Material Empire

The venue arranged by the expo organizers for the Chinese delegation was located in a corner of the entire exhibition area. A site of 200 square meters sounded like a lot, but when Cui Hongchun came to the exhibition area with his staff, he realized that his site was the smallest. The booths rented by those big foreign companies cost thousands of square meters, the size of two or three basketball courts. No wonder, because this is an agricultural machinery exhibition, and the tractors and other equipment brought by some companies take up a lot of space. The sponsor arranged the exhibition to be held in such a farm, which also took into account the needs of the venue.

"Wow, their tractor is so beautiful!"

"Is this used for plowing? Why do I think it's cleaner than the car we took in the capital..."

As soon as Tranquility and Qin Shan entered the development area, they were blinded by the sights of advanced machines. The two little girls stared intently at the booths of those Western manufacturers, unable to move their feet.

People who felt the same way as Tranquility and the others included people from other companies in the delegation, and even Wang Changsong, Cheng Feng and other officials from the Agricultural Machinery Department. However, what they thought was a step further than Tranquility and the others. They felt that the Ministry of Agriculture's participation in the exhibition this time was really looking for abuse.

"There's a huge gap!" Cui Hongchun was also unhappy in his heart, but as the team leader, he still couldn't express his frustration. He said to Qin Hai who was following him with a calm face: "Xiao Qin, whether we return home with honor this time, or leave in shame, it's all up to you."

"Minister Cui, didn't we know these gaps a long time ago? We didn't come here to compete with them." Qin Hai didn't have any pressure in his heart. As a time traveler, he knew that China would be able to create these looking machines sooner or later. Incomparably taller equipment, but this time they came, they mainly displayed the basic parts. After three months of preparation, Qin Hai was confident enough to make a big splash at this exhibition.

"Xiao Jing, Xiao Shan, don't be blind, come and work!" Qin Hai shouted at Tranquility and Qin Shan who were dazzled.

Only then did the two girls come back to their senses, and hurriedly ran to Qin Hai's side with shy smiles, waiting to listen to his orders.

"Come on, let's start setting up the exhibition. The two of you help Section Chief Leng and Brother Liu to set up the stage..." Qin Hai began to make arrangements with gestures. Liu Shuo and Huang Yanling who followed behind him were both workers, so it was no problem to do this kind of work. Immediately, they rolled up their sleeves and started to tidy up the venue.

As soon as they made a move here, the others followed suit, unpacking boxes and moving props one by one, working in full swing. However, among this large group of people, most of them are leaders in enterprises. Although enthusiasm is enough, strength and skills are not enough. Only a few people on Qin Hai's side were used to physical labor, and they took over half of the work of setting up the exhibition.

"Well, next time there is an exhibition like this, I really have to bring some young people, even girls like Xiao Ning and Xiao Qin." Cui Hongchun muttered to Wang Changsong as he went to work in person.

"Minister, please rest. Xiao Cheng and I just need to work more." Wang Changsong gritted his teeth and said to Cui Hongchun with sweat dripping from the top of his forehead.

Cui Hongchun snorted and said: "I think you are not as good as me in work. At least I did some physical work when I was sent down."

"Yes, yes, in fact, I used to do physical labor in the countryside, but I just sat in an office all these years, and my labor ability has degraded..." Wang Changsong replied ashamedly, scolding those people in the subordinate enterprises in his heart: Ni Ma, if you knew you were going to set up the exhibition, you wouldn't arrange for some younger people to come over. If it weren't for the few people brought by Qin Hai who were quite capable this time, I would have given my waist here.

Those Western companies set up their exhibitions by asking local workers to help them. Seeing a group of middle-aged officials in the Chinese delegation sweating profusely at work, those idle exhibitors gathered around, speaking in various languages. Pointing to the booth of the Chinese delegation.

"Xiao Jing, go over and have a chat with them." Qin Hai shouted to Tranquility who was setting up the equipment with Qin Shan while twisting the universal joint on the bracket with a wrench.

"What did you say?" Tranquility approached, her eyes widened and she asked in a low voice.

"I'll ask you to talk to those foreigners." Qin Hai smiled.

"I dare not!" Tranquility pouted, "Also, why are you talking to them?"

Qin Hai pretended to reprimand with a stern face: "Why did I bring you out? I don't chat with foreigners. Why are you going abroad? Didn't I strengthen your spoken English before going out? Go, see that man in red The foreign sister doesn’t have one, so go and say Welcome to her.”

"Should I just say this?" Tranquility was a little moved. She was originally a bold girl, if no one encouraged her, she would not dare to talk to those strange foreigners casually, but now with Qin Hai's order, she couldn't help but want to try it.

"Let's say something first, by the way, bring Xiaoshan along." Qin Hai explained with a smile. He asked Tranquility to chat with foreigners instead of Qin Shan, naturally because he knew that Qin Shan was not as courageous as Tranquility. And once Tranquility is going, she will definitely take Qin Shan as her companion.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Tranquility ran up to Qin Shan's side. Qin Hai saw her whisper something to Qin Shan, Qin Shan showed fear and nervous expression on her face, and waved her hands again and again. But Tranquility is not easy to dismiss, she dragged Qin Shan to a blond beauty who was watching without any explanation.

"He...Hello, How_are_you?" Tranquility greeted the foreign girl stammeringly.

Seeing two beautiful Chinese girls running up to her and greeting her proactively, the foreign girl couldn't help but giggled, and replied: "Im_fine, How_are_you?"

"Im_fine_too!" Tranquility replied fluently. The oral English of the high school students in the small county town was basically scum. Fortunately, Qin Hai spent half a month to strengthen her and Qin Shan's oral English. She can still do this simple conversation. coped with it.

"Shan'er, what should we say next?" After Ning Jing answered the other party's greeting, her mind was empty, and she hurriedly asked Qin Shan for advice.

Qin Shan was not as courageous as Ning Jing, but she was more calm. Although she was nervous, she still had enough brains. She mustered up her courage and asked the girl, "Where_are_you_from?"

"Oh, I_come_from_Scotland, Have_you_heard_of_Scotland?" The foreign girl was even happier, and chatted with Tranquility and Qin Shan with a smile.

Once the other party's words were complicated, the two girls couldn't react. They subconsciously turned to look at Qin Hai, only to see that Qin Hai had already dropped the wrench and walked over with a smile.

"Why don't you talk anymore?" Qin Hai asked.

"We don't know what to say..." Qin Shan blushed so much that she was about to bleed.

Qin Hai smiled and said: "Think about it, you can answer this question. Don't be nervous, people won't care if your pronunciation is accurate, because English is her mother tongue for her, but a foreign language for you. You can speak a few words of English, but she can't even speak a word of Chinese, so she admires you very much."

"Actually, we also know a few words..." Qin Shan whispered, feeling a little more confident in her heart. She carefully organized her language, and then began to chat bluntly with the other party about her knowledge of Scotland. As soon as she stabilized, Tranquility also entered the state, interjecting a few words from time to time. That Scottish girl had never chatted with a Chinese before, and she felt so fresh, so she tried to find simple questions to communicate with Tranquility and Qin Shan. up.

When everyone watched the three girls chatting together, they all thought it was very interesting, and when they saw Qin Hai standing aside, someone tried to strike up a conversation with Qin Hai. At the beginning, everyone thought that Qin Hai's English was probably similar to those of the two girls, and that he was only able to carry out daily conversations. After chatting, they found that Qin Hai was as proficient in English as his mother tongue, so they approached those who came to talk to him More and more.

"According to my impression, you Chinese seem to be participating in this expo for the first time, right?"

"Sir, what products are you planning to exhibit? To be honest, I'm really curious."

"Is it really your minister who works there? You sell cakes. I always thought that Chinese officials are very strict. I never thought that a minister would do such rough work with you..."

Qin Hai smiled and answered everyone's questions, and at the same time learned about the companies they represented. These exhibitors at the exhibition are not only competitors but also partners, so it is very necessary to get familiar with each other. The products Qin Hai brought this time are mainly the basic parts used in farming machinery. If it can be recognized by foreign farming machinery manufacturers, it means that it can easily enter the international market.

"Because of the distance, we did not bring large machines to the exhibition this time. We mainly brought some basic parts, including plowshares, harrow blades and rotary tillage blades. We very much hope to cooperate with you in terms of basic parts. Let's cooperate and communicate with each other," Qin Hai said to the crowd.

"What technical level can the basic parts you produce reach now?" an exhibitor asked casually.

Qin Hai smiled and said: "We brought several basic parts of different grades. The middle grade can basically reach the current international average level. As for the high grade, there is no reference yet. According to my guess, it should be It is the highest level that can only be reached internationally in the early 1990s."

"What did you say?"

Qin Hai's words, like a stone thrown into a pond, immediately caused waves. Everyone stared at Qin Hai with wide eyes, and some people wondered if the young man in front of him did not have a good command of English and misexpressed the meaning. Everyone doesn't know much about China, but there are still some basic judgments. If it is said that China can come up with a few products that catch up with the world's advanced level, everyone can barely believe it. Now Qin Hai actually says that his products can reach the international level in the early 1990s. Doesn't this mean that all the manufacturers present are technically Not as good as China?

I have seen someone bragging, but I have never seen someone who dares to brag so hard. This is the common thought of everyone at this moment.