"Borrow that place?"
"Although it faces the main entrance, it is now blocked by the booths of big manufacturers. What do you plan to use it for?"
"The three garment factories participating in the trade fair were all arranged on the second floor. Some customers may not have the intention to purchase clothing, so they are unwilling to come up."
"But since they are here, we have to try our best to win them over regardless of whether they are willing or not. So we want to borrow their space for an afternoon to show our clothes."
Liu Hongying thought that it was okay to lend it to them, because the place was usually empty except for two meetings. As long as it did not occupy the space of other factories, it would not be a big deal and would not have much impact.
But she was just a small director after all. Before borrowing the venue, she still had to say hello to her leaders. In case they had other ideas, she might find herself in a difficult position.
"I can't give you an answer for now. There is no precedent for borrowing. You need to apply to your supervisor."
"Then please ask Director Liu to put in a good word for us. If we can borrow it, it would be best if it is in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. We will prepare well in the next two days."
"Okay, I'll do my best."
Although she did not agree immediately, looking at her expression, Song Fuyu knew that this matter was already half successful.
They thought they would have to wait until the afternoon, but before lunch, Liu Hongying came up to them and told them that the leader agreed to let them borrow the space for the podium.
After being happy for a while, Song Fuyu immediately took out a notebook and pen and began to plan some things that everyone needed to do in the next few days.
"Aunt Fang, I have a difficult task for you in the next two days."
"You said, no matter how difficult or easy it is, I will do my best to get it done."
"Today and tomorrow, you are going to find twenty-two young people, fourteen of whom are girls and eight boys."
"Girls should be over 1.65 meters tall, and boys should be no shorter than 1.75 meters, preferably over 1.80 meters tall, and have a balanced weight, not too thin, nor too fat."
"After you find the people, have them gather here at nine o'clock the day after tomorrow morning."
"Fu Yu, even if I have found the right person, can he come with me?"
"As long as you pay, there are many people willing to come."
"Just say that our garment factory needs to find temporary workers to work for two days at this trade fair. Pay them a higher salary and provide lunch. I'm sure many people will be willing to come."
"Okay, I'll go out and look for a partner after lunch."
"Uncle Zhao, I don't care who you find these two days, you must find us a translator who can speak English fluently. I must see the translator before the meeting starts the day after tomorrow afternoon."
"Okay! No problem!"
If he fails to find the person by then, even if it means sacrificing his reputation, he will have to ask an interpreter on the scene to help for the whole afternoon.
"Director Song, do you have any work for me?"
Li Ming came over enthusiastically.
"Your work is very heavy!"
"The customers downstairs need to be received by Brother An and Brother Chen. You and I must guard our booth on the second floor carefully. No mistakes can be made."
"Okay! I promise to complete the task."
Li Ming is young, only 17 years old, with little work experience, and this is his first time traveling far away. His advantage is that he is smart and will do the tasks assigned to him immediately without any complaints.
No matter what others say, he always greets them with a smile. He is a good candidate for sales.
"Give me the white paper you cut earlier, and the pen."
Taking the paper and pen, Song Fuyu wrote "Limited sales" on one of the sheets and "Sold out" on the other.
"Hang the longer one next to the most expensive coat. Hang the shorter one next to any piece of clothing in your clothing factory."
"Director Song, what does this mean? Is this a promotion?"
He had seen it before in the supply and marketing cooperatives: for commodities that did not sell very well but were easy to spoil, the cooperatives would sometimes sell them without tickets, and there might be a sign hanging next to them saying low price promotion.
"The long ones are limited sales, the short ones are sold out."
"Sold out? Doesn't that mean all of them are sold out? But it's clear that not a single one has been sold."
Li Ming suddenly didn't understand what she meant by doing this.
"I'm giving customers the illusion that our business is doing well."
"Putting a sold out sign makes the customer think that our clothes were not produced in large quantities, which reduces the time they hesitate. By the way, we also tell the customer that if they want less or take too long to think about it, our clothes may be sold out once we reach production capacity."
The reason why it is pasted on the clothes produced by Qin City Garment Factory is simply because they can't be sold anyway, so they are just used as a prop, which at least can serve a starting point.
At noon, while everyone was having lunch and taking a break, Song Fuyu wrote an invitation letter in Chinese and asked Li Ming to find the translator used by the trade fair to help translate the content into English.
Then he wrote the translated content on two large pieces of paper, one of which was hung in the most conspicuous position of their booth, and the other one was asked to be taken downstairs by Chen Guihe.
"After that, whenever I met a customer, I would ask him to take a look at our invitation letter, regardless of whether he would buy or not."
"clear!"
When they went downstairs, Song Fuyu thought for a moment, wrote another invitation, and then took it downstairs.
"Dad, which factory does the pillar next to your booth belong to? Is there a division?"
"No."
"What's your idea?"
"I'm planning to hold an event. This is an invitation. That pillar is quite conspicuous, so I want to put this on it."
This pillar is the load-bearing pillar of the venue. It is located in a very conspicuous position near the steel plant's booth, and almost everyone passing by can see it. It is used for publicity with excellent effect.
"Post it, no one should care."
Since she doesn't belong to any factory, she won't be polite.
I quickly applied glue to the back of the invitation and attached it to the pillar facing the door.
"Girl, you're really not afraid of trouble."
"You are holding such a high-profile event this time. Be careful that you will be attacked by the other two garment factories."
"This is just a little fashion show for me."
"I'm not afraid that they might have objections. I deliberately chose the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. Even if they have an idea and want to hold it, they won't have enough time."
She had already made plans for this matter.