Reborn Industrial Tycoon

In an era when leather coats were relatively expensive, there were two places that needed leather coats in large quantities, one was the military and the other was the public security department.

These two units have the need for outdoor patrols and need to provide warm clothes for soldiers or police officers. Overly thick clothes are too bulky and difficult to move, so leather jackets have become a very good choice for keeping warm.

When Zhu Shicong heard about the leather jacket, he immediately thought of the order from the military division.

Wang Haibin immediately shook his head: "Mr. Zhu, what Li Weidong produces is not that kind of fur coat, but a small leather jacket. The length only reaches the waist, and it is still tight when worn on the body."

"Only a fool would buy something like this!" Zhu Shicong said casually.

Wang Haibin suddenly felt a little embarrassed and thought to himself: "There is a fool in my family."

Zhu Shicong asked again: "Then do you know which unit placed the order for the garment factory?"

"Not the company." Wang Haibin shook his head: "The small leather jackets produced by the clothing factory should be sold on the street."

"Li Weidong, can he still find sales channels through supply and marketing cooperatives? This guy is quite capable!" Zhu Shicong said in surprise.

"This leather jacket really didn't go to the supply and marketing cooperative. It was sold by self-employed people who set up stalls on the roadside." Wang Haibin replied.

"A self-employed person setting up a stall on the roadside? Hahaha..." Zhu Shicong suddenly laughed, his face full of disdain.

Zhu Shicong, the core leader of a large state-owned enterprise, certainly looks down on the self-employed. In his view, the self-employed are a group of irregular jobless vagrants. Those who work as workers in state-owned enterprises are serious people.

In the 1980s, this was a very common phenomenon, especially in the north where state-owned enterprises were the backbone. Even in later generations, when the private economy had grown stronger, the leaders of state-owned enterprise giants looked down on the leaders of private enterprises.

There are a lot of people there too.

I saw Zhu Shicong curling his lips contemptuously and said with a look of disdain: "Then Li Weidong dared to contract a clothing factory. I thought he was very capable, but I didn't expect that he was doing business with a self-employed person at a roadside stall. It seems that his clothing factory,

It won’t last long!”

…

There are many small clothing workshops in southern Jiangsu. The business model of these clothing workshops is also very simple. They do what is popular and what makes money.

When bat-shirts became popular, garment workshops began to produce bat-shirts; when bell-bottoms became popular, garment workshops began to produce bell-bottoms; when jeans became popular, garment workshops began to produce jeans again; when sportswear became popular, garment workshops

Clothing workshops began to produce sportswear again.

An army of millions of small traders in Wenzhou, Yiwu and other places will carry these clothes on their backs to all parts of the country.

Those traders who come back to buy goods will also bring the most popular clothing trends. When a popular sample is brought back, the clothing workshops in southern Jiangsu will start production at full capacity, and similar products will soon appear on the market.

Under this situation, the clothing departments of state-owned supply and marketing cooperatives naturally cannot compete with Wenzhou merchants, and even many state-owned supply and marketing cooperatives will go to Wenzhou merchants to get goods.

As the end of the year approaches, many Wenzhou vendors go home to buy their last batch of goods.

Stall owner Zhang was one of them, but he did not return empty-handed, but brought a sample of a leather jacket.

The next day, stall owner Zhang took the leather jacket sample and came to a large-scale clothing workshop.

The owner of this clothing workshop is a fellow villager of stall owner Zhang. In terms of seniority, he is also a distant cousin of stall owner Zhang. Stall owner Zhang often comes to him to buy goods, and the two of them have long been familiar with each other.

"Fifth brother, please help me see if you can produce this kind of leather jacket. This thing is selling like crazy now. If it can be made, you can definitely make a lot of money!" Zhang, the stall owner, handed the leather jacket to him.

The owner of the workshop.

This workshop owner ranks fifth in the family, so stall owner Zhang calls him "Fifth Brother".

The fifth brother took the leather jacket and didn't look at it carefully. Instead, he touched it with his hand and said, "I can't make this thing here."

"Fifth brother, take a closer look. This is not real leather, but artificial leather." stall owner Zhang said hurriedly.

"I know that this is artificial leather, and I also know that it is a new type of artificial leather. Last week, the sixth son of the third uncle's family in the village showed this thing to me. This material seems to be imported from abroad.

, we can’t buy it at all.” Fifth Brother said.

"What about using other artificial leather to imitate it and use the same style? The worst thing we can do is sell it cheaper." stall owner Zhang then asked.

Fifth Brother shook his head: "No, ordinary artificial leather cannot imitate this. Let alone the texture, color and softness of ordinary artificial leather, it is not as good as this new material. Even the smell is unbearable when worn on the body, and ordinary artificial leather

It’s not breathable, and if you sweat even if you wear it, it will make you faint if you get close to it.”

Upon hearing this major case, stall owner Zhang suddenly looked disappointed.

The fifth brother continued: "Brother, if you can think of it, others can also think of it. If ordinary artificial leather could be used to make clothes, it would have been done long ago! Now ordinary artificial leather can be used to make sofas or floor leather.

It's made of leather shoes, and many people will dislike it."

Stall owner Zhang sighed helplessly, but he always felt that something was wrong.

"Fifth brother, I feel something is wrong. The purchase price of my leather jacket is only 70 yuan. If it is made of imported materials, how can it be sold so cheaply? I have been to the capital, and the imported goods in the Friendship Store are so expensive.

I'm going to die!" Zhang, the stall owner, continued.

"Haha, I've already said it. Everything you can think of, others can think of. May I know that the purchase price of this leather jacket is only 70 yuan? The material seems to be imported, but there must be manufacturers in our country.

, has been able to produce this material, which is why the price of leather jackets is so cheap.”

Fifth Brother said with a proud expression: "As for which manufacturer produces this material, I don't know yet, but I estimate that this kind of thing must be made in Guangdong, so I have asked someone to go to the Special Administrative Region

I have inquired over there, and I guess there will be news after the New Year."

"Really, that's great, fifth brother, if you really make this kind of leather jacket, don't forget about me!" stall owner Zhang said immediately.

"Don't worry, we are a family and we all have the same ancestors. If you forget, no one can forget you!"

…

Li Weidong knows very well that selling leather jackets can only make a buck, and it won't be long before a large number of imitators appear on the market.

Among China's manufacturing industries, those with the strongest copycat capabilities are the garment factory in southern Jiangsu and the shoe factory in eastern Fujian. The products produced in these two places are more authentic than the real ones.

The motorcycle jacket is nothing more than an appearance design and has no technical content. As long as the garment factory in southern Jiangsu finds the source of polyurethane synthetic leather, a large number of them can be produced in minutes.

Although there are not many manufacturers that can produce polyurethane synthetic leather, Wenzhou businessmen are all over the country. With their ability, they can quickly find the source of polyurethane synthetic leather. By then, Li Weidong's leather jacket business will be over.

It is undoubtedly a fantasy for state-owned garment factories to compete with thousands of garment workshops in southern Jiangsu.

If Li Weidong's clothing factory wants to survive, it must be prepared to take the lead and create new products before Jiangsu's counterfeit leather jackets are put on the market on a large scale.

Li Weidong has already planned his next product, but the first thing he has to solve is the problem of the product's materials.

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At Qinghe Cotton Spinning Factory No. 2, Li Weidong stared at a knitting machine used in the textile industry and pondered its principles.

The workshop director handed something like a rope to Li Weidong and asked, "Director Li, look, is this the core-filled braid you mentioned?"

"That's the kind of thing." Li Weidong took the core-filled braid and pulled it hard. He heard a "stab" sound and the core-filled braid was torn.

Li Weidong frowned: "No, it's not strong enough."

"It's normal for the cotton thread to be woven and not strong enough." The workshop director replied.

"If flax is used, will the strength be better?" Li Weidong asked.

The workshop director shook his head: "I don't know about that either. After all, our factory is mainly engaged in cotton textiles."

"Based on your experience, what materials can be added to make this core-filled braid more resilient?" Li Weidong asked.

"Director Li, just tell me what you want to do!" the workshop director asked straightforwardly.

"I want to use linen to make a core-filled braid, and then program a cushion that will be cooler when sitting on it." Li Weidong answered.

"Why don't we just lay out a few meters of linen and use it as a mat?" the workshop director said.

"I hope the breathability can be better, so I have to use knitted ones." Li Weidong replied.

The workshop director frowned in embarrassment and said: "Director Li, our factory is mainly engaged in production. I can also help you with advice on matters within the scope of the production process. But outside of the production process,

I really don’t understand the things. For example, if it involves textile materials, you should ask professionals.”

"Can the engineers in your factory do it?" Li Weidong asked.

The workshop director shook his head honestly: "Our few engineers are all workers, peasants and soldiers, and the techniques they master are all from more than ten years ago. They can't even handle the new techniques introduced by our factory!"

"It seems we can only think of other solutions." Li Weidong sighed helplessly.

"Director Li, I have an idea. You can go to the university and find experts in the textile industry. Maybe they can help you solve the problem. I heard that those big textile factories, when they encounter technical problems, they go to

Ask the professor at the university for help." The workshop director said.

"Our Qinghe is just a normal college, or a junior college, and there should be no experts in the textile industry." Li Weidong then asked: "Which university should I go to?"

"The one that is closer to where to buy here is probably Jinmen University, which has the best textile industry major, and the professors are also very high-level. They may be able to help you. However, university professors are relatively high-minded. If ordinary people come to ask for advice, they won't be able to help you."

Ignore it." The workshop director replied.

"Tinmen University! It seems I have to go to Tianjin again." Li Weidong said to himself.