China is the world's factory and has a lot of export business.

Zheng Hanqiu asked again: "Do you know how much foreign exchange reserves our country has now?"

Zheng Juzi was completely confused. How could she know?

Not to mention that she doesn’t know now, she won’t know in the future either.

Zheng Hanqiu said: "Our foreign exchange reserves this year are about 2 billion US dollars."

"How could you remember this?" Zheng Juzi found it incredible. "You don't look like that kind of person."

"What kind of person am I?" Zheng Hanqiu asked curiously.

"You are always looking at the future. Even if you are summarizing past experience, you would not pay attention to foreign exchange reserves, right?" Zheng Juzi absolutely believes in his understanding.

"Indeed." Zheng Hanqiu did not beat around the bush to flatter himself, "But this year our country did a big deal, a $35 billion transaction in one go, which instantly doubled our foreign exchange reserves."

Zheng Juzi was stunned for a moment, "What kind of business is so valuable?"

Zheng Hanqiu: "You haven't heard this story."

Zheng Juzi was even more confused: "What story? What exactly is being sold?"

Zheng Hanqiu: "Nothing much, just selling some flying monkeys to the desert."

Zheng Juzi seemed to have some impression of it. The joke "one doesn't know how poor the other is, and the other doesn't know how rich the other is" was quite widely circulated.

"If we had known that the transaction would be this year, we would have just reminded them to ask for more money." Zheng Juzi felt that they had really missed out on billions of dollars.

The other party was thinking of 10 or 8 billion, but we ended up asking for 3.5 billion in exchange for Chinese dollars. Everyone was happy with the bargain.

Zheng Hanqiu was speechless. "What were you thinking? Such a secret matter was not known to the United States until a year later. You, an ordinary citizen, actually went to warn them. If you don't see him, they will think you are crazy. If you see him, I'm afraid our whole family will have to go to a special prison for a special experience."

Zheng Juzi thought about it and agreed.

"So, what does this have to do with the Sea Trade Fair?"

Zheng Hanqiu said: "In the future, our country's foreign exchange reserves will be calculated in trillions, but now we don't even have tens of billions. Foreign exchange is still very important to the country. After all, only with this foreign exchange can we purchase advanced equipment and technology from abroad."

Zheng Juzi asked, "Do you want us to get something to take to the Marine Trade Fair?"

Zheng Hanqiu said: "We can make it ourselves, or it can be produced by a manufacturer. The most important thing is that we can enter the Haijiao Fair and sell it to foreigners."

Zheng Juzi couldn't think of any special products of Dongji Town. If he insisted, the only thing that was famous was the bowls from the Dongji Porcelain Factory, which were somewhat famous in the city. But that little fame was nothing. The porcelain had to be transported over a long distance, and if it was exported, the freight would probably take up most of the cost. There was no point in making a loss to gain publicity.

"I didn't think about selling anything. I just wanted you to keep this matter in mind. There are not many things like this that benefit both the country and yourself." She only thought of this matter when she heard Duan Zhihui mention it, and she didn't know what to do immediately.

Zheng Juzi: "Oh, I see."

Zheng Hanqiu reminded: "If we can get a million-dollar order, others will probably think twice before they can touch us. If we can become a major exporter in the county, then someone will help us solve any problems we encounter in the future."

"So awesome?"

"China is short of foreign exchange right now," Zheng Hanqiu reminded, "very short of it."

Zheng Juzi became serious and analyzed, "Even if we can think of doing something, we still need to have a handle. We can't set up our own factory at our age. Production and sales now are not like in the future where you can get everything done with just a phone call, and the Internet can deliver everything to you. Let alone machines, we don't know how long it will take to get a spare part. It's good enough to be able to produce and sell by ourselves. If we want to export and earn foreign exchange, we need to have that ability."

She was still thinking about building the feed factory after the meat processing plant was completed. Once these factories were connected, they would be able to compete at least within the province. By then, local protectionism would definitely give priority to protecting itself.

Zheng Hanqiu reminded: "You also know that the period of development is the most vulnerable period. We don't need to produce the products ourselves. Just come up with an idea and sell it."

Just sell it? Zheng Juzi looked at her deeply and questioned: "You know so much, why don't you do it yourself?"

Zheng Hanqiu had already cleaned up the table, "Isn't this beyond your ability?"

Zheng Juzi remained unmoved.

Zheng Hanqiu painted a rosy picture for her, "Think about it, you signed a foreign trade order that no one else in the county could sign, and earned foreign exchange for the country's exports and boosted the county's economic development. What does that represent?"

"You can run for an outstanding member of the Communist Youth League, be selected as an outstanding youth in the county, or even strive to be a city or provincial model worker. What kind of existence would that be?"

Zheng Juzi: "I'm not a member of the Communist Youth League yet."

Zheng Hanqiu: "That can be an outstanding Young Pioneer."

Zheng Juzi: "It's impossible to be rated as an outstanding youth at the age of 12, right?"

Zheng Hanqiu: "Don't worry about such details. Outstanding young people are also good."

Zheng Juzi was conflicted.

"If you can win these honors, Dad will look at you more."

Zheng Juzi, who had a serious credit problem, now has hope.

"With these honors, others who want to take advantage of us will have to think twice."

"I need to think about this carefully." Zheng Juzi calculated the costs and possibilities of various things that could be made at this time. "I'll go out and look for some inspiration."

Zheng Hanqiu smiled and said, "Okay."

Zheng Juzi: "Even if I think of something, Uncle Gu is gone, and the person in charge of the garment factory is useless. How can we produce then?"

Zheng Hanqiu: “All handmade.”

Zheng Juzi: "Even if it's all handmade, it still needs to be affiliated with a manufacturer."

Zheng Hanqiu: "Don't worry, whatever you want to do first, as long as it can be done before May next year, I will figure out the rest."

"Okay." Zheng Juzi did not doubt her ability and went out while the weather was warm.

In the afternoon, people setting up stalls outside really came along the road. The road seemed to have no end and it was very lively. Although most of the goods were agricultural products, there were also many things that are not seen in daily life.

Zheng Juzi tried his best to collect bamboo and wooden handicrafts, but they were all daily utensils and furniture and he couldn't see any clues.

Following the flow of people, Zheng Juzi went to Liu Ying's stall.

Nylon socks were really popular at that time, especially those with bright colors were the best sellers.

Liu Ying sold all of her 2000 pairs of socks yesterday. Today, she and Luo Cheng went to the county town to wholesale another 8000 pairs.

As the New Year was approaching, there was one more bus from the town to the county, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Liu Ying took the morning bus and squeezed back.

With the successful sales experience, Liu Ying became bolder and the transactions went smoothly. He no longer had to keep his head down to speak any more, unlike before.

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