Tang Niannian's throat was filled with smoke as she helped introduce the products of other units to several foreign businessmen and negotiated several orders. These orders were from other factories, including her card-issuing factory and handicraft factory, but not a single order was concluded.
Tang Jianshu and the others were feeling numb. They were envious when they saw other manufacturers crowded with foreign businessmen. They were also worried that if they participated in the exhibition this time, they would not be able to get a single order, and they would not be eligible to participate in the exhibition again in the future.
"You definitely can't sit still and wait for death. You have to take the initiative and make achievements. Can you speak foreign languages?" Zhou Guoqing couldn't sit still and decided to go out for a walk.
A whole morning has passed. If I sit down like this again, the whole day will be wasted.
Tang Mantong thought the same way. Although the Canton Fair lasted for nearly a month, the most foreign businessmen were these days. He felt bad for wasting an hour.
"Learned a few words from Niannian, but I can't tell." Tang Jianshu was a little confused. He could also say hello, bye, and Gude Maoning.
"You teach us. Man Tong and I are going to recruit a few foreigners. We can't wait and wait. When will we be able to get orders like this?"
Zhou Guoqing's desire to win was stimulated to a high level. Although the card issuing factory had no worries about domestic orders and overseas orders were scheduled for next year, if there was no harvest from the Canton Fair, he would definitely be laughed at. He could not afford to lose face.
Tang Jianshu translated a few foreign sentences he knew into Chinese and wrote them on paper.
"Okay, hello, gastric medicine. Carmen welcomes you. Warigood is great. Goodbye. Goodbye..."
Zhou Guoqing and Tang Mantong's learning ability is pretty good. Although they speak plastic English, they learned it in a short time.
"That's it for foreign languages. Wenzhou dialect is not difficult to learn. Come on, let's go solicit customers. You wait here to pick up the customers!"
The two of them immediately became more confident, straightened their clothes, and went to solicit customers with their heads held high.
Tang Jianshu sat obediently and waited for the guests to come. He also took out all the samples and placed them on the table one by one.
Although Zhou Guoqing participated in the Canton Fair for the first time, he had excellent eyesight, a skill he had developed from traveling around as a sugar dealer. He could guess the other person's net worth and true thoughts from his clothes and expressions.
He and Tang Mantong specifically chose the booth of the handicraft factory, where the same customers were, and the two of them moved separately, not together.
After the foreign businessmen left the booth, Zhou Guoqing went up to him, smiled with eight big teeth, and said enthusiastically: "Okay, gastric medicine Carmen, mine is from Jiali Factory, Carmen medicine (COmehere)..."
Zhou Guoqing, speaking nondescript English, managed to pull several foreign businessmen to his booth.
The foreign businessmen actually didn't understand, but they couldn't resist Zhou Guoqing's enthusiasm. He made gestures while talking, and even took out a few card-issuing samples, which attracted them all at once.
When they saw the samples on the table, the eyes of these foreign businessmen lit up and they kept saying "GOOD".
"yeS, Goodgood, Warygood!"
Zhou Guoqing smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth and gave thumbs up from time to time, indicating that his product was definitely the first in the exhibition.
Although he could not understand what these foreigners said, he knew that the foreigners must be extremely satisfied and that the business would be settled in all likelihood.
He and Tang Jianshu, using plastic English and gestures with four hands, managed to settle the deal. Tang Jianshu called Shangguan Jing and asked her to help sign the contract.
"Tang Niannian isn't here?"
Shangguanjing was surprised. These two people didn't even know English, how could they negotiate business?
"She's busy. Comrade Shangguan, please take the trouble to sign this contract." Zhou Guoqing said with a smile.
Although it was only an order of more than 60 million yuan, he completed it independently. He felt a great sense of accomplishment and became more confident.
Tang Niannian is just one person. He manages too many factories and has no skills at all. He cannot rely on Xiao Tang for everything.
Shangguanjing took out the contract and communicated with the foreign businessmen. They had no objection to the price, but they had objections to the delivery time.
"Sorry, many customers have already signed large orders, and delivery has been scheduled for the second half of next year." Shangguanjing responded neither humble nor overbearing. Although the foreign businessmen were dissatisfied, they had no choice but to agree.
They visited all the Canton Fair booths but could not find such a beautiful hairpin. Even if it was delivered next year, they would have to accept it.
After the contract was signed, business was like a flood, and Tang Mantong also attracted several foreign businessmen. The three of them were in a hurry, and Shangguanjing also came to help.
With Shangguanjing's guidance, the three people's English has improved rapidly. From a mixture of Chinese and English, they have improved to the point where they can converse entirely in English.
Tang Niannian also finished his work and brought back a few foreign businessmen.
When she learned that Tang Mantong and the others had signed an order worth more than 200,000 yuan on their own, she praised them both.
On the first day of the Canton Fair, the results were gratifying. Tang Niannian and the others signed an order of more than 400,000 yuan. Although it was not the highest among participating manufacturers, it was the highest among handicrafts.
Deliveries from handicraft factories and card-issuing factories have been scheduled for the year after next.
The Canton Fair has just begun, and Tang Niannian is confident that he can win another million orders, so that the handicraft factory and the card issuing factory will not have to worry about it in three years.
On the third day, the convention and exhibition center was even more lively, and there were many more foreign businessmen. Tang Niannian not only helped his own factory to obtain hundreds of thousands of orders, but also helped other manufacturers in Shanghai to obtain millions of orders.
The big factories in Shanghai looked down upon her indifferently on the train, but now they are convinced of her. They still feel guilty, feeling that their villainy and big-mindedness are not as big as that of a little girl.
Tang Niannian didn't care at all, they were just irrelevant people.
She had just translated for a group of Middle Eastern clients and negotiated an order for agricultural machinery. Her throat felt like it was burning, but that was fine. What was more important was that these clients were wearing incense, and the rich fragrance made her head hurt.
Tang Niannian fanned the air with her hands, but the air was not fresh. There were too many foreign businessmen in the convention and exhibition center. Foreigners all liked to spray perfume. All kinds of perfumes were mixed together, forming a very strange smell.
It really didn't smell good. Tang Niannian's sense of smell was particularly sensitive. If it weren't for the pleasure of making money, she would have left long ago.
"Comrade Tang, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
The staff at the agricultural machinery factory noticed that Tang Niannian didn't look well and asked with concern.
"It's a bit stuffy. The scent of those people is too strong."
Tang Niannian waved a few more times, and the Middle Eastern customers had already left. It was now lunch break, and most of the foreign businessmen had returned to the hotel.
"I'm going to get some air."
Tang Niannian strode outside, she had to breathe fresh air.
She walked out of the convention and exhibition center and went to the flower bed on the roadside to breathe in the fragrance of flowers. She only stood there for a while when she was interrupted by the noise.
"Shit, so unlucky!"
A somewhat familiar voice yelled, speaking in English, along with a woman's apologetic voice and the cry of a child.
