The world is wide.


On the way to go to work in the morning in Korea, I always see words, ‘live honestly,’ in front of Korea University.
I think that is the movie title that I watched when I was an elementary school.
Live honestly… How to live honestly?
I am curious that I have lived so. I strived for living an honest life like everyone.
A few days ago, we carried on work for one brand of CC that is a Chinese company in Shanghai.
We actually did sampling work and now proceed with the main work for another clothing brand of the same company.
We are using 250g of special paper and 3.5 cm of cotton straps and hitting a tooling and foil at the same time to make a shopping bag.

The company’s owner visited to our factory in Yiwu and asked us to produce a shopping bag for his own five brands because he was highly satisfied with our product.
He seemed to gradually change it. I heard that he looked ambiguous when he heard that the owner of our factory is Korean.
He said that he couldn’t understand why a Korean person is in Yiwu, China and produces a shopping bag.

However, fortunately, he was really satisfied with our product. We really strive for making it better and focus on this work because we got a one more change and became greedy towards other brands.
There are so many shopping bag factories in Yiwu.
I heard that there were lots of Korean companies in Cheongdo in the past, but I’m not sure now.
There are hundreds or thousands of factories specialized in a shopping bag nearby Yiwu.
I think there are many things in a place that I don’t know because I have gone to several factories.
Why does a Korean person run a shopping bag factory in Yiwu? Why?
Why does the person make a shopping bag that is uncompetitive in a small scale factory in China and price?
I asked these questions again and again. I have been to Qufu, Sandong, in which a house of Confucius’s birth is located.
Passing by an expressway around Qufu, I saw a sign, ‘This is Confucius’s hometown,’ and entered into it. I wasn’t sure whether he actually lived there or not. It was obvious that his offspring lived in, but it’s quite hard to find out his trace.
I heard that he had a lot of concubines… He climbed up a huge mountain and said, “The world is wide.”
I don’t know when he climbed, but his bearers obviously had a hard time. I think his idea gave out light after his death. Huh… there are too many factories for a shopping bag.

Our product is not the best one in the world, but we really work hard. I don’t want to produce many things, but I just would like to make it and sell it well. We take a job for seven companies and their eight brands related to clothing.
When we worked for just one company, I really expected when we would do so for two. But, now, it’s already seven.
We will reach our goal. The world is really wide, and there are so many factories related to a shopping bag.

However, there are only few factories that strive for producing their own product differently.
I could feel something a little bit what Confucius felt on the huge mountain while watching the risen sun. We continue to move forward at least with a way and goal that we would like to go.

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