Chapter 62: Invited by President Chen to give a speech
Thompson's remarks Lai Xiaohu basically agrees in his heart, it is true that the consumption power of Chinese residents is much lower than that of the United States, and as the center of the world economy, the wealth of the United States is self-evident.
"That's not right now, I don't have a lot of vegetables that I can mobilize now, and I can't sell much even if I go to the United States, and when I gain a firm foothold in China in the future, my business will slowly expand, and it's not too late to expand my business in the United States." Lai Xiaohu said.
"No, you can't say that," Thompson disagreed with Lai Xiaohu's words, "Your entry into the U.S. market now is different from entering the U.S. market in the future, and when you have the strength in the future, you want to enter our U.S. market on a large scale, not to mention anything else, even the U.S. Department of Commerce may not be able to pass the level, you must know that in order to protect local agriculture, our United States is very strict on foreign agricultural products." But now you start to enter the U.S. market in small quantities, it's different, your transportation volume is small, the Department of Commerce will not pay attention to it at all, so that you can slowly develop a certain network in the United States and occupy a certain market, as your strength grows, you can continue to expand the scale of penetration into the United States, even if someone wants to deal with you in the future, you have established a sufficient self-protection interest alliance in the United States. ”
Thompson was stunned for a while, Lai Xiaohu felt a little unreliable when he heard it, and finally Thompson's last sentence came out, and Lai Xiaohu completely understood, "Of course, I'm also a little selfish, you also know that our family runs a luxury hotel, if we can have a vegetable supplier like you, then with more than one step higher than others, we can definitely beat all the opponents in the whole of Los Angeles." ”
"Oh. This is what you really mean," Lai Xiaohu was very disdainful of Thompson's private words, but the same Thompson's words also opened a window for Lai Xiaohu.
Lai Xiaohu didn't care much about what Thompson said about the U.S. Department of Commerce, as if a department as big as a vegetable seller wouldn't be idle and take care of himself, what Lai Xiaohu didn't expect was that he didn't pay attention to this, so that the other party caught him off guard in the future.
However, Lai Xiaohu listened to other words, and it is certain that the same vegetables will definitely make more money when sold in the United States than in China, which is determined by the economic base. For the sake of this more benefit, Lai Xiaohu was moved, thinking about whether to get vegetables to the United States to make more money.
And I just happened to be a third-level vegetable and haven't figured out how to sell it in China, isn't it just right, just sell it to the Americans, don't the Americans have a lot of money, then I will go and earn the money of the Americans.
Thinking of this, the more Lai Xiaohu thought about it, the more he decided what a wise decision this was, and immediately he made up his mind and agreed.
"Haha, I'll just say, you will definitely be tempted, don't worry, I have thought about the buyer for you, just sell it to our family's hotel, and we will ask for as much as you can ship."
With this accident, Lai Xiaohu was not calm, and Thompson was even more calm, the guy directly refunded the ticket back to China, and then called his father in the United States overnight to tell his father about Lai Xiaohu and his vegetables.
For what his son said about Lai Xiaohu, old Thompson didn't believe it at first, but after his son repeatedly assured him, he didn't dare to refuse directly, and after discussing it with his son for a while, old Thompson said, "I'll send you a purchase contract later, and I'll take a look at a batch of vegetables if you bring back a little bit." ”
The next day, Thompson excitedly took the purchase contract sent by his father, and Thompson officially placed an order with Lai Xiaohu as his family buyer, the purchase volume is not big for Thompson and their kind of people who open a big hotel, but it is not small for Lai Xiaohu, there is a purchase volume of tens of thousands of yuan. And this is just the beginning, once the first batch of goods sent by Lai Xiaohu is accepted, then it is foreseeable that the purchase volume from the United States will immediately begin to rise in the future.
It's not that simple to get vegetables to the United States.
First of all, Lai Xiaohu's Lejia Life Supermarket has to obtain export qualifications, and secondly, all the vegetables he exports need to obtain a certificate issued by the National Bureau of Quality and Quantity, Supervision, Inspection, Inspection, and Epidemic, and this time Lai Xiaohu also plans to go to the United States in person, so he also has to apply for a business visa.
With Hu Feifei's help last time, Lai Xiaohu thought of her again this time, and through Hu Feifei's or her father's relationship, Lai Xiaohu's export qualification was quickly passed.
The inspection and quarantine certificate and the business visa are more troublesome, and it takes more than ten days to get a reply, but fortunately, if nothing else, there is no problem.
Just when Thompson was still running around for Lai Xiaohu's visa to the consulate, Lai Xiaohu received a call from Chen Deshu, which surprised him.
"Xiaohu, do you have time in a few days, how about you give a speech to those freshmen when the school starts?" On the phone, Chen Deshu directly sent an invitation to Lai Xiaohu.
After hanging up the phone, Lai Xiaohu felt like he was in a dream, it turned out that what Thompson said before was true, Chen Deshu really invited him back to school to give a speech.
As the saying goes, "Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as brocade clothes walking at night." "For a college student, perhaps the most proud thing is not how successful they are, but being invited back to their alma mater to give a motivational speech to their current students.
It's a source of spiritual pride and satisfaction.
Lai Xiaohu is the same, especially for him, who fled from school in embarrassment, being able to stand on the podium of his alma mater and give a speech to those freshmen is like walking through the triumphal arch of victory.
With almost no hesitation, Lai Xiaohu agreed, but after hanging up the phone, he suffered from gains and losses, what if he didn't perform well? And his original embarrassment has always been vivid in Lai Xiaohu's heart, and every time he thinks of this, he becomes a little inferior and a little afraid to face it.
"Hey, it's tangled."
Anyway, since you've already agreed, you can't go anyway.
In the excitement and apprehension, Lai Xiaohu finally ushered in the opening day of the new students of NTU, and in order to prepare, Lai Xiaohu came to the school early.