Traveling through the Eighth Five-Year Plan: Starting from selling fruit at a stall

Chapter 254 Sky-high rent
The clothes of Mochi Clothing Factory are very popular in the capital, which no one expected.

Xiao Jun didn't think about selling the clothes to the capital at first, but now that he has such a great opportunity, he naturally won't let it go.

When loading the car, he was still complaining: "Sister Ling, Ji Zhongqiu went to the capital to expand the territory, and you have to guard the hotel, and there are four other clothing stores, so what about this factory?"

Although there is a sister-in-law Hu Yufang in the clothing factory, she doesn't understand many things at all, and Xiao Jun still has to take care of them.

Ling Yue kindly reminded him: "You are wrong. We don't have a full-time driver yet. You have a heavy task now. You have to manage the production and sales of the factory in your spare time, and you have to do transportation whenever you have time."

Fortunately, the opening of a branch in the capital city is still under planning, and it is only a small shop, and there is no need for too many clothes for the time being.

They are just afraid that if the clothes are of good style, high quality, and deeply loved by consumers, they will have to open a few more branches.

In fact, when the fourth branch store was opened in Qingpu City, it was precisely because Xiao Jun's quality control was too strict, and Ling Yue occasionally gave him the finishing touch to the clothes he designed. It is impossible to open the market so quickly.

After listening to Ling Yue's words, Xiao Jun felt short of breath.

Although Ling Yue has quite a lot of assets and a lot of workers now, but in fact there are only a few people who can drive.

Xiao Jun, Zhao Songbai, and Xiang Weixing, among them, Zhao Songbai is still colorblind in red, and it is unknown whether he will have a chance to get the driver.

Ling Yue has never revealed to others that she can drive, but now she has an idea to let Ling Qingfeng and Wang Zhaoyang learn to drive.

It's just that there is a thorny problem in learning to drive now. If they don't have a work certificate, they can't find a teacher to take them even if they want to learn to drive.

"Xiao Jun, let me ask you something."

"Sister Ling, if you have anything to say, just say it."

"How long have you been driving?"

Xiao Jun said proudly: "I just got my driver's license, and I have seven years of driving experience."

Ling Yue's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Xiao Jun, why don't we get a coach car, how about you teach some trustworthy people to drive?"

Xiao Jun's scalp was numb: "Sister, you really think highly of me."

Others don't know how he got his driver's license, but he knows it very well.

Back then, when he was bored, he climbed onto a four-wheeled vehicle. While the driver was not in the car, he turned over the driver's license in the car.

Tear off the driver's photo and replace it with your own, and the driver's license will become his.

Later, when he changed his driver's license, he changed it to his own name and ID number, and he completely became a qualified driver.

"What's the matter, you don't want to?"

"Sister Ling, you might as well find two people from another factory." Xiang Weixing casually said as he loaded the car with clothes.

Get someone from another factory?
Ling Yue thought she didn't have that ability.

"Old drivers don't change jobs easily. In my opinion, it's better for us to cram people into their factories to learn."

Xiang Weixing said disdainfully: "Sister Ling, you are confused. Do you think it is better to stuff your own people into other factories to compete with others for a place, or spend a lot of money to poach the old drivers from other factories to us?" How is the factory?"

"It's obvious, the guys know what to pick."

Xiang Weixing rolled up his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes, "Nowadays, the number of places for learning how to drive in big factories is very tight. Even if you squeeze people in, you don't know when you will have to wait."

Ling Yue looked at him thoughtfully, pondered for a moment, and said, "Old Xiang, what you said makes sense, but we don't know any master either."

Instead of letting your own people go to other people's factories to queue up, it is better to let the old drivers from other people's factories come to teach in your own factory.

At that time, I want to teach a few, and even I can use this opportunity to plate gold.

"This time I went to the capital to change Zhao Songbai back, he knows a few, let him talk."

Ling Yue's eyes lit up: "Does Zhao Songbai have any acquaintances?"

"Did you forget? He has learned it before, and he told me that he has a neighbor who works as a coach in the factory, but he has to work on weekdays, and only on weekends will he arrange people to learn from him."

Ling Yue nodded vigorously: "That's fine, then the three of you go over together this time, and he will come back."

The more drivers there are in their factory, the faster their business can develop.

There are many people and strong strength, and the light truck is quickly filled with goods.

After lunch, Xiao Jun took Xiang Weixing and Mei Qiutang to the capital.

I don't know who leaked the news. The news that Mochi Garment Factory wanted to recruit an old driver spread like wildfire.

What Ling Yue didn't expect was that Li Zhonghua was the first one to apply for the job.

Xiao Jun was not in the factory, and Wang Zhaoyang was in charge these two days.

When Li Zhonghua appeared at the gate of the garment factory, Wang Zhaoyang didn't take it seriously, but was having a meeting with comrades from the design team.

The design team was specially set up by Xiao Jun.

In the beginning, the group leaders of each group served concurrently. Later, I found out that this department is really good. Every time, I can research some explosive clothing. After discussing with Ling Yue, Xiao Jun formally prepared the design group.

Li Zhonghua is also a donkey temper.

If Wang Zhaoyang didn't come out to see him, he just sat at the gate and didn't leave.

Wang Zhaoyang came out to see him because he was so forced that he had no choice.

As soon as he saw Wang Zhaoyang, Li Zhonghua said, "Brother Wang, you can do me a favor. I quit my job there, and I just want to work with you."

Wang Zhaoyang sighed: "Li Zhonghua, it's boring for you to say that, how can you blame us for your resignation?"

"Brother Wang, I'm here to send someone off for you."

Li Zhonghua was also unambiguous, "I heard that your factory wants to recruit veteran drivers. I know one. How about I introduce you?"

It has to be said that Li Zhonghua took advantage of Wang Zhaoyang's weakness.

They just discussed hiring an old driver yesterday. Originally, they wanted to wait for Zhao Songbai to come back and let him go to his neighbor first to see his attitude before they decided whether to hire him or not.

Today, Li Zhonghua sent such a big news.

For a while, Wang Zhaoyang also couldn't figure him out.

"Will you be so kind?"

"Brother, can you stop looking at me like that, let me tell you the truth, there is really no future for the second factory, otherwise, I wouldn't come here."

Seeing his elder brother on the left and the elder brother on the right yelling, Wang Zhaoyang's stern face was meaningless.

"We really want to recruit an old driver who can bring newcomers, but this matter has not been finalized. How about we contact you after we are finalized?"

Since Li Zhonghua is Ji Zhongqiu's brother, Wang Zhaoyang didn't want to say too much.

Li Zhonghua laughed and said, "Brother, it's not like you don't know how hard it is to find an old driver, especially an old driver who can take students."

"Let me tell you something you don't like to hear. After passing this village, there will be no such shop."

Li Zhonghua's words made Wang Zhaoyang very uncomfortable.

But Wang Zhaoyang still didn't show it.

He said: "I understand what you said, but let's wait for this matter."

Wang Zhaoyang's first impression of Li Zhonghua was not good.

Especially thinking of that night, when he heard Li Zhongqiu and Ji Zhongqiu discussing about chasing Ling Xiaohua, Wang Zhaoyang felt even more upset.

After all, Ling Xiaohua is his sister-in-law, and Wang Zhaoyang has no sisters, only a younger brother, so he also values ​​this sister-in-law very much.

He endured that day because he didn't know much about Li Zhonghua.

But it is different now.

Ling Xiaohua and Ji Zhongqiu had already argued, and even Feng Weiwei's time bomb was completely ruled out by them. Now, the happier Ling Xiaohua and Ji Zhongqiu are, the happier he will be.

"Don't, brother, give me another chance, and I promise I won't let you down."

Seeing that he put his posture extremely low, Wang Zhaoyang sized him up curiously.

"Li Zhonghua, your purpose should not be so simple?"

"Brother, you still understand me. Let me tell you the truth. I will introduce you to an old driver. You will give me a job. Isn't this too much to ask?"

After finishing speaking, she looked at him proudly: "Besides, I am also a person with a driver's license."

Wang Zhaoyang took a deep look at him, and the string in his heart finally showed signs of loosening: "Then let's do this. After our car comes back in a few days, you can bring someone over to try again."

Xiao Jun can also be regarded as an old driver.

None of him and the Ling family knew how to drive, so even if the Santana car was parked in front of the hotel, its function was only a mascot.

"Okay, I see." Seeing that he was relieved, Li Zhonghua breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother, I'm waiting for your good news."

After speaking, he happily left.

Before leaving, he did not forget to look back at the former No. [-] Garment Factory.

In the factory, the factory buildings have been renovated, and there is even a new building under construction.

The first floor of the building has been built, and the workers are pouring the ceiling of the first floor.

There was one thing he didn't quite understand.

Nowadays, most people use prefabricated cement slabs to build houses, but the No. [-] Garment Factory uses the pouring method.

What made him feel even more comfortable was that the sound of the sewing machine coming from the factory was many times louder than that of the second factory.

The No. [-] Factory still doesn't have a few electric sewing machines, but their Mochi Garment Factory is rich and powerful and has a hundred of them.

All chain side machines are electric.

Just listening to this voice, he understood why the second factory could not compete with the first factory.

In the evening, Wang Zhaoyang told Ling Yue about Li Zhonghua's coming to the factory to find a job, and Ling Yue also felt that this person was really shameless.

I have clearly rejected him, but he still wants to use this method to blackmail himself.

"You didn't promise him, did you?"

"Why should I promise him? I'm not stupid."

"Okay, since you didn't promise him, let's wait for Xiao Jun and the others to come back."

The conversation was divided into two parts, and Xiao Jun drove a light truck on the road for five full days before he showed up at the Mid-Autumn Festival store in Beijing exhausted.

Looking at this small shop with a small facade in front of him, and looking at the familiar signboard of "Mo Chi Clothing Store" on the storefront, he felt mixed emotions.

The shop he had been thinking about in Shenzhen City but never opened, let Ji Zhongqiu open it quietly.

Ji Zhongqiu is like a bright light in his life, not only illuminating his way forward, but also guiding his future.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't moved.

"Brother Ji, why don't you use the always-like-clothes sign?"

"It was the one I used before, and I changed it after discussing it with my brother-in-law two days ago."

Ji Zhongqiu said: "The clothes produced by our garment factory are not inferior to those of other factories, and we still use electric sewing machines. If we don't hurry up and make a publicity, then what's the point of us coming to the capital for development?"

Xiao Jun nodded repeatedly.

"Brother Ji, your store is too small, we have so many clothes, where will we put them?"

Ji Zhongqiu said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about that."

He took Xiao Jun to the back, pushed open a door, "Is it okay to put those clothes in your car here?"

This empty room was originally not part of his facade, but after thinking about it later, Ji Zhongqiu simply asked the landlord to rent this small room, but the rent was 100 yuan more.

Wait until he rented a small warehouse for 100 yuan.

"You guys take a break first, I'll call a few people to help unload the goods."

After all the clothes on the light truck were moved to the small room, Ji Zhongqiu asked Zhao Songbai to open a room for them.

Ji Zhongqiu could tell that they had come all the way, and the others were also quite tiring.

With Che Ji Mid-Autumn Festival, it is much more convenient to go out to see the new facade.

After breakfast the next day, after Ji Zhongqiu handed over the affairs of the store to Zhao Song, he and Xiao Jun drove around the capital with a light truck.

They didn't get anything for the whole day, but Xiao Jun could see it on the contrary, and persuaded him: "Brother Ji, there is no rush to rent a storefront, let's run for two more days, if we really can't find a suitable one, then let's go to the department store." Open next to it, go to the vegetable market, there is always a place suitable for us.”

Ji Zhongqiu looked at him with piercing eyes: "Xiao Jun, why didn't I think of going to Baihua Building?"

Ling Yue's first store opened next to the department store.

Thanks to her move, her clothing store opened smoothly.

With a goal, it is easier for them to find a facade.

On the third day, they found a house with three facades next to the department store.

"The capital is the capital after all. The traffic here is much higher than that in our Qingpu city."

Ji Zhongqiu smiled and said, "Isn't that obvious?"

One is a prefecture-level city and the other is the capital. How can the flow of people in a prefecture-level city be comparable to that of the capital.

After some haggling, Ji Zhongqiu finally negotiated the three-store shop, and the contract was signed for ten years.

Next is the decoration part.

Renovation is a boring and costly job, if Xiao Jun hadn't given him 9 yuan, Ji Zhongqiu wouldn't have dared to think about how to do it.

Since it is next to a department store, the rent here is relatively expensive.

It costs 9000 yuan a year.

Hearing this price, Ji Zhongqiu was so frightened that his eyes popped out.

Even though they are both in the capital city, the rent for one year is only increased to [-] yuan by asking for an extra room.

The other one didn't even have the basic kitchen and bathroom, just because it was next to a department store, the housing price was completely sky-high.

(End of this chapter)