Chapter 97 Chapter 97 Update 1

Chen Jiahua observed for a while and found that Shen Moer's method was not suitable for them.

As Shen Moer said, although the headquarters also produces handkerchiefs, the patterns of the headquarters' handkerchiefs are relatively bright, which is fine for ordinary people to use, but folding them up and putting them on a suit as decoration is too abrupt and inappropriate.

However, Shen Moer gave Chen Jiahua inspiration. They used to produce goods based on domestic habits, basically producing a fixed number of things and waiting for foreign merchants to choose. But Shen Moer's idea is to start from the actual needs of foreign merchants and provide them with what they actually need. Shen Moer

also told her that the handkerchief on the suit jacket was something she observed at the door of the western restaurant yesterday.

There are many foreign businessmen in Guangzhou. Some of them wear sweatshirts and slippers, and look unkempt. Some pay much attention to their appearance. Even though the temperature in Guangzhou is quite high, they still wear suits and ties. The waiter at the guesthouse said that this is their culture, the so-called gentlemanly demeanor.

Fortunately, the headquarters of the embroidery factory was also opened in the afternoon. A foreign businessman with dark skin and fancy clothes ordered a batch of ready-made clothes.

When the exhibition ended that day, the total amount of orders signed by the ninth workshop had reached more than 5.8 million US dollars. Later, some embroidery pieces and pillowcases were signed one after another, all of which were small orders.

In the evening, Shen Moer led a few people to the nearby Guangzhou Restaurant.

This is a famous local restaurant recommended to her by the waiter at the guesthouse. As soon as they arrived at the door, they found it was crowded with guests and very lively.

The restaurant was decorated very luxuriously, completely different from the plain-looking state-owned hotels in other places. On the contrary, it was magnificent. Even the chandeliers hanging overhead were obviously expensive. Among the diners in the restaurant, there were many foreign businessmen whose skin and hair color were very different from those of Chinese people, and there were also Chinese people, but everyone was dressed very decently.

Li Xinmei had never seen such a scene before, and she was a little timid: "It must be very expensive to eat here, Deputy Director Shen, let's go to a state-owned hotel."

Shen Moer smiled and said, "This is also a state-owned hotel, just a higher-end one. First, we come to have a good meal to celebrate today's success, and second, we are here to work."

Li Xinmei was thoughtful. When Shen Moer and Chen Jiahua talked today, she was also listening. After hearing that Shen Moer discovered the needs of foreign businessmen through foreigners in movies and Western restaurants, she has been observing the foreign businessmen coming and going in the venue today. Unfortunately, her brain is not as good as Shen Moer's, and she didn't observe anything after observing for a long time.

She guessed what Shen Moer meant, that they came to this Guangzhou Restaurant to eat to observe foreign businessmen and understand their needs.

So he didn't say anything, but took the lead: "Okay, then let's hurry up."

Liu Yinshuang hurriedly followed: "Come on, come on, Sister Xinmei, I tell you, their food is delicious, we must try their roast goose, it's absolutely delicious."

"No, how do you know what their food is delicious?"

"If I don't know, I won't ask. I have already asked people."

"You are really amazing."

The two of them said and went forward to find a seat. Jin Caifei glanced at Shen Moli with a complicated expression, but Shen Moli seemed unaware: "Let's follow."

Guangzhou Restaurant is said to have been founded in 1935, and it has been able to stand for nearly 40 years. Of course, there is a reason why it has been able to stand for nearly 40 years.

The roast goose is salty and tasty, the rice noodle soup is smooth and delicious, the mushroom seafood soup is even more delicious, not to mention the cakes and sweet soup, which are the specialties of Guangzhou restaurants.

Li Xinmei and Liu Yinshuang, who vowed to observe the foreign businessmen around them when they sat down, were quickly conquered by the food.

In the middle, Shen Moer went to the bathroom. When she came back, she met David. He was having dinner with a foreigner who also had blond hair and blue eyes. Seeing Shen Moer, David took the initiative to say hello and said in very broken Chinese: "Hello, Sheng Xiaojie!"

Shen Moer was stunned for a moment before she realized that he was calling her "Miss Shen". She smiled and nodded: "Hi, Mr. David."

David stood up and said a lot of gibberish. Shen Moer looked at him blankly and didn't understand a word. Then the foreigner opposite David also stood up and spoke in very awkward Chinese. It was hard, but Shen Moer finally understood the Chinese and said, "Beautiful lady, I am David's friend, my name is Paul. David said that your product is great, he likes it very much and is very happy to cooperate with you."

Shen Moer smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Paul, and please convey to Mr. David that I am very grateful for the compliment."

Paul smiled and nodded. Shen Moer always felt that Mr. Paul looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him for a moment. She could only attribute it to the fact that these foreigners looked alike, making it difficult to distinguish them.

Shen Moer didn't take this little episode to heart. After paying the bill, she suggested going to the movies.

The theaters are playing foreign movies these days, one every night for nearly twenty days, and no two movies are repeated.

Li Xinmei and Liu Yinshuang didn't really want to go, after all, they couldn't understand what was being said. The first time they went, it was still a novelty, but the second time, even the novelty was gone. But considering what Shen Moli said about being able to observe foreigners' clothing, accessories, and living habits through movies, they gritted their teeth and nodded.

Jin Caifei also thought that watching foreign movies was boring, and she naturally couldn't understand it if she couldn't understand what was being said, but after thinking about it, she readily supported Shen Moli's proposal.

At the end of the movie, Li Xinmei and Liu Yinshuang fell asleep without knowing when, but Jin Caifei's eyes were wide open, but when she stood up, Shen Moli saw her yawning.

Shen Moli knew what was going on, and the next night after dinner, she asked them all to go back, and she went to the movies by herself.

In the next few days, Shen Moer kept repeating this rhythm, staying in the stadium during the day, strolling outside at night, and watching a movie.

They did not meet a big customer like David who placed orders worth millions at once, but only signed orders worth 600,000 or 700,000 yuan intermittently, while the headquarters of the embroidery factory signed several orders worth 700,000 or 800,000 yuan in a row, and the total order amount has reached more than 4 million yuan.

The group of people in the headquarters immediately became arrogant again. Shen Moer heard them muttering behind her back that they thought that the ninth workshop was lucky to sign an order worth more than 5 million yuan on the first day, and they met such a sucker like David.

But such luck is not common, and David, who likes to buy more expensive goods, is even rarer. Hasn't his true colors been exposed in the past few days?

Excluding the orders worth more than 5 million signed by David, the ninth workshop actually only signed more than 1 million, far less than the more than 4 million signed by the headquarters.

Liu Yinshuang had also encountered these people gossiping and she retorted on the spot: "Even if we don't count Mr. David's order of more than 5 million, our workshop has signed more than 1 million, while your eight workshops have only signed more than 4 million. Are you still so proud? If I were you, I would be too embarrassed to show my face when I go out. After all, I can't face people at all. Damn it, if I hear you whining again, I will slap you in the face and make your mouth crooked, believe it or not?!"

Shen Moer was standing not far away, listening with a smile.

As the deputy director in charge of the work, it was not easy for her to directly conflict with the people in the headquarters, but she didn't care if Liu Yinshuang cursed.

Their ninth workshop was also famous among major companies in the country. On the one hand, it signed the first order, and on the other hand, the reputation of the people being tough and good at cursing was already very loud.

In the end, the scolding was not directed at the foreign businessmen. After the staff of the venue understood the cause and effect, they turned a blind eye.

What else can they do? When they criticized and educated them, their attitude was very good, but they just humbly admitted their mistakes and refused to change. As long as they caught the opportunity, Comrade Li, especially Comrade Liu, would really scold people until they were mad.

After a long time, the staff also more or less understood the grievances between them. After all, one was born by the headquarters, and the other was opened in a remote small county town, so he was picked up. As a result, the number of signed orders picked up was more than that of the biological child, so the biological child was uncomfortable and found faults from time to time and was weird -

it was not unfair to be scolded!

None of the people in the embroidery factory headquarters could scold Liu Yinshuang. Almost every time Liu Yinshuang scolded someone, their defense would break down. After a few days, they gradually became obedient. After all, they had to get along for more than half a month. Who would want to be scolded by a shrew with a thicker skin than a city wall every day!

A few days passed like this. This morning, when Shen Moer and her friends came, they changed the exhibition stand again.

She didn't know where she got a piece of shiny and smooth white satin. She folded the satin into layers of overlapping skirts, and the embroidery they brought was sewn onto the "skirt" with great precision.

Although the hem was simply folded out of the fabric and a few embroidery pieces were sewn, the semi-finished "hem" was surprisingly beautiful, reminding people of the ladies with light makeup and heavy makeup on the stage in the past, or the graceful women in foreign movies.

The jacquard tablecloth they brought was also spread out on the stand by Shen Moer, and then she conjured up a porcelain plate with colorful fruits from somewhere, and then placed a thin porcelain teapot and cups next to the fruit plate.

On one side is a gorgeous "skirt", and on the other side is a tablecloth with a fruit plate and tea sets. It is obviously just a flat exhibition stand, but after she has arranged it so well, people have the illusion that there is a beautiful lady sitting here drinking tea.

"You are too beautiful."

Because there are frequent frictions between the headquarters and the ninth workshop, Chen Jiahua has to go back to the exhibition stand frequently, and then he was shocked to see this scene.

Chen Jiahua couldn't help but look at the other side of the exhibition stand.

In fact, the exhibits of the embroidery factory headquarters are far more than those of the ninth workshop. They even brought several very beautiful embroidery ready-made clothes. In order to display these ready-made clothes, they also specially prepared several half-body sponge models with stands.

But the strange thing is, no matter how they arrange and display them, whether it is embroidery or ready-made clothes, they look like ordinary commodities, but after Shen Moer arranges them, they look like movie stills, or in other words, like paintings.

Thinking of the first time he met Shen Moer, she took two children from the Dadu Primary School to the provincial capital to participate in a painting competition. I heard that in the end both of them won the second prize in the province. Thinking back to those detailed embroidery paintings drawn by Shen Moer herself, Chen Jiahua couldn't help but sigh secretly. It turned out that she was good at both. It would take others a while to learn from her casually.

Soon, foreign merchants came to inquire about prices. However, at first, all of them came for tablecloths. Some even asked about the price of fruit plates and tea sets. Then Shen Moer told them with a smile.

After discovering that some foreign merchants really wanted to buy fruit plates and tea sets, Shen Moer asked Liu Yinshuang to bring them to the porcelain display stand.

She borrowed these pieces of porcelain from companies in other exhibition halls. When she borrowed them, she agreed that if someone wanted them, she would help negotiate the price first. If they really wanted them, she would send them to the porcelain display stand.

Coincidentally, there were also people who liked satin. After all, the layers of satin were so beautiful, especially when sewn with fresh and elegant embroidery, it felt like the finishing touch. How beautiful it would be to make a dress with such material and embroidery!

So Shen Moer followed the same routine, first had a preliminary chat with the person, and when she saw that the other party was really interested, she asked Li Xinmei to take the person to the silk booth.

There were people who liked silk and porcelain, and naturally there were also many who liked embroidery and tablecloths. On this day, the ninth workshop signed orders worth millions of dollars.

In the next few days, sometimes there were more, sometimes less, but every day there were at least more than 500,000 orders.

By the last day of the exhibition, the Ninth Workshop had signed orders for a total of 9.52 million US dollars.

This achievement was unexpected not only to Chen Jiahua and Zeng Huiru, but also to the people in the Southern Province Commerce Department. In the following days, every day when the exhibition was about to end, the staff of the Southern Province Commerce Department would specially go to the booth of the embroidery factory to inquire about the signing situation of the day.

It is said that the leader of the Commerce Department is now very much looking forward to seeing whether the Ninth Workshop can break through 10 million.

In fact, with the more than 5 million from the embroidery factory headquarters, the total number of orders signed by the embroidery factory has already exceeded 10 million. This is an unprecedented and very amazing achievement. When the news was passed back to the embroidery factory, the factory director even made a special phone call to express his condolences to the members of the trade delegation.

Speaking of which, the people at the headquarters of the embroidery factory were also frustrated. This year, because there was the ninth workshop here as a comparison, they really tried their best to find ways to promote their products. They also secretly learned a lot from Shen Moer. The number of orders signed was more than 5 million, which was far more than last year. If there was no ninth workshop, they would definitely be praised this year.

But unfortunately, the number of orders signed by the ninth workshop was almost twice theirs. Compared with them, it seemed that their performance had been greatly improved, but it seemed that they had not done well.

Early in the morning, Xiao Qu, the clerk of the business hall, came again.

The young man wearing black-framed glasses looked at Shen Moer with sparkling eyes: "Comrade Shen, today is the last day. Do you have the confidence to break through 10 million?" Shen

Moer: "..."

Before Shen Moer could express her opinion, Liu Yinshuang spoke first: "If you want to ask about confidence, then we must have it. We are sure we have confidence, but we are not sure whether we can do it."

Li Xinmei agreed with a smile: "Yes, we are confident, but we also have to look at the foreign businessmen, right?"

Shen Moer laughed: "What they said is what I want to say."

Officer Qu knew that his question was a bit unprofessional, but the battle had come to the last day, and even he was excited and nervous. He scratched his head and said, "Okay, I'll ask later."

At this moment, Li Xinmei suddenly elbowed Shen Moer and said, "Isn't that who, our largest customer David? Why do I feel like he's coming here for us?"