Chapter 10 010 Sarah
An Xin did not delay and immediately said obediently.
"Thank you, uncle!"
God knows she didn't dare to eat a full meal last night in order to entertain the guests, and she didn't have breakfast in the morning. She was so hungry now that her stomach was sticking to her back. If someone gave her free extra noodles, she would be very happy.
After An Xin added some more noodles to her plate, and after she had eaten her fill, she paid for the noodles, thanked the stall owner, and strode towards the train station.
Nowadays, it is an era when the spring breeze of reform and the institutionalized economy collide with each other. In fact, formal units still need tickets to buy and sell many things. For example, grocery stores and supply and marketing cooperatives need cloth tickets and meat tickets to buy cloth and meat.
But with the rise of many small vendors in the country, less formal units no longer need tickets. If you don’t have a meat ticket and can’t buy meat at the supply and marketing cooperative, you can still find a small meat vendor privately and give him some money to get the meat. This is something everyone knows.
Just like setting up a small stall and selling noodles or something, you naturally don't need a ticket, just pay the money. The country will not strongly crack down on these small vendors at this time. As long as you don't do too much, people will turn a blind eye and let you make a living.
However, in another one or two years, cloth coupons, meat coupons and the like will be withdrawn from the market. By then, China will have entered a true planned market economy. As long as you have RMB in your hands, you can do whatever you want in China.
Of course, An Xin didn't plan to become a small boss or set up a small stall. That would be a waste of her talent. While eating noodles, she had actually thought about what she was going to do next.
When An Xin arrived at the busy train station, it was just as others had said, with people coming and going, and a mixed crowd. An Xin found a quiet place and was about to observe quietly.
Suddenly, a car horn sounded from behind. An Xin was so scared that she quickly dodged. A van roared away. The word "Taxi" was written in stiff English letters on the body of the van. It was obviously not written for Chinese people.
Sure enough, as the small van whizzed past, a few foreigners who had just come out of the train station snapped their fingers at the van in a familiar manner.
The van stopped accurately in front of several foreign friends. After a period of unclear communication between the two sides, one of the foreign friends took out a stack of foreign exchange coupons, pulled out a foreign exchange coupon with a face value of about 20 yuan, and handed it over.
That’s right, it is definitely foreign exchange coupons, which are very popular in the country now.
If you take this kind of foreign exchange coupons to go to state-owned restaurants or more upscale hotels, you don't even need a ticket, and people will have to nod and bow to you and look at you with respect.
After all, these days, the Chinese people who can afford foreign exchange coupons are basically the big guys, and the rest who use foreign exchange coupons are foreign friends.
Just as An Xin was thinking about the various benefits of foreign exchange coupons, the small van carrying the foreign friends had already roared away.
Obviously, that small van is used to earn foreign exchange coupons from foreign friends. An Xin also wants to make this kind of money. It is the fastest way to make money, but she doesn't have a car now, so she has to find a way to get a car.
Of course, getting a car doesn’t necessarily mean buying this kind of car, she can rent it!
Nowadays, minivans are real luxury goods. Anxin is not so sure that he can afford a minivan in a short time, but renting one will definitely be no problem.
But how to rent it? Is it still a problem?
At this moment, two foreign friends walked out of the train station gate. The man was tall and straight with blond hair and blue eyes, and the woman was tall and beautiful. The two of them were very affectionate with each other and looked like a young couple. When they walked out of the train station gate, they looked around, obviously waiting for a similar small van as before.
“Got it!”
An Xin had an idea and walked towards the two foreign friends.
As soon as she approached, An Xin naturally greeted the two foreign friends in fluent English. Her grammar was pure and her pronunciation was standard, with a slight bias towards American English, because An Xin could tell that these two people were definitely from the United States.
Obviously, the two foreign friends did not expect to meet such an oriental beauty who spoke English so fluently at the train station, and curiosity led them to start a conversation quickly.
An Xin made up an identity for herself, named Sarah, and said that she was from the southern United States and that her ancestors were workers who immigrated there to dig diamonds.
The two foreign friends immediately became convinced that there were indeed many migrant workers from Asia in the South who married and had children there, and then reproduced from generation to generation.
After talking for a few minutes, An Xin deliberately showed off the valuable watch she took out from her personal storage, and the two foreign friends showed envy in their eyes.
This watch is not cheap. Even as citizens of the United States, they still cannot afford it.
Foreign friends immediately imagined that this oriental beauty must be the daughter of a wealthy indigenous family from the West. The most famous thing in the West is diamonds, and this oriental beauty might be the daughter of a diamond supplier. No wonder she dresses so simply, she must want to keep a low profile.
While the two were imagining, An Xin took the opportunity to invite them for a cup of coffee.
The two foreign friends readily agreed, quickly called a small van, and ran to a cafe near the train station.
By the time the three of them sat in the cafe, An Xin was already getting along very well with the two foreign friends named Edward and Kelly.
Edward asked An Xin even more curiously.
"So, Sarah, what brings you back home this time?"
Wouldn't it be better for a rich girl like An Xin to stay in the United States? Why come back to this poor country?
An Xin sighed and said helplessly.
"To be honest, I came back to China this time to expand the market for our family department store. As you know, the competition for goods in the United States is too fierce. I want to open up a market in China."
What An Xin said was true. At that time in the United States, various chain supermarkets had blossomed like flowers all over the country. If smaller department stores wanted to survive, they had to expand their markets overseas.
Edward and Kelly looked at each other, and seemed to think that what An Xin said was true. Edward continued to ask.
"So, are you planning to expand the domestic market by yourself? Will it be difficult?"
An Xin immediately shook her head, looking confident.
"Oh, no, no, no, it shouldn't be that hard, because I brought some hard goods with me this time."
After saying that, he turned around and took out chocolate, coffee, chewing gum and other items from his pocket and gave them to Edward and Kelly one by one.
Of course, these things all come from Anxin’s portable warehouse, so they are naturally good things. At least they are much better than similar products in the United States now.
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