After a month away, the inspection team returned.
Without even taking time to rest, they began their report to the county, still worn out from the journey. Besides the members of the inspection team giving the report, more than half of the county leadership was present, along with the principal leaders from the Bureau of Industry and Commerce and the Clothing Factory, as well as Wang Yan.
"Our first stop was Shanghai..."
The comrades from the Bureau of Industry and Commerce who had accompanied the inspection team gave the report, while Factory Director Old Qi and the Clothing Factory personnel offered supplementary remarks from the side.
They gave a general account of the foreign trade process and the popular products they had learned about. Clothing was only one of them. They had gone to Shanghai first, then Guangdong Province.
As for Shanghai, it was No. 27, where Miss Wang had once worked—the Five Golden Flowers of Textiles... They took orders and then assigned them to relevant domestic units for production.
Guangdong Province naturally meant the Canton Fair. During this period, the Canton Fair handled more than half of China's exports. It was somewhat like a two-way job fair: foreigners sought partners there, while they also imported goods from abroad. It was equally bustling.
There was no question that not just anyone could take either of these routes. With so many units involved, it was impossible for them all to receive orders from Shanghai or attend the Canton Fair.
The former required submitting samples for competitive selection, along with personal connections and social maneuvering. The latter required each province to weigh matters internally and allocate slots, along with personal connections and social maneuvering.
No matter how one looked at it, those major factories would never give Jinling County a chance through