Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

Tian Mi was a smart girl and immediately understood Jiang Yanqiu's intention.

She immediately took over the conversation with a smile and said, "If you are so good at making clothes, then my aunt must be even better at making clothes!"

Zhao Lanlan said proudly, "Of course. My mother used to make clothes for wealthy families. If they want to order clothes here, they have to make an appointment in advance."

A golden light flashed in Tian Mi's eyes, and she immediately started to ask Zhao Lanlan questions.

However, considering the special relationship between Zhao Lanlan and Gu Qingqing.

Tian Mi didn't dare to say anything to her rashly, for fear that Zhao Lanlan would let the cat out of the bag in front of Gu Qingqing, and then it would be difficult for everyone to get along.

So she planned to discuss it with Qi Bing and Chu Tingnan before making a decision.

The next day was the day when Tian Mi and her family moved, and they invited everyone in the Zhao family to attend.

In addition, Fang Jing's family also came. It is worth mentioning that after the reform and opening up, Fang Jing's brother and sister-in-law also came to the capital.

Fang Wen and his father found carpentry work together; Fang's mother and daughter-in-law got a tricycle and sold snacks in front of a nearby school.

Business was good, so the family rented the four back rooms from Tian Mi and her family. This morning, the Fang family came over to help.

Tian Mi and Fang Jing have a tendency to have similar "stinks" and have a pretty good relationship.

This was not said by Jiang Yanqiu, but by Chu Tingnan. They said that Tian Mi and Fang Jing would comment on the crab not walking sideways.

Apart from Fang Jing and Zhao Lanlan's Jiang family, the rest are the Qi family and Jiang Yanqiu and his two companions.

When the Zhao family was about to leave, Tian Mi and the others secretly winked at Jiang Yanqiu, asking her to find a way to lure Zhao Lanlan and her siblings over so that they could talk to Zhao's mother alone about making clothes.

Chu Tingnan didn't beat around the bush and started by clearly stating the cooperation plan they had in mind.

The two sides split the profits 30% to 70%, and they are responsible for everything from purchasing raw materials, doing marketing and selling products.

Zhao's mother concentrated on making clothes without taking any risks and just took 30% of the profits from her orders.

With such good conditions, Zhao's mother was a little tempted. The pie that Chu Tingnan painted was really too tempting!

However, she had suffered losses in the past, so the policy was unstable and she was a little timid, feeling like she was afraid of both wolves in front and tigers behind.

After a long ideological struggle, Zhao's mother finally said that she would think about it carefully before giving a definite answer.

As expected, Zhao's mother agreed. Their family had received a lot of compensation before, but they had five children to raise, which was expensive and stressful.

She is still young, so she can earn more for her children. Anyway, she doesn't have to invest or take risks.

So after reading Chu Tingnan's detailed plan and the sample fabrics and electric sewing machines that Chu Tingnan and his team had found, she readily agreed.

Not only that, she also introduced several other masters to Chu Tingnan and the others, all of whom were from Pingdu, and one of them was even Zhao Mu's junior apprentice!

Chu Tingnan and his team invested a lot of money in the fabrics for custom-made clothes. They were all high-end fabrics brought back from Hong Kong.

Why bring it all the way from Hong Kong?

It’s because you need cloth coupons to buy cloth in China, and industrial coupons are required to buy cashmere blends. Those high-end fabrics are only exported and not sold, so there’s no choice but to ship them back from Hong Kong.

However, the cost of this smuggled fabric is still a bit high.

Hearing that the cost of fabric was very high, several old tailors suggested that the fabrics produced by some small workshops in Jiangnan were also very good, and no cloth coupons were required.

Let Chu Tingnan and the others send people to Jiangnan to look for it. Maybe they can find suitable fabric.

Several people also agreed to ask a few masters to recommend reliable people who are familiar with the fabric to inspect it.

Chu Tingnan and the others are still students, so they don’t have time to run around during class.

A few people remembered Jiang Yanqiu’s previous suggestion to find a capable partner. It would be more reassuring if the partner went in person.

On March 28th, the Nanfeng store finally opened!

Jiang Yanqiu also brought her sisters to join in the fun and increase popularity.

It turned out that Jiang Yanqiu's worries were unnecessary. There was a long line at the door, and everyone was attracted by the bright red clothes in the glass window.

Jiang Yanqiu still can't accept those bright red clothes, but people nowadays like this.

Some people didn't even enter the store, but stood there holding money and shouting that they wanted to buy that item, which reminded Jiang Yanqiu of the scene of queuing up to grab meat.

However, the purchasing power is still very strong, especially for red clothes. I can't help but sigh: "Why are red clothes so popular?"

Jiang Mingzhu reminded him, "May Day is coming soon, and there will be a lot of people getting married, so red will definitely be popular."

Jiang Yanqiu finally reacted!

However, Nanfeng does not just focus on sales, and has a very good service attitude.

No matter who is buying the clothes, I insist on having them try them on. Only after they have tested them and found they fit properly will I give them new clothes.

Everyone who came out of there was smiling. I have never seen such service when buying clothes in recent years. It is a relief to buy clothes when I need them.

Jiang and the others finally squeezed in and met Qiao Lei and Gu Qingqing.

I don’t know why these two people came here, but they also bought a lot of clothes.

When they met Jiang Yanqiu, the two of them acted as if nothing had happened. Gu Qingqing even asked them to go for an outing together next weekend.

Jiang Yanqiu didn't know their purpose, but she agreed readily.

On the surface, they have no conflicts, have not fallen out and are still friends.

But she was overthinking it. Gu Qingqing simply wanted to get together with everyone and improve their relationship since they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

As for Jiang Yuzhu's reporting of them, she didn't intend to pursue the matter.

Just like what Gu's father said, they were the ones who made the mistake in the first place and gave others a handle. They couldn't blame anyone else for being reported. They could only say that they were unlucky.

Even if she really wanted to take revenge on Jiang Yuzhu, it had nothing to do with Jiang Yanqiu. She still had to maintain her connections.

When will the cycle of revenge end? When will this cycle of bullying me and you stop?

As for coming to Nanfeng store, it is to see the quality of their clothes and whether they are the same clothes as Zhiyi, just with a different brand.

But they thought too much. The fabric and style of their clothes were indeed much better, and their service attitude was also good, so it was worth the money.

The two of them bought so many clothes simply because they hadn't enjoyed this kind of service for a long time and couldn't help but buy a few more pieces.

Jiang Yanqiu looked at the store. Although there were many people, a lot of people were hired to help today. Everything from entering the store to seeing customers off was proceeding in an orderly manner, so there was no need to worry at all.

On the second day after the Nanfeng store opened, Lao Qingxiang, a custom-made clothing store, also opened.

Jiang Yanqiu didn't attend the opening ceremony, so she took a leave of absence. If she takes another leave, her teachers and professors will definitely be dissatisfied with her.

Chu Tingnan and the others were directly handed over to the store manager for management, and he went to check on the situation after school.

We received a lot of orders on the first day of opening. What was surprising was that Mr. Murong and his wife each ordered six sets.

Chu Tingnan saw their information when he was looking at the order.

After coming back and telling Jiang Yanqiu about it, he did not forget to complain: "Rich people are different. They ordered so many sets of clothes at once. The cheapest one costs 70 or 80 yuan, and the expensive clothes cost more than 100 or 200 yuan."

Jiang Yanqiu didn't comment, but just asked: "Have you given them the sizes I gave you? They were made for Mom."

As for Chu's father, Jiang Yanqiu did not make any custom-made clothes for him. After marrying into the Chu family for more than a year, she had never seen him wear any other clothes, only the Air Force uniform.

Chu Tingnan answered very straightforwardly: "I gave it to them and let them be their mothers first."

Jiang Yanqiu said awkwardly, "I was afraid you'd forget about it. You often do this kind of thing."

Chu Tingnan knew what she was thinking and said with a playful smile, "How could that be? How could I forget what my wife told me?"

Then he changed the subject and said, "It's about the shop. The guy who offered the rent of 1,000 yuan before is back again. He even asked the Municipal Commerce Bureau to contact the street office. He seems to be forcing us to rent it. He's raised the price to 1,500 yuan a month."

Jiang Yanqiu said doubtfully, "Why do I feel like there's a conspiracy here? I looked around and there are many empty shops around here. Why do they have to rent our store? What do the people on the street say?"

But Jiang Yanqiu is a suspicious person, and she still hasn't figured out what's going on with Qiao Lei.

Suddenly someone offered such a high rent and forced them to rent the shop, which made her suspicious.

Chu Tingnan nodded and said, "I feel the same way. The shop across from us is also vacant. Why don't they rent it from someone else instead of paying a higher price to rent ours? The street vendors are being quite tough, saying they have no right to decide whether someone is willing to rent it out. This isn't the old society anymore."

Director Chu also felt strange. There were other empty shops nearby, so why did they have to take Jiang Yanqiu and theirs?

It can't be that the location is really good, there are so many shops with good locations nearby.

If we offend Jiang Yanqiu and she stops renting the house to the educated youth, where will so many people be housed?

Jiang Yanqiu felt more and more that there must be something fishy going on, so she said, "Give me the information and address of the house you want to rent, and I'll ask someone to check it out.

Also, when Mr. Murong and his men's clothes are ready, you must personally deliver them to them, and bring some gifts or a couple more sets of clothes. That person used the Commerce Bureau to pressure us, so we'll use the Ministry of Commerce to pressure them."

Chu Tingnan laughed and said, "That's a good idea. With my relationship with Mr. Murong, he will definitely help. Giving gifts to others to do things for us might backfire. Let's solve the problem first, and then ask them if we can't solve it.

As for the restaurant, Brother Yang said he wants to invest. He can recommend chefs and managers, and then register it under the name of the institute, and give the institute 20% of the dividends."

Jiang Yanqiu grumbled unhappily, "He's already so rich, why is he still interfering with our small business?"

The land he built on could be sold for billions of dollars, yet he is still competing with poor people for their money. Why is he everywhere? It feels like he is omnipresent.