There were eight people in the visiting group, all of them were foreigners. One of them had a family that owned a hospital and was particularly interested in Chinese Traditional Medicine. Tao Xiaoxi happened to be dealing in Chinese herbal medicine, so the leader asked Tao Xiaoxi to come back and accompany them.
In order to facilitate their communication, a translator was specially sent, but the translator seemed unable to translate the names of these medicines. Tao Xiaoxi became impatient and simply acted as the translator himself.
"You can speak English?" The leader was really surprised.
"Just a little bit," Tao Xiaoxi said modestly, but in reality, her IELTS speaking score was an 8! Not only could she translate drug names, she could even handle professional medical communication.
When Tao Xiaoxi spoke in beautiful British English, the foreigners were stunned and never dared to look down on this petite oriental woman again.
Mike, who owns a family business, wanted to visit Tao Xiaoxi's medicinal fields, especially her medicinal seedling cultivation base. Seeing Tao Xiaoxi's embarrassment, he pleaded in broken Chinese, "Please, Miss Tao, I like you very much, please help me."
Tao Xiaoxi waved her hands quickly upon hearing this and said with a smile, "I'm married with kids, it's useless for you to like me."
"Nonono, I'm talking about the Four Medicinal Fields." Mike quickly corrected.
"Boss Tao, why don't we let them take a look?" The leader has spoken.
"Okay then. I'm just worried that this place is too simple and I might neglect you all." Tao Xiaoxi lied. In fact, he didn't want to expose his secret base to everyone.
Mantou Village welcomed its first group of visiting groups, and they were foreigners. Those who didn’t know thought that a circus had come to Mantou Village, and the villagers all came out to watch.
For a moment, it was unclear whether it was foreign friends coming to visit the medicinal fields or the villagers coming to visit the foreigners. In any case, they all watched attentively and were happy.
Tao Xiaoxi specially called his eldest brother Li Nanlin to take them on a tour, but when his eldest brother saw these foreigners, he couldn't say a word. His second brother was brave and volunteered to lead the way, but he couldn't even name many medicinal herbs, so Tao Xiaoxi had to do it himself.
The medicinal fields stretch for thousands of acres, and it is definitely impossible to walk through them all. Tao Xiaoxi chose the easy-to-walk path to show them around and briefly introduced some medicinal materials. Even so, when they were in the medicinal fields and could not see the end at a glance, the foreign friends were so excited that they kept speaking in their native language, which probably meant that it was so fucking awesome.
Mike was particularly excited and said on the spot that he would set up a Chinese medicine hospital when he returned and purchase medicine from Tao Xiaoxi.
Tao Xiaoxi smiled. She didn't take this kind of blank check seriously. How many foreigners knew how to use Chinese medicine? It would be difficult for them to even make the medicine, so she just smiled.
Tao Xiaoxi originally planned to take them for a walk and then go back, but Mike was very persistent in the medicinal seedling cultivation base. Tao Xiaoxi had no choice but to take him into the medicine shed.
Mike was dumbfounded again. The pots and jars on the ground were filled with densely packed medicinal seedlings. Some were only as big as a fingernail, and some had just emerged. At first glance, they looked like weeds. How could he tell them apart?
Tao Xiaoxi smiled and introduced that this is Astragalus, this is Pinellia, that is White Peony, that is Lithospermum, and that is Benzoin. The foreigner was confused and listened for a long time but didn't understand anything. In the end, he could only applaud. Although he didn't understand, he looked very impressive.
Tao Xiaoxi knew that she had frightened them. In fact, she herself was not entirely sure what those things that had just appeared were, but she knew that in front of them, she was an expert and had to be authoritative.
When the visiting group returned, they kept giving Tao Xiaoxi thumbs up. The leader was very happy and said that he would give Tao Xiaoxi a contribution award when they returned. Now there is hope for attracting investment.
This visit was not only reported in the provincial newspaper, but was also cited as a typical example in the China Daily. When Tao Xiaoxi saw herself standing in front of a group of men and talking, she really felt that she had worked hard.
Then let's treat ourselves to a good meal. She asked Zhao Bin to find a barbecue grill and started a barbecue in the yard.
"How much do you think there is about you that I don't know?" Zhao Bin walked up to Tao Xiaoxi with a skewer of roasted lamb, handed it to her and asked.
Tao Xiaoxi took the meat and took a big bite. "Then watch carefully. There are still many things you don't know."
"Anything else?" Zhao Bin thought his English had reached its peak at this point, what else could it be?
"Well, I can't remember it for the time being. I can remember it when I need it in the future." Tao Xiaoxi smiled.
Could she say she could play computer games? Could she say she could live stream? She could take her time and wait until the time was right. There was no point in telling them then.
Unexpectedly, Mike was serious about his words. A month later, Tao Xiaoxi received a long-distance call, which scared her. On the phone, Mike excitedly said that he wanted to order a batch of Chinese medicine, and the order had been faxed over.
Tao Xiaoxi only had one question, "Do you know how to boil Chinese medicine?"
"Can't you just cook it and send it to us?" Mike asked doubtfully.
This remark awakened the dreamer, and Tao Xiaoxi slapped his thigh, "Yes!"
How could she forget to boil the medicine and sell it like later generations did? This would be more convenient for the users and more profitable for her.
Just do it.
Tao Xiaoxi bought computers and set up a foreign trade department. She served as the department manager and hired several computer science majors. The two most urgent things were to figure out the foreign trade export procedures as soon as possible and to establish her own electronic trading platform as soon as possible.
The first of these two things is relatively simple, and they can find out by just asking. The second one is difficult, as there is no precedent, so they can only figure it out on their own.
"Just go ahead and do it. I will give you the greatest all-round support." Tao Xiaoxi promised.
But what they never expected was that after three months of running around, Tao Xiaoxi and Zhao Bin still hadn't completed all the formalities. The goods were ready, but they couldn't ship them out, which was extremely frustrating.
Tao Xiaoxi began to rack her brains to think of who else she could contact for this matter.
She thought of Liang Hengsheng. If his father was willing to help, this matter would definitely be done quickly.
"Do you really have to go there in person?" Zhao Bin said with a frown.
"If I don't go myself, others will think things can be slowed down, but the delivery date we agreed with Mike is almost here, and we can't wait. It's safer for me to go myself."
"Will Secretary Liang intervene in this matter?"
"Don't worry, I have my own way. He forced me to be a private entrepreneur in the first place. Now that I don't steal or rob, and I'm generating income for the province, there's no reason for him not to help me." Tao Xiaoxi said optimistically.
Although Zhao Bin was still a little worried, this was the only way.
But man proposes, God disposes. When Tao Xiaoxi arrived at the provincial capital, he was told that Secretary Liang had gone abroad for an inspection and would not be back for ten days or half a month.
At this moment, Tao Xiaoxi scratched his scalp and was a little panicked.
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