The Pentium Era - South to North

In the next few days, Zhang Chen had nothing to do and no longer needed to go out to find a job. They were waiting until the end of the month, after Xiao Zhao left the Red Flag Hotel, and they went south to Guangzhou to purchase goods.

Zhang Chen later went to Hagen twice more. Hagen told him that if you go to Guangzhou, you don’t have to go too early. You can just go ten days before the market opens.

Zhang Chen didn't understand. Hagen told him that these clothes are time-sensitive. If you go early, the new products will become old ones when the market opens. How will you sell them? The clothing in this wholesale market is different from that in retail stores. It's amazing if a style can be new every week.

Zhang Chen thought about it and it made sense. It was really like this. The stores he had been to would change a batch of styles in a few days. The little girls standing at the door were either calling for popular models, popular models, or coming to see new models. .

He also thought that in order to prevent himself from going to Guangzhou and buying other people's old models as new ones, he simply went to the market every morning with a pocket bag stuck in his waist to see what was available.

Perhaps because of his painting, Zhang Chen remembered the styles and colors of these clothes very clearly. Once he saw them, he would never forget them.

He thought that if he were to steal copies, he would not need to buy a sample of clothes or secretly take pictures. His eyes are cameras, but he would definitely not do such despicable things as stealing copies.

It’s not necessary, and even more disdainful.

When he goes to the market, he just comes to know what others are selling and at what price. He has no other intention of concealing his true identity and pretending to be buying goods. He is not afraid of being misunderstood.

Every night, Zhang Chen followed Xiao Zhao to learn Sichuan dialect and picked up some daily expressions, so that he looked more and more like someone from Chaotianmen in Chongqing.

After going there more times, Zhang Chen could quickly tell which stalls in this market were selling Guangzhou products, which ones were Wenzhou products, and which ones were produced in Hangzhou.

Generally speaking, the styles of Guangzhou products are relatively simple, the fabrics are novel, the workmanship is excellent, the colors are bright, and the patterns and patterns on the fabrics are also more fashionable, making them suitable for little girls.

The designs of Wenzhou products are more complicated, and they like to splice different fabrics into one piece of clothing. Compared with Guangzhou products, the style is more old-fashioned and closer to formal wear. It is more suitable for women over 30 years old or to wear at work.

Or the other extreme, the color is bright red and green, and a certain detail is used as the highlight of the entire outfit, such as a large lapel, or an exaggeratedly large button or belt buckle. This type of clothing is especially suitable for working girls. appetite.

As for the local products in Hangzhou, Hagen is right. Most of them are imitations of Wenzhou and Guangzhou products. The workmanship is relatively rough. Whatever sells well in the market is imitated. The biggest feature is that it is cheaper, cheaper than the original version, so I prefer the original version. The impact was huge.

After observing the products from the three places, Zhang Chen found that there were great differences in accessories such as buttons, zippers, and wash marks.

The accessories from Guangzhou are the best, followed by those from Wenzhou. The local products in Hangzhou, because we can’t find the same accessories as the original ones, use other ones instead. These accessories are basically from Yiwu Small Commodity Market or Hangcheng East Station Small Commodity Market. Purchased from the market, the materials and workmanship are relatively inferior.

After distinguishing these differences, Zhang Chen paid special attention to the stalls selling Guangzhou products to see what they were selling every day.

Zhang Chen discovered that it was exactly what Hagen said. They changed a batch of styles every three or four days, or when the original styles were still on sale every day, new ones would come. These new styles were all placed below. The sample was probably taken out of fear of being imitated.

Only when old customers come, they will take it out and sell it directly to old customers. Some even have limited supply. One customer cannot let you take a lot. When Zhang Chen heard a customer complaining, the boss explained to her, The new goods have just come out, and Guangzhou can't supply them. There is no other way. We can only sell them equally and wait for the big goods to come up.

This is actually a trial order process. It is these old customers who help them verify whether the new model sells well. If it does not sell well, they will immediately kill it and replace it with other models. If it sells well, they will place a large order to Guangzhou, and then wait for the big sales. goods.

The so-called big goods refer to large quantities of goods. After the large quantities of goods come in, they will put the samples on the wall or on the models. But by this time, there are already new models, which are secretly supplied to old customers down below. , just like this one after another.

After coming out of the market, Zhang Chen will go to the newsstand at the door. Since he wants to work in this industry, he naturally has to learn to understand this industry. There are not many magazines about fashion in the newsstand, mainly "Shanghai Clothing", There are several such as "World Fashion Garden" and "Ruili".

Zhang Chen bought them all. After reading them, he felt that "Shanghai Clothing" was closer to products from Wenzhou. In "Ruili", most of them were Japanese models and clothes, which were closer to products from Guangzhou. Some products in the market were simply copied. I got the magazine, it’s really fast.

As for "World Fashion Garden", none of them are close. The clothes on it are actually not suitable for sale in the market. If any time-travelling ghost imitates the clothes on it, he will definitely lose money.

But Zhang Chen’s favorite was this one. He felt that this magazine opened a new world in front of him, letting him know what Milan Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week, and New York Fashion Week were, and he also got to know those World famous brands and designers.

In the newsstand, there are special foreign-language editions of Milan Fashion Week special issues for sale. They are very expensive. Two copies cost 180 yuan, which is Xiao Zhao’s monthly salary. Zhang Chen gritted his teeth and decided to buy it. Next, although the clothes above are more exaggerated than those on "World Fashion Garden", Zhang Chen just likes them.

He felt that this would be good for improving his horizons. He had never known before that there was a batch of fashionable clothes in this world that were not for people to wear, but for people to watch on the stage.

Probably because he was in Sijiqing, there were some books on clothing tailoring in the newsstand. Zhang Chen also bought some. He wanted to know how a piece of cloth turned into a piece of clothing.

Every day, in addition to going to Sijiqing, Zhang Chen also went to the Hongqi Hotel to help Xiao Zhao work. After finishing the work, the two of them went home together.

Xiao Zhao was about to leave, and everyone in the hotel was a little reluctant to leave. Even Xiulian was more friendly than before. When she and Xiao Zhao took over the shift, she didn't leave early or come in late. It was her own shift's job. He also finished it by himself and no longer left Xiao Zhao with him. From time to time, he would suddenly come over and hug Xiao Zhao affectionately, and tell the guests, “This is my little sister.”

On the contrary, Xiao Zhao felt a little uncomfortable.

Today is April 30th, Xiao Zhao’s last day working at the Red Flag Hotel, and he works the morning shift.

At about one o'clock, the two of them packed their things and prepared to go home when Xiulian arrived.

Zhang Chen's BB phone rang. He looked at it and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. He picked up the phone on the desk in the duty room and called back. The other party said it was from the front desk of Xinqiao Hotel.

Zhang Chen was wondering what would happen if the Xinqiao Hotel came to him. He had never dealt with them before.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhang Chen?" The other party confirmed again politely.

Zhang Chen said yes, it’s me.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang, we have a package for you at the front desk. When can you come and pick it up?"

"My package? Why is my package at your place?" Zhang Chen was surprised.

"Oh, I'm not sure about this. A guest left it here and asked us to notify you to pick it up."

"What guest?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't see this either. I'm not on duty when the guests stay. I'm just responsible for informing you."

"Okay." Zhang Chen said even though he was confused, "I'll come over and get it later."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, when can you come?"

"About half past two."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, please go to the front desk of Xinqiao Hotel. Goodbye, Mr. Zhang!"

"goodbye!"

Zhang Chen hung up the phone, and Xiao Zhao listened to his answer. Feeling a little confused, he asked him: "Whose phone number?"

"The front desk of Xinqiao Hotel said that I had a package left there and asked me to pick it up. Why is my package there?" Zhang Chen said, shaking his head.

Xiao Zhao also felt strange. She asked, could it be someone who couldn't find you and put things at their place?

"How is it possible? They all know my BB phone number. How can they not find me? If they want to find me, they can just detain me."

"Then the front desk of Xinqiao Hotel must have made a mistake. They detained the wrong person."

Zhang Chen still shook his head: "It's impossible. How could there be such a coincidence? They detained the wrong person, and the person they originally wanted to arrest was also named Zhang Chen? He asked me twice on the phone if it was Zhang Chen. It’s morning.”

The two of them sat there, thinking for a long time, but couldn't figure out the reason. Zhang Chen smiled and said: "Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Anyway, we will find out later."

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