Although planting this area is vigorous, it is not urgent.
There is a shortage of food in many places.
As soon as the brigade commander left, Gao Jianwu was thinking of ways to get a batch of emergency food.
Of course he knows where there is a large amount of food, but unfortunately, he does not have that much money in his hands, especially hard currency or American knives.
Now the industry in Gao Jianwu's hands seems to have improved a lot. At the same time, industrial products such as agricultural vehicles have also begun to be exported, but the scale is not too large. A scale of tens of thousands of vehicles will not have much effect.
What's more, there are a lot of things that need to be imported now. The import of raw materials from Nanyang and the import of electronic components and mechanical equipment from the West require hard currency. Now Gao Jianwu can barely balance. But if you want to import grain in large quantities, you don’t have that much money.
Thinking of this, Gao Jianwu was also confused.
Many of his industrial product development plans are currently in the early stages of research and development and experimental production. Not only do he not have the brands and channels for large-scale exports, he also does not have the production capacity to produce them himself.
Now it is not the industrial kingdom of the original time and space. The fastest growing military industry is now for personal use, and it is impossible to export it for money. The rest of the industrial products, except for automobiles, are developing rapidly. In other aspects, penicillin drugs have advantages, but this drug is Western They are also mass-produced, with little technical difference between them, and it is unrealistic to sell them on a large scale.
Think about it.
What Gao Jianwu can think of is that it is more likely to develop the clothing industry, because this industry has low starting requirements, is completely labor-intensive, and has many job opportunities. The cost advantage is very obvious. If it is developed on a large scale, it can be effective in a short time.
After Gao Jianwu determined this idea, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He never imagined that time and space required clothing to exchange for planes. Today, as a time traveler, Gao Jianwu also has to develop clothing to exchange for food.
The garment industry was not originally in Gao Jianwu's plan to develop the industry. Most of it is now operated by private companies, because the threshold for this industry is not high and the demand is wide. Anyone can work from tailor shops to garment factories. In this industry in the base area, Gao Jianwu Just let the private sector develop.
With this idea in mind, Gao Jianwu began to conduct research in the base area. He was the person in charge of industrial development. With an order, the survey results were quickly produced.
Gao Jianwu took the survey results and found that the current clothing industry is not so much an industry, but a small-scale farmer model. Most of the people who make clothes are clothing factories or tailor shops for local people's consumption. They are located in various cities in the base area, but on a large scale There are almost no brands.
On the other hand, the upstream cloth and silk factory is relatively large-scale, but in Gao Jianwu's opinion, the scale is not big enough. The clothing industry in general has a large market because there are 40 million compatriots, but the styles and materials are very conservative, and there are no decent brands at all, so Gao Jianwu looked at it and shook his head.
This matter must be promoted by him personally.
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"Bosses, I have called you here today because there is a big matter that needs to be discussed with you." Gao Jianwu invited dozens of influential bosses in the clothing industry from all over the country to gather together. Everyone was talking about it, and he didn't know what they wanted to do today. .
Gao Jianwu did not play charades, and went straight to the point: "All the bosses are leaders in the clothing industry. First of all, I would like to ask, who is the largest among the bosses here? What is the annual sales volume?"
When Gao Jianwu asked, everyone's eyes suddenly turned to one person.
It was a thin, gentle middle-aged man wearing glasses. He slowly raised his hands and stood up. "Minister Gao, this is Yam Zhigang of Wuhe Knitting Factory. If we talk about the category of sweatshirts, the Goose brand sweatshirts founded by me may be the number one in the country, with annual sales of more than 2 million oceans (Singapore dollars)."
Of course Gao Jianwu knew about Ren Zhigang, the current clothing king. After all, when he held this meeting, he had already gotten to know all the bosses present.
"Boss Ren, please sit down and talk. You are really good at making the clothing business so big. I heard that Boss Ren is a top student who graduated from the University of Hong Kong. He once worked at Jardine Matheson & Co.
I’m working here. I wonder how much Boss Ren’s clothing brand is sold abroad? Gao Jianwu asked with a smile.
Ren Zhigang, who was still smiling at first, suddenly froze when he heard what Gao Jianwu said.
"Minister Gao, in terms of export sales, Wuhe really doesn't have this capability. It is currently focusing on the domestic market." Ren Zhigang said with some shame.
"Everyone here, is there anyone in the foreign clothing market?" Gao Jianwu glanced at the others and asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Minister Gao. The foreign clothing market is completely different from domestic clothing. We mainly sell Chinese-style clothing. Relatively speaking, Western-style clothing cannot compete with the foreign clothing industry in terms of style and cutting. Not to mention clothing, and It has strong brand added value, and we have no sales channels abroad. At present, our clothing is not competitive at all abroad." Ren Zhigang said to Gao Jianwu.
"I agree with the objective factors that Boss Ren just mentioned. If we want to export, do you have any other difficulties?" Gao Jianwu continued to ask.
"Minister Gao. I think if we want to export, our production capacity can't keep up. Everyone here said that we are the best in the local area. But in terms of sales, it is only a few hundred thousand. As far as I know In terms of foreign trade business, our scale is not enough to cover the freight of one ship." A boss present raised his hand and spoke.
"Are there other factors?" Gao Jianwu asked.
"I feel that we also lack international talents in clothing design. Our clothing tends to be traditional and old Chinese style. And Chinese style has almost no sales market for foreigners.
For categories such as Western-style clothes and suits that foreigners are accustomed to wearing, we don’t have good designers who can keep track of international fashion designs. Of course, I think the most important thing is what Boss Ren just said, we have no channels abroad.
If there are channels, I think we can also invite some foreign designers to make up for the design aspect. We still have advantages in manpower. If we have good design funds, it is also possible for us to export clothing. "Another boss who has some bottoming out about international clothing sales added.
"It seems that everyone has not thought about the export of clothing at all. I think the opinions and suggestions you just put forward are very good and insightful. I invited you here today to brainstorm and see how we can improve the clothing business. Go abroad." Seeing no one added anything, Gao Jianwu started to get into today's topic.
"The funding issue you mentioned just now. I want to express my position to you. As long as you have the confidence to tap into the international market, I will raise as much as you need for this!"
"As for another channel issue that everyone is worried about, let me tell you the bottom line. In the Americas, we have a very reliable and powerful channel that can sell the clothes we produce.
In terms of Europa, we are also developing markets in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. I believe we will make progress soon, and we can also solve the problem of sales channels for everyone. "
When Gao Jianwu made these two points, everyone present burst into laughter.
They can be ahead of the curve in this era. His consciousness and vision are far beyond those of ordinary people. If it is true, as Gao Jianwu said, that funds are guaranteed and market sales channels are ready, then a new market will appear in front of them, which will be a mountain of gold.
"Minister Gao, is what you said true? If so, our Wuhe Knitting Factory will spare no effort to open up the international market.
"Ren Zhigang, the clothing king who has the most dealings with foreigners, was the first to be tempted. You must know that his undershirt business has almost reached its peak in China. However, except for the undershirt business, the domestic market is now more standardized and suitable for mass production. Other categories are not yet available. It’s too easy to follow the standardized route.
This restricts everyone's room for upward development, because many clothes need to be customized, which forces local solutions, causing small tailoring workshops to become the main force in current clothing.
Standardized production categories such as suits do not have a large market share in the domestic market. After all, they are expensive and inconvenient to work. Domestic
The real white-collar class has not yet been formed. Except for people in the business field and college teachers in the city, the sales volume of suits is not an order of magnitude compared to that of undershirts.
When everyone heard Ren Zhigang's words, they reacted quickly and already thought of a certain possibility. If the foreign market really opens up, it is possible to create another new clothing king.
Those who responded quickly immediately stared at Gao Jianwu with burning eyes.
"Of course, what I said will soon become a reality. And I haven't finished talking about the clothing design issues that everyone is worried about. I can also promise you here. Every month we will bring new ones from overseas. Design styles for everyone to process. My only request is that everyone ensures the quality of processing.
under such conditions. Think about it, how many pieces can be produced every month? "
"Minister Gao, our Wuhe Knitting Factory produces at least 100,000 pieces every month!" Ren Zhigang's head was buzzing. He had to fight for such a God-given opportunity.
[In view of the general environment,
100,000 pieces per month, even if you earn 50 cents per piece, you still have a gross profit of 50,000 per month.
Seeing that the costume kings were all fighting for it, the remaining bosses became a little anxious one by one.
"We, Xianglong Clothing, can produce 30,000 pieces!"
"Our Qixi Knitting Factory can produce 20,000!"
"We at Huxi Clothing can produce 50,000 pieces!"
The clothing bosses in the field began to come to their senses one by one. Listening to this tone, Minister Gao is here to give everyone money today. If you don't seize this opportunity, you will really be sorry to your ancestors.
Although the bosses here have not yet figured out Gao Jianwu's true thinking, just because these clothes are for export, everyone understands Minister Gao's energy in this regard.
Otherwise, Minister Gao will not provide money and channels. Design styles are also provided.
Seeing everyone so enthusiastic, Gao Jianwu breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, he thought he would have to go through a lot of trouble today to convince these bosses to do foreign trade business.
I never thought that anyone who could become a big boss in this era would not be weak in vision. Especially people like Ren Zhigang who have worked in foreign companies are born with the sensitive sense of businessmen.
After everyone's excitement subsided for a while, Gao Jianwu raised his hand and pressed it.
"Don't worry, everyone. Everyone is involved in the clothing export business. Our overseas channels are far beyond everyone's imagination. It can be said that we can absorb as many channels as we have." Gao Jianwu's words are really not nonsense.
In the clothing industry, to put it bluntly, at the low end, channels are king and cost is priority. With the massive human resources in the country, if we open the clothing foreign trade market first, who can compete with us in terms of cost?
"The production capacity reported by everyone here is far from enough for us. I hope that next, we will plan how to increase the production capacity to 5 million or even 10 million pieces per month."
Gao Jianwu's words shocked the bosses present like thunder, setting off a storm in their hearts. Even an expert like Ren Zhigang, who was both internal and external, began to be impressed by Gao Jianwu's arrogance.
At the same time, there was also some disbelief.
"I know you still have some doubts about what I said, but it doesn't matter. Next, we will customize the production and delivery method according to the incoming materials. We will provide you with fabrics, styles and order quantities from the base. The first batch of our orders The quantity is 500,000 pieces and they are required to be delivered within one month. Considering that everyone comes from different places, our delivery locations are divided into three. Then everyone can be transported to these three places." Gao Jianwu did not wait for them to ask questions and directly Hard goods were thrown out.
500,000 pieces? ! This big order immediately brought the already lively scene to a boil.
"Minister Gao, what's the profit from processing this batch of goods?" Ren Zhigang asked in a trembling voice. Among everyone here, he has the largest production capacity, which means he can eat the biggest piece of cake.
"Considering everyone's business, this first batch of wool
The profit will be 15% after deducting labor and material costs. Of course, the labor cost will be calculated by us. If the production efficiency and product quality are not high, please don't come. I'm afraid you can't afford the loss. Gao Jianwu laughed.
After deducting labor and material costs, a 15% profit is given, which is quite a lot for large-volume garments. For a large knitting factory like Ren Zhigang whose factory and equipment have been amortized, the net profit will be more than 10%.
What's more, Gao Jianwu and the others provided the fabric for this business, so there was basically zero risk, and the amortization was also small. Because of the large batch size, the amortization of management costs and machinery and equipment became very small.
Therefore, there was no need for Gao Jian’s military mobilization at all. Soon, the business of processing 500,000 pieces of clothing was divided among various companies!
In this regard, everyone in today's meeting was happy. Many people began to think about how to expand production capacity, and the sewing machine business suddenly became very popular.
