NOVPUBChapter 343: Chapter 343: Career Territory
Chapter 343 -343: Career Territory
Bai Xiao returned to the department and the Dean had already told her that she could take a few days off from work.
The transfer order stated that she must report to the designated place within ten days. n𝚘𝚟pub.𝚌o𝚖
Frankly speaking, she didn’t have much time left.
She really needed to arrange things at home properly.
Back at the dorm, having lived there for almost a year, she had grown quite fond of the place.
It was a pity it wasn’t her permanent home.
He Weng and Liu Hong had moved out long ago.
Liu Hong had rented a front space as a tailor shop, and behind it in a small courtyard she had two rooms; He Weng was also looking to rent a room, so he discussed it with Liu Hong and ended up renting one of her courtyard rooms. It was also a setup where the two could look out for each other.
Liu Hong’s tailor shop opened soon, and in the evenings she went to the tailoring school to learn new techniques. During the day, she served clients in her shop, making clothes, measuring, and cutting fabric. Because Liu Hong’s own tailoring skills were quite good, and she learned some new designs, with Bai Xiao’s suggestions some adjustments to the designs had a good effect, like the back lines of a jacket, making it more tapered.
Just two extra seams could make the waist look slimmer and more defined, especially accentuating the figure.
This particularly appealed to many young women compared to the standard government-issued clothes, and the number of customers coming to her place increased significantly.
Eventually, Liu Hong even added two sewing machines and hired two workers to help with the clothes, while she focused on cutting and supervising the workers’ craftsmanship.
He Weng, after the first batch of bell-bottoms were brought back from the south, established a foundation for his clothing store.
He Weng’s shop was located on the street where Bai Yue was, luckily surrounded by a high foot traffic area. On his opening day, the bell-bottoms sold out completely. Now, He Weng had to make trips to the south every three days as most of his time was spent traveling.
Luckily, the collaboration between He Weng and Liu Hong that Bai Xiao predicted had indeed started.
The popularity of the bell-bottoms, special-design coats, and various fashionable clothes could almost all be replicated by Liu Hong, and crucially, Liu Hong could create patterns on her own. As long as she had seen the size and design, she could produce the pattern overnight.
The margin of error was almost zero.
Thus, the collaboration between He Weng and Liu Hong officially began.
All the fabrics, threads, and accessories for the clothes were transported by He Weng from manufacturers in the south because they were mass-producing, they could buy in bulk at wholesale prices which were very cost-effective. Liu Hong bought a few more sewing machines and hired more workers, starting to manufacturing clothes in what she saw as an assembly line process.
Now, they could basically supply He Weng’s shop for retail.
Both of their careers were progressing smoothly.
In He Weng’s own words, it was advancing by leaps and bounds.
He Weng could proudly say that he was now truly a boss, and influenced by Bai Xiao’s franchising plan for her sister’s spicy hotpot restaurant, he himself considered the possibility of opening branches.
If Liu Hong’s business could continue to grow, they even considered He Weng becoming Liu Hong’s agent where they themselves could do wholesale. This way, the entire province’s agents could get supplies directly from them without having to go to the south, saving on travel costs and time.
Basically, their business territories were now gradually expanding.
How far they could go depended on themselves.
