Before he could return to China, Ye Dong's sudden presence reminded Qin Guan of his promise . His stay in the flourishing capital of fashion and the clash of splendid inspiration he had experienced had made him forget about the ordinary hosiery and beddings common people used .
It was the most ordinary products that were connected to bilateral trade and extensive cultural and artistic exchange . Artwork sales were limited, but public advertising was the most effective way to introduce a country to the rest of the world .
Of course, their objective was still to make money . Financial profit was the goal of the entire fair .
Frankfurt was the city with the most industrial fairs in Europe . Although it was the fifth largest city in Germany, its contribution to industrial production and commercial development was really important .
The city was famous for its large exhibition hall, which took up an area of about 300,000 square meters . All kinds of fairs were held there . The household textile fair was only one of them .
The large area could host 3,000 brands and 70,000-80,000 visitors a day . Most visitors were customers from all over the world .
Buying artwork was the dream job of any travel lover . All they had to do was purchase products for their companies and buy different things in different seasons .
They all looked like C-level gallery customers, except that they bought household products instead of paintings and antiques .
These products were a unique kind of artwork though, completely unlike the cheap sheets one could find at a wholesale market . As a result, the buyers were divided into different classes .
The best example of a top-level buyer was "L", which owned 240 chain stores all over the world and sold room decorations and modern artwork, including floor clocks, furniture, blankets, tea sets, cutlery, etc . Their products were famous for their high taste and prices, so their buyers were basically popular lifestyle artists .
These artists bought things like traditional Turkish handmade blankets, Indian sacrificial masks and Japanese paper lamps .
Ye Dong and the fabric manufacturers he represented were actually after second-level buyers, which were middle-end global furniture suppliers, such as Ikea and Walmart, who would place sufficient orders .
Third-level buyers worked for entire country agencies and placed orders at factories . The products were then processed in their own country under a brand new label . Those kind of orders made the most profit for brand customers, but were of little value to producers .
Everything was possible in China though, so the fabric makers decided to take a calculated risk . The Chinese were usually cautious when it came to business and preferred to play by the government's rules .
The cunning Chinese traders came to the fair with their most famous textiles, anxious to see the strange place where an unknown industry was developing .
They had brought with them their best products, as well as their ideas about high production and cheap labor .
So had Qin Guan, who had left the other models in Paris and led his team there to take advantage of this opportunity .
As he exited his hotel though, he saw someone he wasn't expecting .
"Guo Nuoyan? What are you doing here?"
"My boss assigned me a new task . You know that I'm good at speaking foreign languages . . . "
"Are you a spy?"
"Ha ha! Lower your voice . Actually, most Chinese people think like me . Learning from others is really important nowadays . "
He was right . Those honest merchants might think this was only an exhibition platform, but smarter people could spot a good opportunity .
Ye Dong rushed to the Asian exhibition hall as soon as he arrived . He had no time to take care of Qin Guan . His friend would just have to show up at the hall as required .
Qin Guan began his adventure there .
There were African animal prints, luxury goods from Europe and traditional products from West Asia . The fair was a multicultural textile feast .
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