Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 527 - 526 Uncle Wong, We’re Getting Ready to Upgrade

Chapter 527: Chapter 526 Uncle Wong, We’re Getting Ready to Upgrade

Silence, a full five minutes of silence.

If it had not been for the foreign buyers who arrived later, pushing and shoving at the back, the people in front might not have even snapped back to reality yet.

Most of them had never seen the Head Flower from Lan County Textile Factory; after all, the vast majority of them couldn’t afford to stay at the Sui City Hotel. This was their first sight of such an astonishing scene, and even if they didn’t intend to purchase any Head Flowers, they found it difficult to calm their emotions.

Shen Hongzun belonged to that minority who knew the truth but were still deeply shocked.

He had barely slept in three days, aside from discussing the head ornament business with his father in Xiangjiang, he had also visited the Friendship Store every day to see more varieties of head ornaments and even picked up his uncle—his father, not trusting his own judgment, had asked the experienced Shen Yu to help oversee.

"Uncle, this is the ’Lan’ brand," said Shen Hongzun, gulping down his saliva and nudging Shen Yu.

Shen Yu adjusted his glasses and nodded: "It’s indeed not bad." He tried to appear normal in front of his junior, though in reality, he was also deeply affected.

At the moment, Shen Yu was inspecting each of the head ornaments, mentally working out the amounts of stock to purchase.

Yes, he was not pondering whether to buy or not, but rather how much to buy.

After a while, having looked at all the ornaments and not hearing any further comment from Shen Hongzun, Shen Yu could only say, "Alright, go find your friend."

"Okay."

Shen Hongzun was extremely excited. With his uncle’s approval, it meant that he also recognized the business. This was Shen Hongzun’s first time conducting a business deal, and he had not expected it to be acknowledged.

He instantly felt that all the hardships of the past few days were worthwhile.

But—

Where is everybody?

Can’t see them.

Thankfully, a receptionist nearby gave them directions, and only then did Shen Hongzun know where to go.

Following the directions to the excessively secluded exhibition booth, both uncle and nephew were somewhat dumbfounded at what they saw the person behind the booth doing.

Seeing the serene scene before them, Shen Yu finally believed what his nephew had said—they really must have been reluctant to come to the Spring Trade Fair. Otherwise, they would be like everyone else, standing behind the booth with a smile ready for them, not sitting there drinking tea and reading the newspaper, oblivious to the arrival of customers.

Shen Hongzun didn’t think too much of it; he just thought Lin Nianhe was very beautiful.

With his uncle by his side, he wasn’t intimidated by Lin Nianhe’s family background anymore, and he approached her, calling out, "Miss Lin, I’m here to buy something."

Lin Nianhe had the look of someone forced to do business, slowly setting down her teacup as she spoke, "The samples are all on display, feel free to have a look..." but as she turned back and saw Shen Hongzun, she put on a smiling face, "Oh, Mr. Shen."

It was not very warm, but it was much better than her previous indifference.

Lin Nianhe stood up, greeted with a smile, "Have you had something to eat?"

"I haven’t, just had a cup of coffee," Shen Hongzun replied earnestly to the casual greeting.

Lin Nianhe looked at the dark circles under his eyes, "You don’t look very well, have you been unwell recently?"

"I..."

Shen Yu really couldn’t stand it any longer, his nephew was too ignorant of the gravity and timing.

He stepped forward to interrupt Shen Hongzun, nodded to Lin Nianhe, and spoke with a much more standard Mandarin than Shen Hongzun, "Miss Lin, hello, I am Ah Zun’s uncle Shen Yu. Our company is interested in purchasing the ’Lan’ brand head ornaments. May we talk?"

"Uncle Shen, hello, it’s a pleasure," Lin Nianhe’s smile was impeccable. She gave a light nod and said, "Then let’s move to the negotiation room."

"Okay."

There are many negotiation rooms outside the main venue, with samples displayed inside as well, each room also equipped with translators.

When others at the exhibition saw Lin Nianhe being the first to take a foreign buyer into a negotiation room, they were so shocked that their eyes widened, with some even rubbing their eyes in disbelief.

They really didn’t expect that the Lan County Textile Factory would be the first to negotiate!

Lin Nianhe gave them an encouraging gesture and even courteously directed the foreign buyers to open the door as she passed through the main entrance.

Both parties had memorized a passage of speech, and the negotiation officially began.

"Given the tight schedule of the Spring Trade Fair, I’m sure you both have many other items to procure, so I will not take up too much of your time," Lin Nianhe said with a light smile, pouring them tea before presenting a numbered form, "We have a total of one hundred and fifty-eight varieties of products, with the unit price listed on the label of each sample. You may choose at your discretion; just fill in the quantity according to the numbers."

Shen Yu took the form and casually remarked, "This is quite convenient."

Lin Nianhe smiled and handed him a pencil, "To facilitate any changes, please write in pencil first. I will transcribe it in pen in your presence before we sign the contract and verify it together."

Shen Yu accepted the pencil but didn’t leave right away. Appearing interested, he watched Lin Nianhe and asked, "Don’t you want to introduce your products to me? I have never purchased from your factory before."

"You being here has already provided me with an answer—an answer that needs no elaboration," Lin Nianhe replied, "I think Mr. Shen has already shared all the stories of ’Lan’ with you, and repeating that history would only bore you."

"Don’t you have any new stories?"

"Would you like to hear ’Snow White’?"

"Hahaha..."

Shen Yu laughed and nodded, "You are an interesting and clever child."

"Thank you."

Lin Nianhe smiled with ease but always kept a taut string in her heart.

One has to be careful dealing with such an old fox; his words are full of traps.

If she were to tell him the "story" again, or utter a tad more than what had already been told to Shen Hongzun, today’s deal would fall through, and ’Lan’ would be branded as a liar.

Shen Yu asked with a smile, "I’d like to know how much quota you’ve allocated for Xiangjiang."

"Three hundred thousand pieces," Lin Nianhe said. "Our production is limited; we can only make this amount before the autumn trade fair."

"Half a year, three hundred thousand pieces," Shen Yu shook his head lightly, "Our Shen Family department store is the largest in Xiangjiang; this quantity really isn’t enough."

Lin Nianhe calmly said, "Scarcity adds value."

Shen Yu turned his head and once again scanned over the samples beside him.

Having been in retail for decades, Shen Yu grew up in the family shops and naturally understood what sold well. Especially since his family had six aunts and countless sisters-in-law and sisters, he had grown up among women and knew too well what they liked.

Purposely stretching the time, Shen Yu turned to Lin Nianhe and stated the purchase quantity that had been agreed upon with his elder brother beforehand: "Five hundred thousand pieces, and we want the priority rights for Xiangjiang for the autumn trade fair."

Before coming to Sui City, they had learned about this suddenly emerged brand from Shen Hongzun’s phone call. They did not dismiss Shen Hongzun’s words as child’s play; instead, they studied it carefully over a day and a night, and finally concluded with an upper limit of five hundred thousand pieces after considering the Shen Family’s cash reserves and other procurement needs.

Of course, the final purchase amount would depend on Shen Yu’s assessment of the product quality upon seeing it, since Shen Hongzun has only seen a handful of about ten varieties, not representative of the entire line.

As for the priority rights, that was even more crucial. They were the first to introduce the ’Lan’ brand to Xiangjiang and would not allow others to reap the benefits.

Listening to the other party’s requested supply quantity, Lin Nianhe just wanted to go back and shake Wong Xiao awake—

Uncle Wong, get ready, we’re about to step up our game.