Republic of China Designer [Transmigration Book]

It was Chen's words, like a mallet, that knocked Xia Jinting completely awake.

He realized that it was impossible to withdraw the engagement simply by being deviant and provocative.

Now he lives and eats at Xia's house, and everything is under Chen's supervision. How can he be self-reliant, how can he be independent.

Only when his wings are full and he has a foundation that he can rely on can he stand up straight and say no.

Reading the awe-inspiring attitudes of everyone in the book towards "South Section North Gu", Xia Jinting understands that this is an era of the jungle.

If he keeps lingering like this, he can only let others rub him down, unable to resist.

The moment Xia Jinting took out the food money from his wallet, Xia Jinting made up his mind to start a company, start a career, and rely on craftsmanship to make a living.

He knew that he had no capital right now, and he didn't understand the clothing market in the Republic of China, so it was impossible to set up a company immediately.

The top priority is to use his expertise to find a job in a related industry and move out of Xia's house as soon as possible.

Through understanding, Xia Jinting has mastered the territory of Haicheng's clothing industry.

In the era of rapid change, Eastern and Western cultures blend with each other, and clothing has also derived Chinese and Western styles.

The traditional silk and satin shop headed by Jiang Ji was impacted by the foreign clothing industry, and its business went from bad to worse. At the same time, a group of foreign clothing and garment enterprises rose rapidly.

Some of these companies are run by foreigners, and some are run by Chinese themselves. Their scales vary from small to large, and their business scope and customer groups are also quite different.

Xia Jinting looked at the unfinished suit samples at hand, and turned his eyes to the suit shop.

There are two giants in Haicheng's suit and garment industry, one is the Xiute Group founded by the French, and the other is Yimingfang founded by Gu Sanye.

These two companies are not within the scope of Xia Jinting's consideration. The former only accepts foreigners and Chinese with overseas backgrounds, and the latter...

Xia Jinting believed that Gu Que and Gu Que were "discordant". In order to avoid the tragic situation of "either you die or I die", he drew a big cross on the recruitment advertisement of Yimingfang.

Excluding the two giants, the rest are some small-scale enterprises. Xia Jinting carefully browsed the "tofu block" in the newspaper, and finally, a company caught his attention.

It was a suit store called "Haotai". Once you heard the down-to-earth name, you knew it was opened by a Chinese.

Unlike some other suit shops, Hao Tai's store is located in a department store, and it pays rent to the mall on a regular basis every month. Its business model is similar to that of a modern fashion store.

Xia Jinting found the store according to the address published in the recruitment advertisement. The employees in the store were busy in pairs. When they saw Xia Jinting, they first gave a three-point smile, looking very well-trained.

"Sir, are you making clothes?" The only idle manager in the store looked at Xia Jinting with a smile.

"No, I'm here to apply."

As soon as the words fell, the smile on the steward's face subsided, and his eyes on Xia Jinting became very critical: "You look pretty good, are you literate?"

"Literacy, this is my job application document." Xia Jinting handed over the written resume.

The steward looked at the correct handwriting on the resume, and the alarm bell rang in his heart: "Your name is... Xia Jinting?"

"Exactly." Xia Jinting wanted to say something, but the other party smiled abruptly.

"You're kidding me. If you don't marry into Jiang's family, why would you come to work in our shop?" The manager crumpled up the job application paper and threw it into the trash can.

Nowadays, Xia Jinting's "deeds" have been spread all over Haicheng, and Haotai's stewards have also heard about it, only Xia Jinting went to their shop to have fun in a moment of fun.

"I will never marry into the Jiang family." Xia Jinting said, "I know how to make clothes, and I am in urgent need of a job. Please believe me, I am looking for a job sincerely."

Xia Jinting is indeed sincere, but he still has concerns about things, and he stubbornly refuses to let go.

While the two were talking, a new customer came to the store.

Seeing that he was a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner, the shop assistants, including the manager, were visibly shaken by the naked eye.

"Crooked and cut and spit..." The clerk greeted the customer in English with a strong accent, but heard the foreigner speak back a lot of words very quickly.

The manager has been working in the mall for many years, but he didn't understand a single word.

A group of shop assistants stared at each other and discussed in a low voice: "What are you talking about..."

Seeing that no one responded, the foreign guest slowed down and gestured, but he still talked with a duck.

Xia Jinting witnessed the whole process, only he knew that the foreign guest did not speak English, but Italian, and he wanted to make a suit for attending business meetings.

When everyone was at a loss, Xia Jinting took the initiative to chat with the guests.

Seeing Xia Jinting's fluent answers, the steward was so surprised that his eyes nearly popped out of his sockets. It wasn't until a deal was concluded that he stuttered and asked, "You...do you know foreign language?"

Xia Jinting nodded: "Let me stay, I can receive foreign guests."

The steward looked at the energetic young man in front of him, and suddenly changed his mind: "Let's say it first, we only recruit apprentices, if you want, you can stay." Xia Jinting stayed and became an apprentice of Haotai suit shop.

Apprentices are provided with food and housing, but no wages. They only pay for haircuts every month. Only when they change from apprentices to clerks can they have formal wages.

The steward led him to his residence. The bed was a big, dusty kang, on which all the employees slept. The living conditions were extremely poor.

Xia Jinting, however, remained at ease, since he made up his mind to move out of Xia's house, he had already foreseen all kinds of sufferings to come.

He has never been afraid of adversity, as long as he can still rely on his craft to make a living, there is nothing to be afraid of.

In accordance with the principle of pairing apprentices and buddies, Xia Jinting was also arranged by the manager to pair up with a buddy named Ah Zhong.

During the introduction, Ah Zhong glanced at him coldly, and said angrily, "Are you the man and wife of the Xia family?"

Xia Jinting has long been used to being asked about his identity wherever he goes, he responded generously: "It won't be soon."

"Hmph, leave the well-behaved young master alone." Ah Zhong snorted coldly, and directed, "Sweep the floor."

Xia Jinting had no intention of arguing with him, picked up the dusty broom and swept the floor with all his heart.

This kind of simple and repetitive work made the time longer, and precisely because it was inconspicuous, it was beneficial for Xia Jinting to observe the movement in the store.

Xia Jinting remembers the needs of the customers, the habits of fitting clothes, and even the snacks and drinks that different customers like.

In this way, the whole morning passed unknowingly, and when it was time for meals, the employees distributed their meals.

Xia Jinting has just arrived and has become an isolated one.

The food in his bowl was very small, leaving a large circle around him, forming an "isolated island".

Corresponding to the "isolated island", the old employees gathered together at a table tacitly, discussing in a low voice: "Knowing foreign languages ​​is amazing, look at him, his tail is up to the sky." "A big Young master, come to grab food from us."

All these words reached Xia Jinting's ears, but he was not affected in the slightest, and only focused on eating.

When he returned to his post, the ground that had been swept was covered with melon seeds.

Xia Jinting raised his head, and saw a freshman apprentice holding a handful of melon seeds, the skin of the melon seeds was vomited while eating, and he stepped on his feet by the way.

Xia Jinting remembered this person, his name was Axi, he was the loudest chatterer during dinner just now, and he wore a rag around his waist all the year round, and was mainly responsible for cleaning the windows.

At this moment, there is still half a bucket of sewage under the window sill.

Without saying a word, Xia Jinting picked up the bucket of water and poured it on the window. Sure enough, there was a scream from behind: "What are you doing? Put it down, put it down!"

"You destroy my land, and I destroy your windows."

Under Ah Xi's resentful and fearful eyes, Xia Jinting put the empty bucket heavily on the ground.

"You wait for me, I'll tell the steward!" Ah Xi jumped anxiously.

Xia Jinting pretended not to hear, picked up the broom again, and went to sweep the floor.

"What are you doing, making a lot of noise?" The steward gritted his teeth swaggeringly, saw the dirty window at a glance, and asked sullenly, "What's going on?"

"He poured sewage on the window." Ah Xi hurried the villain to file a complaint first.

"Xia Jinting!" The steward frowned, "You caused trouble when you first came here, why did you splash dirty water?"

Xia Jinting didn't change his face: "I saw that the window was not cleaned, so I poured water on it. He didn't do a good job, and he blamed me."

Ah Xi didn't expect Xia Jinting to say that at all, and blushed anxiously: "You splashed the dirty water that I wiped the window!"

Xia Jinting was holding the broom, staring at Ah Xi with a pair of eyes, making his scalp numb: "You say it's dirty water, who can testify?"

Of course, no one can testify. It was just the two of them, and no third party was present.

Seeing that Xia Jinting hadn't stopped moving and the ground was in a mess, the steward said dissatisfiedly, "What's going on here...?"

"I poured water on his window, and he was upset, so he threw the melon seeds on the ground and asked me to clean it again." Xia Jinting said calmly.

"You're talking nonsense!" Ah Xi looked at the incompetent eyes, panicked, and muttered, "You were the first to splash the dirty water..."

Xia Jinting suddenly laughed, staring at Ah Xi, and said word by word: "It's so rare for me to have a job, but you tell me, why should I splash dirty water?"

Seeing Ah Xi's eyes flickering and his mind fluctuating, the steward shook his head and sighed, "Ah Xi, after working for so long, you have a big idea. This small temple in Haotai cannot accommodate you."

Ah Xi was in a daze, after listening to the manager's words, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time: "What... what do you mean?"

"You've been fired." The steward left without saying a word, patted Xia Jinting on the shoulder regardless of Ah Xi's begging, and went to take a nap.

"Xia Jinting...you give me back my job!" Ah Xi cried and rushed towards Xia Jinting.

Xia Jinting quickly moved aside, still holding the broom firmly in his hand: "I am like this, you give me a foot, I respect you, who else wants to try?"

When he said this, his eyes looked at the apprentices in the shop.

The employees witnessed the whole process of Ah Xi's dismissal, and seeing Xia Jinting kick him out with a few words, his tactics were so clever that it was frightening.

Those who were chattering just now, all lowered their heads and lowered their eyes, completely honest.