Chapter 408 Participating in the Canton Fair

Xia Juanjuan didn't hesitate and paid the money directly.

For a location like this, buying it for $3,000 is really a steal.

It is estimated that the price will double in less than five years!

In mid-October, Xia Juanjuan went to Guangzhou again, and still brought some fruits and nourishing Chinese medicine for Aunt Li.

This time, Manager Li was not as reluctant as the first time. He quickly reported to the factory and then made the decision to give Xia Juanjuan another 100 sweaters and 100 pairs of jeans.

Xia Juanjuan also liked a thick wool coat, and Manager Li generously agreed.

The cost price of a coat is fifteen yuan, which is not cheap. Xia Juanjuan considered that she would not be able to wear it in winter, so she ordered twenty pieces.

Xia Juanjuan looked for the thick cotton coat she wanted in several state-owned clothing factories in Guangzhou, but none of them had particularly thick ones.

After all, Guangzhou is in the south and there is no market for thick cotton-padded clothes. If we really want to cater to the domestic market and start producing thick cotton-padded clothes, we have to wait until the policy is completely liberalized this year!

Xia Juanjuan had no choice but to give up.

However, this time she used a public phone to contact Chen Rongsheng, whom she had met in the summer.

It was also a coincidence that Chen Rongsheng happened to be in Guangzhou attending the Canton Fair.

Xia Juanjuan made an appointment with him to meet at the Canton Fair.

The Canton Fair in Guangzhou is an import and export fair that has been held since 1958 and is held once a year. Domestic products are displayed to foreign merchants at the fair to promote cooperation.

However, in the past decade, the products displayed at the exhibition have been very limited.

The situation this year is much better than in previous years, and many new products are on display in various places.

Xia Juanjuan took a casual stroll and found that the most popular items among foreign businessmen were traditional items such as silk and tea.

However, Xia Juanjuan did find that there was a display of marine pearls in Fujian Province, so she stayed there for a while.

There was a person who came from Hong Kong and was obviously very interested in the pearls. He asked whether they were farmed or wild, and how old they were.

However, the translation is a bit unreliable and it seems like a confusing conversation.

The foreign businessman lost his patience and shook his head, wanting to leave.

Xia Juanjuan walked up to him and asked in fluent English, "Sir, do you want to buy pearls?"

The foreign businessmen did not expect Xia Juanjuan to speak English so fluently and without any accent at all.

He immediately said happily: "Yes! I am Robert Smith. Our company is a famous luxury goods company. We want to buy a batch of beautiful pearls to complete the decoration of newly designed women's bags and handbags and haute couture clothing. Miss, can you help me translate it?"

Xia Juanjuan did not refuse and walked over to help translate for the stall from Fujian Province for a while.

However, the negotiations ultimately failed.

Pearl farming in Fujian Province had just started, and the pearls were too young to meet Smith's standards. Wild pearls were hard to come by, so they could not meet the quantity Smith required.

Smith finally said thank you regretfully and was about to leave.

Xia Juanjuan seized the opportunity and asked, "Mr. Smith, if you want to buy high-quality pearls, I have some connections. However, the pearls I can provide are not displayed at the Canton Fair. If you don't mind, I can show you some samples."

Smith's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Pearls can actually be bought in other parts of the world. But his company has a branch in Hong Kong. If he can buy good quality and cheap pearls from the mainland, then he can save a lot of money!

“I don’t care if it’s been exhibited at the Canton Fair, as long as it meets our standards, we’re willing to buy it!”

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Okay. I'll ask my friend first. Tomorrow morning, I'll invite you to have morning tea at Heguang City and bring you samples to look at. How about that?"

Smith smiled and said, "No problem! I will stay in Guangzhou for another three days, so the time is suitable!"

After the agreement, Xia Juanjuan and Smith waved goodbye.

Coincidentally, Chen Rongsheng also came over and was waving at Xia Juanjuan.

Chen Rongsheng had just heard a little bit of Xia Juanjuan talking to Smith in English, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Miss Xia, you really impressed me! I didn't expect your English to be so good."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It's taught in school, and I thought it would be useful in the future, so I studied hard."

Chen Rongsheng didn't say anything more, but if he really learned such good spoken English only in school, then he must have a natural talent for languages.

The two of them did not stay in the Canton Fair, but went to a shop selling rice noodles outside to eat while talking.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, this time I mainly want to ask you if you can get some big things."

Chen Rongsheng asked, "Big ones? What do you mean?"