In the next few days of the Canton Fair, Liu Meiyun and Song Qi took turns to man the stall.
Although it is tiring and exhausting every day, everyone feels a sense of accomplishment when looking at the signed order contracts.
Factory Director Hao was particularly special. He did not know foreign languages and could not be of much help, but as he watched the orders increase, he could not stop smiling at the conference hall every day. Seeing how hard the sales staff and translators worked, he also took on all the logistics work, such as serving meals, tea, pouring water, and doing chores. He did not consider himself a factory director at all.
On the last day, Liu Meiyu saw that Song Qi had worked so hard that his voice had become hoarse, so she went out to do business herself, leaving Song Qi behind.
After walking around the venue for quite a while, it was obvious that there were not as many foreign businessmen as in the previous few days. No matter how hard we tried to attract them, it was of little effect as many people had already signed all the contracts they needed to sign two days ago.
Liu Meiyun was also wandering around, with her hands behind her back, watching the excitement at each stall.
When she approached a stall selling textiles and embroidery, she saw several people surrounding a foreigner, gesticulating and guessing, and they were sweating with anxiety. She thought there was no translation, but when she got closer, she found that the foreigner had a strong local accent and was confused by the translation brought by the factory.
"Hello, how can I help you?"
Liu Meiyun volunteered to go over and ask in a foreign language.
The foreigner found Liu Meiyu's spoken English quite authentic, so he immediately asked his question again.
"He wanted to ask what the difference is between your two products, Su embroidery and Xiang embroidery, and how people who don't understand can tell them apart."
Liu Meiyu translated the foreigner's question to the salesperson of the embroidery factory. The people present, including the translator, were stunned for a moment. They really did not expect that the foreigner would ask such a professional question and even knew about Su embroidery and Xiang embroidery.
"Comrade, could you please translate for us?"
Seeing that Liu Meiyu seemed to have a good command of foreign languages, the salesperson explained to her the differences and features of the two embroidery products. As expected, Liu Meiyu did not disappoint anyone and spoke fluent English, which made the foreigner's brows relax.
With the help of Liu Meiyu, the foreigner figured out the issues he wanted to know and signed a contract with the embroidery factory. The order volume was not small, which made the sales staff very happy.
As a token of gratitude, the embroidery factory directly gave Liu Meiyun two embroidery paintings.
When Liu Meiyun was about to go back with the embroidery, the foreign businessman with a heavy accent caught up with her and pointed at the booklet in her hand and asked, "Miss, can I see this?"
"Of course."
Liu Meiyu's eyelids twitched. Not only did she show the brochure to the person, she also took the opportunity to take the person to see the samples.
It was almost the final stage, and Director Hao was counting the orders with a big smile on his face when he saw Liu Meiyu bringing back another foreigner.
The two chatted about the sweaters for a long time, and they were laughing and talking. At the end, the foreigner was so happy that he directly ordered 30,000 sweaters!
Thirty thousand wool sweaters? What a concept! They have been shouting here for a week, so many people's throats are about to smoke, and after a few days, they only sold about ten thousand pieces in total. Liu Meiyu brought back such a large order in one go, and Director Hao had to admire her.
Moreover, after observing for a few days, Director Hao found that although their booth was a little off the beaten track, because they had brought enough translators and prepared all the brochures, every order was signed smoothly. It was not like other factories that were in a hurry and had to spend a long time to sign a form. It was both a joy and annoyance.
All of this is thanks to Liu Meiyu's coordination and planning. Director Hao thought that she was indeed a top student from Huaqing University, and her brain was different from theirs.
On the day when Liu Meiyu and her group had a great harvest at the Guangzhou Canton Fair and were preparing to return to Beijing, Song Qi was checking out at the front desk when she suddenly saw a woman dressed in a particularly fashionable style walking past her. She glanced at her out of the corner of her eye and hurriedly called Liu Meiyu in surprise.
"Liu Meiyu, look quickly, isn't that Bai Ting?"
Liu Meiyu was sitting on a chair in the lobby and talking to someone when she suddenly slapped Song Qi on the shoulder.
She said unhappily, "Can't you stop getting so startled?"
"Oh, look, Bai Ting is driving a car!" Song Qi was selectively deaf and just grabbed Liu Meiyu's arm, with an incredible look on his face: "She must have dug up gold and made a fortune!"
Liu Meiyu also took a curious look. It was an imported Mazda with a license plate from Qiongzhou, and the outfit was really eye-catching.
Bai Ting has sold the Xinting clothing store since it was maliciously set on fire last year. Liu Meiyu had almost forgotten about her after not seeing her for so long. She didn't expect to run into her in Yangcheng today. Judging from the looks of it, she must have gone to Qiongzhou to resell cars.
"If you also want to dig, it's still not too late to chase after him and curry favor with him." Liu Meiyu retracted her gaze and said to the stunned Song Qi.
Song Qi curled his lips, "What a joke, I'm not familiar with her."
"We're not that familiar with each other." Liu Meiyu couldn't help but say.
Song Qi said indifferently: "It's okay. I'm not familiar with you, and it won't affect my making money from you."
Liu Meiyun: "..."
The Canton Fair ended successfully. In addition to more than 40,000 orders for wool sweaters, there were also orders from comrades from the sales department who were on business trips all over the country. Adding this together, we can all have a good new year at the end of the year.
As the factory director, Liu Meiyu kept her word and followed the rules and regulations. Not only did she increase everyone's salary at the end of the year, she also held an annual commendation meeting and gave red envelopes to outstanding employees who had performed actively and cooperated with the reform in the past six months.
There are also New Year's benefits for all factory employees. In the past few years, there was basically nothing, but this year everyone can get 2 kilograms of pork, two bottles of soy sauce, and 5 yuan in cash, which makes people in surrounding factories jealous.
"Thank you, Director Liu!"
When the factory workers saw Liu Meiyu on the road, no matter how old they were, they all thanked her from the bottom of their hearts for ensuring that the workers were paid and had meat to eat!
Factory Director Hao was sitting in his office. When he saw his pay slip and the smiles on the workers' faces, he was very happy for a long time. He felt that this was the most comfortable year he had spent in the factory in all those years.
That's right. Why does it feel like when the reform was first launched, he was the one who was at the forefront, offending people under fire. He couldn't eat or sleep well every day. Everyone was just about to ride on his head and sing against him. Now that the factory is making money, everyone only remembers "Director Liu", but he has offended everyone who should and shouldn't be offended.
In 1985, Liu Meiyu's clothing business, contracted land, and factory were all on the right track and were accumulating initial capital for her.
At home, the triplets have turned from junior high school students to high school students this year.
Liu Meiyun never stopped giving them milk. The three brothers have been playing ball, swimming, and skating since they were young. As a result, their heights are now almost as tall as those of the Long March warriors, and they have become the big guys in the family.
Dabao is still getting more and more handsome, and there is nothing to fault with his face. Sometimes, Liu Meiyu can't help but take a few more glances at her eldest son's celebrity face.
It is no exaggeration to say that her daughter Dabao is definitely one of the best in the entertainment industry in terms of looks.
He is good-looking and is popular among girls in any era.
Not surprisingly, Dabao was the first among the three brothers to receive a love letter.
Liu Meiyu discovered it accidentally when she was explaining a question to him. She wanted to pretend that she didn't see it and put it back to him, but Lu Erbao who was standing next to her found it and snatched it away.
"Mom, look! My brother is going to fall in love with someone if he doesn't study hard!"
Lu Erbao knew best how popular his brother was in school. More than half of the girls in his class only had their eyes on his brother, even though he was very handsome and they were born from the same mother.
Liu Meiyu snatched the love letter and patted him on the forehead. "Receiving a love letter means you are in love. Don't be surprised. Your brother didn't study hard and got the first place in the grade. You should study hard for me. Look at your final grade."
Lu Erbao: "Then I also did better than my brother in the exam."
Liu Meiyun: "Your brother has joined the national team. He has to practice every day and has so little time for study. You still want to compete with him? Do you have the nerve to do that?"
Lu Erbao pouted and said in a very embarrassed manner: "Mom, you can't just look at my grades, I'm excellent in other aspects!"
"Like what?"
"For example, I have more savings than them, and I cook better than them..." Before Lu Erbao could finish, Liu Meiyun interrupted him and said, "Last week your father complained to me that you cooked a meal for him and the salt in it was so high that he almost choked to death."
"It was my elder brother who put it there, not me!" Lu Erbao defended himself.
Dabao, who had just finished solving a math problem, raised his head and replied coldly, "I got the wrong one."
The corners of Liu Meiyu's mouth twitched. He used salt as sugar and showed filial piety to their biological father. He was indeed a good son.
"Mom, you are focusing on the wrong thing. My brother is about to fall in love early, and you don't say anything to him!" Lu Erbao was still thinking about the love letter.
Liu Meiyun praised him again and said, "I don't know whether your brother will fall in love prematurely, but I know that you are the kind of person who wants to stir up trouble and fan the flames every day. If you have the free time, why don't you listen to a few more English tapes?"
Lu Erbao: "My classmates and I have been listening to "Sweet Honey" by Teresa Teng recently."
Liu Meiyun: "Why do you care what others listen to? Don't always follow others. Just do what you should do."
Lu Erbao pouted again: "Mom, why are you comparing my grades with Dabao and Xiaobao? Why can't I compare my listening to tapes with my classmates?"
“…”
Liu Meiyun's words got stuck in her throat, and she only felt a little pain in her head, but she heard Lao Er blabbering again:
"Mom, it suddenly occurred to me that Teresa Teng's tapes are sold at 2 or 3 yuan per disc, while blank tapes are only 50 cents. We can buy blank tapes, record them ourselves, and sell them outside! At 1.5 yuan per disc, we can earn 1 yuan!"
“…”
If Lu Erbao was not her biological son, Liu Meiyun would sometimes wonder if he got some script of a male protagonist who was reborn to start a business and become rich. Otherwise, with only a teenage boy and plenty of food and drink at home, he would come up with money-making ideas one after another.
Liu Meiyu said impatiently: "I think you still don't have enough homework. If you want to make money, I won't stop you after you graduate from high school, but now can you catch up with your studies for me first? Otherwise, you won't be able to get into college."
The topic went around and around, and finally came back to studying. Lu Erbao sighed, "Study, study, study. I'll go memorize the words now!"
After sending the second son away, Liu Meiyun saw that the eldest son was still concentrating on his studies. She asked tentatively, "Dabao, don't you want to read this letter?"
Lu Dabao twirled the pen in his hand and said calmly, "I've finished reading it."
"So you don't have any review of the book? Or do you know the girl who wrote to you?" Liu Meiyu was purely curious. Her son was so handsome and good at studying, so he would definitely receive a lot of love letters in the future.
Lu Dabao thought for a few seconds and replied lazily, "Your handwriting is ugly, your sentences are grammatically incorrect, and your studies are not very good. You can't even solve a simple binary equation."
“…”
Liu Meiyu was speechless.
At the beginning, the girl just recalled the beautiful scene when Dabao explained the topic to her, but when it came to him, it was directly regarded as not smart enough...
When she returned to the room, Liu Meiyu was still worried about her eldest son's bumpy love life in the future, but then she saw Lu Changzheng fiddling with the radio in the room.
After a while, a sweet and pleasant song came from the radio: "Sweet, your smile is so sweet..."
The tone-deaf man even hummed along.
Liu Meiyun went to bed with a blank expression on her face, and Lu Changzheng immediately came over and said, "Wife, this tape sounds pretty good."
She said "hmm" perfunctorily.
Lu Changzheng admired himself and said, "You know what, the lyrics are sweet, and the singing voice is sweet too. No wonder everyone likes to listen to this recently."
"Well, then you should listen to it a few more times." Liu Meiyu yawned and prepared to go to sleep.
Lu Changzheng came over and said with a sly smile: "Wife, you can sing even sweeter."
"What time is it? Still singing? How come you are so energetic every day?" Liu Meiyu pushed him down, rolled up the quilt, turned over and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
"It's still early." Lu Changzheng pulled back the quilt and crawled in, insisting: "Wife, can you sing a song for me? Didn't you sing on the island before? You sing beautifully."
The man was more clingy than a spider spirit. Liu Meiyu kicked him away, but then shamelessly came over.
The couple "fought" in the quilt for a while, both panting. Liu Meiyun pinched the soft flesh on his waist and said unhappily: "Lu Changzheng, you are going too far. As your daughter-in-law, you have to sell your body and skills, but you really know how to enjoy it!"
Having gotten the upper hand, Lu Changzheng hugged his wife and began to act cute: "I want to perform my art, but you don't allow me to sing, do you?"
Liu Meiyun: "..."
The sound of a pleasant and melodious song from the tape was playing in the room. Lu Changzheng looked at his wife's sleeping face with a contented look on his face, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Since getting married, his life seems to be sweet.
Time flies, and it is the summer of 1986.
The triplets are about to become glorious senior high school students and begin the tense and arduous sprint year of college entrance examination.
And that summer, Lu Xiaobao, who was only 16 years old, stood on the stage of the World Table Tennis Championships.
Last year, Xiaobao spent almost the entire year participating in various competitions. He first participated in the National Youth Table Tennis Championships and won first place. Then he went with the national team to Country H to participate in an open competition and won the championship in one fell swoop.
The sports newspaper column said that Xiaobao was a "genius athlete", but only those around him, especially his mother Liu Meiyun, knew how much sweat Xiaobao had shed for his love of table tennis and his damn desire to win.
It can be said that since the kid started playing in official competitions, Liu Meiyu has had very few opportunities to see him at home. He goes to class during the day, practices after class, and gets home at bedtime. They can hardly talk at all. During holidays, he has to stay in the training hall for 24 hours.
No matter when Liu Meiyu went to the training hall to see him, the kid was always practicing with sweat dripping down his face, and his concentration was something that not everyone could match.
Sometimes, seeing her child working so hard, Liu Meiyun certainly felt distressed. However, every time Xiaobao defeated his opponent or performed particularly well in a game and came home happily to share with her with stars in his eyes, she felt very gratified.
Before Xiaobao participated in the World Table Tennis Championships, he spent almost half a year in closed training, and his academic studies were also tutored by teachers from the national team.
Liu Meiyun could only visit him occasionally and bring him some food and clothes until he went abroad to play in the World Table Tennis Championships. Two months later, he returned home with his first world championship trophy and happily showed off loudly at the door:
"Mom, I win again!"
Such a confident and dazzling smile turned all the hard work into cheers for him.
Liu Meiyu was also extremely proud, and she understood the feeling of her grandfather who always loved to show off his children.
The World Table Tennis Championships trophy brought the name Lu Yunsheng to the world sports arena.
Domestic newspapers reported extensively on the event, and foreign television news broadcast his wonderful performances on the court repeatedly. Overnight, Xiao Bao was crowned with the aura of a world champion, and received countless praises wherever he went.
However, that is only limited to when he is outside.
At home, he was treated about the same as before. At most, the uncles, aunts and grandparents from the military compound would always greet him warmly when they saw him on the road:
"Xiaobao, go back and teach my grandson how to play table tennis!"
"Xiaobao, go back and do your homework, then play two games with the uncles!"
“…”
It would have been fine if Grandpa Lu hadn't seen it, but when he saw it, he leaned on his cane and grumbled, "Why are you fighting? You're wasting my little great-grandson's time with your lousy skills! My little treasure has plenty of time to spare!"
Meanwhile, Xiaobao, who had just finished the game and was able to relax, was occupying the TV in the living room and fighting with his older brothers for the game console.
It was a Nintendo red and white game console that their uncle had sent back from abroad. The three brothers would rush to play with it every day after finishing their homework.
"Lu Yunsheng, you've already lost a round, why are you cheating?"
Lu Erbao waited anxiously for a long time, and Xiaobao quickly grabbed the game controller and started another game.
"If you hadn't made a noise just now, would I have died?"
"Who is bothering you? You are not good at playing. Go away now. It's my turn."
"You just walked away and you haven't finished your homework."
The two brothers almost started fighting at home to grab the game controller. Dabao next to them took the opportunity to turn on the single-player mode and had a great time playing by himself.
The TV screen suddenly went black.
Lu Changzheng sternly reprimanded: "You are already in your third year of high school, and you are still so troublesome. Go back to your room and read."
"Dad, I have finished my homework!" Lu Erbao looked reluctant.
Lu Changzheng put away the game console and asked, "Are you guys so free in your senior year of high school? Have you finished the mock exam paper your mom bought for you?"
Lu Erbao: "Proper relaxation is more conducive to learning."
"Don't talk nonsense to me. Go back to your room and do your test paper." Lu Changzheng took the game console without any discussion. "Your brother can get high scores, and your brother is recommended as a special student. How can you be so careless? The college entrance examination is in a few months. You don't have the time to ask your brother to explain a few more questions to you?"
"That's right, Dad. I don't have to take the college entrance examination. I can have fun. Get them both out of here!"
Because Lu Xiaobao's sports talent had already put him on the admission list, his life was as easy as can be, and he often showed off in front of his eldest and second children at home.
Lu Changzheng: "Your mother said that no one is allowed to play during this period. Just play your table tennis well. When the two of them finish their exams, you three can do whatever you want."
Xiaobao was speechless: "Dad, why do you always listen to my mom? Can't you have your own opinions? You always pass on my mom's instructions. I'm not taking the college entrance examination, so why can't I play? It's my second brother who has no self-control."
Seeing that he couldn't play, Lu Erbao simply gave up: "I think our mother is right. Brothers should share happiness and difficulties. Besides, you two playing games will affect my studies."
Xiaobao: "Come on, your grades are so poor, how can they have any impact?"
Seeing that they were about to quarrel again, Dabao sighed and took the lead in making his stand by going back to his room to get some peace and quiet: "I don't want to play anymore, you two can fight it out on your own."
Anyway, he had already secretly completed the game by himself at midnight last night. It wasn't a big challenge. He just had to wait until he could take it apart and look at the circuit board inside.
After receiving his son's game console, Lu Changzheng went back to his room and studied it for a long time. He was curious about whether this Nintendo Famicom was so fun.
He grabbed Liu Meiyu and asked her all kinds of questions.
Annoyed by his questions, Liu Meiyun simply said, "You will know if you try it yourself."
"It's all in English, how can I try it? How about you teach me? I see they're having a lot of fun, I want to try it too."
The high-tech era that Lu Changzheng learned about from Liu Meiyun started with a red and white game console.
In order to have topics to talk about with his wife and children and not be overwhelmed by the technological era, Captain Lu decided that in the future he would actively learn about any game consoles, computers, QQ, etc. that his wife mentioned would be released.
So that day, the triplets, who were supposed to be studying hard at school, had to close early because the last period was temporarily changed to a physical education class. When the three brothers returned home and opened the door, they saw their parents sitting on the living room floor, each holding a game controller, with soda, watermelon, and fried chicken next to them.
"Captain Lu, can you do it? Why are your hands so clumsy? You can't even press the up, down, left, and right buttons. You're still trying to show off. You just jumped over and are now on the next level, right?"
"Let's do it again. I didn't see it clearly just now. The image quality is not clear."
"You're not clear-headed, are you?"
"Wife, don't be angry. Let's play another game. I will definitely not hold you back."
"I told you to play the single-player mode, but you dragged me to play the game with you. A round lasts three minutes. How can you expect me to play? Any of your three sons would be better than you if they played with their eyes closed!"
"Wife, don't be angry, don't be angry... I will try my best in this round."
“…”
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