mtl008 Chapter 60 Talking about Cooperation
Chapter 60 Talking about Cooperation
"Sister-in-law, aren't you good at embroidery? Just try it based on your intuition first."
Huang Chunyan selected silk thread from among many threads, drew an outline with a pencil, and after a while, she embroidered a petal.
In her previous life, Guan Youshuang loved embroidery during her college years, so she read a lot of related books and watched a lot of videos, and even studied painting for this purpose.
She could see that the needle techniques Huang Chunyan used were straight needle, long and short needle, and back needle.
Silk thread has a bright luster and is indeed the most commonly used thread for embroidery today. It does look beautiful, but it is too thin and takes too much time to embroider.
"Sister-in-law, are there any other needle techniques that are popular nowadays?"
"There is another kind, it's like this." Huang Chunyan embroidered a few stitches, and Guan Youshuang saw that it was a chain stitch.
"Did you use these stitches when you embroidered pillowcases before?" Wang Huiying asked.
"These are it."
Guan Youshuang thought of the pair of mandarin ducks that Liang Yuting had given her, and they seemed to be made with the same needlework techniques.
She is not satisfied!
For the next three days, Guan Youshuang locked herself in the room, studying embroidery, and didn't even answer the call from Gu Errong.
She is the kind of person who, when faced with a difficult problem, will forget about food and sleep and devote herself to the problem.
This was the case when I wrote the live broadcast system in my previous life.
Her mother-in-law Wang Huiying couldn't bear to see her skipping meals, so she would bring her food at mealtime. But every time, she would just eat a few bites and then go back to her embroidery.
She tried every type of thread and every stitch tirelessly, and finally, an idea suddenly occurred to her: traditional stitches, even with wool thread, would always yield unimpressive results, and she could actually incorporate French embroidery, which would become popular only in the future.
She quickly drew a peony pattern on the carpet, put on coarse cotton thread, and began to embroider.
Because the needle was big and the thread was thick, this time the embroidery was done much faster.
In order to make the flowers more realistic, she carefully matched the colors. One petal may seem to be only one color, but in fact, it contains four or five different colors. Moreover, the outermost layer of petals and leaves are all made of three-dimensional embroidery.
After finishing the embroidery, she felt quite satisfied with herself. She showed it to her mother-in-law Wang Huiying. Wang Huiying touched the circle of three-dimensional petals and praised it highly, saying it was very beautiful and she had never seen flowers embroidered like this before.
"Mom, if the carpet factory also likes this kind of embroidery, I plan to transform the land in front of our door into an embroidery factory. What do you think?"
"Ah?" Wang Huiying always thought that Guan Youshuang embroidered this in order to find a job in the county. After all, Errong was in the county, and it was not good for the two of them to be separated all the time. But she didn't expect that she wanted to turn that piece of land into a factory.
"As you know, the soil on our land is not good. It hasn't rained in the past two years, so we can't grow anything. I thought of turning it into an embroidery factory and hiring people from the nearby villages. This will not only reduce everyone's survival pressure, but we can also earn some money ourselves."
"Youshuang, no one has ever built a factory in the village. Is this possible? And building a factory probably needs approval, and it will cost a lot of money. Have you told Errong about this? What did he say?"
"He agrees. Don't worry about the money. I'll figure it out myself. The land is just sitting there anyway, so why not give it a try?"
Wang Huiying nodded and said, "If Errong agrees, then go ahead and do it. Just tell me if you need any help from me and your father."
"Okay. Everything else is fine, but my brother and sister-in-law are working away from home. I'm worried about Yuanyuan's studies, so I want you and dad to keep an eye on him."
Wang Huiying was embarrassed and said, "Your father and I don't understand this either."
"I will give him a good question. If I am busy, you can watch him finish it every day, ask him to write the date, and then give me the question."
Wang Huiying was really pleased. She knew that Errong was a blessed person. You see, it would be hard to find such a good daughter-in-law even with a lantern.
She quickly said, "Okay, you've been too busy these past few days, I'll go make you something delicious. Oh, by the way, it really worked for you to take Xiaoyun to No. 1 Middle School this time. She has been studying until late at night these past few days, and goes to school early in the morning."
"Well, that's great. Xiaoyun is a smart kid. She will definitely be able to get into No. 1 Middle School."
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Guan Youshuang wanted to finalize the carpet deal as soon as possible, so she went to the county town again the next day.
The factory manager actually didn't take this matter seriously. When Guan Youshuang wanted a carpet sample before, he had a hunch that she would definitely not be able to do it, and he gave it to her simply because he liked beautiful women.
Just a carpet.
But when he saw the finished product, he was really amazed.
He has been in the carpet industry for many years, specializing in various needlework techniques. He also knew about embroidery, but he had never seen embroidery that was so innovative and could blend these two elements so well. Guan Youshuang is the first person to do so.
He put down the carpet, poured a glass of water for Guan Youshuang, nodded and said, "Not bad, I like your design, drink some water first."
"Thank you, Director. Shall we talk about cooperation?"
"Well, please go ahead."
"It's the same as now. You can produce a batch of flat-woven carpets and then give them to us to embroider. After the work is completed, we will deliver the goods to you. As for the fee, I think it will be calculated according to the area of the carpet, 30 yuan per square meter. But for the first batch of goods, I can buy one square meter and get one square meter free. What do you think?"
The factory manager took a sip of tea, shook his head and said, "30 yuan, it's too expensive!"
"Ours is purely handmade, and it's a relatively novel element. You can position it as a high-end product of the factory. You have a good reputation and connections, so you don't have to worry about sales. As far as I know, high-end carpets on the market are sold for two or three hundred yuan. Besides, we will bear all the round-trip costs for pickup and delivery, so it's not expensive at all."
"Do you have a factory? Let me see your qualifications."
"Not yet, but don't worry, I will give you all the qualifications when you ship the goods."
The factory manager was stunned. "So you are planning to cooperate in a private capacity? I'm afraid that won't work. Our factory doesn't have such a precedent."
Guan Youshuang was anxious and said quickly: "It's not a personal matter. As long as we agree on cooperation, I will immediately organize people to receive skills training. In short, don't worry, I will definitely deliver the goods to you in both quality and quantity."
The factory manager took another sip of tea and said with a smile, "Or there is another option. Would you like to come to our factory? We can open a special embroidery workshop and you will be in charge of the entire workshop."
Guan Youshuang shook her head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Director. I only know the technology, not management. I do want to build a factory, but the main reason is to provide some job opportunities for the folks. You should also know that there are many people with superb embroidery skills in the countryside, but they just don't have a platform."
The factory manager waved his hand and said, "Girl, we are doing business, not charity. Businessmen only care about profits. Or, there is another way to cooperate."
The factory director glanced at Guan Youshuang's chest.