"Great. Brother! Now we are all relieved. First contact Wenzhou and ask them to send a hundred chairs, and then talk about buying the accessories for the chairs and assembling them by ourselves. We must at least talk about producing part of it ourselves, such as Chair covers and these.”
"OK."
"There are currently one hundred sets of office furniture that can be delivered next week. When the chairs arrive, we will first give enough from the bank and give the rest to the Second Lighting Bureau. Let them pay the full price and then give the remaining dozens of sets."
"Yes. I made a note of it. By the way, Shi Fang called and said that there might not be enough plates and reported the quantity."
"Brother, please encourage the young man. I will let him manage the factory for the time being. You can allocate goods according to his needs."
"good."
"Is there anything else?"
"Gone."
"Okay, I'll call the aluminum factory after I hang up and ask about the status of the profiles. If that doesn't work, we'll send another part from Wenzhou."
Yang Liufang first called his office at the industrial and trade company. The phone rang several times but no one answered. Then he called directly the office of the executive deputy director of the aluminum factory. He contacted Director Yan and talked about the problem of profile production as usual. Through Factory Director Yan, he knew that the secretary and the factory director had signed the production plan at the office meeting. As soon as the products passed the inspection on the production line, he asked the secretary to personally escort them to the woodware factory in Yangliufang, Hanwangchuan. After hearing this, Yang Liufang finally breathed a long sigh of relief. It took more than a month since the two parties established the industrial and trade company, and finally there was product news. And according to the information he has, the office furniture production workshop of his factory should be able to move in next week, so that the connection can be seamless.
Yang Liufang immediately called Li Tongfu, a supply and marketing cooperative, to tell him the good news, but the line was always busy. It seemed that Li Tongfu was communicating with Yiwu about the chair situation. At this time, someone knocked on the door, it was Wang Shan, saying that it was lunch time, and asked Yang Liufang to go to the restaurant with them to eat. Yang Liufang opened the door and stepped on the thick carpet with them, walked through the long passage, and then took the elevator to the cafeteria on the second floor with other guests.
Yang Liufang had only heard of buffet, and this was the first time he saw such a restaurant where you could choose what you wanted. When I walked in, I saw people in suits and ties lining up in front of a row of exquisite silver glossy dinner plates, holding plates and picking vegetables with tongs. Some of those who had already prepared the dishes were sitting together with acquaintances and chatting softly. , while eating. The three of them were like grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. Handan followed the others like a toddler to pick up the plates under the dining table, and then followed the guests, imitating others to pick up the dishes. Yang Liufang was in front, and he added a few slices of beef, a chicken leg, a few shrimps, some vegetables, and a few pieces of cake.
Shi Yong behind him was different. He specially picked braised pork, beef, chicken legs and other meat dishes, as well as a few fried eggs, filling a large plate full of them. Wang Shan couldn't help but want to laugh in the back, fearing that others would not laugh at the joke, so he also added beef, braised pork, vegetables, and a small portion of fried noodles.
The three of them sat down in a corner. Wang Shan and Shi Yong joked: "You are such a fool, you are not afraid of other people's jokes."
"What, free? Not allowed to eat?"
"Let's eat, let's eat. You can't be like the beggars who made this hill when they came to the city. Take less and add more after you're done!"
"That's not enough for me. Alas! Master, when do you think our village will be able to open up to eating like this?"
"In the future, in the future, when our factory develops, we will invite everyone to eat like this at dinner parties."
The three of them ate in silence, and after finishing the first plate, they all went to grab some more. It's just that Yang Liufang ate more vegetables, Shi Yong and Wang Shan got some more meat, and the two of them finished eating after loosening their belts. After eating, they burped back to their room for a lunch break. According to the plan, they were invited to visit the park in the afternoon.
The factory sent two large trucks to pick up the guests attending the exhibition. After about an hour of driving, they arrived at an industrial park. As expected of a southern city, the industrial park is lined with green trees, and grass is planted in the open space under the trees. The greenery looks more pleasing to the eye. After getting off the bus at the park, they first visited the cultural exhibition hall, where the development history of Simmons Mattress Factory was introduced. It turns out that this is a Sino-US joint venture Simmons mattress production factory. It was formerly the Jiangsu State-owned Spring Factory. After the joint venture with the American Simmons, in addition to being an agent for the American "Simmons", it also produces its own brand of Simmons mattresses called "Simon".
An oversized map of China hangs on one wall. The cities and agents where these two mattresses are currently sold are marked on the map. Some cities that have opened outlets are marked in red, and Yang Liufang sees the northwest The area is blank. It was just as he expected, so he couldn't restrain his joy, but he pretended to be calm. In the arrangement of the agents' names, Yang Liufang saw the company he represented. Then there is the profile sample exhibition area, the photo wall of leadership care, as well as the honor display cabinet and ISO9001 certification. Yang Liufang asked Wang Shan to take photos one by one.
Walking into the production workshop, you will see rows of production lines, which are basically mechanized production. A row of five steel bars with a diameter of two meters are rolled on the production line. After being stirred by the machine, they become springs. According to reports, after adjusting the machine settings, it can produce tension springs, S-shaped springs, etc. These products are commonly seen by Yang Liufang when making sofas. Pass. After the produced springs are cut into certain specifications, they are sent to the assembly workshop. The assembly and workshop are still mechanized. Workers only need to place a dozen tension springs and S-shaped springs on a 1.6m*1.2m flat machine. The machine can automatically hook them to a 2m*1.8m steel frame, so that the springs can automatically combine to create a 2m*1.8m plane. The whole process takes less than ten minutes. When Yang Liufang and the others make a 60*60 sofa cushion, it takes four workers two hours to make the spring surface. After one side of the springs is assembled, the other side is assembled in the same way, so that the spring structure of a mattress comes out.
But Yang Liufang and the others were taken to another workshop before they could see how to flip it. The operation here was still mechanized. A smooth fabric is sewn together with a 1cm sponge using an S-shaped needle thread, and then tightly laid on the prepared spring steel frame. The joint is then sewn with a hand-held sewing machine using an edged cloth strip. The worker presses the button on the machine, loosens the tight fabric, and a mattress is ready.
When Wang Shan just wanted to take pictures, the staff member who introduced him stopped him and said that taking pictures was not allowed. Yang Liufang had an idea and asked if he could pretend to operate the machine here, make mattresses by himself, take photos as a souvenir, and then return to the store as a promotional background to convince customers. The staff asked the leader for instructions and agreed, so a photo of Yang Liufang operating a machine to cover the Simmons bed under the guidance of the staff was fixed.
After the visit, everyone took a souvenir at the gate of the industrial park and then took the bus back to the hotel. In the evening, there was a reception banquet. There were twelve people per table, and all kinds of exquisite dishes were placed on the floor. Representatives from the American and Chinese sides of the mattress factory toasted to the guests respectively. When Yang Liufang arrived, he said that he was a representative of Wenzhou Furniture Store, a mattress factory. The Chinese representative immediately greeted him in Wenzhou dialect: "Nihe, are you brewing as time goes by? (Are you from Wenzhou?)"
"Nihe, the finer the wine, the longer it goes. Yangshi Brewing (I am from Yangshi, Wenzhou)."
"Nice to meet you. We are from the same place (we came to the same place). Please forgive me for the poor reception." As they said this, the two clinked glasses and drank.
"Please help yourself." Then the fellow countryman followed the American representative to toast other guests. The party ended very late.
The next day was the trade fair. At the opening ceremony, the leaders of Jiangsu Province were invited to speak. They talked for a long time about Sino-US cooperative development, state-owned enterprise reform, employment, intellectual property rights, etc. Everyone applauded countless times, and then the leaders would The medal of "Green Civilization Joint Venture" was awarded to this mattress factory. The American representative came to the stage to receive the medal from the leader, and they took a group photo together. The next step is to visit the exhibition products. The exhibits of various Chinese and American beds have been arranged in the exhibition area. The scene is arranged exactly like a bedroom. Of course, there are also various hotel rooms, including a special-shaped mattress designed in the shape of a peach. , said it was a "couple's bed". Yang Liufang took Wang Shan and Shi Yong around the various exhibition areas, listened to the introductions by the person in charge of the exhibition hall, and then took photos. Until all the films he brought were taken, he was still not satisfied.
Lunch is still a buffet, and the afternoon is the signing ceremony. Yang Liufang took the stage to sign the annual agency agreement on behalf of the furniture store in Wenzhou. Although it had already been agreed upon by both the mattress factory and the store in Wenzhou, he took a cursory look at the contract and was a little surprised when he saw sales of 3 million. This is just a city in Wenzhou with such a large sales volume, and what I am dealing with is a northwest province. According to the leader of the bank who is responsible for lending to me, there are 7 regions, 5 provincial municipalities, and 2 autonomous prefectures, and this product is available in these The city's market is blank, and even without Wenzhou Fu, sales would be immeasurable. After signing the contract and taking photos, Yang Liufang was distracted, thinking about his market.
After the signing ceremony, the entire exhibition was over. Yang Liufang found a post office to send the signed contract back by registered mail to the address provided by the Wenzhou store. He also took Shi Yong and Wang Shan back to Xizhou. The trip was in a hurry, and the three of them wanted to buy some souvenirs in the small shops around Nanjing Railway Station. Shi Yong and Wang Shan saw the shockingly expensive products and were reluctant to part with them. They only picked some cheap ones and brought them to their children. Yang Liufang still couldn't bear it, so he paid for ten packaged sweet-scented osmanthus salted ducks, giving two to each of Shi Yong and Wang Shan. He took the rest back to give to Chairman Yan of the industrial and trade company and President Li of the supply and marketing cooperative. Secretary Shitou and Secretary Wang of Hongtu Village. The staff of the remaining two factories and supply and marketing cooperatives will try it out together. After doing this, they got on the train back to Xizhou.
After running all the way, it was already May 3rd when they returned to Xizhou. Zhang Feng came to pick them up at the train station. When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Wang Shan's clever mouth told Yanhua and others about the luxury of the Jinling Hotel, the luxury of the buffet, the size of the mattress industrial park, and the tall American foreigners he saw with tall noses and blue eyes. Of course, I didn’t forget to talk about Shi Yong’s embarrassing appearance while eating the buffet. Zhang Feng and Qin Jiajun said, darling, if it were free, we would eat it as much as Shi Yong!
