As the furniture factory introduced new projects, Yang Liufang, who originally planned to go back to Wenzhou to apply for an identity card, had to continue to postpone his trip. He had to complete the renovation of these old desks and chairs before he could go back with peace of mind. So I started working hard day and night again.
The last time Li Tongfu chatted with the director of the Education Committee, he also talked about a new project, preparing sportswear for students of Hanwangchuan Middle School who participated in the radio gymnastics performance. In the past few days, due to the old desk and chair renovation project, he went back and forth to the Education Committee to sign the contract. When he got the check, he confirmed it with the Education Committee leader and now it is finally ready to start. He still chose two or three varieties, using his speaking advantage to promote sportswear at the Education Committee's office meeting so that leaders could make decisions. In the end, the leaders decided to purchase a total of 90 sets of blue and white sportswear for the three grades of Hanwangchuan Middle School. Based on their performance in radio gymnastics, outstanding students were selected and tailor-made.
Li Tongfu has been busy with this matter for the past few days, and his mouth has blistered and he cannot open his mouth wide when speaking. Fortunately, things went relatively smoothly. Yesterday, the clothes sizes of a total of 90 students from three grades who participated in the performance were measured. This morning, he went back to Xizhou City to customize these clothes.
Yang Liufang had been busy all morning. Just after finishing work and preparing to wash up and eat, a customer came to the door. Yang Liufang asked the head of Shitou Village to help with reception first, and he went to clean up the wood chips on his head and face caused by using the machine saw. Before the washing was finished, Village Chief Shitou came over quietly and asked: "Brother, the guest asked us if we can make a sofa?"
"sofa?"
"Um."
"What is a sofa?"
"Well, I'm not afraid that Buddha (says) is wrong. I came here to ask you for advice!"
"Brother Shitou, to be honest, I don't know either."
"Come on, I just finished washing, let's go and talk together."
"Then I'll go to the toilet first."
"Ah, look how scared you are."
"No way, I just came out for an excuse to go to the toilet."
Yang Liufang walked into the reception room located in a corner of the warehouse, which was specially opened recently. It used to be that when customers came, they were asked to go to the bedroom, but later he found that it was never like that. Fortunately, in winter, the bedroom has a fire kang, but it is a bit awkward to go in at this time. So Yang Liufang asked the workers to use scrap wooden boards to separate a room here, and put a small table in it, so that customers can see the finished furniture when they arrive, and secondly, they can come in and take a rest when they are tired.
"Hello, boss. Our manager just told me that you want to customize the sofa?"
"Hello, yes, I have seen the furniture you sell. They are all antique. Can I make a modern Western-style sofa?"
"If you run a furniture factory, you can't make any furniture. Do you have any requirements for a sofa? Is it for home or office use?" In fact, he himself didn't know what a sofa was, but he listened to what his customers said. Over the past six months, he has relied on The "one trick" of making antique furniture is enough, and now it is indeed time to update it, and you should try some new furniture. Now he is forcing himself to be calm and still acts like he understands.
"For home use, I want one that seats one and one that seats three."
"Let's do this, boss. If you believe me, come back tomorrow and I'll draw a few shapes for you to see if they suit you."
"That's great. See you tomorrow."
"Okay, see you tomorrow."
After Yang Liufang sent the guests away, Village Chief Shitou followed up and asked, "Have the communication been completed?"
"Yes, Brother Shitou, to be honest, I don't know what a sofa is. I will go to Xizhou in the afternoon to look for books and go to the department store. I promised the client that he will come over tomorrow morning and I will show him the sample drawings."
"Ah, I'm so anxious, can I get it done?"
“Furniture all over the world comes from the same origin, it’s just from simplicity to complexity.”
At noon, because Yang Liufang was worried, he took a few mouthfuls of rice and asked the village chief Shitou to take him to the three-way intersection.
Then I caught a ride to Yantan and took the bus back to Xizhou. This time he did not go to see Boss Chen and Boss Zhou, but went directly to Xinhua Bookstore. Passing the stairs, I found the three-story furniture and book area with ease. After some searching, I saw that modern furniture books were all in the form of illustrated magazines or magazines, and they were all expired. But after casually flipping through it, I found that the modern furniture in these magazines was enough for my own furniture factory.
He selected a "Furniture" magazine and a "Shanghai Furniture Collection". Both are magazine-like books like illustrated magazines. When he went to the checkout area downstairs to settle the bill, the salesperson did not pack it for him like last time. Instead, he gave him a handbag with Xinhua Bookstore printed on it. After leaving Xinhua Bookstore, he asked all the way, and then took a bus to Xizhou Supply and Marketing Department Store. After getting off the bus, he walked up the high steps and passed through a revolving glass door before entering a space where the lights were on during the day. It is also a unit under the Western Zhou Supply and Marketing Cooperative, but it has a dazzling array of products, most of which are exquisitely shiny under the dim light.
Yang Liufang entered the Grand View Garden like Grandma Liu, and soon got lost in it. He walked around here and there, and accidentally found the place where the furniture and bedding were. Here he saw a European-style carved bed and a sofa he had never seen before. It was a seat decorated with green corduroy cloth. He walked up and touched it. The tight corduroy had a smooth feel. The key points are also nailed into a diamond pattern with round cap nails, and there are two huge diamond-like decorative buckles on the backrest. He couldn't help but sit on it, never thinking that the bottom of his buttocks would suddenly collapse.
Yang Liufang was startled, thinking that he had been ruined by someone else, and thought: This sofa is too weak. He was so frightened that he put his hands on the handrails and stood up quickly. At this time, the salesperson noticed, walked up and said sternly: "Hey, what are you doing? Don't touch it if you don't want to buy it. Who will sell it to if it gets dirty?"
When Yang Liufang heard the scolding, he blushed instantly, picked up his bag with the book in it, and fled as fast as he could. I ran around in the shopping mall like a headless fly. The more anxious I became, the more mistakes I made. Gradually, I began to sweat all over my head, as if I was suffocating. Finally, after asking several questions, he found the exit of the shopping mall. Yang Liufang took a deep breath as he walked out of the revolving door. This time, despite being reprimanded, the supply and marketing department store team finally saw the real thing and understood what a sofa was. He walked to the opposite side of the shopping mall and took the bus back to Yantan.
At the three-way intersection, he paid the driver one yuan and asked him to take him directly to the door of the furniture factory. When he arrived at the furniture factory, it was already time for the workers to finish work. Everyone was busy scrubbing, and Li Tongfu saw him coming back with a book in a disgraced look, and came up to him.
"Brother, I heard that you went to Xizhou to see the sofa? How was it? Did you get any results?"
"Brother, yes, I thought the sofa was something, but it's actually just a soft chair with a backrest."
"Isn't that true? There are springs inside the sofa?"
"Ah, let me tell you, I fell in when I sat down. I thought the seat was broken, so I ran out without looking back."
"He will recover. The first time I sat on it was in Haining. It was a leather sofa. It shocked me even more."
"And real leather ones?"
"yes."
"Oh, I'm wearing a corduroy one today."
The two chatted, and Yang Liufang washed his head and face. Then they went to the cafeteria to eat together. Since it was just him and Ah Fu, the chef in the cafeteria cooked more delicately. In addition, Yang Liufang didn't eat much at noon and was really hungry, so he ate a lot in the evening. When I returned to the bedroom, I flipped through the magazine and began to draw a drawing of the sofa, carefully marking the materials on each part of the drawing. While doing this, I remembered something and asked Li Tongfu.
"Brother, you said the sofa is made of real leather. If we open a leather factory, can it also be used on the sofa?"
"Yes, not only the sofa, but also the suitcase."
"Oh, then we need to deal with this leather factory as soon as possible."
"Let's wait until you get your ID card back."
"Hiss!" Yang Liufang took a breath, thinking about the ID card, and must make up his mind to go back as soon as possible. If new projects keep coming in like this, we will never be able to do without it. Thinking of this, he stood up and picked up the lantern to see the progress of the renovation of the old tables and chairs. I found that there are still more than a hundred sets. If no new projects are added, it will take another week to complete just these.
Yang Liufang began to plan the time to return home in detail.
