Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 795 What's missing now?

Upon hearing this exciting news, Lu Qiaoge understood that Qin Hengzhi would be returning soon.

So she stopped letting Xiao Cangcang run that way.

Xiao Cangcang asked, "Should I go check on Sang Juan's family now?"

Lu Qiaoge didn't seem to mind, since Sang Juan hadn't hidden anything from her anyway.

With only a few days left until the winter break officially begins, the exams for all subjects are basically over.

Lu Qiaoge's situation is very stable. Even though she is still working at the State Administration of Foreign Trade, her performance is still number one.

This did not disappoint her for getting in with the highest score on the exam.

Even Professor Chen sighed inwardly, realizing that hard work often seemed inadequate in the face of talent.

Of course, she couldn't say this to her students; she just thought it to herself.

Besides, Lu Qiaoge is not only talented, she is also very hardworking.

Since the spring trade fair was cancelled, the original plan to lead some students to Guangcheng to serve as volunteer service staff had to be temporarily shelved.

Subsequently, Zhang Aiguo led the people he had organized directly to the instant noodle branch factory to report for duty.

The factory warmly welcomed these college graduates and did not assign them to manual labor such as carrying sacks. Instead, they were given positions in the office and workshop, as if the factory was deliberately training them.

In Lao Min's words, it's a real shame that college students like that are carrying heavy bags.

What's missing now?

To be honest, we don't lack people to carry heavy loads, we lack talent!
University students, junior college students, and vocational school students are all welcome.

The factory provides room and board, so these students are all very motivated. They even patted their chests and promised Lao Min that they would come back to help out during the summer vacation, as long as the factory doesn't mind that they are clumsy.

At this time, three students from the Economics Department were also introduced by Lu Qiaoge to work at the instant noodle branch factory.

In fact, given the current quality of the students in this class, they would be more than qualified to intern at the Foreign Trade Bureau.

However, the State Administration of Foreign Trade did not provide accommodation, so everyone happily chose to go to the instant noodle branch factory.

It was only then that everyone realized that Lu Qiaoge and the Beidu branch factory were still under the same leadership team.

Although it's uncertain whether Lu Qiaoge is Lao Min's superior, the two are at least on the same level.

At this moment, Lu Qiaoge had already packed her bags to go home.

Not to mention colleagues, friends, and Lao Hu, just consider my grandmother, parents, older brother, younger brother and sister, and even my fourth uncle's cousins, I have to bring gifts.

My fourth uncle is still working at the research institute. He used to be a logistics administrator, but he has now been promoted to logistics director.

Lu Qiaoqing also started dating an engineer at the same factory. Both of their parents were veterans of the military industry, so they knew each other well.

The two families have already met and are planning to hold the wedding on May Day.

Lu Qiaoqing did not take the college entrance examination. In her opinion, she already had a stable job and had been promoted to a higher position, so there was no need for her to go through the torment of reviewing for exams.

Even though Lu Qiaoge was admitted to Beidu University and Lu Qiaoling was admitted to the most famous university in the province, she did not show much envy.

In fact, in the 1970s and 1980s, even without taking the college entrance examination, one could still obtain a high degree through training programs or correspondence courses.

When this generation retires, that will be in the next century. Whether they are college graduates, those who are on a training program, or ordinary cadres and workers, as long as they are not laid off, their treatment in these military industrial enterprises is quite good.

So even though Uncle Lu didn't know what the future held, since his daughter didn't like taking the exam, he didn't force her. After all, isn't starting a family and building a career what everyone strives for?
Lu Qiaoge prepared a red wool dress for Lu Qiaoqing; it was an imported item.

The State Administration of Foreign Trade has its own internal store, which makes it very convenient to buy these things. Of course, the price is not cheap, three hundred yuan, which is equivalent to nearly ten months' wages for an ordinary worker.

She put a lot of thought into the gifts she prepared for her family.

She put some of it into her spatial storage, and the rest into the canvas bag outside.

This time, she was going back with Qin Hengzhi, traveling by special train from Beidu directly to Jiangcheng. Now, all she had to do was wait for Qin Hengzhi to return from the base.

After Lu Qiaoge finished packing, Tong Niannian and Tao Zhuting also packed their belongings into bags, waiting for their families to pick them up.

Tong Niannian looked at Lu Qiaoge and asked, "Are you really coming back in half a month?"

Lu Qiaoge nodded: "Yes, I still have work here. This two-week vacation was a special arrangement made for me by my supervisor, taking into account my actual situation."

Tao Zhuting didn't envy Lu Qiaoge, because at that time, as long as you got into a school, you could be assigned a job, especially those of them studying at Beidu University, whose future was bright.

But she envied Lu Qiaoge for being able to broaden her horizons at the State Administration of Foreign Trade.

Lu Qiaoge also bought two hard-to-find export wool sweaters for the two of them.

Tao Zhuting blinked and asked, "Do you have any nice wool sweaters in your store? My family would like to buy a few too."

Lu Qiaoge shook her head: "There won't be any new stock before the Spring Festival. If we want to buy, we'll have to wait until after March."

Tong Niannian then exclaimed, "Really, I'm not trying to belittle our own products, but why do things imported from abroad always look so good?"

Tao Zhuting nodded in agreement, but in a very soft voice: "I think the quality is very good, the dyeing color is beautiful and very even, and it feels good to the touch. Our country's products are just not as good."

Lu Qiaoge lifted her eyelids, looked at the two of them, and said very seriously, "The yarn is exported from our country."

what?
Tong Niannian and Tao Zhuting exclaimed in unison. They really weren't aware of this.

Lu Qiaoge patiently explained, "The wool mills in the northern desert are the largest wool producing area in our country, and also the place where fine wool and washed wool are exported in large quantities."

Our country's main exported finished products are cashmere sweaters. However, due to the influence of production capacity, sales channels, and the international environment, the overall export volume is not large and belongs to the low-to-medium end market.

However, because our products are of good quality and inexpensive, they sell very well.

As for ordinary wool sweaters, they have little advantage internationally. Even if they are exported, their reputation is generally poor, their competitiveness is weak, and they cannot gain a foothold in the international market.

Although Tong Niannian and Tao Zhuting were both literature majors, they were also captivated by Lu Qiaoge's words.

Lu Qiaoge continued, "Our textile equipment is still too outdated."

Of course, there are other reasons as well.

For example, the dyeing technology is outdated, the color fastness is poor, it is easy to fade, and the colors are also limited, so the international market simply does not accept it.

Furthermore, the design and pattern are outdated, making it uncompetitive compared to international brands.

This is a problem with the market and distribution channels; they can't sell their products, and they can't get a good price for them.

Moreover, the mainstream market only recognizes foreign big brands. Chinese wool sweaters have no brands or distribution channels, so they can only be sold at low prices, which is more cost-effective than selling them domestically.

(End of this chapter)