Chapter 209 Meeting the Boss [3000]

Smart people will not understand the leader's words literally.

Deputy Mayor Xu is a leading cadre himself, so he naturally understands the tricks here best.

After hearing what the secretary said, I couldn't help but sneer in my heart.

"Humph, you sound better than you say, but you are just trying to attract our entrepreneurs to invest in Guangdong Province."

You can only complain about this in your heart and not say it in front of the secretary.

"Got it. Come with me now and call that boy over."

With a secretary around, the problem doesn't exist, so I have to squeeze into the crowd myself.

This time, Deputy Mayor Xu just stood at the outermost edge of the booth and waited, watching his secretary squeeze into the crowd at the outermost edge and squeeze into the booth. Then not long after, Lu Yang, whose clothes were also full of wrinkles, squeezed out of the crowd, panting.

"Mayor Xu Xu Xu, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Lu Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead, panting.

It's such a hot day, and it's really hard to squeeze in.

Upon hearing this, Deputy Mayor Xu frowned slightly and glanced at his secretary, as if asking: You didn't tell him?
The secretary shook his head.

He said he did not act on his own.

Deputy Mayor Xu nodded slightly approvingly, then looked at Lu Yang, whose face was covered in sweat, and asked, "Is it that hot?"

Lu Yang said with a bitter face: "There are too many people at the booth. It was okay in the morning, but now it is almost noon and it is so stuffy that it is unbearable."

After saying that, he shook his head and said, "Logically speaking, for such a large event, the exhibition hall should be equipped with air conditioners. Even if there is no air conditioner, a few more fans will be fine. I'm afraid if this continues, someone will get heatstroke."

It’s not that there was no air conditioning in this era, it’s just that it was not yet popularized and was mostly purchased by the government and used in government agencies.

Deputy Mayor Xu opened his eyes wide, looked at his serious expression, and almost laughed: Air conditioning, boy, do you want something?

Such a large exhibition hall, fully equipped with air conditioners and cooling system, is only possible in dreams, but it is impossible in reality, okay?

"Okay, stop complaining. I'll find a way later and ask someone to bring you two fans. Just use them. Forget about the air conditioner. The big boss is coming here, and he will have to suffer and sweat like us."

Seeing that there were fans for those who complained, Lu Yang was also very happy and grateful, "Thank you for your concern, with these two fans, we don't have to worry about anyone getting heatstroke."

"Let's get down to business."

Deputy Mayor Xu looked at him with a serious expression: "How many orders have been signed so far? How much foreign exchange income is there?"

This is also his biggest concern.

Lu Yang smiled and said, "Thanks to the leadership, we were allowed to make the booth so lively. Also, with the efforts of these female college students from Yangcheng, we have now signed more than a dozen orders, totaling about a little over 18 US dollars."

An order worth 18 US dollars, or more than 100 million RMB, is a lot for a garment factory.

But the accounts cannot be settled that way.

At this stage, what the country lacks most is foreign exchange, and every penny of foreign exchange has to be used wisely.

Reform and opening up has only been going on for ten years, and the gap in industrial level between China and foreign countries, especially the West, is huge. Any instrument that may involve a little bit of precision needs to be imported, and imports require foreign exchange. Without foreign exchange, nothing can be done. How can we talk about building the motherland and realizing the four modernizations?
To understand this matter, we must look at its significance from a high vantage point.

Deputy Mayor Xu nodded tentatively and said, "Not bad, keep it up."

He patted Lu Yang heavily.

In just less than half a day, orders worth 18 US dollars had been signed. In his recollection, this was an unprecedented achievement among all the companies in the entire Baoqing City trade delegation that had participated in the Canton Fair many times.

“Is there any pressure to deliver?”

He asked again patiently.

Signing an order does not mean that the transaction has been completed. The other party has only paid a deposit. There is also a delivery process. If the goods cannot be delivered on time within the agreed time, it will be a breach of contract. Not only will you not be able to get the balance of subsequent orders, you may also have to pay a large sum of money.

Lu Yang said, "No problem, don't worry, boss. We have signed orders for this batch of orders to be completed and delivered within one to three months as agreed. With the scale of our current garment factory, as long as the total amount of orders does not exceed one million US dollars in the next few days, there will be no problem in completing the orders and delivering them within three months."

"That's good."

After getting Lu Yang's assurance and seeing how confident he was, Deputy Mayor Xu nodded.

At this time, he finally revealed the reason why he called the other party out.

"Put your clothes in order and follow me."

Lu Yang obediently arranged his clothes while casually asking, "Leader, can you tell me?" Deputy Mayor Xu shook his head and said, "The organizer, Yangcheng Municipal Committee, is here, and there are also people from the province, but they have little impact on you. Most of them are like me, leaders of trade delegations from other provinces. They asked you to go over and answer questions, not just for you personally, but also for private entrepreneurs from other provinces. They are all very active today and have a high transaction volume. As for the purpose of asking you to go over, you should think more about it, but remember, be careful in what you say and do, understand?"

She looked back at Lu Yang and said, "You should learn to play dumb. If you can't make up your mind, don't agree easily."

Lu Yang understood what he said and decided to poach people.

There is only one such event like the Canton Fair in the country in this era. Any company that has a little ability and wants to earn foreign exchange will not miss it.

As for why we specifically look for private entrepreneurs?

This is even simpler.

Compared with state-owned enterprises, private entrepreneurs are subject to restrictions from local governments and are not so easy to win over.

After all, Guangdong Province is a coastal southern region and the forefront of reform and opening up.

As the capital of Guangdong Province, Yangcheng naturally has a certain attraction to private entrepreneurs who are actively embracing reform and opening up in this era. As long as they are well guided, there will be no problem in attracting some people to invest in Yangcheng. It is even possible to switch companies here.

Lu Yang thought to himself.

Thinking of this, considering my current situation.

Moving a business to Guangzhou is not a good thing.

Without the cheap labor force of women who can sew clothes in rural inland areas, costs will increase accordingly.

Besides, I am currently in my hometown. If the garment factory stays in Shanghuai Village, not only can I help my fellow villagers get rich together, but the relationships between the county and the city have also become stable. It will be more beneficial for me to stay.

So he said, "I was born and raised in Shanghuai Village. I have a strong sense of hometown love, so I don't want to leave it. I once vowed to bring my fellow villagers together to become rich and prosperous. So although Guangdong Province is good and Guangzhou is beautiful, they are not my choices. At least in the short term, I will definitely keep my business in my hometown. Please rest assured, leader."

Now that you have thought it through and made up your mind to keep investment and employment opportunities in your hometown in the short term, you might as well say more nice words.

really.

The leader laughed happily after hearing this.

Deputy Mayor Xu patted Lu Yang on the shoulder and smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, I was right about you. You are so young, but you can say these words. You are still young now. When you are older, you will understand more. No matter how far we can go in the future, no matter where we go, the warmth and familiarity of our hometown will always be with us. This deep hometown feeling can never be separated. That's why the ancients returned to their roots. You are so young, but you already understand this truth. It's really good, and it makes me very happy!"

"That's what the leader said."

Lu Yang nodded with a shy and modest smile.

"Okay, let's go."

Deputy Mayor Xu waved his hand and walked with his secretary and Lu Yang to the best area in the center of the exhibition hall.

Lu Yang followed behind, constantly looking around. He was actually quite curious. Would he meet some legendary figures later?

Which private entrepreneurs in the country have begun to emerge?

I thought about it, but I can't remember it.

Soon, we arrived at the Canton Fair's exhibition center, which has the best location and the largest area.

This is the booth reserved for the most competitive domestic companies.

From a distance, Lu Yang saw a group of people surrounding the booths to conduct research.

If you don't buy anything but just comment on it, isn't that research?

"The leaders are all here, remember to be careful with your words and actions later."

Finally, he bowed his head and gave Lu Yang a few words of advice, then Vice Mayor Xu walked over with a smile on his face.

However, it was not their turn yet. The big leaders were talking to other people, so they had to wait on the side and wait in line.

Lu Yang also saw an acquaintance.

Modern Electronic Technology Company in Anhui Province is not a state-owned enterprise, but a local collective enterprise, which can barely be considered a joint venture.

However, this joint venture does not involve foreign capital, but rather private capital, and the capital comes from senior technical and management executives within the company.

As the general manager of the first domestic electronic technology company to develop a color television subtitle machine, Chief Engineer Jiang is also among the invited private entrepreneur representatives today and is quite close to the big guys.

Lu Yang waved happily: "Brother Jiang, this way..."

(End of this chapter)