Chapter 81: A New Idea

Fabric is the soul of clothing, and currently, China has very strict restrictions on fabric.

In an era where food is the priority, most of the land needs to be used for growing food.

Things like cotton and flax can only be grown on a small amount of land.

Although China has already started the “self-made fiber + chemical fiber” route in the past few years.

But due to the lack of chemical fiber equipment manufacturing technology, it can only be purchased from abroad at a high price.

So, to a certain extent, it has restricted the development of the domestic clothing industry, because the equipment is too scarce and the cost is too high.

She remembers that China currently only has four major chemical fiber manufacturing plants.

But just the four sets of chemical fiber equipment and technical solutions from these four plants cost nearly 5 billion yuan.

So she hopes that China can manufacture its own equipment to reduce costs from the source.

She doesn’t expect Zhao Sihai to be able to directly make a set of equipment.

She just hopes that Zhao Sihai can know how to make it.

Even if he only knows a part of it, she believes that with so many scientific and technological experts working together, they can eventually figure it out.

“Chemical fiber equipment?” He frowned, took the book she had given him earlier, flipped through it for a while, and found the chemical fiber equipment list.

After looking at it for a while, he looked back at the two books.

She had just given Zhao Sihai “Mechanical Manufacturing Basics” and “Mechanical Manufacturing Technology.”

She didn’t know how good Zhao Sihai’s mechanical foundation was, these were all made by her based on some well-known books from later generations, and then disassembled and re-entered by professionals.

She didn’t know how much Zhao Sihai could learn.

But it was a glimmer of hope.

Zhao Sihai looked at it for a while before looking up at her, “I can’t guarantee anything, but I’ll try my best to study it.”

She smiled slightly, “No rush.”

But her heart sighed.

Even if it takes three to five years, it’s better than being stuck by foreign countries for over a decade in the previous life.

Just in terms of machinery, China has been bled dry by foreign countries during this period.

The next morning, Bai Ru Qiao arranged for the factory uniforms.

The National Day holiday was the day after tomorrow, and she hoped that the factory uniforms could be made before the National Day holiday.

With a day off, as long as the clothes look good, everyone will definitely be willing to wear them out to go shopping or visit relatives and friends, which is also a promotional opportunity.

Unfortunately, the time is too short, she also needs to fight for the design of the provincial parade team’s uniforms, which is also a rare promotional opportunity.

Suddenly, she thought of something, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes.

Then she immediately took a piece of paper and started drawing.

After she finished drawing, she took the paper and went out of the office.

“Sister Wenxiu, please help me make this.”

Seeing the pattern, Li Wenxiu was stunned, “This…”

Old Zhao also came over to look, and he also looked at her with a confused face, “A fan?”

Bai Ru Qiao smiled and nodded, “Yes, first make the fan surface, Old Zhao, can you make a fan bone out of wood first?”

The fan she drew was a round fan.

The fan had patterns on both sides, which would be printed later.

The front side had the words “1949-1977 National Day, Peace and Prosperity, Mountains and Rivers Forever Strong.”

The words were designed with artistic fonts and combined, looking like a patterned design from afar.

The back side was the Ya Yun logo and the words “Qingyang Textile Factory · Ya Yun Clothing.”

“That’s not difficult, but what are we making this fan for? To celebrate National Day?”

Old Zhao looked confused.

What’s the point of making a fan to celebrate National Day, to dance?

“Just make it, you’ll know when the time comes.” Bai Ru Qiao smiled and kept it a secret.

This fan wasn’t difficult to make, it just needed to be painted on the fabric.

Wenxiu took the paints and traced the pattern, and when she finished drawing, Old Zhao’s fan bone was also done, and a round fan was formed.

Bai Ru Qiao took the round fan and nodded in satisfaction.

Although the fan bone was a bit rough, it was fine as long as the effect was good.

She took the fan and the preliminary plan she had written and went directly to Deputy Director Zhang.

After reading her plan, Deputy Director Zhang frowned.

“Are we going to give these away for free? Isn’t that a bit unnecessary?”

“Absolutely not, think about it, when the parade team walks through, it will definitely be where people gather, that’s a lot of people, just a small part of the crowd holding our fans, that’s live advertising, and our fans are exquisite, the patterns look new and unique, people will definitely pay attention, and naturally, people will come to ask, won’t our Ya Yun and Qingyang Textile Factory’s reputation be spread to the provincial capital? Think about it, how many people are there in the provincial capital, if it’s also word of mouth, how many orders would that be?”

Deputy Director Zhang looked at the round fan, listening to her words, his eyes also became brighter.

“But this round fan, isn’t it a bit too feminine? Why not make it a folding fan?”

“Our fans are all made with red silk as the base, do you think, besides National Day, if it were you, would you usually carry this folding fan around?”

She smiled and raised her eyebrows.

Deputy Director Zhang’s expression froze, and when he imagined that scene, his brow furrowed.

Bai Ru Qiao smiled, “Our fans are so beautiful, they can’t just be put away after one day, if we make it a round fan, many women will definitely not mind taking it out on ordinary days.”

“Besides, the most important thing is that the round fan is cheaper to make, just order a batch of fan bones from the plastic factory, and then paste the fan surface on them, it’s convenient, easy, and fast.”

Deputy Director Zhang looked through her plan in detail again, and finally agreed.

Then he took the things and the plan to find the director.

Bai Ru Qiao watched his back disappear, turned back to her department, and could already imagine Director Liu’s expression when he heard this plan.

He hadn’t even made the 4,500 sets of clothes that were being given away for free, and now he wanted to give away a batch of fans for free, and he was giving away 5,000 of them.

Director Liu almost dropped his teacup when he heard it.

But in the end, he was persuaded by the plan and Deputy Director Zhang.

He called the Ministry of Commerce that day, explained the situation, and asked Minister Zhao to help contact the provincial capital, saying that he wanted to donate a few thousand round fans with National Day celebration patterns as materials to add to the festive atmosphere.

Minister Zhao was a little surprised when he heard this, but this was also a good thing.

So Minister Zhao agreed and gave a reply that day, saying that the provincial secretary had agreed and would send someone to pick them up tomorrow afternoon.

Getting the result she wanted, Bai Ru Qiao arranged for this matter that day.

Director Liu looked at the bill sent by the finance department, took a few sips of bitter tea to calm himself down, then closed his eyes and approved it.

Soon after, he received a call from the director of the plastic factory, his words full of surprise, confusion, and teasing.

Director Liu gritted his teeth and smiled as he replied, “Our country is getting better and better, I’m happy about that, and recently our factory’s performance and reputation have been good, I’m even happier, and now that we’ve encountered such a good day, I just wanted to celebrate with double happiness, and share the joy with the country, it’s only a few thousand yuan, our textile factory can afford it.”

His words were tough, but after he hung up the phone, he couldn’t help but clutch his chest.

He started to mutter to himself that Bai Ru Qiao was too extravagant, and he just hoped that it would be as effective as she said.

But what he didn’t expect was that the plastic factory director called again just after he hung up the phone.

The purpose also surprised him and made him overjoyed.