80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 509

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 509 – Selling machine tools door to door (2) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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The old man couldn’t stop eating and ended up finishing all five Lüdagun in one go. 

Only after swallowing the last one that he finally came to his senses and looked a bit embarrassed. 

He awkwardly muttered, “Not bad, though the taste could be better.” 

Chu Qiao smiled even more sweetly. She didn’t expose his obviously dishonest remark. 

With the Lüdagun as her leverage, the old man’s attitude became much more friendly, and Chu Qiao took the opportunity to ask about the factory.

-Lüdagun / Fried chop rice cake (驴打滚) : A classic Beijing snack of glutinous rice rolls coated in soybean powder, named whimsically after ‘donkeys rolling in dust’. 

“Uncle, do you work at this factory?”

“Mm, I’m the gatekeeper.” 

“Uncle, I heard your factory is looking to buy gear hobbing machines?” 

“Why are you asking?”

The old man immediately became alert, looking at Chu Qiao with suspicion. Was she trying to steal machine tools?

There were a few imported hobbing machines in the workshop, his son said each cost hundreds of thousands, extremely expensive.

“Please don’t misunderstand, Uncle. I’m not a thief. Here’s the thing, my husband sells gear hobbing machines. Have you heard of Xingda Machine Tool Factory? They specialize in making hobbing machines. They used to be a leader in the industry, so their product quality is absolutely top-notch.” 

Chu Qiao quickly explained, revealing her background.

“Xingda Machine Tool Factory?”

The old man looked at Chu Qiao with doubt. 

He had heard his son mention that factory before, and his son was quite dismissive of it, saying the equipment was outdated and couldn’t keep up with the times. 

He also said that the once-great factory had been ruined by a bunch of useless people.

Chu Qiao quickly nodded. 

“That’s right! My husband is the head of sales at Xinghua. Here’s his business card. You can trust me, I’m not a bad person. I mean, would a bad person look this pretty?”

Trying to lighten the mood, Chu Qiao made a small joke and pulled out Gu Ye’s business card from her bag. 

At this time, not many people bothered to print business cards, most didn’t even have the habit. 

But Tang Yaozu was always chasing trends. Ever since he had broadened his horizons in Hong Kong, he became all about fashion.

He drove a fancy car, printed gold-stamped business cards, wore suits and ties, if only his hair were more cooperative, he’d definitely style and smear it with pomade.

Gu Ye’s business cards were printed with Tang Yaozu’s help. 

Boss Tang said if you wanted to look professional when doing business, you had to dress the part. 

People judge by appearances first. If you didn’t look the part, no one would take you seriously.

So, Gu Ye got himself a whole box of gold-stamped business cards, emblazoned with:  

Gu Ye

Sales Manager 

Xingda Machine Tool Factory 

It looked very official.

Chu Qiao handed the card over with both hands, respectfully. 

Her respectful demeanor earned a bit of the old man’s goodwill.

This pretty girl might not be too smart, but she was polite and cooked well, probably not a thief.

He accepted the card and pulled out his reading glasses from his shirt pocket. 

After a careful look, his suspicions were completely gone. 

It really was from Xingda. A thief wouldn’t go as far as to have such fancy business cards. 

His son also had similar gold-stamped ones, and they weren’t cheap.

“Xingda’s machines aren’t that great, they are old and outdated. Not good.” 

The old man said with a look of disdain.

In truth, he didn’t know much about machine tools, he was just parroting what his son said. 

His son had recently bought a few imported machines costing hundreds of thousands each, which made the old man feel heartbroken. 

But his son said it was worth the money, as imported machines could last for decades, and their efficiency was so high that they’d pay for themselves in just a few years.

The old man didn’t understand business logic, but he had seen those imported machines, they were impressive, even automatic. 

You just put in the raw material, press a few buttons, close the panel, and inside it was like a flurry of blades, and in a few minutes, a beautiful gear would be produced. 

Press another button, and the gear came out. Then put in the next piece.

The operator barely had to do anything, it was clean and effortless. 

Not like those old domestic machines, which were slow and inefficient. 

For every gear a domestic machine produced, the imported ones could do four or five. There was just no comparison.

But they were indeed expensive. The old man still felt heartache over the money his son had spent. 

They had taken out quite a few loans from the bank, and who knew when they could earn it back. 

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