When customers come, you can make a few cups of tea, chat with them while drinking tea, and inadvertently take their orders. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
However, ideals are full and reality is skinny.
Two salesmen who could speak English came out at the same time, but they failed to attract a single foreigner.
Lin Jin sighed, "Those foreign merchants have gone to look at porcelain and silk. They said that if they go too late, their orders will be placed after the New Year. They are all very anxious."
Ying Xiaoling analyzed the situation: "This is only the first day. Merchants have their own ideas. They will definitely go to see the products they are interested in first. After the first day, the situation should be better."
Jiang Wanyue glanced at the food booths nearby. Everyone was very calm, as if they were used to it.
She walked to the booth of a sugar factory across the street and started talking to the employee. After getting to know him better, she asked with a smile, "On which day do you usually receive orders?"
"The Canton Fair lasts for 15 days, and our candy factory is not well received. It was at least after the 10th day that some merchants came to take a look, and they always tried to lower our prices. But there was nothing we could do. We had to sell at any low price, because any foreign exchange we could earn was a plus."
Jiang Wanyue frowned.
Will it take until the tenth day for foreigners to start looking at products other than those that interest them?
If that's the case, then we only have five days to discuss business...
She continued, "How much foreign exchange do you usually generate?"
"This is the third time our sugar factory has participated in the Canton Fair. The first time, we earned 2,000 yuan. The second time, the situation was slightly better, 13,000 yuan. This time, we should be able to earn more than 20,000 yuan."
Jiang Wanyue's heart sank to the bottom.
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