noffsinger Chapter 103 Guangzhou Hotel
Chapter 103 Guangzhou Hotel
In the afternoon, Jiang Weimin came to Guangzhou Hotel.
In the 20s, Guangzhou Hotel was like a bright pearl, shining in the land of Guangzhou and was known as "the No. 70 building in China".
The towering buildings and simple and smooth lines all demonstrate the unique charm and grandeur of modern architecture.
It has become the most magnificent scenery in Guangzhou’s city skyline and is also the iconic building of Guangzhou in this era.
As soon as Jiang Weimin stepped into Guangzhou Hotel, he was shocked by the spacious and magnificent lobby, exquisite decoration and elegant layout. He felt that this was not the 70s, but the 21st century.
When Jiang Weimin arrived at the front desk and saw that the receptionist was a beautiful woman, he first handed over his work ID.
"Hello, I am from the Qingdao trading group and I want to find a British businessman named Anderson."
The beautiful receptionist smiled and responded, "I'm sorry, comrade, we can't disclose the guest's information here."
"Mr. Anderson was our buyer last year, and we wanted to come over and talk in advance." Jiang Weimin made up a reason.
Although it was the first time that the beautiful receptionist encountered such a thing, she had never seen any trading group contact foreign businessmen before the Canton Fair started.
But he still decisively refused, "I'm sorry, comrade, we have a rule that we can't disturb foreign businessmen's rest."
At this time, Jiang Weimin understood that the hotel management was very strict and it was difficult to get information about foreign businessmen.
Because a report from a foreign businessman at this time could cause a person to lose his job, Jiang Weimin did not continue to communicate.
When Jiang Weimin turned around and saw foreigners resting in the hall, he suddenly thought of a solution that would solve the problem once and for all.
Then Jiang Weimin smiled and said to the beautiful receptionist, "Can I give you some English books for free for the guests in the lounge area to read?" After that, Jiang Weimin pointed at the guests in the lounge area.
The beautiful receptionist looked at Jiang Weimin and said, "I don't have the authority to decide this. I need to consult our leader."
"Then can you help me contact the leader?"
The beautiful receptionist said helplessly, "Okay, wait a minute!" Then she picked up the intercom and said, "Manager, the Qingdao trade group at the front desk wants to see you."
"Got it. I'll be there right away."
Jiang Weimin waited for a while, and the lobby manager of Guangzhou Hotel came over.
The beautiful lady at the front desk pointed and said, "Manager Zhang, this comrade is looking for you."
Jiang Weimin saw Manager Zhang looking at him and quickly explained, "Hello, Manager Zhang, I am Jiang Weimin from Qingdao Publishing House, and this is my ID." Jiang Weimin handed over the ID.
Manager Zhang carefully looked at Jiang Weimin's ID and handed it back after confirming it was fine. "Comrade, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Manager Zhang, our publishing house has printed a batch of English comic books. We were thinking of giving them away to our hotel for free so that foreign businessmen can read them during their breaks." Jiang Weimin showed the box containing the comic books in his hand.
Looking at the exquisite comic book gift box in Jiang Weimin's hand, Manager Zhang looked puzzled, "English version of the comic book?"
"Yes."
Manager Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Comrade, please come with me. Let's go to my office and talk. It's not good to talk here."
Jiang Weimin then followed Manager Zhang to the office.
"Little comrade, what's your name?"
"Manager Zhang, my last name is Jiang, you can just call me Xiao Jiang. Please take a look at our comic book gift boxes first."
Manager Zhang took the gift box handed over by Jiang Weimin and said in surprise, "Xiao Jiang, your packaging design is amazing!"
"Manager Zhang, we designed this specifically for the Canton Fair, mainly to attract the attention of foreign businessmen."
"That's a great idea." Jiang Weimin then helped Manager Zhang open the box, took out the comic book inside and handed it to Manager Zhang.
Manager Zhang took the comic book and roughly flipped through it and found that it was indeed the English version.
"You want to find interested foreign businessmen by letting them read it!"
"Yes, Manager Zhang, can we have our comic books in our lounge for our guests to read?"
"Xiao Jiang! Although you are giving it away for free, books and periodicals like these for foreign businessmen to read have to be approved by the leaders. I can't make the decision here.
Please keep these two gift boxes for now, and I will report to the leader."
Jiang Weimin knew that the Canton Fair was about to begin, and he didn't get here through connections, so the higher-ups would definitely prefer to keep their affairs to themselves.
But things have come to this point, and Jiang Weimin still wants to give it a try.
"Manager Zhang, look at our gift box, isn't it beautiful?"
Manager Zhang nodded. "It is indeed very beautiful."
"If it's given as a gift to a foreign businessman, no one should refuse it!"
“No one will refuse such a beautiful package.”
"I can give our hotel 100 sets of two sets of English comic books for free, 50 sets each. How do you think?"
Jiang Weimin wanted to give more but his financial situation did not allow it. He had already used up 100/1 of his quota by giving away 5 sets, and he still had many hotels to visit.
“50 sets per volume is a bit too little!”
"Manager Zhang, the quota approved by our leader is limited, but if your hotel can bring us an order of 1, our publishing house can give us another 500 sets for free."
"You think it's so easy to get an order? Wait a minute! I'll go report to my boss and see if I can add your comic strip to the lobby."
Jiang Weimin hurried to express his gratitude.
Manager Zhang then came to the leader's office with two sets of comic books.
"Leader, a comrade from Qingdao Publishing House came over and wanted to place their English-language comic books in the lounge area of the lobby.
I guess they want more foreign businessmen to see it." Then Manager Zhang placed two sets of comic books on the desk.
The general manager of Guangzhou Hotel looked at the exquisite comic book set and said, "Is the foreign exchange pressure in Qingdao so great? Even small publishing houses are trying to find ways to earn foreign exchange."
"I don't know about that, but the comrades at Qingdao Publishing House are willing to give away 100 sets of these comic strips for free."
"That's quite courageous. There's nothing wrong with the subject matter of their comic strips!"
"One set is for solving crimes, and the other is for fighting the Japanese?"
The general manager thought for a while and said, "Don't put books about the anti-Japanese war in the rest area, as it may cause disputes.
Please inform the comrades at Qingdao Publishing House to put the crime-solving books in the lobby for foreign businessmen to read!
It’s not easy for all places right now, and everyone is trying to earn foreign exchange for the country.”
After getting the general manager's approval, Manager Zhang turned around and was about to leave.
Then I heard the general manager's voice again, "Take these two sets of books with you, I can't understand the English ones."
Manager Zhang then came to his office and told Jiang Weimin that his leader agreed to place the comic books on crime-solving themes in the lobby for foreign businessmen to read.
"Thank you so much, Manager Zhang. I'll go back and ship 100 sets of comic books to you right away."
Jiang Weimin is already very satisfied to have a set of comic books in the lobby for foreign businessmen to read.
Jiang Weimin hurried back to the exhibition hall, found Feng Nan and told him about the comic book placement in the lobby of Guangzhou Hotel for guests to read.
Feng Nan had no objection to this. After all, Song Wenqing had given Jiang Weimin 500 sets of free gifts at that time.
Moreover, Jiang Weimin’s idea is indeed very good. As long as it can be placed in the lobby of the Guangzhou Hotel, there will be a steady stream of foreign businessmen seeing it and there will always be people interested.
Jiang Weimin first found some painting tools and drew two portraits of the beauties at the front desk, and then he took Yunzhou to deliver the 100 sets of comic books to the Guangzhou Hotel.