Soon it was the end of April, and according to the agreement that Director Lian had made with them last year, the two of them came to Guangzhou to attend the annual Canton Fair.

Although it was only eight o'clock in the morning, a long line had already formed outside the Guangzhou Import and Export Expo and Trade Fair Hall, winding from the entrance of the hall for several kilometers.

Cheng Maixiang and Lin Jiayu came to queue up at 6:30 in the morning. They were finally close to the entrance of the club, but it was still about 300 meters away.

Today is the first day of the Spring Canton Fair. No wonder there are so many people queuing up early in the morning.

Director Lian is a man who keeps his promises. He contacted the two of them in early April to discuss matters related to coming to Guangzhou to attend the Canton Fair at the end of the month. After discussion, Cheng Maixiang and Lin Jiayu decided to come to Guangzhou to participate.

Although Lin Jiayu did not ask much, Cheng Maixiang still asked Director Lian indirectly about the cooperation with the Qin family. When she learned that the Qin family would not come to Guangzhou in the next few days, she was completely relieved.

Cheng Maixiang stood in the large square in front of the guild hall, looking at the huge crowds of people in the square, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

If she remembered correctly, the Canton Fair was first held in 1957. For a full twenty years, no matter how many political turmoil it experienced, the Canton Fair remained standing and became the banner of defending the country's import and export trade.

Since the late 1950s, the Canton Fair has accounted for an increasingly higher proportion of the country's foreign trade imports and exports, from the initial 30% to the current 50%, almost accounting for half of the foreign trade volume.

It can be said that the Canton Fair was a sharp axe used by the country to break the international economic blockade in that special era, and it made great contributions to the country's exports and foreign exchange earnings.

The factory director talked endlessly to the two of them about the glorious history of the Canton Fair, and Cheng Maixiang listened with great interest.

The Canton Fair has played an important role since its establishment. What even the factory director did not know was that even decades later, when the country's policies became more and more open and bilateral and multilateral trade became simpler, the Canton Fair was not cancelled. Instead, it was rejuvenated in the new century.

Finally at half past eight, the door of the guild hall opened, and the people queuing at the door entered the guild hall one after another with certificates issued by Canton Fair staff.

Cheng Maixiang and Lin Jiayu arrived at the entrance of the hall and saw a group of people surrounding the staff at the door and begging them to let them in. They didn't want a booth, they just wanted to go in and distribute some information and would not disrupt the order of the Canton Fair.

When Cheng Maixiang heard this, she realized that most of these people were heads of collective enterprises, and some were even vaguely from private enterprises. However, the Canton Fair had regulations, and the staff rejected them mercilessly.

Cheng Maixiang's ID was verified and she entered the hall with Director Lian and Lin Jiayu, but she couldn't help but look back at those people and sighed deeply.

In this era, the different nature of enterprises determined different treatments. Although this problem still existed in later generations, it was no longer so difficult to even participate in a trade fair.

If my garment factory is not affiliated with the Guangzhou Garment Factory, I am afraid I would not be qualified to step here.

The venue is very large, with an exhibition area of ​​over 10,000 square meters, divided into several areas including heavy industrial products, light industrial products, textiles, agricultural products, handicrafts, food and local specialties. According to the factory director Lian, nearly a hundred countries and regions will participate in this Canton Fair.

Cheng Maixiang, who had never been to the Canton Fair in her previous life, couldn't help but feel secretly happy. With such a large scale, even if she couldn't find a buyer at this Canton Fair, it would be an extremely lucky thing to be able to come and see the grand scene and broaden her horizons.

The stall of Guangshi Garment Factory is located in the textile area, southwest of the guild hall, and is about 20 square meters.

Many companies’ booths were only a few square meters, but Guangshi Garment Factory was able to get 20 square meters, which seemed to indicate that it was a highly valued company.

Ever since Director Lian saw the Shuangshui Village Garment Workshop brochure brought back by Section Chief Zeng of the Supply and Marketing Department last year, he made up his mind to let Cheng Mai be fully responsible for the stall layout this time. Later, when he held a meeting at the factory to discuss the matter, he took out the information. The senior leaders of the factory were all amazed and unanimously agreed with Director Lian's decision.

As soon as Cheng Maixiang arrived, the factory director handed the task to her. In order to make it easier for her, he also asked Section Chief Zeng to help her and told her sincerely that no matter what she needed, she could just ask and he would make sure the garment factory fully cooperated.

Cheng Maixiang spent two days, taking into account the production level at the time and going through several drafts, before he designed a relatively satisfactory layout. He then shared his idea with Director Lian, who was impressed and decided to finalize the plan.

In the next five days, Lin Jiayu and Section Chief Zeng worked tirelessly to buy all the materials needed for the design. Cheng Maixiang did not outsource the work, but made it herself. It took her five days and nights to bring the pattern on the design to reality.

When they arrived at the stall, several people took out the prepared materials and pasted them one by one. Cheng Maixiang saw that the picture pasted by Section Chief Zeng seemed a little crooked, and was about to take it down and paste it again, but Section Chief Zeng stopped her with a smile.

"Comrade Xiao Cheng, if you have anything to do, just tell the three of us to do it. It's not like there are three grown men here and you, a little girl, are expected to do these physical tasks."

Section Chief Zeng now admires Cheng Maixiang very much. Not only does she have such excellent design talent, but her hard-working spirit alone is really worth learning.

For five whole days, she couldn't even sleep for five hours a day. She worked as hard as a man, but without any pampering. She was busy until almost one o'clock last night before she finished everything. She got up at five o'clock this morning, had a few bites, and rushed to queue up with Lin Jiayu.

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