Canton Fair Office Center.
When the staff member heard Bai Lan ask this, he said with a smile:
"Very good, more than 20% higher than yesterday!"
"By the way, this is our ten-day data summary, please take a look."
Hearing what the staff said, Bai Lan reached out and took a thick stack of data from the staff, which contained the total transaction volume of the Canton Fair for ten days, as well as various transaction statistics.
After reading for a moment, Bai Lan had a smile on her face, nodded in surprise and said:
"Not bad! The total number of transactions in the ten days this year."
"It has actually exceeded the total transaction volume of the entire Canton Fair last year?"
Next to her, Song Kaixin was also full of joy. She leaned over to look at the data flipping in Bai Lan's hands, and the staff member said proudly:
"Isn't it? And more importantly, in terms of import increase, the year-on-year increase is not much."
"The increase in exports has increased significantly year-on-year!"
"It shows that the enthusiasm and enthusiasm for earning foreign exchange are very high across the country, and the amount of foreign exchange earned has greatly increased!"
"This is a great thing!"
The Canton Fair is an import and export commodity trade fair, so the US dollars consumed by imports, that is, the consumption of foreign exchange, and the US dollars obtained by exports, that is, the creation of foreign exchange, are all summarized and recorded in the data, so the staff said this.
Moreover, in international trade, there is an important concept called trade gap, which is divided into trade surplus and trade deficit.
In fact, the meanings of the terms trade surplus and trade deficit are very simple.
First, identify a subject, such as China.
The so-called trade surplus means that after a whole year of trade activities, when statistics are collected at the end of the year, the total value of goods sold exceeds the total price of goods bought back. In other words, it means that foreign exchange can be saved, so the difference The value is the trade surplus.
And a trade deficit means the other way around, when the money spent exceeds the money earned, it is called a deficit.
Theoretically speaking, when a country is in surplus, it occupies a certain advantageous position in international trade, and this is also the reason why the staff is happy. In simple terms, it is easy to understand.
For China, things produced domestically cannot be sold, and many things cannot be produced domestically and need to be purchased from abroad. This doesn’t sound like a good thing, does it?
Moreover, China today is in an era of trade deficit. Even if it takes another ten years, it will still be a trade deficit!
This trade deficit situation lasted until the mid-to-late 1990s before it gradually changed. For several years, it jumped repeatedly between surplus and deficit. Finally, the total trade exports began to crush trade imports. The total amount ended the era of trade deficit and will remain so in the future without any recurrence. In addition, the high-end technology that the United States is proud of is being caught up. China imports less and less, and the trade deficit becomes larger and larger. The Western countries led by Laos and the United States could no longer stand it and launched multiple trade wars.
Why China must give up cheap goods and buy expensive goods produced locally in Western countries, what about opening up financial markets and so on.
As for why we have been in a trade deficit for a long time in this era, the reason is actually very simple.
To put it bluntly, it is caused by the current backwardness of domestic productivity and production technology. Just like the electric fans and washing machines produced by the Red Star Manufacturing Factory, it is obvious that foreigners do not like them.
That's why the staff is so happy.
After all, as the largest import and export commercial trade fair in China, the data of the Canton Fair can tell the whole world at a glance, and have a certain grasp of the national trade data. Since the increase in the export amount of the Canton Fair is greater than the increase in the import amount, some kind of The degree can show that China's trade deficit is shrinking.
This is indeed a good thing to be happy about!
at the same time.
When Song Kaixin and Bai Lan heard the staff's explanation, they couldn't help but quickly flip through the documents in their hands. Then Song Kaixin nodded happily and said:
"Hiss! It's not just high, it's a lot higher!"
"Then we have to take a closer look at this document, compare it with last year's domestic data, and judge from the detailed data."
"Look at which of our units and industries have made such great progress this year. This will also help guide our work next year!"
"We borrowed this document first, thank you!"
The staff did not refuse Song Kaixin's request. After all, this document was just one of many backups and would be sent to many departments and institutions for research and discussion.
Then the two of them walked into the small conference room with a thick stack of documents.
In the small conference room, the two began to work. After all, their job was to conduct research and write reports.
"If you see the content of Teacher Wang and his unit, please remember to tell us."
"It's called Luqi Province Hongxing Machinery Factory. There are too many units with this name across the country. Don't get confused."
Bai Lan reminded, and then the two of them started busy. Finally, after more than half an hour passed, Song Kaixin frowned and said:
"Bai Lan, do you think this is right? Luqi Province Hongxing Machinery Factory."
"Provincial units shouldn't have the same name, right?"
Hearing what Song Kaixin said, Bai Lan shook his head and said no. At the same time, Song Kaixin had a puzzled expression on his face, handed the document over and said:
"Look, for some reason, their data is blacked out."
“You can’t see what the total transaction value is.”
Bai Lan suddenly had a puzzled expression on her face. She took the document from Song Kaixin and took a look. Sure enough, except for the name of the Luqi Hongxing Machinery Factory, the following data were all in darkness.
"Huh? What's going on? Could it be that the ink dripped on it? Then it was wiped dry and copied into a copy?"
"Impossible! If the ink is dirty, according to regulations, the original should be remade."
"This is too strange. It looks like it was done on purpose. Then who painted it? Why? Is it to hide something? Or for some reason?"
After the two of them studied for a while, Song Kaixin muttered, while Bai Lan frowned and thought:
"It must be intentional, but it's not clear who it is and why."
"Let us even use our bold imagination. Is it possible that this line of data involves some confidential content?"
"That's why it was crossed out? After all, this set of data copies is accessible to many people."
"Maybe the higher-ups don't want everyone to know?"
"Whatever! Anyway, we have detailed data here. If we work backwards from the specific data, we will know. Although the method is clumsy, it works!"
Although Song Kaixin did not agree with Bai Lan's statement, her strong curiosity still made her nod and said:
"The things they sell are nothing more than electric fans, washing machines, and gas tanks. What needs to be kept secret?"
"Forget it, never mind, let's hurry up!"
Then the two of them got into busy work.
After all, this is the ten-day data of the Canton Fair. The transaction amounts of thousands of units are all here, and every detail is recorded. It is not easy to pick out the data of the Red Star Machinery Factory and summarize it.
Soon, time passed by, and the staff outside got off work and left one after another. Only these two people were still there, and they applied to stay up late and work overtime.
Finally another hour passed.
When looking at the number obtained by adding up many data, Song Kaixin and Bai Lan were completely confused!
"Twenty-seven and a half million?"
"How is it possible? How can electric fans and washing machines be sold in so many quantities?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
At that moment, the two people looked at each other and saw the incredible look in each other's eyes!
Twenty-seven million, this is definitely not a small number. Even at the largest import and export trade fair in China, this is a quite terrifying number!
After all, excluding those huge mineral trading orders, the amounts of other orders are not large.
For example, tea sellers. In today's era, although the tea produced in China is of excellent quality, it is different from the high-end and huge teas in later generations that have luxurious packaging and allusive marketing. Today's tea has no hype and publicity, and the overall price does not count. Too expensive.
So how much tea must be sold, not to mention 27.5 million, not even a fraction of 500,000!
Not to mention those selling handmade products and wild vegetables.
Although the stall looks prosperous and lively, with a constant flow of foreigners coming and going, the unit price cannot be tolerated. Even if you sell several thousand orders a day, it still doesn't make much money!
"Is it possible that we made a miscalculation?"
"Or maybe I made a mistake when recording it and forgot the decimal point?"
It was already dark, the office was brightly lit, and the two lesbians looked at each other. Finally, Song Kaixin said this, while Bai Lan shook her head and said with a smile:
"How could you make such a stupid mistake?"
"And we have done statistics very carefully, and there are absolutely no mistakes or omissions."
"In addition, in the data, other units have tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and hundreds of thousands, so we have omitted it."
"It's not like the difference is more than 27 million!"
Afterwards, both of them fell into silence. If the data is correct, the fact is that Wang Ye sold 27 million worth of goods, but no matter how much the electric fans, washing machines, and gas tanks are worth, they cannot be worth so much. !
"So, what is the truth?"
"Did he really sell the electric fan, washing machine and gas tank for 27.5 million?"
"Is it still the pillar product that I saw being held on the train?"
After a moment of silence, Song Kaixin tugged on her hair and asked anxiously, while Bai Lan shook her head, then actually laughed, and said rather teasingly:
"It seems like our teacher Wang is indeed extraordinary!"
"A few days ago, when we saw someone sleeping, the two of us felt that the genius had fallen. You still couldn't accept it, so we murmured for several days."
"Now it seems that this is not the case at all! They are fully prepared!"
"Twenty-seven million! Tsk, tsk, tsk, I don't even dare to think of such a huge amount of money!"
"Suddenly I felt frustrated. Originally I was quite confident in my IQ, but this is a comparison between geniuses."
"I feel like a pig!"
Regarding Bai Lan's statement, Song Kaixin nodded in agreement with emotion, and at the same time sighed and said:
"But how did he do it?"
"I'm so curious!"
Then the two of them talked in whispers and returned to their normal work again. The moon gradually rose outside the window.
at the same time.
In a high-end state-owned hotel not far from the Canton Fair site.
There are three people sitting in the conference room. On the left is an old man in military uniform, and in the middle is the general person in charge of this Canton Fair, a leader of the Import and Export Trade Center under the State Economic and Trade Commission, a middle-aged man in his forties. people.
At this moment, the person in charge lit a cigarette, and then sighed loudly:
"I have to say, this Comrade Wang Ye is simply a genius!"
"Foreigners in Africa and desert areas are going crazy these days, rushing to buy his gas tanks, rockets and small fire patrol planes."
"It's only ten days, no! Six days to be precise. They didn't issue the bill in the past few days."
"In just these six days, more than 27 million US dollars were sold!"
"I was almost scared!"
Having said this, the person in charge couldn't help but sighed and said with emotion again:
"Sure enough, when doing business with foreigners, you still have to use your brain!"
"This Comrade Wang Ye is simply a genius. Change the gas tank into a mortar? A dual-purpose rocket to increase rainfall in agriculture and firefighting? And the forest firefighting patrol plane, each one is more clever than the last! No wonder foreigners like it, and so do I. I like it! Hahaha!”
"When you called me and told me the news, my whole head was buzzing."
"Is this something a normal person can think of?"
Hearing what the middle-aged man said, the old man in military uniform held a cigarette and couldn't help but smile and said:
"Isn't that right? This young man has endless ideas!"
"About ten days before the start of the Canton Fair, Vice Zhou from the Fifth Machinery Department and Lao Wei from our Ministry of National Defense took advantage of the national third-tier factory research activities to make a special trip to the Red Star Machinery Factory. If it hadn't been for this matter, they would have I can’t come to the Canton Fair.”
"However, it is true that extraordinary people do extraordinary things, and we are talking about people like Wang Ye!"
"Anyway, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to think of a way to do this, hahahaha!"
The middle-aged man deeply agreed with what the old man in military uniform said, and at the same time said doubtfully:
"Yes, actually I have been having a question. I wonder if you can answer it for me."
"When they came, the only requirement from our side was that they couldn't make any noise, they couldn't make a big show of it, and they could only sell it secretly."
"And their stall only has an electric fan and a washing machine. The gas cans and rockets are not taken out. No foreigners can see them. They don't actively solicit customers. How do you think foreigners can tell?"
"I've been wondering for days!"
Hearing this, the old man in military uniform couldn't help laughing again and looked at the third person in the conference room. He was wearing ordinary clothes and looked ordinary, with a completely public face and a forward hat.
Under the gaze of the two people, the man smiled and said:
"You don't know this, Director Feng? Let me introduce to you the methods of our top student, Comrade Wang Ye!"
"Those of us who are engaged in intelligence security are stunned for a moment!"
"According to our tracking, he actually bought several sets of clothes and disguised himself as a royal member of the desert area. The young people under his command were either disguised as bodyguards or friends of Asia, Africa and Latin America."
"So the people who went to negotiate a few days ago were not foreigners at all, but themselves!"
"Then it was passed on to ten, and even foreigners were curious!"
"Didn't this guest come to the door on his own initiative?"
As soon as these words came out, the person in charge of the Canton Fair, who was called Director Feng, was dumbfounded, and his jaw almost dropped in surprise!
"Oh my God, can you still do this? We didn't even notice it!"
"What's this called? A shill? Yes! It's a shill!"
"A common tactic used to commit fraud!"
Finally, Director Feng changed the subject, with a look of hope on his face, and couldn't help but say:
"He is indeed a genius! I think Comrade Wang Ye should come to work in our import and export trade center to earn foreign exchange for the country!"
"In Hongxing Machinery Factory, I think you are a talentless person!"
Regarding this statement, the old man in military uniform next to him waved his hand with a smile and said:
"Hey, let me tell you, no matter how much you want people to go, there are nine out of ten people who won't like your import and export trade center!"
"This young man needs skills and finesse."
"At the beginning, the ministry didn't want to stay because they wanted to go down and work. Even when those two people went to inspect some time ago and were invited back to work in the ministry again, they didn't go!"
"However, you are right about one thing, this is indeed a genius!"
"You're capable! You're just tough! Hahaha!"
