Chapter 215: Pingjin Seeds
Over the past few days, Director Li has done his best and made countless phone calls in a very short period of time.
This kind of behavior is really a bit like telemarketing now, which is completely a kind of all-out netting.
But fortunately, the pace of life was slow, so that few people hung up the phone because of disgust. On the contrary, most of them chatted happily to relieve boredom.
In this way, they really took a few paths.
The first thing to be solved was Su Jin's work problem.
In this regard, Director Li contacted three relationships.
One is the personnel section chief of the "Beijing Garment No. 3 Factory", and the other is the buyer of the "Raymond Garment Store". There is also a weaver at the "Pland Laundry and Dyeing Shop".
So Hong Yanwu invited Director Li to accompany him and invited guests outside.
And fate is like this, it is true to say that things are man-made, but sometimes it is really in heaven.
Because of Su Jin's matter, he actually hit the nail in the most promising place, but the place that did not report hope was successful.
Let's talk about "Beijing Garment No. 3 Factory" first.
It stands to reason that the head of the personnel section is in charge of recruiting workers, and the probability of success should be the highest. However, people say that their factory is all machine-produced, and they don't care about the level of craftsmanship of the workers in the first place.
In addition, their factory is now overcrowded, and the leaders are about to fight each other in order to install people. They are fighting happily with each other, making it difficult for even the children of workers to take over.
His job as the head of the personnel section is too difficult to do. It's not good, but I was squeezed into the cracks by the leaders and workers, and I have the heart to jump off the building. If he can arrange it, he is willing to arrange himself to the workshop and let someone else be the head of the personnel section.
To put it most practically, even his own children are still unemployed at home. So no matter how tempting the benefits are, he can't do it.
As a result, this meal became a grievance meeting for the head of the personnel section.
Then let's talk about "Red Capital Clothing Store".
In 1956, the prime minister and the mayor of Beijing jointly proposed that a number of famous brand clothing stores in Shanghai, such as "Raymond", "Bowei", "Zaocun", "Blue Sky", "Wanguo" and "Hongxia", be moved into Beijing to meet the needs of the people in the capital for their life and foreign affairs.
The "Red Capital" brand, in fact, was selected from the poems of the great leader, and belonged to the initiative of changing the name in the "movement".
The location of the store was first in the "Qianmen Hotel", and later moved to "No. 28 Dongjiaomin Lane".
Because of its good technical strength and excellent service quality, it not only enjoys a high reputation among foreign guests and celebrities, but also began to undertake the garment business of leaders and foreign affairs personnel in "Zhongnanhai" since 1957.
Therefore, in order to facilitate the tailors, the central government even made an exception to approve a car for the "Red Capital" to be used exclusively for them to enter and exit the "Zhongnanhai". What a glory is this?
It should be said that this job is absolutely right, and it is ideal to be able to go.
And the buyer is very happy, and there is no ink at all. Hearing that Hong Yanwu promised two Great China here, when he was invited, this person really invited their manager.
It stands to reason that this matter should be talked about with Hong Yanwu having all kinds of popular household appliances as hole cards.
But as soon as the manager of the "Red Capital" heard about Su Jin's family situation, he didn't take the next step, so he rejected the matter.
It's not that he's so high-spirited, it's not at all untouched. The key is that the "red capital" must undertake the task of making clothes for leaders, and the political examination conditions for internal employees are very high.
According to the manager, most of their parents are party members. Su Jin is family conditions, no matter how bad the family conditions are, at least it must be a family of industrial workers who have never made mistakes, and he is a member of the league. But the child of a "small owner", this is ......
In short, this is really not something that can be solved by relying on favors and relationships, and there is nothing that can be done.
So the meal was again in vain. In order to keep his promise and make friends, Hong Yanwu also put in two cigarettes.
In this way, it finally came to the sewing master of the "Brand Laundry and Dyeing Shop".
In fact, at this time, Hong Yanwu and Director Li were both thinking about being a dead horse doctor as a live horse doctor. Their plan is to get Su Jin in first to be a laundryman, it's better than a pedicure, isn't it?
Unexpectedly, the weaving master was very self-aware and very cautious, and he resolutely did not go to the restaurant when he met. Even if Hong Yanwu invited him repeatedly, the weaving master resolutely refused to eat it. Just let them talk directly on the street.
Hong Yanwu had no choice, so he could only tell Su Jin about it, and praised his family heirloom skills in all aspects.
But the weaver still looked very difficult.
He said that it was not that he didn't help, but that he didn't talk about his position.
He could have invited the manager out, but the problem was that the "Puland Laundry and Dyeing Shop" was also an enterprise that moved from Shanghai to Beijing, and it was also the only unit in the capital that provided laundry and fine weaving. In the same way, they have to take on foreign affairs tasks.
So in the political trial requirements, I am afraid that it is not much more lenient than the "red capital".
So although I heard that Su Jin was a talent, there was a high probability that he would not be able to do it, so he had to be mentally prepared first.
In this way, the day was hastily dispersed, and Hong Yanwu and Director Li were simply depressed and went home.
But I didn't expect that it was only early the next morning, and it was completely unexpected that the manager of "Plant" took the initiative to call Director Li, saying that he had heard from the weaving master that there was a person who wanted to find a job from a tailor family and would also work as an embroiderer, was it true?
Director Li replied vaguely, and then asked how the level was? Director Li said that I can't say this well, you have to meet and talk.
What I didn't expect was that there was a special urgency. Said I'm going to see you soon.
In this way, without waiting for the end of work that day, Director Li found Hong Yanwu. Then the two of them went together to ask Su Jin to ask for leave and go straight to Xisi to meet with the manager of "Plant".
The meeting went unusually well. Listening to Su Jinyi talk about "Beijing embroidery" and "Suzhou embroidery" is the first to say. The manager of "Plant" was very pleasantly surprised, saying that you are good at work, as long as you can do me a favor.
After speaking, he hurriedly took them to No. 20 Xisi South Street, located at the southwest corner of the intersection of T-shaped streets.
As soon as Hong Yanwu saw the word "inch", he was very tired. The heart said that it was true, why did you have to do it with Huhai.
It turns out that this is also one of the old stores in Shanghai. The name of the store is from the well-known writer Zhang Ailing during the Republic of China, a sentence of "make an inch, create an inch".
Before the "movement", there was even a reputation in Beijing that "men's clothing goes to Raymond, and women's clothing should be made by inches".
This is because these two stores once contracted all the garment making tasks of the leaders of "Zhongnanhai". The clothes of the main leaders of the time and the clothes of several first ladies came from only these two stores.
Like the 'red capital' that is now popular, it is only a rising star. It's entirely because of the "movement" that "Raymond" was banned under the pretext of making fancy clothes. It has a chance to take over the menswear banner.
And the most unexpected thing is that as soon as Hong Yanwu and the others entered the store, they found that the "inch" aspect actually attached great importance to their visit, and the store manager personally came forward to receive them.
Especially for Su Jin, he is particularly enthusiastic.
Wait until the manager of "Manufacturing" asks someone to bring a silk shirt, and the manager of "Plant" explains again, Hong Yanwu and they understand. It turns out that "Plant" and "Manufacturing" are now facing a big problem.
The silk shirt that dared to be taken was customized by an American female reporter who had just "made inches" last month, and it was not a standard style, but an invention of the American himself.
Because this American female reporter is very fond of embroidery craftsmanship, she bought a lot of embroidery in the capital. So at that time, she specially brought two cuffs with gold thread on a blue background, and asked for this material to be used for the cuffs and collar of the shirt.
This kind of requirement is not difficult to "make inches", and the finished product is also very satisfactory to the Americans. But no one expected that when the American reporter handed over the dress to the hotel service staff for cleaning service, it was burned by the ignorant service staff with an iron.
The Americans are angry. This has also become a diplomatic incident that alarmed the "Municipal Foreign Affairs Office".
According to the usual practice, of course, the party at fault apologized and asked the weaver of "Plant" to remedy the bad influence.
But the skilled weaver made a mistake this time. Because silk is easy to repair, embroidery thread is difficult to repair.
The embroidery thread is not simply embroidered, it is three-dimensional, and it is concave and convex. The most important thing is that the embroidery thread is not an ordinary embroidery thread, but a real gold thread.
No one can play it, so they can only ask their superiors for help.
The "Municipal Foreign Affairs Office" had no choice but to start looking for a master of Beijing embroidery on the one hand, and on the other hand, it handed over this task to the "Maker" and "Puland" to discuss and solve it.
Since then, the American has been calling and asking. This gave the managers of the two stores a headache, although they were quite innocent, but they were really afraid that they would not be able to solve this problem.
Because it's no longer a matter of who is right and who is wrong, and who can talk about the division of responsibility.
Don't forget, the American ladies are journalists, and when they see the newspaper overseas, the leaders get angry, and no one can eat and walk around.
So as soon as they heard Su Jin open his mouth at this time, they firmly asserted that this was the Beijing embroidery "Pingjin Seed" embroidery.
It is also said that this kind of embroidery is made of real gold twisted thread coiled into a pattern, or the seeds are formed on it, which is very delicate and luxurious. As long as he can provide gold thread, he should give it a try, and if it really can't work, his father will definitely be able to make up for it.
These two big managers were simply ecstatic, and they were really reassured. I almost didn't hug Su Jin and kiss him. Needless to say, let's ask Su Jin what else he needs, when will it be made up?
Su Jin was very practical, so he said that he wanted high-wattage standing lighting, an empty room and a big case that no one disturbed. As for the time, step up the embroidery, and it will be good overnight. It's that he has to go to work tomorrow......
That's all for it. Hong Yanwu hurriedly stood up and stopped Su Jin's words. On his behalf, he negotiated terms with the two managers.
He asked one thing, and asked Su Jin what he should do with his work? Just now he only said "easy to say", what is the "easy to say" method, now he has to say it.
He also picked out the ugly words, saying that Su Jin's family was born as a "small owner", although he took off his hat, he was never close to the advanced family. Can such a person be arranged?
Hong Yanwu's shameless and willing to be a villain forced the two managers to make a clear statement.
"Make an inch" here really didn't dare to say it full, saying that this had to be reported to the superior for instructions. Because there are too many leaders and foreign guests who come to their store.
However, the manager "Plant" dared to respond, saying that we are all behind-the-scenes services, and we are not so strict. As long as Su Jin really has the ability, even if he can't pass the "inch" side, they "Plant" definitely want Su Jin and be a weaving master.
Su Jin was happy now. In fact, as long as he can do not have a pedicure, let him be a laundry worker, and he will do it.
But Hong Yanwu was still not at ease, and asked again, "Then you have to make it clear, can he become a regular worker when he goes?" ”
The manager of "Prand" laughed when he heard this. "You, you, you have enough eyes. I'll tell you, there are no temporary workers in a unit like ours. ”
And just like that, a verbal agreement was reached. Su Jinhuo went out to stay up all night, and with his family heirloom skills, he successfully embroidered the pattern on his shirt.
And not only that, but he also made up and decorated some of the places that had been a little broken because of age with gold threads.
Finally, the shirt was shown to the Americans again, and it was better than before it was mended!
The American girls immediately gave a thumbs up and said "Wandefu"!
To this end, she also asked to meet the weaver, to take pictures, to write articles to praise, to introduce the magical skills of the Chinese in the newspaper!
In this way, Su Jin was photographed together with the masters of "Plant" and "Zhuangcun", and this photo was also accompanied by an English "letter of commendation" and was published in an American newspaper.
Do you need to talk about the rest of the things? The shame has turned into a show of face! The leader is naturally happy.
The managers and staff of both stores were praised. Of course, the issue of Su Jin's political trial is not a problem.
Think about it, everyone is showing up overseas, this is a talent, where can I bury myself as a pedicure again.
As a result, on April 20, the "Municipal Foreign Affairs Office" issued an approval document and asked Su Jin to report to work on the same day!
That's it, this last time, Hong Yanwu didn't spend it, and this thing was done. Moreover, Su Jin's "inch" is also at the same level as "Hongdu" and belongs to the same clothing company.
What an unspeakable opportunity!
Of course, Hong Yanwu will not really be happy to save a little money. For the sake of Su Jin's future, he still took Su Jin with him, and specially invited Director Li and the managers of the two stores out for a meal together, and also gave cigarettes and alcohol during the banquet to show his gratitude.
This meal gave Su Jin enough face and laid a good foundation for his future interpersonal relationships.
At the wine table, the manager "Plant" was joking. said that if he had known this, he should have taken the shirt from "making inches" back to "Prand" and asked Su Jin to make up for it. Half of the credit is now divided, and the talent is gone.
These words made the manager of "making inches" happy when he heard it, and he couldn't help but laugh again.