In addition to supervising the production of seat fittings and plastic floors according to the drawings provided by Shaanxi, Li Tongfu also started the production of leather clothing. Their leather clothes are genuine leather, with sufficient materials, coupled with the sewing technology that has been passed down for hundreds of years, the stitches of the stitched leather clothes are delicate, strong and durable, and the warmth effect of the leather clothes after adding cashmere liners in the ancient method is excellent. It's just that in Yang Liufang's opinion, the style of leather clothing they produce is relatively old-fashioned, and compared with the Western-style windbreakers, woolen coats, and down jackets and jackets on the market, the version is too different.

But after Li Tongfu invited Lao Zhou from the wholesale market to see it, he felt that there was a market for this kind of leather clothing, especially for middle-aged and elderly people, and let Li Tongfu focus on this customer group. For young people, it instills in them the concept of filial piety to the elderly and sending warm leather clothes. The two also creatively came up with an advertising slogan: "Care for the elderly, send the most intimate warmth." Perhaps it was because of the guilt compensation that they had withdrawn the share capital when they were in the most difficult time, he ordered 3,000 leather clothes at once, and he also suggested that Li Tongfu produce big scalp shoes after immersing himself in the wholesale market for many years. This kind of boots originated from military boots, using rough cowhide and canvas combined shoes, is a must-have warm artifact for people in the cold regions of northwest and northeast China.

Li Tongfu made a car behind closed doors, purchased ten pairs of big-toed shoes from Lao Zhou, and asked the workers of Wangqingchuan to disassemble them and copy the uppers exactly the same. Just he was staring at the Xizhou Plastic Factory to produce Shaanxi seat base, so he asked the plastic factory to make him a sample of the soles of ten pairs of big-toed shoes, the plastic factory of course dedicated, at present, the whole factory in addition to the production of plastic basins and plastic buckets, large orders are from their Liufang Industrial Group Company, usually too late. The plastic factory used the most advanced plastic synthesis technology, and soon produced a sole called cow tendon sole based on the sole of the big-toed shoes provided by Li Tongfu.

After receiving the sample, Li Tongfu was very pleased, and felt that the soles of the original shoes were much better in terms of aesthetics, durability and warmth. He asked the workers to combine them using a combination of sewing and gluing techniques, and ten imitation pairs of big-toe shoes were quickly produced. At that time, everyone did not have the concept of copyright protection, after Lao Zhou got the sample, according to his many years of experience in market wholesale, he felt that as long as the price of this kind of shoes was reasonable, there must be a broad market, so he customized 3,000 pairs like a coat, and Li Tongfu ordered 2,000 pairs more when he set the production plan according to his previous experience in selling leather shoes. He thought that Boss Zhou could sell 3,000 pairs in the wholesale market, and it shouldn't be a problem for the sales department on Wang Shan's side to sell these 2,000 pairs.

The tannery began to operate at full capacity. The supply and marketing cooperatives have a hard time, from the opening to the present more than a month, the sales are less than one-tenth of the original, and some old customers of the decoration company come to purchase the sales of building materials. Office furniture and Simmons are in demand because of some enterprises and hotels, as well as newlyweds getting married, and some sales, and others are almost at a standstill. At present, in addition to the production of office furniture and Simmons to maintain the basic operation of the factory, that is, to assemble car seats, the wooden furniture production they relied on in addition to Simmons beds, other daily civilian furniture has ceased to be produced, especially antique furniture, according to Shi Fang's words, everyone is rusty. Their hardware store department is the largest supply and marketing cooperatives in the north of the city, the best decoration, the product category is also relatively extensive, the sales situation is still so, and other stores are even more dismal operations. There are irresistible and hopeless merchants who have begun to transfer shops and counters at low prices, and some who are about to expire have not paid to renew their leases.

The more vacant the shops of the supply and marketing cooperatives, the more bleak the business appears, and the vacant means that the state-owned fixed assets are idle, which to a certain extent violates the spirit of the "Notice on Cleaning Up Fixed Asset Investment Projects and Strictly Implementing Indicator Control and Assessment" issued by the Provincial People's Government. In particular, it involves the performance appraisal of the administrative personnel of the supply and marketing cooperatives, such as the president and the director of the office, and is linked to the salary. The president and office director of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperatives were anxious first, and they invited Yanhua to participate in the meeting, wanting them to take over the leasing of idle shops in the supply and marketing cooperatives. After Yanhua clarified the leader's intentions, she went back to report to Li Tongfu.

Li Tongfu received a call from Yanhua, thought about it again and again, and felt that in the current state, it is difficult to operate 3,000 square meters now, and no sales every day means a loss. They now have nearly 20 counter stores, and as long as there are no sales, they will lose more than 50 yuan a day in venue fees. Coupled with the loss of nearly 200 yuan per day in staff salaries, electricity bills, and other miscellaneous expenses, if you expand the lease, you will be throwing money into the sea, and you can't even hear the sound. But after all, the person in charge of the group is his own brother Yang Liufang, and the final decision is up to him, so he asked Xinye to convene everyone to hold a meeting of the group's management.

The meeting was held in the conference room on the second floor of the supply and marketing cooperative, and now Yang Liufang of the group company is the chairman of the board of directors of the building decoration engineering company. And the people who initially helped Yang Liufang to work hard, Li Tongfu is the general manager, responsible for the overall operation of the group's subordinate enterprises. Yanhua is the head of the finance department of the group and the general manager of the hardware store department of the supply and marketing cooperative, and Xinye is the cashier and also serves as the finance of the tannery and furniture factory. Qin Jiajun, Minister of Transport, is responsible for the transportation of goods, the deployment and management of porters of the group's companies. The team captain is Zhang Feng, who also serves as Yang Liufang's driver. Wang Shan is the head of sales and purchasing, but now he is still in Guangzhou, according to his report and through Yinhua's understanding of his private itinerary, CCTV equipment and signal cables have been prepared, and he is contacting the logistics company to prepare for shipment, and will return soon. He summoned the deputy minister from the industry and trade company to hold the meeting instead. Li Wei, the head of the technical department, who is also the manager of the tannery, is now going to Guangzhou with Wang Shan to enter the CCTV equipment, and he also asked the vice minister to attend the meeting. Because it is a meeting of the supply and marketing cooperative, the director of the canteen of the supply and marketing cooperatives is also invited to attend the meeting.

The meeting mainly discussed the expansion and leasing of the venue of the supply and marketing cooperative, and specially invited the president of the Chengbei supply and marketing cooperatives to attend the meeting. And the president of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperatives knows that Yang Liufang is the last line of defense, as long as he does not agree, there is no possibility of advancing this matter. The person who can pay for his hopeless thing in Xizhou City has no second person except for him. At that time, it means that these fixed assets are idle, and he and his subordinates, the managers of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative, will have their monthly performance salary and year-end bonus reduced. He is nothing, but his subordinates will definitely not do it, this star supply and marketing cooperatives have been advanced in the system for so many years, and they can't be destroyed in his hands. So he invited President Li of the head office to sit in town, he knew that President Li and Yang Liufang had an extraordinary relationship, and at the critical moment, President Li did not dare not listen to him.

Since the establishment of the group company, the meeting of all managers of the group is rarely held, and the daily work report of each company has no special management mechanism and is relatively loose. Fortunately, there are telephones, and everyone reports on the production and operation of the factories and departments they are responsible for. It was the first time that such a face-to-face meeting had been held. Each department and factory reported their own situation, because there are outsiders, Yanhua is responsible for the financial department on the profitability of the report changed to private, but from the production and operation can also know that their profitability is very good, but the specific amount is not known.

The positive profit was not reported, and the loss of the supply and marketing cooperatives was indeed reported in detail. Now that the explosion accident at the steel plant has been investigated, can a notice be issued to let the public know that it is not they selling counterfeits, but that the steel plant itself is corrupt and shoddy enough to cause production accidents. In this way, the shops and counters do not have to worry about rent, and they can also stop losses immediately.

As the leader of the supply and marketing cooperatives in Northwest Province, President Li did not think of doing this and making decisions for his subordinate departments. However, Xizhou Iron and Steel is a central enterprise, and the province cannot meddle in the management of other people's affairs, and the 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress passed the "Resolution on the Institutional Reform of the State Council". After the merger of the Ministry of Commerce with the National Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and the Ministry of Food to form a new Ministry of Commerce, the head office only retained the brand of the National Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and set up the Council of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, while the independent organization system of the supply and marketing cooperatives below the provincial level is operating independently, which means that there is no specific person in charge of the supply and marketing cooperatives at the central level. He didn't know who to ask for help, and he took office as the president of the palace who took over during this period of the supply and marketing cooperative.

He is not able to report directly to his old leader, the founder of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing, and the former state leader who is still on the appointment of Zhonggu, like the old president. But as the general head of the organization, he can't help but be responsible for his subordinates and the branch he manages, so he has to play the emotional card. He asked Yang Liufang's group company to insist on it, and there will definitely be a solution. However, it is still necessary to lease the idle site of the supply and marketing cooperatives within the scope of financial resources, and they cannot let Yang Liufang suffer losses. He suggested that the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperatives waive the heating fees of the Liufang Industrial Group in the supply and marketing cooperatives this winter, and that the electricity bills for all the venues leased by the Liufang Industrial Group should be waived before the reputation of the supply and marketing cooperatives improved.

Since President Li, the top leader of the supply and marketing cooperatives in the province, has spoken, whether it is out of friendship or in response to the call of the leadership, Yang Liufang can no longer refuse. He responded at the meeting, and righteously announced that he would work together with the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperatives to tide over the difficulties. But also put forward some conditions, such as the need for the group company to lease shops and counters, to help the leaders of the company to coordinate to the hardware store adjacent to the daily necessities store department, so that he can no longer recruit new salesmen, but also reduce part of the cost. At this difficult moment, these requirements are completely reasonable, and the president of Chengbei Supply and Marketing Co., Ltd. promised at the meeting that he will do his best and coordinate as soon as possible. After the meeting, everyone dispersed after finishing their working meals in the canteen of the supply and marketing cooperative.