The years of red flags

Chapter 1535 Drawing a pie

"I see you're sitting idle at home all day and feeling stressed, so I'm asking you to go out for a walk so you don't have to worry about the hooves of the big animals."

"Watching hoof trimming has little to do with pressure. It's mainly about liking the smooth feeling." Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "It's like drinking a bottle of iced soda in the dog days of summer."

"Don't be so happy, go to sleep."

Zhong Yuemin reluctantly turned off his laptop: "Anyway, when I come back from my business trip, I will go to the surrounding villages to learn how to repair donkey hooves. It's really interesting."

"I think you are just an ass."

The next day, he finally got up early and downloaded a lot of similar videos to watch on the plane. In his words, the journey is long and there must be something to relieve boredom. Nothing can make people feel more relaxed than eating Odebiao bananas. If there is, it is trimming donkey hooves and washing carpets.

These things are commonplace in China. After a week of traveling, Zhong Yuemin and his team established a deep friendship with the manufacturers, mainly because they knew how to drink the right amount of wine.

The manufacturers of these things are also worried now because the market competition is too fierce. Zhong Yuemin's arrival is no less than a timely rain after a long drought. Because of this, the manufacturers treated him warmly. Not only was the hospitality good, but the contract was also in place.

The price is better for large quantities. The more you buy, the more you get. Even the shipping cost to the port is included.

"The prices of these things are too cheap now. These are seamless steel pipes. They are sold at bargain prices. Our industry is now developed."

A buyer smiled and said, "Boss, you don't understand. The technical content of this thing is actually not that high. There is a factory in my hometown that can produce seamless steel pipes. Later, because the price was really not competitive, it had to close down and go bankrupt."

Zhong Yuemin shook his head: "It's not that I don't understand, it's that you don't understand. Our country produced seamless steel pipes for the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China. That was on the news. I was just born at that time. It should have been mentioned in history books, but you have forgotten it."

"Your living conditions are so good now, and the country is developed. You don't know how difficult it was for us when we were backward. In the 1950s and 1960s, heavy industrial enterprises such as steel mills were definitely the most popular choice for employment. Not just anyone could get in. It affected the national strategy."

Several young buyers didn't take it seriously. Zhong Yuemin shook his head and said, "You don't feel anything at all. Let me tell you this. For seamless steel pipes and fertilizers, there are only a few countries in the world that can produce them independently. What we think are commonplace is an insurmountable chasm for others."

"This is the benefit of a strong country." The buyer said with a smile: "Otherwise we wouldn't do business with them. It is because they don't have it that we can reach a cooperation."

"That's true."

The buyer smiled and said, "Boss, I heard that the customer this time is an oil tycoon from the Middle East. Why would an oil tycoon want these things?"

"What's wrong with being an oil tycoon? Oil tycoons also have two eyes and a mouth." Zhong Yuemin smiled strangely: "If you have a mouth, you need to eat. The land over there is barren. Isn't it normal to buy more fertilizers and water pipelines?"

"What about sugar?"

"People there like to eat sweets. Haven't you heard those poems in the Middle East? They say they are as sweet as honey and as smooth as milk." Zhong Yuemin said with a smile, "It is a common trait among all human beings to like sweets. Few people would eat bitter melon occasionally to adjust the taste and relieve internal heat."

The buyer shook his head: "I always feel that this order has a sinister aura, it doesn't seem like a normal order." Zhong Yuemin thought about it and nodded: "Then you should notify all the major manufacturers to ship the goods one by one, not all at once, so that people won't notice anything when they get to the Middle East."

The buyer asked in confusion: "What's the clue?"

"Young man, you have too many questions. Sometimes the more you know, the more dangerous it is." Zhong Yuemin smiled and said, "CEO Gao is now preparing to select a few people to go to Africa to research the market. I see that you have so many questions, why don't you go."

"No way, boss. I just asked a few questions and you sent me away."

Zhong Yuemin shook his head. "How can it be called exile? We are planning to make use of you. The company's next development goal is in Africa. We want to send someone to research the market. Although it is a bit difficult, we definitely don't need your subsidies. If you have any results, you can be the general manager of the African branch if you are willing."

"Go to Africa to look for a job as general manager. Although I dream of getting a promotion and a raise, isn't Africa too far away?"

Zhong Yuemin imitated the way he had talked to fool him and began to fool the young employee: "Young man, this is how life is. It is bitter before it is sweet. Only those who endure the most bitter things can become successful. If you don't want to endure any bitterness at all, how can you succeed?"

"Boss, before I joined our company, I worked in an insurance company."

Zhong Yuemin shrugged his shoulders: "So what?"

"When our sales manager was trying to trick us into selling insurance, you were the one who made such a fuss." The buyer shook his head and said, "I resigned because I couldn't stand his face. Now, no one is fooling me at my current company. It took me a long time to get used to it. Now, you are painting a rosy picture for me again. I'm here to earn a salary. If I can be fed with such a rosy picture, then this company is doing a great job."

"Young man." Zhong Yuemin shook his head: "I'm serious. We do need to send a few people to Africa to conduct research. I'm giving you a chance."

“What’s there to research about impoverished Africa?”

Zhong Yuemin sighed: "You young man, you look at the problem too one-sidedly. Just because he is poor, he says he has nothing. There is such a huge market waiting for you to explore."

"Then I don't want to go either."

"Your vision is too narrow. Why don't you go and do research for a few months?" Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "I'll give you half a year's salary as a bonus, and you can take a month's paid vacation when you come back."

The buyer thought about it seriously and said, "If that's what you mean, then we can still talk. If you just want me to go to Africa with big promises, then I'd rather resign."

"I say you are worried about nothing." Zhong Yuemin said disdainfully: "You also said that our company never makes big promises to anyone. Are you afraid that we are using you for nothing?"

"It's hard to say. My college classmates are now divided into different industries. According to the discussions in our QQ group, it has become a trend to make big promises."

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