Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 564
We didn’t go out for dinner. The buffet at the hotel had a variety of dishes, which dazzled me. The buffet here is different from the usual buffet. There are various ingredients, and they are absolutely fresh. There is no limit, as long as you like, you can eat as much as you want.

I don't want people to think that our group of country folks, who have never seen anything before, specially emphasized before leaving, don't embarrass me, and take as much as you eat.

Logically speaking, these people are also people who are used to eating and playing, but once they go in, it's like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. Everything they see is novel. They have never eaten this or seen that. Hungry ghost.

In fact, I am the same, and I keep asking Ivan next to me, what is this?How to eat that?
Ai Wen asked me curiously: "Mr. Chen, your family runs a seafood restaurant? Why don't you know anything?"

I replied embarrassingly: "Western food, I have little contact with it, and I seldom eat it. I only know pizza and pasta. I don't like food from foreign devils!"

Ai Wen smiled and said: "If you don't like food, you still ask, there is a small hot pot over there, just go and eat it!"

I grinned and said: "Then I'm not going to die. I finally came to such a high-end restaurant. I must eat something that I have never seen before. I have never eaten something that I can usually eat. Who would come here to eat?" !"

Ai Wen smiled and nodded: "It seems to make sense, then if you don't know, just ask me, and I will tell you what it is and how to eat it!"

I ate around and felt that when all kinds of food are placed in front of you, you want to eat everything you see, but there is not much in your stomach.Then I watched them all hiccupping, and I said dissatisfiedly: "Look at how useless you are, you can't eat less!" Just after I finished speaking, I also hiccupped one.

They were going out for a walk, so I planned to go back to the hotel by myself. Someone called me: "Excuse me, is it Chen Fei, Mr. Chen?"

I hummed and said, "I am, who are you?"

A voice came from the other end of the phone and said, "The call is through, it's him!"

Only then did the Lord pick up the phone and said, "Fade Chen, I'm Gu Cheng. I heard that you are also in Shanghai. How about meeting?"

I thought to myself that this person is really rude, don't you know that we are enemies?
After thinking for a while, he said, "Okay, time, place?"

Gu Cheng said straightforwardly: "I'll be in your hotel lobby, let's meet in the coffee shop?"

I was a little surprised, thinking that he wouldn't follow me, so I hummed.

When I went to the coffee shop of the hotel, there were not many people, so it was easy to see a middle-aged man sitting on the sofa, and a beautiful woman stood next to him, presumably waiting for someone.

Seeing me coming in, the beauty came over and asked, "You are Fade Chen, Mr. Chen, right? Our Mr. Gu is waiting for you over there!"

I smiled and nodded.

Walking closer, Gu Cheng stood up, shook hands with me, and beckoned me to sit down.

The beauty replaced the waiter and asked me what I wanted to drink, and then walked away.

I took a look at Gu Cheng, and he looked familiar. He was of medium height, neither fat nor thin, with clear facial lines and dark skin. He was somewhat masculine, unlike traditional Cantonese, with reasonable and orthodox clothes. He wore a suit and no tie, and his voice didn't have a Cantonese accent.

Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Can't you remember who I am?"

I hesitated and said, "It looks familiar, but I really can't remember it."

Gu Cheng said with a smile: "I am a senior in your No. [-] middle school. I am two years older than you. We are both on the school football team. However, I am the last class. You just joined the team. I was busy at the time." The college entrance examination is relatively rare, but we must have played football together!"

I quickly searched for Gu Cheng in my mind, but I didn't have any impression, so I questioned: "I can remember the name of this person, if I know someone, I will definitely remember the name, I don't have any memory His name is Gu Cheng?"

Gu Cheng said in embarrassment: "My original name was not Gu Cheng, but Gu De. Later, when I went to university, everyone called me Good. I thought the name was too strange, so I changed it."

I smiled and said: "The name is something that other people can remember, it doesn't matter what it is called. My real name is Chen Defei, and I am born with the word 'De'. My dad doesn't like it very much, so he just called me Chen Fei. I don't know. Brother, you are looking for me, what is the matter? Are you here to catch up with me?"

Gu Cheng shook his head and said: "If you want to reminisce about the old days, you have to go back to Zhuhai to reminisce about the past. Why did you come here? You also know that I went to Zhongjing, right? I want to talk to you about cooperation!"

I hummed and said, "I haven't congratulated you yet, you have become the sales director of Zhongjing."

Gu Cheng looked at me playfully and said, "Is this worthy of congratulations? If you want to do it, you can do it a long time ago. Do you really look down on this position?"

I smiled and said: "No, no, it's not easy to be a sales director in Zhongjing. If you dare to challenge such a position, it is to prove your courage and to affirm your ability."

Gu Cheng picked up his cup, took a sip, then frowned and said, "I don't know what's so good about this thing. It's bitter, astringent, and expensive. Do you like coffee?"

I shook my head and said, "I can't say I like it. I drink it occasionally in the morning to refresh myself. I usually don't drink it at night, and I can't sleep after drinking it."

Gu Cheng smiled and said: "It's the same as me. Although I don't like it, I have to try it if I need it for work, don't you think so?"

I hummed and said, "If you don't like it, don't force it!"

Gu Cheng looked at me and asked, "What do you mean?"

I smiled and replied, "Coffee, what else do you think?"

Gu Cheng also smiled and said, "I thought it was coffee too. Let's get down to business and want to talk to you about cooperation."

I looked at him, waiting for his next words.

The beauty took out a document from her briefcase and handed it to me.

I took it and asked Gu Cheng: "You always bring beautiful women with you when you go out, carry your bags for you, and stand beside you to serve you? I'm not used to it."

Gu Cheng replied: "This is her duty. If she is not allowed to do this, she will be sorry for her salary. This is her job blame, everyone has their own job blame, we are here Drinking coffee, the waiter over there is sweeping the floor and cleaning the table, doesn't it seem unfair? But they charge us money, she can choose not to do it, but she has to do it after receiving that money Correspondingly, my assistant is the same."

I groaned and said, "Just asking casually, it's just that everyone treats people differently."

After speaking, open the file and look at the contents inside.

The document proposes many cooperation intentions, both domestic and foreign.

Most of the intentions, Dongfang Miracle has told me before, but I am more interested in foreign cooperation, so I asked: "Brother, your Zhongjing products are not doing very well in China, why are you still thinking about it?" How about going abroad? Do you want to do a good job in the domestic market first, and then think about things outside?"

Gu Cheng said confidently: "We have to do it with both hands. If we wait until the domestic market stabilizes before doing foreign business, the market will probably be taken up by you."

I was a little puzzled and said: "Since you are afraid that we will occupy the foreign market, are we not afraid that you will seize our market? Why should we cooperate with you?"

Gu Cheng said unhurriedly: "We have our advantages. Although Zhongjing is still in its infancy in the home appliance industry, it still has great advantages in building materials and large-scale projects. Although your retail sales are very good, many of you But there are few customers. You don’t do many large-scale infrastructure projects, and you don’t have enough experience. Especially for some foreign projects, we have resources in this area, but we lack the corresponding technical support. That’s why we want to cooperate with you. Are you satisfied with this explanation?"

I nodded and said, "It's very pertinent and practical. I will seriously consider it, and then I will report it to President Dong and put forward my personal point of view."

Gu Cheng's goal seemed to be achieved, and he said with a smile: "Your President Dong was also elected this time, just like our President Hu, we are also destined!"

I nodded and said, "That's right, but you don't know the grievances between Zhongjing and Wanzhong, right? Is it appropriate for you to come to me as soon as you take office? Don't be afraid of being gossiped, Zhongjing and Wanzhong were at war before!"

Gu Cheng said sincerely: "There is no eternal enemy in the market, and colleagues are not necessarily enemies. I don't agree with what they did before. The market is so big, we just do it together. I don't like it, Vicious competition, no thought, no time. I can tell you the truth, I am different from Dongfang and Shen Yang, we do things differently, I just take care of myself and do my own thing well."

I half-believed and said: "Someone told me this before, no matter what, if you really cooperate with me sincerely, of course I welcome it most, even if it is hypocritical, I think it is good intentions Yes, as long as you don’t engage in those meaningless and indiscriminate tricks, it’s not necessarily a good thing for you if all the people collapse. It’s far better for a hundred flowers to bloom than to stand alone. The quality of Wanzhong and Zhongjing has improved. Be a When the role model is set and the industry standard is raised, those other small fish and shrimps, black-hearted enterprises that pretend to be fakes, will automatically disappear."

Gu Cheng gave a thumbs up and said, "Heroes see the same thing, I think the same way, so the first thing I do when I take office is to seek your cooperation!"

I pursed my lips and said, "If you really think so, I suggest you quickly shut down such miscellaneous brands as Lotte! Shame on you Zhongjing!"

Gu Cheng said helplessly: "I have this idea, but Lotte is still making money, and the market prospect is not bad, just a little improvement in quality is enough. strangle it!"

I smiled and said: "It looks like this in the short term, but have you ever thought that Lotte's brand will directly or indirectly affect Zhongjing? Once consumers associate Lotte with Zhongjing, you Zhongjing will want to establish it again." , it will be difficult, but these have nothing to do with me, I am also a kind reminder!"

Gu Cheng hummed and said: "Thank you, I will think about it. In addition, I don't think you need to inquire about our Zhongjing's movements. I can tell you here about the changes in our Zhongjing's management. Mr. Hu As the chairman of Zhongjing Group, I will be the general manager of Zhongjing Group, and Dongfang Miracle will be the chairman of Zhongjing Holdings. Both Mr. Zhu and Mr. Wang have been transferred from Zhongjing. The specific destination is their personal choice. As for Shen Yang and the others, it is the following Arranged. That is to say, the group of people from your Wanzhong Group were basically eliminated by us, so you don't have to care about it, we will be the same as before."

I asked curiously, "How is your oldest one doing now?"

Gu Cheng looked at me and said, "The biggest one is Mr. Hu!"

I shook my head and said, "I mean the original one, from the Ministry of Industry."

Gu Cheng sighed and said: "I can't grasp his whereabouts. I just heard that he was isolated and investigated. I don't know exactly what happened."

I hummed and said, "Thank you for your frankness!"

Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Is there anything else you want to know?"

I shook my head and said, "I'm actually not very interested in you, Zhongjing. It's just that some time ago, you made us restless, and you did so many things at the expense of others. I have to guard against it! I guess it's now, You still have many traitors among us, right?"

Gu Cheng said with a little embarrassment: "This is the mess they did before, and I also despise it. As for whether there are any traitors now, I really don't know, and no one told me, and no one contacted me. If I know, I will tell you as soon as possible. If I can dispatch them, I will transfer them back as soon as possible."

I smiled and said, "That's unnecessary, no matter what, thank you very much, so let's do it!"

Gu Cheng stood up and said, "Okay, I hope we can sit down and drink together next time. I have a good relationship with Lao Feng, and Lin Jiasheng, we both belong to the same chamber of commerce. I know the relationship between you and them all good."

I nodded.

Back upstairs, a group of people were singing karaoke around the TV. The 100-inch large TV and computer karaoke station had excellent sound effects.Most importantly, there are ratings.

I suggested on a whim: "How about we do this? Today there will be a karaoke contest for thousands of people. I will offer 1000 yuan, and whoever comes first will take it!"

Bao'er said confidently: "Then let's increase the amount. If everyone has confidence in their singing voice, they will increase the amount. Let's see who will take the money in the end?"

This proposal was immediately approved by everyone, and they all paid for it. Suddenly, what was supposed to be an entertainment program turned into a formal competition.

I play cards, and the principle of playing mahjong is to gamble for fun, but you must have a good start, otherwise it will be boring. They all say that I have the potential of a gambler.

(End of this chapter)