Traveling through 70, reborn officers with various pets

There was a shuttle bus passing by the village near the army, so Ou Ruoxing arrived there in advance to wait for the bus.

It took more than two hours to finally arrive at the station near the Provincial Bureau of Commerce.

"Comrade, who are you looking for?" A serious-looking middle-aged man at the gate asked in a deep voice.

Ou Ruoxing has always been polite to these grassroots personnel. "Comrade, my name is Ou Ruoxing. I'm looking for Director Zhong from the Commerce Bureau. He asked Comrade Xiao Ming to notify me yesterday."

When he heard that it was Director Zhong from the Commerce Bureau who invited us, the gatekeeper softened his attitude a little. "Well, you register with me first, and I'll have someone take you in to see Director Zhong."

Looking at the registration book in his hand, Ou Ruoxing quickly filled in her information and handed it back to him.

The uncle at the gate took the registration book and saw that it was someone from the army. He felt even more relieved. As long as there was no problem with his identity, he was really worried that someone with a questionable background would come, which would be difficult to explain.

"Xiao Mo, you stay here and watch. I'll take this comrade in to look for Director Zhong."

He decided to bring people in personally so that if there was a problem, it could be dealt with as quickly as possible.

"Yes! Uncle Meng, slow down." Xiao Mo responded and stood obediently at the gate to work.

The gatekeeper, Lao Meng, took Ou Ruoxing to the office area where the Commerce Bureau was located.

They came straight to a small building. Lao Meng pointed at the building in front of them and said, "Comrade Ou, this is the building where the Commerce Bureau is located. Director Zhong is in the office on the far right of the second floor. You can go up directly to find him!"

"Okay, thank you uncle!" Ou Ruoxing politely thanked the uncle who led the way before going upstairs.

Walking along the corridor to the office door on the far right, Ou Ruoxing politely knocked on the door and waited for the person inside to respond before pushing the door open.

"Director Zhong, I'm Ou Ruoxing. Sorry for coming here uninvited."

When Director Zhong heard that it was the person he was waiting for, he immediately stood up from his office chair and said loudly, "Hahaha, welcome! Comrade Ou, I was worried that you couldn't get away, so I didn't come."

"How could that be? Director Zhong has invited me so kindly, so I must take time out to come and have a look." Ou Ruoxing answered gently.

Director Zhong quickly asked her to sit down and rest for a while, and asked her how she got here. "Come on, please sit down! You must have worked hard all the way here! Did Captain Yang send you here?"

Ou Ruoxing shook her head. "I came here by car. Today is not a day off. Brother Yi has to go to work."

After the two exchanged polite greetings for a while, Director Zhong suggested that they go to the exhibition hall together to check out some of the exhibits at the trade fair.

Ou Ruoxing naturally followed him and came to an exhibition hall on the first floor which was about 100 square meters and was filled with exhibits.

Comrade Xiao Ming also received the news in advance and was waiting at the entrance of the exhibition hall. After they arrived, he took a notebook and started to visit the exhibits together.

During the first round, Ou Ruoxing did not speak, but quietly observed each exhibit, including their introduction, appearance, packaging, pricing, etc.

It took nearly an hour to walk around, but Director Zhong did not get impatient. He knew that in order to give good suggestions, he must understand all the information.

"Director Zhong, are all the factories in Shaanxi Province participating in the trade fair? Are all the exhibits here?" Ou Ruoxing suddenly asked.

Director Zhong nodded slightly. "Yes, everything that everyone thinks is good is here. Earning foreign exchange is a big deal and we can't be careless, so everyone brought out their best products."

"However, even if this is the case, we may not be able to earn much foreign exchange. Many times, foreigners are basically not interested in these exhibits and shake their heads. But our products are really good and cheap. Even if we reduce the price, it is difficult to sell them."

This was the actual situation at the first two trade fairs. Director Zhong was also very troubled. No matter how good the products were, they would be useless if they could not be sold.

"Have those foreign businessmen mentioned what kind of products they need?" Ou Ruoxing asked, wanting to know more about the trade fairs in previous years.

"Hey, why didn't you ask? We have also tried to understand it, but they refused to tell us the specific requirements. They just kept saying that this was not the Eastern standard. We have been trying hard, but we are still not sure what these foreigners think. Alas..." Director Zhong sighed when he mentioned this. They really tried their best.

Their products are so good, why don’t they catch the eyes of foreigners?

I really don’t understand!

Hearing his words, Ou Ruoxing also had some thoughts in her mind, "Well, Director Zhong, please help me prepare a large stack of white paper and pencils. I can use them."

When Director Zhong heard that she wanted paper and pen, he naturally agreed, "Xiao Ming, go and prepare it for Comrade Ou and bring it over."

Xiao Ming responded and quickly ran to prepare, and came back panting after a few minutes.

“Comrade Ou, here!”

Ou Ruoxing thanked him and took it, then started walking from the beginning, taking notes as she walked, and sometimes writing and drawing.

Seeing that it was time for lunch, Ou Ruoxing was still immersed in writing and drawing. Director Zhong interrupted her helplessly, "Comrade Ou, it's noon. Let's go have lunch together and rest for a while before getting busy again, okay?"

Although time is a bit tight, we can’t let people work while hungry!

He's so hungry that Captain Yang might as well break his old bones!