Chapter 26 026 [Shopping Around]
Port of Yokohama---
The sky is blue and the sea is blue, and the seagulls are flying.
Shi Zhijian was standing at the port pier, with his hair combed back, a black suit, shiny leather shoes under his feet, and a briefcase in his left hand. He looked like a successful person.
The Lion will stay in Yokohama Port for three days, and Shi Zhijian only has three days to order machines here. According to Zeng Wenju's words on the street, "It will set sail in three days, and the emperor will not wait if it is late!"
Three days is really tight, Shi Zhijian is not familiar with Yokohama, and there are so many factories here, who knows which one has the machine he wants?
At this moment, Shi Zhijian was standing on the surface of the pier in high spirits, but he was actually having a headache.
"Crack! Crack!"
The spotlight flashed, and someone took a picture of him.
Shi Zhijian turned his head to look, but saw a short and fat man with a camera around his neck taking pictures of him.
Before Shi Zhijian could react, the short fat man approached with a smile on his chrysanthemum face, and said in Cantonese, "Excuse me, sir! You looked so handsome just now, I couldn't help but help you take a few pictures." a photograph!"
so good?
Rape or steal!
Shi Zhijian scratched the bridge of his nose with his fingers, "But I don't know how much I have to pay for these stylish photos?"
"Not much, 500 yen per piece!" The short and fat man rubbed his hands and smiled enthusiastically. "I graduated from the photography department of Tokyo National University, and my skills are incredible!"
500 yen is almost ten times more expensive than a regular camera studio!
Shi Zhijian nodded, and glanced behind the short and fat man, but it was a small wooden cart with a sign on it, which said "Travel Photography" in Chinese and Japanese, and various things were stuffed on the cart, beer, drinks, Wafers, biscuits, etc., and even clogs and slippers, toothbrushes and towels, it is a mobile "grocery store".
"500 yen? It's not expensive!" Shi Zhijian reached into his pocket and took out his wallet. He took out a piece of 100 Hong Kong dollars with his index and middle fingers, and shook at the short and fat man, "According to the exchange rate, 100 Hong Kong dollars should be 10,000 Five thousand yen, right?"
The short and fat man looked at the Hong Kong dollar that Shi Zhijian was holding, his eyes glowed, and he hurriedly said: "Of course, your calculation is very accurate."
"But I don't have change, I only have this big money, what should I do?"
"This is easy!" The short and fat man hurriedly took out his wad of Japanese coins, and said to Shi Zhijian, "I can exchange them with you!"
"But I don't want to exchange it with you?" Shi Zhijian said with a smile.
"Sir, what do you mean?" The short and fat man's face changed, and he waved his hands around.
A little girl carrying a flower basket, wearing a kimono, and clogs came over, wiped her nose, put her hands on her hips, and stared at Shi Zhijian domineeringly.
The chunky man introduced: "This is my daughter, a flower seller at the pier!"
A woman wrapped in a head cloth and wearing plastic gloves, who was picking seaweed just now, came over and put her hands on her hips towards Shi Zhijian.
The chunky man introduced: "This is my wife, who sells seafood at the pier!"
Immediately afterwards, a man pulling a rickshaw ran over not far away. He was wearing a coarse short gown, a strip of cloth was tied around his head, and a huge word "car" was circled behind his back. Staring at Shi Zhijian.
The chunky man introduced: "This is my brother-in-law, who pulls a rickshaw at the pier!"
After the introduction, the short and fat man stared at Shi Zhijian with a smile: "Now, sir, do you still want to exchange your Hong Kong dollars?"
Shi Zhijian figured it out, this is a local snake!
"I'd better not exchange it!" Shi Zhijian smiled.
Just when the short and fat man was about to get angry, Shi Zhijian shook the money he was carrying and stuffed it into the short and fat man's jacket pocket.
The chunky man was taken aback.
Shi Zhijian patted his pocket, and said in a tone like tipping a dancing girl, "Because I want to give you the money!"
so good?
The short and fat man stared wide-eyed, "Sir, what do you mean?"
Shi Zhijian smiled, "You should also be able to see that I am not familiar with the place when I first came here, and I want to find someone who can speak Cantonese as a guide, one hundred Hong Kong dollars a day, I wonder if you would like it?"
"Of course I would! Sir, you really have a good eye, you have found the right person! Except for me, Jiro Tanaka, no one here is suitable for the position of guide!"
"In addition, dear sir, you know that I am a China hand when you hear me speak Cantonese so well. For this reason, I even took a Chinese name of 'Tian Jiale'. What do you think?"
"Very good, very prosperous!"
"As long as you feel good, where do you want to go now?"
"If possible, Jiale, I would like to visit your company that produces instant noodle machines!" Shi Zhijian took out a cigarette and bit it in his mouth, his tone indifferent.
Tian Jiale was startled for a moment, "Good!" Then he waved to the rickshaw not far away.
Shi Zhijian was surprised, "Why don't you sit with your brother-in-law?"
"His is too expensive!"
...
Hundred Chi Machinery Co.
Accompanied by a person in charge, Shi Zhijian visited this company that produces instant noodle machines.
As a translator, Tian Jiale introduced at this time that Shi Zhijian's identity is a distinguished machinery purchaser from Hong Kong. The reason why he came here to visit is to purchase the instant noodle machines here back to Hong Kong.
The person in charge took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was still a little nervous to receive such an honored guest.
Nowadays, instant noodle machines can only be sold domestically, and have no ability to expand overseas markets at all.
If you serve this distinguished guest well, maybe it will really help the products to be exported overseas.
"Sir, our factory is No. 1 in RB in terms of production scale and quality of instant noodle machines!"
"We have a total of 50 production lines, and the total number of workers is as high as tens of thousands. It can be said that half of the people in this area are supported by our factory!"
"So I really hope to cooperate with you and introduce our best quality machinery to you!"
The person in charge tried to keep his posture as low as possible, which was a big challenge for him.
The RB people of this era highly admire Europe and the United States, and have always looked down upon the Chinese.
But Shi Zhijian is not an ordinary person no matter his temperament or style, especially when he is not speaking, the silent and condensed momentum on his body makes people very stressed.
After the person in charge finished speaking, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, then looked at Shi Zhijian, waiting for his reaction.
Shi Zhijian just nodded, his eyes were fixed on the machinery accurately, through observation, these machines were far worse than the blueprints he had drawn.
To be precise, what he drew on the blueprint is the future "instant noodle automation machinery", but the production machines in front of him are still very backward, and most of them rely on manpower.
Shi Zhijian was concerned, and he bowed calmly and wiped the nameplate on the instant noodle machine with his fingers. There was the company's name and address on it, but in terms of the main parts, Shi Zhijian found a very conspicuous name. "Yokohama Golden Dragon Co., Ltd."
In other words, the machine was not completed independently by this company, but assembled!
Seeing Shi Zhijian's small gesture, the person in charge thought he was checking the hygiene of the machine, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Shi, please rest assured that our company has very high requirements on the hygiene of the machine. They are also asked to clean it three times a day in the morning, noon and evening, and be sure to keep it clean!"
Only then did Shi Zhijian turn around and smile at the person in charge, and said, "Very well, let me think about it!"
Shi Zhijian's lukewarm answer made the person in charge a little at a loss, not knowing where he was wrong.
Why should you consider it? Their machines are the best here, and they hurriedly looked at Tian Jiale imploringly.
Tian Jiale was as confused as he was, but he couldn't pretend not to understand, so he smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Chinese people like to 'shop around' the most when doing business! So I have to go to other manufacturers to see!"
The person in charge rolled his eyes and said to himself, "How can you look like a Chinese with your wretched appearance? You bastard!"