Chapter 836: No room for sand
When the time comes to stand in the international arena and suffer losses, it will represent more than just individuals.
Isn’t it an obvious example before you?
For the sake of face and dignity, all parties may be a little protective.
But Minister Zhan’s words really made the Ministry of Foreign Trade feel embarrassed to say anything.
That afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Trade arranged for the minister's secretary and Director Feng, who had not shown up, to come over.
Two people came with stamps.
It also shows the attitude of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
Minister Zhan personally re-wrote the red-headed document and called Lu Miao to hand over the distribution.
After that, he emphatically told Lu Miao to seize the time and not miss the main business.
It can be said that this matter was left to the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
In order not to hit the smiling person, Lu Miao no longer expressed any objections and agreed with his forehead.
Minister Zhan patted her again and introduced two managers from the Ministry of Foreign Trade to her.
Everyone settled their differences and shook hands politely.
The appearance and atmosphere look pretty good.
In fact, Lu Miao's reckless and reckless temper, which cannot bear any loss or grievance, has long been equated by the two people at the Ministry of Foreign Trade with "a bad temper and no tolerance for a speck of sand in his eyes."
Especially Director Feng.
Director Feng felt that he was so unlucky.
While the incident was brewing, he received no news at all.
When the news was received, the minister’s scolding also appeared on his face.
Not only Director Feng, but also all the small staff at the Ministry of Foreign Trade's baseline also experienced an unthinkable disaster.
Although Minister Zhan’s words were euphemistic, they were also easy to understand.
It is clear that the Ministry of Foreign Trade itself failed to take care of its people and caused the department to become unhealthy and almost delayed the official business.
Minister Qin of the Ministry of Foreign Trade was so angry that he stamped his feet, but he couldn't hold his head up after being talked about.
How can you lose such a big face just by throwing it away?
Of course not.
The female employee who provoked the trouble was fired on the same day.
Although others have not lost their jobs, they have also fallen into long-term and strict "reception service" training...
I don't know if there are employees in other departments holding chicken feathers.
There is a high probability that the Ministry of Foreign Trade will no longer exist for a long time in the future.
The time was very tight, and there was no time for Lu Miao to slowly digest her emotions.
The day after receiving the documents, Lu Miao took Yu Hong and a photographer colleague who was responsible for taking photos and records to run between various large state-owned factories.
More than twenty factories, the closest ones are in northern Beijing.
If you are far away, you have to go to Linshi Jinmen and Yi District.
Travel can only be done by buses and trains reimbursed by the government, and the current transportation is not that convenient, so the progress is quite slow.
If you can run two points a day, you can say that it is very good.
Fortunately, the bad thing happened at the beginning.
Although the subsequent journey was a bit bumpy, the inspection and visits went smoothly.
Due to personal issues, I was delayed at the Beijing Soap Factory.
But that was just a small episode, not really a trouble.
At this stage, although there are soaps and toilet soaps, people who choose to use soap products seem to only pursue cleanliness.
I don’t understand, or I don’t care much about which ones are suitable for washing clothes and which ones are suitable for bathing.
I feel like I have a piece of soap in my hand. I can take a shower, wash clothes, and do everything. The director of the soap factory felt the same way.
After Lu Miao visited the factory, he made suggested corrections based on the introduction documents provided by the factory.
Soap products with strong alkali and high cleaning power can only be used for cleaning other than skin.
Soap is highly alkaline and will destroy the natural oil and acid-base balance on the skin surface, which may cause dryness, itching, and redness of the skin.
Thus causing skin inflammation, etc.
Even if you don’t consider obtaining more foreign exchange resources for the country, doing business is for the long term.
How can I do a one-shot deal?
In the stage of establishing diplomatic relations, if something goes wrong, the loss may not only be a matter of the company's favorability...
For potential problems like this that have been discovered, Lu Miao thought that he could avoid them by himself.
But she probably didn’t know that the soap factory director didn’t take her words to heart.
When she was in the factory, her communication was fine.
We can wait for the subsequent opening of the Canton Fair. Due to the stubborn intervention of the factory director, the final introduction work was still in accordance with the factory director's wishes.
Those are things for later, let’s not mention them for now.
Back to work.
After spending more than half a month traveling to various factories, Lu Miao lost several kilograms of meat, and her already slender arms and legs looked even thinner.
Tang Mei sometimes talks about it, saying that she is a dishonest person who has become a spirit.
But that's it, the matter is not completely finished yet.
If Lu Miao wants to do something seriously, it doesn't matter how perfect it must be, at least she must be satisfied with it and agree that it is in line with her own standards.
Other factories and work units work overtime in the afternoon and should get off work at five or six at the latest.
She stayed at the agency for several eleven o'clock hours, rushing with her transferable clerks and editors to compile the manuscript and hand it over to Minister Zhan.
After making sure it was ok, I sent it to the second-floor translation team.
The work she was responsible for had only come to a complete conclusion at this point.
In the remaining time, the translation team on the second floor also refreshed their understanding of her while processing this issue's manuscript.
Only because of some problems she discovered when she read through the collected manuscripts.
Let’s not mention the lengthy product Q&A for now.
Introduction to the advantages and disadvantages of standing cards. There are only advantages and no disadvantages.
And the text content is the same, very dull and devoid of new ideas.
Even if what is written is true, it is just like the content coming out of a template.
Just imagine similar billboards, the first two are okay.
But everywhere I go I see the same content, so I won’t doubt the authenticity of the product, and it will also cause visual fatigue, right?
The few nights Lu Miao stayed up were mainly aimed at solving this problem.
She racked her brains and wrote advertising words that fit the product under the phrase introduction of each classified product.
For example, for the silk from Huayi Factory, the phrases she listed are:
——Oriental charm, world style; elegant like you, silky and smooth. Huayi silk achieves extraordinary temperament and feels the luxury of nobility.
As another example of other light industrial fabric products, Lu Miao exploits strengths and avoids weaknesses, and writes:
——Ingenuity from the East, quality first, conquering the world with craftsmanship and quality.
Chinese people have a conservative concept. The styles of the things they produce may not be in the trendy range, but the quality has never been something to say.
At this stage, in international trade, the reason why light industry has gone farther and is more widely accepted than other industrial products is that there are many manufacturers and low prices are another reason.
The excellent quality is also a very large advantage.
Compared with the straightforward "I am cheap and my stuff is good" in old manuscripts, Lu Miao is forward-thinking, flexible and knows how to apply techniques.
It’s not that straightforward narratives are completely bad.
Just doing business sometimes requires flexibility and packaging.