Chapter 353: Business Trip

Gu Qiqi is doing his best to do things in the company, and the company he got back before is also taking care of the situation every day, even if there is something wrong, he is carefully watching.

"Qiqi, don't be too tired yourself, the company you got back over there, there are no other problems after the big change." Liu Yuan called Gu Qiqi and told her to take care of her body.

Liu Yuan watched Gu Qiqi take back the company that was Shen Haokeng little by little, and when she was busy, she didn't have time to rest at all, and he was also a little distressed.

"I know, don't worry! You can keep an eye on the cooperation with your company, and I am sure you will not cheat me. Liu Yuan helped her a lot, and she was grateful in her heart.

She is also very relieved about the cooperation between Lu's and Yuanhang Group, and naturally knows that Liu Yuan takes care of her, but she is not hypocritical, and now Lu's is in a state of crisis, and it is not enough to rely on her alone.

Liu Yuan on the other end of the phone smiled, he was very happy that Gu Qiqi trusted him so much: "Qiqi, I agreed to you for the sake of you trusting me!" When you're free, remember to invite me to dinner! ”

"Okay, okay, sure, then that's it for now, I'm going to get busy." Gu Qiqi didn't have much time to talk to him on the phone, and he still had a lot of documents to read.

Although he took the company back from Shen Hao, it was far from enough, Lu's business was wide-ranging, and just such a few small companies were not enough for Lu's operation for a year.

Liu Yuan knew that she was busy, so he didn't bother her much and hung up the phone. Gu Qiqi was a little depressed: "Eh...... There are so many troubles, and I don't know how he dealt with them together? ”

The person Gu Qiqi said was naturally Lu Shen, when Lu Shen dealt with so many things, she always felt that it was not too difficult to look at it, they were also office workers, so it was estimated that it would not be difficult?

As a result, after she really took over by herself, she realized that she was not too familiar with many troublesome things, and she was careful in all the work she did in Lu's.

"It is reported that the current water source in Africa is highly polluted, and the local population has difficulty drinking water, and the government is looking for a suitable filter ......"

"Prevent soil erosion, protect every tree, and care for our home."

Gu Qiqi saw several videos on his mobile phone, all of which were talking about the water problems that have occurred in Africa recently, due to the large-scale development of industry and the large gap between the rich and the poor in Africa, which has caused the problem of soil erosion.

What's more, the water purification filters processed in Africa can no longer meet their needs, and people who drink unclean water for a long time are more likely to breed viruses.

"Hello, I would like to ask, did our company develop a water purification filter before?" Gu Qiqi asked someone from the technical department, and she felt that Africa was a very good opportunity.

The staff of the technical department answered her question: "Yes, but it has not been officially promoted, because the president has not yet held a launch conference for this product, but it is already being sold to the government and some special departments." ”

Lu's has a very professional R&D team, and for these things, they have not officially released this product for sale, so they are only facing some special customers and are on sale in advance.

"Okay, got it, the government here in Africa is also looking for such a filter, I think our company's products are very competitive, can you let me know?" Gu Qiqi found the manager of this department and explained his intention to him.

For the promotion of the company's products, the African market has not yet been fully opened, and Lu's has very little business dealings with Africa, and Gu Qiqi has taken a fancy to this.

If this transaction is successful, it will be easier to cooperate with small neighboring countries in the future.

"Of course, Miss Gu will wait first, and I'll bring the sample." The manager was very happy that someone was going to develop business in Africa, and anyway, he was talking about cooperation with the government department, so he readily agreed.

Gu Qiqi was very happy, and stayed in the company all afternoon, discussing with the department manager to use this water purifier to develop the business in the African market.

After negotiating with the department manager, Gu Qiqi went home and stayed up all night, found some information from the Internet, and by the way, made a comparison between Lu's products and several well-known domestic and foreign brands.

"Whew~ It's finally done." Gu Qiqi sorted out all the things that had been assessed, and she had paid special attention to the news about Africa recently. When she was almost ready, she was ready to leave for Africa.

At noon, she asked Liu Yuan to have dinner with her, and told him about it: "What? You're going to Africa alone? Liu Yuan was very surprised, worried that it would not be safe for her to go alone.

Gu Qiqi nodded: "I have already decided, I want to go over to open up the market over there, I will leave the ticket or something to you, I must go over as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, okay! I'll give you a translator, and you can't refuse. Liu Yuan had a very tough tone, and looked at Gu Qiqi with some hatred, seeing that she had lost a lot of weight recently.

Gu Qiqi did not refuse, although she can speak English, but bring a translator, maybe it is good to talk about cooperation with people from the government. However, Liu Yuan matched her with not only a translator, but also someone who could protect her.

The next day, Gu Qiqi flew to Africa with the translator, and I have to say that Liu Yuan's efficiency is very high.

"Qiqi, take care of yourself when you get over there, call me if you have anything." Liu Yuan sent her on the plane, Gu Qiqi smiled, and assured him that he would come back intact.

After arriving in Africa, Gu Qiqi and the translator went to the hotel booked by Liu Yuan first, and she let the interpreter move freely, while she sorted out the materials in the hotel. Before she came, she had already sent an email to the government on the African side and booked a time for the meeting.

"Miss Gu, it's not all here at night, if you want to go out, please call me." The interpreter reminded her, and she went back to her room.

This time, she brought Lu's samples, in addition to filters, and some other products, hoping to win a little more market here.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Gu Qiqi went to their first stop with the translator, which was the local government department, and the city they chose belonged to a relatively prosperous place in Africa.

"Hello, welcome to Z City!" The receptionist greeted Gu Qiqi and the translator in rather broken English, and Gu Qiqi also responded to the other party in English: "Hello, thank you very much for your reception." ”

The interpreter spoke directly in the official dialect of Africa, which surprised the receptionist: "This is my translator, please allow him to introduce our brand to you with me." ”

The reception agreed, and the two of them took Lu's products together to meet with some government officials, most of them were Gu Qiqi communicating with each other in English, and when it came to the more critical places, the translator explained again.

"Miss Gu, the price you gave is really a bit high, look, can you lower it a little more?" Officials feel that Lu's products are a little expensive, but this price, compared with other similar products, is actually relatively cost-effective.

"Just now we made a comparison for you, this price is already very favorable, we currently want to open up the market in Africa, you are naturally our first market, you can take a look at this ......"

On the issue of price and product quality, Gu Qiqi discussed with the other party again and again, and explained every detail to them very clearly, but in the end, she still couldn't negotiate, she was a little frustrated: "Let's go!" Let's move on to the next one. ”

She quickly cheered up and continued to go to the next one to see if she could negotiate, after all, she came this time not only to talk about these businesses, but also to explore the market in Africa.

The interpreter followed her, and the two went to the market together. At the end of the day, the two of them ran about three places, and the span was not small.

"Miss Gu is really young and promising, I'm afraid we still need to consider this product of yours."

"Lu's didn't have a presence in Africa, so how can we be sure that our product is the best?"

"At this price, can Miss Gu think about it again?"

Questions like these came to Gu Qiqi, and she took the trouble to explain this to the other party, but in the end, she still felt a little tired, and ran to three places, but she failed to gain market share, let alone develop the market here.

The three places she inspected were all fully capable of cooperating with Lu's side, but I don't know if it was because Africa's economy was too sluggish, so everyone was suppressing Lu's price?

"Miss Gu, let's go back to the hotel and rest first! When the time comes, you and Mr. Liu will contact us, and we will go back. "The translator's duty is to protect her, and he couldn't negotiate this business today, and he also saw her frustration.

The two of them returned to the hotel, Gu Qiqi reflected on today's work, almost all of what she gave you was that price, for a petite company, she also gave more discounts, but the other party still didn't accept it.

"What the hell is going on? Is it really a problem of the gap between the rich and the poor, or is it a problem of government economic regulation? Gu Qiqi was a little confused.

When she came, she did a lot of homework, and she also made some special inquiries about the policy situation in Africa, and it didn't seem to be very bad, how could this be? All of them refused to cooperate with her.

What she didn't know was that some companies were distrustful of her, thinking that she was young, and that Lu had not developed a big business in Africa, let alone had no reputation.

The rich were afraid of losing, and the people without money were afraid of being deceived, so they naturally rejected her.