nucmednet Chapter 106 The Canton Fair begins
Chapter 106 The Canton Fair begins
It was already late when Jiang Weimin returned to the exhibition, and everyone was packing up to go back to the hotel. Seeing Feng Nan, Jiang Weimin hurried to greet him.
"President, I waited for Mr. Anderson today. Mr. Anderson is very interested in our comic strip.
But he wants to read our comic book carefully today, so I will go over to discuss it in detail tomorrow."
Feng Nan looked at Jiang Weimin in surprise, with a delighted smile on his face: "Really? That's great! As long as we can get the order, our trip will not be in vain.
Let’s go! Let’s go eat and keep our energy up so we can get the order tomorrow.”
"Okay, President, I will definitely seize this opportunity."
The two left the exhibition together and returned to the hotel. Along the way, they discussed the details of tomorrow's negotiation with Mr. Anderson and made full preparations for the next work.
The next morning, at around eight o'clock, Jiang Weimin arrived at the Guangzhou Hotel early.
He went straight to the front desk and greeted Cheng Susu.
Cheng Susu's reaction seemed a little cold. She just responded simply, then picked up the phone and called Anderson.
Jiang Weimin couldn't help feeling a little confused, but he still waited patiently.
Not long after, Anderson came down from upstairs and took Jiang Weimin to the same coffee shop they had been to last time.
As soon as he sat down, Anderson got straight to the point and said, "Jiang, your two comics are really interesting. But can you lower the price a little bit?"
Jiang Weimin smiled and replied, "Mr. Anderson, you are also a frequent visitor to the Canton Fair. You should know the rules here.
The prices of all goods are fixed and there is no room for bargaining.
Moreover, if we only consider the price, our price is very cost-effective in the international market.”
Anderson nodded to show his understanding, but still insisted: "The price is indeed reasonable, but due to cultural differences,
My company needs to take a certain amount of risk when promoting these comics.
So, I hope there will be more profit margin.”
Jiang Weimin thought for a moment and said, "How about this, Mr. Anderson, if you can place an order of $100,000,
I will try my best to ask our leaders for a preferential price. After all, such a large order is also an important foreign exchange income for us. "
"NO, NO, NO, Jiang, I can't place so many orders.
I can only place an order for 2 copies at most, 1 copies of Detective Comics and 5 copies of Special Forces Comics."
Jiang Weimin was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he still smiled and said, "Mr. Anderson, if you can only place such an order, then I really can't do anything about the price."
Anderson hesitated for a moment, but finally compromised and said, "Okay then! Jiang, place an order for me at this price!"
"Yes Mr. Anderson."
After that, Jiang Weimin quickly took out the prepared contract, wrote down the specific figures, and then handed it to Anderson for signature. After Anderson signed, the two of them each took a copy and kept it.
Afterwards, Jiang Weimin shook hands with Anderson to express their pleasure in working together.
After saying goodbye to Anderson, Jiang Weimin came to the front desk again and shook the contract in his hand towards Cheng Susu.
"Comrade Cheng Susu, the order has been secured. Thank you very much for your help."
"Comrade Jiang, this is all the result of your own hard work. Go back and report to your leader! I still have work to do and cannot chat with you any more."
Seeing Cheng Susu's somewhat distant tone, Jiang Weimin didn't understand why, but he still couldn't suppress his excitement and said goodbye to Cheng Susu.
After leaving Guangzhou Hotel, Jiang Weimin rushed back to the exhibition with excitement.
When they arrived at the booth of Qingdao Publishing House, Jiang Weimin walked up to Feng Nan with an excited look on his face.
"President, we have got the order from Anderson." He then handed the contract to Feng Nan.
Feng Nan asked hurriedly, "How many orders are there?"
"President, 1 copies of the Police Dog Series and 5 copies of the Special Forces Series."
Feng Nan took the contract excitedly, looked at it carefully, and then he nodded with satisfaction.
"Great! I will go and register right away and report to the leader of the trading group.
Yunzhou, please send a telegram to the president and tell him the good news. As for Xiaojiang, go and have a good rest."
Seeing Feng Nan was in a hurry to leave, Jiang Weimin hurriedly reminded him, "President, don't mention our private contact with foreign businessmen in the report.
It can be said that the books we placed in the hotel were accidentally seen by foreign businessmen, and they came to us on their own initiative.”
"I understand that, don't worry!"
Feng Nan took the contract and happily found the leader of the Qingdao trading delegation.
"Boss, our Qingdao Publishing House has successfully won an order of $1."
"Really? The Canton Fair hasn't even officially started yet, but you've already received orders? How did you receive the orders?"
"Leader, we will give our comic books to Guangzhou Hotel for free so that foreign businessmen can read them in the lobby for free.
As a result, a foreign businessman came to consult us. Then, we successfully signed the order.”
“Yes, your publishing house has some ideas, and it seems you are well prepared.
I originally thought that your publishing house was just here to make a cameo appearance, but I didn't expect that this Canton Fair would allow your Qingdao Publishing House to take the lead, and you have already received orders for 1 before the Canton Fair even started.
OK, we will continue to work hard to get more orders after the Canton Fair starts!"
"Yes, leader, I will go and register then."
Seeing Feng Nan's anxious look, the leader waved his hand and told Feng Nan to hurry up.
Jiang Weimin went to the Oriental Hotel again in the afternoon.
Guangzhou Oriental Hotel is one of the earliest hotels built in Guangzhou with a certain scale and influence. It is also an important hotel for receiving foreign businessmen.
Using the same operation, the Police Dog series of comic books were placed in the lobby of the Oriental Hotel for foreign businessmen to read.
During the remaining period of time, Jiang Weimin found out the hotels where Hong Kong businessmen usually stayed, and they also provided them for free.
Each hotel has 10 sets of both traditional Chinese comic books, which are also placed in the lobby for people to read.
As time was running out for the Canton Fair, Jiang Weimin only negotiated with 10 hotels, and failed to find any Hong Kong book publishers during the process.
In this way, Jiang Weimin gave away a total of 400 sets of comic books for free.
However, because he has received an order for 2 sets, Jiang Weimin still has 1100 sets to give away for free, but he probably won't need to give them away in the future.
After a few busy days, the Canton Fair finally began.
Everyone had arrived at the exhibition venue early, and suddenly a deafening noise was heard outside.
"President, listen, what's that noise outside?"
"It sounded like someone was shouting 'what did you hit?'
Many people were seen walking towards the window. Feng Nan, Jiang Weimin and Yun Zhou also walked over, wanting to see what was going on.
Then I saw a lot of people marching with banners, shouting "Down with!"
Looking at this massive parade, some people were worried, “Will it have an impact on the exhibition?”
“Probably not. I heard the Prime Minister is here.”
"If the Prime Minister comes, there will be no problem." In people's minds, the Prime Minister is omnipotent in this era.
At this time, a leader of the exhibition came over and said, "What are you doing? You are disorganized and undisciplined. Go back to your seats."
After hearing this, everyone dispersed and returned to their seats.
When the exhibition started, the parade crowd had dispersed and foreign businessmen began to enter the exhibition one after another.
"I really hope to meet the Prime Minister!" Jiang Weimin said with hope on his face.
Yun Zhou patted Jiang Weimin on the shoulder and said, "Brother Jiang, don't even think about it. It's not that easy to meet the Prime Minister."
As more and more foreign businessmen came in, some of them gradually visited Qingdao No. 3 Printing and Dyeing Factory and Jiang Weimin's booth.
Foreign businessmen were immediately attracted by the exquisite posters outside the booth.