Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

After a busy day, He Lai returned to his villa. There were two servants here, one from Indonesia and the other from the Philippines. They were arranged by Lu Zixuan to clean the house and take care of the garden.

He Lai was not very satisfied with these two maids. After all, neither the Indian nor the Filipino maid could speak Chinese. The Indian maid could speak a little Cantonese, but the Filipino maid could only speak English, which made He Lai very uncomfortable at home.

He Lai could only call Zhuang Shijiu, hoping that he could help him find a few. After all, Chinese people were more suitable for him.

Zhuang Shijiu was quite reliable. That night, he arranged two Chinese servants and a housekeeper in his thirties for He Lai. One was about forty years old, named Zhao Ma, and the other was about twenty years old, named Xiao Qin. The housekeeper was the son of Zhuang Shijiu's old housekeeper, named Lao Jin. Zhuang Shijiu originally intended to use him, but now he gave him to He Lai.

These people were brought over from Sijiu City by Zhuang Shijiu. They would be the maids and housekeepers in the future and were very reliable.

As for the Filipino and Indian maids, He Lai sent them to Lu Zixuan. After all, He Lai could not live in Hong Kong Island for a long time, so three people were enough.

The next day, He Lai was still eating breakfast.

"Young Master, Master Zhuang is here." Butler Jin came over to report.

"Okay, I understand." He Lai said and continued to eat his breakfast. It must be said that the food made by Zhao Ma was quite good.

"Why are you still eating breakfast?" Zhuang Shijiu said as soon as he came in.

"What's wrong, Uncle Jiu, is there anything wrong?" He Lai looked up and said.

"You asked me to make some jeans, right? I found the raw materials for them and I wanted to ask you to go take a look with me."

Zhuang Shijiu said that he was busy all day yesterday looking for the raw materials for these jeans.

Finally he found the raw material for jeans, which is denim.

"Okay, let's go. I have nothing to do, so I'll go see the world."

He Lai originally planned to study the injection molding machine further, but thinking that Zhuang Shijiu also had one, he naturally agreed to go and take a look.

Soon the two arrived at Zhuang Shijiu's garment factory in Shau Kei Wan.

Nowadays, most garment factories are making western suits and no longer make Mao suits. After all, they are all exported to make money from foreigners. Not to mention that the sales volume is quite good.

"The denims are all there!" Zhuang Shijiu said, pointing to a pile of cloth in the corner.

He Lai walked over, picked up a roll of cloth and looked at it. It was indeed the material for jeans.

"Uncle Jiu, why didn't you let anyone try to do it?" He Lai asked curiously.

"It was too late when we found the cloth yesterday, so we didn't have time to make it," Zhuang Shijiu explained.

"Have you collected any jeans on the market?" He Lai asked again.

"Uh…no."

"Then hurry up and ask someone to buy them. Haha, Uncle Jiu, you don't expect me to draw a few for you on the spot, do you?"

He Lai smiled bitterly.

"Okay, Lao Zhao, drive to Gangcheng Clothing Store and buy some jeans of all styles."

Zhuang Shijiu ordered.

"Yes, sir."

The driver, Lao Zhao, immediately responded and went out.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, He Lai went downstairs to check out the injection molding machine and learn more about it.

After all, the structure of plastic lighters is relatively complex, and the application of injection molding machines is very necessary.

The action program of the injection molding machine includes the forward movement of the shooting platform, injection, pressure holding, pre-plasticization, retraction, shooting platform release and retreat, cooling, mold opening, ejection, needle withdrawal, door opening, door closing, mold closing, shooting platform forward movement, etc. These actions need to be set according to the molding conditions of the product.

Injection molding machines are relatively complex, and are basically semi-automatic in this era. For example, the emergence of built-in temperature controllers, pressure regulators, time controllers, brakes and other equipment has greatly improved the degree of automation, and the efficiency is quite good.

He Lai kept studying there until Zhuang Shijiu had collected all the jeans.

"Look, all these jeans are here." said Zhuang Shijiu.

"Uncle Jiu, which pair of pants do you think looks the best?" He Lai asked, looking at the dozen or so different pairs of jeans on the table.

"I think they're all okay." Zhuang Shijiu said. After all, jeans are all pretty much the same, many of them just differ in color.

"Then let's pick a few simple ones and do them first," He Lai suggested.

"Okay, Lao Wei, go call those masters over and ask them to make these jeans for me first."

Zhuang Shijiu said to an old man next to him.

"Okay, sir." Upon hearing this, the old man went to call the master.

He Lai watched them make the whole process. The old master's craftsmanship is still very good, and he can handle each process with ease.

Soon several pairs of jeans were ready.

"Xiao Laizi, what do you think?" Zhuang Shijiu asked, picking up a pair of jeans.

"There's definitely no problem with the production quality, but I think it takes too long." He Lai said affirmatively.

"Oh? That's still a long time. This is already the fastest speed of the master."

Zhuang Shijiu said.

"Hehe, I have a way to increase the speed." He Lai said with a smile.

"Then what do you have in mind?" Zhuang Shijiu asked.

"Uncle Jiu, I think we need to learn how to divide the work when making these jeans! We are doing batch production, we can't make them one by one. If we do that, we can't make many pairs in a day. Look, Uncle Jiu,"

He said, then took out a pair of jeans and placed it in front of him, and then said: "The production of these jeans is divided into several steps.

Step 1: Cutting. According to the design drawing and pattern, cut the selected denim into the shape of trouser legs, trouser body, pockets and other parts.

Step 2: Sewing. The cut fabrics are sewn through a sewing machine. The trouser legs, trouser body and other details will be sewn together to form the basic structure of the jeans.

The third step: accessories. It is to assemble accessories such as zippers, buttons, belt loops, etc.

The last step: fine-tuning, dealing with some defects of the jeans, such as some thread ends, trimming and ironing. After all these are done, a pair of jeans can be considered truly made!

dont you agree? "

"Yes, that's right, these steps are necessary, what's wrong?"

Zhuang Shijiu nodded and asked.

"Uncle Jiu, we can separate these processes. For example, the cutters can only cut, and the sewers can only sew. If we divide the processes one by one, I guarantee that if we do it this way, it will definitely be much faster than before! Of course, the production of suits may be a little more complicated, but the process can also be followed."

He Lai analyzed.

"Well, I kind of understand what you mean." Zhuang Shijiu nodded and said.

"Also, Uncle Jiu, you need to adjust the ratio of people. For example, for work like cutting, which is relatively simple, you can have fewer people, but you can have more people sewing. And the people responsible for finishing the work need to have better skills."

He Lai explained.

"Well, not bad, not bad. You still have the solution!" Zhuang Shijiu said with a smile.

He said, "Hey, I call this an assembly line. Everyone is only responsible for one procedure, and they do the same procedure over and over again every day. Gradually, the work speed will increase, and it doesn't require much technology.

The master only needs to guide the work.”

"Okay, okay, Lao Wei, go gather all the workers together, and we'll start dividing the work. Let's try it for a few days first."

Zhuang Shijiu said.

"Okay, sir." Lao Wei immediately went to gather the workers.