weekend
The driver drove Wang Sicheng and the school belle Xi to the entrance of Chu Country's industrial park.
Wang Sicheng, who was carrying a bag, looked at the magnificent Chu Country Industrial Park carved on a huge stone with five golden words.
"Our industrial park has a total of four factories. They are the shoe factory, the clothing factory, the suitcase factory, and the bag factory.”
School Belle Xi brought Wang Sicheng to the industrial park of Chu State and said,"The suitcase factory mainly produces suitcases made of genuine leather, artificial leather, and PC materials, while the bag factory produces backpacks, satchels, and handbag.”
"Yes."
Wang Sicheng nodded slightly. The industrial park of Chu State occupied a large area. In the park, in addition to the four large factories, there were two office buildings, a staff dormitory building, and a large warehouse building.
There was even a banner on the office building that said that he was renting out an office. This made Wang Sicheng's heart skip a beat.
"Let's go to the clothing factory to take a look."
Wang Sicheng said.
"Alright."
School Belle Xi brought Wang Sicheng to the clothing factory.
"Uncle Zhao."
School Belle Xi shouted at the security guard at the entrance of the clothing factory.
"Mengying is here."
The middle-aged security guard at the entrance of the clothing factory said with a smile.
"Yeah, I came to the factory to take a look."
School Belle Xi replied.
"This is the registration form."
The middle-aged security guard handed a form to the school belle. After the school belle registered her name with Wang Sicheng, the middle-aged security guard let them in.
Perhaps it was the weekend, or perhaps it was because the clothing factory's business was really bad, but the workshop was very quiet. Although there were many sewing machines, there was not even a person in sight. It was not the busy scene that Wang Sicheng saw when he was scrolling through TikTok in his original world.
School Belle Xi didn't look too good. She knew that the workshop was a shift. Even on weekends, there were workers who came to work to maintain the operation of the workshop.
There was no one in the workshop, which meant that the clothing factory had not received any orders, so the workers were resting collectively.
"Mengying?"
A very masculine voice sounded behind them.
School Belle Xi turned around to look at the person who had come and called out," Uncle Li."”
"This is the director of the clothing factory."
School Belle Xi introduced Wang Sicheng.
"Uncle Li."
Wang Sicheng followed the school belle and called out to the middle-aged man with messy hair, sparse beard, and bloodshot eyes. It was obvious that he had not rested well.
"Yes."
Manager Li nodded. Normally, he would tease them about their relationship. However, he was not in the mood at all.
"Let's see!"
"If we don't take a look, our clothing factory will go bankrupt!" Uncle Li said bitterly.”
School Belle Xi's expression darkened as she thought to herself,""The business of the clothing factory is much more serious than Dad said!”
She also wanted to help her father and Uncle Li, but she was still underage. There was no good way. She could only say,"The business of our clothing factory will be better.”
"I hope so."
"I hope there's a miracle!"
Uncle Li, who was already in despair, said bitterly," I've tried all kinds of methods, but it's getting harder and harder to be an oem. It's not just our clothing factory. Other clothing factories that do foreign trade are also facing the crisis of bankruptcy!”
"Why?"
School Belle Xi only knew that it was not easy to be a contract manufacturer, but she did not know how difficult it was.
"The cost of materials has increased, and so has the cost of labor. If we don't raise wages, young people are less and less willing to come to the factory to work.”
Factory Manager Li shook his head." In the past, our generation couldn't even eat enough. It's a good way out to work in the factory. It's also very easy to get a wife."”
"Life is getting better now. Working in a factory is no longer a good choice. On the contrary, due to the harsh exploitation of workers over the past decade, young people were no longer willing to work in the factory.”
"Besides, it's not easy for young people to get married when they come to work in the factory.”
"The foreign companies also know about the rising labor costs in China, so they are gradually moving their factories to Southeast Asia. The labor costs there are much cheaper than ours.”
"Therefore, it's not easy for us to receive orders from foreign companies now. Even if we receive orders, the unit price is very low. If the domestic factories competed with each other, the profits would be gone. They might even have to pay for it!”
Wang Sicheng, who was listening from the side, nodded slightly. China's population was the highest in the world. They had a lot of human resources and cheap labor costs. Therefore, foreign companies all moved their factories to China, gradually making China known as the world's factory.
As Chinese society continued to improve, the lives of Chinese people became better and better, and labor costs also rose. Foreign companies began to close their factories in China and moved their factories to Southeast Asia, to areas where labor costs were lower. This was also the trend of the great era.
Manager Li's clothing factory's business was not doing well, which was also a microcosm of the great era.
"China is gradually losing its reputation as the world's factory. It's not bad news for us.”
Wang Sicheng thought to himself,'The foreigners call China the world's factory. They don't have any good intentions. "Because they despise us for producing cheap products without any technical content.”
"If our Chinese factory produces a product and the foreign companies eat the meat, then we can't even drink the soup.”
"The most important thing is that if foreign companies are willing to give you orders, they will do it for you. If they weren't willing to do it for you, then they would directly give the order to the factory in Southeast Asia.”
"It can be said that the factories in this world do not have their own core technology, so they are not irreplaceable!”
"Now is the time to change!”
"It's time to switch from low-cost manufacturing to exclusive manufacturing with our own core technology!”
Wang Sicheng's eyes flashed.
"From December 11th, 2001, China officially became the 143rd member of the World Trade Organization. China's business is no longer limited to the domestic market. It's time to expand internationally.”
Wang Sicheng swore in his heart.
"Not only do I want to do well in the domestic market, but I also want to do well in the international market and expand my business internationally!”
"My brand is not only to make the people of China proud, but also to make the foreigners marvel. Let 'Made in China' become 'Greated in China'!”
"From China's production to China's creation!”
Wang Sicheng clenched his fists." The things produced by China are no longer cheap, low-cost, and without any technical content. We occupy the market with the advantage of low-end and low-cost.”
"Instead, it's affordable, innovative, and international. It has China's own core technology and uses the advantages of high technology to occupy the market!”
He didn't tell these words to others because things were not said, but done!
He had done all these things, and there were many people who would publicize and praise him for free!
On the contrary, if he spoke loudly but couldn't do it, he would only be laughed at.
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