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When he returned to the small western-style building at night, Shen Baichuan called Ms. Shen and learned that she and her future husband had already found a hotel to stay in, so he asked when they would visit the old man.
Ms. Shen did not answer but asked, “Are you free to accompany me?”
"You have to ask for leave even if you don't have time." Shen Baichuan glanced at Chen Jin, who was left behind to listen to the phone call, and said, "Chen Jin said that he was afraid that you would suffer if you went alone, so he asked me to go with you."
The voice on the other end of the phone disappeared for a long time. Ms. Shen smiled and asked softly, "It seems that Chen Jin also knows that you are good at speaking. If you are free on the 4th, let's go together."
"Wait a minute, Chen Jin isn't right next to you, is he?"
Chen Jin immediately shook her head and waved at Shen Baichuan, signaling him not to expose her.
Shen Baichuan replied: “She is watching TV at home.”
I was indeed watching TV, but I turned the sound down. It was indeed at home, but it was his house.
Ms. Shen didn't think much about it, so she asked Shen Baichuan what Chen Jin liked.
"I brought some gifts here. They are all old things. They were the betrothal gifts given by the Cheng family in the past. They will be left for you in the future. I brought them all here this time."
Chen Jin continued to shake his head and wave his hands: Don’t give me such valuable things!
If you take it, you will be tied up in the future.
Shen Baichuan reached out and grabbed her wrist, but she kept waving her hands, making him dizzy.
But I still followed her wishes and replied, "Don't scare her away. She likes good-looking ones. You have good taste. Please choose."
"Perfunctory, your attitude is what will scare people away." Ms. Shen said dissatisfiedly: "Forget it, I won't ask you, I'll do it myself."
Only after hanging up the phone did Chen Jin breathe a sigh of relief. "Is this how you and Ms. Shen usually chat?"
"That's about right." Shen Baichuan said, "Don't be nervous. In her eyes, I have a bad temper, and it's rare for me to find a girlfriend."
"You're still in a bad temper even after all this? You already have a very good temper!"
She is the one with a bad temper, but that's okay, no one in her family thinks she has a bad temper. Except for Chen Ting, who often hit a wall with her.
Shen Baichuan laughed muffledly.
Yes, he also thinks he has a very good temper. If one has a bad temper, it must be because the person who made him angry did something wrong.
She didn't stay at Shen Baichuan's house for long, as she had to go to Xicheng District early the next morning to see the exhibition.
After returning home, I washed up and went to the backyard to call Daju back.
We wash the sheets and quilt covers at home frequently because Daju often plays naughty games outside and often sleeps at the end of the bed at night.
The next morning, Chen Jin went out alone. She left Daju to Shen Baichuan.
If we spend more time together, maybe our relationship will get better.
When she arrived at the exhibition area of the Municipal Gymnasium in Xicheng District, the exhibition had already begun, and she entered with an exhibitor's badge.
Our company has already arranged it.
Nan'an Furniture Factory was very famous more than ten years ago, but now it is not so famous anymore. It is a small workshop and is placed at the edge of the exhibition area.
Chen Jin went around in circles before he found the place.
As soon as he came over, Chen Jin praised: "The layout is good, much better than those in prime locations. We will strive to make progress every year and move to the prime central area in a few years."
"Great!" Director Gao took the lead in showing support.
After Chen Jin said this, morale finally improved a little. After all, the two masters who came here had experienced the most glorious period of Nan'an Furniture Factory. Now it has become a small workshop, and I feel unhappy.
But now, the bosses can see things more clearly, so what is there for them to be unhappy about?
As the boss always says: "Work harder, grow bigger and stronger, and create greater glory."
Geng Xin, who had just arrived, held back his laughter: The boss is trying to fool us again.
After waiting for half an hour, no one came over here. Chen Jin thought that it was a rare opportunity for her to attend such an exhibition, so she had to go and take a look. If she found something suitable, she would buy it.
After saying a few words to Director Gao, he went for a stroll.
One salesperson waited until she left before asking quietly, "If we don't get any orders, the boss won't be angry, right?"
Although the boss always seems to be smiling and easy to talk to, they really don't dare to act frivolously in front of him.
Employees of Baiyou also said that although they often went out to eat with their boss during the summer vacation, they only dared to relax and chat outside of work, and they did not dare to act rashly during working hours.
He also lives in the garment factory's staff quarters, but has never worked at Baiyou. He was recently interviewed and was accepted after seeing a job opening at a furniture company.
In the staff quarters, the boss’s reputation is even greater than that of Director Geng. It was because on the day the company opened, the boss led the trumpet band to "fight" against the ruffian group in their compound and became famous overnight.
He didn't see the excitement, but several months have passed. When people talk about who is the most sharp-tongued in the compound, they use the boss as a reference. In any case, no one has been able to surpass the boss so far.
He went to work at a furniture company, and his aunt would come over from time to time and ask, "Is your boss really good at scolding people?"
Every time he said that his boss was very kind to his employees, his aunt would have an expression that said, "I just think you're being stubborn." Now he was too lazy to explain.
However, the boss usually has a good temper, but now he has not achieved any results, right? !
Unlike Baiyou, which became extremely popular on the first day of its opening. The first cooperation for their furniture factory was obtained by the boss through his connections. So, if the results today were not good, he would be really worried.
Director Gao patted his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense! When has the boss ever been angry with you? If the order situation is not ideal, the boss will scold me, why do you worry about it? Be well prepared, and when someone comes to learn about our products, don't let us down!"
"Know!"
Chen Jin went around from house to house and actually found some sofas that caught his eye. But she had nowhere to put it.
The sofas at home are still in good condition, it’s not time to replace them yet.
There are some lamps that you can buy to replace the existing ones at home.
There were indeed quite a few stores in the Golden Center area that attracted quite a few people to look at them, and they formed two full circles around them. But now everyone is just watching, no one has started placing orders yet.
Yes, this exhibition will only last for two days. It’s just the beginning, so there’s no need to rush to place an order now unless you have already set your eyes on it.
Although in her heart her own company is naturally the best in the world, she has to admit the reality that the furniture made by big brands is of high quality and style, especially such high-end furniture, the workmanship is indeed good.
As a layman, she couldn't tell what was good about it, but even she, who didn't know much about it, thought it was good, so it must be good.
They deserve the prime central area.
Their Nan'an Furniture Company can only promote the price-performance ratio. The quality is not bad and the price is reasonable, but the brand name is not well-known. Everything else is good.
In order to attract people, each company has come up with endless promotional methods.
But most of them are confined to the periphery of the exhibition area. Loudspeakers were not allowed for promotion in the exhibition area, otherwise the box of loudspeakers she bought would have come in handy.
Everyone coming in from outside was holding at least three flyers in their hands, and some might have more than twenty.
She didn't pay attention when she came in, but now when she was visiting the exhibition she heard others say that someone was setting up a stage outside for a performance and had invited actors from a TV drama.
What a generous deal.
Chen Jin was just envious, but it was absolutely impossible for her to learn from him.
Spend money where it counts.
Chen Jin walked around with a camera hanging around his neck, taking a picture when he saw something that interested him.
Some people thought she was a reporter from a newspaper, and gave her a small gift, asking her to help take better photos.
Looking at a small fan-shaped table lamp in his hand, Chen Jin liked it very much, so he took a photo of it carefully and asked for the mailing address of the photo.
There were many foreigners visiting the exhibition area. One foreigner happened to visit this store and talked to the salesman who didn't understand English for a long time, talking nonsense. The leader of the lighting factory was so anxious that he ran out to find someone to help.
Chen Jin wanted to help but felt that his skills were not good enough.
Finally, I went there with gritted teeth, communicated with the other party in my poor English, and actually negotiated a deal worth 200,000 yuan.
Judging from the salesman's expression, this should be a good order for their lighting factory.
When the leader brought people back, he just asked the foreigner to sign the contract.
Chen Jin inexplicably helped someone sign the order and took a big box back to his company's exhibition area.
"What kind of lamp did you buy, boss?" Geng Xin asked casually.
"People think I'm kind and nice, so they give it to me for free."
Her own company hadn't even placed an order yet, but she just said a few words to help out, and they issued an order for $200,000. She became jealous.
So I can only praise myself to make myself feel better.
The others looked shocked at first, then tried to hold back their laughter.
Who would be so shameless as to boast that they are beautiful and kind-hearted?
Oh, their boss does.
Chen Jin suddenly asked: "Does anyone here speak English? I see quite a few foreigners coming to the exhibition."
Hey boss! You really dare to think! Are you all thinking about exporting your products overseas? !
Director Gao felt that the words "Grow bigger and stronger" hung in his boss' office were not enough to summarize his boss's ambition.
But I only dared to think about it in my mind and never say it out loud.
"I can." Director Gao replied: "In the past, Nan'an Furniture Factory had the task of earning foreign exchange through exports. I had just transferred from a technical worker to the sales department, so I learned English specifically."
Chen Jin gave him a thumbs up in admiration and said, "I was right about the furniture company having Director Gao in charge."
Director Gao smiled and waved his hand, "It's nothing to mention."
Chen Jin stayed here for another half an hour. He saw that people were finally coming here one after another, but no one stopped to look at them. His employees began to get anxious.
I guess her being here puts more pressure on them.
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave now. Tell me about the situation after the exhibition is over." Chen Jin smiled and said, "Don't worry too much. Our company has only been established for two months. As long as the product is good, there will be no need to worry about no one coming to us."
"Director Geng, do you want to go back with me? I want to talk to you about the plan."
Geng Xin followed immediately.
Chen Jin took Geng Xin to a restaurant near Wanmin Square for dinner. By the way, I discussed the plan of acquiring the old department store with Geng Xin.
"As for the money, we can get it together, but are they going to sell it or not? How will they sell it? Is there any news now?"
Geng Xin: "The news has been released, but the exact date has not been set. It will be sold at auction, and the highest bidder will win."
"It's a bit troublesome." Chen Jin sighed, "If someone else keeps asking for a high price, I won't be able to afford it."
Seeing Geng Xin raised his eyebrows, Chen Jin said, "This time it's the truth."
So everything I said before was a lie?
Chen Jin’s mind was still spinning. Did he really have to use her piece of land as collateral for a mortgage?
"Well, let's take a break after this purchase. I really can't stand it anymore."
I chatted with Geng Xin while eating and talked a lot. When Chen Jin went out, he first called his uncle to confirm that he was in the company, and then turned back to his uncle's company.
"I see you are not very busy and you still have time to drink tea." Chen Jin knocked on the door.
"Hey, Mr. Chen, you are welcome here. Should we prepare some tea for you?" The uncle waved at her and said, "Come and sit down."
Chen Jin smiled and moved his stool over and said, "What a waste. I don't know how to taste tea."
"I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me. The tea in your house is pretty good. If you really don't know how to drink it, just bring some over to me."
"Oh, you've been missing my tea for a long time. If you hadn't told me earlier, I'm afraid it would get moldy if left at home. I'll bring it over some other day." Chen Jin sat down, fanned himself with his hands, took a deep puff, but still couldn't feel any difference in taste between the teas.
"You don't come here for no reason. Tell me what you want now. Don't drag it out and delay my getting off work later."
Chen Jin was surprised. "What about the time when you want to leave work on your own initiative? My second brother is currently accompanying my second sister-in-law at home to wait for the birth of her baby. If you leave work, who will you go to for company matters?"
"Tsk, are we spending money to invite so many people just to eat nothing?" The uncle poured a cup of tea and handed it to him. Chen Jin hurriedly took it with both hands.
After taking a sip, he nodded, "Well, today's tea tastes good."
My uncle laughed out loud, "Don't pretend, good tea is a waste if it goes into your mouth, what can you taste? You can only tell the difference between Coke and orange soda."
Chen Jin almost burst out laughing. This was the fact, but how could he expose her so bluntly? !
Chen Jin just put down his teacup and said, "Uncle, I want to buy the old department store in Dongcheng District. Do you have any friends who can help me get some information?"
Kind of want to buy it?
My uncle snorted with a smile, "Not bad, you knew to tell me in advance this time. If it was something else, you would have bought it and taken me around twice before telling me."
"Haha, I think that would be the best way to show off. But I don't have enough money and I don't have any information. Oh, after thinking about it, I decided not to mess around and come back to my uncle to curry favor with him."
The uncle nodded her head with a smile, rubbed his belly and pondered for a while before saying, "Don't worry, wait until I find out from my friends. Fixed assets of former state-owned companies and factories are likely to have problems."
Indeed, if you are not careful, you will fall into a trap and may not only buy a building, but also buy debt.
Nie Rong told her many examples, all of which were true.
With his uncle's help, Chen Jin feels much more at ease.
Chen Jin came over with a smile and asked, "So, do you think we should go burn some incense or something?"
"God is in your heart, believe in him and he will be successful."
"Oh, I see. You are busy lately."
Since there were no outsiders here, Chen Jin was more relaxed. He told him that he went to the exhibition today, and then said, "Fortunately, my third uncle and aunt didn't go to support me, otherwise it would be so embarrassing. I was there for half a day and no one even looked at me."
"What's the big deal? Take your time. My uncle has several housing reform projects." The uncle waved his hand generously and wanted to continue talking, but when he saw Chen Jin sitting lazily and casually, he got so angry that he took a picture of her with the magazine on the table.
"You are already the company's CEO, so you should pay attention to your image in the company from now on."
Chen Jin quickly sat up straight and said, "Isn't this in your company? I have a good image in my company."
My uncle looked disbelieving.
It was a rare opportunity to chat with her more. My uncle was concerned about a lot of things, asking her about her work at school and her plans for dinner with Shen Baichuan at home.
"I thought his family was coming over. What a misunderstanding." The uncle said earnestly, "If you want to date, you can do it on your own. If you want to get married, you have to let us meet his family."
"This family is not easy to get along with. If you marry into this family, you will suffer a lot. I'm telling you, do you hear me? Don't take it lightly."
"Got it." Chen Jin nodded seriously and said with a smile: "Don't you always say that I'm reliable? Why do you always say this to others in private, but when you're in front of me, you make it sound like I'm so unreliable."
"If I don't talk about you, I'm afraid you'll get cocky." The uncle laughed and poured her another cup of tea. "Drink more. This tea is expensive. Don't waste it."
As he was speaking, there was another knock on the office door. It was my uncle's assistant.
"Boss, Boss Zhuang is here."
"Oh, the in-laws are here, please come over quickly." The uncle reminded Chen Jin, "Your uncle Zhuang is here, and it's a good opportunity to talk to you about the planning of the land in Dongcheng District."
Zhuang Youcun just arrived at the door and was about to call for help when he saw Chen Jin there. He was surprised and said, "Third sister is here too."
"Hello, Uncle Zhuang. I'm free today, so I came to talk to my uncle."
"I haven't seen you for almost a year. I heard from your uncle that you recently opened a company and it's doing very well."
Before Chen Jin could even start to be modest, his uncle laughed and said, "Now I have to update the information. I recently opened another furniture company, so I have two companies now. Haha, young people just love to make trouble. Don't just stand there, sit down and chat."
"Wow! It's incredible! Third sister, your speed is really good." Zhuang Youcun said enviously: "Old Chen, among so many old friends, I envy you the most. Look, your nephews and nieces at home are all very hardworking. It's a relief."
My uncle smiled until his eyes narrowed, waved his hand, and said, "Hey, the ones in your family are not bad either."
Chen Jin pursed his lips and tried hard to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth.
Are you afraid she'll drift away? Her uncle has already blew it in front of her.
It just so happened that Uncle Zhuang came over to talk about the land in Dongcheng District. He said he had received news that several schools might be built nearby.
This newly built school is not an ordinary school. For example, the branch of the No. 3 Middle School of the city and the branch of the Provincial Experimental Middle School are both included in the plan.
If branches of those schools were built there, the houses nearby would definitely be in great demand.
As for the fact that housing prices won’t go up…my uncle and Uncle Zhuang both said that there’s no rush to move the land and it’s okay to keep it for now.
Chen Jin naturally followed her uncle's decision. When she invested in the land, she had already been prepared for no return for several years. Now that he was talking about leaving the land for a few years, she had no objection.
Then, my uncle and Uncle Zhuang talked about the land auction that would be held on the 5th.
"Third sister, you should go and take a look this time. The land you chose last time has increased several times in value now, right? You have a good eye."
The uncle took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Third sister does have good taste, haha."
Chen Jin: “…”
With this, how could her tail not be lifted up to the sky?
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