Chapter 42

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Protagonist:

Lin Yi

Lin Yi subconsciously wanted to refuse; after all, the old saying goes well: wealth should not be exposed.

But the words reached his mouth, and he swallowed them back down.

Because he thought of a group of people he hadn't yet had the chance to deal with.

If utilized well, perhaps he could dig a big pit for them.

Quickly scanning his surroundings, he then leaned his head over beside Kang Tianyu and asked in a low voice:

"After reporting the good news to the leader, is there publicity?"

This sudden question made Kang Tianyu freeze for a moment, then he revealed a look of sudden realization, slapped his thigh, gave Lin Yi a thumbs-up, and praised him repeatedly:

"Boss Lin, this idea of yours is good!"

"I'll tell the leader in a bit; tomorrow we'll drag a billboard to the doorway and publicize it for everyone."

"Since General Manager Lin brought up this idea, do you want to think of an advertising slogan while you're at it?"

Kang Tianyu grew more and more excited as he spoke, and Lin Yi also saw the phrase 'beaming with joy' embodied in a person for the first time.

Exchanging meaningful glances with Kang Tianyu for a moment, he casually picked up the briefcase placed beside him, took out the contract from inside the briefcase, flipped to the final total price page, covered the important information with both hands, and revealed the contract total price.

Seeing the contract, this young Kang Tianyu let out a breath of relief in his heart.

He was also muttering softly in his heart.

The name is Xiaomi Heavy Industry, yet it sells electric rice cookers; merely the first day of the exhibition, and it signed two contracts worth 5 million...

Kang Tianyu's eyes suddenly narrowed, and then he stared dead at the currency unit behind the total price.

US dollars?

He slowly raised his head, casting a doubtful gaze at Lin Yi; Lin Yi very naturally sensed this gaze, put the contract away and held it in his hand, used the contract as a fan to gently fan the wind, and said seemingly unintentionally:

"They're two 5-million-US-dollar contracts—"

Lin Yi used a bit of the accent he had learned from Min region in his previous life.

The drawn-out ending, the controlled accent, did not affect Kang Tianyu's train of thought; he merely froze for an instant, then took his steel pen and quickly wrote a line of text on the folder.

【Two orders, 5 million US dollars each, totaling 10 million US dollars!】

After this line of text was written, he fished out his phone, tapped away on it for a bit, and immediately followed with a string of numbers.

【68.26 million!】

With this string of numbers written down, this exhibition's Kang Tianyu only felt his mouth dry and tongue parched.

What is called performance?

This is performance!

Day 1 of the exhibition, an unknown small factory, obtained 68.26 million in orders; just based on this point, it can prove the correctness of holding this exhibition.

It can also prove the foresight of the leader in holding this exhibition!

These are performance!

Thinking of the leader's praise, this middle-aged man who looked about 40 raised his right hand, patted his own chest hard, and said to Lin Yi:

"General Manager Lin, don't rush to put your things away; I'll have our staff come take a few photos."

"Then I'll go find the leader and report this matter; hmm... tomorrow, early tomorrow morning, we'll make a few posters and put them at the doorway, and publicize it well!"

"What do you think?"

Consumers purchasing goods, especially home appliance goods, have a certain herd mentality, especially at an exhibition like this.

If it's really as Kang Tianyu says, that tomorrow there can be publicity, perhaps this year's orders can add a few more, which would count as an unexpected delight.

Lin Yi nodded his head: "Okay!"

"Then I'll trouble you!"

"Good! I'll be right back!" Since it concerned his own performance, this Kang Tianyu was very busy, moving very fast.

He closed the folder, and in a puff of smoke he disappeared into the crowd.

10 minutes later, the Exhibition Hall Central Control Room.

Kang Tianyu placed both hands at his sides, his body straight as a javelin.

In front of him were Suzhou Investment Promotion Bureau Director Zhang Jinshan, and Culture and Tourism Bureau Director He Kaiming.

The documents these two Bureau Chiefs held were the ideas and numbers Kang Tianyu had just noted down at Lin Yi's place.

A full several minutes passed; He Kaiming put down the document in his hand, his right index finger lightly tapping on the table, the sound crisp and rhythmic, one tap after another, each tap striking Kang Tianyu's heart.

He tapped for about two minutes, then abruptly raised his eyes, his gaze staring straight at Kang Tianyu, and asked in a serious tone:

"How do you determine that the boss of this company called Xiaomi Heavy Industry, the contract in his hand, is real, and not a fake contract?"

As soon as these words came out, Kang Tianyu froze, and Zhang Jinshan beside He Kaiming also froze.

Just as Kang Tianyu was racking his brains on how to answer this sentence, Zhang Jinshan took the document and softly resolved his predicament:

"This is an exhibition; he has no necessity to forge such a fake contract, because deceiving us holds no benefit for him."

"Moreover, the day before yesterday, the Employment and Development Guidance Office side also gave me this company's information."

"They are vigorously building factory buildings."

"Now that they've secured orders here, we should support them even more."

Speaking to this point, Zhang Jinshan squeezed his eyes at He Kaiming:

"What's more, even without business, we can still help with publicity!"

"Publicize, publicize, and business will come, won't it?"

At this moment He Kaiming also understood the look Zhang Jinshan had cast over, and he slapped his own head, saying with regret:

"You're right, I was the fool!"

After slapping his head, he tilted his chin toward Kang Tianyu:

"Xiao Kang, tell us your idea."

The topic shifted too abruptly; Kang Tianyu needed several seconds to catch the rhythm, mentally organizing his words, and he rattled off his idea like a machine gun.

But the moment he finished, he noticed a trace of worry appear on the two leaders' faces opposite him.

Just as he was about to speak, He Kaiming's voice rang out from across:

"Xiao Kang, several big brands have come to this exhibition; they're famous far and wide, their sales contracts are bound to be large, and if we publicize based on the transaction volume you just mentioned, they'll definitely be the ones standing in front."

"These big brands' factories aren't on our side; publicizing like this equals making wedding dresses for others."

He Kaiming had just voiced his worry when he heard Zhang Jinshan let out a light laugh beside him.

Amid the laughter, Zhang Jinshan's words followed:

"Put up two LED screens; for our Suzhou City's own local enterprises, slow the scrolling speed a bit, so people can see the enterprise names clearly, see the enterprises' products clearly, see the enterprises' advertising slogans clearly."

"For out-of-town enterprises, just speed up the scrolling!"

"When the time comes, even if provincial leaders ask about it, we'll have an explanation."

"This is Suzhou City's exhibition; the support focus must be placed on our own enterprises!"

"At worst, we can fob it off as a technical issue; this technical issue, I'm in investment promotion, you're in culture and tourism, neither of us understands it."

"The people below are little fools too, it's their first time doing this kind of publicity, they have no experience."

The further he spoke, the broader the smile on Zhang Jinshan's face grew.

In a few quick sentences he blocked off every road and threw off every pot.

Of course, the biggest pot was still on his back, but now he had an excuse.

Leaders might say a couple of sentences at most — just two sentences — then turn their heads and forget it.

And He Kaiming, who had listened to his idea, could only give a thumbs-up and repeatedly praise this partner:

"Brilliant! Truly brilliant!"

With retreat routes front and back, plus corresponding operations all thought out, He Kaiming waved his hand broadly:

"Xiao Kang, you hurry up and get busy!"

"Remember the core point: support our Suzhou City's local enterprises, support them vigorously!"

"Support them ruthlessly!"