Chapter 219
The foreigner looked at her design draft and asked, "Did you design all these?"
Ye Fuyue nodded: "Yes."
The foreigner gave her a thumbs up and said, "You are amazing and very talented."
Ye Fuyue smiled modestly.
After some loose English communication, the foreigner ordered twenty pieces of each of the three pieces of furniture.
When Director Chen heard Ye Fuyue tell him these results, he was so happy that he almost fainted.
In other words, these two foreigners alone placed orders worth nearly 20,000 yuan from them.
Twenty thousand yuan! How many workers can be supported with this money?
Not to mention, there were other foreigners who were interested in the furniture designed by Ye Fuyue - just as Ye Fuyue was chatting with these two foreigners, other foreigners came over one after another.
Ye Fuyue, Factory Director Chen, and Director Cai took the two foreigners to the organizer to sign the formal contract.
The organizers were quite surprised when they saw Director Chen coming to sign the contract.
The organizers also thought that even if there was a furniture factory that could make deals with foreigners, it would definitely be the first furniture factory.
Unexpectedly, the usually inconspicuous Xiangyang Furniture Factory actually made a deal with foreigners, and it was a big deal worth more than 60,000 yuan!
After signing the contract and sending the foreigners away, the organizer sighed with emotion: "Old Chen, you guys are really impressive this time. You managed to make such a big deal with foreigners!"
"Thanks to this young comrade, if the furniture she designed had not been favored by foreigners, if she had not worked hard to communicate with foreigners in the absence of translator Jiang, our factory would not have been able to get such a large order!" Factory Director Chen complained with a smile.
"Translator Jiang? Which Translator Jiang? Why is he not here?" asked the organizer.
"Jiang Yuejiang is the translator. We finally had a foreigner come to visit our exhibition area, but he suddenly had diarrhea and ran to the bathroom. None of us knew what to do at the time. I was about to ask you to give us another translator when Comrade Ye stood up and used all kinds of methods to communicate with the foreigner, and that's how we made the deal." said Director Chen.
The organizer looked at Ye Fuyue in confusion: "Do you know English?"
When signing the contract just now, it was the organizer's translator who communicated with the foreigners. Ye Fuyue didn't say a word, so the organizer didn't know about it.
"I only know a little bit. I can understand what they say, but I can't speak it. I can only speak one word at a time. Fortunately, with my little English, I can still communicate with foreigners."
The organizer nodded appreciatively and said, "You are quite an accomplished young comrade."
Ye Fuyue smiled modestly: "Actually, I came here because I have something else I want to tell you."
"What's the matter?" asked the organizer.
Ye Fuyue said, "Nowadays, furniture in our country is basically copied from each other. I used to design furniture for the First Furniture Factory, but no matter how well or poorly it sold, it would be quickly copied by other furniture factories. The First Furniture Factory felt that this was not cost-effective, so they stopped working with me."
"The furniture I designed for Xiangyang Furniture Factory this time is specifically tailored to the preferences of foreigners. In the eyes of foreigners, the furniture I designed is unique to Xiangyang Furniture Factory. If other furniture factories in China soon follow suit and design similar furniture, will foreigners think we are unprofessional and are just copying the trend?"
There is no concept of "copyright" in China now, and Ye Fuyue is not in a position to use such a professional term, so she can only try to express it in more colloquial terms.
Fortunately, the organizer understood what I said. After a moment's silence, he said, "We will carefully consider the issue you raised."
Ye Fuyue said no more and followed Director Chen and Director Cai back to the exhibition area.
In the exhibition area, Jiang Yue showed off his English skills in front of foreigners like a peacock.
Ye Fuyue walked over, squeezed past him, and said to the foreigner, "Hello, I designed this. Any questions, ask me."
The foreigner looked delighted and immediately started chatting with Ye Fuyue.
Jiang Yue's face turned blue after being pushed away. He wanted to squeeze in again, but was ignored by the foreigners.
Director Chen waved to Jiang Yue and said, "Jiang Yue, come over here. Ye Fuyue can handle it herself. She doesn't need you."
Jiang Yue was not convinced: "Director Chen, I am more professional than her..."
"She's already secured the order for our factory, and she's still not professional enough?" Director Chen interrupted Jiang Yue quietly, "I actually think she's much more professional than you. She designed her own furniture, so she can handle it herself. You don't have to worry about it. If any foreigners come in and ask about other furniture, you can entertain them."
Jiang Yue was not there when he was needed before. Now that Ye Fuyue had signed the order, Jiang Yue became more active.
Everyone knew what Jiang Yue was planning. He simply wanted to take advantage of the existing success so he could later tell the organizers that Xiangyang Furniture Factory had a share of the credit for signing so many orders.
Ye Fuyue and Director Chen saw through Jiang Yue's plan and sent him away.
Throughout the day today, many foreigners visited the exhibition area of Xiangyang Furniture Factory, and they all came for the furniture designed by Ye Fuyue.
At the end of the first day, Xiangyang Furniture Factory had completed orders worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, and Director Chen was so happy that he could hardly stop smiling.
The second day of the Bamboo Fair.
Yu Wanying and the others were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and arrived at the exhibition area early.
Seeing Ye Fuyue coming, Yu Wanying greeted her energetically: "You're here! Didn't you sleep well last night? Why don't you look very energetic?"
Ye Fuyue yawned.
It’s not that she didn’t sleep well, she just wasn’t used to getting up so early.
Since she married Shen Yao, she had never gotten up so early. Even after giving birth to Haohao and Ranran, she didn't get up early. When the two children cried, either Shen Yao or Chen Guifeng comforted them, and she didn't need to take care of them.
"You look in good spirits." Ye Fuyue smiled weakly at her.
"I was so excited last night that I almost couldn't sleep! This is the first time our factory has signed so many orders with foreigners!" Yu Wanying was very excited when she talked about it.
Ye Fuyue smiled.
People of this generation have a strong sense of honor and belonging to the factory. It seems as if Yu Wanying herself signed so many orders and earned so much money.
Jiang Yue also came at this time. He ignored Ye Fuyue and greeted others.
He looked even more exhausted than Ye Fuyue. Who could have done anything but stand there all day yesterday?
Yesterday, the organizers kept him for a talk, reprimanded him, and asked him to correct his attitude and not hold back the Xiangyang Furniture Factory.
Jiang Yue felt that he was so wronged!
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