Chapter 129: A tortuous settlement (catching bugs) I almost got into wild vegetables today...
Chapter 129: A tortuous settlement (bug hunting)
Yan Jiuru and his group walked all the way for nearly twenty minutes before finally seeing a magnificent and solemn building that covered a large area and had a distinct exotic style.
It is extremely magnificent under the reflection of the setting sun.
"Wow, this square alone is so huge. Well, Director, can we take a photo here later?" Director Tong looked up at the statue in the center of the square, his heart filled with joy.
It's so prestigious for them to live here.
Yan Jiuru ignored his dream.
Guo Jianjun had already run to find the guard to ask for information.
A few minutes later, he returned, shook his head, and said, "Not here. The Friendship Building is just an exhibition hall. The accommodation is actually at the Oriental Hotel over there. They say they're covering the accommodations at the Friendship Building."
A few people dragged their luggage and walked for about ten minutes before finding the Oriental Hotel.
When we got there, we were amazed by the 11-story building with an area of over ten thousand square meters, which looked like a big garden. It was not only a foreign-related hotel, but also the location of the U.S. Consulate.
Everyone looked at each other.
It’s not that they look down on me, but I’m just a small person, so how can any piece of meat on my body be worth that much?
Not to mention whether they can live there, they don’t have that much money!
Yan Jiuru scratched his chin, "Is there any mistake? Director Chen wouldn't be so..." At most, he would politely refuse his request for help, but he wouldn't lie to him.
This time he went to the gatekeeper to ask in person.
"...Hey, Chief Chen from the Railway Station Police Station is here to help. He said they've allocated a few rooms for us in the Youhao Building..."
After a lot of trouble, we found out that it was in the annex building behind the Oriental Hotel.
Yan Jiuru and his group carried and dragged their luggage. They got off the train before seven in the evening and did not finally settle down until after eight thirty.
***
Led by the staff, they walked around the back of the hotel, passed through a small courtyard, and entered a five-story annex building.
"The floors below the third floor are all our hotel's offices and staff accommodation. The fourth and fifth floors are reserved for our friends at the Friendship Building. They have standard rooms and king-size rooms."
There were no rooms left on the fourth floor, so they went up to the fifth.
There are about a dozen rooms on this floor, and the staff asked them how many they wanted to book.
Yan Jiuru thought about it and decided that he had to reserve a room for Chen Yin, the children and the translator.
"Before our opening, we have translators and specially invited people to present our products. Besides these two types of rooms, do we have suites?"
The staff looked at him and said, "Of course."
"Give me a suite and five standard rooms, booked until the end of the exhibition."
When going through the paperwork, the staff looked at the letter of introduction and the exhibition certificate before telling him, "A suite is 8 yuan a night, and a standard room is 4.5 yuan. You pay for the number of days you book."
Director Tong was shocked when he heard this. Even if he was on a business trip to Shanghai, the state-owned guesthouse only cost 1 or 2 yuan per night.
They would have to stay here for more than ten days, and the accommodation fee was too high. He frowned and hesitated to pay.
Yan Jiuru signaled him to pay quickly, "Can you find a more suitable one? Forget about the black hotel."
Director Tong paid the money while cursing, "It's all that damn woman's fault. If she hadn't blocked us, we would have moved in with the exhibition group a long time ago." He also secretly vowed to make preparations early next time.
***
After getting the room key, Yan Jiuru stayed in the suite by himself.
The two lesbians lived together, and the other four lesbians were randomly divided into two rooms, with the remaining two rooms reserved for the translator.
Leave the key with security guard Guo Jianjun first.
It’s not that I don’t trust the logistics director, it’s just that this place is close to the train station and thieves rob openly, so the safety is questionable.
Director Tong's fighting ability is not much stronger than that of a female comrade, so it is safer to leave him with Guo Jianjun.
Rooms are hard to come by these days.
***
Although the process was a bit tortuous, the result was good.
Yan Jiuru checked the room inside and out. Apart from a damp and musty smell, everything else was fine.
Not only is there a phone with external calls, but there is also a separate bathroom and toilet.
The other standard rooms have private bathrooms, except for the lack of telephones.
Just for this reason, my colleagues think it is worth it.
You have to know that it is very hot here in Guangzhou. You will sweat after walking a few steps. Let alone taking a shower, your skin will become smelly if you don’t take a shower several times a day.
Yan Jiuru activated a cleaning talisman, and the room immediately became exceptionally fresh. He then activated a golden bell talisman, covering all the booked rooms.
When you are out, safety comes first.
***
Yan Jiuru put away his luggage, took a shower, evaporated the moisture on his head, and sat on the edge of the bed to call Chen Yin.
In order to facilitate his work, he installed an expensive telephone here in Shuangyu Hutong!
As expected, Chen Yin quickly picked up the phone when it rang.
"Why did it take so long?" Chen Yin thought something had happened to them.
Yan Jiuru exaggeratedly described their experiences after getting off the train, and finally said, "When you get off the train, don't wander around, and don't believe anyone. Just wait for me on the platform."
Although the price is ridiculously high, fortunately it is only about ten minutes away from the exhibition site.
After breakfast the next day, Yan Jiuru and others started to work separately.
Guo Jianjun took the others to the exhibition hall to register and go through the formalities, while Yan Jiuru and Director Tong went to find the storage location for the goods provided by Institute 107.
By the time they brought the products over on military trucks, the administrative department had not yet secured the venue.
***
"What's going on?" Yan Jiuru frowned.
Xiao Wang hurriedly said, "Director, the space they allocated to us is too small. It's three meters by three meters. There's not enough space for three cars."
"Just get a bigger one. Don't you have enough money?"
"No," Xiao Wang and another female comrade were almost scared to tears by the factory director's pressure, and they could not speak clearly.
Guo Jianjun continued, "They don't believe our car is this big. They want to see the real thing before allocating a larger seat, and the price will also have to be increased."
Yan Jiuru spoke to the staff with undiminished aura, tapping his fingers on the product introductions. "Don't you know the Xuan Guo characters? Here are the product size specifications!"
The man pulled the corner of his mouth.
Yan Jiuru stopped the other person from speaking and said, "Don't say anything first. Let me ask you, do you not recognize the seal of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, or do you not approve of it?"
No one can wear this hat.
The other party looked at their information and thought that they were a small company that was temporarily inserted and would be easy to deal with. However, they did not expect that not only were all of them difficult to deal with, but the factory director looked young but was even more difficult to deal with.
"Call your leader!"
The troubles of the past two days have successfully made Yan Jiuru angry.
He didn't want to bother with these little brats anymore and just went straight to the top.
As the saying goes, it is easy to see the King of Hell, but it is difficult to deal with little ghosts.
The person in charge of the exhibition came over in a hurry, glanced at the information of Feiying Automobile Manufacturing Plant in confusion, and immediately said enthusiastically: "Oh, you are the Feiying Factory that Minister Huang personally instructed."
He glanced at the tightly covered tarpaulin on the truck. Although he couldn't see the product, he could tell from the outline that it was not the kind of toy car that children would hold in their hands.
"Come on, come on, how many cars did you bring?"
With the personal attention of the leaders, they soon allocated them an area three times the size of the area adjacent to the toy and machinery exhibition area on the first floor.
The leader also explained: "Since your car can be driven, you don't need it when you don't need it. You can drive it around. This way the effect is more intuitive and it doesn't take up much space."
***
Things went much more smoothly afterwards.
Each booth had to buy its own partitions to build up its walls. The exhibition organizer only provided the most basic water, electricity and two lights. If there were any special needs for exhibition setting up, they had to pay to apply for them.
Fortunately, over the years, the exhibition organizers have their own craftsmen who can make corresponding display stands according to the exhibitors' requirements.
Director Tong and two colleagues from the marketing department ran around and finally completed the twelve-meter-long and half-meter-high curved display stand with slopes on both sides on the third day.
The display board was painted white with colorful pictures of green grass, swaying flowers, and happy children playing in various cars.
This painting was created by Dong Lingling, another female colleague in their marketing department.
It can be said that Dong Lingling, who only has a junior high school education, was admitted to Feiying School because of her drawing skills and comprehension ability.
***
Yan Jiuru came over to check the progress of the exhibition.
The car was already in place, covered with a tarp.
The paint paintings on the background boards on three sides are also fresh and beautiful.
On the right is a set of meeting tables and chairs provided by the exhibition hall, and in the middle is a one-meter-high workbench they customized themselves, on which are placed catalogues in two foreign languages and a brochure with pictures and text.
In addition, there is a plate of fruit candies for guests.
These are just the basics he learned during his business trips abroad.
Yan Jiuru went to look around at other booths, then came back and pointed at the upper edge of a row of partitions and said, "Old Tong, ask the venue to add more spotlights, so that each car body has at least one beam of light. Also, add two incandescent lamps to the ceiling."
They sell luxury goods, not ordinary commodities.
"Also, add a beverage counter here and prepare some instant coffee and tea, so that someone can provide free drinks to guests during business talks at any time."
Tsk tsk, money has been flowing like water these days.
Several people from Feiying Factory have already admitted it.
Their leader said: You can’t catch a wolf without risking your child!
***
The platform is easy to make. You can ask a logistics craftsman to make one quickly, or you can just pay for a ready-made one.
"Director, what kind of tea would you like to buy? I have to go to the Friendship Department Store to buy instant coffee, right?"
This thing not only costs money, but also requires a ticket.
Xiao Wang raised his hand immediately upon hearing this. "Director, I see there are several tea exhibitors. How about I go talk to them and ask them to bring some good tea to our booth?"
Everyone looked at her at the same time.
Xiao Wang stammered and continued, "Well, isn't this... a win-win situation?"
At this point, she mustered up her courage and said, "Look, the guests who come here must be very wealthy foreigners, so their purchasing power must be huge.
If they enjoy the tea, will they ask and place an order?
In this way, the tea exhibitors can sell tea, and we can save the cost of buying tea. . . . . . "
Her voice gradually became quieter, and she even lowered her head. She felt like she was being too petty.
Yan Jiuru said appreciatively, "This is a great idea. I'll give you a bonus later."
"Thank you, Director!" Xiao Wang suddenly became lively.
***
Director Tong went to Friendship Shopping Mall to buy coffee accompanied by Guo Jianjun.
On the way, he muttered somewhat sadly: "Young people nowadays are really amazing, making us Old Tong look so useless..."
Guo Jianjun patted his shoulder comfortingly and said, "Don't worry, the factory director knows what he's doing. Young people are smarter than us, but he's also aware of everything we do."
***
On the evening of the 13th, Yan Jiuru received Chen Yin and her group.
The two little ones jumped for joy when they saw their dad: "Dad, Dad, here!"
Then, one was hung on each of Dad's thighs.
Zhuangzhuang was unwilling to fall behind, so he pounced from behind and hung on the man's neck!
"Okay, my hard work paid off."
Yan Jiuru pulled the children down one by one and asked Chen Yin, "Did the journey go smoothly?"
"It went pretty smoothly. How come you've lost so much weight?" Chen Yin looked at him a few times. He looked thinner and darker.
Yan Jiuru said helplessly: "You will know after you stay there for two days. You won't be used to the food."
"By the way, do you still remember these four?"
Yan Jiuru nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Take a half-day break tomorrow and go to the exhibition in the afternoon to familiarize yourself with the work."
They had become quite familiar with the place these days, so Guo Jianjun led everyone through a shortcut and they reached the back of the hotel in just over ten minutes.
Guo Jianjun took the translator to settle in, and Yan Jiuru took his wife and children to his own suite.
***
The next morning, Chen Yin and others said they were not tired, so they had breakfast at a small restaurant outside and then walked directly to the exhibition hall.
The exhibition officially opened on the 15th. Today, almost all exhibitors have arranged their booths, with only a few making some minor adjustments.
"Wow~"
"Wow~"
As the three little ones approached the Friendship Building, they were too busy to even keep their eyes open.
I exclaimed "Wow" all the way to my dad's booth, and even used an even bigger "Wow" to express my admiration for the Eagle Car booth!
After taking a closer look, Chen Yin nodded, "Not bad, the money was well spent."
Unlike most booths that just have a few boards and a set of seats, theirs can be described as "luxurious".
No wonder he not only spent all the 2,000 yuan of private money he brought with him, but also called her to transfer another 5,000 yuan.
Originally, the factory should have remitted the money, but due to the addition of new models and finished car inventory, the factory's account now only has enough to pay one month's salary.
***
Yan Jiuru looked at his watch and asked Guo Jianjun to take the three children to test drive the car. He then called four translators and Zhao Weidong from the sales department to start work.
They first simulated customer questions and answers using foreign-language product catalogs and manuals.
In addition to products, there is also some foreign trade knowledge, such as tariffs, payment method is L/C or TT, delivery method is FOB or CIF, shipping booking, shipping cycle, packing list, etc.
The product introduction was OK and I was able to answer questions fluently, but the foreign trade part was a letdown.
Yan Jiuru frowned, not very satisfied.
"Didn't I tell you after the interview to improve your foreign trade knowledge?"
Now you can’t even tell the difference between FOB and CIF and you call it supplementary?
The two female classmates were so embarrassed that they were about to cry.
Another male student said embarrassedly, "Director Yan, it's not that we don't want to make up for it, it's just that there are only one or two bilingual booklets on foreign trade in the bookstore, and they only have dialogues, no detailed explanations of terms.
The department's materials are all about everyday conversations, not professional business topics."
Seeing this, Chen Yin came over and patted his shoulder, saying, "I don't have anything to do these days anyway, so let Jianjun look after the kids. I can help out a little bit."
Yan Jiuru nodded, but still went to the exhibition service office to ask the leader whether he could spend a little more money to have a foreign trade negotiator stationed specifically at their booth.
The leader was even more direct: "You are not the first one to have this idea. I can tell you for sure, no! No matter how much money you spend, there is no way!"
There has been a shortage of such talents everywhere in the past two years, and there are simply not enough to go around.
Yan Jiuru came back and told Director Tong: "Tell the deputy director to send two more security comrades over as soon as possible!"
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