For several days in a row, Zhao Youcai, accompanied by a publisher who illustrated textbooks, traveled between countless booths at the Thousand Harvest Festival.
Before long, bilingual (Chinese and English) brochures showcasing the company culture, imbued with the rich flavor of traditional Chinese ink painting, appeared on the front desk.
These past few days, every international merchant who came to the Thousand Harvest Festival has had a booklet in hand. When they find something that interests them, they go to the address listed in the booklet.
Not only does it save time, effort, and worry, but because some of these products don't look very good in reality, the promises are so grand and attractive that they've tricked many foreigners into buying a lot of useless things.
When the Thousand Ears Festival finally came to a close, the officials from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were all dumbfounded.
Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands... millions!
An ordinary millet harvest festival has generated a total of US$79.88 million in foreign trade revenue for the country!
All of this was due to Zhao Youcai's ingenious ideas!
"Go ask Comrade Zhao Youcai which day his train is returning, and hurry back!"
The junior clerk who was sent to the guesthouse to look for people received news that Zhao Youcai and the others had already left, not staying even a day longer.
At this moment, Zhao Youcai was sitting in a military green car, squeezed between Director Niu of the steel factory and Director Ma of the textile factory. Director Qin of the enamel factory was sitting in the front passenger seat, and Director You of the cardboard box factory was sitting in the driver's seat.
Zhao Youcai raised his hand to wipe away non-existent cold sweat, and his whole body went numb.
How worried are you that he'll run away?
It's just going to the military region to get acquainted with their families, right? It's no big deal.
Let's get this straight, he's a true-blue Northeasterner, born with a natural gene for social terror. Everyone who knows him calls him a social thug!
"Hahaha, this must be Comrade Zhao. He's indeed young and promising!"
Zhao Youcai felt his ears starting to ring, and he wondered if the other party knew the martial arts from those storybooks—Lion's Roar.
And where did the phrase "young and promising" come from?
Although he looks young and is as agile as a swallow, is it really reasonable to praise a sixty-year-old man as young and promising?
Factory Director Niu patted Zhao Youcai on the shoulder with a smile, grinning at his grandfather and saying, "Grandpa, I told you you'd really like him!"
Zhao Youcai was stunned again.
Even though Factory Director Niu is much younger than him, he is still over forty years old.
Although people in this era tend to get married early, it's not that early.
Most people at Director Niu's age are first-generation military personnel, a small number are second-generation military personnel, but Director Niu is a true third-generation military personnel.
Then I looked at Director Niu's father and saw that his face was covered with deep freckles left by the years.
Factory Director Niu put his arm around Zhao Youcai's shoulder again, revealing a rare display of his nonchalant and carefree attitude.
"My grandfather is ninety-seven years old this year. He likes to take a wooden stick and find children in the military area to practice standing at attention whenever he has free time. Saying that you are young and promising is not meant to be sarcastic, it's just the truth."
Zhao Youcai's eyes lit up several degrees instantly.
I used to hear rumors about octogenarians dancing in public squares and nonagenarians practicing Tai Chi, but I never imagined this person could even discipline children!
Thinking about his body now transformed by the muscle-relaxing pills, and then looking at the imposing and energetic Grandpa Niu, Zhao Youcai instantly felt that he could fight for another seventy or eighty years.
"Uncle Niu! It's my first time visiting you, this is a gift I prepared for you."
Zhao Youcai took out a watch from the woven bag he was carrying.
Actually, he originally planned to give her a clock with a simple and antique design and a strong sense of history.
However, the pronunciation of "sending a clock" sounds like "attending to someone's death," and as Chinese people, we still care about these things. Therefore, Zhao Youcai settled for second best and took out a large, glowing watch from his "Happy Town Clock Shop" and handed it to him.
Older people's eyesight is generally much worse than when they were younger, so a watch that can light up on its own is very important at this time.
Factory Director Niu's grandfather has lived to a ripe old age and experienced countless things. Living in Beijing, he's seen many wonderful things.
He had never seen a watch that glowed before, and he was quite surprised.
Factory Director Niu's grandfather acted like a child who had received a great treasure. While talking to Zhao Youcai and the others, he couldn't help but reach out and touch and rub his luminous watch.
"Grandpa, Grandpa?"
Factory Director Niu called for a long time, but the old man didn't respond. He couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly, and gave Zhao Youcai an embarrassed smile.
"My grandfather doesn't smoke or drink, that's his only hobby, he likes unusual things."
Zhao Youcai smiled and waved his hand, not thinking it was a big deal.
"How about this, I'll show you around my house. The guard will help with the grocery shopping. Is there anything you'd like to eat?"
Zhao Youcai thought to himself: There's really nothing I want to eat.
You can make roast duck at home, and the ducks from your own ranch have more delicious meat with a more tender and smooth texture.
"Just do as the host says. This is your territory, so you'd know better than anyone what good food is available."
Factory Director Niu didn't bother with formalities and called his grandfather's bodyguard to help him go out and buy some Beijing specialties.
Besides what we'll eat at home later, we also need to buy some things that are easy to store and take back to Zhao Youcai's family.
On the other side, the train station.
Upon learning that Zhao Youcai and his group had left the guesthouse, they rushed to the train station, but did not receive any information that Zhao Youcai had boarded the train.
Those who came to intercept people at the train station were even more confused.
He left the guesthouse but didn't show up at the train station. A perfectly healthy person just vanished like that?
Unconvinced, the man inquired again about the boarding information of those who had traveled with Zhao Youcai, but found nothing. He became even more puzzled.
The man was about to conclude that Zhao Youcai and the others were still in Beijing and might have been invited home by someone.
Suddenly, a very clever man interrupted, completely swaying the man's train of thought.
"They might have driven back, after all, they were the first to sell out all the goods. Maybe they just took a car that came to restock and left."
The man thought about it and realized that there seemed to be some truth to it.
After all, the people traveling with Zhao Youcai were all powerful and influential, and it was possible that each of them drove a car.
Reluctantly, he returned to his office and made a phone call to a city leader in the capital of Jilin Province.
"After Comrade Zhao Youcai goes back, remember to call me as soon as possible. I have something important to discuss with him."
The city leaders were terrified.
He thought he had done something wrong and that his superiors had found out and were going to punish him.
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