Chapter 294: Riding the Wind and Waves
At night, Lin Yao couldn't sleep for a long time.
Before that, she always felt that as long as she worked hard, worked hard to make money, did her own things well, and lived her life well, nothing else was a problem.
But she was twenty-five years old in the blink of an eye.
In the near future, will she really be as eager for a stable family life as Jian Wen said?
Will it?
Maybe, or maybe not!
Who can say what the future holds?
All she can grasp is the present!
No matter what happens, whether you want to or don't want to, time passes and the sun rises.
Especially in a desert country like Dubai, where it's sunny almost every day.
Lin Yao and their group, the next itinerary is to travel around the countries of the United Arab Emirates, go sand washing, and watch folk performances...... All kinds of commotion hi.
The itinerary is similar to the last time Lin Yao came here, the biggest difference is that this time it is no longer Lin Yun who is with her, but Jian Wen, and the people in her company.
After the waves, it is still buying, buying, buying.
Lin Yao was not very interested in these, and most of the time, she stayed in the hotel to work and study.
A few days later, the exhibition kicked off with great attention.
The booth of Excellence Industry adheres to the consistent simple and generous decoration style, aiming to leave an impression on the excellent brand image in the minds of more and more customers at home and abroad in this way.
Eight exhibitors, including Lin Yao, were uniformly dressed and greeted visitors with smiles on their faces.
The effect of this exhibition is very different from the one Lin Yao came two years ago, not only the number of visitors has increased significantly, but the quality of visitors has also been significantly improved.
On the first day of the exhibition, there was an endless stream of visitors at the booth of Excellence Industry.
After a year of experience, Li Ling and Hu Wenguang can arrange their work very properly without her guidance, and the second batch of employees has basically started.
Lin Yao has time to walk around, learn about the industry trends at home and abroad, and look for business opportunities.
Although the excellent product is very delicate and beautiful, no matter how delicate and beautiful it is, the mechanical parts are still mechanical parts, and the iron lump is still the iron lump, unless the professional, you will not know how to appreciate it.
It's not the same with the whole vehicle.
Lin Yao found that most of the visitors to this exhibition should gather in the vehicle hall to see the concept car.
Concept cars, also known as the cars of the future, are new types of cars that have not yet been introduced to the market.
When a concept car is presented at an auto show, there are few practical issues such as cost and process difficulty, so the concept cars presented are usually very cool.
Although Lin Yao has no plans to change cars for the time being, she can't help but be attracted.
After experiencing the latest future cars launched by major car manufacturers up close, she walked back satisfied.
Lin Yao's main purpose in coming to Dubai this time was to meet Hossein, but Hossein was only free in the afternoon, so she took time out to go shopping in the morning.
When passing by Jian Wen's booth, she found that she was sitting there alone in a daze, so Lin Yao walked in to take a look.
Jian Wen's booth was so simple that there was nothing but a table, a few chairs, a stack of catalogs and a few samples on the display shelves.
There was a business card box on top of those samples, and Lin Yao looked at it, and Li Renhai's name was actually printed on it!
Lin Yao couldn't help but be curious: "Are you here for Li Renhai this time?" ”
If it were, it would be no wonder that Jian Wen would have made up her mind early and said that this booth would not be effective.
"It's not for Li Renhai to participate in the exhibition, I thought about transferring the booth at that time, didn't Li Renhai just want to come and see? I asked him. ”
Jian Wen put one hand on her cheek and said lightly: "Li Renhai wanted to come, but he couldn't speak English, and there were few people in his company, so he really couldn't send manpower, so I asked him to help him bring some samples, business cards and samples." Hmm, you can sort of share a booth with me. ”
Lin Yao was surprised, it turned out to be a booth.
However, Li Renhai did not come to the exhibition because of his poor English level, let alone a lack of manpower, he was just not at ease, or he was not used to handing over the list in his hand to others to deal with.
A person's time and energy are limited, and no matter how capable he is, he will be unable to do so.
Speaking of which, it is not uncommon to fight for booths, because the number of booths is limited, and some companies will choose to share a booth with other companies if they can't book a booth.
However, this situation is more common among manufacturers.
Because the manufacturer's products are relatively single, and the products that customers need to purchase are varied, the way of fighting the booth can not only get a good display opportunity, but also save expenses, and sometimes share a part of customer resources.
Trading companies are not very good at doing this, because the range of products of trading companies is very wide and they are in competition with each other, how can anyone take the initiative to find someone to share their customers?
Jian Wen did just that!
Lin Yao thought about it carefully, but she also understood.
Jian Wen was originally a salesman, and she mainly relied on Carlos's purchase orders to do some of her own business by the way;
Li Renhai was originally an inspector, and he had a good relationship with the manufacturers in the province, so he developed his own business in the name of the manufacturers.
They are actually complementary and may have real opportunities to cooperate.
Lin Yao's tone was pertinent, "It seems that his company is doing a good job, and there are a lot of orders." ”
Speaking of Li Renhai, Jian Wen felt emotional, "Who said it wasn't, Li Renhai is capable, Qin Yi is shrewd, who knows, it's useless to encounter serious things, and in the end, you have to rely on Li Renhai to clean up the mess!" ”
Jian Wen should have spoken the minds of most of Lingyun's suppliers.
After Qin Yi ran away, Li Renhai opened his own company and took Ling Yun's order naturally.
Many customers think that Lingyun is still Lingyun, but it has changed its name.
The suppliers know what is going on, but if Li Renhai does not take over, they will not be able to recover the final payment!
While appreciating him, everyone not only took the initiative to installment the payment, but also gave Li Renhai a special preferential supply price.
Probably as expected, Li Renhai's company has developed rapidly, and everything has gone incredibly!
"You see, those were all brought by Li Renhai who chose me."
Jian Wen pouted, and the cast iron brake pumps on the display shelves were all large and small, which were not distinctive, but Lin Yao happened to know that these products were sold quite well in the Middle East, so it can be seen that Li Renhai also put a lot of effort into it.
Lin Yao smiled, "Li Renhai is much more capable than Qin Yi!" ”
"That's for sure." Jian Wen pursed her lips and smiled, and suddenly said: "By the way, when we go back, my results for the graduate school entrance examination are estimated to come out, if it can be online, you can tell me the precautions for the re-examination." ”
With Jian Wen's solid foundation, not to mention the University of Technology and Zhejiang University, Lin Yao has never been worried that Jian Wen will not be able to pass the exam!
Lin Yao said jokingly: "I want to have a treat when I go online." ”
Jian Wen smiled, "No problem! ”
“Excuse me?” A handsome customer in a robe and glasses cautiously asked, "May I have a catalogue?" (Excuse me, can I get a copy of the catalog?) )
Looking at the copy of Li Renhai's product catalog in the customer's hand, Jian Wen smiled helplessly and stepped forward, "Sure!" (Absolutely!) )
Lin Yao doesn't know how effective Jian Wen's products are, but Li Renhai's products seem to be quite popular.
When Lin Yao came back, she found that the sales staff of Excellence Industry were talking to customers, and the booth still looked busy and orderly.
Lin Yao was quite satisfied with this, and was about to pour a glass of water to drink, when Li Ling stepped forward and said with some hesitation: "Mr. Lin, a customer just came to you, and I asked him to come back later." ”
Lin Yao was stunned.
She doesn't have many clients in Dubai, and she doesn't usually need to be there for them!
There is only one client who will come to her and need her to come forward: Hossein!
But they had made an appointment to meet at two o'clock in the afternoon, and it was only eleven or twelve o'clock at this time!
How could it be so much in advance?
Lin Yao frowned slightly.
Li Ling saw her sink her face, and hurriedly explained: "At that time, there happened to be a group of customers, and there were many people, so I couldn't care about it, mainly because he heard that you were not there, so he left immediately." ”
Lin Yao nodded, "Okay, you can get busy." ”
As she spoke, she took out her phone and sent a message to Hossein: "Hi, Hossein, I just came back to my booth, and heard that you came to me half hour ago, How can I find you?" (Hi Hossein, I just arrived at the exhibition and I heard that you came half an hour ago, how do I go to find you?) )
The other party replied almost instantly: "Ohhh, Lim, my friend!" I’m not in the fair now, and I have to visit a customer in Abu Dhabi these days.” (Lin, my friend!) I'm not at the fair right now, and these days I have to visit a client in Abu Dhabi. )
What Hossein meant was that not only today, but even the next few days, I would not have time to see her.
Lin Yao just walked away for a while, she never thought that she would miss out on Hossein because of this.
Although Hossein must have her own business, and it is normal to have to cancel the meeting with her on the impromptu side, she still can't help but think about it.
Customers in the Middle East are different from customers in other places, they are very casual, they can drop one big order after another because someone is more pleasing to the eye, or they can change suppliers who have worked together for many years for a little unpleasantness.
Lin Yao was able to meet Hossein at the beginning, which was a coincidence in itself, and it happened to fall in love and establish a cooperative relationship.
If he was unhappy to continue to cooperate with her because he ran for nothing today, then Lin Yao would be helpless.
If she loses Hossein for this, then the purpose of her trip to Dubai to participate in the exhibition is in vain, she regrets it very much, she can go to the auto show whenever she wants, why can't she wait to meet Hossein before going?
It's too late to think about this, but what can be done to get Hossein back?
Just as she was struggling, Hossein's message came again.
“Well, Lim, I think we can have a meal together before you leave Dubai.” (Lin, I think we can have a meal together, before you leave Dubai.) )
Hossein invites her to dinner!
In an instant, the dark clouds that hung over her heart were swept away!
“My pleasure!” (It's my pleasure!) )
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In the next few days, the booth of Excellence Industry was still busy, and every day there were customers staying at their booths, inquiring about prices, and occasionally customers reached preliminary cooperation intentions on the spot.
Overall, everything went well.
On the last day of the exhibition, Hossein returned to Dubai as promised and made an appointment with Lin Yao for dinner.
The location was chosen by Hossein, a western restaurant.
It's not that Hossein or Lin Yao likes Western food, but because of religious beliefs, Hossein can't eat Chinese food, and he is worried that Lin Yao won't be able to eat local food, so he compromised and chose a Western restaurant.
Dubai is summery all year round, and even in December, the daytime temperature here can reach 30 degrees Celsius, so you can imagine how hot it usually is.
When Lin Yao took Hu Wenguang and Li Ling out of the taxi, the night breeze that was unique to the desert country blew warmly.
More enthusiastic than the night wind was Hossein, who had been waiting there for a long time, waving excitedly at her as soon as he saw Lin Yao.
“Hi, Lim, my friend, long time no see!” (Hi Lin, my friend, long time no see!) )
Hossein was still the same, smiling like a child, weighing three hundred pounds.
Maybe it was because the dinner place was a Western restaurant, and Hossein deliberately put on a suit, but he was too fat, and his clothes seemed a little tight, which looked a little funny.
Lin Yao almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
Dubai may be the freest and most open region in the entire Middle East, but it is also extremely inappropriate for men and women to walk together, not to mention eating alone.
Therefore, Lin Yao brought Li Ling and Hu Wenguang, and Hossein also brought a relative and friend.
He enthusiastically introduced, "Lim, this is my brother." (Lin, this is my brother.) )
Hossein's brother looked serious and didn't seem to speak very good English, and he didn't speak anything other than a stumbling "Hello."
After a brief hustle and bustle, everyone walked into the restaurant, and soon a group of five people chose a place to sit by the window.
During the dinner, Lin Yao and Hossein chatted about the development direction and trend of the mechanical parts industry in recent years, and took the opportunity to suggest that he increase the variety of products and operate multiple brands to occupy a larger market share.
Hossein agrees with this, in fact, not only does Lin Yao want to sell more products to Hossein, but he also hopes to find more and better Chinese products.
Moreover, Lin Yao's proposed supply method of jointly managing inventory between the two parties, that is, Jointly Managed Inventory (JMI), will greatly reduce the inventory pressure of their company.
This gave Hossein more confidence to expand its operations.
Hossein has the experience of studying abroad, is quite insightful, and has a humorous and witty speech, and everyone has a good conversation.
The meeting ended on a pleasant note.
In the exotic restaurant, the Hossein brothers, Lin Yao and others left a group photo here.
That night, soon after Lin Yao returned to the hotel, he received a considerable amount of annual procurement plans from Hossein.
She couldn't help but cheer!
For Excellence Industries, this is a day of concrete commemoration.
Excellence Industry has finally taken the first step in international operation!
From this day on, Hossein and the family business behind him will no longer be just customers, they will officially become the strategic partner of Excellence Industry in the Middle East!
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