My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 324 is exactly what I've been waiting for.

The two walked upstairs while talking, where a meeting was about to begin.

The 4,000 square meters on the third floor of the third tier is the current office space of the industrial plant.

The entire production scheduling and sales headquarters of the six sanitary napkin factories, the denim clothing factory, the auto repair shop, the construction engineering company, as well as the offices of the other six Hong Kong-owned factories under construction and the printing plant, are all located here.

The plan was proposed by Qin Yuye before going to the plateau after New Year's Day. Manager Zhang and his team were amazed by the design and construction.

They are decades ahead and have a lot more experience.

Industrial plant buildings are definitely those with a ceiling height of five or six meters.

Eighty by fifty meters, it's similar to a slightly smaller football field, with neatly arranged supporting columns that don't have much span.

The addition of two long railings on the left and right sides to the second floor is said to be an idea from the University of Pennsylvania Library.

The entire narrow work area, more than ten meters wide and eighty meters long with a canopy in the middle, is filled with long tables, and a dazzling array of industrial and mining lamps hangs above them, making it a particularly spectacular sight.

Both ends are long glass curtain walls facing the street and the interior of the factory area.

The long strips of light filtering through the sunlight echo the overall style of the building and its interior furnishings—it's another example of postmodern industrial style.

The whitewashed cement brick two-story building, the wooden staircase, and the water pipe railing all exude a simple and unpretentious design aesthetic.

Below the floor are glass-enclosed offices for factory managers, meeting rooms, and a finance center. Upstairs are the private offices for factory general managers, factory directors, senior managers, and directors, as well as their respective secretarial and assistant teams.

Even Wei Dong was learning from the management structure set up by Qin Yuye, and then the two business representatives from the Hong Kong business office stationed in Jiangnan gave him some guidance and adjustments.

There are already more than 200 people working here!

This is the cost of management.

These are also the key tourist attractions that the Economic Development Zone brings every day.

Therefore, tour routes have been marked on the ground. Visitors are requested to follow the designated routes and not disturb the on-site staff.

The two quietly walked up and saw that visiting and inspection teams from all over the country were passing by, holding their breath and watching intently.

I admire this advanced business model from Hong Kong.

Because the sanitary napkin factory alone can generate hundreds of millions of yuan in output value every year, and the denim clothing factory, which was just established, already has a monthly output value of more than five million yuan in the first quarter.

The fourth-tier construction is already in full swing, and the engineering corps has also deployed personnel to join in.

The pace suddenly accelerated, aiming to complete the four-story building with a total area of ​​22,000 square meters before May.

The sheer scale of the entire factory area is already beginning to take shape.

Even when Dong Xueying came to inspect the site, she hesitated about whether to move the transportation company over.

However, the current constraint here is telephone communication.

At least the military post guesthouse has a military line that ensures quick and smooth phone calls, and if you're really in a hurry, you can make a long-distance call independently for a fee.

It's convenient to accumulate all long-distance calls during daily work and then make them all at the long-distance telephone booth of the city post office, which is about 200 meters away.

This is crucial for Weidong's logistics dispatch headquarters, as the transportation company makes and receives a lot of long-distance calls every day.

Currently, residents of the Economic Development Zone can only receive calls from the post office in the Jiangnan District Center, several kilometers away, and even then, they often can't get a number.

Currently, the central point for making long-distance calls is the post office in the city center and the post and telecommunications building where Dong Xueqing used to work.

The very few outbound lines were prioritized for these two long-distance telephone booths, along with two or three accommodations catering to foreigners, which were given priority by the city authorities.

There weren't many left once they reached each district.

According to Fengchu's intelligence, the 500 semi-automatic programmable telephone lines will be completed by July of this year. The Economic Development Zone has already reserved five lines, one of which will be allocated to the Aix Factory.

Only then can one make long-distance calls independently.

Ordinary families will have to wait three to five years for the 10,000-line fully automated programmable system to be completed before all landlines in the city can make long-distance calls without restrictions.

So Dong Xueying decided to wait until after July to transfer over, by which time Lao Qin from the guesthouse would probably have transferred to the Jiangzhou Liaison Office in Beijing.

It feels like Qin Yuye is making the most of his time to solidify his position.

Upon entering the building, a huge, colorful denim advertisement is displayed on the wall without any partitions between the two floors, stretching from ceiling to floor!
Wei Dong felt embarrassed to look at it too much whenever he passed by.

In the days before inkjet printers, things like movie posters could only be hand-painted.

Manager Zhang hired a movie theater poster artist to draw it, but Qin Yuye was still not satisfied, so he spent another thousand yuan to hire a teacher from the Academy of Fine Arts to finish it.

It's the poster that's been "edited" and enlarged, showing her in denim and skinny jeans leaping high over the frozen lake on her way home.

Six meters high and four meters wide, it was definitely a visually striking image in 1985.

Hand-drawn illustrations might be considered the most advanced form of Photoshop. The thick, shoulder-length hair is curly and fluffy, the denim jacket with a lamb's wool collar is playful and refreshing, the white turtleneck sweater underneath highlights the broad chest, and the tight jeans that bounce up add a full sense of sexiness to the girl's youth.

But what's most striking is definitely the infectiousness of her smile.

She transformed the appearance of a virtuous woman into one of captivating charm, turning an average beauty into something utterly alluring.

It is said that after the painter finished the painting, he became quite infatuated with her and wanted to pursue the female Hong Kong businesswoman.

Shen Cuiyue almost had her legs broken. You want to touch our things?
Instead, Qin Yuye laughed so hard he was shaking with joy.

There's also a layout of Chinese and English text that looks like something out of a fashion magazine cover.

It was very fashionable. Then, the two thousand printed posters distributed nationwide were all based on this layout, with high-precision, vibrant color illustrations.

This alone is enough to completely outshine the image promotion efforts of all other garment factories nationwide.

University student salespeople from all over the country can put these jeans anywhere and sell them in a steady stream.

Therefore, the four Hong Kong-owned garment factories are now full of confidence and will use four different types of clothing—casual wear, suits, women's wear, and children's wear—to jointly penetrate the mainland market.

Each company doesn't need to manage its own sales system, advertising, or even its own top-notch printing posters. How could they not sell like hotcakes?
Hong Kong businessmen at this time are actually the same mainland processing manufacturers who are used to export trade orders in 20 or 30 years. They are not good at the nationwide sales model.

I like this model of focusing on production and earning processing fees the most.

On the contrary, Qin Zhiming is the genius among the odd ones. He started selling brands to Europe and America in the 1960s and 70s, which helped his sister develop a good brand planning awareness and was able to cooperate well with Wei Dong, who was only half-baked.

Without Qin Yuye, Wei Dong really wouldn't have been able to perfect so many details about modern sales models.

So her attitude was very good, and she would respectfully ask Miss Qin for instructions whenever she attended various meetings.

The same applies to the Hong Kong representatives.

He looked down on everyone else, even the director of the Economic Development Zone.

They showed great respect to the two young bosses.

Once they came upstairs, we immediately turned on the newly installed Sony three-gun projector and began the meeting.

With jeans as the vanguard, several clothing companies simply sent pattern makers, fabric makers, and sewing masters to train them. They initially squeezed the production line into the jeans workshop on the second floor as an experiment, and once the makeshift factory they built on the adjacent land was completed, they immediately moved there to expand production.

The prepared clothing styles were displayed on a projector using videotapes, and surprisingly, the final decision was made by Rang Weidong.

This is also the biggest reason why Qin Yuye is increasingly surprised and enjoys attending Rang Weidong's meetings.

Despite having such a typical straight male personality and no understanding of clothing, he still dares to criticize the various styles on display.

It started with jeans.

At that time, bell-bottoms were all the rage in Hong Kong, and Wei Dong thought, "What the hell is this?"

Either the most basic loose-fitting straight-leg pants are suitable for various work situations, or women can opt for slim-fitting straight-leg pants that accentuate their figure. If there is stretchy fabric, making tight-fitting pants would also be a good option.

Consider it going against the tide.
Qin Yuye felt that this choice suited Fangxin's heart perfectly, and the final listing proved that it sold very well.

This is also the biggest reason why she wanted to sell more of the fashionable pants and see the market response.

However, the styles and cuts of jeans pale in comparison to casual wear, suits, women's clothing, and children's clothing.

This gave Wei Dong the courage to pick and choose from the vast array of Hong Kong-style designs.

Let's focus our efforts on making three to five styles of each...

Who among clothing companies has ever heard of daring to launch only three or five styles, and even more so, to "gamble" on the market by precisely selecting one percent of styles from two or three hundred styles?
The two Hong Kong business representatives, along with more than a dozen pattern makers, designers, and technicians from various apparel companies, were all dumbfounded.

From a business perspective, it is indeed the lowest cost to only make three to five products.

It saves them trouble too.

Qin Yuye, who served as the Cantonese translator, fully supported Wei Dong: "Don't doubt A Dong's keen sales sense. We didn't sell bell-bottoms from the beginning, but look at the current performance. I estimate that the mainland market is currently a blank space. As long as there is a little design sense, it can sell well. Trust him!"

People in Hong Kong just go "uh-huh".

Look at how Wei Dong chose two summer tops: a polo shirt and a crew neck T-shirt, along with a collarless baseball jacket, a collared executive jacket, and a double-vented casual suit—all perfectly selected styles.

Let's get started.

The focus is still on that home appliance factory.

Since Wei Dong couldn't sell Bakelite processing parts to the automotive industry, he had to turn to selling them to the home appliance industry.

Didn't the postal and telecommunications equipment factory in Rongdu use bakelite for the rear receiver of its radios?

Now we also want to ask home appliance manufacturers to use it.

The engineers and quality control staff at the appliance factory respect the big boss, but they are powerless to do anything about it. The electric kettle, hair dryer, and microwave oven that have been ordered all involve high temperatures.

Bakelite is relatively heat-resistant, but this stuff, scientifically known as phenolic plastic, is a mixture of phenols and aldehydes, the latter being formaldehyde...

It's fine to use this thing sparingly on light switches, and it's also not a big problem with the back cover of the radio.

At high temperatures, the volatility becomes unhealthy. Following European and American product standards, Hong Kong gradually stopped using this product at home in the 1970s.

Unless you adjust the proportions yourself, it can be widely used on kitchen countertops, tea trays, pool tables, and decorative handles and grips.

This left Wei Dong speechless, a rare moment of frustration.

Others were a little puzzled as to why the boss was so fixated on this outdated plastic material.

Only Qin Yuye, who went to the Xishan factory with him, understood that this young man, who was making a fortune every day, was unwilling to spend foreign exchange to import polyethylene plastic granules to start a plastic products factory. He only wanted to help that small factory in the mountains find a way to survive.

For a rich girl who has been doing charity work in Africa and Southeast Asia since childhood, indulging in a refined lifestyle.

This kind of moral appeal is simply unparalleled.

So, unusually in front of so many people, she reached out and covered Wei Dong's hand, saying, "It's alright, let's go to Japan and find out what kind of electrical appliances are worth producing that are also suitable for this material."

Then I'm even more excited.

(End of this chapter)