Chapter 345: He Needs a Moment to Decompress
Luo Dongchuan pressed Su He for details about what “small matters” she had handled, so Su He invited him into the room to chat.
Just then, Director Tian, who hadn’t stepped into the room yet, was called over by Su He, avoiding the awkwardness of her and Luo Dongchuan being alone together.
Luo Dongchuan thought to himself: It goes without saying that Su He can secure massive orders—her level of attentiveness alone already surpasses so many others!
Once inside the room, Su He closed the door before explaining, “Uncle Luo, didn’t I sign an order for pearl hair accessories and pearl brooches on the train? So today, I went to find some exhibition booths to purchase pearls…”
Luo Dongchuan had been sitting while listening at first, but midway through, he couldn’t sit still any longer. He stood up abruptly: “You mean, you… you became a sales representative for some Zhanyuan Pearl Cultivation Farm? And you even conspired with them to swindle two other pearl cultivation farms?”
Su He nodded. “Yes. I even had the three factories in Anxin County take an equity stake. It’s a shame our handicraft factory doesn’t have start-up capital yet, otherwise it would have been four factories.”
Luo Dongchuan: “…”
This… this… you go to buy pearls and end up becoming the other party’s sales rep? And you’re playing commerce warfare on top of that?
Why don’t you just fly up to the heavens?!
The Canton Fair hasn’t even officially opened yet, and it seems you’ve already accumulated several part-time jobs, haven’t you?
People come to the Canton Fair to secure foreign trade orders, but look at you—besides pulling in foreign trade orders, you’re busy hunting for part-time gigs!
That’s not all; you even directed a scene to earn the price difference!
After a long silence, Luo Dongchuan finally digested the facts.
Then he asked Su He, “That… what did you call it? Baroque—is it really useful? What if the foreign merchants don’t buy into it?”
Su He said with a smile, “Rest assured, even if we can’t sell them, we won’t lose out.”
Su He was speaking the truth; she never embarked on things she wasn’t certain of.
If the Baroque pearls couldn’t be promoted at the Canton Fair, she would simply have the Textile Factory buy the entire stock.
That way, Director Feng would definitely be incredibly dissatisfied, providing the perfect opportunity to spin off the Huaihua Branch Factory as an independent entity.
Then, she would craft the Baroque pearls into accessories and sell them off to turn a profit.
Therefore, she was in an invincible position—capable of attacking or retreating. No matter how you calculated it, this deal was a guaranteed win.
Seeing Su He brimming with confidence and knowing the deal was already a done fact, Luo Dongchuan didn’t say anything more. He asked her, “Is that the only thing you handled?”
“I also took Director Tian to the translation department and had a pleasant chat with the students there.”
“Director Tian is a man of grand vision. Seeing that those students were a bit thin and frail, he decided to gift them a few cartons of instant noodles tomorrow. They’re at the age where they’re still growing, after all, and need constant nutritional replenishment.”
“I noticed the chairs in the public negotiation area lacked cushions, so I’m sponsoring them with some straw-woven seat cushions. They’re cool and look nice!”
“Also, it’s very sunny out, so I’m gifting them a few straw hats as well.”
“Uncle Luo, I’m just a person who loves to help others; I simply can’t bear to see people suffer.”
Luo Dongchuan: “…”
Give me a break!
Who are you trying to fool?
Your gift-giving is clearly motivated by ulterior motives—you’re just making them act as mobile exhibition booths for you!
He had originally stood up, but now he sat back down.
He needed a moment to decompress.
The first day, she captured the maintenance department and the service counter.
The second day, she captured the translation department.
If this keeps up for a few more days, won’t the entire staff of the Canton Fair end up as your relatives?
This Su He is simply not human!
That blockhead Shen Jiawang actually dared to harbor delusions of digging a pit for her?
Ha, I think he’s just digging his own grave!
Luo Dongchuan took a good while to decompress before saying, “Director Xiao and the team will arrive tomorrow. I will report your proposal to him, and in all likelihood, there shouldn’t be any problem. You had best go confirm the shuttle bus situation again tomorrow; don’t let it fall through at the critical moment.”
Su He nodded. Even if Luo Dongchuan hadn’t mentioned it, she would have gone to confirm it anyway.
Seeing that there was nothing left to discuss, Luo Dongchuan took his leave.
Director Tian couldn’t very well linger in the room either, so he followed Luo Dongchuan out.
Seeing Luo Dongchuan looking slightly dazed, he patted him on the shoulder. “Section Chief Luo, you’ll get used to it.”
Luo Dongchuan nodded. “Yes.”
Although neither of them specified exactly what they were getting used to, both understood tacitly.
Following a brilliant tactician like Su He, if one didn’t possess a certain level of psychological fortitude, they truly wouldn’t be able to hold up!
Once they left, Su He freshened up briefly. Eating the ice cream provided by the system, she began “borrowing” the Baroque jewelry patterns searched by the system.
The system was incredibly attentive, because it saw more money about to be credited to its account!
The host was a bit of a rascal, sure, but she knew how to make money!
For the sake of the money, it could endure anything!
It began feeding Su He ideas: [Host, modern pearl cultivation is highly developed, so pearl prices have plummeted. Why don’t you buy some high-quality Baroque pearls from me and pull a ‘swap the prince for a civet cat’ stunt? You’d definitely make a fortune!]
Su He replied lazily, “Think for yourself: is that idea even actionable?”
The system calculated for a while, and then slumped in defeat.
The host was right. While the idea was good, it wasn’t actionable.
The exhibits at the Canton Fair had been specifically selected. If she swapped them for pearls that stood out, the organizers would definitely discover it.
If she didn’t swap them for anything obvious, she wouldn’t be able to make much on the price difference!
Su He added, “System, while taking shortcuts can bring momentary gains, it will inevitably come at a cost. Moreover, your superiors might flag it as cheating.”
“I can’t let you shoulder such a risk; your KPI performance record must be perfectly clean!”
The system’s circuit boards sizzled with emotion!
The host is truly so kind to me!
I will never call her a rascal host again!
While Su He’s words were meant to coax the system, she truly did not want to employ such methods.
While taking shortcuts could lead to temporary gains, she was destined not to go very far.
Moved by her words, the system searched up hundreds of thousands of Baroque jewelry patterns for Su He, then curated the best of the best, selecting over a hundred designs perfectly suited to the trends of this era.
It even thoughtfully annotated the structure and required materials for each design.
After Su He sketched out a few patterns, she started blowing bubbles with her gum while watching cartoons.
At this moment, on the train bound for Guangzhou, Little Wenzhong and Lu Qifeng were chatting.
Little Wenzhong asked with a smile, “Old Lu, tell me the truth—did you secure Anxin County’s booth through your connections?”
Lu Qifeng smiled and remained silent.
Although he knew Su He had secured it through Old Elder Gu’s connections, he couldn’t sell Su He out.
I’ll just take the fall!
Taking the blame himself was better than letting a young girl like Su He take it.
Seeing that he had “tacitly admitted” it, Little Wenzhong laughed and said, “I guessed that was the case. But none of the three products from Anxin County possess any competitive edge, so you must prepare yourself mentally!”
Lu Qifeng had heard similar things too often over the past two days; he was already numb to it.
He gave a wry smile. “Old Xiao, I’ve already prepared for the worst. Even if we come back empty-handed, we can still harvest some experience and exposure—this Canton Fair won’t have been a wasted trip!”
Little Wenzhong nodded. “Hearing you say that puts my mind at ease. To be perfectly honest, I’m also feeling incredibly jittery, fearing that the transaction volume for this autumn Canton Fair might slide…”
As they chatted, the two actually felt a sense of camaraderie, and their relationship grew a bit closer than before.
Meanwhile, at the guesthouse, Luo Dongchuan was busy furiously scribbling.
Although he had already written a report earlier, he didn’t feel satisfied with it, so he started rewriting it: “On the train journey to Guangzhou, Comrade Su He facilitated an order of 800,000 USD for the Northern Liao Province Steel Mill, and an order of 115,300 USD for the Anxin County Textile Factory…”
