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Chapter 294: Possessed by the God of Food?
Chapter 294: Possessed by the God of Food?
He Lao was just about to educate her, saying that this kind of thing wasn't popular anymore and that he didn't like it either. He smiled and looked at Jiang Xia, "Xia Xia, how about we have dinner together tonight?"
As soon as He Lao finished speaking, all the staff present turned to look at Jiang Xia.
Especially the volunteers from various universities.
Many people had invited He Lao to dinner, but he had refused them all.
But now, He Lao was taking the initiative to invite Jiang Xia to dinner! Jiang Xia felt like she had been possessed by the God of Food today, as everyone who saw her wanted to treat her to a meal.
She smiled apologetically, "He Lao, I've already made plans to have dinner with several foreign friends tonight. Another day, I'll accompany you for a meal with Cheng Lei."
He Lao laughed after hearing this, "Alright, then don't forget! Otherwise, I'll find you at your doorstep to have this meal."
Jiang Xia smiled, "I dare not forget. If I did, He Lao, you'd be welcome at my home, and I'd cook a feast for you myself."
"Haha, now that you mention it, I'm actually looking forward to you forgetting!"
"He Lao, if you don't mind, you're always welcome at my humble abode."
He Lao said, "Then leave your address and phone number."
He Lao also asked the people around him to take note of the information.
Jiang Xia: ???
Did He Lao think she would run away from that meal?
Jiang Xia had no choice but to give her address and the production team's phone number.
As Wen Wan and Xiao Zhi, Peng Yuhua's assistant, were heading down to eat, they happened to see Jiang Xia speaking with an elegant, amiable, and dignified elder.
The elder was followed by many people, and his attire, along with the posture of those around him, clearly indicated his extraordinary status.
Xiao Zhi, seeing that Wen Wan couldn't take her eyes off the elder, said, "That's a high-ranking official from Jing City. I heard that last year, a volunteer from G University spoke foreign languages very well and impressed him. He recommended that volunteer to work in the External Translation Department, making the other volunteers extremely envious."
"I heard from Peng Factory Director that He Lao is a leader who values talent. It seems that Comrade Xia Xia has impressed him. If that's the case, Comrade Xia Xia might get the opportunity to work in the External Translation Department! But with her outstanding abilities and her language skills, she is more than qualified. I think Comrade Xia's English is even more fluent than that volunteer from last year! We're really lacking in translation talents right now. Comrade Xia's English is as good as a native speaker's, it's amazing..."
Xiao Zhi continued to praise Jiang Xia, but Wen Wan couldn't bear to listen anymore.
She only knew that Jiang Xia had impressed the high-ranking official and might get the chance to work in the External Translation Department in Jing City.
This was something Wen Wan had always dreamed of; it was the holy grail for foreign language students.
However, Jiang Xia was already married, and now she and Zhou Chenglei were so close. With the large ship at home, they could earn tens of thousands of dollars with each voyage. Since Zhou Chenglei was going to be the future richest man, she probably wouldn't go to work in Jing City, right?
After all, with a future richest man as her husband, wouldn't it be better to stay at home as a young mistress?
Actually, Wen Wan didn't understand why Jiang Xia still wanted to work as a translator. Wasn't she taking away opportunities from others?
Wen Wan's foreign language skills were also quite good; at least, she knew she was better than many volunteers, as she had started learning in her previous life. The conditions for learning foreign languages in modern times were much better than they are now!
But she couldn't compare to Jiang Xia! Jiang Xia's English was as fluent and authentic as a native speaker's.
Xiao Zhi pulled Wen Wan's hand, "Let's go! We should eat quickly. Ashi and the others are waiting for us to finish so they can take over the booth and have their turn to eat!"
Wen Wan snapped out of her thoughts and followed Xiao Zhi.
Jiang Xia also finished her conversation with He Lao and headed towards the booth where the food factory was located.
He Lao continued to review the morning's transaction amounts and found that a machinery factory from a certain grassland had also done well, securing orders worth 20 million.
The automobile sales were also impressive, with a transaction amount of 300,000 dollars in the morning.
The tractor factory also had a transaction amount of 200,000 dollars...
Jiang Xia first went to find Zhang Fuyan to get the things she had brought in the morning, and then went to the shipbuilding booth to call Zhou Chenglei for lunch. But Zhou Chenglei was introducing the Kent Ring to a foreign merchant.
Jiang Xia heard the foreign merchant say, "This is much more expensive than in Country D!"
Zhou Chenglei replied, "Because it's better than the Kent Ring in Country D."
As he spoke, Zhou Chenglei noticed Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia didn't disturb him and instead gestured with her hands, indicating eating, and then pointed to the food area, signaling for him to find her there after he finished his work.
Zhou Chenglei nodded and continued explaining to the foreign merchant, "In our Huaguo, we have a saying, 'You get what you pay for'..."
Seeing that he understood, Jiang Xia carried two baskets and strode towards the food area.
During lunchtime, the food exhibition hall was filled with foreign merchants, and the air was permeated with the aroma of instant noodles.
Jiang Xia saw staff from several food factories eating instant noodles from enamel basins or offering samples to foreigners.
Jiang Xia approached the food factory from her city, where Gu Jingxuan was standing in front of several foreign merchants, introducing the factory's luncheon meat and ham products.
Luncheon meat and ham were new products for the food factory; previously, they didn't produce meat products. It was only after Fang Aiyuan saw that the luncheon meat and ham from the Hai City food factory sold extremely well last year that she specifically bought a production line to manufacture them.
Jiang Xia had tried these luncheon meat and ham before, and they tasted pretty good.
Gu Jingxuan noticed Jiang Xia's arrival and smiled.
The young man had fair skin, a refined and handsome appearance, and his smile was warm and gentle.
Fang Aiyuan was also there, and she spotted Jiang Xia carrying the two baskets from a distance. She discreetly glanced at her son and waited for Jiang Xia to approach before smiling warmly, "Xia Xia, you're here? Have you eaten? I just made a bowl of noodles, and I haven't eaten it yet. You can try it."
Jiang Xia came to Fang Aiyuan's side and smiled, "Aunt Fang, how's business today?"
Fang Aiyuan smiled and replied, "It's going well. The transaction volume for the morning is also around ten thousand dollars, but it's still not as good as the neighboring factory."
The products from their food factory were not bulky items. Some were priced at a few cents, some at a few yuan, and some at over ten yuan, but there weren't many products priced above ten yuan.
So, having a transaction volume of ten thousand dollars in the morning was indeed impressive.
However, the neighboring food factory had already secured twenty thousand dollars' worth of orders just for their instant noodles.
Their food factory's entire product line only managed to secure ten thousand dollars' worth of orders.
No comparison, no harm.
Fang Aiyuan handed the freshly prepared instant noodles to Jiang Xia and whispered, "Try this. It's from the food factory in the neighboring city. Look at the difference between their instant noodles and ours. I specifically asked someone to get a few packets and secretly prepared them! Taste it and compare. See where our food factory falls short? Why can't we sell them? The neighboring food factory's instant noodles secured twenty thousand dollars' worth of orders this morning alone!"
Two years ago, she specifically spent a significant sum to introduce two production lines from an island nation to produce instant noodles.
Despite having an export task, the instant noodles they produced couldn't be sold abroad!
Fortunately, they sold well domestically, or else they wouldn't even earn back the cost of purchasing the production lines.
The neighboring food factory only introduced the instant noodle production line this year, and it was their factory that transferred one of the production lines to them at a low price.
Initially, she thought the neighboring food factory wouldn't be able to succeed either.
She believed that the noodles produced by the production line weren't good enough, and the texture wasn't to the foreigners' liking, which was why foreign merchants didn't place orders.
But she never expected them to secure twenty thousand dollars' worth of orders in just one morning, truly slapping her in the face!
Jiang Xia subconsciously looked towards the neighboring booth, which was indeed surrounded by people.
However, through the crowd, Jiang Xia's gaze met Ye Xian's, and they shared a silent moment.
(End of Chapter)
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