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Chapter 1304 Canton Fair

The full name of the Canton Fair is China Import and Export Fair. It is held in spring and autumn with different focuses. Because it is held in Guangzhou and the name also has a good meaning, it is abbreviated to Canton Fair.

Many countries came to participate in the exhibition, and the scale was huge. Especially after the Sino-US and Sino-Japanese relations were reconciled, many countries such as Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea came to participate in the exhibition, as well as many other Asian and African countries.

At this time of year, Guangzhou would be quite lively, with foreigners running around everywhere on the streets.

The accommodation for foreign guests is of course good. The Oriental Hotel, Guangzhou Hotel, Overseas Chinese Hotel, Aiqun Building, etc., accommodate foreign guests and overseas Chinese businessmen from Europe, America, Japan, South Korea and other countries.

Since they are the ones paying the bills, they should be taken care of. And the consumption of foreign guests is indeed high, and the cost of accommodation alone is not a small amount.

Relatively speaking, the treatment of domestic companies participating in the exhibition is not so good. Especially this year's foreign trade reform, multiple departments have been combined into the Ministry of Economics and Trade, and the power of foreign trade has been decentralized to the provinces. It is no longer a planned system as before, and each province arranges its own participation in the exhibition.

There are more people in the country, so the accommodation conditions are much worse, or at least it’s good to have a place to sleep.

At the same time, as the forefront of opening up, the staff here have become proud and look down on the country people. It is not a good feeling to be looked down upon. But fortunately, they have become pragmatic here and can solve many problems with money...

Of course, these are for unknown small enterprises. Since the first time Jinling Group participated in the Canton Fair in 1979, it has enjoyed the good treatment of domestic exhibitors. The rooms are spacious and the location of the booth in the venue is not bad.

Because at that time, Jinling became a leader in domestic textile machinery with its water-jet looms, and together with jeans, denim jackets, and sneakers, it earned tens of millions of foreign exchange that year.

When we came to participate in the exhibition again in 1980, Jinling had reached the highest standard.

When Wang Yan and his party came, they stayed at the Oriental Hotel, which was for European and American guests, and all the people coming in and out were foreigners.

"… Overall, our treatment is still good."

Old Li, who was scolded by Wang Yan, introduced the situation. He led the team at the first Canton Fair, and he was responsible for all foreign trade affairs from then on. He has been working diligently in the past few years. There are some minor omissions in his work, but no major mistakes. He is also strict with himself and actively studies his thoughts.

"You've worked hard these past few years, Lao Li."

"It's all for the people of Jinling. It's all what we should do. As long as there are no mistakes or omissions, I'll be satisfied. In fact, to be honest, we Jinling people haven't suffered too much when we are away from home. We make good things, and we get enough subsidies when we are away from home. It's just that traveling back and forth is a bit tiring."

"I understand. I'm not saying that you are responsible for the foreign trade business, which is a heavy workload and stressful."

Seeing that Lao Li looked a little uneasy, Wang Yan shook his head with a smile and patted his shoulder. "I don't mean to kick you. You do a good job and you still have several years before retirement. You are also an old comrade who has been with us all the way. You do a good job, why should I be hard on you? Don't think too much. I just want to thank you for the work you have done for our factory and our people."

"It scared me, I thought I had made some mistake."

"Old Li, you are being mean. When have I ever bullied someone but in an aboveboard way? You are an old comrade. It's not easy for you to get to where you are today. Look at those people back then. How many of them are still around now?"

"Don't tell me, I went to the construction site last time and it's not easy. Wang Yan, why don't you let them go? Let them go to jail. They are not young anymore, how can they do anything?"

"Old Li, you're thinking wrong." Wang Yan shook his head. "These old shameless guys, they use tricks to play with women and girls, and they don't say they're old when they manipulate power to make money? Now they're old for working? That's not true. If they die of exhaustion, they deserve to die. If they don't die of exhaustion, they're lucky. In my opinion, they should be shot. It's a bargain for them to let them work now.

Come on, Lao Li, stop talking about these useless things. You've been here several times, let's find a nice place, have a meal and a drink, we've all been tired from the journey, just relax."

"The restaurant in this hotel is good. They are all well-trained chefs and serve all kinds of cuisine. I'm not kidding. There are many chefs who are better than our Jinling chefs. Many of them prepare state banquets. We can also benefit from their good fortune."

"What do you mean by taking advantage of others? It's as if we didn't spend any money."

So after the group settled down, they had a meal in the restaurant of the Oriental Hotel. The food was indeed delicious.

The annual Canton Fair is a big event. On the one hand, it earns foreign exchange, and on the other hand, it is also a window for communication with foreign countries. At this time, the diplomatic, commercial, economic and trade departments all focus their attention on this. During the exhibition, there are also many senior leaders watching here. It is so important that resources must be mobilized to support it.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, all of which had to be taken care of. So we brought in skilled cooks from all over the country, translators from foreign language colleges from all over the country, taxis from all over the country, and reliable drivers who knew how to drive.

Of course, the price is not cheap and the consumption is still very high.

But of course the Jinling Group doesn’t care about these things. Everyone is very happy as they eat and drink well.

No one came to Wang Yan to show off. The foreigners looked down on others, but they didn't say it. The people looked down on their own people, but they didn't say it. There was no need to distinguish the contempt in the eyes of some people...

"Wang Sang!"

Just as everyone in the Jinling Foreign Trade Group was eating and drinking together, an obvious Japanese voice was heard. When everyone looked over, they saw a Japanese man bowing.

"Hello." Wang Yan nodded, but did not stand up. He looked reminiscing, "You are the one from Toyota..."

"Hayi, Wang Sang has a great memory. I am the representative of Toyota Machinery, Yamada Keiji. I didn't expect that you would come to the Canton Fair in person this time. It's an honor to meet you again."

"Are you still a representative? Mr. Yamada, it's been four years. It's time for a promotion." Wang Yan didn't wait for his humility and immediately said, "I heard that your loom has made another breakthrough?"

"It's just some small breakthroughs, adding some automated programs, and there is still a long way to go. On the other hand, Jinling Machinery has newly launched an air-jet loom, which also has an automated control unit. Jinling Machinery will definitely make more money at this year's Canton Fair."

"Thanks to your good words, I won't keep you for dinner."

"Okay, Wang Sang, I'll take my leave now."

The Japanese soldier bowed again and turned away.

"Director, what do you think this little devil means?"

"Do I need to tell you, Director? You can tell they are going to do something bad. In recent years, our textile machinery has been comparable to theirs. We even have certain advantages in some parameters, and the price is lower. We have also launched air-jet looms and added automation. They will definitely be restless."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "That makes sense, there is nothing to be afraid of. There are only two options. Either they lower the price and start a price war with us, or they send spies or bribe our related personnel to steal our secrets. But it is more likely that they will do both at the same time. Everyone should be careful."

"I never thought that one day we in Jinling would be exposed to spy warfare." Old Li sighed.

"We are becoming more and more open, and competition will intensify in the future. This is normal." Wang Yan ate and drank a lot. "There is no such thing as a thief who steals all day long. But all kinds of thieves are omnipresent, and we don't have any good solutions. We can only continuously strengthen security management, carry out ideological education, and minimize losses. As long as it does not affect the overall situation, a small loss is within the tolerable range. Just be more careful."

"Why don't we go back and ask our superiors for support, and ask the safety department to provide safety training for our factory." Lao Li made a feasible suggestion.

"Okay, it's time to put this on the agenda. We have a confidentiality system in our factory, but we've never taken it seriously. Now that the Japanese have shown their prowess, we must be on guard. It's never too much to take it seriously."

With Wang Yan's help, Jinling's development exceeded everyone's expectations. Not to mention the level of wealth, the technical accumulation is already very deep. Starting from the field of textile machinery, Jinling is now quite competitive in the world, and the order schedule is never less than one year. Even if the production scale is expanded and the output is increased, the customer orders are also more, and the delivery cycle is still extended to more than a year.

After participating in the Canton Fair for four consecutive times, the number of customers has increased, and many of them are referred by people from their own country and actively come to Jinling. Currently, Jinling's loom exports are steadily increasing.

With large-scale manufacturing and continuous research and development, Jinling's looms are rapidly iterating. The water jet looms four years ago and today's water jet looms even have different internal screw structures.

Just as the Japanese said, Jinling developed a jet loom with an automated program, and the water jet loom that it started with naturally also had its automation improved at the same time.

Of course, automation is not very reliable at this time and is in the initial development stage, but everyone knows that automation is the future. Therefore, all major textile machinery companies have invested resources in this project and carried out research and development. Recently, various small breakthroughs have been reported frequently.

Jinling's textile machinery has quickly overtaken other companies and is now on the same starting line as textile machinery companies around the world. Its technological content has been greatly improved.

As for other metallurgy, materials, chemical fibers, etc., Jinling has achieved results in all of them. Although it is not leading the world, it is definitely not behind. So in general, it is time for Jinling to pay attention to confidentiality.

But to be honest, it is still quite difficult to steal information in Jinling.

Not to mention Jinling, in this day and age, if a stranger is wandering around anywhere in the country, he will definitely be reported by the public within a few hours.

It is even more so in Jinling. There are a lot of police and militia patrolling the streets. People from other places need to have ID cards. If you are checked by the patrolling police and don't have ID cards, you will be politely taken away.

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As for internal problems, they still need to be dealt with by the factory's supervision and reporting system.

The bribery and infiltration of various forces at home and abroad must be rewarded. In Jinling, the wages are transparent. Any Jinling citizen who wants to know someone's salary can go directly to the Finance Department to check the details. The salary slips of the employees working in the factory are also together, and they know how much money they earn.

In this case, it is very suspicious if the consumption does not match. Besides, Jinling is not very big, with a population of more than 200,000, and basically everyone can get along with each other, so everyone knows each other.

In addition, in the process of stealing secrets, they must have a guilty conscience. Most people in the factory still have a strong sense of justice. If they find something wrong, they will definitely not run away...

The Canton Fair was held in the newly built China Export Commodities Fair Complex. This was the third time the Canton Fair moved to a new location. The complex was located at No. 117 Liuhua Road. Construction began in October 1972 and was completed in April 10. The complex's sign was handwritten by Guo Moruo.

The exhibition hall covers an area of ​​9.8 square meters and has a construction area of ​​11.05 square meters. After several expansions, it will reach 17 square meters and will take many years to build.

Jinling Group's booth is located in a prominent position, covering a large area and displaying a large number of machines, including textile machinery, lathes, agricultural machinery, motorcycles, etc.

There are also some small display tables, on which are placed various materials produced in Jinling, including fibers, alloys, plastics, etc., as well as finished products cut by lathes, demonstrating precision.

In addition, the walls were decorated, and the not-so-thick history of Jinling Group was hung on them, with many photos, including the smiling faces of employees, production workshops, and focused research and development, showing the spirit of Jinling.

This was Wang Yan's suggestion, and Lao Li implemented it the first year he participated in the fair. Now, any large-scale enterprise at the Canton Fair has to adopt this set of measures, which can be said to be standard.

In addition, there are several walls with densely packed clothes and pairs of shoes placed on them, distinguishing many different functions, such as sports, off-road, hiking, and wading. There are also a lot of shelves with daily necessities, masks, gauze, tents, waterproof cloths, toilet paper, sanitary napkins, beverages, etc., like a hodgepodge, even gas cylinders were brought in.

Anyway, as long as it is produced in Jinling, it is all put on display, fully demonstrating Jinling's comprehensive and powerful production capacity. Everything can be made and nothing is lacking.

At the booth, Jinling's foreign trade personnel, product explainers, reception and service staff were all sitting, standing, or walking around the booth.

Others held a stack of flyers and handed them out one by one. Translators also kept greeting and explaining things to the foreigners who were strolling around.

Wang Yan was wearing Jinling's trousers and leather shoes, a long-sleeved shirt with his sleeves rolled up, and a Jinling perpetual calendar mechanical watch made in Shanghai on his wrist.

The watch is simple and clean. In addition to the calendar and the day of the week, there are only two words "Jinling". It is specially customized and sent to the leaders and employee representatives of Jinling, as well as other outstanding employees.

And it is limited, one batch is made every year, purely handmade, absolutely a Chinese craftsmanship, and the cost is very high. This year is the first year of the trial, and the employees have given good feedback, which cultivates a sense of honor.

Smoking a cigarette, drinking tea, and listening to all kinds of noise, Wang Yan looked at the foreigners in the field, looking for his target.

Find a goal that can achieve a breakthrough in Jinling's foreign trade.

Jinling's production capacity is getting higher day by day, especially for clothing, shoes, hats and daily chemicals. A bunch of shameless bastards in China are following suit and engaging in price wars. Although Jinling's products have always been the highest-end in the country, with good sales and more revenue, they cannot withstand the siege of low-price dumping.

Although the rich will definitely buy Jinling's products, the poor will buy other cheap products and no longer care about Jinling's products. This is the impact of the low-price war on Jinling. They are so stupid that they cannibalize the secondary consumer market that Jinling should have.

Of course, Jinling couldn't lower its prices, so Wang Yan made a series of detailed classifications of Jinling's products. The most important one was the clothing industry, which divided men's and women's products into sports, business, light luxury and leisure categories to carry out more targeted marketing and promotions.

Especially in the sports category, Jinling has already started sponsoring national sports teams, specializing in the development of various sportswear and even sports equipment. When the Olympics came, there was a big explosion, directly killing all domestic sportswear manufacturers...

Of course, that was two years later, but at the same time he had to consider the present, mainly the issue of brand communication and the general "Western" thinking of the people.

First, expand the brand overseas, and then vigorously market it in China, which will also greatly boost domestic sales.

As for other machinery, materials and the like, it doesn't matter. As a major heavy industry, I am awesome, and foreigners can buy it or not. Now Jinling Industry has the confidence. Their products are not the best, but they are definitely not bad. At the same time, they also have certain price advantages and are not afraid of competition.

That is, once the assembly line for clothes, shoes, hats, daily chemicals, etc. is opened, all the fast-moving consumer goods will be worth a lot of money, and Wang Yan needs to operate them personally.

This is the fundamental reason why Wang Yan came to the Canton Fair. He was waiting for a destined person.

He didn't wait for his destined person, but waited for a warlord from Africa.

Looking at the black comrade with dark complexion and white teeth, Wang Yan raised his eyebrows: "Mr. Galka, as far as I know, your country is at war. The equipment for purchasing seamless steel pipes is probably for the production of weapons. This is totally unnecessary. You should go to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs and directly tell them that you want to purchase weapons. They will give you an answer whether they can sell them or not.

Moreover, if you want to produce seamless steel pipes, it is a whole industrial chain, starting from metallurgy. I think given the situation in your country, you will not have time to start production in a stable manner. It is better to buy weapons directly. "

"Oh no, Wang, you misunderstood. I just came here to see and learn, not to purchase. I don't have the power to decide this matter. Besides, weapons procurement is a big deal, and your country has many concerns about our export of weapons."

"clear."

Wang Yan nodded, then pondered for a moment, his eyes fell on the round gas tank on the shelf.

Oops, why is it getting cuter the more I look at it...

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