A few days later, Ekins and McGee appeared on the streets of Shiyang County, Jinnan City, Haidong Province. The person who accompanied them was a local businessman named Mao Haodong. The Yimai factory used to purchase some machine tool fixtures from China. Because it needed customization, Ekins and others directly contacted the Chinese manufacturer, and Mao Haodong was the owner of a production company that had contact with them.

Ekins and the others knew nothing about China's situation. If they wanted to come to China for investigation, they naturally needed to find an acquaintance to lead the way. They tried to contact Mao Haodong, and the other party agreed and told them to take a plane to Jianlu, the capital of Haidong Province. Mao Haodong personally drove his own troop to Jianlu and took them to Shiyang.

Ekins and McGee had never met Mao Haodong before, but had contacted him on the phone and email. In their imagination, Mao Haodong should be at least a middle-aged man in his 40s. Given that he could speak English in a basically reliable way on the long-distance phone across the ocean, Ekins and the others believed that Mao Haodong should be well-educated, with gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and a decent suit.

When they saw Mao Haodong outside the exit of Jianlu Airport, both Americans were shocked. The other party turned out to be just a young man in his 20s. He was indeed wearing a suit and looked like a brand-name, but no matter how he looked, he felt that he was a little inconsistent. Obviously, the other party should not be used to wearing this kind of clothing.

"Mr. Eggins, Mr. McGee, I'm glad to see you."

Mao Haodong didn't look restrained in front of the two American guests. He stretched out his hand openly to shake hands with each other.

Ekins stepped forward and held Mao Haodong's hand. The moment he shook hands, he could feel that the other party's palm was strong and covered with calluses, which was quite similar to Ekins himself. Ekins himself was also a worker. Even though he opened a factory and became a boss later, he often turned on the machine tool himself, so the calluses on his hands did not fade. On Mao Haodong's hand, Ekins touched the same calluses.

"Why, does Mr. Mao often turn on the machine tools?" Ekins asked bluntly.

"That's for sure," said Mao Haodong. "We are born to work, so how can we not turn on the machine tools?"

"I always think that Mr. Mao's business is of a very large scale," Eggins said.

Mao Haodong smiled and said, "Mr. Ekins praised me. My factory is just a small storefront, and I have only five people."

"Five people!" McGee was shocked, "How is this possible? Every time we order fixtures from you, you only need one day to ship the goods. How could this be made by a small factory of five people?"

Mao Haodong was a little embarrassed, and he said, "Well, you will know when you go to our Shiyang to check out. Two, why don't we have dinner first? You may be tired if you fly all the way over, right? Although the dishes on Jianlu are not as good as those on our Shiyang, they are still very good."

Ekins and McGee were in darkness in China, so naturally they could only arrange it by Mao Haodong. Mao Haodong took them to a high-end restaurant in Jianlu and ordered a table full of dishes to entertain them. When did the two Americans have seen such a situation, and have tasted such Chinese food, and they have to eat until their stomachs are rounded. Finally, they stared at the leftovers on the plate and rolled their eyes.

"It's a pity. In fact, we are only three of us, so we don't need to order so many dishes." Eggins said.

Mao Haodong said: "There are not many, not many, it's rare for you to come here. How can I treat you slowly? How about these dishes fit your tastes, right?"

"It's so delicious!" McGee said with an exaggerated expression, "I have never eaten such a delicious dish in my life."

Mao Haodong said: "Haha, it's good to like it. When we arrived in Shiyang, I'll treat you to the eight bowls of Shiyang. Our Shiyang dishes do not look delicate but taste much better than Jianlu's."

McGee smiled and said, "I'm already looking forward to it."

After dinner, Mao Haodong solicited opinions from Ekins and McGee, asking them whether they planned to play in Land for a few days or go directly to Shiyang. Both of them were rushing to inspect the factory, so they naturally said they wanted to go to Shiyang directly. Ekins also suggested that after visiting Mao Haodong's company, if other companies were not far away, they would like to see a few more companies so that they could fully understand their Chinese counterparts.

"What does it mean not far away?" Mao Haodong was a little puzzled.

"I mean, if other factories aren't too far from yours, … well, say, within 30 miles of distance…" Eggins explained.

"30 miles, just 50 kilometers, right? It's almost time to reach the downtown area of ​​Jinnam..." Mao Haodong muttered, and the doubts in his heart became even more serious. You want to see the factory, Shiyang's factory is not enough for you to see, so why do you go to Jinnam to do?

The two foreign businessmen did not want to visit the land, so Mao Haodong didn't find it strange. Shiyang is now a world-famous hardware accessories processing center. There are more foreigners wandering on the streets of Shiyang every day than Shiyang locals. When some foreign businessmen came to China for the first time, they would find ways to go around the surrounding area and see the scenic spots. After coming here more times, they would lose interest. Even if they had to stay for a few days, they would rather stay in Shiyang County and enjoy some local specialty food and other services. In Mao Haodong's view, Ekins and McGee were probably the kind of very dedicated foreigners. Since they claimed that they did not consider travel, he would take them back to Shiyang directly.

It takes more than 300 kilometers to drive from Jianlu to Shiyang, but the whole journey is a newly built expressway, and Haidong has a tradition of speeding. It took Mao Haodong a little more than two hours to bring the two from Jianlu back to Shiyang. Along the way, Ekins and McGee felt that they were not enough. There were almost all buildings on both sides of the road, including four-story buildings built by farmers, simple factory buildings covered with blue metal leather, and huge billboards covered with thick steel pipes, standing next to the expressway. These buildings are nothing special, and the building quality is not even as good as the buildings in Barr Town. But the buildings are hundreds of kilometers long, so how large the population must be.

The Mercedes-Benz drove into Shiyang County and had to slow down. While driving, Mao Haodong introduced the shops on both sides of the road to Ekins and the others. At this time, Ekins and McGee realized how ridiculous the requests they made to Mao Haodong when they were building the land were. In this small county, there was a small factory behind each store. Within a few hundred meters, there were dozens of factories. Where did they need to run 30 miles?

"Here, this is my factory."

Mao Haodong parked his car outside a shop door, got out of the car first, helped Ekins and the others open the car door, asked them to get out of the car, and then casually introduced his company to the other party.

This is a small store with various machine tool fixtures hanging on the walls of the store, some of which were ordered by Yimai Factory. Behind the store is a production workshop with three machining centers in it, and there are several small equipment next to it. Several workers in work clothes were doing something on the equipment. Seeing two foreign businessmen coming in, the workers were not surprised and were still doing their own work. Only one old man looked up and said hello to them. According to Mao Haodong, the old man was his father, named Mao Wanquan. However, Mao Wanquan did not speak English like his son, but just said "hello" rudely, even if he had greeted foreign businessmen.

"This is my factory. Our factories are like this, the front and back factories. My factory was founded by my father. When I came to the mainland and went to university, I took over my father's work. Now he is responsible for the production in the factory. I am mainly responsible for business and usually start machine tools and other things." Mao Haodong introduced to the two.

"Excellent!" Ekins looked at everyone's operations and praised sincerely. Mao Wanquan is the best skilled among the people, but considering his age, it is not enough to surprise Ekins. But the young people next to him are also so skillful in operating machine tools, with a serious attitude and a focused expression. This is rare. The youngest workers used in the Yimai factory are still in their 30s, and younger people in the local area are unwilling to engage in manufacturing, thinking that this industry is too bitter and dirty. But here, the young people Ikins saw have no such frivolity at all.

"But, Mr. Mao, I'm sorry, how can you, a small factory with five people like you, complete the order we need? It takes more than a dozen processes to make a fixture, and the equipment here is obviously not enough." McGee raised his own question. He had an unspoken subtext, that is, whether Mao Haodong had deceived them before, perhaps Mao Haodong claimed that the products he produced were actually purchased from other places.

Mao Haodong smiled slightly and said, "Well, sirs, you follow me to the street and you will understand our production method. By the way, do you bring any drawings for this trip? If you want to order any product, you can find a store to ask, and they will tell you how to produce it."
Chapter completed!