Portable Museum

"Mr. Smith, let me introduce you. This is Mayor Zhou of the city government. Mayor Zhou is directly responsible for Mr. Smith's business inspection.

This is..." Zhang Junping was responsible for introduction and translation.

Zhang Junping is fluent in German and can interpret simultaneously.

All the leaders attending the reception couldn't help but look sideways.

I thought it was just a lucky kid, but I didn't expect him to be really capable.

But this fluent German will definitely be reused if he goes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an interpreter.

The reception, which is boring, is basically official formulas.

Big leaders don't negotiate directly.

The next step is to inspect first, go to the BJ Automobile Factory, then go to the Forbidden City and climb the Great Wall.

After all of this is over, investment negotiations will start. At the beginning, only small players will appear on the stage. When the small players are almost done talking, the big bosses from both sides will appear.

The boss came on stage, basically signing, shaking hands, and taking pictures.

On the first day, there was nothing to do, just meet up, have a welcome party, and then hold a dinner.

The dinner was arranged at BJ Restaurant, and the food was Tan's family food.

The reason why Tan's cuisine is famous is that whenever there are foreign affairs activities and entertainments, they will basically come to Tan's cuisine to eat.

The next day I went to BJ Automobile Factory for inspection, and Zhang Junping still followed as an accompanying interpreter.

"Smith, the industrial level here is really too backward, even more backward than our level during World War II." A bald Prussian middle-aged man approached Smith and whispered.

"This... Well, Mr. Bacchus, although our industrial level is indeed very backward, I don't agree with what you said.

The World War II-style industrial level of the Volkswagen Group is indeed very high. The classic VW82 jeep it produces is highly valued by the military and performed very well in World War II.

However, compared with the BJ212 produced by our car factory, there is a big gap in terms of car performance, comfort, or aesthetic appearance.

The two are not products of the same era at all. Zhang Junping couldn't help but retorted.

Damn, if you have any comments, you can discuss it behind closed doors, your voice is not too loud, just for me to hear, what do you mean?
Who will make it look ugly?
After teasing Bacchus, Zhang Junping smiled and said to Smith: "Mr. Smith, the industrial level of our country, especially the level of the automobile manufacturing industry, is indeed lagging behind your country and your company.

But isn't this an opportunity for your company?
When I was visiting Europe, I heard such a story.

Two salesmen who sold shoes came to an island.

The first salesman saw that people on the island did not wear shoes.

So I felt that there was no business to do here, and left disappointed.

Seeing that no one on the island wears shoes, the second salesman shouted excitedly, the opportunity to make a fortune has come.

The second clerk took some time to teach the people on the island to wear shoes.

As a result, the shoes of the second clerk were sold out and eventually became a great businessman. "

Zhang Junping's words were translated by other translators to the leader of the same industry.

At the beginning, Zhang Junping reprimanded Bacchus, which made some leaders in the same industry frown, secretly thinking that the young man was ignorant and talked nonsense.

This is a serious violation of discipline and must be dealt with seriously.

But after Zhang Junping's words to Smith were also translated, all the leaders showed satisfied smiles on their faces.

This is very well said, very accurate.

If I am better than you, what do I need you for?
"I also ask Mr. Zhang not to take what Bacchus said to heart.

I personally agree with Mr. Zhang's point of view, which is also the starting point of our cooperation.

Sincerely hope that we can reach cooperation in the future! For the first time, Smith made clear his willingness to cooperate.

Although, everyone knows that Smith can come to China because of the sincerity of cooperation.

Otherwise, an executive from a multinational corporation traveled thousands of miles to bring a group of people on vacation?
But if you know it, you know it, and now it's reassuring to hear it with your own ears.

The group continued to visit the BJ Automobile Factory.

After a group of people came to the assembly workshop, the director of BJ Automobile Factory proudly introduced to Smith and others: "This is the first car independently developed and produced in my country, the Jinggangshan brand car."

To be honest, Jinggangshan cars are really good looking. Even if they are put into later generations, their looks can still compete with cars in the 21st century.

Jinggangshan brand cars are truly handmade, and almost all the parts inside are handcrafted bit by bit by lathe workers.

Zhang Junping wondered in his heart, should he buy a Jinggangshan car or drive a BJ212?

This thing is also a collection in the museum space.

However, this is not in a hurry, let’s settle the Volkswagen joint venture first.

After visiting the BJ Automobile Factory, the next two days are to visit the Forbidden City, visit the Temple of Heaven, and climb the Great Wall.

Only then did formal negotiations begin.

Zhang Junping participated in the whole process of making soy sauce.

However, his words became the protagonist in the negotiation.

Every time the Volkswagen Group mentions the poor industrial foundation and uses it to lower the price, the negotiating team will directly go back. It is because our industry is backward that you have a chance. Otherwise, what do you want?

Negotiations have been going on for a week, always deadlocked.

In fact, Zhang Junping knew that it was because Smith, who could call the shots, had not yet made up his mind whether to form a joint venture with China or invest in India.

After another day of negotiations, the city government held a Western-style dinner and invited many foreign devils in China to participate, so that everyone could relax.

Zhang Junping held a wine glass and clinked it with Smith, "I heard that the latest military off-road vehicle developed by Mercedes-Benz is very beautiful and has won military orders from several countries."

Smith's face turned ugly for a moment.

What kind of pot is not open for Zhang Junping to mention.

But Zhang Junping didn't care about Smith's face when he changed his name, and continued: "Speaking of which, the Toyota car in the book is better, fuel-efficient, and the manufacturing cost is still low."

Smith has the urge to turn around and leave. You and I are negotiating a joint venture. You first boast that Mercedes-Benz has won a big order, and then you praise Benzi’s car. Is this polite?
"Actually, Bald Eagle's Chevrolet is also very good. It's solid! The manufacturing cost doesn't seem to be very high, but it's still not as good as the Toyota in this book.

It is said that Bald Eagles and Toyota cars in Europe are very troublesome now. The low price and superior performance have seized a lot of market share. "Zhang Junping didn't look at Smith's face at all, and said as usual.

"Mr. Zhang!" Smith couldn't bear to interrupt Zhang Junping by opening his mouth, wanting to remind him that it was impolite to do so.

"Oh! By the way, Mr. Smith, has the problem of burning oil in the engines of our Volkswagen Group cars been resolved?" Zhang Junping smiled and asked another question as if he didn't hear Smith's words.

Smith's anger was extinguished in an instant.

As a director and executive of the Volkswagen Group, he is naturally aware of Volkswagen's performance and existing problems.

What shocked Smith was not this, but what Zhang Junping said inside and outside the words.

Don't take yourself too seriously, this world can leave anyone alone.

If you are not willing to cooperate, some people cooperate, such as Toyota from Benzi, Chevrolet from Bald Eagle, and old competitor Mercedes-Benz.

There are still many competitors in this world.

On the second day, the negotiation went smoothly, and some small things that were stuck at first were no longer a problem.

A week later, BJ Automobile Factory and Volkswagen successfully reached a consensus and initially signed a letter of intent for cooperation.

The letter of intent does not mean that the final contract is reached, but that both parties have reached a cooperation in good faith.

After Smith's team goes back, they have to report to the board of directors, and will not sign a formal contract until the board of directors makes a final decision.

After seeing off Smith's inspection team, Zhang Junping was relieved.

Alas, the task is finally completed.

These days, I don't know how the art company is doing.

After Zhang Junping returned to the city hall with the car that saw him off, he held another summary meeting.

At the meeting, Zhang Junping was called out and praised severely.

Zhang Junping listened with a smile.

I secretly slandered in my heart, is there any use for birds?

At most, a city-level advanced individual cannot be promoted.

His age is over.

He also didn't want to leave the art company.

After the meeting, the city government organized another celebration banquet.

The main leaders of the municipal government and the municipal party committee also participated and toasted everyone.

After dinner, Zhang Junping returned to the art company.

Today, the art company has moved to the Royal Granary at No. 22 Dongsishitiao.

The Royal Granary at No. 22 Dongsishitiao, also known as Nanxin Cang, or Dongmen Cang, had a total of 76 buildings in its heyday.

The granary was called a granary in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There were five rooms in one, each about 24 meters long, 17 meters deep, and 7 meters high.

That is to say, the area of ​​each block is more than [-] square meters, which is one of the reasons why Zhang Junping chose this place.

With the decline of the Qing Dynasty, most of the Nanxin warehouses were demolished due to various reasons.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were still [-] warehouses left. Later, due to the construction of the country, some of the warehouses with serious damage were demolished.

There are only nine warehouses left, including the Longmen, the official hall, the supervisory duty station, the official duty station, the department room, the lobby, the changing room, the alarm bell tower, the tank warehouse, the Taicang hall, the well, the gate, and the warehouse temple. All the temples and land temples were also demolished.

The remaining nine warehouses were assigned to department stores as warehouses.

Although there are only nine warehouses left, the area is large enough.

This area of ​​warehouses plus the damaged warehouses and the ruins of warehouse management rooms covers an area of ​​more than 30,000 square meters.

The area of ​​more than 40 mu of land is enough to toss.

Thanks to department stores.

The department store is so awesome that it used a wall to enclose this more than 40 acres of land.

However, no matter how powerful the department store is, it will still be cheaper than the art company in the end.

In fact, the department store is still not good enough, and more than half of the Nanxincang site is occupied by the General Hospital of the Military Region.

In the compound of the General Hospital of the Military Region, until later generations, there is still a wall foundation of a warehouse.

After the department store surrounded the Nanxin warehouse, it built a large iron gate on Dongsishitiao Street to facilitate the entry and exit of cars.

Now there are three signs hanging on the wall next to the gate, BJ Art Company, BJ Painting Store Magazine, and Chinese Art Appreciation Magazine.

The gate was open, Zhang Junping was pushing the car, and was stopped when he was about to go in.

"Comrade, who are you looking for?" an old man looked at Zhang Junping and asked.

Looking at the old man at the door, Zhang Junping smiled.

Who is this? It's so weird that he even arranged a reception room.

"Hi sir, I am the manager of this company." Zhang Junping said with a smile.

"Are you the manager of the company?" The old man looked at Zhang Junping in disbelief.

That means you are young, who are you fooling?
He didn't have all his hair, yet he dared to call him a manager.

"Just give Lu Guozhong a call and you'll find out!" Zhang Junping saw the old man's distrust and said with a smile.

"Wait a minute!" The old man didn't drive Zhang Junping away directly.

Instead, go into the reception room and make the phone call.

After a while, the old man came out and said cautiously, "Manager, I... I didn't know you were the manager, please don't blame me."

"It's okay, can I go in now?"

"Yes, you can go in!" The old man said with a smile.

Zhang Junping nodded to the old man, and pushed his bicycle into Nanxin warehouse.

After walking a few steps, Lu Guozhong trotted up to meet him.

"Manager, you are back!"

"I'm back!" Zhang Junping pushed the bicycle into the bicycle shed and parked it.

Lu Guozhong has been following behind Zhang Junping.

"Come on, walk around with me, I haven't been to this Nanxincang yet." Zhang Junping said to Lu Guozhong with a smile.

Zhang Junping walked around the nine warehouses without saying a word the whole time.

Lu Guozhong was a little apprehensive, not knowing what Zhang Junping meant.

When I came back, I didn't go into the office, but just walked around in the yard.

Zhang Junping was thinking about how to make better use of Nanxincang.

During Zhang Junping's absence, the art company was basically at a standstill.

Every day, it is to provide training for newly recruited employees.

Ask the teachers from the School of Foreign Languages ​​to come and teach them English.

Ask teachers from the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy of the Central Academy of Fine Arts to tell them the history of calligraphy and painting.

In addition, the acquisition of calligraphy and painting has not stopped, and the location is still at BJ's painting shop.

No other progress has been made.

"Old Lu, ask someone to clean up those bricks and tiles in the yard tomorrow.

Find a quiet place and put them neatly.

Also, the foundations of the old building were all demolished. Zhang Junping didn't speak until he returned to the bicycle shed.

"Okay manager, I'll contact you right away." Lu Guozhong quickly nodded and agreed.

Just now, when Zhang Junping was thinking about the problem, the momentum on his body unconsciously released, making Lu Guozhong unable to breathe.

"Let's go back to the office and meet with everyone.

Invite you to dinner tonight! "Zhang Junping laughed.

"Manager, the office is here!" Lu Guozhong hurriedly led the way.

"After I asked the secretary for instructions, the warehouse in this row was transformed into an office.

Your office is next to the secretary's office.

Considering that you and the secretary still have to create and receive guests, you and the secretary occupy a warehouse.

The secretary occupies two rooms, and you occupy three rooms.

In another warehouse, five offices were separated. "Lu Guozhong quickly introduced the layout of the office.

"Old Lu, I occupy three rooms, and my master occupies two rooms? Are you scolding me?" Zhang Junping stopped and asked.

"Manager, this was personally arranged by the secretary, saying that you are the core of the art company.

Your office represents the face of the company, so it must be decorated with style.

Therefore, I have arranged three rooms for you according to the secretary's instructions. "Lu Guozhong quickly explained.

Hearing that it was arranged by Wu Xinping, Zhang Junping didn't say anything else.

It's useless to talk to Lu Guozhong about this matter.

"I'm going to say hello to my master. Please inform all the department leaders that a meeting will be held in my office in half an hour." After Zhang Junping explained, he walked into Wu Xinping's office.

Wu Xinping is standing in front of the painting case and creating.

Seeing Zhang Junping coming in, he put down the brush, took a towel and wiped his hands and smiled at Zhang Junping, "Are you done?"

"I'm done! I just sent the people from Prussia away this morning." Zhang Junping said with a smile.

"This warehouse is very good. Not to mention warm in winter and cool in summer, the roof is also high, so I don't feel stuffy at all when I stay in the house." Wu Xinping walked to the reception area with a smile and sat down.

"Master, there is no one like you. I haven't come back for a few days, so you put me on the fire." Zhang Junping didn't let him go, he could only sit down on the opposite side of Wu Xinping, and began to complain.

"Why did I put you on the fire?" Wu Xinping asked with a smile.

"A warehouse has five rooms, you give me three rooms, and you occupy two rooms.

You took care of your apprentice, I know that you are a gentleman.

Those who don't know, don't scold me for not knowing how to respect teachers. Zhang Junping complained with a smile.

"You are the manager, you are in charge of the art company, and you are asked to report on work, negotiate business and so on, how can you do it without a bigger place?

Three rooms are just right, one office plus reception area, one studio, and one small meeting room.

Take a look for yourself later, if there is something you are not satisfied with, you can adjust it yourself. "Wu Xinping said with a smile.

"Okay! Let's do this for now!
I'm going to ask the heir of Shi Shilei to come over and have a look.

Reorganize the yard. In addition, there is an open space on the north side, about three or four acres of land. It seems to be an abandoned yard outside the courtyard wall.

I plan to take the abandoned yard and add these several acres of land to build a modern office building and a modern warehouse with more than five floors.

These warehouses are all used as art exhibition halls. "Zhang Junping expressed his thoughts.

"Build modern office buildings and warehouses?

The company has not yet started to make a profit, so it is not appropriate to build a building now, right? "Wu Xinping reminded.

"Master, it doesn't mean that it will be built immediately.

This is a plan, but the place has to come first.

The country's reform and opening up, whether it is enterprise production or urban construction, is accelerating.

If I don't rush over to the yard I just fell in love with, it might be snatched away by someone else. Zhang Junping explained with a smile.

"Yeah! It's okay to come here first. But you have to take charge of this matter. Your master and my old face are not as effective as your old father-in-law." Wu Xinping joked.

"It's fine if I go, I've done meritorious service to the country.

If you want a broken yard, the city should agree. "Zhang Junping laughed.