Return to Singapore 1995

After Li Xiaofan went to bed and lay down, he found an unread SMS message on his phone.

The text message was sent by Xinyi: "Fan, I miss you!"

Li Xiaofan replied: "Are you home?"

"Well, I'm home. I just took a shower. I'm lying in bed thinking about you..."

"Go to bed early, good night, I miss you too!"

…

The two chatted for a while through text messages, and Li Xiaofan felt that Tang Xinyi was glued to him.

Xinyi's fiery passion tonight made Li Xiaofan feel like he had found the feeling of first love in his previous life.

This kind of passion and feeling after starting again is so good!

The next morning I went to work at the Ximu Electronics Factory. During the tea break at 10 am, Li Xiaofan was waiting for a group of smokers to smoke in the corner of the outdoor grass field. Azhi from the QA Department came over to find Li Xiaofan.

"Afan, why didn't you come to ITE class last night?"

"Sorry, I've been busy lately, so I forgot!"

"I signed in for you secretly, and the teacher didn't even notice hehe!"

Li Xiaofan held Azhi's hands and said, "Oh, brother, thank you so much!"

"Come here, here are the class notes and the homework assigned by the teacher. The homework is due in class on the weekend. I still have a few questions to answer..."

"Just leave this homework to me and I'll do it. I've learned it before in mainland China, no problem!"

"Really, that's great!"

While the two were chatting, Wu Chunfen, director of the foreign trade department of Dongfang Liming Glasses Factory, called from Wenzhou.

"Hello, is this Mr. Li Xiaofan?"

"Yes, I am Li Xiaofan!"

"I am Wu Chunfen from the Foreign Trade Department of Dongfang Liming Glasses Factory!"

"Hi, hello, Director Wu!"

"Mr. Li, we have obtained the quotation from the supplier for your new design of transparent plastic gift box packaging. So, I just calculated that if all 20,000 pairs of glasses are packaged and sent from Wenzhou to Shenzhen port, Then from Shenzhen to Singapore Port, our final CIF quotation is 190,000 yuan, which is 22,500 U.S. dollars when converted into U.S. dollars..."

Li Xiaofan did a mental calculation and divided 190,000 yuan by 20,000 pairs of glasses. The CIF price is 9.5 yuan per pair, which is about 1.7 Singapore dollars. Including Singapore's GST consumption tax and other miscellaneous fees, the final cost is estimated to be about 2 Singapore dollars. .

"Director Wu, I accept your offer! Can you let the supplier start production now and start placing orders for your goods?"

"Mr. Li, although the boss has said hello to your business and needs special care, we usually start placing orders after signing a formal contract or receiving a deposit..."

"Oh, by the way, we haven't discussed the payment terms and contract yet! Sorry, I just started doing business and don't understand much. Please bear with me!"

"Mr. Li, it doesn't matter. The boss has already said hello to your business, so we will keep everything simple. The amount is not very big anyway, and there is no need for a letter of credit. You only need to pay part of the payment in advance, and we will start production and wait. After you receive the goods in Singapore, you will have to pay the balance. OK. Please tell me a fax number now. I will fax you our preliminary foreign trade contract. If you have no comments, please send back the name of your Singapore company, business registration information and other information. Give it to us, I’ll draft a formal contract and fax it over!”

"That would be great if that's the case. Then you can first send the contract to this fax number of our Singapore Ming Wah Pte Ltd... By the way, Director Wu, you just talked about the advance payment. How much is it approximately?"

"Mr. Li, because the transaction between us does not require a letter of credit, we may need you to remit a little more advance payment. 50% of the total payment is about 11,250 US dollars. Can you accept it?"

"It should be okay. Manager Wu, since I am out now, I would like you to fax your contract to the fax number of Singapore Ming Wah Pte Ltd that I gave you. I will fax it to you as soon as this afternoon. Can you reply to confirm?”

"No problem, I'll fax it to you right now and wait for your final confirmation!"

…

Before lunch, Li Xiaofan received a call from Jenny while going to WC.

"Good morning, Mr. Li! After work this morning, ACRA informed me by phone that your Singapore Yifan Pte Ltd name and new company registration have been approved. I just went to ACRA to help you with the complete set of registration. The company registration information and registration forms are all here. If you need them, you can come to me at any time!”

"Really, that's great, Jenny, thank you! By the way, is Brother Ming back?"

"Director Tang has returned to work this morning. He is now in the conference room, receiving a group of guests. Do you want to have a phone call with him?"

"No, not for now. I may have to come find him in the afternoon. Then you can just help me say hello to him!"

"Okay, no problem!"

At noon, after lunch, while still having some rest, Li Xiaofan was hiding in the corner of the jig warehouse doing the ITE homework given to him by A Zhi, when his cell phone rang again. This time it was Tang Jiaming calling.

"Brother Ming, you are back!"

"Well, I came back last night!"

"Did things go well?"

"It went very well. We have negotiated another big coal re-export trade deal!" Tang Jiaming sounded very happy on the phone.

"Wow, that's great, congratulations!"

"Thank you! Afan, I just heard from Jenny that your new company has been approved for registration. I would like to congratulate you. This is a new beginning!"

"Thank you, Brother Ming! I want to invite Shah Rukh to come this afternoon to sign the contract for sunglasses. Are you free this afternoon?"

"I am basically in the company in the afternoon and have made appointments with several groups of guests. However, the company has two conference rooms anyway. If not, my office can also be used, which will not affect your contract with Shah Rukh. When you need me to come out, just say hello to me and I will come over!"

"Okay! Then I will make an appointment with Shah Rukh now, and then confirm the negotiation time with you and Jenny!"

"No problem, you can communicate directly with Jenny for some specific matters, and she will make it happen!"

"Okay, Brother Ming, I understand!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiaofan packed up his homework book and came to the big workshop, where he found FORMAN Chen Zhenwei who was looking at the statistical report at the desk in the corner.

"Brother Wei, I may need to take sick leave again this afternoon..."

"Afan, what's wrong with you? I've noticed that you don't look very well recently. You look sleepy when you come to work every day. Did you not sleep well at night?"

"Well, I've been feeling a little uncomfortable recently. I often suffer from insomnia at night. I have no energy at work and always doze off! I want to go to the clinic to see what's wrong..."

"Go ahead, let the doctor at the clinic check you out. You must take care of your health! You are now the backbone of our workshop, so you must not fall down!"

Chen Zhenwei wrote another sick leave note to Li Xiaofan without saying a word.