Chapter 3 Jewelry Exhibition

  The new dormitory provided by the company for Li Yang is quite good, with two bedrooms and a living room, just for him to live in, and the electrical appliances are also complete, which is much better than the collective dormitory he lived in before.

  Mingyang's flight to Qingdao is at 10 am. As ordered by Zhangying, Liyang did not go to the company and went straight to the airport where he will meet up with Zhangying.

  When Li Yang arrived at the airport, Zhang Ying was already there ahead of time. What Li Yang didn't expect was that there was another person beside Zhang Ying.

  "Is Manager Zhang going too?" Li Yang couldn't help but ask as he looked at Wu Xiaoli.

  Zhang Ying smiled lightly and said, "Right, this time we're going to Qingdao, just the three of us. You also know Xiaoli's work performance, besides, attending a jewelry exhibition with just two old men wouldn't be suitable either."

  "What's wrong, does Assistant Li not want me to go?" Wu Xiaoli spoke up before Li Yang could say anything, her eyes clearly showing a hint of provocation.

  "How could I? With a beautiful woman accompanying me, I'm thrilled!" Li Yang chuckled.

  "Time is almost up, Li Yang, hand over your ID card to Xiaoli and let her handle our boarding passes. We're getting ready to depart!"

  On the side, Zhang Ying smiled and interjected a sentence. Li Yang hastily pulled out his ID card and looked at Wu Xiaoli's lovely back view. Li Yang's eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle slightly. He deeply understood Wu Xiaoli's temperament - this proud and strong-willed woman must be extremely displeased that he had suddenly become her superior, and this trip to Qingdao was probably not going to be as simple as expected.

  More than an hour later, the plane landed steadily at Qingdao Airport.

  Qingdao is the first city in Shandong, its economic strength even surpasses that of the provincial capital Jinan. With Qingdao's coastal advantages and tourism environment, it has become a comprehensively developed multi-functional city.

  Qingdao has over a hundred jewelry companies, and the accessories industry has exceeded three thousand households, with an annual output value of tens of billions, but unfortunately, these data have not improved Qingdao's position in the jewelry industry. For a long time, Qingdao has been inferior to its neighboring cities in the industry, making several Qingdao members of the China Jewelry Association feel very frustrated.

  This time, several committee members were determined to improve Qingdao's position in the industry. With the help of the government, Qingdao finally held its own international jewelry exhibition. However, despite being an international jewelry exhibition, there were not many foreign companies that came, only a few countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea participated, and most of the participating jewelry companies were domestic enterprises.

  Even so, several committee members were very happy, a good start is always good, and Qingdao's industry insiders also generally looked optimistic. With this successful experience, it will be of great help to improve Qingdao's position in the industry in the future.

  The exhibition venue is located at the Qingdao International Convention Center. After a simple lunch at the hotel, Li Yang and his three companions rushed to the venue in the afternoon. The exhibition will be held in two days, and they need to familiarize themselves with the convention center beforehand to prepare for the exhibition.

  The exhibition center was very large, and Li Yang had never been to such a place before, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances. Seeing Li Yang's appearance, Wu Xiaoli snorted in her nose, with a look of disdain all over her face.

  "Old Zhang, over here! When did you guys arrive? You didn't even give us a heads up beforehand?" Not far from the entrance, a chubby man in his thirties was waving his hand vigorously at Li Yang and the others.

  As soon as he saw a familiar face, Zhang Ying immediately changed direction and walked towards the fat man: "We just arrived at noon, Old Zhao, how's your preparation going?"

  "Everything is ready, look for yourself!" The fat man said with a hint of pride, nodding at Zhang Ying. Following the direction he pointed, Li Yang saw a booth not far away that had already been set up with a counter, and the sign in front of it was indeed the name of their Anshi Jewelry Mingyang Branch.

  The fat man's name is Zhao Lei, who is the manager of Anshi Jewelry Qingdao Branch. He and Zhang Ying joined the headquarters at the same time, both performed well in their work, later one was assigned to Mingyang, and the other was arranged to come to Qingdao to take charge of the work.

  Zhang Ying walked over to take a look, nodded his head in satisfaction: "Good, not bad. I won't say much more about it now. Let's wait until the exhibition is over and we'll have a good drink together, brother!"

  Zhao Lei burst out laughing and followed him: "Haha, better to seize the day than wait for a good day. Tonight we'll have a good drink, I'll even make you little brat crawl under the table."

  This time at the Qingdao Jewelry Exhibition, the people from the Qingdao branch had arranged for the exhibition setup work in advance. The booths of the three branches under Mingyang were all done by them. Otherwise, Li Yang and his team wouldn't have dared to come now. Setting up these things requires at least three or four days' notice.

  "Not today, tomorrow I still need to go to the bank to check on the jewelry that arrived this time. Let's have a good drink after the exhibition is over. Whoever gets drunk will be under the table!" Zhang Ying smiled and shook his head, walking around his company's booth a few times before smiling in satisfaction.

  Zhao Lei waved his hand and smiled: "Tomorrow's affairs will be discussed tomorrow, in a while I'll take you to the command center of the organizing party to sign in, and by the way, we'll get all your procedures done!"

  Zhao Lei finished speaking and looked at Li Yang and Wu Xiaoli again, the smile on his chubby face became even more brilliant, his eyes were almost squeezed out: "This handsome guy and beauty are Li Yang and Wu Xiaoli, right? Really great, Little Liang, Little Sun, take Assistant Li and Beauty Wu to get familiar with the venue environment, these two are the two biggest elites among our Mingyang colleagues!"

  "Manager Zhao, you're too polite, we can just walk ourselves!" Li Yang hurriedly waved his hand, Wu Xiaoli slightly rolled her eyes at Li Yang, turned her head to the side and didn't say a word.

  "This won't do, you're not familiar with the place, just like that, Xiao Liang and Xiao Sun, you must take good care of Mingyang's colleagues who have come, I and Manager Zhang will go to the command center first, and we'll walk together when we get back!"

  Zhao Lei smiled and shook his head again. Zhang Ying, who was beside him, also nodded to Li Yang. Li Yang had no choice but to smile and agree, no longer being polite.

  The Qingdao International Convention Center is very large, and now almost all companies have completed their setup. Except for the absence of jewelry inside the booths and a slight mess on the ground, the center has already presented a dignified and elegant scene.

  Xiao Liang and Xiao Sun were also young people, the two quickly became familiar with Li Yang and Wu Xiaoli. They knew that Li Yang was the assistant manager of Mingyang Branch Company, and when they looked at Li Yang again, their faces all showed a hint of respect. It's not easy for someone so young to become an assistant manager of a branch company. They had no idea that Li Yang held this position for special reasons.

  "This is the No. 3 exhibition area, most of our counterparts from Jiangsu are here, but our Xuzhou branch's booth is not here, all three branches of Anshi Jewelry are in the No. 2 exhibition area this time, and the location of the No. 2 exhibition area is the best, it's a convenience specially provided by the Convention Center for us!" Liang Ge enthusiastically introduced to Li Yang and his face was still filled with pride, these were all the results of their Qingdao branch's efforts.

  "It turns out that's the case, it seems we benefited from your presence this time, Brother Liang!" Wu Xiaoli smiled and nodded her head, her words making Brother Liang's smile even brighter.

  "We are now walking to the No. 6 exhibition area, which is the largest exhibition area in the Convention and Exhibition Center. Most of our colleagues from Guangdong and Yunnan are here. In order to successfully hold this exhibition, the organizer has invited many colleagues from both provinces!" Sun Jie also introduced on the side, able to show off in front of her colleagues, Sun Jie was very enthusiastic.

  "There are quite a few of our peers from Guangdong and Yunnan this time!" Li Yang couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the spacious exhibition hall. The 6th exhibition area was relatively inside, but it was more lively than their 2nd exhibition area, with many jewelry companies' peers busy setting up their booths.

  Sister Sun nodded in agreement: "This time, more than 100 industry peers from two provinces came to participate in the meeting. Compared with them, they have the most people coming!"

  "Huh? What's that place over there? Why isn't there an exhibition stand?" Li Yang suddenly stopped and asked, pointing to a distant empty space.

  "That's the raw materials area, and this exhibition has also invited many raw material merchants!" Sun Jie explained to Li Yang as she followed his pointing hand.