Chapter 97 Chapter 97 1st update
Chen Jiahua observed for a while and found that Shen Moli's method was not suitable for them.
Just as Shen Moli said, although the headquarters also produces handkerchiefs, the patterns of the headquarters' handkerchiefs are relatively bright, which is fine for ordinary people to use, but it would be too abrupt and inappropriate to fold them and put them on a suit as decoration.
However, Shen Moer gave Chen Jiahua some inspiration. They used to produce goods based on domestic habits, basically producing a fixed number of things and waiting for foreign merchants to choose. But Shen Moer's idea was to start from the actual needs of foreign merchants and provide them with what they actually need.
Shen Moer also told her that she had observed the square towel on the suit jacket at the entrance of the western restaurant yesterday.
There are many foreign businessmen in Guangzhou. Some of them wear sweatshirts and slippers, looking unkempt, while others pay much attention to their appearance. Even though the temperature in Guangzhou is quite high, they still wear suits and ties meticulously. The waiter at the guesthouse said that this is their culture, the so-called gentlemanly manners.
Fortunately, the headquarters of the embroidery factory was open in the afternoon, and a foreign businessman with dark skin and fancy clothes ordered a batch of ready-made clothes.
At the end of the exhibition that day, the total amount of orders signed by the ninth workshop had reached more than 5.8 million US dollars. Later, some embroidery pieces and pillowcases were signed, all of which were small orders.
In the evening, Shen Moer led a few people to the nearby Guangshi Restaurant.
This was a famous local restaurant recommended to her by the waiter at the guesthouse. When they arrived at the door, they saw that the restaurant was crowded with guests and very lively.
The restaurant was decorated very luxuriously, completely different from the plain-looking state-owned restaurants in other places. It was magnificent and even the chandelier hanging overhead was obviously expensive. There were many foreign businessmen with different skin and hair colors from Chinese people, as well as Chinese people, but everyone was dressed very decently.
Li Xinmei had never seen such a scene before, and she immediately felt a little timid: "It must be very expensive to eat here, Deputy Director Shen, let's find a state-owned restaurant to eat."
Shen Moer smiled and said, "This is also a state-owned restaurant, just a higher-end one. We are here to have a good meal to celebrate today's success, and secondly, we are here to work."
Li Xinmei was thoughtful. When Chen Moer and Chen Jiahua were talking today, she was also listening beside them. After hearing that Chen Moer discovered the needs of foreign businessmen through the foreigners in the movies and western restaurants, she has been observing the foreign businessmen coming and going in the venue today. Unfortunately, her brain is not as good as Chen Moer's, and she didn't observe anything after a long time.
She guessed what Shen Moer meant. They came to this Guangshi Restaurant to dine in order to observe foreign businessmen and understand their needs.
So he didn't say anything, but took the lead: "Okay, let's hurry up."
Liu Yinshuang hurriedly followed: "Come on, come on, Sister Xinmei, let me tell you, their food is delicious. We must try their roast goose, it's absolutely delicious."
"No, how do you know what's delicious in their restaurant?"
"I don't know. I won't ask. I've already asked someone."
"You are amazing."
The two of them went forward to find a seat. Jin Caifei glanced at Shen Moer with a complicated expression, but Shen Moer seemed unaware: "Let's follow."
It is said that Guangshi Restaurant was founded only three or five years ago, but it has been able to stand firm for nearly forty years. There must be a reason for this.
The roast goose is salty and tasty, the rice noodle rolls are smooth and delicious, the mushroom and seafood soup is even more delicious and tasty, not to mention the pastries and sweet soup. This is the specialty of Cantonese restaurants.
Li Xinmei and Liu Yinshuang, who vowed to observe the foreign businessmen around them carefully when they sat down, were quickly conquered by the delicious food.
In the middle, Shen Moer went to the bathroom and met David when she came back. He was having dinner with a foreigner who was also blond and blue-eyed. Seeing Shen Moer, David took the initiative to say hello and said in very awkward Chinese: "Hello, Sheng Xiaojie!"
Shen Moer was stunned for a moment before she realized that he was calling her "Miss Shen". She smiled and nodded: "Hi, Mr. David."
David stood up and said a lot of things. Shen Moer looked at him blankly, not understanding a word. Then the foreigner opposite David also stood up and said in Chinese, which was very stiff but Shen Moer finally understood: "Beautiful lady, I am David's friend, my name is Paul. David said that your product is great, he likes it very much and is very happy to cooperate with you."
Shen Moer smiled: "Hello, Mr. Paul, and please convey to me that I am very grateful for Mr. David's compliments."
Paul smiled and nodded. Shen Moer always felt that Mr. Paul looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him for a moment. She could only attribute it to the fact that these foreigners looked similar, making it difficult to tell them apart.
Shen Moer didn't take this little episode to heart and suggested going to the movies after paying the bill.
The cinemas are playing foreign films these days, one every night for nearly twenty days, and no two films are repeated.
Li Xinmei and Liu Yinshuang didn't want to go, after all, they couldn't understand what they were saying. The first time they went, they could still see something new, but the second time they went, they didn't even feel the newness anymore. However, considering that Shen Moer said that she could observe foreigners' clothing, utensils and living habits through movies, they gritted their teeth and nodded.
Jin Caifei also felt that watching foreign movies was boring. If she couldn't understand what was being said, she certainly couldn't understand what was being said. But after thinking about it, she readily supported Shen Moer's proposal.
Towards the end of the movie, Li Xinmei and Liu Yinshuang fell asleep without knowing when, but Jin Caifei's eyes were wide open. However, when she stood up, Shen Moer saw that she yawned loudly.
Shen Moer knew what was going on, so she asked them all to go home after dinner the next night, and she went to the movies alone.
In the next few days, Shen Moer kept repeating this rhythm, staying in the venue during the day, strolling outside at night, and watching a movie.
They never met a big customer like David who placed orders worth millions at a time. They only signed orders worth six or seven hundred thousand or so from time to time. However, the headquarters of the embroidery factory signed several orders worth seven or eight hundred thousand or so in a row, and the total order amount has reached more than four million.
The group of people at the headquarters suddenly became arrogant again. Shen Moer heard them muttering behind her back, thinking that the ninth workshop was able to sign an order of more than 5 million on the first day because it was pure luck and they met a sucker like David.
But this kind of luck of a blind cat catching a dead mouse is not common, and David, a sucker who obviously likes to buy more expensive goods, is even rarer. Hasn't his true nature been exposed in the past few days?
Excluding the orders worth more than 5 million signed by David, the ninth workshop actually only signed orders worth more than 1 million, far less than the more than 4 million signed by the headquarters.
Liu Yinshuang had also encountered these people gossiping before, and she retorted on the spot: "Even if we don't count Mr. David's order of more than 5 million, our workshop alone signed more than 1 million, while your eight workshops only signed more than 4 million. Are you still so proud? If I were you, I would be too embarrassed to show my face when I go out, after all, I can't face anyone. Damn it, if I hear you whining again, I will slap your mouth and make it crooked, believe it or not?!"
Shen Moer was standing not far away, listening while trying not to laugh.
As the deputy director in charge of the work, it was not easy for her to directly conflict with the people in the headquarters, but she didn't care if Liu Yinshuang cursed or something.
Their ninth workshop is well-known among major companies across the country. On the one hand, it was famous for signing the first order, and on the other hand, the reputation of the people there being tough and good at swearing has become very loud.
After all, it was not directed at foreign businessmen. After understanding the whole story, the venue staff turned a blind eye.
What else can they do? When they criticize and educate them, their attitude is quite good, but they just admit their mistakes humbly and refuse to change. As long as they get the chance, Comrade Li, and especially Comrade Liu, will scold them until they are exhausted.
As time went by, the staff also more or less understood the grievances between them. After all, one was born by the headquarters, and the other was picked up from a remote small county. As a result, the number of orders signed by the picked up one was more than that of the biological mother, so the biological mother felt uncomfortable and found fault with it from time to time.
It’s not unfair to be scolded!
None of the people at the Embroidery Factory headquarters could scold Liu Yinshuang better. Every time Liu Yinshuang scolded someone, one of them would break down. After a few days, they gradually became obedient. After all, they had to get along with each other for more than half a month. Who would want to be scolded every day by a shrew whose face was thicker than a city wall!
A few days passed like this, and one morning, when Shen Moer and the others came over, they made some changes to the booth.
She got a piece of shiny and smooth white satin from somewhere, and folded it into layers of skirt. The embroidery pieces they brought were sewn tightly onto the "skirt" at some point.
It was clearly just a simple fold of cloth to create the pattern of the skirt, and clearly just a few embroidery pieces were sewn on, but the unfinished "skirt" was surprisingly beautiful, and at first glance it reminded people of the ladies with heavy makeup on the stage in the past, or the graceful women in foreign movies.
The jacquard tablecloth they brought was also spread out by Shen Moer on the booth. Then she produced a porcelain plate with colorful fruits on it from somewhere, and placed a thin porcelain teapot and cups next to the fruit plate.
On one side is a gorgeous "skirt", and on the other side is a tablecloth with a fruit plate and tea sets. It is obviously just a flat exhibition stand, but after she decorated it like this, it actually gives people the illusion that there is a beautiful lady sitting here drinking tea.
"You are so beautiful."
Because there were frequent frictions between the headquarters and the ninth workshop, Chen Jiahua had to go back to the booth frequently, and then he was shocked to see this scene.
Chen Jiahua couldn't help but glance at the other side of the booth.
In fact, the exhibits at the Embroidery Factory headquarters were far more than those at the Ninth Workshop. They even brought several very beautiful embroidered garments. In order to display these garments, they also specially prepared several half-body sponge models with stands.
But the strange thing is that no matter how they arrange and display them, whether they are embroidery or ready-made clothes, they look like ordinary commodities. However, after Shen Moer arranges them like this, they look like movie stills, or in other words, like paintings.
Thinking back to the first time he met Shen Moli, she was taking two children from the brigade's primary school to the provincial capital to participate in a painting competition. I heard that in the end both of them won second prize in the province. Thinking back to those meticulous embroidery drawings that Shen Moli drew herself, Chen Jiahua couldn't help but sigh secretly. She was really good at both. Her casual moves were enough for others to learn from for a while.
Soon, foreign businessmen came to inquire about the price, but at first, those who came to inquire were all for tablecloths. Some even asked about the price of fruit plates and tea sets. Then Shen Moer also told them with a smile.
After discovering that some foreign businessmen really wanted to buy fruit plates and tea sets, Shen Moer asked Liu Yinshuang to bring them to the porcelain booth.
She borrowed these pieces of porcelain from companies in other exhibition halls. It was agreed upon when she borrowed them that if someone wanted them, she would help negotiate the price first. If they really wanted them, she would deliver them to the porcelain booth.
Coincidentally, there are also people who like satin. After all, the layers of satin are so beautiful, especially when they are sewn with fresh and elegant embroidery, which adds a finishing touch. How beautiful it would be to make a dress with such material and embroidery!
So Shen Moer followed the same routine, having a preliminary chat with the person first, and when she saw that the other party was really interested, she asked Li Xinmei to take the person to the silk booth.
Some people were interested in silk and porcelain, and naturally there were also many who were interested in embroidery and tablecloths. On that day, the ninth workshop signed orders worth millions.
In the following days, sometimes there were more, sometimes less, but there were at least more than 500,000 orders every day.
By the last day of the exhibition, Workshop 9 had signed orders totaling US$9.52 million.
Not only did Chen Jiahua and Zeng Huiru not expect this result, even the people from the South Province Department of Commerce did not expect it. In the following days, when the exhibition was about to end every day, the staff of the South Province Department of Commerce would specially go to the booth of the embroidery factory to inquire about the signing status of the day.
It is said that the leader of the Commerce Department is now very much looking forward to seeing whether the ninth workshop can exceed 10 million.
In fact, with the more than 5 million from the Embroidered Clothes Factory headquarters, the total number of orders signed by the Embroidered Clothes Factory has already exceeded 10 million. This is an unprecedented and very amazing achievement. When the news was passed back to the Embroidered Clothes Factory, the factory director even called to express his condolences to the members of the trading group.
Speaking of which, the people at the Embroidery Factory headquarters were also aggrieved. This year, because there was the Ninth Workshop here to compare with them, they really tried their best to find ways to promote their products. They also secretly learned a lot from Shen Moli. The number of signed orders of more than 5 million has far exceeded that of last year. If there was no Ninth Workshop, they would definitely be praised this year.
However, the number of orders signed by the ninth workshop was almost twice as much as theirs. In comparison, it seemed as if they had not done well even though their performance had improved significantly.
Early in the morning, Secretary Xiao Qu from the Department of Commerce came again.
The young man wearing black-framed glasses looked at Shen Moer’s eyes and they were simply shining: “Comrade Shen, today is the last day, do you have the confidence to break through 10 million?”
Shen Moer: “…”
Before Shen Moer could express her opinion, Liu Yinshuang spoke first: "If you want to ask about confidence, then we must have it. We must have confidence in ourselves, but we are not sure whether we can do it."
Li Xinmei agreed with a smile: "Yes, we are confident, but we also have to look at the foreign investors, right?"
Shen Moer laughed: "What they said is what I want to say."
Officer Qu knew that his question was a bit unprofessional, but the battle had come to its last day, and even he was excited and nervous. He scratched his head and said, "Okay, I'll ask again later."
At this moment, Li Xinmei suddenly elbowed Shen Moer: "Isn't that who we are, our number one customer David? Why do I feel like he's coming here for us?"
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