"Xiao Tan, what should we do now? Find a hotel first?"
The neon-lit street scene made Zhang Xupeng a little flustered.
Although he was full of ambition and high spirits at home, once he was on site, it was a different story.
After all, Zhang Xupeng was just a young man under 20, who had only graduated a year ago.
Tan Jincheng had long anticipated this point, and it was the same in his previous life; after the two got off the car in his previous life, they were also in this situation.
"First, find a hotel, put our things down, and then we'll go have dinner."
"Right, right, right, let's eat first, I'm starving, that stuff at noon was really awful."
Zhang Xupeng quickly nodded and said.
Yongcheng has several garment bases.
The one in Baldy's hometown and Yu City's geographical location didn't have much advantage in Tan Jincheng's opinion, so they naturally wouldn't be considered.
What remained were the Light Textile City, Wanghu Market, and Xiamei Village in Beicang.
After consideration, Tan Jincheng chose the area of Xiamei Village in Beicang.
The settling place was chosen near Tianrunfa and Ningzhiyuan in Beicang; the three garment markets were not far from here, and bus route 783 could easily reach them all.
Most importantly, Beicang is the location of Yongcheng Port.
In the future, with the merger of Yongcheng Port and the neighboring Putuo Port, it will become the port with the highest annual throughput in the world.
Doing import and export business, being near the port has a natural advantage; at the very least, container shipping costs will save a lot.
In 2004, the area near Tianrunfa should have been one of the most prosperous areas in Beicang.
The new district government building hadn't been completed yet, and Yintai City wasn't even a shadow at this time.
Tianrunfa and Ningzhiyuan are connected, being near a school, it's too easy to find a hotel.
Hotels were quite cheap in those days.
Capital hadn't yet heavily promoted the concept of Golden Week.
A decent standard room cost around 100 yuan, or even less.
They found a hotel and booked it for a week.
Within this week, the two needed to find a suitable house, register the foreign trade company, and establish the most basic framework.
Time waits for no one.
From October 15th to October 31st is the Canton Fair.
Tan Jincheng did not want to miss this year's Canton Fair.
Currently, the most important way for the foreign trade industry to acquire customers is the twice-yearly Canton Fair, followed by Old Ma's International Station.
With two important channels, online and offline, in 2004 when the internet was not yet highly developed, offline channels were relatively more important, and the Canton Fair was naturally the top priority.
The earlier the company was fully set up before the Canton Fair ended on the 31st, the more advantageous it would be for Tan Jincheng's start.
Even in a coastal open city, the procedures for registering a foreign trade company were quite cumbersome in those days.
If Zhang Xupeng and he tried to handle it themselves, who knew how much time it would delay.
In this regard, Tan Jincheng intended to entrust it to an agency.
What he and Zhang Xupeng needed to do before that was to secure an office space.
Without an office space, time would still be relatively tight.
Ningzhiyuan is a vocational college, which is a junior college.
In those days, junior colleges were not as despised as they would be in later generations.
In an era when universities had not yet fully expanded enrollment, getting into a junior college was not an easy feat.
Zhang Xupeng, with his junior college level, wasn't really a slacker.
It was already quite good that his parents hadn't beaten him to death.
In both his past and present lives, the fact that the two could act so willfully was inseparable from their respective family backgrounds.
Open-minded parents, when conditions permit, are willing to let their children try new things, even if they differ from their own ideas.
"Tomorrow, we need to take action. Since we're not studying anymore, we have to work even harder, or we'll be letting down our parents' support."
At the dinner table, Tan Jincheng said to Zhang Xupeng.
"Naturally, if we don't achieve something, we won't have the face to go home in the future."
Zhang Xupeng nodded and said.
Before the two left Yicheng, both sets of parents also had a meal together, admonishing them that this time they were following their advice, but if they were truly determined to do it, they should take it seriously.
Even if they failed, they would learn some experience, which would be helpful for their future lives.
After a National Day holiday, classmates and relatives of Tan Jincheng and Zhang Xupeng all knew that the two had returned from the sea and both decided to stop studying and instead choose to do business.
It wasn't quite "burning their boats," but it was certainly a battle with their backs against the wall.
If they didn't achieve something, they were destined to be a joke in their next life.
Tan Jincheng was never worried about this point.
In his previous life, the two had no experience but still managed to do well.
In this life, with the knowledge and accumulation from his previous life, it was naturally a breeze.
However, he couldn't say these words to Zhang Xupeng.
Tan Jincheng quite enjoyed seeing the boy's uneasy look.
After quickly filling their stomachs at a certain county's International Grand Hotel, the two returned to the hotel to discuss their upcoming itinerary.
"Starting tomorrow, we'll first look for a house, then find an agency to register the foreign trade company."
"Finding an agency to register will cost money, right? We don't have much money, so should we be careful with spending?"
"Spend what needs to be spent, save what can be saved. If we go ourselves, it will waste a lot of time, and the Canton Fair is about to start."
"Ah? The Canton Fair? What's that? Aren't we here to set up a garment factory?"
Zhang Xupeng asked, looking bewildered.
"Yes, but we need clients. The Canton Fair is currently the biggest source of foreign trade clients, so we can't miss this one."
"Where did you learn all this?"
"Gathering information. Since we're going to do big business, we naturally need to be fully prepared, otherwise, we won't even have enough money to lose. If you have time, you should also study more."
"Canton Fair, from the sound of the name, it's held in Guangdong Province, so do we have to go to Guangdong Province?"
Zhang Xupeng asked curiously, it was his first time hearing about the Canton Fair.
"I'll go, you won't."
Zhang Xupeng was stunned; Xiao Tan said this sentence in English.
Zhang Xupeng didn't react immediately, but he could understand it.
"Why speak in 'bird language'? Why not speak properly?"
"What I mean is, can you use English proficiently? After all, we'll be dealing with foreign clients. If you can communicate, then let's go together, otherwise, you'll be responsible for the factory here."
"Oh, that's what you mean. Then just say it directly."
Zhang Xupeng scratched his head and said,
"Listening to a bit of English for a year on the ship is naturally not a problem, but if I had to communicate, it might be a bit difficult."
"Alright, then let's divide the work like this: I'll go contact clients, and you'll be responsible for the company's establishment and contacting factories here."
"Contacting factories? Aren't we going to open our own factory?"
Tan Jincheng rolled his eyes at Zhang Xupeng and said,
"We only have just over 200,000 yuan, how can we build a factory? Of course, we'll get goods from others first."
"Isn't that called 'empty-handed wolf-snatching'?"
Zhang Xupeng looked at Tan Jincheng in surprise.
(End of this chapter)
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