Chapter 72 Canton Fair

The head of the snake on the other side of the barbed wire shouted a few more words, and when he heard that no one responded, he cursed a few words in English and left again.

Zhao Yuemin took the two girls to a roadside restaurant for a meal, and opened a room in the hotel to settle the two. The two girls, one named Feng Fang and the other named Li Lan, were grateful to Zhao Yuemin.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yuemin got up early in the morning, woke up Hu Dong, and told him about yesterday's events. Hu Dong nodded when he heard this, and did not express his opinion, as always, he was a stuffy gourd.

Zhao Yuemin originally wanted to buy train tickets for the two girls and let them go back to Jiangbei alone, but both girls said that they were still willing to go back with Zhao Yuemin.

Since then, Zhao Yuemin decided to take the two girls to the Canton Fair first, and then return to Jiangbei with the large army.

Hearing that Feng Fang and Li Lan hadn't had a serious meal in the past few days, Zhao Yuemin took them to the only state-run restaurant in Shenchuan to have a Cantonese-style morning tea.

Feng Fang and Li Lan were grateful to Zhao Yuemin, and took the initiative to carry bags and boxes for him along the way.

When the four of them came to the state-run hotel, Zhao Yuemin was about to find a seat to sit down, when suddenly he was tapped on the shoulder.

"Yue Minjun, long time no see......"

A familiar voice rang in his ears.

Zhao Yuemin turned his head, frowned, and said, "Fujii? ”

Fujii, who was in a straight suit, smiled at Zhao Yuemin mechanically: "Yueminjun, I didn't expect us to meet here again." You don't look a little happy. ”

"No......" Zhao Yuemin immediately adjusted his mood and said, "Fujii, why are you here?" ”

"I'm here to attend the Canton Fair...... We have built a joint venture factory in Guangdong Province, and this time we came with the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry ...... "Fujii straightened his tie."

"Fujii, you guys are quite good at picking people, one will be Jiangbei Province, and the other will be Guangdong Province......"

"Yue Minjun, it's better to meet by chance, let's eat together......" Fujii said.

Six or seven people sat at a round table.

When Feng Fang and Li Lan saw Fujii, they couldn't let go. The two of them tugged at the corners of their clothes nervously.

On the contrary, it was Fujii who opened his mouth first:

"Yue Minjun, you are really blessed to have picked two female secretaries, so beautiful." Fujii laughed.

With a sound of "dang", Hu Dong's dinner knife slashed into the porcelain plate and looked at Fujii coldly.

Zhao Yuemin didn't mind, still with a calm expression, and said, "Fujii-kun, you set up a factory in Guangdong, and you also came to participate in the Canton Fair. It's not like you said at the beginning, the divestment is to exit the Chinese market. ”

"One time, another time." Fujii naturally responded, "Yue Min-kun, we are all doing things for our respective businesses. You don't blame me, do you?"

"No...... It's just that I mistook you for a friend. Zhao Yuemin raised his eyelids and glanced at Fujii, "Your main product this time is a rotary drilling rig?" ”

"The rotary drilling rig is one of them......" Fujii responded, chewing bread, "I'll surprise you......"

"I'll see ......"

Fair.

In front of the newly established convention and exhibition center, business people of all colors are slowly walking into the venue.

The team members of the Jiangbei Oilfield looked curiously at the pot-bellied foreign buyers, as if they were visiting a zoo. At that time, I had never seen so many foreigners, and I was very curious.

Inside the exhibition hall, all kinds of goods are dazzling. In particular, the booths of most enterprises in Guangdong Province are in a prominent position in the exhibition hall. "Look at people's booths, how nice it is. Much better than our location. One person said enviously.

"Don't be blushing, Canton Fair, Guangdong Province is the home game." Director Liu said with a smile: "I still remember that when I participated in the Canton Fair in the 60s, traditional products such as raffia, ceramics, fishing nets, handicrafts, and agricultural and sideline native products in Shantou, Guangdong Province were all well-known hot sellers at that time. Shantou's ceramics dare to innovate and be unique in terms of fancy and variety, and it is difficult for others to imitate. From cups, plates, plates, bowls to spoons and soup nests, all tableware has uniform specifications and is very complete and very popular in the market. ”

"Director Liu, do you have anything memorable about participating in so many sessions of the Canton Fair?" Zhao Yuemin asked with a smile.

"Absolutely." Director Liu smiled and said, "The Canton Fair in 67 was still held in the auditorium of the Guangzhou Military Region. At that time, a colleague reminded me, saying Lao Liu, eat dinner early, someone is coming. I waited in the military auditorium, but I didn't see anyone coming. I was still wondering, and guess who's in front of me? ”

"Who?"

"Premier Zhou." Director Liu said proudly, "Premier Zhou also jokingly said that I was originally in Beijing, but I came to Guangzhou without paying attention. Later, I heard that many rebels had gathered in Guangzhou to storm the Canton Fair, and Premier Zhou had come to "protect" the Canton Fair. ”

Employees of several enterprises in Jiangbei Province listened to Director Liu's memories and walked into their booths to decorate.

The Canton Fair in the 80s had a peculiarity. Foreign businessmen smile and are polite, but the sales staff of most enterprises always have a cold face and love to ignore them.

In 84 years, the country has not yet escaped the situation of a planned economy. The trade fair is basically "production and sales". What products the merchant sells, the customer can only take what product, there is no room for bargaining, don't pull down. And the quantity is not up to the customer. How many goods the customer needs, the order must be handed over to the merchant in advance, and the merchant will make overall arrangements to decide the quantity to be given to you.

At that time, it was extremely happy to do foreign trade, and foreign businessmen circled around you and politely asked if you could sell anything to him. Unlike the Canton Fair in later generations, foreign businessmen are like uncles.

To arrange the exhibition hall, Zhao Yuemin naturally did not need to do it, he walked around the exhibition hall and found that the most popular ones were the booths of several joint ventures.

And it's no wonder. Most of the sales staff of state-owned enterprises still maintain their usual cold expressions, and it is difficult for foreign businessmen to feel close. On the other hand, the joint venture specially hired several beautiful European and American models to hold the billboards of their products. There are also seats and tea in the exhibition hall.

He turned around, thoughtfully returned to the booth, and held a mobilization meeting.

"Comrades, we have to change our attitude towards sales, and now the state is engaged in a special economic zone in Shenchuan, which has pointed out the direction of the wind for us. We can only sell our products ourselves. Don't expect to eat a big pot of rice anymore. Come, take out our magic weapon. ”

Several employees brought out a German-made projector. Although the projectors of that time were large and bulky, they were still advanced technology.

A curtain was lowered, and a slide introducing the Jiangbei Oilfield Machinery Factory was played in front of the screen. Compared with the rigid promotional pictures of other booths, the dynamic promotional video is unique.

The foreign businessmen were very surprised and gathered around......