The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 467 Li Aiguo’s family, the wild Dream of Red Mansions, and the thieves at the Canton Fair
God is good.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the drizzle finally stopped.

With a big wave of hands, the Canton Fair officially began, and the scene suddenly became lively.

The band played music, firecrackers fired, and the comrades of the Yangcheng Cultural Troupe performed a wonderful show.

The group of foreign guests watched the exotic program and were full of praise.

Li Aiguo was not in the mood to enjoy the show. He stood on the steps and scanned the crowd.

Simultaneously.

There were hundreds of people in gray Mao suits in the crowd to cooperate with Li Aiguo's work.

Their vigilant eyes scanned the crowd, and if they found suspicious elements, they needed to be captured on the spot.

As for the several high-rise buildings opposite the exhibition hall, inspection personnel were also arranged, and there were seven or eight comrades holding telescopes beside them.

"Patriot, I guess there won't be any problems now. I'll keep an eye on it from here. You can go to the booth and help."

"That seems to be the case."

As for Driver Yang and his team members.

Liu Guozhang was a technician and was not good at selling goods. After a while, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

These people have never seen Douyin in later generations.

There is no shame in making money.

Li Aiguo said: "Jan Zhishka, what a beautiful name. I remember that he was the commander of the Bohemian army and the leader of the Hussite army who resisted the Crusade led by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. You must follow He is equally wise and powerful.”

Yang Jizong took a tour and saw that everything in the exhibition hall was normal. He felt that it took up too much of Li Aiguo's time.

After adjusting his collar and smoothing his hair, Li Aiguo strode over and squeezed into the crowd.

"." Jan Zhishka lowered his voice: "Comrade, you can't talk nonsense about this matter."

"My dear father, a scholar of history, admired Jan Zhishka's spirit of resistance very much, so he gave me this name."

At this time, there were many merchants gathered in front of the booth, and everyone was very interested in instant noodles.

Liu Guozhang quickly pulled him to a merchant.

The best-selling products turned out to be the birds and turtles as Yang Jizong expected.

"Look, the packaging is bright red, with a five-pointed star and a hammer and sickle printed on it, symbolizing the spirit of resistance."

He walked through the crowd and wandered back to the Ministry of Railways booth.

"Now I declare"

Jan Zhishka raised his head slightly and stroked his beard proudly.

Paying the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other hand, both parties feel more at ease.

And we still use poetry, distance, and cultural sentiments to sell our products.

Finally there was a mainlander who knew the origin of his name. Unlike those guys, this young comrade couldn't even pronounce his name well.

"the difference?"

Li Aiguo also felt that as a member of the Ministry of Railways delegation, it would be outrageous not to appear at the booth.

As if those monetary figures could taint his soul.

"If you buy Gangcheng instant noodles, won't gay people in China have any objections?"

Li Aiguo walked over, first shook hands with the tall-nosed Jie Ke man, and said enthusiastically: "Comrade, you really have a good eye. These instant noodles are the most popular high-end food in the world. Once they are shipped back to China, they will definitely sell well." "

"That can't be the same." Jan Zhishka was so frightened that he spoke in the old capital.

"Teacher, I'm coming."

"The spirit of resistance, yes, the spirit of resistance." Li Aiguo rolled his eyes, picked up the instant bread, pointed at it and said: "There is a fundamental difference between the instant noodles in our mainland and the instant noodles of Hex Technology Company in Hong Kong City."

The customer's big green eyes were rolling around, "The price of instant noodles in Hong Kong City is 3 Hong Kong dollars, but the price here is 0.2 pounds, which is almost the same as the price in Hong Kong City.

When the merchants saw the goods they liked, they started to haggle over the price.

More than 13 guests from countries and trade groups entered the exhibition hall accompanied by staff.

"Patriot, this is Jieke's customer. He wants to buy instant noodles, but he just wants them cheaper."

The Canton Fair adopts a spot transaction method, which is similar to going to the wet market to buy vegetables.

They were excellent workers in the workshop. Faced with the bargaining from customers, they all lowered their heads shyly, just like the older girls who followed the wedding.

After a passionate and generous voice, the opening ceremony ended and the Canton Fair officially began.

In just five minutes, merchants from Eastern Europe bought more than 200 canaries and more than 300 money turtles.

I am Jan Zhishka from the Czech Import and Export Bureau, responsible for the supply of domestic goods. "

"Dear comrade, the goods are very good. The key is the price. Do you know the price?"

"Instant noodles are made by worker brothers. Can they be the same as the rotten food produced in capitalist factories?"

Teachers who drive excavators have started selling goods.

These days, because Yuejie is an industrial base in the camp, life is a little better than in China, but ordinary people can't afford instant noodles that cost as much as 0.2 pounds.

As for the purpose of this batch of instant noodles, Li Aiguo, who is familiar with history, naturally knows it.

Li Aiguo gave a knowing look and handed the instant noodles to Jan Zhishka.

"Buying our instant noodles is equivalent to helping our brotherly countries and passing on the spirit of resistance. This instant noodles will cost you 0.3 pounds per pack. Is it expensive?"

"It doesn't seem expensive." Jan Zhishka suddenly scratched his head and asked: "Dear comrade, the price that this old comrade just negotiated was 0.2 pounds."

"What?"

Li Aiguo turned his head and looked at Liu Guozhang: "What's wrong with you, old comrade? How could you get the price wrong!
The flour we use is carefully selected, the workers who make the bread are all little girls, and the cows used to produce the seasoning are real cows from the prairie.

Our costs are far higher than those in Hong Kong. If you sell them for HK$0.2, we won’t make any money at all. "

"Huh?" Liu Guozhang did not expect to be scolded by Li Aiguo.

But when he saw Jan Zhishka's excited eyes, he understood immediately.

Liu Guozhang quickly lowered his head like a primary school student: "I'm sorry, we made a mistake when we marked the price."

Yan Zhishka held the instant noodles and said nervously: "No, no, we agreed on 0.2 Hong Kong dollars. You can't go back on it."

"Forget it, for the benefit of our family today, we will sell it at a loss!" Li Aiguo reluctantly agreed and said loudly: "Change the price! It only costs 0.2 Hong Kong dollars per pack."

Zhou Ke rushed up in a hurry to stop Li Aiguo: "Leader, you must not change the price, we will lose money."

This guy had snot and tears, and his performance was very realistic.

It would have been better if he hadn't rubbed his nose on Li Aiguo's arm.

This was a Chinese tunic suit sewn by Chen Xueru herself, and Li Aiguo felt he was jealous.

Li Aiguo pushed Zhou Ke to the ground and shouted loudly: "This comrade is a member of my family. I would rather lose money for the benefit of my family."

Zhou Ke got carried away with his performance and acted on the spot, hugging Li Aiguo's left leg tightly.

"No, if we lose money, we will have to be criticized when we go back."

Li Aiguo kicked him hard several times: "If you want to destroy the relationship between me and my family, don't even think about it."

The scene suddenly became lively.

The two staff members didn't know the truth. When they saw someone making trouble, they were about to step forward to stop them, but they were stopped by Yang Jizong.

"It's okay, that's Driver Li, he must have his own ideas."

While talking, Yang Jizong also took out his notebook and wrote down Li Aiguo's words.

Zhou Ke's calf was kicked and he gasped in pain.

I thought to myself, Brother Patriot, you are seeking revenge for personal gain.

However, in order to be able to sell goods, he also risked his life. He rolled his eyes and was about to faint.

This greatly excited Jan Zhishka.

For their own benefit, they are willing to be criticized. This family is really capable!

It's a bargain. When you take it back to China, you can earn at least 0.1 pounds per pack.

"Buy, buy, buy, I bought it!"

"0.2 Hong Kong dollars per pack, starting from packs."

"Dear comrade, I want fifty thousand bags."

"Pay with one hand, deliver with the other hand, no checks will be accepted."

"I have money, I have money!"

Jan Zhishka took out a large bundle of pounds from his pocket.

Li Aiguo called the comrade in charge of the transaction and asked him to hand over to Jan Zhishka.

Liu Guozhang was also shocked when he saw that 20,000 bales were sold in the blink of an eye.

Although instant noodles are popular, the entire locomotive depot only sells tens of thousands of packages a month.

Liu Guozhang tugged on Li Aiguo's clothes and whispered, "Aiguo, let's perform again?"

Li Aiguo: "."

He felt that this old comrade had been tainted by money.

But in the final analysis, the root of this matter still lies within the ministry.

When setting the price, the ministry consulted Li Aiguo for his opinion.

Li Aiguo suggested setting the price a little higher, and then when the customer bargains, we can make a counter-offer.

In this way, the customer takes advantage, we don’t suffer any loss, and everyone is happy.

But for image reasons, the ministry decided to set the same price as Hong Kong City.

Otherwise, just lower the price and put on a wonderful show, and Zhou Ke won't have to suffer so many kicks.

Li Aiguo lowered his head and looked at Zhou Ke. Zhou Ke shrank back subconsciously because it hurt too much.

"Don't worry, you don't need to cooperate anymore."

Li Aiguo faced the customers who were watching and said: "Family members, today we are losing money to benefit our family members. We only have 200,000 packs of instant noodles. Family members who have not bought them should hurry up and place their orders. We will take them off the shelves when the time is up." ”

What is removal?

The merchants felt that they had learned new terms.

But the loss is definitely real.

Didn't you see that the young man was kicked several times and is still lying on the ground?
If you don't take advantage, you are a bastard. This is true no matter in which era.

Take this Canton Fair as an example. Trading groups are required to pay a handling fee of 1% of the transaction volume. In addition to being used as funds for the Canton Fair, the remaining portion is used for the expansion and funding of the export commodity exhibition hall.

"I'll buy five thousand bags."

"Twenty thousand bags."

"Thirty thousand bags."

In just a few minutes, more than 100,000 packages of instant noodles were sold, and the booth of the Ministry of Railways was suddenly crowded with people. Yang Jizong put the notebook in his pocket and scratched his head: "How can Driver Li have so many crooked tricks?"

"Crooked tricks? This is ability, the ability to solve problems, do you understand?"

Butler Bai nodded at him: "You can take advantage of others' psychology of taking advantage, cleverly design your words, and at the same time use the title of family to shorten the distance between you and your customers and gain their trust.

If this Driver Li were in our Hong Kong City, he would probably be the only Chaozhou guy who runs a plastics factory in Shek Tong Tsui, Western District, to compare with him. "

Yang Jizong knew Chaozhou Tsai.

The man's surname was Li, and he used to work as a salesperson in a plastic factory.

That year he was promoted by his boss to the position of general manager of the factory. At that time, he was already wealthy, and his personal salary was enough to support the tuition fees of his mother and younger siblings.

Within a few years, Teochew Tsai opened his own plastic factory.

Now he is a big boss in the plastics industry in Hong Kong City, and his plastic flowers are popular in North America.

Chaozhou Tsai has a good relationship with Mr. Yang.

It is said that they are currently preparing to acquire land on King's Road in North Point in the name of setting up a factory. The size of the land far exceeds the needs of the factory.

Mr. Yang always felt that Chaozhou Tsai's behavior of acquiring land was unusual. After studying it with several uncles for a long time, he still couldn't understand it.

After all, housing prices in Hong Kong City are relatively low now. An average house only costs 1500. Only housing prices in prosperous locations are higher. The profit from building a house is far less than that from producing plastic flowers.

Since Butler Bai compared Li Aiguo with Chaozhou Tsai.

If you have the chance, ask Li Aiguo for his views on building a house in Hong Kong City.

Yang Jizong made up his mind.

Instant noodles with red packaging have a special meaning under Li Aiguo's promotion.

This gives some merchants who are inconvenient to buy luxury food no worries.

The instant noodles prepared by the Ministry of Railways were sold out within one day.

Director Zhang, deputy head of the delegation, suggested that instant noodles should be urgently obtained from instant noodle factories and strive to sell more instant noodles at the trade fair.

This suggestion was rejected by Liu Guozhang.

"Lao Zhang, the production capacity of instant noodles is limited. In addition to selling them on trains, we also need to supply them to Hong Kong cities.

Moreover, Hex Company in the port city has signed supply and sales contracts with a number of traders.

We cannot let others fail to deliver goods in time just because of some petty profits. "

Hearing this, Li Aiguo nodded in agreement.

It's just that Liu Guozhang still hasn't figured out one thing. The reason why instant noodles can sell at high prices is because things are rare and valuable.

If all the instant noodles from the factory were really shipped, these merchants would probably have to bargain.

Director Zhang knew Liu Guozhang's background, and although he was a little dissatisfied, he could only give up.

Now that they have sold 4 bales and earned pounds in foreign exchange, the railway delegation has completed its task ahead of schedule.

In the next few days, Li Aiguo's days were free again.

His daily job is to sell his self-unloading system and Master Yang's automatic road sign receiving device to customers.

These gadgets are heavy industrial products and require professional supporting equipment, so ordinary customers are not interested at all.

The two squatted in front of their posts and discussed the technical issues of driving a train.

There were like-minded people to chat with and he could eat fragrant chicken drumsticks. Li Aiguo's little life was wonderful.

Besides, that Jan Zhishka is a real person.

Feeling that he had taken advantage of Li Aiguo, he gave Li Aiguo several books as gifts.

What Li Aiguo didn't expect was that this old Jie Ke was particularly interested in "Dream of the Red Chamber".

After asking carefully, I found out that "A Dream of Red Mansions" had spread to European countries a hundred years ago.

In Jieke, there is even a monthly Red Society composed of sinologists, which publishes research on "Dream of Red Mansions" in journals from time to time.

"My dear nephew O. Kral is currently studying in the Literature Department of your Capital University, studying classical novels.

I met him yesterday. He has set his lifelong goal on studying "Dream of Red Mansions" and plans to specialize in translating "Dream of Red Mansions" after graduation. "

Yang Rishka took Li Aiguo's arm and suddenly asked in a low voice: "I have always had a question. In Grandma Liu's first trial of Yunyuqing, in addition to Master Bao, there were several servants. What are the names of those servants?"

Grandma Liu's first attempt at love? Is Xi Jieke’s version of Dream of Red Mansions so wild?
Although Li Aiguo was well-informed, he was silenced.

Facing Jan Zhishka's inquisitive eyes, he was silent for a long time and then said quietly: "Dear comrade, in the Dream of Red Mansions you read, is there a word for spring?"

"Hey, how do you know? According to my old friends, our version of Dream of Red Mansions was transmitted from Western Europe. It is different from the official translation, so we need to add a unique logo."

Jan Zhishka was surprised, "And spring is your season, symbolizing vitality."

It's really vibrant, but it's not a plant.
Li Aiguo: "."

Perhaps in Jan Zhishka's opinion, the Dream of Red Mansions with the word "spring" is the real Dream of Red Mansions.

[The Dream of Red Mansions, which was first spread to Europe, is similar in nature to The Plum in the Golden Ping, and has the nature of an adult enlightenment book. 】

The Canton Fair is proceeding in an orderly manner.

In just a few days, a trade volume of up to 300,000 pounds was achieved, which made the preparatory committee breath a sigh of relief.

There is also a lot of pressure on Yang Jizong.

After all, most of the merchants in Southeast Asia are contacted by the Yang family. If the transaction volume is not enough, it will be a loss of face.

Just thinking about a few of these merchants made Yang Jizong's head hurt.

In the past few days, according to staff reports, a Malaysian businessman has some dirty hands and often engages in petty theft at trade fairs.

Yang Jizong checked the merchant's information.

He comes from a big Malaysian family. His family is very wealthy and he has good relations with the upper class.

But he had a bad habit of petty theft, which even made it into the local newspaper.

It's really hard to deal with this kind of person.

If one is not handled properly, it may cause trouble.

Fortunately, the things that the merchant stole were all cheap items, such as paper umbrellas. The loss was not big, as long as the owner was appeased.

Later, Yang Jizong arranged for two people to follow the merchant to prevent him from stealing anything again.

"Hope everything goes well."

Before he finished speaking, a man in a gray tunic suit walked in.

"Comrade Xiao Yang, something serious has happened. Something has been lost at booth No. 2."

"Booth No. 2 is the jade booth!" Yang Jizong's heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked, "Come on, take me to see it."

These days, the strong winds haven't blown yet, and some domestic jade articles that meet the specifications can also participate in international trade, but the price is not cheap.

The exhibition at booth No. 2 is the products of Yu Shipai Jade Factory.

This time I lost a jade pendant made of mutton-fat jade.

Several employees in charge of the exhibition were as anxious as ants on a hot pot in front of the booth.

"Xiao Zhao, that jade pendant is the best jade in our factory. How could you be so careless and lose it?"

"Director Zhang, I'm so sorry. I was explaining the history and culture of jade to the merchants, but who knew that he disappeared in the blink of an eye. I didn't know either."

"Don't you know? That jade pendant is worth twenty pounds. It took Master Zhang two months to carve it. Are you worthy of Master Zhang?"

"I"

The little girl in work clothes, Liu Hongmei, was the person in charge at the time.

He was scolded by the captain of the jade factory representative team.

She didn't even dare to raise her head, and her eyes were red. She could only bite her lips and try her best to suppress her emotions.

She turned to look at the merchants who were watching, wanting to ask, but she was afraid of getting into trouble.

At this moment, Yang Jizong came over with someone.

"what happened?"

When the jade factory representative saw the manager coming, he quickly stepped forward and said hurriedly: "Comrade Xiao Yang, we are a jade factory, and we just lost a jade pendant at the booth."

After hearing the story of the loss and seeing Mr. Nicha, a Malaysian businessman watching the excitement with his arms folded in front of the booth, Yang Jizong realized that the problem was troublesome.

I saw Liu Hongmei looking abnormal.

Yang Jizong invited her to the side and asked her carefully, a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face.

This is going to be difficult!

At this time, Li Aiguo was going to the canteen to eat chicken drumsticks. When he passed by the booth, he saw many people and came over curiously.

"What's going on, brother?"

When Yang Jizong saw Li Aiguo coming over, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He took Li Aiguo to a remote place and told him about the missing jade.

"Do you suspect that Nicha stole the jade?"

"It's not suspicion, it's him. In fact, the people at the jade factory also saw Nicha hiding the jade pendant in her pocket when Liu Hongmei was unprepared, but she didn't expect Nicha to be able to do this.

In addition, Nicha was a merchant after all. If she had shouted out at that time, she was afraid that it would cause trouble to the jade factory, so she remained silent.

Now that Nicha had succeeded, she was even more afraid to identify him. Yang Jizong said.

Liu Hongmei did not dare to say anything when she saw someone stealing things, and Yang Jizong's worry was a bit ridiculous in the eyes of later generations.

In future generations, if anyone dares to steal something, just rush up to him, give him a big bag, and snatch the thing back.

But Li Aiguo turned his head and looked at the merchants with different skin colors, and immediately understood their concerns.

If this matter gets serious, it will definitely have a negative impact on the Canton Fair.

"Patriotism, forget about it. That jade pendant is worth 20 pounds. Our organizing committee will replenish the money to the jade factory so that the little girl will not be wronged." Yang Jizong said.

Liu Hongmei shook her head: "No, it was my negligence that caused the jade pendant to be lost. I...I will pay for it myself!"

"Are you going to pay?" Li Aiguo said in surprise, "You only have such a small salary a month, can you afford to pay?"

"It won't work in one month, but it will work in a year. As long as I work hard, I can always afford it." Liu Hongmei puffed up her chest and said, "My mistakes cannot affect the normal progress of the Canton Fair, and we cannot let our factory suffered a loss."

Her words sounded ridiculous, but they were respected by Li Aiguo.

What is half the sky? This is it!
This lesbian encountered difficulties and was able to take responsibility bravely.

"You didn't steal it, why should you pay for it? I'm going to give you the jade pendant now and get it back!" Li Aiguo said.

Seeing Li Aiguo walking towards Nicha, Yang Jizong was startled and quickly stopped him: "Aiguo, that man is an important merchant and has a different status. If you identify him as a thief, things will definitely get into trouble. There will be no way to end it then.”

Butler Bai also said: "Driver Li, although Mr. Nicha is not a member of the delegation, his family is very powerful there, and he has a bad temper. If you accuse him rashly, he will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble. "

"Making trouble? I won't give him a chance to make trouble. How can I, a train driver, not be able to deal with him?!"

Without saying a word, Li Aiguo strode towards the group of Malaysians.

(End of this chapter)