Chapter 488: Supply Falls Short of Demand

"Forty sets?"

"This is an order from ten days ago, you want to take them all?"

"Two hundred sets? No, it cannot exceed one hundred sets, we have a limit."

In Kang Jian's hands were two ledgers, one for orders and one for shipments.

Every day, he needed to organize and register them, making summaries to be able to sort out the latest order data.

The shop here was very large, and Guo Ge had also sent over quite a few people; these people were not responsible for management, but only acted as Kang Jian's assistants.

Everyone had their own designated area, and all of them would keep a close eye on the goods at the stalls; wanting to take goods under their noses was not even worth thinking about.

At the very beginning, some people tried to steal goods.

After being thoroughly "educated" by this group of retired soldiers, they never came to this street again.

"Jian Ge, why are the goods not enough again!" someone complained.

Kang Jian glared at him, "It's already good enough that you can get your hands on some, be content."

Right now, the factory's production lines were almost smoking, but there was no help for it—there were few people, few machines, and the quantity of clothes that could be made was limited.

Moreover, Nan and Sun Ge had very high requirements for quality; they had to pass the factory's quality inspection before they could be completely released from the factory.

The goods at the stall were getting fewer and fewer, and the people were also getting fewer, especially those who were a bit late; they couldn't help but complain, "Jian Ge, release more goods!"

"It's getting harder and harder to snatch goods from your place now."

"You don't even want to earn money when it's right there!"

A crowd of people blamed themselves for being a step late, and also complained that there were too few goods.

"You all have sharp tongues, but our goods are good and we focus on quality; otherwise, are you stupid to come to us to get expensive goods?"

It was indeed expensive, but there was a reason for it being expensive.

Other stalls could not compare to this one; it was like heaven and earth.

Customers all reported that Jian Ge's outlet had the fastest shipment speed; basically, as soon as it was stocked, it was gone.

Everyone didn't even fight over the styles or the designs; as long as there were goods, it was one word: snatch!

Otherwise, would they get up at the crack of dawn to come here to snatch goods? Wouldn't it be better to sleep at home?

At other outlets, there were goods at any time, so what were they in such a rush for?

"Jian Ge, talk to the owner and stock more goods."

They were all middlemen who snatched goods from here to send to all parts of the country, taking a middleman's price.

Otherwise, those people would have to run over from all over the country to get goods, and the back-and-forth on the road would waste too much time.

This was how these middlemen came to be.

Most of them were locals, but there were also people from other places who came specifically to do this business; leaving their hometowns was all to earn a living.

"The owner is considering it," Kang Jian replied.

He had already finished the accounts, calculated the turnover using a calculator, and had the people around him double-check it.

This was a habit he had formed after Guo Ge arranged for people to help.

He liked this profession, and he also liked doing business this way.

Although he was not old, his mind was very sharp; fearing suspicion from Beijing, every time he finished the accounts, he would have the people sent over go through them.

At the very beginning, Guo Ge had smiled and said to him, "Nan Nan said, 'Do not suspect those you use, and do not use those you suspect.' Kang Jian, Nan Nan has always trusted you."

Although Kang Jian agreed on the surface, he still did it this way every time.

He did not want mutual suspicion to ruin his work.

"Nan?" After Kang Jian handed the ledger to the person beside him, he just stretched his arms and neck, and saw An Yinan not far away.

An Yinan smiled, "You all have done very well."

She was truly becoming more and more satisfied with Kang Jian; in the past, she saw that he was young and didn't know how to be flexible about many things.

But now, he had grown into someone who could handle things on his own.

Before, it was he who needed the shop, but now, it was the shop that needed him.

Although her own product quality was guaranteed and her reputation was guaranteed.

But if it weren't for Kang Jian in the beginning, this shop would not have developed so quickly.

Everything is hard at the beginning.

"Thank you, Nan." Kang Jian blushed slightly, but since his skin was tanned, it couldn't be seen at all.

An Yinan looked at the clean shop and was speechless for a moment; it seemed that building a factory was imperative.

Before, she had only listened to the descriptions from Kang Jian and Guo Ge, and didn't have such an intuitive feeling about the sales.

Seeing it today, she instead understood a lot about the shortage of goods.

This wasn't just a shortage of goods!

It was simply pushing money away!

That group of people made a lot of sense.

How could one not earn money when it's there?

"After clearing this up, let's go to the factory in a while and have a chat," An Yinan said to Kang Jian.

Although Kang Jian didn't know what they were going to talk about, he was worthy of the initial kindness Nan had shown him.

He was not afraid of Nan's questioning.

An Yinan left this place; it was still early, so she took Xiao Guo to eat a bowl of wontons.

"This is my second time coming to Yangcheng." An Yinan looked at the place that had changed a lot; she hadn't felt it when she was at the Frontline, but now she realized the changes were truly too great.

"Was that shop the first one you bought?" Xiao Guo asked.

He knew Doctor An's character; on the battlefield, she had saved so many comrades-in-arms.

The soldiers all regarded An Yinan as one of their own.

She had always been the Life-Saving Bodhisattva on the battlefield.

Before, it was because of the Hemostatic Medicine, but now, it was simply because of her as a person!

An Yinan nodded, "Yes, I bought it when I came here for the first time."

She smiled unconsciously, as if she had started reminiscing about the past before she had even reached the age for it.

"That Brother Kang Jian, did you meet him that time too?" Xiao Guo quickly realized something.

He looked at An Yinan with some surprise, asking an incredulous question.

"Yes, I met him back then."

She did not speak of these past events, as many of them involved Kang Jian's privacy.

"Why would Doctor An trust someone she had just met so much?" Xiao Guo did not understand.

Their Military required rigor; every word and action must not bring shame to the country and the people.

And what An Yinan did was somewhat beyond his comprehension.

After all, he could not imagine entrusting such an important matter to someone just met.

"It's hard to believe, isn't it?" Seeing Xiao Guo's expression, An Yinan could not help but laugh.

Xiao Guo did not speak, but his expression already represented his thoughts.

"Actually, I am a gambler," An Yinan concluded.

She did not gamble with money, but rather gambled on her judgment of people.

In her past and present lives, she had experienced too much of the warmth and coldness of human relationships; she trusted her own eyes.

However, human hearts are easily changed, and she was slowly coming to realize that too.

Since she had entered the game, she had to bear the consequences, whether she won or lost.

"You don't look like a gambler," Xiao Guo thought of how she controlled life and death on the battlefield, and that masterful Silver Needle Technique of hers.

What kind of gambler is like that?

An Yinan lowered her head and smiled, "You will know in the future."

Xiao Guo followed by An Yinan's side, and in a short time, he understood what the nature of a gambler was.

But for now, he remained ignorant and unaware.

The two of them ate breakfast, hailed a taxi directly, and went to the Clothing Factory.

"This is the Clothing Factory, may I ask what you are here for?" In the guard room, a young man asked with a smile, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.