Chapter 32

  Two weeks later, the visa came through smoothly and the ticket was already booked. However, Cheng Zhou kept putting it off until the day before he was to fly to Japan, when he finally called his mom to tell her that he would be going abroad for a while. It's easy to imagine how his mom reacted.

  He shook his head, and even now her endless nagging still seemed to be echoing in his ears.

  The content of the nagging includes excitement about hearing that he is about to go abroad on a business trip, worry about him going alone to an unfamiliar country, and complaints that he still hasn't found a wife yet, mixed with some grievances against her own old husband.

  The content is so rich that his mother talked about it for more than two hours on the phone last night and still felt like there was more to say.

  But all these little pains disappeared after he boarded the plane.

  Unexpectedly, the company actually booked him a business class seat. Although it wasn't first class, even just having a business class seat made Cheng Chou so excited that he almost shouted "Long live!"

  Ha! Look at that, so many people are in economy class. And him, he's in business class. Even getting on the plane, they let him go first.

  He dares to swear that when the flight attendants announced that business class passengers could board first, many people must have looked at him with envy.

  Wow, it was really cool! They should have let those guys from the company see the scene at that time.

  The enthusiastic and friendly service of the flight attendants made Cheng Zhou so happy that he almost flew up to heaven.

  He was so excited that he forgot it was his first time on a plane, and also forgot that his old man had an old habit of getting motion sickness from taxis, long-distance buses, and even the space shuttle at amusement parks.

  So, when the plane was descending, Cheng Zhou returned all the champagne, sushi and fine pastries he had enjoyed on the plane to Dongsheng Airlines without leaving a single drop. However, everyone knew that no one would be grateful for this.

  After getting off the plane, due to unfamiliarity and being flustered, Cheng Zhou spent twice as much time as others to complete the entry procedures, and also spent a lot of time finding his own luggage.

  When he dragged his huge cowboy canvas suitcase to the arrival hall exit, he looked around for half a day but didn't see anyone coming to pick him up.

  He waited and waited until he caught the attention of airport security personnel, who asked him if he needed help, at which point he had to admit that he was probably stood up.

  It seems like I have no choice but to call them.

  Chengzhou subconsciously reached into his own pocket and felt around for a long time without finding the familiar object.

  "Huh? Where's my phone? I've checked all the pockets on my body, but it's not there. I even hastily checked my small bag, but it's still nowhere to be found. It wasn't until he opened up his huge luggage and searched through it that he had to accept the fact that he had forgotten to bring his phone."

  At the same time, AHS Group Huaxia Branch operates and sells the first department.

  "I heard you let Chengzhou represent our side and attend this Asia-Pacific regional sales elite exchange learning conference in Edo?"

  Administrative Director Van der Wei pushed open the door of the Sales Department Director's office and asked.

  "Is there a problem?" A slender man in his mid-thirties smiled from behind his glasses.

  "Don't you think this is a bit too much for him?" Wan Weide closed the door with one hand and walked up to him.

  "Really?" The man adjusted his glasses.

  "Have you told him who will be chairing this meeting and what its main purpose is?"

  "Of course I did."

  "Did you say? Just said no explanation?"

  "Do you need it?"

  Wan Dewei smiled wryly, "Forget it, everyone has already left. Now saying anything is too late. Hope everything goes smoothly for him. Oh, right, General Manager Li just called you but couldn't get through, so he asked me to tell you that he's going to be delayed in Tibet for two more days before returning to the company. If there's anything urgent, please take care of it temporarily."

  "I understand. So President Li isn't going to Japan this time either? I remember he was on the list of invitees."

  Wan De Wei smiled with ill intent, "Then you'll take his place? I can have my assistant help you book a ticket right now."

  Zhang Huan waved his hand and let it go. Even their boss Li was trying to find a way to avoid him, why should he go and suffer?

  Just thinking that the host of this conference was actually Kawabe Kazuhiko, a hardliner, he had no hope for this Asia-Pacific regional sales elite exchange and learning conference.

  Who doesn't want to take this opportunity to have a good time when going abroad? What's the point of sitting in a conference room and attending classes every day?

  In the past, whenever there were similar conferences, the local organizers would usually arrange some activities to liven up the mood of the participants.

  But what about this time? Let's take a look at the meeting schedule introduction that was sent over. The first paragraph alone is enough to make one feel disheartened.

  What is meant by holding this meeting in the mountains to temper employees' willpower and strengthen the company's overall cohesion?

  In the mountains, it's just the mountains, but why does everyone have to be self-sufficient?

  Not only do you have to cook for yourself, but also get up early and go to bed early. The most excessive thing is that there are no plans for outings, gatherings, shopping, or drinking parties during the entire month of study.

  Is this learning or imprisonment?

  Zhang Heng vowed that after seeing this meeting schedule, about 90% of people who wanted to go on a business trip to Japan would not want to go. Moreover, the study time is too long, which sales ace would be willing to hand over their clients to other salesmen for a month?

  After some thought, the person who can tolerate this boring meeting and still take it as a rare opportunity, without having too much impact on the sales performance of the branch company, among all qualified sales staff in the entire company, seems to be only Cheng Chou.

  Although the meeting was not fun and going abroad had no practical significance, having a learning opportunity can be considered as a kind of compensation for his hard work in the company for more than three years.

  "That Guan Jiu is too idealistic and has no human touch, it's no wonder our Li Zong avoids him." Wanduiwei shook his head as he walked towards the door.

  Zhang Heng nodded in deep agreement.

  "I saw the email saying that this time it's for training these elite participants, and the J country side doesn't plan to arrange anyone to pick them up. Is Chengzhou okay with that?" Wandevi said as he opened the door to leave.

  "Is this true?" Zhang Heng's eyes widened.

  "Haven't you read the email?" Wandawei was even more surprised.

  "When is the email? What's the subject?"

  "Yesterday afternoon. The meeting notice was sent to the persons in charge and requested to forward it to the representatives attending the study conference."

  "Ah..." Zhang Heng took off his glasses and smiled awkwardly: "Because I didn't pay much attention this time, I just glanced at the email and saw that it wasn't important, so I deleted it."

  Wan Dewei was speechless. He didn't know if it was too late for him to have someone call Cheng Chou now.

  "Uh, I'll get someone... no, I'll call him myself to explain this matter." Zhang Heng also felt a bit uneasy in his heart. He calculated the time and found that it was almost when Cheng Chou would be getting off the plane. He quickly pulled out the employee contact list on his computer and started dialing Cheng Chou's cell phone number.

  Let's take another look at Japan's airport this side.

  Qian was prepared, Wan was prepared, but still made a mistake and lost his phone at home. He had even specially activated the global roaming function.

  Fortunately, there was a public phone at the airport. With the help of airport security personnel, Chengzhou bought a telephone card and called the conference contact in Japan.

  The person who answered the phone had a very gentle tone and a very affectionate attitude.

  No matter how gentle and polite, the other side only repeatedly revealed a message: In order to train the elites of various branch companies, the pick-up service for this meeting will be uniformly cancelled. Please let the elites who come to attend the Asia-Pacific Branch Company Sales Elite Exchange Conference go to the conference venue on their own.

  The contact person used a universal language, and Cheng Zhou, because he had no intention of going abroad, only learned the universal language to the extent that he could conduct daily conversations and understand business letters. This resulted in the other party spending a full 20 minutes just to make him understand that "no one would pick him up".

  The contact person originally wanted to introduce the method of going to the destination in detail, but unfortunately, there was a barrier to communication, and could only let this elite seek good fortune.

  Helpless, Cheng Zhou hung up the phone and complained that no one had informed him of this matter, which made him unprepared. He had to choose to drive himself to the venue of this meeting.

  With a half-baked Japanese accent mixed with similarly mediocre Mandarin, Cheng Zhou walked along the way asking for directions while holding a piece of paper with the meeting venue's address written on it.

  Took the subway to transfer bus and then transferred back to the subway, he was so confused that he didn't know how many wrong roads he had taken or how many stops he had sat in the wrong direction. The original three-hour journey took him five and a half hours to reach his destination. If only I had taken a taxi...

  But he was afraid of taking a taxi and not being able to get reimbursed, so he didn't dare to.

  It was already dark in Japan at this time.

  Se-Chang arrived at Mikuriya Station in Koganei City, Tokyo Prefecture, dragging a heavy suitcase, just before dawn.

  When he learned from the station staff that he still had to take a 10-minute bus ride, a 6-minute mountain cable car ride and then walk for another 20 minutes to reach the venue of this meeting - Shanzhuang, Chengzhou almost burst into tears.

  Looking at this guest who came from afar in China, obviously for the first time in Japan and already quite tired, the station uncle said in a low voice:

  "I'm sorry, sir. At this time, all the buses have already stopped operating. The cable car also stops running at 6:30 PM due to safety concerns. It's already 12:40 and I'm about to finish my shift. If you want to head up the mountain, it'll take around an hour or more, and with such a large luggage... perhaps you can call the mountain resort to have someone pick you up."

  Cheng Zhou didn't understand at first, but looking at the uncle's expression also knew that something was wrong.

  The station uncle was very kind, seeing that Chow didn't understand, he repeated it three or four times, and even wrote down the last bus and cable car schedule on paper, and gave him a tourist map of the mountain.

  Ten minutes later, Cheng Zhou finally figured out that he had to either choose to spend the night at the foot of the mountain or drag a twenty-kilogram luggage box up the mountain.

  The station uncle looked at his expression and thought he had already understood everything, thinking that a good person should go home after finishing. He waved to Chengzhou, smiled and said to him: "Remember to call the mountain villa, the phone is in the station. Hope you have a pleasant time in Country J."

  He guessed that they were saying goodbye to him, and Cheng Zhou also waved his hand at the station uncle, repeatedly expressing his gratitude.

  The uncle at the station disappeared into the darkness, looking at the small yellow light in the subway station, Cheng Zhou's legs softened and he sat down on his luggage.

  He can't care about whether he will break anything or not, he wants to go home. Now! Immediately! Right away!

  Of course he knew it was impossible.

  I don't know if he called ahead, whether someone from the mountain villa will come down to pick him up?

  But the contact person said to let them find their own way to the destination, and it's likely that even if this call is made, the other party may not come.

  Forget it! But... Do I really have to spend a night here?

  Chengzhou would never want to spend money on a hotel for the night, he's afraid it won't be reimbursed.

  Let's try it out, maybe the other party will be willing to come and pick him up since it's so late. Okay, let's give it a shot. If not, we can think of other ways.

  As soon as he made up his mind, Cheng Chou immediately turned around and looked for a telephone everywhere.

  Found it! Cheng Zhou immediately got up and rushed to the phone.

  Took out the magnetic card...... Ah? Isn't it a card reader?

  Is it coin-operated? Alright, if it's coin-operated, where is the change? Let him look for it...

  A ten-thousand-yuan big ticket is available.

  Five thousand yuan is also available.

  There is one thousand yuan, and there is even a two-thousand-yuan bill.

  Where's the change? Why isn't there any change in my wallet? He clearly remembered that the salesgirl who sold him a prepaid card at the airport had given him some coins as change.

  Shaking, shaking, shaking, only a few paper tickets are waving, and there are two copper coins of the Chinese yuan...

  Maybe he can buy a bottle of mineral water or something to get some change? Cheng Zhou thought about how his small change had disappeared. Along the way, he used the automatic drink vending machine at least three times.

  Vending machine, where are you? Cheng Zhou searched for the vending machine with his eyes.

  Nothing. Except for some inexplicable advertisements, there were no vending machines of any kind. How could this be? Wasn't it said that Japan's vending machines are everywhere?

  Is there a 24-hour convenience store nearby?

  Twenty minutes later, Cheng Zhou, who had been wandering around the nearby area, stood beside a payphone with a 1000-yuan bill in hand and begged: "Please, I'll give you 1000 yuan, can I just make a phone call? I don't want any change back, really!"

  Good heavens! How can this place be so remote? There isn't even a small grocery store.

  Cheng Zhou took a look at the scale of this station and then glanced at the dark mountain range in the distance, and suddenly understood.

  No wonder there's nothing here, it turns out there are too few people living around.

  Five minutes later, a tall and thin man dragged a huge suitcase out of the station.

  What's so great about that? Isn't it just hiking? Isn't it just a few hours of mountain roads? Cheng Zhou's greatest ability is hiking, do you know that?!

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