Rebirth 85: Huge profits start from repairing sewing machines

Chapter 2 Repairing the Sewing Machine

Jinghe Brick Factory is extremely busy.

In 1985, brick factories almost didn't use forklifts to load bricks, and had to rely on people to move the bricks onto trucks and stack them up.

Work in pairs.

One car, two dollars.

Two people get a point, each gets a piece!

Shen Zhihua was wearing a bamboo hat, struggling to hold more than a dozen stones on his chest and stretching them upward.

Above, is a woman who looks about forty.

As he took it, he kept nagging: "It's been a lifetime of bad luck to work with you. Look at how fast others work, but we are so slow. How can we make as much money as others!"

"Sister-in-law Mei, I'm really sorry!" Shen Zhihua squeezed out a smile, "Please be more considerate."

"Auntie, I'm coming too, don't scold my mother." Niannian, who was not yet four years old, struggled to lift a brick, her face turned red, and she tried hard to move the red brick up.

"Okay, okay!" Sister-in-law Mei stretched out her hand to take it, "Where is your man? What are you doing here with such a beautiful woman? If I were your man, I would only let you take care of me at home every day..."

"Okay, okay, come quickly! Don't waste time!"

"Look!" Chen Cheng showed the results to the factory director.

"good!"

"Yes, yes, we think so too!" The factory director's eyes lit up.

A large one may have thirty or forty people, and a small one may only have a few people and a production line.

"Then we have to adjust. This is not easy work!" The factory director felt that something was a bit tricky again.

"Yes, repair the sewing machine!"

The factory director is in pain!

"What's the problem?" Chen Cheng asked, ignoring their words.

Inside the workshop, there was a rumble.

But those state-owned or other large factories are not here.

After adjusting for about two minutes, Chen Cheng sat down.

Soon the scrap cloth was brought over.

Debugging this thing is a technical job. Many apprentices in repair shops like to change the needle plate but don't like to adjust it because they don't know how to adjust it, even if they are not masters.

"It's okay, he said he can fix it!" The factory director also looked helpless.

The scientific name of the sewing machine is the overlock sewing machine.

"It can be adjusted, I'll do it!" Chen Cheng said and had already started debugging.

"The result is not smooth!" The factory director brought a piece of clothing over to show Chen Cheng, "Look, these places look a little curved. Such a product will never pass the inspection and will definitely need to be reworked. of."

Everyone is busy and no one is chatting.

"Then let me take a look at that car!"

Two machines, all solved.

A neat but smooth edge has been cut out.

On this street, there are at least a dozen factories, large and small.

"My man is not feeling well. I am here to help support the family. I can help as much as I can."

In this day and age, there are still relatively few people who take the initiative like this.

At that time, there were more and more garment factories, and the demand for machine repairs also surged. Otherwise, he would not have had such an opportunity.

Chen Cheng stepped forward and gave it a try.

But before I had taken two steps, I heard footsteps inside.

"Director, can he repair it?" A woman who looked like a worker looked at Chen Cheng with some suspicion, "This kind of thing is not easy to repair. It's better to ask someone from the repair shop to come over, so as not to delay production."

That was already the 90s.

Just like now, although there are many garment factories, they are far less numerous than later. This results in machine repair being a relatively niche job, and ordinary people have no chance to come into contact with it.

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"You scum, look what you are doing!" Suddenly he shed tears and turned around to leave.

"Okay, okay, come on, please take a look!" The factory director was much more polite.

Generally, large factories have dedicated machine repairmen stationed on site, but small factories like theirs cannot afford to maintain machine repairmen, so they usually hire repair shops to come and repair.

"Director, the machines you have here should be repaired frequently. Do you think the price is suitable?" Chen Cheng said.

"Brother!" A man in his forties stopped Chen Cheng, "You...you know how to repair sewing machines?"

"Excuse me, does your machine need maintenance? I am a machine repairman! I am very skilled and can repair anything!"

It wasn't long before it was dismantled.

"Thanks!"

You guys can make a rough guess without even looking at it.

"Auntie, I'm coming too, please don't scold my mother, okay?"

I followed the man inside and arrived at the workshop.

"Luckily, the needle plate is not bent!" Chen Cheng nodded and said, "It must be misaligned."

After making up his mind, Chen Cheng went home first and found a few handy tools, such as common tools such as nut cutters, and carried them in a small bag. These things may not be enough, but there are usually tools in the factory, so you can borrow them when the time comes.

That’s it.

"There is no such thing as a broken machine!"

But the repair shop is very expensive.

In the distance, Chen Cheng looked at his wife and daughter, tears streaming down his face.

"Give me a piece of scrap cloth!"

"There's something wrong with the needle plate!" Chen Cheng could tell it at a glance based on his experience in the previous life. "It's possible that the needle plate is a little bent. If so, the needle plate needs to be replaced. If not, it needs to be debugged."

The factory director took one look and his eyes lit up.

"Yes!" Chen Cheng's heart moved, knowing that business was coming.

There is a small car and a small car, and the front is empty.

The so-called sewing machine's scientific name is actually an interlock sewing machine.

"冚车钑车" is what they call it in the factory.

People in the factory gave Chen Cheng a strange look.

"OK!"

"Uncle, let me ask, is there anyone in your factory who needs machine repairs?" Chen Cheng asked.

In the office, the factory manager looked at Chen Cheng with a smile.

Then go to Evergreen Street.

"Hurry up!" the factory director urged the two workers, "Don't waste time, get to work right away. By the way, young man, come..."

"Come on, come on, please!" The middle-aged man politely led Chen Cheng to the corner of the workshop.

"Young man, how do you charge?" the factory director asked.

In his previous life, after his wife and daughter left, Chen Cheng finally found his way into a factory and learned to do machine repair from a master.

Chen Cheng was not discouraged, and soon arrived outside a store called Taihe Garment Factory.

Chen Cheng came here and started asking questions from the beginning.

"Machine repair!" Finally, Chen Cheng thought of his old profession.

Yes, to support a family, we must never let our wives and daughters live like this again!

After leaving here, all Chen Cheng wants to do is make money!

He has many ways to make money, but the money he wants to make now is very urgent, and he needs to make it as quickly as possible.

"Oh!" The man's eyes lit up, "Come on, come on, I have a broken car and a car here, please come and help me take a look."

"Yes!" Chen Cheng nodded, "Are you talking about a small car or a small car? I can do both!"

"Can you also take a private car?" the man asked with suspicion.

"Okay, don't tell me, don't tell me!"

"Oh, young man, you can do it!" The factory director laughed loudly and gave Chen Cheng a thumbs up.

The security guard looked around sixty, glanced at Chen Cheng, and waved his hand to indicate no need.

"I'll take it apart and take a look!" As he said that, Chen Cheng had already started to disassemble it.

The problem with the ruthenium car was the jumper. In fact, it was not a big problem. Chen Cheng also made some adjustments and quickly adjusted the ruthenium car.

I asked several companies one after another, but in the end all to no avail.

The factory director pondered.

"Let's do this. I'll give you six dollars and let's just make friends. What do you think?"

Chen Cheng couldn't help but be speechless, you are quite good at bargaining!

I really don’t think I know. With a machine like this, if someone from a repair shop gets it, it will cost you at least five yuan a piece.

In other words, I have to charge at least ten yuan this time!

(End of chapter)