The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 293 Make a friend
The general manager of the motorcycle branch of Beijing Jeep has been planning something recently. He plans to give a fixed order to Liu Hua's machinery factory every month.

There is no other way. The engines made by Liu Hua are of good quality and cheap, which can save them a lot of money. Only a fool would not want to take shortcuts when there is such a good thing.

As for the fact that their factory has fewer tasks and the workers will have nothing to do, that's very simple. They can just move these idle workers over to do cleaning. The work is easy and the salary remains the same, even a fool would be willing to do that.

Moreover, this is a two-pronged approach. As a key enterprise, Beijing Jeep has people coming to visit and inspect from time to time, so it needs to do a good job in appearance. It is just right for more people to do this kind of appearance project, so that it can show its face to outsiders more.

Ju Wei specifically asked Liu Hua: "Should we accept such an order?"

"Yes, why not?" Liu Hua asked, "What is the purpose of running a business? Isn't it just to make money? Now there is a long-term and stable order, which is something that many companies would beg for."

"But don't we make our own engines? In less than a month, our engine testing will be completed." Ju Wei said puzzledly: "Our domestic patent has been approved, and we can open up our own market right away."

"This is not contrary to our purpose." Liu Hua said with a smile: "Let's take the order first. When our engine tests are completed, we can recommend them to use our engines. We can't do less work in the early stage to maintain the relationship. Let's take it, let's take it. We have so many workers to support, so it's a good thing to have an order."

When Xu Damao came to Shanghai, the other party must be a big company, not someone he, a salesperson from a little-known company, could contact casually.

But Xu Damao was determined to find a way through the door, so he stayed at the factory gate for five days. By asking questions and trying to get close to the person, he finally found out the personality and hobbies of the purchasing director of the Modu Motorcycle Factory.

That day, when the director was on his way home from get off work, Xu Damao jumped out and insisted on treating him to a meal. The director was very wary, but fortunately he saw Xu Damao take out his ID in time, otherwise the director would have to cry for help.

The main reason is that Xu Damao is not good-looking. The actor who plays Xu Damao is called Hai Yitian, who is determined to play the number one villain in China and is also 1.8 meters tall.

Think about it, a person who looks good is more worrying. He is a northerner who is over 1.8 meters tall. When he stands in front of a southern old potato who is less than 1.7 meters tall, he will definitely be scared.

"What do you want to do? Let me tell you, this is a clear world. If you do bad things, you will be caught by the police."

Xu Damao smiled and said, "Director Jiang, please don't misunderstand me. I just want to treat you to a meal."

"Invite me to dinner?" Director Jiang was stunned for a moment: "It was too scary. I just wanted to throw the motorcycle to you and run away."

"I'm the sales manager of Northern Taiyi Heavy Industries." Xu Damao took out his letter of introduction and said, "I want to talk to you about motorcycle engines."

Hearing this, Director Jiang flatly refused: "That's not necessary. Our factory has a special supply channel."

"We don't have to talk about engines, but we still have to eat. More friends mean more opportunities." Xu Damao said with a smile, "Then I can make friends with Director Jiang. You have to give me this favor. I have specially booked a table at Baosteel's guesthouse."

Baosteel is a key enterprise, and the chef in their guesthouse has superb skills. Director Jiang looked at Xu Damao and felt a little scared. He didn't know what Xu Damao was up to, as he looked like a traitor. But as a gourmet, he wanted to taste the skills of the chef in Baosteel's guesthouse.

Xu Damao had already found out that Director Jiang liked to eat, so he asked Liu Hua to use his connections to book a table at Baosteel Guest House. "It's not possible today." Director Jiang evaded, "I have something else to do at home today, how about tomorrow?"

Director Jiang plans to use tomorrow to investigate Xu Damao thoroughly. Xu Damao is a shrewd man and he knows what Xu Damao is planning.

"Okay, okay. I'll be waiting for Director Jiang at the Baosteel Guest House tomorrow night."

The next day at work, Director Jiang used his connections to inquire about Taiyi Heavy Industry with the Shanghai government. He only learned that the legal representative was Liu Hua, and knew nothing else. It was a little-known small company that had been registered not long ago.

At that time, there was no Tianyancha or Baidu search, so there was no way to contact Liu Hua’s true identity at all.

Since they were going to talk about engines, Director Jiang came up with an idea. He found a burly technician from the technical department, who was said to be a martial artist, to accompany him to the banquet.

Xu Damao was waiting at the gate of Baosteel Works when he saw Director Jiang bringing someone over. He knew that he was trying to give himself courage, but he still asked insincerely.

"Welcome, welcome. Welcome to Director Jiang. May I know who this comrade is?"

"You want to talk to me about the engine problem? I don't really understand it. I specially found a technical expert here. This is the horse expert from our technical department."

"You are most welcome to do so. It is an honor."

The table ordered by Liu Hua was the most luxurious reception, and Baosteel didn't ask him for any money. In accordance with local customs, Xu Damao did not choose to drink white wine, but thirty-year-old yellow wine. Together with the delicious food on the table, Director Jiang nodded repeatedly during the meal.

Probably because they had not talked about engines during the meal, Director Jiang asked over tea after finishing his meal: "Comrade Xu Damao, let's talk about your Taiyi Heavy Industry and engines. Even if we can't reach a cooperation, it's good to make friends."

They drank Biluochun tea before the Qingming Festival, and Xu Damao felt that it was not as delicious as Wu Yutai's Jasmine tea.

"Then I have to talk to you about our Taiyi Heavy Industry." Xu Damao said proudly: "Although our company was established not long ago and its strength is relatively weak, our boss has a great background."

"Oh, I'd love to hear the details."

Xu Damao smiled and said, "Our boss is Liu Hua. He is a key engineer in the Science Department and a professor at Huaqing University. He has served as the chief engineer of many large domestic projects. For example, the first phase of Baosteel's project was designed by our boss."

Director Jiang smiled and said, "No wonder you were able to book the Baosteel Guest House."

Xu Damao said ostentatiously, "The meal we just had should have cost quite a bit, but Baosteel heard that it was ordered by our boss and didn't ask for a penny. Their external relations director heard that I was the boss's subordinate and repeatedly told me that when I come to Shanghai in the future, I should just stay at their place and treat it like my own home."

(End of this chapter)