At that moment, looking at the pickup truck driving in, Lao Tie felt his heart beat suddenly.

"It's Xiao Zhao of the consortium, what do you say they are here for?"

The distance of the pickup truck is getting closer and closer, Lao Tie feels a little dry, and can't help but ask, hearing Lao Tie say this, although the middle-aged people next to him have guessed the answer in their hearts, they can't open their mouths!

There is no other reason, now the old iron hardware factory, the production is actually full, from the words of Tie Xiaohua just now, you can know, even belongs to the state of overtime work, can no longer accept new orders, but the staff of the consortium comes, the biggest possibility is that there are new orders!

Who understands this pain?

It's as if a mountain of gold and silver is in front of you, but you can't take more because of physical problems, just like facing a table of delicious food, but you can't eat a bite, it's the biggest torture in the world!

"Perhaps, it's here to inspect production"

In the end, I don't know who said this as if comforting himself, and the next second, another voice suddenly sounded, as if gritting his teeth:

"! The living can still be suffocated by urine! Big brother, we have to take this order! ”

"That's it, it's a big deal that you will find a way to recruit people, we are still afraid that we will not be able to find a few workers?"

"But we have to train simply, and we still have a backlog of orders from before!"

"I'm afraid of a ball, if it doesn't work, we won't sleep, I don't believe it can be produced!"

"The key is the equipment, can't I go out for a run? See where you can go and scavenge for some old machines? ”

"No, I don't think we can do this, if we break the contract, don't think about getting orders from the consortium in the future!"

"Let's see what's going on, and then we'll talk about it"

Just when everyone couldn't help whispering and discussing, the pickup truck also drove over, and finally stopped steadily in front of everyone.

At that moment, Lao Tie had already come back to his senses.

I saw him greet him with a smile on his face, and at the same time, three young men who were not too old came down from the pickup truck, and the young men led by him shook hands with Lao Tie with a smile, and said hello at the same time:

"Oh, Uncle Tie, are you eating?"

"Sure enough, it's better to come early than to come at the right time!"

Hearing the young man's ridicule, Lao Tie hurriedly said to his wife who was in charge of the room:

"Hurry up, stir-fry a few dishes"

Before he could finish speaking, the young man quickly waved his hand and said:

"No, no, let's just take a bite."

"Sister-in-law Lao Tie, you don't have to bother, we can just take a bite if there is a ready-made one."

As he spoke, the young man took a handbag from his companion's hand, took out a stack of documents from it, handed it to Lao Tie and said:

"Uncle Tie, we came over this time, and we still have a new production task."

"The specific content is in the document, you can take a look."

Hearing the young man say this, Lao Tie was stunned for a moment, took the document and flipped through it briefly, and then handed it to the middle-aged man next to him, and finally this document was circulated in the hands of several middle-aged people, and came to Tie Xiaohua's hands, and at the same time, the expressions of the middle-aged people present were excited and entangled, as if they were constipated.

The reason is very simple, the scale of the orders distributed by the consortium this time is even larger than the last time!

It stands to reason that this is a happy event for fortune and treasure, but the middle-aged people present know that the current old iron hardware factory actually has no extra production capacity, and this order can't be eaten!

"How is it, Uncle Tie, can you do it?"

In the process of passing the news, Lao Tie's daughter-in-law had already brought food to the three young people, and the three young people were not polite, sitting on the small bench next to them, holding a big bowl and asking while eating.

At that moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Lao Tie's face.

After a moment of hesitation, Lao Tie sighed, shook his head and said:

"Xiao Zhao! I'm afraid it won't work this time. ”

"We have been working overtime for the first two orders, and this time we really can't eat it."

"Although we want to make money and share the worries of our consortium in the future, our factory is too small and the equipment is too little, so we really can't do it."

"I'm really sorry, Xiao Zhao, let you run for nothing."

Hearing Lao Tie say this, some of the middle-aged people present were relieved, some sighed, and some eyes flashed, but Xiao Zhao didn't seem to be surprised, and said with a smile:

"That's it! Uncle Lao Tie, does our Lao Tie Hardware Factory have any plans to increase production and expand production? ”

"If there is, we can provide some help depending on the situation."

"For example, the coordination of equipment purchases and so on."

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone present lit up in an instant, and suddenly Lao Tie nodded quickly and said:

"Yes, yes, of course!"

"Of course we want to increase production and expand production, we discussed it just now!"

"I don't know where to buy equipment, great! It's just great! Thank you to the consortium, thank you to our factory director Wang! ”

"Little flower, you come! Clever talk! Tell Xiao Zhao about it! ”

Subsequently, the atmosphere of the scene became more and more high, an hour passed quickly, and finally the two sides negotiated the relevant issues, this time the consortium distributed the order, the old iron hardware factory will not accept it temporarily, and the consortium, will help negotiate the old iron hardware factory to purchase some machinery and equipment, expand the scale of production.

"Alright, let's go!"

"Uncle Lao Tie, when this time the production increase and expansion are completed, you should install the phone, hahaha!"

Then the three young men waved their hands, and just after they got into the car, along with the slow movement of the pickup truck, Xiao Zhao, the co-pilot, rolled down the window, and pointed to the inside of the room and said:

"Uncle Tie, I'll put the food stamps and money for the meal under the lunch box for you."

"Let's go first!"

After finishing speaking, the pickup truck left in the dust, leaving only Lao Tie behind him shouting helplessly:

"Don't! You're welcome! It's just a light meal! ”

"Alas! It's too fast! ”

After the pickup truck disappeared completely, the yard fell into a brief silence, and finally the middle-aged people looked at each other, and then couldn't help but start laughing out loud!

"Really! That's great! ”

"It is worthy of being a consortium, and people are particular about doing things!"

"Alas! If it weren't for the consortium, we wouldn't have gotten this far. ”

"Isn't it, the key people are still helping to negotiate the equipment?"

"Xiao Ni, what is this called? There is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village! ”

"Yes, yes, we were worried just now, and now this problem is solved?"

"That's a must! What level is the consortium? A fart is enough for us to eat for three or five years! ”

"It's okay, the eldest brother didn't succeed just now, to tell the truth, otherwise I would have looked at the equipment, but there would be no shadow!"

"Yes, yes, you have to be honest in everything you do! It's not okay to be a fool! ”

"That's it! All right! Let's get to work! ”

Finally, with a burst of laughter, the middle-aged people walked into the workshop, the roar of the machine sounded again, and Tie Xiaohua looked at the direction of the pickup truck in the distance, her eyes jumped slightly, and she pursed her lips.

And in the distant pickup, Xiao Zhao, who was sitting in the co-pilot, said with a smile:

"Uncle Lao Tie is still sincere, if you can't do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it."

"I think this old iron hardware factory can do it!"

Regarding Xiao Zhao's statement, the young man in the back row nodded to echo it, and then said coldly:

"Compared with Uncle Lao Tie, those guys are just bullshit!"

"Cutting the price of our order in half, and then subcontracting it out, a good way to play, really think we can't find out?"

"If he keeps the quality and quantity, forget it, and see what kind of bullshit is supplied!"

"Stepping on a horse, and the relationship between the province and the city, I don't know what to say!"

Hearing the conversation between the two, the young man who was driving smiled and said indifferently:

"Some people are destined to go to the garbage heap of history."

"Since they can't see the situation clearly, can't make correct judgments, and can't keep up with our pace, then there's nothing to say, get out of here!"

"However, Uncle Lao Tie's attitude is really good, the delivery is on time, the quality is reliable, I think the internal rating of Lao Tie Xiao Hardware can be adjusted upwards, and they can coordinate some good things."

Hearing this young man's words, the other two had no opinion, nodded and said:

"Agreed! Agree! ”

Finally, in the warm winter afternoon sun, the pickup truck galloped on the fertile fields of Luqi Province and set off towards the factory of the next second target.

Meanwhile.

Shanghai, Municipal Party Committee Building.

I saw a group of people walking out of it with a happy face, led by a tall female comrade, I saw that she had short ear-length hair, and the whole person looked very capable and mature.

"Get in the car!"

With her order, everyone got into the silver-white pickup truck parked not far away, and then the six cars started one after another and slowly left the area.

Sitting in the car, Xu Jiaojiao breathed a long sigh of relief, if you look closely, you will find that her hands are shaking!

"Anyway, it's finally done!"

"There is no plan to affect the plant director."

In the end, she couldn't help but say with emotion, only to see that on her lap, there was a document bag, which was about the relevant license certificate for the Red Star Consortium car to enter the Shanghai market, and most importantly, the use permit of the three stores located in the downtown area, as well as the permission for the product to enter various department stores!

For these things, Xu Jiaojiao's team has been talking for almost a month!

At the beginning, with the preparation of pickup trucks and other civilian vehicles and products, Wang Ye issued an order to expand sales channels, and after determining the three directions of Yanjing, Shanghai, and Yangcheng, and finally after internal promotion, a total of three responsible persons were pushed out, namely Li Baojun, Xu Jiaojiao, and Zhang Bing.

In fact, these three people are not very old, Li Baojun is twenty-one years old, Zhang Bing is twenty-four years old, and Xu Jiaojiao is not an adult, in fact, she is only seventeen years old.

The reason why this is the case is simple is simple.

When Wang Ye came to the Red Star Machinery Factory, at that time, the Machinery Factory, as a military factory, was very closed as a whole, implementing a completely planned economy, and it was not until the sales of electric fans began that it was in line with the market economy, and at this step, in fact, Wang Ye had already deliberately played a move, that is, the training of sales personnel.

And because the formal employees of the machinery factory are responsible for production, there is no time to come over to engage in sales, and all the formal employees are skilled workers, plus the closure of the past, there is no one who can speak in particular, so the sales team can only come out of the big collective, nothing more than aunts, daughters-in-law, young girls and young men, disabled uncles and uncles.

Finally, after a period of experience, more and more young people have come to the fore and formed a more and more complete sales team, among which Li Baojun is the most prominent, with the highest emotional intelligence and the strongest ability, and then Xu Jiaojiao.

I think that at the beginning, when selling electric fans at the counter, the customers in a row waved banknotes to buy, she was able to face the customer's questions in a hurry, answered in a meticulous and orderly manner, and finally sold the electric fan with an amiable attitude, and even the repeat customers came to line up with relatives and friends, and they would also line up her line, in a sense, this is also a talent, after all, let you laugh with big white teeth, and how many people can laugh all morning without changing color? People can!

Later, although there were more and more people in the consortium, the main people who came were all senior workers, engineers, technical experts, and even scientists, all of whom were relatively old, and they all performed their own duties, so it was impossible to change careers to become sales, and in the case of an extreme shortage of people, Wang Ye naturally did not let go of the family members who accompanied them.

Women and young people have their own duties, for example, the gong and drum team is engaged in women, and the young people, those who have the talent to learn go to the Red Star College, those who have craftsmanship enter the workshop, and those who are flexible begin to act as various administrative staff, and those who have sales skills naturally join the sales team, so this team is getting younger and younger.

Being young is their disadvantage as well as their strength.

The disadvantage is very simple, the mouth is hairless, and many times when you go out to negotiate, people will think that your machinery factory sent a group of young people, isn't it funny? There was even a period of time when Wang Ye had to find some uncles and uncles to act as the "façade" of the sales negotiation team to facilitate their actions.

But as the size of the consortium increased and its influence expanded, the shadow of the name tree of the people, coupled with the spread of news, this team formed by young people, at least in the scope of Luqi Province, was gradually recognized.

As for the advantages, it is also very simple, that is, they can keep up with the trend, enough to be lean, neat, and fashionable!

"Come on! Eat a candy! ”

Sitting next to Xu Jiaojiao was a middle-aged sister-in-law who was also a member of the sales team, and noticed Xu Jiaojiao's slightly trembling hands, knowing that she didn't eat in the morning in order to negotiate, and then had low blood sugar.

"It's not easy!"

"To be honest, I think that our products entering the Shanghai market are only good for them, and there is no harm!"

"Why was it so hard to talk about at the end?"

In the carriage, the sister-in-law next to her couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, and Xu Jiaojiao tore off the sugar skin and bowed her head silently, in fact, she knew the reason, and in the entire team, there were no more than three people who knew the reason.

That is, before he left, the factory director had secretly revealed one thing.

In Shanghai, Volkswagen, which is in contact with Germany, is currently keeping this plan secret, and only many leaders know about it, so it cannot be said publicly.

In this way, the negotiations on the Shanghai side will not be too smooth, because the two sides are competitors!

After all, if the cooperation between Shanghai and Volkswagen of Germany is successful, then there will be the first domestic car company in the form of a joint venture, and as the nest of this car company, it must first engage in regional protection, at least to ensure that in the Shanghai area, this kind of car can sell well, which is a very common situation in this era.

Just like the motorcycle of the consortium, if you want to enter the mountain city of Sichuan and Chongqing, it must be very difficult, because there is a local Jialing motorcycle manufacturer, the entry of Red Star motorcycles, will inevitably lead to commercial conflicts above, which will lead to a decrease in the sales of Jialing motorcycles, and the loss of interests.

"Whew! Anyway, I was relieved that it was done! ”

"A few days ago, Brother Baojun called and said that they had already taken care of Yanjing, and the soldiers in Yangcheng were faster, only we were left behind."

"Now, we have finally completed the task assigned to us by the factory director, and there is no shame!"

After a moment of silence, Xu Jiaojiao did not answer the question of the sister-in-law next to her, but said to herself, in fact, in this month, she has been working in doubt.

First the suburban warehouse, the site, then the recruitment of local personnel, team building, the follow-up product transportation, response, placement, coupled with the difficult progress of the negotiation with the company, even Xu Jiaojiao once doubted whether she had the ability to lead such a team with a total number of more than 300 people after local recruitment, is she only worthy of being an electric fan salesman at the counter? After several near-collapses, she finally survived, because whenever she wanted to give up, she would think of the factory director's last entrustment, "I believe in you, let it go"!

"Let's go! Go to Jinling Road! One of our storefronts, right over there, right? ”

In the end, Xu Jiaojiao gave this order, and the convoy turned around and came to Jinling Road, Shanghai, which is also the most prosperous place in the entire Shanghai market.

A moment later, the silver pickup truck team, driving on Jinling Road, turned back for a while!

Then Xu Jiaojiao took the team to inspect the store in Jinling Road assigned to the Red Star Consortium in Shanghai, covering a considerable area, adding up to and down with many floors, in the future, it is not only used for sales, but also for the office upstairs, which is the headquarters and office of the consortium in Shanghai, and it is also full from the card, because the famous Peace Hotel is not far from next door!

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the pickup truck convoy returned to the "headquarters" located on the outskirts.

If you look down from the sky, you will find that there are more than a dozen huge warehouses here, and in the open-air parking lot, there are at least 100 silver-white pickup trucks, neatly parked, waiting for the Spring Festival to start sales!

Meanwhile.

Luqi Province, Weihai City, small fishing village.

"It's good to be back! It's good to be back! ”

In the familiar fence gate yard, Feng Kai's eyes were slightly misty, but he stood there with a smile, in front of his parents full of joy, and outside the door were relatives and neighbors who heard the noise and came to see the excitement.

"That's right, Dad, Mother! Give you money! ”

"This is my subsidy, I've saved it all, anyway, everything in our school is distributed for free, and there is no place to spend it!"

Then, Feng Kai seemed to think of something, and suddenly said so, and then in the shocked eyes of everyone, he rushed into the toilet, and walked out after a while, holding a roll of great unity in his hand!

Obviously, this roll of money, he hid it in his underwear for insurance!

"Huh? So much? ”

It was Feng Kai's mother who took the money, and she counted it simply, showing a surprised expression, and Feng Kai smiled and said in a low-key and proud manner:

"Tomorrow, let's go to the county seat, buy a few clothes for my father and mother, and buy some New Year's goods!"

"And, I have one more piece of good news!"

At that moment, Feng Kai's parents' expressions looked like they were about to be nervous, and the relatives and neighbors outside Chai Fei were even more envious, and they even began to pinch their children's buttocks!

"Dad, haven't you always thought that I wouldn't be sad if I didn't get into college?"

"Look! Now we are Red Star Technical Secondary School, which is no longer a secondary school, and now we are Red Star University of Technology! Moreover, it is a special 'international cooperation university' issued by the Ministry of Education, and it is still the only one in our China! ”

The next second, Feng Kai took out his student ID card and said proudly to his parents.

As for the relatives and neighbors outside the door, their expressions are already envious!