Chapter 35: Meet Again
Cong Rong got up very early in the morning, because today was the day when her aunt Cong Yihan's family was going to return to China. Although they are about to separate, due to the tight time and schedule, the family spends their busy time from the moment they wake up, which is less sad when they part.
When she arrived at the airport, when she was really going to be separated from her aunt's family, Cong Rong's eyes suddenly turned red, and she was really reluctant to let go of these few relatives.
"Rong Rong, you must take care of yourself here, and you must be happy every day!" The aunt didn't do much, just pulled her son hard with her hand, holding back her tears. She was afraid that Cong Rong would see it and be even more sad.
"Mom, your hand hurts me." Cao Tiantian suddenly said that he was still young, and he might not be able to understand what the pain of separation was.
"Rong Rong, by the way, I have something here, I forgot to give it to Tang Song before, but we have to go back now, so I have to trouble you to take the time to hand it over." Cao Ping said a little embarrassedly, and then put a palm-sized box in Cong Rong's hand.
"No problem, I'll give it to him later." Cong Rong did not hesitate and said simply.
Cong Rong watched her aunt's family disappear at the door of the security hall, and didn't take much time to stop there, because she still had a meeting to attend. After gathering her emotions one last time on the train, she hurried off the train and headed to a café at 3 Martin Place.
She was just about to step into the door of the café when she saw a familiar figure standing not far from the café. A man in a crisp light blue suit had just turned his back to her and threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and was turning in her direction.
"Hi, Cong Rong, such a coincidence, meet again!" Xiao Zhengyun saw Cong Rong looking at him with a somewhat incredulous expression as she did last time on the day of the charity gala.
"Hi, Xiao Zhengyun! Do you also come to this coffee shop for coffee? Cong Rong didn't move, just stood at the door of the coffee shop steadily, and said to Xiao Zhengyun, who came to meet him.
"Oh, I made an appointment with someone else to meet here." Xiao Zhengyun said, and had already walked in front of Cong Rong. Cong Rong still didn't move, just stood firmly in place, as if she was a little stunned. Xiao Zhengyun wanted to cross Cong Rong and enter the café, but he just walked into the store and pulled back one foot, then smiled and asked Cong Rong, "Do you recognize Jacob?"
"So you are the person I and my colleague are going to make an appointment to meet today?" Cong Rong heard Jacob's name and reacted immediately. For some reason, Jacob didn't reveal much information about the meeting party to Cong Rong before the interview began, so she didn't ask much.
Finally, Cong Rong and Xiao Zhengyun walked into the café one after the other, and as soon as they picked a quiet corner and sat down, Jacob arrived.
“Can I get you anything?” An Asian girl with a single eyelid came over and ordered three people in English with a Korean accent.
(Please give me sparkling water, thank you!) Xiao Zhengyun and Cong Rong spoke almost at the same time, the two of them smiled at each other, and then they both looked at Jacob.
Can I have a large skim capp with half sugar, please. Jacob was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and he quickly smiled and said to the waiter.
“Mr Xiao, I understand that you have a tight schedule, so allow me to be very frank here. I am aware that Maxine & Co is not the only company that can provide the kind of digital marketing solutions that you are looking for. But we do have a Chinese market specialist, Ms. Cong here. She is very experienced about both local and the Chinese market, and has been working in the industry for many years, and is very knowledgeable with different social media platforms, such as Wechat. In terms of SEO and SEM,she is also one the best in the industry. With Ms Cong and the rest of our team and the strong relationships that we have with some of the key companies, the keywords that you provided in the email, we can almost grantee you that it would not take us long to get those keywords ranked on the top of the page in the search result.
(Mr. Xiao, I think your time is precious, please forgive me.) In fact, at the end of last year, our company received a business consultation from your company's Shanghai headquarters.
We also know that Maxi is not the only choice for Zhongqin Piano, after all, we are not the only company that can provide marketing services and digital marketing solutions in Sydney.
However, I would love to introduce this Ms. Cong next to me to you. She is our company's China market expert and specializes in providing marketing strategies and related digital marketing solutions for both local and Chinese markets to large companies like yours on demand. Ms. Cong has been in the industry for many years and has extensive experience in search engine optimization and marketing.
Your secretary has reported to us some keywords that your company is interested in, and if we take advantage of our deep relationships with some of the important companies involved, we have reason to believe that it will not take long for these keywords to appear on the first page of the search engine. )“
After a period of greetings, Jacob went straight to the point, in the two-month continuous email exchange with Shanghai Zhongqin, he has mastered the specific requirements of Zhongqin Piano to find marketing partners in Sydney this time in great detail, and the purpose of this visit to Xiao Zhengyun is to finally finalize and win the big customer of Zhongqin.
“We have done enough background checks about Maxine & Co and I already have a good understanding of what Maxine can provide to us and even foresee the some future challenges that it might happen if we choose you. Bottom line, we believe that you are a good partner to work with. And we will definitely consider of you as our new marketing agency and working partner.
(To tell you the truth, we are actually quite cautious in re-selecting the marketing team as our new partner in Sydney this time.) In fact, we have conducted a comprehensive assessment of the scope and capabilities of Maxi's business.
Although there are some factors in the evaluation that are unstable for both Maxi and Zhongqin, there is reason to believe that Maxi is a very professional marketing company, and we are certainly willing to consider working with it. )“
Xiao Zhengyun saw that Jacob was going to continue talking, and quickly took the conversation.
What he meant by this, ostensibly to say that he was still dissatisfied with Maxi, was actually a message to Jacob, meaning that he could enter the stage of negotiating the price.
Jacob, of course, understood what Xiao Zhengyun meant, and he finally didn't rush to say any more, but breathed a sigh of relief, and picked up the cappuccino in front of him and took a sip gently.
And when he put down the coffee and raised his head again, Xiao Zhengyun and Cong Rong couldn't help laughing together.