Chapter 208: Like training a grandson [3000]
It has been said that Luyang's booth is quite remote. It belongs to the booth area allocated to Hunan Province by the organizer. In the booth area of Hunan Province, naturally, the good locations are occupied by large enterprises in the provincial capital.
The remaining scraps are then distributed to trade delegations from other prefecture-level cities.
Therefore, the booths next to the Meisite Garment Factory booth are actually booths of companies from Hunan Province, and most of them are booths of companies from Baoqing City. They are fellow villagers...
But it was these fellow villagers who made the most noise.
The truly big and confident companies that are a little further away don't even look at this side. Even if there is a lot of noise and it seems like there is a quarrel, they just think it's just country folk playing Landlord.
Just treat it as a joke.
When Deputy Mayor Xu Changping came running over with his secretary, panting, he met many people who came to complain to him. They were all very aggressive and seemed ready to hold him accountable.
After all, we are all state-owned enterprises, and you are the only one from a private enterprise. You got the admission ticket through the back door and are sandwiched between us. Yet you dare to do something weird. As the person in charge, don't you, Deputy Mayor Xu, bear responsibility for opening the back door for that stubborn guy?
Deputy Mayor Xu was very angry when he heard this.
I felt that my authority was challenged, and a surge of anger rose up.
Of course, this nameless anger was not only directed at Lu Yang, but also at these short-sighted leaders of the city's state-owned enterprises. It was not a big deal, didn't they know that the big leaders were coming?
"Everyone be quiet. I'll go and ask what's going on. If there's really something wrong with that guy, I'll remove his booth without you having to tell me."
You can't just listen to one side of the story. This is a simple truth that Deputy Mayor Xu, who has been in office for many years, naturally understands.
He gave the secretary a wink and asked him to stop these people and not let them cause trouble.
He personally squeezed into the crowd and came to the booth belonging to the Meisite Garment Factory.
As soon as I took a look at the stage, I could tell that it was different from other companies' booths. There were more than a dozen young girls with good temperament, wearing cool summer clothes of the clothing factory brand, but not out of the ordinary. They stood on the stage, openly allowing people below to comment on them.
There were also a dozen girls, who were also wearing similar clothes with tags, and were already negotiating business with the foreign businessmen who had been attracted here, speaking a foreign language that was not very fluent.
Xu Changping was stunned.
The first thing he thought was, "Wow, this guy is really full of ideas. He is a genius to come up with such a marketing method. It seems that even though it is only the first day of the trade fair, with these young and beautiful girls who can act as clothes hangers and know foreign languages, he has probably signed a lot of orders.
only……
Then he frowned again.
High-quality talents are not easy to find. Nowadays, those who know a little foreign language must be rare. Moreover, he recruited so many generous and decent girls at once, so the origins of these girls are questionable. Could it be that they are all college student volunteers of the Canton Fair, and were bribed by this guy?
Even Deputy Mayor Xu has heard of college student volunteers in recent days. He has also chatted with many of them. It must be admitted that each of them is a highly qualified top talent who knows at least one or two foreign languages and can be used as translators on their own.
Think of this.
He waved to Lu Yang on the stage and called Lu Yang over.
"You are not a decent boy."
In fact, Lu Yang had already discovered him a long time ago, and was just waiting for this elegant official to find fault with him and cause trouble for him.
He immediately chuckled and said, "I wonder what's wrong with this kid?"
Vice President Xu pointed at a group of beautiful young girls on the stage and said, "They are all volunteers, right? You bribed them all to do private work for you. What about the other booths? Volunteers serve all booths, not just you. You are violating a taboo, kid. Do you know that? Someone has complained to me. Also, don't blame me for not reminding you that there are more powerful leaders coming down to inspect. When they come here and find the scene is noisy, it's all because of you. Be careful, or you will have to wear more shoes in the future."
This is a warning.
It’s also a reminder.
This means that he still has high hopes for Lu Yang and is ready to give Lu Yang a chance.
If you offend a big boss, he may just laugh it off and not necessarily take it seriously. However, in such a public place, people around the big boss will secretly remember it, and those who want to curry favor with the big boss will naturally cause trouble, and then the troubles will be endless.
Unless the big boss retires one day, there will be no end to it.
At this moment, there were only two words written on Lu Yang's face: wronged.
He said in a panic, "It's unfair, leader. Those people are jealous of me. None of these girls are volunteers. They are all female college students from Yangcheng University who I paid for. If you don't believe me, you can question them carefully and ask them to show you their student ID cards."
"really?"
Deputy Mayor Xu was still somewhat skeptical.
He couldn't help but frown and carefully looked at the expression on Lu Yang's face.
Lu Yang was very calm and let him look at him.
Deputy Mayor Xu saw the expression on his face and felt relieved that he didn't seem to be lying.
But soon, he was furious again. Since it wasn't Lu Yang who had the problem, then those people were lying and slandering him maliciously.
Well, if you don't do business well and can't sell your own goods, you have to rely on maliciously slandering other companies in the trade team, right? In this way, no one will have orders, and the situation will be even, right? But who will be harmed in this way? What is damaged is the image of the city, my political achievements, and the livelihoods of the seven million people in Baoqing City.
Not only that, earning foreign exchange is a national policy. The country encourages it and does not allow any man-made destruction.
In just a short moment, Deputy Mayor Xu had elevated the severity of the problem to another dimension.
There was a fierce gleam in his eyes.
But he quickly hid it, patted Lu Yang's shoulder heavily and said: "Do your best, don't worry, as long as you don't violate the regulations written in the Canton Fair organizers, I will take care of you if there are any problems. I only have one request for you, sign as many orders as possible and earn foreign exchange for the country, understand?"
After saying that, without waiting for Lu Yang to answer, he turned around and left, struggling to squeeze out of the crowd.
Lu Yang stood on the stage, looking at the elegant middle-aged man's menacing back as he left, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Soon, he pursed his lips proudly like the Crooked-Mouth Dragon King, and laughed twice.
Someone is going to be in trouble now.
In the whole Baoqing City, as a member of the Standing Committee and the deputy mayor in charge of the economy, there are only two types of senior executives of enterprises who cannot be controlled or scolded like a child by Deputy Mayor Xu.
The first category includes local state-owned enterprises such as the Second Textile Machinery Factory.
This type of enterprise is under the vertical management of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. No one, not to mention the senior management, even the small soldiers within, as a local official, has the right to interfere.
The second category, such as state-owned coal mines, are large local state-owned enterprises with a pivotal position. The personnel inside cannot be easily touched. Without the nod from a big shot in the province who can at least sit on the Standing Committee, if the local authorities want to intervene, it can only be described in four words: water cannot be poured in.
There is nothing else except these two categories.
As for the rest, no matter how high a position you hold in a company, you have to obey management. If you dare not obey management, you must be mentally prepared.
What kind of mental preparation?
Of course, he was preparing to retire in some government office with little money.
This requires your hands to be clean. If your hands are not clean, hehe...
I want to go.
The Discipline Inspection Commission welcomes you!
Deputy Mayor Xu found those who had come to him to complain and started to scold them: "Did he offend you? He does his business and you do your business. It has nothing to do with each other. Why are you making a fuss?
Also, the girls on the stage are all female students from Yangcheng University. They were paid, not volunteers. If you think his actions have affected your business and taken away your customers, then you should learn more. They can hire female college students to help with sales, so can't you afford it? You are so stupid, get out, get out, you only know how to bully others. If you continue like this, I will deal with you when I get home."
As expected, Lu Yang guessed it right, and they were all scolded.
And no one has dared to stand up and refute.
Talk back?
nonexistent.
If you eat from a company, you have to be subject to its constraints. They are not a central enterprise, but a state-owned enterprise in the city. How can they not listen to the deputy mayor who is in charge of the city's economy, their immediate superior?
Unless your brain is stunned by electricity and you don't want to do it anymore, it's probably fine.
Deputy Mayor Xu rushed back to deal with the matter, which was quite quick.
From being accused, to squeezing into the crowd, to asking Lu Yang about the situation, and then returning to reprimand these troublemakers and warning them not to meddle in other people's business, it took less than ten minutes in total.
As a local official who was very optimistic about Lu Yang's future, he did not want Lu Yang to be noticed too early by provincial and municipal leaders who were more powerful than him.
It may be for protection.
Or maybe it's out of fear of being taken advantage of by others.
Intentionally or unintentionally, this elegant middle-aged man, Deputy Mayor Xu, who considers himself Lu Yang's mentor, has been doing this all the time.
However, it still lost to "Murphy's Law".
Anything that can go wrong will eventually go wrong.
Lu Yang's booth was bustling with activity. Although the people who had complained had been scolded by him and dared not look up, the bustle was still there and some people who were paying attention still noticed it.
Deputy Mayor Xu's secretary came hurriedly from a distance and put his mouth close to his ear: "Mayor, the two leaders of the organizer of the Canton Fair in Guangdong Province want to meet the outstanding entrepreneur in our city."
I saw that the leader’s face looked strange.
The secretary quickly added, "That's right. At the same time, some outstanding entrepreneurs from other provinces who had a large transaction volume today were also named. They said that we should not hide them. If there are outstanding entrepreneurs, we should show them openly and encourage entrepreneurs to communicate more across provinces."
(End of this chapter)