Chapter 220: Sleeping to Shencheng City

"No matter what, he’s probably going to..."

Xie Changyi didn’t elaborate, but Xie Changning understood.

The leadership wouldn’t allow him to carry on like this.

Xie Changning nodded and changed the subject. "I see you’ve replaced a lot of your furniture."

"I saw they have those sofas abroad now. I figured you’d really like one, so I had a set made. I actually commissioned two sets from the carpenter. After the Autumn Trade Fair, you can get a truck to haul one back."

Xie Changning was surprised. She hadn’t expected Xie Changyi to be so thoughtful.

’She’s even getting a sofa ready for me!’

Just as Xie Changning was about to thank her sister, she heard Xie Changyi’s passive-aggressive jab. "I’m not like *some people* who have no room in their hearts for family, who only remember to give pagers to their superiors and not to their own sister~"

Xie Changning: "..."

’She knew it. Xie Changyi was definitely going to be sarcastic with her about this.’

But—

She smiled at Xie Changyi and explained, "Sis, you’ve got it all wrong."

"Oh, really? So you got a cell phone for me then?" Xie Changyi eyed her, waiting for an answer.

Xie Changning fell silent.

Seeing this, Xie Changyi huffed again. "I knew it. I’m the only one who cares, the ever-worried big sister. Some people don’t have me in their hearts at all!"

Xie Changyi wasn’t truly angry.

She was just jealous!

Why did Old Zhao get one and not her? She was her real sister—her *actual* sister!

Why should she have to get her pager from Old Zhao? If it wasn’t from Xie Changning herself, she didn’t want it! Hmph!

Xie Changning walked over to Xie Changyi and said placatingly, "Haven’t I been developing a new feature recently? If I give you the old model now, how are you going to use the new one later?"

Pagers could only send text.

Xie Changning was planning to incorporate the voice recording function from cell phones into the pager.

Xie Changyi’s expression finally softened. "Really?"

"Of course! I’m your real sister, after all!"

"Fine, I’ll let you off the hook this time!"

The two of them sat on the sofa chatting. After a while, Xie Changyi patted the sofa. "You know, this thing really is nice. What do you think about selling these abroad?"

"They would definitely sell..."

As they chatted, the conversation turned back to the topic of foreign trade.

Ever since Xie Changning had made a name for herself in Chuncheng, a lot of pressure had been taken off Xie Changyi’s shoulders. Still, she was also working hard to support other factories.

She was striving to get other factories to learn about new things, just like Xie Changning’s factories had.

"After I get back from the Autumn Trade Fair, I’m planning to file a report with the leadership and hold a seminar on new practices in foreign trade. You’ll be the main speaker."

The successful should help those who are still developing.

Xie Changning had no objections. If her sister asked her to do it, she would do it well.

"No problem. For this seminar, I think we could have all the participating factories write down some of their own experiences with foreign trade..."

Once they started talking business, they talked late into the night.

Seeing that it was nearly eleven, Xie Changyi quickly cut in, "Alright, alright, let’s continue this on the train tomorrow. Go wash up and get ready for bed."

After they both washed up, they lay down on Xie Changyi’s new bed.

The night passed without a dream.

In the morning, they got up, washed up, ate, and then set off for the train station.

When they arrived at the station, many of the leaders were already waiting.

Their train tickets were distributed to them upon their arrival.

They boarded the train. The two Xie sisters shared a compartment with several other female factory managers from Chuncheng.

Two more factories from Lin Province were participating this time compared to the last Spring Trade Fair.

Coincidentally, both of these factories had been selected after their revenue increased from collaborating with Xie Changning.

As a result, both of their managers were very friendly toward Xie Changning.

"Manager Xie, long time no see."

Xie Changning’s eyes curved into a smile as she nodded. "I didn’t expect to be able to attend with you two. This is great!"

Seeing Xie Changning getting along so well with her colleagues, Xie Changyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After exchanging pleasantries with the others, Xie Changning started discussing the seminar with Xie Changyi.

The others didn’t know what it was about and just listened quietly. As they pieced things together, they started asking Xie Changyi for admission tickets.

"I don’t know when or even if the seminar will happen yet. Right now, it’s just an idea..." Xie Changyi didn’t make any promises.

Besides, it would all depend on what the leaders decided later.

Whether it would be a national event or just a provincial one.

The scale and approach for each would be different.

The train ride was long. Xie Changning drifted in and out of sleep. She wasn’t sure how much time had passed before she heard the broadcast announcement: Shencheng City... Arriving...

When she got off the train, she felt a throbbing headache.

"How could it not hurt? You’ve been sleeping the whole time." Even as Xie Changyi said this, she couldn’t help but massage Xie Changning’s temples, trying to make her feel a little better.

Xie Changning sighed.

"What else was I supposed to do? I’ve been so tired lately, of course I have to rest." She hadn’t been sleeping well recently, constantly working.

Now that she finally had a chance to sleep, the more the better.

Otherwise, she’d be busy again soon.

The guest house they were staying in this time was a newly renovated place in Shencheng City for receiving foreign guests. It even had a foreign-sounding name: hotel.

It was no longer in the style of a traditional guest house.

Its management style was Western-oriented, very similar to hotels in the West.

The hotel covered a large area and had many rooms, three or four times larger than the previous guest houses. It had been specially approved by the higher-ups.

The hotel’s construction also represented the leadership’s intentions: this was to become a key foreign trade zone.

When Xie Changning saw the hotel, she had no other thoughts, only a single one—

’This is great! It’s all modern equipment!’

After getting to her room, the first thing Xie Changning did was go to sleep. By the time she woke up, Xie Changyi was already waiting for her downstairs.

"I was starting to think you were going to skip dinner tonight."

"Sleeping on the train is exhausting. Now that I’m finally somewhere comfortable, how could I not get a good night’s sleep?"

Several leaders from Lin Province were sitting next to Xie Changyi.

They were all familiar with each other.

No introductions were necessary.

The general consensus among them was that such a nice hotel should be reserved for foreign guests, and that they would have been fine staying in a regular guest house.

That way, they could have saved some money.

Xie Changning, however, didn’t have much of an opinion on it. While the leaders chatted, she just ate her food in silence. When they asked for her thoughts, she acted as if she hadn’t heard, offering no comment.

"This was a decision made by the leaders of Guang Province. They must have their reasons."

Xie Changyi didn’t have strong feelings about it either and just said as much.

Since the leaders of Guang Province had no objections, they shouldn’t overthink it.

The other leaders nodded as well, and the topic was dropped.

Once Xie Changning had eaten her fill, she excused herself from the leaders and scurried upstairs to sleep.

"You can tell Manager Xiao Xie has put a lot of effort into this Autumn Trade Fair..." the leaders said with a smile, teasing Xie Changning who seemed to be constantly sleeping.