Xie Changyi sat among the leaders, smiling and nodding.
Her sister had been pouring all her energy into the Autumn Trade Fair lately, waking up early and going to bed late. Of course she was working hard.
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Before the Autumn Trade Fair began, every factory wanted to set up their booths in advance. This ti, the setup order was different from the previous Spring Trade Fair.
The heavy industry sector was scheduled to set up their booths first.
So, Xie Changning led the employees of the Anong County Machinery Factory to set up their booth in the exhibition area.
Because of Xie Changning’s high sales figures, her booth was placed in a pri location right near the entrance. Foreigners would be able to spot her products the mont they walked in.
It wasn’t that the other leaders didn’t want to fight for a better spot for their own people; it was just that Xie Changning was too formidable. They had no way of persuading the exhibition area’s managent.
This ti, all the employees from the Anong County Machinery Factory were first-ti attendees of the Guangzhou Trade Fair.
They followed Xie Changning’s arrangents to the letter. If she said go east, they would never go west.
On Xie Changning’s display this ti were small printers, pagers, water heaters, and electric kettles.
The mont her items were laid out, the leaders’ gazes were drawn to the new objects—
’What is that thing shaped like a kettle?’
While they were wondering, Xie Changning was already having her team arrange everything neatly and place descriptions next to each product.
That’s right—this ti, Xie Changning had prepared an "ID card" for every item in eight different languages.
Seeing these "ID cards," the leaders leaned in curiously. They read the description for the kettle: an electric kettle that used electricity to heat and boil water.
Most people in China at the ti boiled water in a pot and then poured it into a thermos.
An appliance like this seed very convenient.
The only downside was that it consud electricity.
This wouldn’t be a top choice for the frugal Chinese people, but it might sell surprisingly well if sold abroad.
The leaders grew curious about what the foreigners would think when they saw these products.
Only Xie Changning was a little worried.
’So people abroad drink boiled water, but it’s not nearly as common as it is in China—’
’I wonder if this kettle will even sell...’
After they finished setting up the booth, Xie Changning led her team back to the hotel.
Xie Changyi didn’t ask her sister about the kettle. She figured that if her sister had put it on display, there must be a market for it.
The market just might not be as large as it was for the other products.
On the day of the booth setup, foreigners were also flying in from abroad and checking into their hotels.
Seeing the brand-new hotel, a look of satisfaction flashed in the foreigners’ eyes. They comnted that China finally knew how to build proper hotels instead of having them stay in guesthouses like before.
The hotel’s ambiance was designed in a purely Western style, so the foreigners were quite pleased with it.
It was worth ntioning that Jerry, who had only just returned to his country, had flown back over after hearing about the Guangzhou Trade Fair.
The cellular phones were already in production.
Everything was stable, and with his father overseeing it, he was free to co and sign another contract with Xie Changning.
’What new products has Xie Changning prepared this ti?’ he wondered, excited.
Overco with curiosity, he asked Xie Changning out that very evening and tried to subtly probe what she had prepared for this Autumn Trade Fair, and whether he could place an order in advance.
"Oh, my dear friend, I would love to tell you, but you know we have a rule. All products can only be sold during the three days of the exhibition—not before or after."
"A sale like that can’t be counted toward our total sales at the fair. I hope you can understand."
When dealing with Jerry, Xie Changning had endless patience.
After all, in her eyes, Jerry was a little god of wealth, tossing money around. Of course she had to be "good" friends with him, right?
Jerry was very pleased by what Xie Changning said.
’I really am Xie Changning’s best foreign friend!’
’I’m so proud!’
Hearing Xie Changning say that her hands were tied, Jerry made a generous offer to accommodate his friend. "You just need to tell what you have at the exhibition this ti. That’s all. I’ll get ready, and I’ll go to your booth first thing tomorrow morning to place a preorder with you."
Since he had put it that way, Xie Changning naturally wouldn’t refuse.
"Thank you so much, my friend!" As she spoke, Xie Changning pulled a folded brochure from her pocket. It contained English descriptions of the products for this exhibition.
It even had so illustrations.
Seeing the illustrations and the feature descriptions, Jerry was delighted. "This is great! I’m very interested in the kettle this ti!"
It wasn’t that these things didn’t exist in his country, but they were rare and expensive.
Nowhere near as inexpensive as Xie Changning’s kettles!
People in his country didn’t really drink plain boiled water; they usually boiled it to make tea or coffee.
However, Jerry still planned to import them because his country wasn’t just ho to its own citizens—there were also ethnic Chinese, international students, and others.
They were his primary custor base.
"Really? I was worried the kettle would be a flop this ti." Xie Changning seed overjoyed. She looked at Jerry, her expression filled with a gratitude that words couldn’t convey.
Jerry puffed out his chest. "With here, it won’t be a flop!"
"Let treat you to dinner!"
The two were on the ground floor of the hotel, sitting in a coffee area specially prepared for foreign guests.
With the deal secured, Xie Changning didn’t mind treating her business partner to a al.
"Perfect. I’ve been wanting to try this hotel’s Chinese food and see how it compares to the other places I’ve eaten," Jerry said, feeling his mouth start to water.
’Would he admit that one of the main reasons he ca this ti was for the food?’
Others might not know, but he knew perfectly well: the food in his country was completely different from China’s!
The food in China was exceptionally delicious!
If it weren’t for business, he would have wanted to settle down in China and never go back!
The two went to the dining area. Xie Changning pointed out which dishes were the best and which were worth trying. Jerry trusted her completely, ordering everything she recomnded.
When his finger landed on the picture of a third dish, Xie Changning stopped him.
"We won’t be able to finish three dishes. Two is more than enough. We can eat the rest tomorrow."
Jerry obediently retracted his hand.
Making Chinese food was a bit slow, especially since the dining area was filled with people waiting for their als. So, Xie Changning and Jerry’s dishes would take so ti.
As the two chatted, other Chinese factory managers sitting nearby would occasionally cast glances at Xie Changning and Jerry.
Listening to their fluent English conversation, they felt a pang of envy.
’How nice. I heard Lin Province even specially assigned ten translators to their factories this ti. If we had known, we would have asked our leaders to arrange so for us too!’
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