The Pentium Era - South to North

At noon the next day, Zhang Chen thought that Huijuan's restaurant would be opening today. He couldn't help it, so he drove to Xiasha. When he got there, he didn't stop, but just slowed down and started driving from "Huijuan Local Restaurant" Passed by the door.

Zhang Chen looked over there and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He saw a table of guests on the side where he entered the door. There seemed to be two or three tables of guests on the other side of the large glass window. He saw Ah Qiao entering with a casserole. .

It looks pretty good, and there is no such empty scene. For a small restaurant that just opened today, it is still the first meal, and there is no opening event, it should be pretty good.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Zhang Chen's cell phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number. Zhang Chen picked it up, and Huijuan's excited voice came from the phone:

"Brother Zhang, let me tell you, guess how much I did today?"

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Didn't you tell me? Why do you want me to guess again?"

Huijuan also smiled and said, "I have done more than 1,100."

"Really? That's great."

"I'm telling you, Brother Zhang, there is a guest who ate here at noon today, and came back to eat with others in the evening."

"Not bad, not bad. We have repeat customers. If you see it, I know you can do it."

Huijuan chuckled: "Thank you, Brother Zhang. I also have a midnight snack. I plan to do one thousand and five today. Oh, Brother Zhang, we have another guest. I won't tell you anymore."

"Okay, go and do your work."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen was also happy for Huijuan, even happier than when he opened a store there and the business was good. He remembered what Huijuan said to him yesterday, "I feel that if it doesn't open well, I will be very sorry for Brother Zhang." .

Zhang Chen thought of a word, "share weal and woe". He felt that the store was not just Huijuan's store. If the business was not good, he would be the same, and might even be more sad than Huijuan. Fortunately, his This mouth is still very accurate, and it can tell what delicious dishes are.

Zhang Chen walked out of the office and saw that Xu Qiaoxin and the others' lights were still on, so he walked over. Unexpectedly, he saw that Xu Qiaoxin and five or six salesmen were still at work. Zhang Chen asked, are you guys not getting off work yet?

Xu Qiaoxin said casually, "I can't do it anymore. That Jerry has to discuss things with me every morning. I have to wait for him."

Yes, over in the United States, Jessica and Jerry should be still driving to work.

Another salesperson said that all my European customers are still having lunch.

"Did you ask them to work overtime?" Zhang Chen asked Xu Qiaoxin.

Xu Qiaoxin said no, it's automatic. We don't have any restrictions on commuting. However, now the foreign trade salesmen who don't work overtime basically can't receive orders.

Zhang Chen didn't understand this. He asked, why can't I send emails if I don't work overtime and can't receive orders?

Xu Qiaoxin and Zhang Chen said that there are too many messy emails in the mailbox now, and they are afraid of being infected by viruses. Generally, they are not very good at opening unfamiliar emails. For foreigners, it is probably the same. When they go to work, they will definitely open them first. Read the familiar emails and put the others aside until you have time.

Especially those customers from the Internet, it is so convenient to inquire now. They may send inquiry letters to dozens of customers who produce similar products at the same time, and they may also receive dozens of quotation emails at the same time. This success rate is too low. Yes, in many cases, we took the time to calculate the quotation seriously, but after sending it, there was no response.

This is also based on experience. Only customers who inquire directly through MSN and can communicate directly with customers in MSN will have a higher success rate. Therefore, everyone is used to communicating directly with customers during their working hours.

"Is the Internet our only source of customers now?" Zhang Chen asked.

Xu Qiaoxin sighed, she said yes, we are not like those large state-owned foreign trade companies that can be assigned booths at the Canton Fair every year to participate in the Canton Fair. If we can participate in the Canton Fair, we will definitely get to know many customers and collect a lot of business cards. ,That's good.

"How can I get this booth at the Canton Fair?" Zhang Chen asked.

"This is from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, which is distributed directly to each province. When it comes to our province, it will definitely be taken away by old state-owned companies such as Zhongda Group and Minmetals. How will it be the turn of little guys like us."

"Is there no other way?" Zhang Chen asked

"I don't know either. It is said that there are some stalls in Guangzhou, that is, the organizing committee, and they are sold on the black market every year. I don't know where to buy them." Xu Qiaoxin said.

Zhang Chen looked at Xu Qiaoxin and could see that she really wanted to take people to the Canton Fair. Also, if she got to know more guests, it would be you who picks the guests, rather than the guests picking you.

What's more, now that they have made Xu Qiaoxin and the others independent, she has more ideas to expand her business. Although this girl says "I don't know" all day long, she actually has many ideas and ambitions in her heart.

"When is the Canton Fair?" Zhang Chen asked.

"April 15th to 26th." Xu Qiaoxin said.

"It's too late, it will open next week." Zhang Chen said.

Xu Qiaoxin looked at him and said, "What, Mr. Zhang, do you have a way to get a booth at the Canton Fair?"

"You can try it." Zhang Chen said.

"Then we can take it from the Autumn Fair." Xu Qiaoxin became excited, "The Autumn Fair opens on October 15th."

"Okay, I'll make a call tomorrow and ask." Zhang Chen said.

"Great!" Xu Qiaoxin shouted.

"Hey, I just said to call and ask, I didn't say that I would definitely get it." Zhang Chen said.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, try it." Xu Qiaoxin said.

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "You should also get off work early."

"It's still early, it's only what time it is." Xu Qiaoxin said, "Getting off work so early means no overtime."

"Then what time do you usually get off work in the evening?" Zhang Chen asked.

"It must be around eleven o'clock." Xu Qiaoxin said, "Fortunately, customers from the United States and Canada will focus on communicating with us in the morning if they have anything to do."

Zhang Chen nodded and walked out. He felt that he was a bit bureaucratic. After such a long time, he didn't even know that all the foreign trade orders in the factory were obtained by Xu Qiaoxin and others working overtime every day.

It is their normal routine to work overtime until late at night every day.

In this world, many people are working hard, but you can't see some people's efforts at all, so you feel that you are the only one who works particularly hard.

Even in Sanbao and Qiaosi factories, there are still so many workers working overtime. Zhao Zhigang and Zhao Zhilong are still patrolling in their offices or workshops.

With so many people working hard, your company can operate normally and money can continue to come in every day.

When thinking like this, Zhang Chen's heart was filled with gratitude.

Zhang Chen returned to his office. He looked at his watch and decided to call Sun Hou now and ask him if there was any way to get a booth at the Canton Fair.

"Zhang Chen, do you want the Spring Festival or the Autumn Festival?" Sun Hou asked.

"It's too late for the Spring Fair, it will start next week." Zhang Chen said.

"I'll ask you tomorrow, Zhang Chen." Sun Hou said, "Who is it? Xiao Huang's second brother is now at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and he seems to be in charge of this matter."

"Yellow bitch?"

"Nvhuang." Sun Hou said, Zhang Chen laughed, that was Bitch Huang's wife.

At around ten o'clock, Zhang Chen arrived at the downstairs of the dynamic zone and was about to go home. He got into the car, but couldn't help himself and drove downstairs again. When he passed by the entrance of "Huijuan Local Cuisine Restaurant", he saw something inside. With four or five tables of guests, Zhang Chen couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that Huijuan's wish of doing one thousand and five dollars today could be fulfilled.

Before Zhang Chen drove to the end of Road 1, he saw the lights on their factory site brightly lit, and the workers seemed to be working overtime. What was going on?

Zhang Chen drove in curiously and unexpectedly found that Lao Tan and Zhang Musheng's cars were parked here.

Zhang Chen got out of the car. Lao Tan saw his car coming in from a distance, walked over, and asked strangely, why are you here?

Zhang Chen couldn't answer this question for a while. He could only say that I was passing by and saw the construction site was very busy, so I came in to take a look.

Lao Tan and Zhang Chen said that they were pouring the slab on the second floor today and it would probably take them all night.

Zhang Chen followed Lao Tan to the site and found that this place was similar to the old center of Hangzhou. Six mixers were working constantly, hand-pushed dump trucks came and went, the floor slabs here were being poured, and the floors there were still pouring. The formwork and steel bars continued to be put up. From time to time, loading and unloading trucks came in below, transporting yellow sand. The construction site was very busy.

This kind of cast-in-place floor slab is best completed in one go. Zhang Chen asked Lao Tan, are you going to take down all these 18,000 square meters?

Lao Tan was right, he started in the morning and should be able to finish it in another seven or eight hours.

"Can the workers tolerate it?"

"Rotation, this is already the second group of people." Lao Tan said.

Zhang Chen nodded. At noon, Zhang Chen passed by outside. He didn't know the situation inside, so he didn't come in. He turned to No. 2 Street and turned to No. 3 Street and went back. He didn't know that the battle here had already started in the morning. , now, it has become a protracted war.

Zhang Chen was about to ask Lao Tan and Zhang Musheng to go for supper together. His cell phone rang. It was Sun Hou. Zhang Chen quickly picked it up. It was very noisy here. Zhang Chen walked downstairs while picking up the phone, shouting loudly. Let Sunhou hear his voice clearly.

"Zhang Chen, where are you and why are you so noisy?" Sun Hou asked.

"I'm at the construction site of my new factory. I'll be fine soon. Monkey, I'm walking down."

Zhang Chen quickened his pace as he spoke. The sounds of the mixer and the concrete vibrator were slowly fading away in his ears.

"Zhang Chen, we can arrange it for the Spring Festival. Do you want it?"

It seemed that Sun Hou, like himself, did not call again tomorrow, but hung up his phone and contacted Xiao Huang. Zhang Chen couldn't help laughing and asked:

"Will there still be booths at the Spring Fair?"

"Well, the Xinjiang Construction Corps' exhibition group doesn't have that many products this year. They can temporarily arrange three stalls. If you want, go to the Xinjiang Group."

Zhang Chen thought to himself, the Spring Fair will start next week, and they have no preparations. Would it be too hasty to go now? But then I thought about whether it was rushed or not. Xu Qiaoxin and the others didn’t know what the Canton Fair looked like. It would be better to let them go and see it first. Zhang Chen quickly said, Monkey, we want it.

"Okay, I'll confirm it tomorrow morning and I'll send you a form. You need to fill in all the exhibitor information and send it directly to Guangzhou." Sun Hou said.

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