School-run factories, workshops.

With the Spring Festival approaching, the school-run factory was finally able to take a breath after several busy shifts for several months.

Yesterday, the last batch of false collars before the holiday was sent out, and in the following days, the factory temporarily resumed the day shift production, and the middle and evening shifts were all suspended, so that the workers could relax and have a good New Year, until the Spring Festival and then reopened the three-shift system.

Today's day shift work has ended, most of the workers in the workshop have gone home from work, and those who stayed are Li Daqi and Song Yuanchao, who has just come over, as well as Qin Zhengguo, Gu Jie, Ying Caixia and Master Wang, the best tailor in the factory, and Master Liu, who is the sewing master.

Master Wang and Master Liu are both from Mingzhou, Mingzhou people's cutting and sewing skills are famous in Shanghai, as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, the "Red Gang Tailor" is famous for many people to make clothes.

The so-called Red Gang tailors are not gangs, but the name of the tailor group for foreigners to make clothes, the source of this title is somewhat ancient, which has to start from the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and China The earliest foreigners to deal with were the Dutch, Portuguese, etc., because many of the Dutch and Portuguese have red hair, so they are also called "red hair".

The term "red hair" was passed down from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and was later extended to a general term for foreigners. This is like more than ten years later Chinese foreigners are called "foreigners", and in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, with the forced opening of the country, the emergence of coastal cities and treaty port cities, these foreigners began to live, live, and do business in China.

In this way, the tailors who specialize in making clothes for these foreigners (red hair) are called Red Gang tailors, and the most skilled people in the Red Gang Tailors are Mingzhou tailors, the reason is very simple, Mingzhou belongs to the earliest treaty port, plus Mingzhou is close to Shanghai, and there are many Mingzhou people who make a living in Shanghai, and over time, Mingzhou tailors have become the most famous tailor group in China.

Master Wang's cutting skills are very good, Master Liu's sewing technology is a must in the factory, these two are old people in the factory, and have been working in the factory for nearly 20 years, but due to their age, they are no longer in the front line, and the main job on weekdays is to assist Li Daqi in managing the cutting and sewing work.

Leaving them here today is a special greeting from Song Yuanchao, and Song Yuanchao is especially grateful to both Master Wang and Master Liu, because if there was no Song Yuanchao, this factory would have collapsed long ago, and where would there be today's prosperity.

Li Daqi's appointment as deputy director has come down, with the appointment of the director of the factory to gradually let him take the initiative, and now Li Daqi has become the actual manager of the factory, which is also the deep meaning of the director of the Ma factory in order to gradually hand over the factory to Li Daqi.

On a large platform, large and small cut fabrics and sample paper were spread out on it, and Master Wang pointed and said, "I have revised these places, and this time it should be no problem." Lao Liu, why don't you sew it out first and then take a look? ”

"Okay!" Master Liu picked up the fabric and looked at it a few times and nodded, then beckoned everyone to take the things to the sewing station, found a sewing machine and got busy.

The crowd waited patiently, and after about an hour, a pair of freshly sewn bell bottoms was freshly baked.

Master Liu took his pants and looked at them, walked to the side and ironed them, and then handed them to Song Yuanchao, who took a look at them and handed them directly to Ying Caixia.

"Go try."

Ying Caixia has almost become a model for Song Yuanchao these days, I don't know how many times I tried before and after, I took the pants and went to the back without saying a word, Li Daqi surrounded an area with a curtain cloth in the printing workshop where no one was there for the time being, which was used as Ying Caixia's temporary fitting room.

After a while, Ying Caixia wearing bell bottoms walked out, everyone's eyes swam on her lower body, of course, not to see her figure but to see the pants she was wearing, with Ying Caixia's walking, stopping, and turning in a series of movements, everyone finally smiled.

I have to say that Master Wang and Master Liu's craftsmanship is good, and they have made pants that are exactly the same as the bell bottoms brought back by Qin Zhengguo after only a few modifications, and even better than Qin Zhengguo's pants in terms of workmanship and cutting details.

"Two masters, what a good craft!" Qin Zhengguo gave a thumbs up to Master Wang and Master Liu in admiration.

On the contrary, the two masters disagreed, and said with a smile that this kind of pants is actually not difficult, with a low waist and a short gear, and the trouser tube below the knee is enlarged, which is just a variant of orthodox slim trousers in the eyes of an old tailor like them, and it is a piece of cake for people who have eaten this business for most of their lives.

However, looking at Ying Caixia walking back and forth in bell bottoms, Master Wang couldn't help frowning: "This pants are so big that you can wear them out like this?" ”

"Yes! How not? Qin Zhengguo smiled on the side and said, "Look at it, are these pants wearing spirit?" ”

"Spirit is spirit, but it's too ...... And the women's trouser chain has always been open on the right, and now it is open in front like men, will it be a little too much? Master Wang kindly asked.

"But but, Master Wang, you don't know, now foreign countries are wearing like this, foreigners are different from us, men and women have the same style, it's normal."

"I said Lao Wang, you are a tailor, you won't forget what the rules of our tailor's business are, right? The owner thinks it's good, and besides, I think the pants are very good, and of course, my craftsmanship also plays a key part in the middle. Master Liu on the side was not as conservative as Master Wang, on the contrary, he was very proud to see Ying Caixia wearing the bell bottoms he had just made, and he was very satisfied with his craftsmanship.

"Okay, maybe I'm old and backward in concept, anyway, you young people think it's okay." Master Wang also smiled when he heard this, nodded and said.

A pair of bell bottoms, according to the different fabrics Song Yuanchao calculated, the cost of using good fabrics such as woolen and worsted is probably higher, and you can almost use corduroy and labor cloth, that is, denim, as for ordinary fabrics.

Song Yuanchao's choice is basically good material, this is very conscientious, if you use no matter how bad the material is, of course, the cost can continue to be compressed, but Song Yuanchao doesn't want to do this, people who buy things are not blind, not to mention that the pandemic of bell bottoms is about to start, Song Yuanchao wants to drink the first soup and drink it comfortably, there is no need to save too much money in this regard.

In addition to bell bottoms, Song Yuanchao also asked the two masters to make some jeans and denim jackets, and the samples were all brought by Qin Zhengguo from Yangcheng, authentic Xiangjiang goods.

I don't have to say anything about the craftsmanship of the two masters, the things that came out are really good, not to mention that there is Song Yuanchao, a person with the vision of later generations, who helped guide and modify a few details on the side, and the product is even a few points better than the sample.

It's not early, it's already past eight o'clock in the evening, and the workshop will start tomorrow, Song Yuanchao will look at the time and come here for the time today, so that everyone can clean up their things, especially the cut samples to clean up, and then make these clothes and pants all rely on these samples to get them, otherwise the efforts will be in vain these days.

Song Yuanchao planned to let the two masters have a light meal together and then go back, who thought that the two masters refused, saying that the family had already cooked the meal, and they would go home early when it was not early. In desperation, Song Yuanchao could only send them to leave first, and after they left, Song Yuanchao thought about it and took Qin Zhengguo and a few people to the small restaurant where he met Daniel Zhang last time.

"Heaven Descends"

It was half past eight when I arrived at the restaurant, and the business of the restaurant was nearing its end. However, Song Yuanchao came to them, and the boss naturally welcomed them, not to mention that the boss had already met Song Yuanchao last time, and knew that he was a friend of Daniel Zhang, and today he brought his friends to dinner to cheer him on, and it was too late to be happy.

said hello to the boss, Song Yuanchao didn't look at the menu, and said with a smile that there were only a few of them in total, so that the boss could see what else could be cooked.

"This hotel is good, better than a state-run hotel, or it's really not easy for you to lead the way, aid Korea, do you know the boss here?"

"I've met once, the boss is Daniel Zhang's hair small, and there are Daniel Zhang's members in this store." Song Yuanchao sat down at the innermost table with everyone.

"No wonder, Daniel Zhang, this kid is also smart, and he even did a restaurant." Qin Zhengguo and Daniel Zhang have dealt with each other, and he received Daniel Zhang when he went to Yangcheng last year, and the two were very familiar with each other, and they immediately laughed.

Sitting, smoked a cigarette, chatted for a while the food and wine came up one after another, Song Yuanchao came here but did not eat the food here, picked up the fast son to beckon everyone to taste, he first sandwiched a piece of braised beef, the entrance praised a sentence, this beef is really good, fragrant, glutinous and delicious, no wonder Daniel Zhang said so confident before.

Eating and chatting, everyone present was their own people, and there were no other guests in the restaurant at this time, and the boss knew that they were talking about things after serving the food and deliberately walked away.

"Daqi, you contact the manufacturer these days to find accessories, buttons, zippers or something, if there is no suitable one to ask if you can specify the production, and then carefully calculate the cost." After taking a sip of wine, Song Yuanchao said to Li Daqi.

Li Daqi nodded in response, everything was made of clothes and pants, and the fabric was no problem, especially denim was completely guaranteed for the factory. Don't forget what the school-run factory used to do? Originally, it was made of labor protection supplies, and labor cloth is the most common material in labor protection products, and labor cloth is a kind of denim.

Of course, there are still some differences between the labor cloth and good denim from several textile factories in Shanghai, the difference lies in the number of threads and textile technology, but this difference is not a big problem at present.

The fabric and the production are fine, then the rest is the accessories.

Compared with the current clothing, many are buttoned, including pants, but whether it is bell pants or jeans and denim jackets, in addition to buttons, zippers are the most commonly used one, and whether it is buttons or zippers, most of them need metal, but now there are not many metal buttons and zippers on the market, the latter is long used in briefcases and other places, looking for it or can be found, but the former is different, at present, the most commonly used plastic buttons, this kind of buttons are not unusable, but it looks awkward.