Lu Qiuying nudged the chubby girl, but she didn't wake up.

Finally, Lin Ziyan and she helped the chubby girl to the inner room to sleep.

Fangjie smiled as she watched them leave, continuing to drink her cocktail.

Song Yi merely raised an eyebrow but did not stop him.

"Are you dating Ayan?" Fangjie asked Lu Yunshen.

Lu Yunshen responded and continued drinking by himself.

Xiao Jin looked at her friend in surprise. Had they already gone public? Why were they admitting it so readily?

"You have good taste; Ah Yan is quite special," Fang Jie said with a faint smile.

Yang Yanzhou picked up his glass and clinked it against Song Yi's.

The two had actually known each other for a long time. The social circle in Beijing's high-class residential area is so small that you can run into each other at a drinking party.

When Lin Ziyan and Lu Qiuying returned to the table, the group had already started chatting.

Fangjie changed seats and sat with Lin Ziyan and Lu Qiuying.

The sun slanted and gradually climbed onto the roof, its orange-red light reflecting on the faces of the group, softening everyone's expressions.

The swaying shadows of the trees covered the terrace, blocking most of the sunlight.

Before leaving, Lu Yunshen took out a contract and handed it to Lin Ziyan.

She opened it with suspicion, and when she saw the name of the shopping mall on it, she paused for a few seconds.

Beijing Super League?

This supermarket later developed into a large shopping center and opened in various cities.

"Shrimp paste order?" Lin Ziyan frowned slightly.

At that time, Beijing Lianchao was in its early stages of development. Could they really order that much shrimp paste?

"Yes, I sent a jar of the shrimp paste you sent last time to Beijing."

"However, when signing the contract, you will need to take the samples to Beijing to sign the contract with the purchasing manager," Lu Yunshen said casually.

Beijing Lianchao was opened by him, Yang Yanzhou, and a childhood friend.

Lin Ziyan: "You can take this order back. The shrimp paste factory doesn't need to use back channels right now."

Yang Yanzhou looked puzzled. Why were they turning away orders that were practically being placed in their doorstep?

“However, you have given me a new sales idea. Opening up the market cannot be limited to Fu City.” Lin Ziyan’s eyes sparkled with a smile.

Lu Yunshen: "So you're going to Beijing?"

Lin Ziyan smiled faintly and remained silent, saying that it was still uncertain.

The large order he placed made her envious, but she didn't want any financial ties to get involved between them.

Even though Lu Yunshen didn't say it, Lin Ziyan could roughly guess that Lianchao was a business he co-founded with someone.

As for the other party's request to sign the contract in Beijing, they may have other motives and want to test the waters.

…

Two days later,

Lin Ziyan and Pang Niu brought shrimp paste samples to the supply and marketing cooperative in Fushi.

The supply and marketing cooperatives are much quieter than before, but items that are hard to find, such as cloth and rice cookers, still need to be bought from here.

When they entered the supply and marketing cooperative, the sales clerk was dozing off.

As soon as the plastic curtain was opened, a gust of cold wind blew into the store.

The sales clerk was awakened by the cold wind and immediately stood up straight.

"Ah Yan, do you think shrimp paste will sell well if we put it here?" the chubby girl asked in a low voice.

This was her first time visiting a supply and marketing cooperative in the city, and it was very different from those in the town or county.

There wasn't a single customer here; even the sales clerks were dozing off.

Compared to the long queues in the county town, this place is really deserted.

“Since shrimp paste can’t get into big department stores like Friendship Store right now, we can only start by opening up the market here,” Lin Ziyan replied, striding inside.

The chubby girl followed, frowning.

The manager of the supply and marketing cooperative was checking accounts at the cashier, his brows furrowed and his expression troubled.

"Hello, is your manager here?" Lin Ziyan asked the sales clerk next to her first.

The chubby girl thought she would get a dirty look from the sales clerk, but she didn't.

She wondered to herself when the supply and marketing cooperative had become so friendly, which made her feel uneasy.

"Our manager is over here," the saleswoman said with a sweet smile, leading them to the cashier.

Lin Ziyan nodded to the sales clerk and followed her toward the cashier.

When she walked in, she immediately spotted the manager, but still asked a salesperson.

"Manager Song, someone's looking for you," the salesperson called out, then walked away.

Just then, two foreigners walked in through the door, and the sales clerk quickly went to greet them.

"Hello Manager Song, I am Lin Ziyan, the factory manager of Fuxian Shrimp Paste Factory. I would like to sell my shrimp paste through the supply and marketing cooperative." Lin Ziyan took out a sample from the cloth bag.

The glass jar is transparent, so you can see the color of the shrimp paste inside.

The chubby girl looked nervously at Manager Song, feeling very uneasy. She stood aside, not paying any attention to the things in the glass cabinet.

The city's supply and marketing cooperatives have a wide variety of products, and many of them are not available in other counties.

For example, rice cookers, washing machines, etc.

The chubby girl had only seen these appliances in movies; normally she would have peered through the glass long ago, but now she only glanced at them.

"Can this shrimp paste be eaten right after opening?" Manager Song looked at the glass jar in his hand with suspicion.

He wanted to refuse.

However, he didn't quite understand what the woman meant by "consignment sales."

Everything in the supply and marketing cooperative is procured centrally and supplied by higher authorities; there is no consignment sales yet.

"Yes, this shrimp paste is ready to eat right out of the box."

"We're a newly opened factory, and we'd like to put some of our products here for consignment sales first. If they sell, we'll split the profits..." Lin Ziyan explained simply what consignment sales meant.

She didn't expect to get the supply and marketing cooperative to place an order immediately; she'd deal with it after she could sell the goods.

Manager Song was about to refuse, but he swallowed the words back.

However, he did not agree.

Now that the supply and marketing cooperative's turnover is declining, he dares not risk purchasing more goods.

Now, only a few people come into the store each day, and almost all of them just look around.

Apart from customers who came with cloth coupons and industrial coupons, other customers would come in, ask about prices, browse around, and then leave.

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