Goodbye, Cutting Master -- Clothing Industry

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One person

According to his personal experience, the boss of the factory is not only inspiring for everyone in the clothing industry, but also for many people in other industries.

(Shaw Sheng's Redemption): a strong man can only redeem himself, and a great man can save others.

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Lao Wang never came back. He left Suzhou to return to his hometown for the Spring Festival.

I sent him to Suzhou Railway Station, and I saw a lot of people travelling along the way to the railway station.

I looked at the rearview mirror, and the old king in the back seat was staring out of the window.

For a person who has lived in Suzhou for nearly 20 years, such a farewell is not an easy thing.

I really want to keep him, but I really can't bear it.

He has worked in our factory for 15 years. If I keep him, he will definitely stay. But he is 59 years old and will eventually leave Suzhou.

Suzhou is not his hometown. There are neither his two sons nor his four grandchildren.

I sent him to the ticket gate and said, "Lao Wang, call me when he gets home," and then hurriedly turned away.

I don't want him to see my wet eyes. I should let Lao Wang be happy.

For so many years, if there were no Lao Wang, there would not be such a large-scale garment factory, and without my Mercedes Benz, my son would not be able to learn piano in the best training school in Suzhou.

I used to teach Chinese in a key high school in Suzhou.

During the Spring Festival of 2000, I resigned angrily because I was tired of the school's struggle.

There is an industrial park near my home. There are many garment factories. I thought it was very easy to see people making money. So they used their savings for half a lifetime, and borrowed some money to open a small garment factory. They plan to make some non-woven products for the hospital.

Lao Wang was the first worker I recruited, and the only worker I ever recruited in 2000, because my salary was lower than that of the surrounding garment factories. No one wanted to come. Besides Lao Wang, he had worked in the garment factory for several years.

Later, I asked him why he was willing to enter my factory. He said, because you didn't understand anything at that time, but there was a rush, just like I just arrived in Suzhou.

At the beginning, it was very difficult, and the business was very poor. All of my friends and relatives were introduced. I ran around myself. I didn't know how many times I ran around the hospitals and clinics in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. I once drank a pound of liquor with a client, and almost died, lying in the hospital for two days.

When I was running alone, Lao Wang worked all day and night in the factory. He could do anything in the clothing factory. He did all the big and small things on his own. He could not do it himself. He called several townships to help him for free.

As long as I give him a phone call, Lao Wang will keep the customers' requirements in good order and quality.

Lao Wang completely took things in the factory as his own business.

(now I remember, I can meet Lao Wang in my lifetime. I must have done many good deeds in my previous life).

With the help of Lao Wang, the factory gradually gained stability and stable customers.

I later found out that he was right.

Quite a set, his handicraft is the best in the whole park, and many tailoring masters around many garment factories often come to seek advice from Lao Wang, some of whom are his fellow townsmen, some of whom are his disciples.

But what impressed me most was not his technology.

In the 03 year (at that time, there were more than 30 workers in the factory), I had a lot of money that I could not get back, and I couldn't afford to pay for half a year.

With his experience and technology, the clothing factory in the park can easily earn more money than I do.

Lao Wang is a cultural man.

He writes well in writing brush, and erhu is very good. His conversation is civilized. He sometimes reads a few classical Chinese words. It is not like a man of farming at all. Only later did he learn that he had done village branches when he was young.

Perhaps it was because he had had a "political experience". He liked to read the news of current affairs and was concerned about state affairs.

At first I thought he was just passing the time.

08 years of financial crisis, several garment factory owners in the park have run away, but my factory works well, thanks to Lao Wang.

He told me very early that you see old mama, do not go public, and do not lack money, why? Because she insisted on "delivering the money hand in hand".

At that time, I thought he was right. He used the method of Lao mama. Although it was a bit slow, it was cash instead of IOUs, and I received a modest increase in the size of my money. So the financial crisis of 08 years was very small for me.

Another time, he told me, do not look at family planning now, in a few years will reward fertility.

At the end of 2015, when I saw the news that the state encouraged the birth of a second child, I admired his foresight.

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Several years ago, Lao Wang told me several times, you see others.

No matter what factory, there are automatic machines inside. Workers are mainly used to manage machines, and factories that rely too much on workers will be eliminated in the future.

Under his suggestion, I bought a Shanghai and Eagle cloth machine "test the water", the effect is much better than expected.

Later, the scale of the factory expanded, the original rental plant was too small, I rented a larger factory building in the park, but the workers became more and more difficult to recruit and mobility.

Lao Wang told me that the problem of aging in our country is very serious. Young people are not enough. In a few years, it is more difficult to recruit people. Early preparation is a long-term solution.

So I asked him to run to the hawk headquarters in Shanghai to inspect their cutting machines.

He came back and said Eagle cutter.

For nearly twenty years, Lao Wang, a tailoring master, said yes, that's all right.

The hawk cutting machine was installed well in the factory, and the original cloth machine was used, which saved many workers, and the efficiency was several times higher than the original.

The two machines placed in the factory gave me a lot of face. Lao Wang asked me to invite many customers to visit the factory.

This effect is really good, some customers see my factory equipment so "excellent", are all eagle and intelligent equipment, confidence in me greatly increased.

Orders have increased a lot.

Someone else introduced me to others.

Well, to say Lao Wang, he is really not an ordinary cutting master.

Seeing Lao Wang, I can always recall the lines in a movie I saw a few years ago: a strong man can only redeem himself, and a great man can save others.

Just as my clothing factory entered "fully automatic" from "small workshop", Lao Wang had to "return home".

I don't know whether I should be happy for him or for myself.

This moment was what he had said to me several years ago, and I knew long ago that Lao Wang would return to his hometown in the coming Spring Festival and never return to Suzhou again, but I never thought, or would not like to think of it at all. It was actually the Spring Festival of 2016, that is, today, February 1, 2016.

I very much hope that the moment of departure will be later and later.

I remember before he always said, when your factory does not need me, I will go back to Sichuan to provide for the aged.

Although my factory is now well-equipped, things that can be done by Lao Wang's experienced cutting master himself can only be completed by pressing a button. But Lao Wang is not just a cutting master in my mind.

I remember that he had told me many times about his life after returning to his hometown, and the most important thing was to send grandchildren to school.

He also told me a lot about life in rural Sichuan.

Unfortunately, I haven't been there.

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(I will go to see the brook in his village mouth, the half hill water well, and the squirrel who often runs to the vegetable field to steal his mouth).

I don't want Lao Wang to leave. It's not because of his craftsmanship. His skill is better than that of his automatic cutting machine, not only because he is reliable.

Lao Wang is not an ordinary tailor, but a very unique person. It is a person who can shine and shine at any time and anywhere. He can change others and even save others. At least, he has completely changed my life.

Goodbye, Lao Wang.