Chapter 200
Chapter 200
The end of Xu Kongshan's birthday kicked off a busy new year. At the beginning of March, the contestants who received the invitation letter came to the garment factory with their bags on their backs to participate in the one-week finals.Except for the four who were unable to attend due to personal reasons and voluntarily gave up their qualifications for the competition, the remaining 36 people successively moved into the staff dormitory.
Zhu Wen contacted the newspaper for a follow-up report. For a while, the costume design competition held by Dongyan Clothing became a hot topic among countless people after dinner.
The game theme is released immediately, which minimizes the possibility of cheating. The 36 contestants are professionals from the textile college, and they also have master-apprentice inheritance. The most special one is a student of the art department. He has never made clothes before. The works in the preliminary round are drawn by themselves. .
You can learn slowly if you don't know how to make clothes, but you can't learn talent. Of course, Chen Wan will not miss such a talent. After discussing with Man Yushan, he made an exception to allow the other party to participate in the finals and assigned him a tailor. To be fair, within five days, he needs to complete one more set of design drawings than other contestants.
The student readily agreed, so that the rules do not favor anyone, and the other contestants have no objections.
At the same time, the production line of the textile factory was completely shut down, and the dismantling of equipment began. The workers who will go to work in the garment factory packed their luggage and prepared to move.
On the day of the competition, Chen Wan led the contestants to visit the garment factory, where the fabrics in the warehouse were piled up like a mountain, the brand new sewing machines were arranged neatly, and all the tools needed to make clothes were available.
The theme of the final was "Traveling". There were no restrictions on men's and women's clothing, and there were no restrictions on styles. After the rules were announced, Chen Wan left the production workshop, leaving two employees who knew nothing about making clothes to supervise on site.
In early spring, the mountains are green and the grass is green, and all kinds of flowers are competing for beauty. The four seasons have their own beautiful scenery. If there is no choice, Chen Wan thinks that spring is the best.
"What kind of works do you think they can hand over?" Man Yushan withdrew his gaze from a distance, and he couldn't help feeling a little itchy after not writing for a long time.
Chen Wan thought of the original works and shook her head: "I hope they can give us more surprises."
When they got the theme, the 36 contestants had different reactions. Some of them went straight to the fabric warehouse, like a mouse falling into a rice vat. After living for so many years, they had never seen such a variety of colors and materials; some sat down and meditated, What kind of clothes should be used to express the theme of "outing".
Chen Wan opened up the warehouse for them to use, no matter how much it was, even if they failed and tried again.In five days, no points will be added or deducted for those who finish ahead of time, so everyone will silently persist until the end, striving to make the work as perfect as possible.
When it was time to hand in the papers, a group of strange visitors appeared in the clothing factory. They were of different ages and clothes. There were fashionable young girls and plainly dressed middle-aged women. One thing in common is that they were all customers of Dongyan Clothing.
The purpose of Chen Wan inviting them here is to serve as judges with him and Man Yushan to decide the ranking of the contestants.
Customers each have five specially-made sticky notes, and can choose five favorite works. After the voting is over, the number of votes won by the contestants will become one of the important references for their ranking.
The voting results were counted quickly. After all, the customers were non-professionals. Chen Wan and Man Yushan double-checked and found that there were no good seedlings out of the shortlist, and announced the list of excellence awards.
Originally, there were 38 places for the Excellence Award, the first, second and third prizes combined, but now four people have abstained, which means that everyone who participates has a chance to win.Regardless of whether they can make it into the top eight or not, they will not come back empty-handed. Therefore, the contestants calmed down, and each of them looked nervous with anticipation, and they were not too depressed when they heard the award for excellence.
The rest of the top [-] finalists were called into the office where Chen Wan and Man Yushan were located in turn. Their final ranking decision was closely related to their performance in the office.
After a long wait, in the afternoon, the winners of the first, second and third prizes were announced one by one. The student of fine arts was among the top three and became the first "part-time" employee of the garment factory.
In view of the generous remuneration offered by the garment factory, all the employees who won the first and second prizes agreed to join the job, and the competition that was hotly discussed in the newspapers came to an end.
But the news about the garment factory still hasn't stopped.
Trucks drove into the garment factory one after another, and equipment costing hundreds of thousands was placed in various workshops. As the first private factory in Nancheng, the Nancheng government paid much attention to it.In the past, it was Chen Wan who spent money on the newspaper, but now it is the newspaper who specially visits the factory to interview, the significance of which can be seen.
The news of the clothing factory was continuously reported, and on the day of the official start of production, it received the same treatment as that of the pharmaceutical factory, occupying the headlines of the news page.
On March [-]th, Daji, outside the gate of the garment factory, flowers were blooming and brocades were playing, and Chen Wan, who was newly dressed, was standing in the center, with the government representative on his left and Wang Li'an and others on his right.
The sun broke through the clouds, and the red silk came down, and the big copper characters of "Dongyan Clothing" were shining brightly.
All the free people from the pharmaceutical factory came to join in the fun. Xu Kongshan stood in front of the crowd, looking at the brightest young man under the red silk with a proud face.
His six children are always so good.
Obviously everything was in the plan, but when it finally came to this day, Chen Wan couldn't help but feel a little dreamy.
The members of the lion dance team worked hard to perform, and the exciting parts attracted warm applause from the onlookers from time to time. Chen Wan glanced through the lion dance team, smiled at Xu Kongshan, and his wandering heart instantly settled down.
No matter where it is, as long as Xu Kongshan is with him, it is true in Chen Wan's eyes.
How could such an important day be celebrated without celebrating? Wang Li'an arranged a sumptuous meal, and there was a lot of toasting during the banquet. Chen Wan drank two glasses even if he couldn't drink.Thanks to Wang Li'an and Zhu Wen's good drinking capacity, they blocked most of the entertainment for Chen Wan, preventing him from passing drunk at the dinner table.
After eating a meal for more than two hours, before seeing off the government representatives, Chen Wan seemed to have finally set foot on the ground.
Handing over the aftermath to the staff below, Wang Li'an shook his dizzy brain, smiled and called out to Tao Meili for his daughter-in-law.
So they went back to each house, Qian Guosheng looked around, even Chen Wan was picked up by Xu Kongshan, he put his arm on Zhu Wen's shoulder: "Do you think it's time for me to have a date?"
"Ah!" Wang Li'an's ears were sharp, he turned his head and shouted at Qian Guosheng, "When you get married, you will regret it, and regret why you didn't get married earlier. If you don't believe me, ask Liu Qiang, is it good to have a wife?"
Of course Liu Qiang agreed, and Tao Meili twisted Wang Li'an's waist to tell him to stop talking nonsense.
"Brother Shan, our garment factory is finished." A half-drunk Chen Wan leaned on Xu Kongshan's back and whispered to him. Although he didn't plan to live in the garment factory, he still had a two-bedroom, new house in the family building. Before it was built, he would occasionally live in the factory, such as tonight.
Xu Kongshan climbed up to the third floor with him on his back, held his thigh in one hand and opened the door with the key in the other. The lights were bright, and the furniture in the house was uniformly arranged by the garment factory. They had been tidied up in advance, and the windows were open for ventilation, so there was nothing unpleasant about it. breath.
The family building is adjacent to the cafeteria, and the building is connected to the hot water pipe of the boiler room. Xu Kongshan put Chen Wan on the sofa, went into the bathroom and turned on the shower head to test the water temperature. It was probably because the temperature was still low in early spring and time It was too late, the hot water was used up and the water from the shower head was cold.
Just as he was carrying the tongs and was about to go downstairs to ask Aunt Zhu to borrow a briquette stove to boil water for Chen Wan, someone knocked on the door. Xu Kongshan opened the door and Zhu Wen stood outside with two kettles: "My mother He said there was no hot water, and I was afraid you would need to use it, so let me bring two pots up."
"Thank you." Xu Kongshan took the kettle and poured boiling water into the enamel basin, and returned the empty kettle to Zhu Wen.
Two pots of hot water were not enough for a bath, so Xu Kongshan soaked the handkerchief and wiped it carefully for Chen Wan, then rinsed himself with cold water until the coolness of his skin was gone, and then went to bed and took Chen Wan into his arms.
"Brother Shan?" Chen Wan didn't sleep well, opened her eyes in a daze, and subconsciously put a sticker on Xu Kongshan's chest.
"I'm here." Xu Kongshan patted him on the back like coaxing a child. He had done this action countless times, and it was almost instinctive. "Go to sleep."
Chen Wan turned over and faced Xu Kongshan: "Kiss."
Xu Kongshan lowered his head to find Chen Wan's mouth and touched it intimately. He smelled a faint smell of alcohol at the tip of his nose, which was not unpleasant.
Chen Wan's eyes were half open, like sleepy stars in the dark night, alluring without knowing it.
The working hours of the two factories are synchronized. At 07:30 in the morning, Xu Kongshan got up and went to the canteen of the garment factory
Chen Wan bought a breakfast. He was as familiar as someone from a garment factory. He received many curious looks along the way. Only people from the same village recognized him and explained the reason in a low voice to his companion.
So within half a day, the news that the boss and the production director of the pharmaceutical factory were good brothers spread throughout the clothing factory.
In the morning, the cafeteria was on fire, and the boiler room had enough hot water. Xu Kongshan woke up Chen Wan and brought him a suit of clothes. He drank alcohol last night and couldn't take a shower. He had to wash it this morning.
"Stay here in the afternoon or go back to the bungalow?" Xu Kongshan asked before leaving. He didn't need to work overtime recently and could accompany Chen Wan every day.
"Go back to the small bungalow, and drop by to see how the foundation is being dug." Chen Wan went downstairs to go to work, he wiped his mouth, and kissed Xu Kongshan's face, "I will drive to the gate of the pharmaceutical factory to pick you up in the afternoon .”
Although the newly recruited designers won the first and second prizes in the competition, strictly speaking, their designs are still not up to the standard. Before being alone, Chen Wan and Man Yushan will take turns to train them. Become regular.
Chen Wan was in charge of the class on the first day. He asked people to move the award-winning works of eight designers to the office, and analyzed the pros and cons in turn.
In the entire conference room, Chen Wan was the second last in age, but everyone present had heard of his legendary deeds, so they looked at him with admiration and did not dare to despise him.
"First of all, I want to change your names." Chen Wan omitted unnecessary self-introduction, "From the moment you enter Dongyan, you will not be simple tailors, but designers."
It's not that she dislikes tailors. Out of years of habit, Chen Wan thinks that designers are more appropriate. Anyway, they have to target the international market in the future, which is equivalent to letting them adapt in advance.
Observing the reaction of the crowd, they obviously accepted the title of designer well.Designer, it sounds so foreign.
After they had finished their discussion, Chen Wan raised his hand to signal them to be quiet, and he was about to start his lecture.
The improved clothes under Chen Wan's guidance were indeed much more advanced. Chen Wan threw the used chalk stubs into the trash can: "Tomorrow, I will make the plate, and I will let the production line expedite it. The bonus will be included in your salary this month."
Everyone immediately cheered, and the admiration in the air seemed to be solidified. Chen Wan raised the corners of his mouth and announced that the get out of class was over.
The off-road vehicle basically became Chen Wan's private car, so Wang Li'an and the others lived in the factory, and no one used the car at night.Tongman Yushan informed, Chen Wan drove away, now is not an era where everyone has a phone, even if the boss is not in the factory, he still has to tell his whereabouts, in case there is an emergency and he cannot be contacted.
In terms of straight-line distance, the homestead is relatively close to the garment factory, but the actual distance is almost the same on both sides. It takes about half an hour to walk and 10 minutes to drive.
Chen Wan and Xu Kongshan came here on the day when the ground was broken for the homestead. More than half a month later, the foundation had already been dug to a great extent. The two walked around and asked the foreman to speed up the construction as much as possible.
They gave generously, and the foreman naturally agreed happily.
Building and decorating, it is estimated that they will be able to live in a new house by autumn at the latest.
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