November 12-23, 2012

I had a stalemate with the second one, an air purifier factory, for two days, the other party was always perfunctory and perfunctory, just didn't arrange production, and it was useless to keep up with what the previous factory said, the boss didn't believe that I would stay in the factory and not leave, and didn't arrange a bed for me, so I went to the supermarket next to me and bought a reclining chair and a quilt and slept in their conference room for two nights. Grandma's, people still need beds, such soft chairs, or sleep all over the body.

Mr. Ma received no new information. Zhang Yi didn't know the specific process. I called Zhang Hengli several times, firstly, I wanted to express my condolences to him for his hospitalization and postoperative recovery, and secondly, I wanted him to take the initiative to reveal the good news about Yi Xu. As a result, Zhang Hengli fell asleep from time to time after the operation, and every time he called, he either turned off the phone or Zhang Yi answered it. Later, he called again, and he never turned on the phone again, Zhang Yi said that he had been discharged from the hospital and went home, and his family confiscated his mobile phone in order to prevent him from playing games while maintaining his wounds. She said you should come back and visit him at his house, nothing to worry about.

She didn't say a word about Yi Xu, she said she was busy, I thought, she should be busy with Yi Xu, right?

The city of Shenzhen, is it a bit patriarchal, or handsome and ugly, why is it that in the past, there was always a sunny appearance in the photos and words, and I only saw the scenery of slaughter, and even the wind blowing was gray.

On the morning of the third day, I heard their manager on the phone in the corridor of the factory office area, urging the driver and the purchaser to go back quickly, and the customer arrived two hours later, so that the customer could not find out that the materials had not even been purchased. In less than an hour, a batch of displays and ozone cartridges was shipped to the factory and sent directly to the production belt. Two hours later, a foreigner customer came.

I don't know if the factory values foreigners or end customers, I thought of Soeren, who is fluent in Italian and can cover with me in German, with a foreigner face. He couldn't be more suitable!

“Soeren！” I went to the supermarket to buy noodles and turned the corner to make a phone call on the main road where there were no people.

"Are you still in Guangzhou?" I asked him.

"Hey, I just wanted to give you a call."

"Isn't Guangzhou too fun? Want to come to Shenzhen? ”

"It's very, very bad fun in Guangzhou these days! I can't get my bank card right now. Oh, and no money either, Ineedyou! ”

Deutsche Bank asked him to issue a statement, sign his name, and have it authenticated by the German embassy before he could reissue his bank card. However, the authentication requires a passport, and what makes him most angry is that the embassy knows that he is applying for a passport, but refuses to apply for it for him at the same time. The passport was only obtained yesterday, but it will take at least two weeks for it to be authenticated, and he will soon be stretched thin again.

I rummaged through my wallet, and it was 683 yuan.

"No problem!" I said, "Can you come to Shenzhen today?" Bring your luggage with you, and you'll be in Shenzhen for the next few days, a city that is more attractive and fun than Guangzhou! ”

"Really?"

"Of course!" My voice was cheerful, and I knew that only the corners of my mouth had gone up with the smile that accompanied my voice at this moment.

"How much money do you have?"

"One hundred, and two very small. Can I buy a ticket for the bus? ”

"No, I'll pick you up, but you have to check out of the youth hostel first, then find the nearest four-star hotel nearby, ask for a business card at the front desk of the hotel, you take a picture of it, and I will pick you up in three hours at most."

"Really?"

"Really."

"After you find a four-star hotel, call me first, and then send me a picture after hanging up, okay?"

"Good! Why 4 Star Hotels? ”

"Because my driver is not familiar with Guangzhou, but he is very familiar with the hotel. You know that even with navigation, the driver may still go to the wrong place, and if it is a place that he is already familiar with, he can get there with his eyes closed. I don't want you to wait too long. ”

“Dasstimmt。” (Makes sense)

I had a hard time finding a print shop in the industrial area and printed a few sheets of paperwork. After returning to the factory and eating instant noodles, turning on the computer and watching only half of the movie, Soeren's call came.

"I found a 4-star hotel, can I take pictures now?"

I probed and saw that the factory owner was right outside the door.

"You look at your watch now, wait three minutes and then take a picture and send it to me."

“OK！”

I hung up the phone and deliberately pretended to be anxious in the conference room and shouted, "Oh, mygod! Oh my God! ”

Then he rushed out with a look of urgency.

"Boss Tian, what can I do, my customer of that batch of goods, that Italian, is now in Guangzhou, and he just called me and said he wanted to come over!"

"Why didn't you know in advance?"

"Foreigner thief! It's not the first time you've been notified by a foreigner to conduct a surprise inspection, right? ”

"Is he here now? On the road? ”

"No, we'll have to send a car to pick it up."

"Do you still have to take it?"

"Every time they go to Changsha, our company's driver is available 24 hours a day, driving our boss's private car! No way, this company is big, and one-third of our company's business volume is given by them! Last year, you still have an impression of 1,800 SY3319 to South Korea, 7,900 TK5842 to the United States, and 30,000 RG7431 to Italy. ”

Boss Tian looked green and said, "It's all theirs? ”

"I hope not! If it's a small company and an unimportant customer, I'm much less stressed. Boss Tian, I'm also a girl, I'm also a girl who wants to be embarrassed, if I wasn't in a hurry, would I sleep in your conference room so deadly? Your employees still think I'm asking for food these days, right? ”

"Well, you can't say that! I had a meeting yesterday and praised you, if the employees of my company had such an indomitable spirit as you, the company's business would have developed rapidly! ”

"Boss Tian, let me tell you, I'm especially afraid of being sorry for our boss."

"She's not dead...... Passed away? ”

"You can see it in the spirit of heaven! This is our company's biggest customer, our boss personally chased for three years, and then there was really no way, handed over the business in Changsha to the manager, personally flew to Italy, stayed in the hotel next to their company, stayed for three months! It wasn't until the deadline for the Schengen visa was finally coming up, and the next day I packed my bags and returned to China, that the customer was finally moved and tried to make the first order, and the first order was only 500 machines. Customers are satisfied, and this slowly becomes our loyal customers. A boss who threw the company aside, lonely in a foreign country for three months, just for such a customer, you say, what does this customer mean to us? ”

As soon as my phone rang, I received a photo. I opened it and showed it to Boss Tian: "This customer sent it to me, in this hotel!" ”

"I know this hotel, four stars!"

"The company is big, and the benefits of business trips are naturally good! Boss Tian, come and take a look. I brought him into the conference room and pulled out the documents I had printed out from the folder, "Look at their first purchase plan for the beginning of next year - 20,000 water purifiers to Germany." ”

"That's not right! How big is the German market? Isn't the water in Germany pretty good? ”

"Didn't I tell you just that? Their market includes the whole of Europe and the United States, and even South Korea and Japan, they have 14 branches around the world, of course, the European market is the most comfortable for them, the European Union, goods from this country to that country do not need tariffs, just a matter of travel expenses, so to Europe goods, which country is the most booked, then the water ship will go ashore from which country, I will show you these production orders and invoices, to help you recover your memory, this is to France 3000 units, this is to Sweden, this is to Spain, Are you still impressed? Boss Tian, I won't mention our other cooperative factories, just in your factory, which month is less than 4000 machines? ”

"That's that, that's."

"Oh, that's a pity!" I pretended to shake my head.

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity, you don't produce fruit and vegetable sterilizers, do you know how much they want?" When I went to the toilet the day before, I heard two salesmen chatting and saying that the company was preparing to develop a fruit and vegetable sterilizer, so I deliberately said so.

"How much?"

"Every month, no less than 20,000 units!"

"Oops! Production, how can it not be produced? Our design drafts are out, and we are about to apply for a patent, don't believe me to show you? ”

"No, let him see it for himself later!" I said, "You also know that something like this has happened in our company now, and their company is so big, it's too difficult to say whether they will choose to cooperate with us in the future." Maybe it's none of my business in the future! ”

"Hey, look at you, I'm too worried, I think you're fine, and your company is good!"

"Boss Tian, do you think it's inconvenient for you to send a car to pick up customers?"

"Of course! Wait a minute, I'll arrange it, but ...... This goods, I really can't arrange today, there just happens to be an important customer in the hurry, tomorrow on the production line, do you see it? ”

"I'll help you figure out a way to cover the past, but you'll ...... tomorrow"

"Tomorrow! My customer will leave tomorrow morning, after he leaves, I will put his goods first, according to the contract, your customer's goods should also be out first, and the rest will give way! ”

"Thank you then! I'm going to pick up the customer! After a long time, I am afraid that he will be suspicious, and this suspicion will not be convenient for continued cooperation in the future. ”

"Yes, yes! Can't let him doubt, between people, less can do anything, can't trust less! ”

"Wise sayings!" I gave him a thumbs up.

"Shall I send a manager with you?"

"You ask the manager to arrange to buy UV lamps and displays or something, what customers can see tomorrow is more important!"

"Yes. Why don't I go myself? ”

"No, you don't! I've been here for two or three days, what minute have you rested? Can I be so ignorant? Customers are important, aren't you more important? Besides, I, plus a driver, two upright Chinese, have already given him face! You are a big boss who is high, you should sit in the office, let him come all the way to visit you, we just care about the mutual help and equal trading in business, and other things, just mean it! Our boss used to be like this, unless the other boss came in person, otherwise rarely in person, China, pay attention to etiquette, we send him a car, invite him to dinner, arrange a hotel for him, it doesn't matter if you spend some money, anyway, you can earn back more, but the style and posture of the boss must be put in the first place, must be maintained! ”

Two hours later, I met Soeren in the hotel lobby. The parking space near the hotel was full, and the driver drove half a mile away to find a place to park, and he was waiting for us in the car.

"Wait a minute, from the moment we get in the car, we can only speak German." I told Soeren.

"Why?"

"Because I'm going to take you to a game in which if Chinese and English are spoken, you lose!"

"Games? I can't play a game, I'm tired. ”

"It's not a game, it's a method, you have too little money in your hands, I hope you don't use your money indiscriminately, for example, if you go to Shenzhen now, you won't spend a penny of your own money. Our game is designed to allow you to stay in a hotel in Shenzhen without your own money. ”

"Why?"

"Because you need to be my customer."

"Customers? I don't have any money. I can only be a customer who buys coffee and beer, I can't be your customer! ”

"It's not dang, it's pretending!" I say.

“nononono！” He said.

"What is pretending? It's a lie! Who is it that is being deceived? Factory Boss! How much money does the factory owner have? At least 10 million euros! Why deceive people with a net worth of tens of millions of euros? Because it's not fun to lie to the poor! What's the point of scamming rich people? You used to be in a sports car club and always served them, right? This time, let those rich people take the initiative to shake your hand, ask you if you need to drink, and provide you with the best service! If you laugh at them, they laugh, if you don't laugh, they still have to laugh at you! ”

"Really?"

"Sounds interesting, right?"

"A little, no, a little. But I don't know how to pretend. ”

"The customer you want to pretend is Italian, and when you get to the factory, you can speak Italian, and I have observed it, and no one in the factory can understand it. I'll pretend to translate for you. ”

"Don't speak Chinese? I travel to China to speak a lot of Chinese! ”

"When we are not in the factory and there are only the two of us, we can speak Chinese as we do now."

"You don't know Italian either, and if you can't speak a word of Italian, they know we're pretending."

"Who says I won't? Did you forget that AC Milan song? I can sing! As long as the two of us say a word in one style, they won't doubt it. When the time comes, you say your words, and I recite my lyrics. ”

He crossed his arms and said, "Is that okay?" ”

I was so anxious that I stamped my foot: "Oh, of course you can!" I beg you, if you don't help me, I'll die! I don't have time, the driver is going to call me later! ”

"Why? Why didn't you say I was important before? ”

"There is an old Chinese saying that adapts measures to the time and local conditions. Do you know what chess is? ”

He shook his head, his eyelashes fluttering in the air, "I don't know." ”

I searched for a picture on my phone: "This is chess." Look at this word, it's called pawn. The pawn is usually the most useless pawn, can only take a small step, and cannot retreat after crossing the river. But at special times, the pawn is better than this car, better than this horse, and stronger than this cannon. This face of yours, and your Italian, which I usually don't look at very seriously, are now more important than anything else! ”

"Do you think it's okay?"

"It's easier than you climb a mountain! In this way, to make the game more interesting, I recommend increasing the difficulty! ”

"I didn't understand the last one, two, three, four, five, six words."

"I think we've made the game a little bit more fun, how do we make it more fun? It's just to make the game a little harder. ”

"Can I put this game on Twitter?"

I went, such an important point, I almost forgot, but fortunately he took the initiative to bring it up.

Because of his smooth growth and good life, this person's biggest hobby is to use Twitter to talk about his life. On average, five a day, sick and feverish, can stay in bed a day: crying that the eyes are so dull, the lips are so thirsty, the face is so pale, how chaotic the room is, how the doctor is not a person who does not give some medicine to drink lemonade......

Funny looked out the window and complained to me, "Why do you always go home first, Soeren next door?" ”

I taught her how to check Twitter and follow Soeren's movements in real time. I also complained about him, I said that he put his life on social platforms in every detail, and there was no privacy. He asked me, "Do you have it?"

He knew that I would report everything to China. I accidentally saw a bag of dried tofu in the supermarket, and I bought it home in a hurry, moved a recliner and ate it in the back garden, and found that there was no taste. Tell Yi Xu: "Dried tofu is still something we Hunan people know how to do, it's not delicious here!" ”

Yi Xu's eyes widened in the video and said, "Is there a kitten on the package of Xijia?" You wouldn't eat cat food, would you? ”

I looked at the packaging carefully and felt sick to my stomach. I really started eating cat food in Germany! My self-esteem was hurt, and in order to prove that it was the fault of the cat food's appearance, I continued to video with my mother, Zhang Yi and Zhang Hengli, although they all ended up laughing at me, but at first glance they thought it was dried tofu. That process lasted for more than an hour, Soeren was also basking in the sun in Mr. Wang's back garden, and every time he got up to drink the water toilet, he saw me in a video with different people, holding the same bag of cat food. He thinks I'm the kind of person who doesn't have "privacy".

Every sentence in his Twitter account ends with a series of exclamation points. Like what:

IchbineindeutigeinPorscheLiebhaber，ichliebePorschesosehrwiemichselbst！！！！！ (I'm definitely a Porsche enthusiast, and loving you is the same as loving myself!!!! )

JedesmalwennichmeinspiegelbildindenFensterscheibensehewei?ich，dassdieseinwunderwerkGottesist！！！！！！ (Every time I see myself through those glass windows, my brother knows that this Nima is a miracle created by God!!!!! ）

Andentypen，derletzteNachtmeinenGeldbeutelgestohlenhat，wennichdichdasn?chstemalsehe，werdeichdichinsKomatreten！！！！！！！ (The one who stole my wallet yesterday, next time you dare to let my brother touch it, he will definitely knock you out!!!!!! ）

Ichwei?，dassichletzteNachtzueinerGeburtstagpartygegangenbin，alsichdiesenMorgenaufwachtemitPopcomundKucheninmeinenOhren！！！！！！！！！

(This morning, when I woke up from my dream, I found popcorn and cake in my ears, and I realized that I had attended a birthday party last night!!!!!!!! ）

This habit developed by Twitter is almost implanted in him. More than four months ago, he wrote a graduation thesis on the study of ancient Greek architecture, and asked me to help read it. I couldn't read more than a tenth of it in a high tone, and he was an exclamation point for such a serious paper. The German language is inherently stiff, and with a consistently high tone, I said, are you going to wage war in ancient Greece?

He likes to record everything unabashedly, but this thing, this "game", has to be taken with some reservations.

"You can put it on Twitter," I said, "but don't write the name of the factory, and don't let people there know your real name or Twitter account." This is one of the rules of the game for this game. ”

I was afraid that he didn't understand, and was about to explain it in German, when he nodded cheerfully and said, "Ok, do you have Twitter?" When are you my friend?"

"Let's talk about it later!" I grunted, "Put all your money on the couch." ”

He took out his wallet and placed three tickets and a coin on the couch.

"Three pieces of five? Didn't you say in the morning that there were more than a hundred? ”

"I had breakfast and lunch! Then I called...... That car, come to this hotel. ”

Fortunately, I remembered to make a rule, otherwise it would have been miserable in Shenzhen.

I took out my money, 675 yuan, and spread it on the couch as well. I took out my bank card as well. In fact, there is another bank card, which is placed in a computer bag, which is full of part-time translation income, no matter how busy I am, I will insist on completing one or two translations every day, and those earnings can only be given to Lawyer Ma, and no other situation can be touched.

I said, "The challenge is that we don't have to spend any money on it for up to two weeks before that factory ships it." It's not the food that the factory provides, we don't eat, it's not the water they give, we don't drink, it's not the shelter they provide, we don't live there, we even have to make them responsible for the toilets! ”

"Are we going to die?"

"You dare to go climbing the mountain alone at night, you are not a person who is afraid of death!" I encouraged him.

He nodded proudly.

"So, I take the money. This card, you hold. We monitor each other. I said.

"Can you fail?"

"No, you can't! If we fail, we become uninteresting people, don't you keep saying that I am uninteresting? If you fail, you'll become a boring person like me! ”

"Then we must succeed!"

"Then your trip to China is very meaningful! You can only have this opportunity once in your life, and if you grasp it, you can tell it to many people when you go back to Germany, and when you are old, you can tell it to your grandchildren. ”

"Oh, I don't have grandchildren, I won't be like everyone else, I'm going to get married."

"I'm going to get married when I'm old, or maybe I'm going to be old when I get married."

"I'll get married when I'm old."

"Then tell your wife!"

"It's going to be boring, I'm going to have to wait a long time."

"What else do you want? Throw you a firecracker and a firework to celebrate? I said casually.

"Put what? What else to put in one? What did you say? ”

“SollicheinFeuerwerkfürdichabbrennen?”

"Okay!"

"Won't it?"

"Don't you agree?"

I regretted it but had to say, "Okay! ”

But..... Oh my money!