Chapter 334: Truly Worthy of Being My Granddaughter-in-Law
Su He pulled out the straw hats next. “Uncle Luo, the weather is too hot, so our handicraft factory has decided to sponsor a batch of straw hats.”
Luo Dongchuan: “…Your Anxin County has a handicraft factory? How come I didn’t know?”
Su He rubbed her hands together. “Our Huaihua Commune is currently preparing it. Once the orders come in, we’ll submit it for official approval!”
“Uncle Luo, if we really manage to secure orders at the Canton Fair, and if it’s inconvenient to affiliate with the Textile Factory, I’ll have to ask for your help in finding an affiliating unit for us.”
Luo Dongchuan: “…”
Aren’t the Textile Factory, Food Factory, and Machinery Factory enough to keep you busy?
You even have to drag along a handicraft factory that hasn’t even been approved yet?
Come to think of it, back on the train, she had “forced” the Chucheng Food Factory to promise to purchase Anxin County’s wild mountain vegetables. She really was sparing no effort for Anxin County!
To be frank, even Lu Qifeng, the top leader of Anxin County, wasn’t as hardworking as she was!
While utterly bewildered, he also deeply admired Su He.
Setting her cleverness aside, how many young people nowadays could work as hard as she did?
Take his own precious daughter for instance—she would cry and complain about being tired after doing just a tiny bit of work. She was far beneath Su He!
Withdrawing his thoughts, he said, “Little Su, keep the items for now. While there shouldn’t be any issues in principle, I have to wait until Director Xiao arrives and ask for his instructions before making a decision.”
Su He completely understood this, replying with a beaming smile, “Alright, but we can distribute the straw hats to everyone first. They can shield against the sun when going out.”
Luo Dongchuan immediately nodded in agreement. There was no special catch to distributing straw hats; there was no need to ask for instructions for that.
When Su He came out of Luo Dongchuan’s room, Section Chief Gao was also preparing to leave.
He had just chatted with Director Feng for a bit. Director Feng had deliberately taken out the contract to show Section Chief Gao, claiming:
“Although the order amount is far from small, I am someone who has seen grand winds and waves after all. I was perfectly composed at the time, unlike Old Tian from the Food Factory, who nearly tripped and fell.”
Section Chief Gao: “…”
That’s completely different from what Director Tian said!
Su He reminded Section Chief Gao to stay safe, walked him to the entrance, and watched him leave.
Section Chief Gao looked back a few times. Seeing Su He still standing in place waving at him, his heart felt incredibly warm.
Su He waited until Section Chief Gao’s figure completely vanished from sight before returning to her room.
To win someone over, compensation and benefits were certainly important, but one must also pay attention to the other party’s inner feelings.
One had to make them feel highly valued. As the saying goes, a scholar would die for a soulmate; humanistic care was absolutely indispensable.
The moment Su He stepped back into her room, the system popped up to curry favor.
[Host, would you like an iced milk tea? Or a sweet dessert? They’re completely free!]
The system had been in an exceptionally excellent mood these past two days. Because it had already seen a mountain of money waving at it!
The host had helped secure orders right on the train, so those units would definitely reward her handsomely. Once the Canton Fair concluded, the host would easily afford the Book of the Blue Bag.
Su He requested a cup of iced milk tea. After drinking it, she felt a bit drowsy, so she said to the system, “I’m going to take a nap. Wake me up when it’s time for dinner.”
The system eagerly agreed.
Forget about acting as an alarm clock; it would gladly learn to crow like a rooster if needed!
Meanwhile, Gu Wenqing, who worked at the Ministry of Foreign Trade, had already learned about what happened on the train.
Because the moment Ji Tong arrived in Guangzhou, he reported the situation back to the Ministry.
Gu Wenqing didn’t even wait until standard clock-out time before rushing back to the Gu residence as if his pants were on fire.
Old Master Gu had returned relatively early today and was currently inside his study, entirely focused on… cracking hazelnuts.
Hearing footsteps approaching outside, he hurriedly shoved the hazelnuts into a drawer.
After receiving permission, Gu Wenqing pushed open the door and entered. “Dad, how come I heard the sound of pounding? What were you hammering?”
Old Master Gu put on a stern face and said, “A nail on the desk came loose, so I took a hammer to drive it back in. It’s not even clock-out time yet, why are you back?”
Gu Wenqing replied with a smile, “Dad, I have excellent news to tell you! Tremendous news!”
“On her train journey to Guangzhou, Little He helped the Northern Liao Province delegation and the Capital North Province delegation secure a grand total of 1,045,300 US dollars in orders…”
Old Master Gu’s eyes went perfectly round, and his mouth fell wide open!
However, he regained his composure in a split second.
“Fourth Son, you’re not a child anymore. Can’t you carry yourself with a bit more gravity?”
“It’s merely an order of a little over a million US dollars. Is there any need to lose your composure like this? You even skipped out on work early just to come back and tell me. Look at how easily impressed you are!”
Gu Wenqing hadn’t caught Old Master Gu’s momentary slip just now, so he thought to himself: It has to be my dad—truly worthy of someone who has weathered grand winds and waves.
He scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly. “Dad, I was just too excited, and it wasn’t very convenient to talk about it over the phone, so I ran back to let you know.”
“To be fair, this girl Little He is truly remarkable. Not only is she exceptionally capable, but she possesses a grand vision. Anyone else would definitely have only thought about their own province’s delegation. Yet she even brought the Capital North Province delegation along…”
Old Master Gu gave a cold snort. “This is all thanks to my guidance to her. Before she left for Guangzhou, I deliberately instructed her on these matters. A person must possess a grand vision and look at issues from the perspective of the nation… Alright, if there’s nothing else, go back to work!”
Gu Wenqing could only nod and agree. When he reached the courtyard, a question suddenly struck him—the desks inside his father’s study were all crafted from rosewood with mortise-and-tenon joints; there weren’t any nails used at all!
Still, he didn’t dare go back to ask, so he mounted his bicycle and rode back to work.
On the other side, inside the study, Old Master Gu’s mouth was splitting into a massive grin!
Securing orders right on a train was completely unprecedented!
And it was over a million US dollars!
This girl really brought immense honor to them!
She was truly worthy of being the granddaughter-in-law of me, Gu Hanzhou!
He paced around the study a few times, then walked out to the living room and dialed a number. “Check the hotel phone number for where Gu Jinting is staying for me.”
Very quickly, Old Master Gu obtained a telephone number.
He lost no time in dialing it. As luck would have it, Old Elder Gu had just returned to his hotel room.
The front desk quickly transferred the call to Old Elder Gu’s room.
The moment the call connected, Old Master Gu asked, “Old Gu, how are the preparations for the Canton Fair going?”
Old Elder Gu said in surprise, “Oh, you rarely ever pry into this matter in the past. Why did you make a special call to ask me today?”
Old Master Gu coughed twice. “I just happened to see the Canton Fair mentioned in the newspaper. Furthermore, I was thinking of you, so I called to ask.”
Old Elder Gu took his words at face value and felt a bit moved.
Old Gu is just someone who looks cold but feels warm inside; he still thinks of me quite a bit.
“The preparation work is progressing very smoothly. Tomorrow, the accompanying personnel from each delegation can begin setting up the venue…”
Old Master Gu listened with total impatience. After Old Elder Gu finally finished speaking, he casually inquired, “Smooth is good. By the way, is there any fresh news?”
“Fresh news? I haven’t heard of any.”
Old Master Gu: “…”
The matter of Su He securing over a million dollars in orders—you haven’t heard of it? Are you deaf?
Old Elder Gu truly didn’t know yet, because he had only just set foot back in his room, and his subordinates hadn’t had the chance to report to him yet.
The two exchanged a few more words before hanging up.
Old Elder Gu felt puzzled in his heart: Why did Old Gu sound a bit displeased when he hung up the phone?
I didn’t say anything to offend him, did I?
