Chapter 235 He doesnt understand clearly with foreign businessmen
With the approval of Zhu Nian, Canghua Technology and Trade was able to have a small corner at the Maolin Province booth to display its products, including chemical cleaning agents and vitamin E. The former has promotional materials and samples, while the latter only has
A small display sign.
Liao Derong had been deceived by Gao Fan to go to Cangtang at this time. He was doing experiments on rare earth catalyzed synthesis of vitamin E in the laboratory of Canghua Science and Technology Trade. He also obtained some laboratory-level samples. However, these samples could not be displayed.
Because to identify the purity of vitamin E raw powder, you need to use professional equipment, which cannot be completed at the exhibition.
Even if Gao Fan puts a small bottle on the booth with some powder in it, people will not know whether it is vitamin E or washing powder. After all, a man named Bao from a certain lighthouse country did this kind of thing in later generations, right?
The Yangcheng Export Commodity Fair is China's largest foreign trade window in this era. A large number of merchants from various countries come to visit and negotiate business. On the first day of the exhibition, Gao Fan saw the horror of the passenger flow. Those with red, orange, yellow, green and blue colors
Merchants of various colors, blue and purple, flooded into the exhibition hall. Accompanied by the chirping of birds in different tones, the temperature in the exhibition hall instantly rose several degrees.
This was not the first time for many merchants to visit the exhibition. As soon as they entered the exhibition hall, they went straight to the familiar booths. The Maolin Province booth was also crowded with dozens of people at once. Other people in the exhibition group were worried about this situation.
They were all well prepared, and they quickly got busy, greeting all the merchants with smiles on their faces:
"Boss Chen, we meet again, how is it? You have become rich again recently, right?"
"Mr. Ono, welcome to China!"
"Mr. William, the sales of the clothes you purchased last time were pretty good, right?"
"Sir, are you interested in our tungsten ore products? Let me introduce it to you..."
Among the foreign merchants who came to participate in the Spring Fair, some were overseas Chinese and could communicate directly with them, and some brought their own translators so that people from the Maolin exhibition group could also communicate with them. Others just lacked
I didn’t understand the experience of participating in the Spring Fair, and I didn’t bring an interpreter. At this time, I needed the help of an interpreter from the Maolin Exhibition Group.
The Maolin exhibition group brought a total of three translators, two of whom were English translators and one was a Japanese translator. These three people all had high levels of foreign language skills and sufficient experience, but when the number of merchants on site increased, they
Somewhat unbearable.
This situation occurs not because Maolin Province lacks experience, but because the number of places to participate in the exhibition is limited. If you bring more translators, you will inevitably squeeze out the places of each exhibitor. It involves introducing products and signing contracts with merchants.
Things that cannot be done by translators must be done by people from each unit.
Of course, things like quotas are actually linked to funding. Maolin Province is an economically underdeveloped province, and the Department of Foreign Trade has insufficient funds, so it cannot bring more people to Yangcheng. If it were replaced by provinces with relatively developed economies, then
This problem no longer exists.
"Xiao Gao, you are a college student, do you know English..."
Zhu Nian, who was extremely busy, accidentally turned around and found a bored Gao Fan sitting in his booth, so he set his sights on him.
The people in the Maolin Province exhibition group were all busy, but the excitement belonged to them. Gao Fan had nothing to do with it. The first group of merchants who came to the Maolin exhibition booth were all regular customers, and they were here for a certain item in Maolin Province.
The export goods came. Gao Fan was a newcomer in the exhibition group. The chemical cleaning agents and vitamin E he brought had never been exhibited before, so naturally no one paid attention to them, so everyone left him alone.
Zhu Nian was also seriously ill and went to the doctor. Seeing that the people he brought were all very busy, but Gao Fan was bored, he had an idea and thought that Gao Fan might know a little English. After all, this child is said to be a Peking University student.
, better than those old and rough factory directors, right?
"You know a little bit of English," Gao Fan said modestly.
"As long as you understand a little bit, you can go and help Factory Director Wang. He is having trouble communicating with foreign businessmen." Zhu Nian ordered.
Gao Fan naturally knew the Factory Manager Wang that Zhu Nian was talking about. After all, they were all in the same exhibition group. The name of Factory Manager Wang was Wang Yongxiang, and he was the director of Fengling Furniture Factory. Fengling Furniture Factory was owned by Mao
A major foreign exchange-earning enterprise in Lin Province, several types of flower furniture they produce are well-known in Southeast Asia. They export a lot every year and earn millions of dollars in foreign exchange.
Speaking of which, Wang Yongxiang and Gao Fan had a little feud, that is, when the members of the exhibition group gathered in Ruizhang, Wang Yongxiang saw Gao Fan and immediately muttered, saying which leader's child this is?
, how did you sneak into the Spring Fair exhibition group? The number of exhibitors is so limited, why are there so many aunts and uncles coming in?
Wang Yongxiang was not the only one in the exhibition group who had this misunderstanding about Gao Fan. The reason was naturally due to Gao Fan's age. However, others only showed some disdain in their eyes, but Wang Yongxiang said it directly.
Well, he was indeed whispering to others, but his voice was slightly louder, so loud that everyone in the conference room could hear it.
On that occasion, Zhu Nian helped Gao Fan clarify and explained to everyone that Gao Fan was participating in the exhibition on behalf of Canghua Technology and Trading Company, which had exported chemical cleaning products to Japan in the past year and earned foreign exchange.
More than ten thousand US dollars.
Hearing Zhu Nian's explanation, other people in the exhibition group who had misunderstood Gao Fan felt a little embarrassed, and they all said some words such as "the next generation is terrible" to cover up their shame. Only this Wang Yongxiang still looked arrogant and said to others
Tens of thousands of dollars is nothing. Maybe it was just a blind cat who encountered a dead mouse and made a mistake somewhere.
Who has ever heard that foreigners want to import chemical products from China? Foreigners are interested in traditional Chinese handicrafts, such as our withered flower furniture in Fengling, which was particularly famous as early as the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty,
Does China have chemistry?
These words were spoken by Wang Yongxiang in front of others afterwards, and "others" very kindly relayed them to Gao Fan. They may not have wanted to see Gao Fan and Wang Yongxiang quarrel.
This Wang Yongxiang is quite proud of himself for earning foreign exchange through the export of withered furniture. He is very arrogant on weekdays and has offended many people.
Perhaps because of this, when several groups of unfamiliar merchants poured into the exhibition area and the translator was overwhelmed, everyone naturally left Wang Yongxiang aside and watched him scratching his head and gesticulating with the merchants.
Zhu Nian knew that the two English translators in the exhibition group were deliberately trying to embarrass Wang Yongxiang, but they did it very cleverly, and Zhu Nian could not blame them. He happened to see Gao Fan idle, so he called Gao Fan to come forward and help Wang Yongxiang.