myself can't be replaced. He Dongmei scolded me, and I don't know who to scold."

"Scold me, scold me." Zhang Chen said.

He Hongmei stared at Zhang Chen, sighed and said, "Forget it, Sister Shuzhen and I have made an appointment. We will go to the factory in the evening. No goods are allowed to be shipped anywhere until we are satisfied."

"What? You made an appointment with Tan Shuzhen? Why didn't she say anything when I was at her place?" Zhang Chen asked.

He Hongmei knew she had made a mistake, so she quickly said, I didn't say it, and I didn't say it either. You are not allowed to tip off Zhao Zhigang. Sister Shuzhen said there was going to be a surprise attack. If you tip off the tip, I will fall out with you.

"Let He Dongmei beat me?" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

He Hongmei glared at him.

"Okay, I will definitely not get involved in your affairs. That's all. I want to ask you about Ge Ling."

"You just thought of asking now."

"What's the meaning?"

"She is also your apprentice. You should have discovered that she is very powerful."

He Hongmei said that Zhang Chen cursed himself in his heart, saying that he really didn't have any long-term intentions.

"Tell me what's going on with her." Zhang Chen said to He Hongmei. He took out the form he took from Zheng Huihong, handed it to He Hongmei, and said to her: "I, my master, have been You were beaten to death with sticks."

He Hongmei took the form and looked at it, laughing. I thought only Chongqing was like this, but it turned out that it was like this everywhere.

He Hongmei put down the form in her hand, looked at Zhang Chen and said, "She is very similar to you."

"What's the meaning?"

"Unlike us who came out of school, we don't have so many rules in our minds, but if you give her two towels, she can also design a very beautiful dress." He Hongmei and Zhang Chen said.

…

Zhang Chen walked into the design center. There were more than 20 workstations and more than 20 designers in the design center. Ge Ling's seat was in the corner. He Hongmei and Zhang Chen said that she picked it herself.

Zhang Chen walked over. Ge Ling was lowering her head and drawing something. Zhang Chen walked behind her and stopped.

Ge Ling was designing a piece of clothing. What was different from others was that when she was designing, she had to draw the entire person, including the head and limbs. Her drawing speed was very similar to Zhang Chen's, it was really fast. .

Zhang Chen stood there, and Ge Ling happened to have finished a painting. She raised the painting. Zhang Chen looked at the people in the painting, who looked familiar. Ge Ling stared at the painting, murmured to herself, and imitated a man. Voice: "Scarlett, you are so beautiful today!"

Then a female voice said: "Thank you, Enming."

As soon as you hear it, you will know which novel or TV series it should be from.

He Hongmei, who was standing not far behind Zhang Chen, couldn't help laughing. Ge Ling turned around and saw Zhang Chen standing behind her, her face turned red and she quickly stood up.

"Mr. Zhang." Ge Ling called.

Zhang Chen nodded and asked, "What are you drawing?"

Ge Ling picked up the manuscript and handed it to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen looked at it and asked, what fabric was used?

"Just use the two pieces of fabric I showed you yesterday." Ge Ling said.

"Ramie? Has Tohru's problem been solved?"

Ge Ling nodded.

"How to solve it?"

"Mr. Zhang, you are right. I tried it and found that using lining is not ideal. I finally decided not to use it."

"What about Toru's problem?"

"I'm using embroidery, printing, or splicing a piece of dark-colored fabric on sensitive areas. In this way, the light, breathable, and bright-colored fabric features are still retained, but it doesn't look too see-through. .”

"Yes, show me the sample clothes after they come out." Zhang Chen said.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Chen saw that other people stopped what they were doing and looked at them curiously. Zhang Chen said, Ge Ling, come to my office and bring the works you designed this year.

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he turned around and left. He Hongmei stayed there, helping Ge Ling choose works.

After a while, Ge Ling and He Hongmei walked into Zhang Chen's office. Zhang Chen asked them to sit on the sofa, and he walked over and sat down. Ge Ling handed a binder to Zhang Chen and said to him: "Zhang Chen Anyway, this is what you want."

Zhang Chen opened the binder and looked at the works inside one by one. He asked Ge Ling, did you have any reference materials for these works?

Ge Ling shook her head and said no. I rarely read fashion magazines for fear of being affected by the clothes in them.

"What are your work habits like?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.

"I just like reading books."

"Xue Mili?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Xue MiLi, Cen Kailun, Yi Shu, there are many."

Zhang Chen nodded.

"When I was reading the book, I thought about what the people in it should be wearing."

Zhang Chen remembered that he heard her talk about this last time.

"But there is always no description of this aspect in the books, or they are written randomly."

"how do you know?"

Ge Ling smiled: "If you draw what they wrote in their books with a pen, it would be very ugly."

Zhang Chen also laughed: "They are writers, not painters."

"That's right, so when I read a book, I always have to draw the people in it. Also, I also like to watch TV series, but I found that the people in the TV series would look better if they changed their clothes."

"So you draw it too?"

"Yes, I have liked painting like this since I was a child." Ge Ling said and sighed: "But I don't paint anymore."

"Why?"

"I'm working now. When I draw, I always imagine this person in our store. I have sold clothes there. I know what our store is like. So, when I draw, I always imagine her. No matter what kind of clothes you wear, you will look good in our store.”

Zhang Chen asked: "Is this the Scarlett you are talking about?"

"I made up the name randomly." Ge Ling said, blushing again.

"Why does that person look familiar to me?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Oh, that's Sister Shuzhen." He Hongmei said from the side. When she said this, Zhang Chen remembered that it was true.

Ge Ling said: "Sister Shuzhen is so beautiful. When I painted, I just imagined Sister Shuzhen wearing such clothes in the store."

"Does Tan Shuzhen know?" Zhang Chen asked.

"I don't know." Ge Ling shook her head, "Sister Shuzhen is very nice and helps me a lot. We chat every day and talk a lot."

"Do you talk every day?"

"Yes, Sister Shuzhen will tell me which guests are coming today, what kind of clothes they want to wear, what colors they like, what are the advantages and disadvantages of our clothes, Sister Shuzhen will tell me."

Zhang Chen nodded. It seemed that Ge Ling's designs were all aimed at the market. No wonder her clothes are so popular.

"Ge Ling, how about letting you be the chief designer and be in charge of the design center?" Zhang Chen asked.

Ge Ling was startled and quickly shook her head: "No, no, no, Mr. Zhang."

"Why?"

"I can only take care of myself, I can't take care of others."

"You can do it, junior sister." He Hongmei said, "This design center is different from other places. You rely most on your ability to make a living. And if designers still need others to take care of them, they are definitely not qualified. In this way Designers can be fired directly.

"The chief designer's main job is actually to determine the design tone of this design studio. You don't need to take care of many specific things."

"Yes, He Hongmei is right. The most you can do is grasp the direction. If you feel that someone is going astray, correct them. If there is a bottleneck that cannot be overcome, help push them." Zhang Chen said.

"Then she, she can be the one." Ge Ling pointed at He Hongmei and said.

"She would have been the chief designer a long time ago. She is not an official employee of our company. I can't deduct her salary even if I want. How can she be the chief designer?" Zhang Chen said.

He Hongmei made a face at Zhang Chen and said to Ge Ling:

"You can do it, junior sister. Don't worry. Although I'm not in the company, I'm there and will help you. You need to be braver."

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