Factory Director Wang led the colleagues from these partner companies to see the factory's top ten best-selling canned goods this year. After agreeing on the purchase quantity, he took them to the sample canned goods exhibition booth for this research and development competition.

"Comrades, please look. These two canned goods on my left are the sample canned goods that passed the first round of the finals in this canned food R&D competition. They taste very good." Director Wang introduced them to everyone with a smile, his face filled with pride and confidence when he mentioned these canned goods.

With supplies scarce and limited variety of canned goods available, and no new products coming out for a long time, everyone became interested upon hearing this.

The middle-aged man who had met Wang Chuntao and the others before smiled and said, "Director Wang has brought out all his best stuff; I can't miss it. May I ask what new products are available?"

"Comrade Wang, please wait a moment," Director Wang looked around and then his gaze fell on Yu Yao and the other R&D staff. He beckoned them over, "Yu Yao, come here and introduce your canned goods to everyone. This is related to who will win the championship in the end."

Yu Yao and the others walked over, and Factory Director Wang first let the people with fewer votes introduce their products. All the comrades tried them and thought they were pretty good, so they all took a certain number of samples to try selling them.

If it sells well, we'll make more purchases.

In the end, the only people who weren't introduced were Yu Yao and Zhao E, Wang Chuntao's daughter-in-law.

Zhao E and Yu Yao both made canned anchovies; the person who introduced them first had an advantage.

So, before the previous person could even say thank you after their introduction, Zhao E spoke up first.

Whether it was due to nervousness or speaking too quickly, she kept stuttering as soon as she opened her mouth, her legs were trembling, and she almost knocked over the can while introducing it, making a clattering sound.

Everyone frowned.

Making food requires patience and meticulousness. Seeing her like this, no one believed she could make any good canned goods, and they didn't have high expectations for the three types of canned goods.

But considering that these three canned goods had received a decent number of votes, someone patiently asked, "What are the advantages and features of these three canned goods compared to other canned goods? Can you tell us about them?"

This was the first time Zhao E had experienced such a large scene, and the thought that these people were all leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative and the department store made her even more flustered.

In her panic, she completely forgot everything Wang Chuntao had told her.

Upon hearing the question, he stammered for a long time, only managing to utter a few innocuous words, failing to highlight the characteristics and advantages of the three canned goods.

The crowd's reaction to her introduction was lukewarm.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Zhao E hurriedly went to get canned goods for everyone to try, saying, "These three canned goods are all delicious. You'll know what makes them special once you try them."

No sooner had he finished speaking than he opened the lid too forcefully, knocking over the canned beef and spilling it all over the table.

"I'm sorry." Zhao E instinctively reached out to grab it.

"Don't use your hands!" The team leader next to her tried to stop her, but it was too late. Zhao E had already picked up the spilled beef and put it back into the tasting dish.

No one expected Zhao E to suddenly pull such a move, and everyone was stunned for a moment.

When the purchasing staff saw the black dirt under her fingernails and the spittle flying from her mouth while she was talking, they instantly lost all desire to try the food.

"This canned food is really delicious, everyone should try it." Zhao E still didn't understand why the factory manager and the team leader were suddenly angry.

At home, if food falls on the table or floor, she just picks it up, blows on it, puts it back in her bowl, and continues eating, so she doesn't think there's anything wrong with it.

Factory Director Wang, standing to the side, turned ashen-faced and explained to everyone, "Everyone has personally visited our factory. The hygiene conditions and other aspects are extremely strict. Such a situation would never occur."

The middle-aged man at Victory Department Store had a bad expression from the moment Zhao E started introducing the business, but thinking of Wang Chuntao's red envelope, he still spoke up to help.

"Everything has a first time. It's perfectly normal to be nervous the first time. We understand that technicians aren't good at speaking. Comrade Zhao, don't be nervous. We're not tigers; we don't eat people."

Seeing that the people from Victory Department Store had said so, no one said much more. "Since Comrade Wang Zhongfa said so, we are not heartless. Since it is related to food, we should pay more attention next time."

The factory leaders who were standing next to Director Wang also helped to explain and persuade, and it took a lot of persuasion to calm everyone down.

Seeing this, Wang Zhongfa, a middle-aged man at Shengli Department Store, changed the subject: "Comrade Zhao, I see you still have canned pineapple here. If I remember correctly, Haixing Food Factory already has canned pineapple. Your mother-in-law's canned pineapple is still able to stand out, so it must have something special about it. Why don't you tell us about it?"

Fearing that Zhao E might cause further trouble, the management team stepped forward to help explain.

After listening to the management team's introduction, everyone finally became interested in the three types of canned food, tasted them, and thought they were quite good.

Because of what happened earlier, I hesitated a bit when taking the samples and didn't ask for many.

There were three kinds of canned goods, one thousand cans of each, but these people only asked for a little over three hundred cans at most.

Zhao E looked anxiously at Wang Zhongfa, "Third Uncle, what should we do?"

Wang Zhongfa gestured for her to calm down, and then said, "Director Wang, I've eaten canned food from so many food factories, and these three canned foods are excellent in terms of taste, texture, and aroma. I'm very optimistic that our Shengli Department Store will order four hundred cans."

Yu Yao took in the subtle exchange between the two, realizing that their relationship was probably more than just casual.

Although she didn't know the relationship between the other person and Wang Chuntao, judging from the current relationship between Wang Chuntao and this person, they were now in a competitive relationship, so it was best to be cautious.

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