The Canton Fair officially kicked off its two-week run with the attendance of important leaders and foreign guests at its opening ceremony.
Tourists and companies from all over the world will place orders or sign letters of intent for goods they are interested in during this period.
Xing Baohua's booth was too small to accommodate so many people, so he personally led a team of three to the booth.
Since Yang Jing couldn't be contacted, Xing Baohua temporarily hired a translator. During this period, translators were really hard to find. He ended up finding a college student at the Foreign Languages Institute through Boss Huang's connections, paying him eighty yuan a day.
Xing Baohua tested the other person's level, and the young man was alright. He could follow Xing Baohua's train of thought, and his spoken English was also good.
The fact that Xing Baohua was paying 80 yuan a day for translation made many employees feel that he was just being foolish and wasting money.
Look how much money Xing Baohua has wasted on this small exhibition hall; he's even dismantled perfectly good tables into pieces.
But the renovation does look good.
When Xing Baohua arrived at the exhibition hall, he first looked around at the surroundings. The only thing he complained about was the neighbors on either side.
The shop on the left sells tiles, and the shop on the right sells tea.
The tile seller must be from central Shandong, just like Xing Baohua, while the tea seller sells green tea from Zhaoshi.
After greeting the two company representatives, Xing Baohua asked his secretary to turn on the stereo and play the videotape.
The film and television symphony scores I had prepared beforehand finally came in handy.
Xing Baohua didn't dare to turn up the volume; she played it like soft music.
Unfortunately, there are very few people here.
Because there were very few people around, and the people at the surrounding stalls were also idle, they saw Xing Baohua's TV and took a look to see what he was selling.
I don't know what they sell, but the TV programs and music are really nice to listen to and watch.
This immediately attracted a large crowd.
Speaking of which, people, whether from China or abroad, all have this quirk: they love to join in the fun.
Some dark-skinned foreigners saw a large crowd gathered around Xing Baohua and squeezed over to watch.
When the Chinese onlookers saw foreigners crowding the area, they automatically made way for them to go to the front and see.
Upon seeing that some foreigners had arrived, Xing Baohua asked someone to turn up the volume.
This is when the true charm of the audio system is revealed. Despite the many external noises, the sound quality is still easily distinguishable.
Music knows no borders.
The charm of symphonic music, in particular.
After one song ended, the next film featured a classic of classics: "Sunrise in the East, Battle of the Seas."
A Western voyage film disguised as an Eastern epic.
The chanting and lyrics playing at this time are in English.
The dark-skinned guy listened with rapt attention.
More and more people gathered around, and Xing Baohua's move was quite novel and attractive.
They just watched and listened, but no one asked any questions.
Xing Baohua beckoned to his secretary and asked her to lower her voice even further.
Simply blocking this place isn't enough! We need to get things moving so that more people can see it.
As the voice lowered, the young men seemed to snap out of their daze. One of them asked directly, "How much is this videotape? I want to give it to my mom."
Xing Baohua thought to himself, "What the hell? They're even giving away your mother? Holy crap, I'm selling stereos, you know."
Xing Baohua stepped forward and said to the young man, "We don't sell these. All the audio tapes are not for sale. We sell audio equipment. If you buy audio equipment, we will give you some audio tapes as a gift."
"Okay, how much for the speakers?"
Xing Baohua turned slightly to the side and pointed to several speakers, saying, "Twenty thousand, thirty thousand, forty thousand, fifty thousand US dollars. Minimum of ten units."
After Xing Baohua finished speaking, the Chinese people around him all gasped!
It's so dark!
They're even darker than these other dark-skinned people!
Do you really think foreigners' money grows on trees?
When Xing Baohua saw that Xiao Hei looked a little confused, he quickly said, "Sir, this is not the place for audio-visual equipment. If you want to know whether my sound system is worth these US dollars, you will need to come with my staff to listen to the sound effects."
After the other party agreed, Xing Baohua arranged for his secretary and translator to take the group to listen to the sound system.
When seeing the other person off, Xing Baohua asked: "Friend, where are you from?"
The other party indicated that they were from Nigeria.
Xing Baohua thought to himself, "Wow, this is a country of rich people."
One wave after another came in, asking how much the videotapes and records cost.
This left Xing Baohua slightly scratching his head. So many high-tech products were displayed here. Were they all blind?
Why do you keep asking about items that aren't for sale?
Xing Baohua also doesn't know which link or strategy went wrong, leading to the current situation.
Just as I was thinking about it, Mr. Yang, the shareholder and manager of the foreign trade department, arrived.
"Why did you have to come right on time!" Xing Baohua complained.
Yang Jing rolled her eyes at him and said irritably, "You arrived a long time ago, but you didn't even call me beforehand to tell me your address. Nandu is so big, where am I supposed to find you? I can only wait until the opening day to find you."
Xing Baohua slapped his forehead, realizing he had forgotten about it. He was too busy and forgot to tell Yang Jing beforehand.
I quickly apologized, invited the person in, and explained the current products so that I could introduce them to the new customer later!
After the explanation is finished, tell Yang Jing about the strange things we've discovered so far and ask her to help analyze them.
"Judging from the tone of their voices, most of them are probably from non-English speaking countries. They probably can't understand most of the English instructions you're displaying and need translators from their countries to communicate," Yang Jing analyzed.
Xing Baohua nodded in agreement, but was also a little worried. With so many countries involved, it was impossible to translate every single language!
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