Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 399 The stall behind the exhibition hall

Near noon, the rental house.

Li Jiankun and others stood at the door. From time to time they walked outside and paced back and forth, looking around on tiptoes along the direction from the Liuhua venue.

His expression changed from looking forward to it at first, to frowning now.

"It's not right!"

Dong Mengping didn't need to remind him, anyone who wasn't stupid could see that things were in trouble.

For a whole morning, the girls didn't even bring back a batch of customers.

Li Jiankun raised his wrist and looked around. There was only a quarter of an hour left before twelve o'clock.He suppressed his impatience and decided to wait until the girls came back.

"Old Lin, you and Xinjia go get some food and come back."

There is a state-owned canteen on the street that specializes in steamed rice. In the large iron pots next to the door, there are drawers of steamer baskets stacked high. The smell of rice with the fragrance of lotus leaves can be smelled from a distance.

According to the schedule, not long after twelve o'clock, the girls returned together.

The four of them looked depressed, and some even dared not look at Li Jiankun, feeling ashamed of their trust in their senior.

"Don't be too lazy. How can there be so many things that are so easy to succeed?"

With a calm face, Li Jiankun greeted them, who were a little weak on their legs, and sat down at the tea table. He made tea himself and said with a smile: "If there is a problem, let's find a way to solve it. It's not a big deal. Come on, let's all smile."

After some joking, the girls looked much better.

Then he chirped and explained the whole story.

The situation is quite different. Foreign businessmen lack trust in them and are very wary.

Speaking more generally, they have no good impression of this country at all, thinking that public security is extremely poor and unruly people are everywhere.

Li Jiankun listened quietly. Although his face was calm, his eyes were cold.

Foreign media can do a lot of harm to people.

Much like later generations, there was not a single good word to say about this country's propaganda.

And it is different from later generations. Our country has just opened up these days, and the Internet, a magic tool for revealing secrets, has not become popular, and people have been brainwashed even more seriously.

People who haven’t really been there many times, or walked around, can’t truly understand this country.

Li Jiankun just didn't expect that the situation would reach this point.

Shen Hongyi said softly: "I led a group of customers and they came here, but they were only a third of the way away when they regretted and ran away."

Li Jiankun put tea in her porcelain cup to reassure her that she would not be disappointed.

He knew that the girls had tried their best, but sometimes the result of something was not necessarily related to whether they worked hard or not.

Rental housing that is too far from the venue is also a big problem.

"Let's eat first. After that, everyone will rest for two hours."

Erlin held the steamer basket, brought the rice over, and put down a deposit. He was afraid that everyone would not have enough to eat, so he bought a few more baskets.

For the girls, it is another novel delicacy, and the fragrant taste makes them feel better.

"Ah, why is this chicken so tender?"

"This is called mushroom and chicken rice."

"Where's mine? Several kinds of bacon."

"Three pieces of cured meat."

...

Everyone chatted while eating.

After Li Jiankun finished eating a basket of barbecued pork and pork ribs, he walked to the door, lit a cigarette, turned around and said, "You guys rest first, I'll go for a walk."

Shen Hongyi looked at his back and felt that the meat in her mouth had lost some of its flavor.

She came here this time to help...

On Li Jiankun's side, after arriving at the Liuhua venue, he wandered aimlessly along the fountain square, thinking about solutions.

Unconsciously, he wandered to the back of the exhibition hall and saw a row of "street stalls" under a building on the side.

After looking at it for a while, his eyes lit up and he walked over quickly.

"Hello, hello, would you like to see the hardware faucet?"

"Sir, please try one of the big, juicy oranges."

"Do you need Potato Head? It's cheap!"

Before Li Jiankun even got close, someone rushed out from every stall, like a fish seeing water, surrounding him, holding his own products and trying hard to sell them.

It’s no different from buying food at the market.

He lowered his head and saw why, the exhibition badge was still hanging.

At the same time, because he has a Chinese appearance, he is undoubtedly a good source of customers that cannot be missed for these street stalls that are obviously not worthy of translation.

Not wanting to waste other people's hospitality, Li Jiankun smiled and waved his hand: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, we are colleagues."

People promoting sales: "..."

There is nothing wrong with speaking Mandarin so fluently. "Why do you have an exhibition badge?"

Before the man could finish his words, an uncle rushed over from the side, grabbed Li Jiankun's arm and said, "Comrade, let's talk about it. You can give us the certificate and I'll pay... 100 yuan a day."

"I offer two hundred!"

"three hundred!"

Good guy.

I bet there is a business opportunity here, Li Jiankun was stunned.

He had five exhibition certificates, sitting still and taking advantage of the exhibition to earn several tens of thousands of yuan.

"Do you... speak foreign languages? Why do you need a certificate?"

"We specialize in attracting compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao."

Also.

A group of people were eager to have this hot cake of their own, and Li Jiankun took advantage of the opportunity to strike up a conversation with them.

These are people from small units from all over the country, including communes, brigade enterprises, street enterprises, and even small state-owned factories.

Some units are obsessed with earning foreign exchange. Only with foreign exchange can they purchase high-end production equipment and develop.

Some are forced by the situation to seize the market with state-owned units and have to look overseas.

Li Jiankun asked: "You are setting up a stall here and no one cares?"

"Who is not a collective enterprise? Why, are you really attacking us?"

"This is behind the exhibition hall, we're not in the way of anyone."

"You can't eat the meat, but you can't even take a sip of the soup?"

What you said makes perfect sense, bro!

Li Jiankun's mood was so high that he took off the exhibition badge from his neck and said, "I can give it to you for free, but I have a grudging request. Can you make room for me?"

The row of eaves in front of them has been occupied by them.

In this case, it's better to integrate into the group and don't try to carve out a new position.

"really?!"

"A word is settled!"

"I'll give it to you right away!"

Everyone was very quick, and they felt like they had found a treasure after getting the exhibition certificate. They discussed that each family would take turns to use it for one day, and they would clear an open space in the middle of the lot in a matter of minutes.

"Thank you."

After Li Jiankun scattered a bag of Huazi, he walked away.
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After half an hour.

An oilcloth was spread on the floor, and five sets of knives were placed on it.

Lao Lin and Dong Mengping each carried a matza bought for two yuan and sat in the back.

Lin Xinjia, who was wearing a neat suit, looked at this scene and hesitated to speak.

Li Jiankun scanned his face and asked, "What, do you feel you are downgraded?"

"...I just feel sorry for your status."

Who would have thought that a man who owns an entire hill in Taipingshan in the port city would actually set up a stall here that looks like selling vegetables?

"Remember one sentence, there are only winners and losers in this world. When you succeed, all the misfortunes you have encountered in the past are examples of hard work and will be praised by others. On the contrary, even if you grow up with a golden key in your mouth, you will Interpreted as the source of failure.

"Don't worry about the process, if you have a goal."

Lin Xinjia was thoughtful and nodded slightly.

Then, he saw his boss walking over to mingle with the "hawkers".

"Little brother, what's the style of your knife?"

"Aren't you trying to do business with foreigners?"

Shen Hongyi and the other four girls were disobedient. After arriving at the new stall, they rushed to the exhibition hall without stopping.

The momentum this time was completely different from that in the morning.

There's something about avenging past shame.

Much more courageous.

After splitting up, Shen Hongyi stopped caring about whether the other party was friendly and immediately stopped a group of foreign businessmen.

The other party saw the flyer and became somewhat interested.However, when they learned that they had to go outside to look at the goods, they looked wary and shook their heads.

"Gentlemen, you don't need to go outside the venue. You can stay a few steps behind this exhibition hall."

After hearing her explanation, the foreigners exchanged a few words and motioned for her to lead the way.

Shen Hongyi was overjoyed and took cheerful steps, her white skirt fluttering.

(End of this chapter)