283, the international translation department has experienced a surge in business
"Xiaoran, listen to my explanation! Guo Chun and I have nothing to do! Really, in the past few days, he would come downstairs to find me and chat with me whenever he has free time; but I have already told him that I He has a boyfriend. It's impossible for me to be with him, and I don't feel that way about him at all. I've told him to give up, Xiaoran, you have to believe me!" Lei Zien eagerly asked Li Jingran She explained, fearing that Li Jingran might misunderstand her. And as he spoke, his eyes turned red, and his delicate face suddenly became pitiful.
Li Jingran didn¡¯t expect that one of his jokes would make Lei Zien feel like he was facing a formidable enemy. He was on the verge of tears. He immediately regretted it and felt that he shouldn¡¯t have made such a joke with his confidante. So, feeling distressed, he immediately stood up, walked around the coffee table, sat next to Lei Zien, and held the woman with red eyes in his arms.
"I'm sorry, sorry! I'm sorry, Xiao Lei, I shouldn't have made such a joke with you. How could I make such a joke with you? Don't cry, it's all my fault. I promise not to make such a joke with you again. You're kidding! Be obedient and don't cry!" Li Jingran kept comforting the pitiful Lei Zi'en while he was holding her in his arms.
Li Jingran¡¯s comfort not only did not make Lei Zien feel better, but instead made him feel even more aggrieved. The tears that were just pooling in my eyes suddenly fell down.
Li Jingran was flustered and distressed when he saw his lover in his arms crying, so he could only continue to hold Lei Zien in his arms, touch her little face, and lower his posture to "admit his mistake."
Under Li Jingran¡¯s careful comfort and ¡°voluntary admission of mistakes,¡± Lei Zien gradually stopped crying.
"Xiaoran, you can't make jokes like this with me again!" Lei Zien looked at Li Jingran with red eyes, his tone was rarely serious.
"Yes, I promise!" Li Jingran patted his chest and took out a piece of soft paper from the paper box on the coffee table in front of him. He wiped the corners of Lei Zien's eyes and continued, "Xiao Lei, I'll go to you tonight. Is there any place that works?¡±
"Ah, are you going to my place? You aren't you going home?" Li Jingran's words made Lei Zien stunned for a while, and he couldn't believe it. The expression on his face was happy at first, but then he became a little sad.
"It doesn't matter if you don't go back for a day or two. Besides, isn't your home also my home?" Li Jingran scratched the bridge of Lei Zien's straight nose with his hand and said with a smile.
Li Jingran¡¯s words made Lei Zien very happy, and his worries immediately turned into joy. "Oh! Then I'll get off work early in the afternoon, and then go to the supermarket to buy groceries. Let's eat at home in the evening."
"Okay! Let me taste my wife's good craftsmanship then!" After saying that, he hugged Lei Zien again and kissed her cheek sideways.
Li Jingran's affectionate movements made Lei Zien feel very good, especially the word "wife", which made her even more elated and extremely happy, because this was the first time Li Jingran used the title "wife" to call her, which made her whole body There was a kind of happiness and joy that I had never experienced before.
But when he heard that Li Jingran wanted to taste her cooking skills, Lei Zien seemed a little uneasy and guilty. "My craftsmanship is not very good" Lei Zien glanced at Li Jingran guiltily, and then added, "Yanyan's skills are good and she is good at cooking. Otherwise, I'll ask her and me Together?"
"Okay, no problem!" Li Jingran said nonchalantly. Anyway, his relationship with Lei Zien. Zhou Yan, who lives in the same room as Lei Zien, has long known that with Zhou Yan's intelligence, she will definitely not talk nonsense.
After the "misunderstanding" between the two was resolved, the topic turned to the main topic, and Lei Zien began to report his work to Li Jingran. In order to avoid suspicion, Lei Zien stood up, walked around to the sofa opposite Li Jingran, and sat down face to face.
If the 20% growth in domestic translation business last month can be described as flying, then the international business that Lei Zien is responsible for can only be described as "flying on a rocket". .
Two months ago, one month after the Canton Fair, the international translation department in charge of Lei Zien could only contribute 30,000 US dollars and a turnover of 200,000 yuan to the company, compared with the 1.83 million yuan of the domestic translation department in charge of Zhou Yan. Compared with a huge number, it is only a little more than one-third of it.
But only one month later, in December 2010, Lei Zien¡¯s international business suddenly exploded like a sprinter on stimulants. According to Lei Zien's statistics, throughout December, they received business commissions worth more than 100,000 US dollars and nearly 800,000 RMB. Among these commissions, in addition to 60% of them being email translation and related trade information translation, 40% of the translation commissions are other types of translation that have nothing to do with foreign trade translation, such as engineering and technology, legal Economics, and even book translation!
what does that mean? This means LiJingran's Zhizi Super Translation has not only become famous among the product exhibitors who came to China to participate in the Canton Fair, but also people from these exhibitors' countries have come to them and entrusted Zhizi Super Translation to provide them with translation services in the corresponding languages! Although, judging from the current proportion, the proportion of these translations is not very large, but judging from its increase, the prospects are unlimited!
From 200,000 in November to 800,000 in December, a 400% growth rate in one month is an impressive achievement no matter what industry it is placed in! Moreover, this growth is just the beginning. As time goes by, Li Jingran believes that a new round of growth will come! Although, compared to the 40 to 50 billion US dollars cake in all languages ????in the world, his performance of 100,000 US dollars is not even a drop of butter on this big cake; however, with Zhenyi¡¯s accurate translation level , ultra-fast response speed, and the company's reasonable pricing, Li Jingran has reason to believe that, just like Sophon Super Fan in China, one day, Sophon Super Fan will soar into the sky and become a blockbuster in other countries around the world!
And this, all it takes is time!
"Mr. Li, two days ago, an Italian customer named Nicola said he wanted to be our company's agent in Italy." After giving a general report to Li Jingran on the main work and performance of the department last month, Lei Jingran said Zi En suddenly thought of a strange customer and mentioned it by the way.
"Agent, what kind of agent?"
"Haha, that's it, Mr. Li. This customer was originally an importer, mainly importing some cheap small household appliances made in China. He met us at the Canton Fair and exchanged business cards with us. This Italian, I also encountered some language barriers and troubles when communicating with Chinese exporters. When I went back, I received an email from us, so we got what we needed and hit it off, and started doing business with our company.
"However, after working with us for about a month, the translation business entrusted by this Italian to our company has undergone some changes. In addition to the original email translation, there are also many other translations, such as various technical materials. , the language is not the translation between Italian and Chinese, but becomes Italian and English, Italian and German, etc.
¡°At first, we felt a little strange, because these things had nothing to do with his business. Out of curiosity, our salesman asked him, and he told us that he commissioned us to translate for his friend.
"After listening to Nikolai's explanation, we have no other ideas. Anyway, it is to increase business for the company, so why not do it?
¡°However, just some time ago, Nicola told the salesperson our company contacted him that he wanted to go to Italy to receive various translation services in the name of our company, and hoped that our company could give him the exclusive authorization in Italy. At this time, the company's salesperson felt serious about it and reported this matter to me. Mr. Li, look, what should we do about this matter?" Lei Zien slowly and methodically explained the cause and effect of the matter to Li Jingran. report.
Lei Zien¡¯s words made Li Jingran, who seemed a little careless at first, feel happy and he immediately sat upright.
Participating in the Canton Fair is the first step for him to expand his international business, but it is not the most important step. His original plan was to wait for the company to further expand and then go directly to establish a branch of Zhizi Chaofan overseas. He would "localize" the company by recruiting local talents, and then develop business in the host country through various means such as advertising and exhibitions. , and then dig into the global cake of 40 to 50 billion US dollars a year.
It¡¯s good now. Before the overseas branch was established, someone came to invest and wanted to be their exclusive agent. In this regard, Li Jingran didn't know whether to laugh at his own slowness or praise the Italian's keenness!
Regarding the new ¡°opportunities¡± brought to the company by this Italian named Nicola, Li Jingran lay on the sofa and began to meditate.
First of all, Li Jingran will definitely not give any exclusive agent. What he sells is not a product, but a service, which is essentially different from the regional agency rights involved in tangible products. Appointing one person as your exclusive agent will only do harm to your company, not good. Therefore, Li Jingran would only regard the foreigner named Nicholas as an extremely ordinary customer and would not give him any agency rights. He welcomes that guy to find business and get the Tomoko Super Translation platform for translation, but he will not give him any agency rights that restrict others.
Secondly, through the Nikola incident, Li Jingran felt that his early steps were still a bit too small and not ambitious enough. He felt it was time to be bolder and faster.