Chapter 186: Chapter 187: Discussing Cooperation at the Textile Factory Chapter 186: Chapter 187: Discussing Cooperation at the Textile Factory “Sir, is your factory manager in? I am from the food factory, in charge of discussing the contract with you,” Xu Ying stood outside the door, her face wearing a professional smile.
The old gatekeeper was lazily soaking up the sun at the entrance, but as soon as he heard Xu Ying’s words, his drowsiness vanished, and he quickly got to his feet: “Young lady, what did you say?
A food factory doing business with our textile factory? Are you joking? They sell food, we sell cloth, what business is there to discuss?”
“Sir, you’re mistaken,” Xu Ying said with a smile. “The food factory makes food, but they have employees, don’t they? And those employees need work uniforms, which need your cloth, right?”
The old man had a sudden realization, and while speaking, he opened the gate: “You have a point, but usually, the uniforms for factory workers are sourced from garment factories, aren’t they?”
“That’s because the garment factory is too far away, and our food factory only needs small quantities. Besides, why let the business that could benefit our textile factory go to another region and let others make the money?”
The old man laughed heartily at this, “Then come with me, I’ll take you to our factory manager right now.”
Xu Ying followed the old man’s steps, bypassed the textile factory’s workshop, and went to the offices in the back.
“Manager, someone from the food factory is here to discuss cooperation!” the old man stood at the door and knocked on the manager’s office.
“Come in.” The textile factory manager was an elderly man, not tall, but with quite a bit of white hair.
“Are you from the food factory?” Mr. Niu asked with curiosity, noting how young the girl handling the cooperation was.
That wasn’t right; what cooperation could there be between their textile factory and a food factory?
“Yes, Mr. Niu, hello, I am from the R&D department of the food factory,” Xu Ying greeted with a smile.
Mr. Niu suddenly felt overwhelmed: “What cooperation could there be between a food R&D department and our textile factory?”
“Mr. Niu, take a look. This is called a facemask, specially designed to block harmful substances from entering the nostrils and mouth and, of course, it can also prevent the spray of saliva while talking.
This is a hat, meant to address food safety hazards. Wearing this hat, one can completely wrap up the hair on top of the head. When preparing food, there’s no worry about hair falling into it,” Xu Ying began to explain one by one.
Mr. Niu seemed to have an epiphany: “So these are items your food factory needs, and you want our textile factory to help produce them?”
Xu Ying shook her head; that perspective was too limited!
“Mr. Niu, it’s not just our food factory in the world. Aside from food factories, there are restaurants, bakeries, and seasoning factories that all need these items too.
Moreover, these masks also have multiple uses. They can isolate dust, sandstorms, viruses, toxic gases, and odors from the external environment, including preventing droplets from entering the air into the lungs.
When working or living in polluted environments or if there’s a respiratory infectious disease, one can wear a mask as protection against infection.
Masks can not only isolate dust and bacteria, fog, and haze in the air but also protect the respiratory tract.
In cold weather, wearing a mask can also isolate cold air, playing a role in cold protection and warming.
Masks are not just sanitary items that can be worn over the nose and mouth; they can also filter the air entering the mouth and nose, thus reducing virus transmission, and can also serve as cold air barriers and warming items.”
Xu Ying’s explanation, seemed to enlighten Mr. Niu profoundly, lighting a spark in his aged eyes.
“So, these masks are really good items, and this hat, it does look quite peculiar,” said Mr. Niu, who had never seen such items before.
“Although it looks strange, they all have great uses; these are all my designs. If Mr. Niu thinks the textile factory needs them, we can certainly cooperate.
I previously worked at the State-owned Restaurant, and later, Mr. Sun thought highly of my capabilities and let me work part-time in the R&D department of the food factory,” Xu Ying said with a slight swagger.
Mr. Niu had lived for quite some time and understood exactly what Xu Ying was saying. Thinking about the uses of the face masks and hats, he laughed heartily, “You look young, but your capabilities are indeed outstanding.
Since you’ve brought it up, how could we not cooperate with you? The conditions given by the food factory, our textile factory will match.
Besides designing masks and hats, what else can you do?”
Textile factories produce fabrics and may also process some garments.
This young girl can design; surely she must know quite a bit.
Xu Ying puffed out her chest, “I can simply design some clothes and some small hair accessories. Mr. Niu, since you value me so highly, I should certainly bring out some thoughtful designs.”
After saying this, Xu Ying pulled out several design drawings from her bag, all of which were hair clip patterns she had seen in her past life.
As soon as she produced these drawings, Mr. Niu’s eyes lit up, and he excitedly grabbed the papers, “These hair clip designs look really good, the style is just as good as what they sell in the Magic City Department Store.”
“Since the manager thinks they are good, then they must sell well,” Xu Ying said auspiciously.
Mr. Niu, however, was grinning from ear to ear, as if he could already see the factory’s profits increasing.
“Borrowing your good words, by then, all of us will share the benefits, and earn higher wages,” Mr. Niu said with a beaming smile.
The manager, in high spirits, immediately gave Xu Ying a discount, saving quite a bit of money on making those masks and hats.
Upon leaving the textile factory, Xu Ying hummed a tune, delighted.
Over at Third Uncle Xu’s side, he was all dressed up and shiny, carrying the work badge of the food factory’s sales department, starting to wander around the outer counties with several sales personnel.
Fried foods and marinated ducks sold like hotcakes in their own county but had no reputation in the outer counties.
Third Uncle Xu, with goods in hand, walked into the Department Store, unable to meet even the manager.
“Brother Jian She, what do we do? The manager doesn’t even want to meet us,” a sales employee asked anxiously.
“What can we do? Just chill out. I told you it wouldn’t sell, but you didn’t believe me and insisted on running around,” another employee complained, clearly displeased. It’s so nice in the office, drinking afternoon tea and still getting paid.
Insisting on making a fuss, running around exhausting ourselves for what little money we could make.
The Department Store already has fixed supply channels and simply won’t accept other products.
Third Uncle Xu directly pulled out his trump card, “Let’s go to the State-owned Restaurant.”
“To do what? Eat?” the younger employee perked up at the thought of food.
The previously dissatisfied older employee also brightened up a bit, “It’s almost noon, indeed time for lunch.
Let’s go eat first, without food, how can we have the strength to work?”
“Right, without food, how can we have the strength to work?” Third Uncle Xu said with a smile.