Chapter 247 Hostility
Saturday, 15th.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Feng Yiping stood in front of the hotel window. With his eyes at 3 o'clock now, he could clearly see the long queues in front of the trade fair guests, which were somewhat similar to the ticket offices of popular scenic spots during the Golden Week later.
However, the queues here are all foreign businessmen, many of whom are still dusty, with a bag hanging and a large suitcase getting off the taxi. They either just arrived from the airport or hadn't booked a hotel in the city center, and lived in the suburbs or nearby cities.
Although there are many people, they are in order. The policemen wearing olive green police uniforms and white gloves on duty are particularly conspicuous. They seem to be about to change their clothes and put on internationally-used navy blue uniforms similar to black.
"I'm ready to leave," Jin Ling pushed open the door and greeted.
"It's still early. I'll talk about it later. Let Manager Ou and the others go first."
On the other side of Nanmen Square, staff are setting up the venue. Although the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation held a press conference yesterday afternoon, there will definitely be an opening ceremony later. It is estimated that there will be more than one ministerial-level leader present. Feng Yiping cannot join in the fun and does not want to join in the fun.
"Okay, let's go first. Call us when you want to come in." Jin Ling left hurriedly.
As the company's president, she is one of the 3,000 people invited to participate in the opening ceremony. Before the ceremony, she would take the main force participating in the exhibition to go to the booth to check again.
Ou Boyang, who was in charge of foreign trade, took Xiao Yu and Xiao Zhao, a man and a woman, and followed Jin Ling for strict inspection and entered the exhibition hall. He walked through the luxuriously decorated home appliance exhibition areas, and finally came to the front of his own exhibition hall.
Director Jin made a few phone calls to get this small booth that was three meters long and three meters wide. It was only nine square meters in total. The location was pretty good. It was not in the center of a row, but it happened to be a good position at the end, which was quite conspicuous.
Jin Ling looked at it a few times, a little dissatisfied. "Removed the table that was provided by the exhibition, took the table inside and placed it at the door."
When Ou Boyang took Xiao Yu to adjust according to Jin Ling's intention, the exhibitors at the booth next door also came. A middle-aged man with a small belly walked in front with his hands behind his back, and a man and a woman behind him were carrying bags.
The middle-aged man looked at the two men tearing off the tapes sticking to the booth, glanced at this side, and turned his eyes up and down on Jin Ling, who was wearing a gray skirt, and looked at the layout of Jiasheng booth disapproved. "Hehe, once this limit is cancelled, all small factories will come in."
It's very fucking condescending and awesome. I don't know that after hearing this, I thought it was the booth of the Provincial Minmetals Company. (China Minmetals, the oldest state-owned import and export trading company, is also a training center for export foreign trade talents. Many of the main foreign trade talents of private enterprises are poached from Wumin.)
His male subordinate must be used to supporting him. He immediately continued, "Yes, I want to try my luck, maybe I will win the jackpot?"
Before this year, non-circulating enterprises like Jiasheng Furniture had export amount requirements. That is to say, those who have not yet completed a foreign trade business, and they could not enter the Canton Fair last year.
After hearing this, Ou Boyang and Xiao Yu did not respond. Xiao Zhao, who had done his hair and put on light makeup, dressed like Jin Ling, had a rare opportunity to get close to the president. He looked over there and whispered, "I don't know what's going on. We didn't ask him or mess with him. Since the day of the exhibition, they have been talking coldly."
Jin Ling didn't even look over there, and held her hands and watched Ou Boyang and Xiao Yu adjust according to her intentions, "Just do your job well."
If you don’t make any progress here, it’s not easy to provoke further. No matter how you say it is, it’s all from the same province. It’s like such an international exhibition, so it’s not easy to make a big fuss.
Here is another beauty. The middle-aged big-bellied man said something just now, which attracted Jin Ling's attention.
Feng Yiping sat leisurely in front of the window and watched the opening ceremony there. When the leader was speaking, he had time to change the channel with the remote control. Unfortunately, the TV series "The Foreign Wife and Local Son-in-law" that he learned Cantonese later seemed to premiere until the second half of this year, and he can't see it yet.
After Minister Shi of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs and Governor Lu, the director of the conference, sounded the opening salute and announced the official opening loudly. After the guests entered the venue, he slowly walked towards the venue.
There will be Alibaba salesmen near the venue, and they will send them to foreigners with promotional bags. There are pens and other things inside, which is quite suitable for participation in the exhibition, but they will only send them to foreigners, so that Feng Yiping can't even take advantage of it.
Alibaba is far less generous than it did later. It is probably because it is affected by the Internet bubble and it is not easy to burn a lot of money.
Later, when the Canton Fair was about to join in the fun, Feng Yiping did not come to join in the fun. It is estimated that Alibaba, as an Internet company with influence around the world, would no longer attract customers in such a low voice.
In this place where foreign businessmen are crowded, in addition to these hardworking corporate promotion personnel, many people have discovered this rare market. The same hardworking beggars have too strong survival ability, and they cannot even prevent the police. They can also speak a few words of English, "hello, pleasemoney, money,"
Feng Yiping found it a little funny when he saw it. It seemed that there were no talents with high education in the Beggars' Sect now.
So they misjudged and optimistically estimated the market situation and thought it was a big gold mine. But from the results, they were indeed wrong. The things they were looking for were not those foreign tourists, but capitalists in authentic capitalist society. They were cruel and ruthless. Even if they didn't rob them of begging props, who would give alms?
Both foreign businessmen treated them as air, chatting with their companions without squinting, leaving those who had worked hard to dress themselves up in disgust.
There are indeed many foreign guests coming. The foreign businessmen who are queuing up to apply for certificates everywhere have already been lined up at the entrance of Hall No. 2. OK, it’s just that there are so many people coming!
There are also long queues at the entrance.
The Canton Fair may be the most secure exhibition in China. It is now definitely above the level of security checks at the same time. Just when Feng Yiping was queuing up, there was a guy in front of him who probably used a fake entry and exit certificate and was invited out by four armed police brothers. He was polite but firmly.
If you want to say that the most deceptive thing about the Canton Fair is that foreign investors can easily obtain entry and exit certificates. However, for exhibitors, a standard booth, only three entry and exit certificates are given to you. It is not enough for ordinary companies. If you do it, please don’t worry, it is also valuable. One certificate can be worth a plane ticket.
Loops are actually easy to take advantage of. When Feng Yiping attended the Canton Fair for the first time, all eight people from the company went in. In fact, it was easy. After entering, just throw out the entry and exit certificates and give them to the next one while the security is not paying attention.
This time there is no need to be so troublesome, Jin Ling gave him a certificate of entry and exit from the Provincial Department of Commerce.
Feng Yiping slowly walked forward. According to the rules, the day before the exhibition, the buyers were watching and comparing. The transaction rate was not high, so he probably didn't need his help at his booth.
The most outstanding ones in the exhibition hall are also the mechanical and electrical museums, and there are also the most powerful home appliance companies. The most famous domestic companies have booths of more than 200 square meters. The most luxurious one is Haier. It has to reach more than 30 booths, more than 500 square meters!
Thinking of his poor 9 square meters, Feng Yiping was so envious and jealous!
However, Fengliu was always blown away by the rain and wind, and several of them were later disappeared from the market.
In the exhibition hall, there were many people watching at the door. Jin Ling personally came to the scene and introduced the customer in fluent English. Ou Boyang and Xiao Yu were also vigorously introducing the customer to the sample. Another girl, Xiao Zhao, held a stack of information with a smile, and stood beside the aisle to attract customers.
Feng Yiping did not rush to go there. He looked at the next door for a while and the rattan furniture was placed here, which was quite good in shape. However, it was obvious that there were more customers in Southeast Asia, while those in Europe and the United States were not very interested. Unlike his own, there were both places.
The middle-aged man with big belly seemed to be unable to speak foreign languages. He hugged his hands and wandered around outside, took a look at Feng Yiping's entry and exit certificate, and said to him with some familiarity, "What's good looking over there? Those things look like they don't even have processing, they are just made up of raw materials. At that level, the province actually arranged for them to participate in the exhibition? I don't know what path they took.
I want to see, when they wait for the day of the exhibition, they can't receive a single order. They spent such a huge amount of money, and they can still laugh."
Feng Yiping felt quite friendly when he met a fellow villager in a foreign land. After hearing what he said, he suddenly felt that this short and fat man had a very hateful face and was not at all friendly.
Is the exhibits over there my idea?
However, this is quite strange. Judging from what this guy means, it seems that he has a prejudice against himself. Why is this? (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!