The first stop of the inspection team was the United Kingdom. Including the transfer time in Hong Kong, the eighteen people flew for a whole day and night before arriving in London.
Christmas is approaching, and the business atmosphere in London is extremely strong. There are no good booths left. The Chinese Embassy can only arrange the Phoenix booth to Birmingham. Anyway, this is the second largest city in the UK, not far from London.
to two hundred kilometers.
The industrial exhibition area in Birmingham New Town is actually famous in Europe. However, this did not satisfy Chen Taizhong because there were only three people in the booth.
They were the chief and deputy chiefs of the Second Business Section, plus a woman named Wang Yuting who was recommended by Xu Shaohui. This woman was from the Provincial Government Office.
After getting on the plane, Chen Taizhong realized why this inspection group was called a shopping group. This nickname couldn't be more correct. Among the eighteen people, except for the deputy mayor Yang Ruifeng who was the leader and came in person,
The others are all the spouses and children of city leaders.
Even Wang Dongsheng, deputy director of the Investment Promotion Office and director of the Phoenix Industrial and Commercial Bureau, originally said he was coming, but this time he sent his wife here on the pretext that it was the end of the year and he was too busy with work.
Liu Min, mayor Duan Weihua's secretary, also took advantage of this opportunity to come out and show off her style. Among the entire inspection group, she was the only one who had a friendly attitude toward Chen Taizhong.
Not only are they coming from Fenghuang City, but also the daughter of the provincial deputy governor Fan Xiaojun, and the wife and sister of Zhu Bingsong, the deputy secretary and mayor of Subo City. Anyway, it is Fenghuang City that pays for the public relations fees for investment promotion. It will not be in vain.
flower.
Moreover, with Chen Taizhong's astonishing ear, he understood one thing on the plane, why the investment promotion group was set to launch at this time. I'm sorry, it is Christmas Eve right now, just like before the Spring Festival in China, and now Europe is
The period when items are most abundant is the best time for shopping.
The specific itinerary is arranged like this. The booth is set in the UK. You have to have someone guarding the booth, right? In addition to the booth guard, the others will first be from the UK, then France, then Germany, Italy, etc.
When attracting investment, you can't just passively wait at a booth and be done with it. In many cities and large companies, you still have to go door-to-door to communicate, so from the perspective of the workplace, others can only say that it is more tiring than those who wait at the booth. Because
They are responsible for the "public relations" mission of traveling around the country.
This is really a wonderful inspection.
As for who should guard the stall, there is no need to go into details. It must be the staff of the investment promotion office who came with Fenghuang City. They know the most clearly and thoroughly about Fenghuang City. The important task of publicity and introduction to the public belongs to them.
Others, more because of their higher rank, have shouldered the heavy responsibility of point-to-point public relations. Like Zhu Bingsong’s wife and sister, she speaks good German and works in the Tiannan Provincial Post and Telecommunications Administration, so she can tell her German friends
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However, Director Qin Liancheng is not unreasonable. He said that the booths can be guarded on a rotational basis. The Investment Promotion Office has three generals here this time, so the turnaround can be completed.
Therefore, he wants everyone to take the initiative to sign up.
Chen Taizhong didn't frown and decided to stay in Birmingham. To be honest, he not only wanted to make some achievements, but also didn't want to get too close to the shopping group to avoid causing trouble.
And he also knew that because the family had not decided to invest in the new development zone, Captain Yang Ruifeng, as the director of the management committee who was also in charge of the new development zone, was more or less indifferent to him.
Xie Xiangnan saw that he had signed up, so he had no choice but to sign up. When Qin Liancheng asked him how long he planned to stay, he looked at Chen Taizhong's eager eyes. Deputy Section Chief Xie stumbled, and it took him a long time to mumble,
"Well... I will guard you as long as Chief Chen can."
When Zhang Lingling heard this, she immediately chuckled, "Ha, I don't need to be busy this time~"
Chen Taizhong was too lazy to pay attention to her. When the two of them said that they seemed to need to select two girls from local international students to serve as receptionists at the booth, Wang Yuting jumped out and said that she would also stay to guard the booth.
Wang Yuting is about 25 or 26 years old. She also graduated from a university in the capital. She passed CET-6 in English and was assigned to the provincial government office as soon as she graduated.
She is not tall, but she has a pretty face. She looks like a smart and capable person. The most important thing is that she came to Europe not for shopping or traveling, but she actually took the initiative to stay and guard the booth.
Although Chen Taizhong's English is good, his overall level is still at the high school level. His speaking ability is acceptable and he can
I can express myself freely, but my vocabulary is seriously insufficient.
Xie Xiangnan's English is not very good. It is said that he could barely pass CET-4. Now he has been working for several years and has long since returned what he learned to school.
In this way, it seems that the majority of the explanation task still falls on Wang Yuting. Chen Taizhong is quite unhappy about this: Are all the people in Fenghuang City dead? Do you want the Subo woman to help speak?
Therefore, he asked to recruit two more female international students. Qin Liancheng was a little embarrassed by this request, "Taizhong, this time we came out, we were originally doing things in the spirit of 'diligence and frugality', and the funds will be assessed when we return. Although, think about it
There is a way to squeeze out the money for hiring people, but doesn’t it make our investment promotion office seem useless?”
In fact, what Director Qin wants to say is: With the English proficiency of you and Xie Xiangnan, it is enough. Now that there is another Wang Yuting, there is no need to hire anyone else. You can really recruit her just by standing here in the booth like a fool.
Is the business successful in attracting capital? It is nothing more than an expression of existence.
Chen Taizhong was furious when he heard this. Damn it, there is no problem at all for so many people traveling at public expense. I want to temporarily hire two guides, but the funds are tight?
However, he was basically accustomed to this kind of weird phenomenon that was not weird. In addition, Director Qin also looked helpless when he explained it, which made it impossible for him to pursue this issue further.
As soon as the investment delegation left the UK, Chen Taizhong approached Xie Xiangnan and said, "Old Xie, I think it's better to recruit two girls. Others will look good and it will be easy for us to work, don't you think?"
In the past two days, there were still some people hanging around their booth. However, after chatting with them for a few words, they turned to chat with Wang Yuting, which made Luo Tianshangxian feel a little hurt.
But listening carefully to Wang Yuting's words, Chen Taizhong doesn't think her spoken English is any better than his. At most, it's just that her vocabulary is bigger than her brother's.
Of course, this is just a habitual thinking. People always think highly of themselves. When one person thinks that the level of another person is "about the same" as himself, in the eyes of outsiders, there is definitely a gap between the two.
From the perspective of the person being compared, that is: I am much better than him!
But Chen Taizhong did not take this factor into consideration, so he thought it was British gender discrimination and had to persuade Deputy Chief Xie to agree with his opinion.
Xie Xiangnan is really a person with no opinions, "Well, what you said may make sense, but Director Qin has already said that funds are tight."
"At worst, let's just take care of it ourselves," Chen Taizhong insisted on convincing his deputy. In this way, if two of the three people guarding the stall insisted on this plan, Wang Yuting's opinion could be ignored, "I'll sign one or two later."
Once the intention is made, it will definitely be easy to reimburse."
Xie Xiangnan fell into thinking and remained silent. Wang Yuting listened to the side and was puzzled: I feel that my consciousness is high enough. I don't go to travel to guard the stall. This guy named Chen is more ruthless than me. He is actually willing to do it for the public good.
Do you have to pay for it out of your own pocket?
How did Chen Taizhong know what she was thinking? Seeing that Xie Xiangnan was reluctant to express his position, he was a little upset, "I said, you don't know about the beauty effect of eyeball economy?"
"Then... just hire him," Xie Xiangnan's temper was beyond words. "You are the leader, so whatever you say is fine. Could it be that... you didn't bring any money?"
Even though I have no money, I still have more money than you! Chen Taizhong glared at him, and for a moment he felt that it would be a shame not to bully this person. "I've paid for the money. Well, you can find international students yourself...you have to do something, right?"
"Shall I go with Section Chief Xie?" Wang Yuting volunteered and stood up, "It's just a good time to take a stroll around Birmingham. I haven't walked around here carefully yet."
Birmingham seems to be a heavy industrial city. Chen Taizhong smiled and nodded without criticizing, "Haha, okay, you two can take some time to relax. Here, I can just keep an eye on it."
Not five minutes after these two left, someone came to the booth, including three young girls, all dressed in very fashionable clothes.
The leader is a beautiful woman with red hair and blue eyes. She is almost 1.8 meters tall, which is as tall as Chen Taizhong. Although her figure is slender, her breasts are unusually tall, with big eyes, long eyelashes, and a high bridge of nose.
What's terrible is that in such a cold weather, all three women are actually wearing ultra-short leather skirts, and the three pairs of long white legs are making people dizzy.
"Phoenix City, China?" The beauty in the lead looked sideways at the sign on the booth with a sneer on her lips. The arrogance of the British people was vividly displayed at this moment. She snorted coldly, "Why doesn't this person have braids?