"In the past few years, our pearl farms have been getting better and better, and the big family is worth a lot of money and earning a lot, and many people are jealous and want to come in with all kinds of trusts. In a moment, either the relatives of the Commune clerk or the relatives of the captain of the Commune will come. Here came a bunch of people who didn't listen to our training, so they were lazy and lazy. What do you say about me, it's really sad. ”

Jian Lu knew that the pearl farm was doing well, and many people must be staring at it, Cai Xiujuan was nominally the head of the farm, but in the final analysis, things belonged to the commune, and Cai Xiujuan could not surpass the leading cadres of the commune.

"So, when the time is ripe, you can contract privately, and then set up a company, and I will also invest in it and do a good job in the pearl business."

"Ouch, listening to what you said, I think it's good to think about it!" In the past two years, Cai Xiujuan has found it more and more difficult to implement some things in a down-to-earth manner, because there are many people in the field, there are many idlers, and all kinds of related households cannot afford to offend.

"That's it! Let's do it together! You must be here. ”

Jian Lu smiled, thinking that she had invested in Pearl King's company, and the future would be better, "Don't worry, I'm definitely here!" ”

The next day, the two of them woke up from a nap and walked around the city of Z, where Jian Lu took pictures with a camera and became a rare tourist in this era.

On the third day of coming to Z City, the two finally walked into the venue of the national exhibition.

This is the first national trade fair for all kinds of small and medium-sized commodities, including all walks of life, and the participants in the fair are all public factories, most of them are large factories, and occasionally some small factories have made great efforts to get quotas, and Cai Xiujuan can get quotas because of Yang Binghua's relationship.

Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan had a good time today, each wearing a shirt and trousers and stepping on small leather shoes.

"If we all squeaked and put a bag under it, it would really be exactly the same as the book of our commune!" Cai Xiujuan has never worn such a line, she has always been simple, and later when she became rich, she also bought some bragi at the recommendation of Jian Lu, but it was the first time to dress professionally like this.

"Hahahaha, don't, that's too big!" Jian Lu didn't dare to imagine that picture.

The exhibition was held for a total of five days, and each day was a different commodity booth, and the pearl booth that Jian Lu and her family signed up for was on the afternoon of the third day.

"There are really a lot of people today!" Cai Xiujuan looked around the venue and only felt that it was lively, she had only seen such a lively scene when she was in the commune when she was in the commune, and this exhibition seemed to be similar to the market, with people setting up stalls on both sides.

"Yes, let's see the excitement, and by the way, we can also see the knowledge." The first time Jian Lu attended a trade fair in the 70s, she felt new everywhere, and she took her watch with her to see if she could find the owner of the watch.

You can probably guess that the owner of the watch is a foreigner who has lost the invitation.

Today's exhibition booths are dominated by small household appliances and daily necessities, all of which are hard currency.

For example, a fan factory, refrigerator factory, and washing machine factory in a certain city have listed booths. These state-owned factories usually sign orders with government units, schools, large department stores, and so on.

Cai Xiujuan has never seen so many fashionable household appliances, she has never used any of them, and she wants to stop and listen to the introduction wherever she goes. Jian Lu naturally used these household appliances, but she couldn't say it, so she had to pretend to listen to the introduction, humming a sentence from time to time, and then nodding her head.

Today's household appliances are much simpler than those of later generations, and they are still in their infancy, with a single function, but they are already very capable of satisfying the current society in which everything is artificial.

The two of them looked at a domestic washing machine, and Cai Xiujuan was already excited and wanted to buy one, but she didn't have industrial coupons, and she couldn't do anything just because she had money.

"Yes, don't you want to buy something after you go around?"

Cai Xiujuan responded, "It's really different, I look here and I want to buy one and go home." ”

"That's the benefit of trade fairs, it's easy to sell and sign orders, and of course, it's also like advertising."

As the two of them spoke, they saw someone order a washing machine.

When the washing machine booth was lively, a few meters away, the fan factory in D city was also arranging the booth, and three young people wearing fan factory uniforms were busy sweating, assembling and placing four small fans in front of the booth.

A male comrade waved his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said to the two female workers in the factory who came with him and were still busy: "Niu Lili, Qiu Cuiping, rest for a while." ”

Chapter 95

The scene of the exhibition was very lively, the crowd was full of voices, dozens of booths were accommodating all kinds of goods, and the three workers of the Hongqi Fan Factory in D City had just placed the four fans when they saw the director coming.

"Director Sun, take a look, it's okay here, right?" The young gay man named Jiang Zhiming saw the director of his own factory coming over, and hurriedly invited credit, "We have worked hard to settle down." ”

"You're the poorest." Director Sun glanced at him.

The two young lesbians Niu Lili and Qiu Cuiping standing next to her laughed and laughed.

The Hongqi Fan Factory in D City is a small state-owned factory, and its development started late, but fortunately, the people of the first factory have made concerted efforts and have made a lot of achievements in recent years.

Originally, such a small factory was not invited to the fair, but Director Sun was able to get the quota with his own few layers of connections, and he came over with three young workers.

"After a while, someone will come and ask, "Let's behave well, the day after tomorrow, I heard that experts from country D are coming, and we will also study and learn from them, and if you behave well, I will pay out of my pocket to invite you to eat in a state-run restaurant."

"Okay!"

"Thank you, Director 1"

Rewarding people for eating well is naturally inspiring, and Niu Lili and Qiu Cuiping should also be good.

After a while, some people came to the Hongqi Fan Factory to ask how to use it, and they also felt the wind force and wind speed.

Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan watched the excitement in front of the washing machine booth for a while, and then walked inside, Cai Xiujuan was curious about everything, and now her pocket was bulging, and she couldn't wait to buy everything back.

"There are just no industrial vouchers." Speaking of this, Cai Xiujuan remembered that someone bought things on the black market, but she was always unwilling, "If I had the guts, I would go to the black market to buy them." ”

"You're cautious, and that's fine." Jian Lu knew that Cai Xiujuan was thinking of her daughter, and she definitely didn't want her to have an accident, lest the child have no support.

"Hey, there's a fan factory there, let's go over and have a look." Cai Xiujuan saw that there were a few small fans a few meters in front of her, and became interested again, "I haven't used a fan yet." ”

"Okay, let's go check it out."

The two of them continued to walk forward, and were just about to reach the fan booth when they suddenly heard a commotion behind them, even mixed with English.

Jian Lu was the first to look back curiously, and saw two foreigners and a few staff members who seemed to be at the trade fair were exchanging something.

"What's going on?" Cai Xiujuan didn't understand, but she knew that two blonde and blue-eyed foreigners were chattering.

Jian Lu listened to it, and one of the foreigners said that his invitation was missing, could it be that these two people were the owners of the watch?

"Let's go over and have a look!" Maybe there's a chance.

Jian Lu pulled Cai Xiujuan and walked back to the vicinity of the gate of the exhibition, where a group of people were already gathered, because the two foreigners did not have an interpreter, and the staff in the exhibition hall did not understand English, and the two sides were talking together.

"Comrade, you can't come in without an invitation." The staff at the fair were business-oriented, and did not give any leniency to foreigners.

However, the two foreigners did not understand Chinese at all.

Jian Lu looked at the two foreigners, a man and a woman, who should be husband and wife, and the woman rummaged in her delicate handbag for a long time, and said again in English that her invitation was gone.

Seeing that no one on the other side understood, he was even more depressed and talked to the man next to him.

- "Honey, did you fall on the train?" Oh leak, we're so unlucky, too. ”

- "Oh, Darling, maybe like your poor watch, on the train or something. The man shrugged his shoulders and prepared to go out, "I'll go out and call Mr. Yang, after all, he invited us here." ”

- "Go, dear. ”

Wristwatch? Invitations?

Jian Lu now confirmed that these two people were the owners of the watch that Kong Liu picked up, and they were also Sam and Mary who appeared on the invitation.

Jian Lu stepped forward, stopped the two of them, greeted them in standard English pronunciation, and then took out a watch, a booklet, and a pen from her bag.

The foreign woman, Mary, recognized at a glance the watch in Jian Lu's hand, which she had lost more than a week ago.

She tried to ask the woman in front of her in Chinese, but this time she said hello and thank you, and Jian Lu saw her entanglement and took the initiative to explain the origin.

The foreign woman was amazed at Jian Lu's ability to speak English, and it dawned on her when she told her about the watch and the invitation and the fact that it had fallen into the guest house where she and her husband had stayed more than a week ago.

- "I see, we thought the watch had been dropped on the train, oh dear, thank you very much for helping me get this watch back, you know, this is a gift for my husband and I for our 10th wedding anniversary, and it means a lot to us." ”

Finding that the man next to her had a strange expression, the foreign woman tilted her head and looked at Jian Lu with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "Well, as you can see, the main thing is that it means a lot to me, and my husband doesn't have many romantic cells." ”

Obviously, Mr. Sam was more concerned about the invitation letter in Jian Lu's hand, and after thanking him, he took the invitation letter to the staff of the exhibition to see it, and the other party recognized it and asked Jian Lu to help the translator explain that the two could enter.

"Mr. Sam and Ms. Mary, the staff of the fair said that they are glad that you have found the invitation letter and regret the misunderstanding just now, but they are also on official business, and we hope you will understand."

"Oh, of course, that's not a good thing." Sam pursed his lips and smiled at the others.

Mary took out a handful of Great Unity from her bag and wanted to return it to Jian Lu, and when she and her husband came to China, she changed it to Great Unity for easy purchase. He expressed his gratitude again, "Dear Ms. Jian Lu, thank you for your help, I hope you will accept this money." ”

"No thanks, no thanks." Jian Lu only took ten sheets of Great Unity and put the rest of the money back, "It's just the price to buy back the watch." ”

Everyone exchanged a few more pleasantries, Mary and Jian Lu chatted speculatively, from college to their daughters at home, and there were many common topics, until Sam next to her urged to leave, and Mary said goodbye this time.

"We live in the Red Star Guest House, and we will be at the fair these days, if you need any help, you can also come to me, it's nice to meet you."

Jian Lu didn't mention anything that needed help, but just said hello, "I wish you all a happy trip to this exhibition." ”

"So are you."

After a busy session, Cai Xiujuan watched the two foreigners leave, and then whispered to Jian Lu, "Lulu, why didn't you tell him just now that we were selling pearls?" ”

Cai Xiujuan thought, didn't Jian Lu just want to do foreigner's business before, it was a good opportunity just now.

"Don't worry, it's too deliberate to say this directly, and people may think that our purpose is too obvious. Besides, whether you can do business depends on fate, and it's not bad to leave a good impression, everything is difficult at the beginning, take the first step first. ”

"You have a point." Cai Xiujuan pondered, she really couldn't be too anxious.

Because of the delay for a while, and it was almost noon, the two of them also made an appointment with Yang Binghua for dinner, and wanted to inquire about the situation of the pearl booth again, so they turned around and walked out, and met with people at the entrance of the exhibition.

At the dinner table, Yang Binghua listened to Cai Xiujuan excitedly talk about the relationship between Jian Lu and the two foreigners, and then pondered the names of the two.

"Sam and Mary," Yang Binghua remembered that he had heard from a colleague from the research institute, "Sam seems to be from the Jewelry Company of Country R, but I didn't expect you to have this relationship with them." ”

"Jewelry company?" Cai Xiujuan and Jian Lu didn't expect such a coincidence, they originally thought that the two were foreign businessmen, but now it's good, and they are professionally matched!

In the afternoon, Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan did not go to the exhibition, but followed Yang Binghua to meet their colleagues in the research institute, and everyone chatted about the technical problems of pearl cultivation for a while, and they gained a lot.

On the second day of the fair, the two went to join in the excitement again, saw some exhibits from the fabric factory, and tossed their booth in the afternoon.

On the third day of the fair, Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan stood in front of the pearl booth assigned to them, and Cai Xiujuan loaded pearls with a beautiful jade plate, and the bottom of the white jade plate was printed with light cyan lines, and the silk was wrapped around the pearls with a faint luster.

On the other side, Jian Lu is posting the brand logo, which she has drawn in the past few days, and she will cut it out after arriving, because the workmanship is relatively fine, and the painting is good, which is interesting to watch.

After finishing the work of the brand logo, Jian Lu also came to help with the display of pearls.

In addition to the jade plate, she and Cai Xiujuan also prepared a flannel box, in which a carefully selected pearl of bright color was placed, the white color was as smooth as jade, and the dark blue flannel cloth was even more brilliant.

The three pearl booths that came to the fair this time were arranged in one place, and they went in order to be the progressive pearl farm in E city, the Qianjin pearl farm in F city, and Cai Xiujuan's Jiefang pearl farm in H city.

Jian Lu's booth was in the innermost one, and the other two were directly packed with a large handful of pearls in a box, and the pearls were in good condition, but they were placed too casually.

A lot of people wandered around in the fair, the east looked at the west, several representatives of the medical store department looked at the pearls of E city, praised again and again, and continued to go inside, the gap between the pearls of F city and E city is not big, it is poor in average quality, a few people walked and saw the third pearl booth, and suddenly their eyes lit up.

"Comrade, you pearls are beautiful."

The pearls of other families looked good, but when they suddenly saw Jian Lu's carefully arranged booth, they felt that the pearls seemed to be more beautiful.

"Comrade, our pearls are cultivated by the Jiefang Pearl Farm in H City, and they are of good quality and large size, so you can take a look."

Jian Lu knows that the quality of everyone's pearls is very different, and sometimes what is needed is packaging, and the packaging will open up the gap.

Sure enough, a few people had never seen such a delicate pearl packaging, and they were immediately attracted to the attention, holding the pearls left and right, as if it was better than others.

"Comrade, don't be fooled, this is a small field, unlike us, but it has been a time-honored brand for many years." Song Qinghe, the director of the progressive pearl farm in E City, followed and gathered in front of several representatives to bury people.