Confessions of a Salesman

What I didn't expect was that as soon as Lu Ping finished telling Hua Xin, Hua Xin immediately stopped its intention to cooperate.

When Lu Ping told me, he was very surprised and said: "I mentioned it to him, and he immediately agreed with your point of view and immediately terminated the negotiation between them. No matter what conditions the other party started, he was determined not to Cooperate! It seems that he believes in your words!"

I was also very surprised and said: "I really didn't expect this. What if I make a mistake? But it will really delay others' making money!"

Lu Ping said with a smile: "He told me that he knew the reason why I called him, just because he was afraid that he would misunderstand you. He trusts your intuition and knows that you will not harm him!"

I also smiled and said, "He has no doubts about me now!"

Lu Ping curled her lips and said: "This is your fault. Hua Xin has always believed in you, but the situation forced him to have no choice. Have you found out that once a person enters the system, his way of thinking will change?" There will be a change, and once you jump out, it will be different again!”

I hurriedly said: "Stop it! Let's not talk about this in depth! I understand it all!"

I don’t know why, but there was suddenly no news from Captain Zhang, and he didn’t answer calls he made. Gradually, people outside the town also evacuated, and everything seemed to be calm again.

We don’t know whether his rule restricting us from leaving the town has been revoked, but we still dare not go out.

Yaoyang couldn't hold it in anymore, so he discussed with me: "I want to go back and see my mother and father. They have not been doing well in the Northeast these past few years!"

I said with a dark expression, "I am unfilial! Then you go back and have a look. It's not that I don't want to go back to see them, but I'm afraid of injuring them. How about you go back to see them and ask them to explain!"

Yaoyang said with some embarrassment: "I don't know if they can forgive me yet! Are you asking for mercy? I'll try my best!"

I hesitated again and said: "If you go out now, you won't be arrested directly, right? What we did before is not certain, and I don't know if those people have caught you? If you go out like this, will there be any consequences? Is it dangerous?”

Yaoyang snorted and said, "Didn't you see that everyone outside has evacuated? This means everything should be fine!"

I sighed and said, "That's not necessarily true! Then when you leave, why don't you take Aman or Shiyou with you?"

Yaoyang shook his head and said: "No, Anzi said that he has never been to Northeast China and has never seen snow. He wants to go with me!"

I sighed and said, "I just came back from the far north, and he said he has never been to the Northeast or seen snow? This is too much!"

At this time, Anzi came over with a smile and said: "Brother Fei, please don't expose me directly! This time is different from the last time. This time it is a trip, a visit to relatives. Last time it was very exciting and I didn't get to do anything. no the same!"

I thought for a moment and said, "That's fine, you have someone to take care of you. Don't be impulsive!"

Anzi nodded happily and said, "Don't worry!"

Yaoyang and Anzi are gone, and no one will bother them for the time being.

Brother Kui also left to take care of Xiao Hei, and he would bring him back when he was almost recovered.

Aman and Nangonghong also left to see Nangongyan.

Now the town became empty, no one was left, only Lu Ping and I, and the tourists passing by were left.

No, the leaders of the town informed us that a foreign business group is coming to visit the town in the past two days, saying they want to invest, so we should be prepared to receive them.

If this were the 90s and [-]s, let alone the town, even the city and province would probably have to send leaders to receive them. But in this era, the purpose of these so-called trade groups has long been seen clearly. Those who have money to invest will definitely The conditions are extremely harsh. Those who have no money to invest are cheating on food and drink under the guise of investment. It has no practical significance. In addition, there are so many investment companies in China now. They have the confidence to invest and some have funds to invest. There is no shortage of anything. foreign investment.

Therefore, we didn’t make any preparations, we didn’t even bother to hang up the banners, and we didn’t take it seriously at all. It wasn’t until the day before the visit that the director of the town’s reception office came down to check in advance and found out. He hurriedly found me and asked: " Mr. Chen, what’s going on with you? Why haven’t you prepared anything? The trade group will arrive tomorrow!”

I pretended to be stupid and said, "How should we prepare? When they come to inspect, don't they just want to see the true face? Besides, I don't need foreign investment here? Why do they come to me to inspect?"

The leader said with a serious face: "They are here to inspect our town, not just your ancient town! However, as the commercial center of our town and a key scenic spot in the province, it must be their first choice. You have to help us Fire this first shot well, stand on the first shift, and leave a good impression. Only then will they be willing to pay to help us build other places in the town! As a member of our town, you have this ability. Come on! I told you by name that your first stop is here, and I will stay at your place for two nights!"

I hurriedly showed a smile and said: "Yes, I will definitely do this! But why did they come to my place by name? My place is not famous enough to be famous at home and abroad, right? Then hasn't my place become a national scenic spot? ?”

The leader sighed and said: "I don't know about this anymore. I also received a notice from my superiors! Don't embarrass me. Just copy it and give me face!"

I hurriedly waved my hands and said, "What are you talking about? This is what I should do! In this way, I will arrange for people to decorate it immediately, but we have agreed that we cannot treat normal tourists. I will not give them anything." Special care, payment for accommodation, and payment for meals! I can’t harass my guests, they just come here once, but all my tourists are repeat customers!”

The leader said with some embarrassment: "Am I still going to ask you to clear the place?"

I frowned and said, "What are you talking about? You asked me to clear the place for a few foreigners? Why, my guests didn't pay? Or do they plan to book the place? Even if they plan to book the place, they have to ask me if I am willing. ah!?"

The leader sighed and said: "Forget it, forget it, I also know that in that case, it may be disturbing the people! That's what I said, but the higher-ups really pay attention to this group of foreigners this time, and I don't know what it is. Where are you from? I heard that he is the boss of several investment banks, so he should be quite wealthy!"

I hummed and said: "We must listen to the leader's opinion! However, isn't there some red-headed document yet? Let's just show it off! I don't expect them to invest in me, nor do I expect to be able to win from them. If they get any benefit from me, they just don’t take advantage of me!”

The leader nodded and said: "Okay, okay, then you can figure it out. In the past, if you encountered this kind of thing, you would have to rush to deal with it. But now it is really different. This has become a hard job, and no one wants to serve it." Got it!"

I smiled and said: "You have suffered too much, who is still so stupid?"

The leader shook his head and left.

Lu Ping asked me with a smile: "Where did they sing this song? When did our ancient town become so famous?"

I smiled and replied: "Don't you ask, when did our town become an investment paradise? There are so many places worth investing in in China, but why come here? Foreign friends will come to visit such a big place. , don’t you think there’s a problem? You even named us to come to our place for inspection!” Lu Ping laughed and said, “Why have you become a conspiracy theorist now? There’s something wrong with everything you look at!”

I also laughed and said: "Yeah, I don't know what's going on? Maybe I'm thinking too much, maybe I'm just here to eat and drink! Who cares, just come if you want, anyway, we don't spend money entertain!"

Lu Ping was a little confused: "Then you can't prepare nothing, right? The director came just now, and you promised him and showed up for him!"

I groaned and said: "This is not easy. When they come, I will personally receive them and take them to visit the ancient town. If they are willing to stay in our hotel, let them book their own room. The price is high. Since they are international friends , just charge them US dollars, the same price as RMB! No need to exchange, it provides convenience to them!"

Lu Ping curled her lips and said with a smile: "Aren't you too dark?"

I shook my head and said, "I'm not evil! I didn't ask them to come here. Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who wish will take the bait! They are so rich, they definitely don't care about this little money!"

The business group arrived on time. There were only two foreigners in the group, and the rest were all Chinese. I don’t know if they were of Chinese nationality, but they all spoke English.

The leaders of the town are here. It seems that there are more people than the business group, and each of them is accompanied by one.

I was sitting in front of the tea room in front of the waiter, wearing shorts, a vest, and fanning myself. In Guangdong in October, it was still as hot and humid as ever.

The town leaders enthusiastically introduced the buildings in the ancient town. One of them accidentally saw me sitting at the door swaggeringly, with no intention of getting up to greet them. He rolled his eyes at me first, and then planned to sneak past me. Yes, out of sight, the mind is still.

But the foreigner didn't know whether it was intentional or he was really interested in my tea house. He stopped still, then walked up to me and asked, "What is this place for?"

He might have thought that I didn’t understand, so he specifically looked at the translator beside him, hoping that the translator would speak to me. I looked at the translator and had no intention of answering him.

This translator saw me and recognized me. He was one of the few translators in the town. He used to take care of all the foreign guests who came. Sometimes there were too many people, so he asked me to help.

Seeing that I had no reaction, I just looked at him. He rolled his eyes at me first and reluctantly translated: "He asked you, what do you do here?"

I replied with a smile: "Let him read it for himself, it's written in such big words!"

The translator looked at the tea room, thought for a long time, and then asked me: "How do you translate this?"

I smiled and said, "As a translator, you asked me how to translate? Isn't it a bit outrageous?"

The translator said shamelessly: "I'm a monk halfway, but you still don't know how much I weigh! I'm fine with simple conversations, but I'll deal with them if they're more complicated!"

I groaned and said, "That's not easy. Just tell them it's a tea place, similar to their coffee shop! Why don't foreigners understand anything these days? They can't read words, but they still read Don’t you understand what’s going on inside? When you see this tea bowl, don’t you know what this place is for?”

The translator smiled at me, and then translated to the foreigner: "A place to drink tea!"

I thought that the foreigner would leave like this, but who knew, he had to go inside.

As he was about to enter, the few people behind him followed him in. The originally small teahouse was now packed to the brim.

I hurriedly said to them: "There are too many people here. If you want to drink tea, you have to queue up! How can you drink tea when so many people come in at once?"

Then, I started to chase people out. When I chased people away, the leaders stopped and hurriedly scolded me: "What are you doing? Are you treating foreign guests like this? Find a way to borrow more tables!"

I curled my lips and said, "Are you kidding me? This place is so big, even if I borrow a table, there's no place to put it?"

The leader criticized me and said, "If you can't put it inside, why would you put it on the street?"

I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Didn't you criticize me before? You don't let me occupy public areas!"

A leader said dissatisfiedly: "Then did you do what we said? What did you say? You said that this street is yours. You can do it how you want! Now you are starting to behave with me again." ! You did this on purpose, right?"

I said helplessly: "Okay, okay, whatever you say, I will do it! It's all uncles! I promised you that this tea price cannot be less! If you lose one cent, I will come to your town." The government is asking for money!”

The leader looked at the commotion inside and said hurriedly: "Okay, okay! You won't be short a penny!"

Seeing that these leaders were so anxious, I felt that there was no need to go so far, so I asked people to move tables and chairs, and arranged for them to sit down. I gave them a pot of tea and a few cups for each table, and told them how to drink it.
They are not fools, and they probably know how to drink it. I think most people are still not used to it. However, the foreigner who first asked me about the tea seemed to enjoy the tea and kept praising the waiter and saying that the tea was brewed well. Good.

Among these people, I found an eye that seemed to have been staring at me, just flashing by, making me a little alert.

I planned to leave after making arrangements, but the foreigner who spoke to me at the beginning walked up to me, forced me to sit down, and then asked: "Are you the owner of this store?"

Looking at my blank eyes, he suddenly said mysteriously in Chinese: "I know you understand!"

I was stunned for a moment and said: "I am Chinese, of course I understand Chinese!"

But the foreigner said playfully: "I said you understand English!"

I rolled my eyes at him and said, "You can speak Chinese, which is not Chinese in China. Don't you find it troublesome if you have to speak English?"

The foreigner smiled, stretched out his hand to me, and introduced himself: "President of ADSL Company, Tony Joe!"