After speaking to Luo Jiabao, Song Tianyao gave Lou Fengyun an affirming look. Lou Fengyun placed her hands on the table, perhaps a little nervous, her fingers stiff as she touched them together. However, she maintained a polite smile and said to Lou Fengyun Luo Jiabao:
"Based on the current production situation at Long Light Wig Factory, a single wig requires three braids each over 30 centimeters long to be made. During production, about one-third of the hair is discarded during the hair arrangement and weaving processes due to issues such as length or hair quality. As for the workers operating the machines, it's true that when they first start working, they may waste materials due to their lack of experience. This problem should disappear after about half a month as their skills improve. If, after half a month, the factory is still experiencing significant material waste, Mr. Luo might consider whether the workers are dissatisfied with the factory."
Luo Jiabao listened very attentively. After Lou Fengyun speaking, he smiled politely at her and said thank you.
After Lou Fengyun finished speaking, she looked at Song Tianyao. In front of everyone, Song Tianyao gently patted the back of her hand, indicating that she had spoken very well. Lou Fengyun tried her best not to be shy after being patted on the back of Song Tianyao hand in public, but she couldn't help but move her hand slightly to the side.
Luo Jiabao stopped speaking, Huang Siqun, the owner of Huang Kee Noodle Shop of the Chiu Chow Chamber of Commerce, also spoke up and asked:
"Won't the factory's machines break down soon? What if they do? A-Yao, I'm not targeting you, but a few years ago I bought a dough mixer that was supposedly made in the United States. It cost over 30,000 Hong Kong dollars back then. I just wanted to save myself the trouble of kneading dough every day, so I gritted my teeth and bought it. Putting aside the quality of the dough it produced, it broke down in less than a year! I wanted to get it repaired, but nobody in Hong Kong knew how to fix it. It had to be shipped back to the United States. Even though the repairs were free, the round trip took half a year. If the factory's machines break down, will it be the same?"
"Uncle Qun has two questions. I'll answer the second one for him first, and then Sister Yun will tell him what problems the machines often have. The machines you ordered are manufactured in the United States. These machines are outdated in the United States; in fact, it's fair to say that no professional manufacturer would produce this series of machines, which are considered very obsolete in the United States. Therefore, your machines are custom-made by many small and medium-sized machine manufacturers that accept orders. Normally, if the machine has a quality problem during operation, the sales company will ship it back to the United States for repair free of charge. However, I think everyone is unwilling to waste half a year on the return trip. So, I think there is another compromise. There is a Nelson Machinery Repair Service Company in Hong Kong. If your machine has a problem and you are not in a hurry to use it, it can be shipped back to the United States for repair free of charge, including round-trip shipping costs. If you need to use it urgently, you can entrust it to the professional repair engineers of Nelson Machine Service Company. Of course, you will need to pay a certain repair fee." Song Tianyao said to everyone.
After Song Tianyao finished speaking, Lou Fengyun smiled at Huang Siqun and said, "Uncle Qun, actually, factory machines don't break down easily. At least the machines at Long Light Wig Factory have been in use without any problems. On the contrary, the various needles used on the machines wear out very quickly, such as scalp machine needles, hair weaving machine needles, and hair combing machine needles. These need to be checked and replaced regularly. The factory could prepare some of these consumable needles in advance to avoid having to specially purchase them when replacements are needed."
Of course, Lou Fengyun didn't mention that those needles could only be purchased from Nelson Machine Service Company in Hong Kong.
After that, Lou Fengyun answered almost all the questions about factory production, including worker training. Lou Fengyun also promised to give up a set of equipment soon so that workers from other factories could learn how to operate it.
Song Tianyao, standing to the side, would occasionally glance at Tang Boqi, who remained silent. Everyone else at the tea party noticed Song Tianyao's constant smiles at the handsome young man and couldn't help but wonder if Song Tianyao had some unusual taste. Otherwise, why would his eyes keep darting towards the man when a beautiful woman like Lou Fengyun was sitting next to him?
Tang Boqi initially didn't care about Song Tianyao's gaze, but as more and more people began glancing in his and Tang Jingyuan's direction, he became somewhat embarrassed. He knew that Song Tianyao was deliberately staring at him like that, trying to provoke him into saying that the Tang family had registered a sales company in the United States and could help everyone present sell wigs in United States.
So Tang Boqi kept gently tugging at Tang Jingyuan's clothes under the table. He wasn't worried about himself, but only about his cousin, who might speak up out of shame and indignation at being stared at like a clown by everyone.
"A-Yao, shouldn't we also arrange for you to meet with the raw material suppliers so that everyone can stock up on raw materials and start production as soon as the machines arrive?" Huang Siqun hesitated for a moment, and seeing that no one else spoke up, he patted his belly and asked Song Tianyao.
Song Tianyao nodded in agreement. "Yes, yes. Long Light Wig Factory has always used India to supply us with raw materials. As everyone knows, even shrimp from Hong Kong waters are labeled as Communism by the United States in the newspapers. Even Hong Kong preserved ducks have to have a Britain flag branded on their feet to pass United States inspection before they can be sold to the United States. So I also suggest that everyone do what I do and use raw materials imported from India. Be careful, India hair can't be a problem."
Everyone nodded in agreement with these words, especially Luo Jiabao, whose family was in the seafood business. He said the United States were utterly heartless; previously, squid, abalone, and other dried and fresh seafood from Nanyang were all shipped from Hong Kong for sale. But now, because the United States said seafood from Hong Kong waters couldn't be sold in the United States market, the Japan quickly seized the United States market and rapidly expanded their supply to Nanyang. Even now, Japan squid, frozen squid, and other seafood are appearing in the Hong Kong market. It's clear the Japan are blatantly trying to enter Hong Kong and steal business from China person on China person soil.