Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 885 Lost in Hong Kong
Before I left, I wanted to borrow 100 yuan from Sir and return it immediately after finding the wallet. I took a taxi and went directly there. Sir probably saw people like me a lot, so he stretched out his hand and handed me a coin without raising his eyes. , Said: "No need to pay back!"

I couldn't accept his attitude, so I rejected his kindness with backbone, and walked out of the mission hall arrogantly.

I regretted it when I was on the street, why didn't I take that coin?

After inquiring for a long time, it’s actually not that far from the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal to Tsim Sha Tsui. There are only 4 or 5 stops, and it doesn’t take much time to walk there. I just don’t know if the store is closed when I get there. Does anyone know me?

It seems that there are only 4 or 5 stops away. It is actually not easy to walk. I asked all the way, walked all the way, and I still made a mistake. I didn’t know where I was going. I regretted it again, so I should stay in the police station honestly Here, waiting for someone to come and save me, but now I have no money and no contact information, no one can find me, and I can't find anyone else either!

After walking for a full two hours, I didn't even see the shadow of Tsim Sha Tsui. I sat on the side of the road panting heavily, feeling ridiculous!

A security guard looked at me condescendingly, telling me to get out of here as soon as possible, not to let me sit here!

I sat up and raised my head and asked angrily, "Why can't I sit here? What's bothering you? This road belongs to your family?"

The security guard said arrogantly: "Yes, the place where you are sitting is within the scope of our hotel. There are no idlers waiting near the entrance of our hotel!"

I was already in an extremely bad mood, but when he said that, the fire was ignited all of a sudden.

I stood up slowly, looked around, and there was really no one sitting nearby, I said coldly: "I just can't walk now, I just want to sit here, what can you do to me? "

The security guard also said coldly: "Nothing! I will call the police! This is a private place, and I have the right to ask you to leave!"

I curled my lips and said, "Private place? Didn't you say that the whole of Hong Kong belongs to your family? This is a public place, on the side of the road, you say it's your family's private place, you laugh so hard!"

The security guard said disdainfully: "You'd better figure it out before arguing with me! Now please leave me immediately! Otherwise, I will call the police!"

I thought about it, and felt that I was too lazy to argue with him, so I walked away awkwardly.

After walking out of a street, I saw a sign saying that it is a private area, and outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering!
After looking around carefully, I realized that the street I was just now, and this street are really private places. Hong Kong is really a product left over from the colonies, and even the streets can be private.

After 4 hours of wandering, I was completely lost. I don't even know where I am?
As night came, I was suffering from hunger and cold, if I couldn't find a familiar person, I would probably have to sleep on the flyover.

Finally, I found a good-hearted man, a boy who delivered natural gas. He learned that I came from the mainland and the money was stolen. He was willing to take me to Tsim Sha Tsui, on the condition that he would give him 50 yuan when he found the place. , as a fee for him to send a business.So, I was treated as a gas tank, and I sat on his bicycle all the way to Tsim Sha Tsui, Sister May's electrical store.

Fortunately, the electric appliance store was not closed. I explained my purpose, and another young female salesperson made a few phone calls to verify, and then she took out the money and sent the boy who delivered the natural gas away.

The female clerk looked at my attire, didn't say anything, and didn't treat me politely. She just asked me to sit at the door and wait for someone to pick me up later.

Then, I heard her chatting with another female colleague: "Ikea's mainlanders go to Hong Kong from time to time. I don't know if there is any attraction?"

Another said: "That's it! Don't even know what to do? Find more mainlanders, what the hell are you doing here? It's just as far away as possible!"

After that, the more I said it, the more ugly it was. I probably thought I didn't understand it, and I glanced at me from time to time, that contemptuous expression was fully displayed on my face, without a trace of cover-up.

Originally, I was very upset today, and I was in an extremely bad mood. If they said that again, I couldn't sit still anymore.

When I walked over, the two of them froze for a moment, wondering what I was going to do?One of them said in broken Mandarin: "Don't walk around, I lost something in a while, can I ask you to settle the score?"

I casually pointed to another cabinet air conditioner and asked, "What model is this? How much is it?"

The two of you looked at me and I looked at you, looked at each other and smiled, and then asked me: "Why are you asking this? You don't plan to buy it, do you? If you come to work, when you get on the job, I will Tell you!"

Then he turned his head and said to the other in a low voice, "I don't even know Cantonese, how about doing it?"

A middle-aged uncle hurried in from the outside, saw me after seeing a group of people, and asked nervously, "Are you Mr. Chen?"

I nodded.

The two female staff greeted the middle-aged uncle and said, "Second Uncle, what are you doing here?"

The second uncle ignored the two of them, and said to me politely: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Chen, the lady hung up the phone after giving her orders. She was on the plane, and I didn't know which station it was. Several companies failed to find you. If you hadn't found it yourself, I don't know how to explain to Miss!"

I said with an ugly face: "Do you usually do things like this? It seems that you are not very cautious?"

The second uncle saw my unhappiness, and hurriedly explained: "It's all my fault, there are too many things, and the lady didn't say clearly on the phone! I was negligent for a while!"

I was too unreasonable to forgive others, but I was still angry, so I asked him: "Who is the manager of this store?"

The second uncle ordered to the two shop assistants: "Call your shop manager over here!" Then he walked over and reprimanded them: "Why did I tell you to greet good people, why don't you even have a glass of water?" Ah? Do you know who he is?"

The two shop assistants looked blank.

The store manager was a slightly older woman, she walked up to the second uncle and asked, "Second uncle, what do you need from me?"

The second uncle reprimanded again: "When I called you just now, what did I tell you!"

The store manager looked at me, and said casually, "I'm taking stock inside, let him sit casually! How else should I greet you?"

The second uncle sighed, shook his head, and asked me: "Mr. Chen, this is the store manager. What's your order?"

The store manager looked at me with a face full of indifference.

I asked the store manager, "How many people do you have in this store?"

The store manager replied impatiently: "Add me, 7 people, a cleaner, a supervisor, and 5 salesmen!"

I asked again: "Where is the sales volume of your store in Hong Kong?"

The store manager hesitated for a moment and asked, "You mean, we have 14 stores in Hong Kong?"

I nodded.

The store manager replied: "No. 10? I don't know too well!"

I snorted coldly and said, "You don't even know what sales rank is? Your business is meticulous enough, isn't it?"

How could the store manager accept my indifferent tone, and said with a straight face: "So what if I know? What does it have to do with you?"

The second uncle hurriedly stopped her and explained to me: "Mr. Chen, our place is different from the mainland. The sales work in the store is managed by the headquarters. They are only responsible for selling goods, and they don't care about anything else!"

I groaned and said, "Then, selling more and selling less has nothing to do with them?"

The second uncle shook his head and said: "That's not true, it's still linked to their income!"

I pointed to another cabinet air conditioner and asked, "Can you tell me the performance index of this machine?"

The store manager said disdainfully: "There is a product manual, don't you know how to read it yourself?"

I was stunned for a moment, and looked at my second uncle, who heaved a sigh, and said to the store manager, "Why did I tell you all about it? Didn't I ask you to recite these things a long time ago?"

The store manager said lazily: "What's the use of memorizing it? Isn't it all the same? Obviously the product manual is there, you can read it yourself!"

I disappointedly said to my second uncle: "Okay, I probably know why the Hong Kong market has shrunk so much in recent years? Is it just selling like this? Does it feel like people who buy your things owe you? Or do you think Our mainland products are not worth your effort to sell, are they?"

The second uncle still wanted to explain, but the store manager said unhappily: "So what if it is? What if it is not? We are just part-time jobs, why should we carry these boring things! People who buy electrical appliances, most of them They are all selected long ago, and we don’t need to introduce them at all. If you want to buy them, you will buy them naturally. If you don’t want to buy them, it’s useless to sell them! Can you buy a few more units by memorizing a few parameters? It’s so easy! !"

The second uncle scolded angrily: "Shut up, do you know who he is?"

The store manager said indifferently: "Didn't you say it a long time ago? He is the big boss from the mainland, and he is the boss of this brand. So what? Our store doesn't only sell their brands. , besides, a domestic product, what is there to be proud of?"

I smiled coldly and said, "Really? Are domestic products so unbearable in your eyes? If I remember correctly, in all your stores, our domestic products are still the best sellers and have the best reputation, right?"

The second uncle hastily nodded and said: "That is, that is! If it weren't for your products, we would never have developed to the scale we are now! They are young and ignorant, so don't be as knowledgeable as them!"

I smiled and said: "I definitely don't have the same knowledge as them. If I have the same knowledge as them, then I am really short-sighted! Do you think Hong Kong today is still the financial and trade international metropolis of Hong Kong in the period of the Four Asian Tigers? ?How does Hong Kong survive today? Finance and trade? Tourism? High-tech, or light and heavy industries? Let me tell you, there is nothing! The surplus is still a policy given to you by the mainland! It is undeniable that your market today is given to you by the mainland! I don’t know, how do you still have the confidence to talk about our products from the mainland? No, look down on our domestic products, it is our domestic products that support you! Without these domestic products, your store would have been ruined long ago! Earning our money and receiving our benefits, but there is no trace of gratitude! Roll your eyes Wolf!"

Then he said to the second uncle: "Talk to your lady, if you still have this sales attitude, I will find another agent after I execute today's supply contract! Find an agent who can value us!"

The second uncle knew the seriousness of this problem, and hurriedly said to me: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, we don't have the slightest idea of ​​looking down on Wanzhong's products! It's the people below, and we usually don't educate enough! I apologize to you here! "

I looked at the two salesmen who looked like Hong Kong girls, still looking indifferent, and said displeasedly: "I didn't mean to embarrass you, but what happened today really made me feel very unhappy! You tell me what happened today. , tell Miss May exactly, I'll see her attitude before we talk! Can you lend me a phone and give me a few hundred dollars!"

The second uncle hurriedly took out a mobile phone and several thousand yuan bills. I took the money and the phone and thanked him: "Thank you very much!" After speaking, I was ready to leave.

Second Uncle hurriedly stopped me and said, "I've already arranged a hotel for you, and I'll send you to work tomorrow morning!"

I shook my head and said, "No need! I want to walk by myself!"

At night, walking on the bustling streets of Hong Kong, I felt that I was out of place in this city. People kept giving me the same look. I looked at my clothes. Although it was not decent, it was not out of manners.I don't understand, am I too sensitive, or do I have a sense of discord with this city?
I wanted to find a hotel to stay in, but when I went, I found out that I didn’t have any ID, so I couldn’t check in at all, and it wasn’t suitable for me to go to my second uncle. I thought I’d be wronged for one night, and someone would pick me up tomorrow.

I walked to a McDonald's, thinking that this place should be the most approachable, no matter who they are, they should be more polite and have a better attitude, right?

I went in, ordered a hamburger set meal, and watched the people around me while eating.

Only then did I realize that there were many people who were dressed similarly to me and didn't look so Hong Kong.They all have a table for each person, and there is very little food on the table, a glass of Coke, or a bag of French fries, and they carry a large bag, which is not placed on the seat, just carried.People who come in from behind are very self-conscious. They don’t go to set up a table with others. They see that there are no seats, or they don’t buy things, or they order takeaway, but they never sit with others.

I'm wondering what kind of tradition this is, or is it the default rule?I looked at the night outside the window, wondering if I could spend the night here tonight?
(End of this chapter)