E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World-Chapter 78 - Episode 78 Everyone wants to spend less money and

Their translator distorted Zhou Xueyin’s words when relaying them to the Japanese clients.

“Excuse me, isn’t your translation a bit improper?” Fang Jing interrupted the meeting and spoke directly in Japanese after hearing what the translator had said, “A translation should be accurate. Don’t convey the wrong message with a biased interpretation!”

Afterward, Fang Jing re-explained all the previously misrepresented or inadequate translations to the Japanese clients. It was then that they realized that Zhou Xueyin and her team were indeed well-prepared and that their own translator seemed to be misinterpreting things on purpose, almost as if they didn’t want the deal to go through.

Finally, thanks to Fang Jing’s meticulous translation, the other party proposed for Zhou Xueyin to submit a preliminary proposal to decide whether to cooperate.

The proposal they wanted was for 51buy to help their company organize an exhibition for their animation products, but their budget was only 50,000 yuan.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xueyin was nearly incredulous. What could 50,000 yuan do? It was not even enough to cover the rental of the venue!

“Jingjing, ask them if they can increase the budget a bit,” Zhou Xueyin whispered to Fang Jing.

“I’m sorry, but the current budget of 50,000 yuan is a bit too little. We might not even be able to secure a venue…” Fang Jing explained Zhou Xueyin’s concerns with difficulty.

But the other party indicated that 50,000 yuan, when converted to yen, would be enough for a small-scale exhibition in their country.

“This is not in Toyko! This is Beijing!” After listening to Fang Jing translate the other party’s words, Zhou Xueyin reminded them directly in English that this was not Toyko, it was Beijing.

However, other than understanding the difference between Tokyo and Beijing, they did not comprehend the rest of her English at all…

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Instead, they looked at Zhou Xueyin and Fang Jing with a sense of inexplicable anticipation, hoping they would not let them down.

“Unbelievable… tell them we’ll figure something out. Have them send their more detailed requirements to my email. I will give them a specific plan in a week.” Seeing their expression and considering that this was their first international project, they couldn’t afford to slip up, so she agreed to their request.

Back at the company, Zhou Xueyin noticed that Yao Shanshan’s workstation was empty.

“Jixiang, come on…” It seemed like Kang Siyin and Yao Shanshan were at odds again, Zhou Xueyin called Li Jiniang and left the office.

“What happened? Where’s Shanshan? They didn’t start fighting in the office, did they?” Zhou Xueyin looked helplessly at Li Jiniang.

“No, no. After all, this is an office, they know their limits. Shanbao said she wanted to leave work early and take some things to Li Meng’s place.” Li Jiniang was also helpless, she had said all the nice things she could, but Yao Shanshan was just not appeased.

“Forget it, if she wants to fall on her head, we can’t stop her, as long as she can come to work on time tomorrow…” Right now, Zhou Xueyin’s mind was full of the 50,000 yuan event for the client, she really had no energy to deal with anything else, “Jixiang, quick, think about it, how can we solve the venue for a product exhibition event with 50,000 yuan?”

“Are we crazy? Want to hold an event with just 50,000 yuan? Have they even scoped out the entire market?” Li Jiniang also felt this was too unrealistic.

“The Japanese, they said after exchanging 50,000 yuan RMB to yen, they could hold an event…” Zhou Xueyin imitated the Japanese clients for Li Jiniang.

“Why even bother discussing… So… did we take it?”

“What else can we do if we don’t take it? Even a small fly is still flesh… If we don’t take on a challenging project to showcase our strength, I’m afraid it’ll be even harder to get orders in the future,” Zhou Xueyin said helplessly.

After all, the internet advertising industry is also a survival of the fittest. Although supported by magazine collaborations, they need to work hard to manage the website, and she didn’t want to be belittled by others.

“How about we call a meeting for everyone? Discuss the plan collectively? Many hands make light work!” Li Jiniang suggested with a twinkle in her eye.

“Fine, this is also our company’s first serious project since we started operations formally, let’s get everyone involved,” Zhou Xueyin nodded in agreement.

The two returned to the office, where Zhou Xueyin convened the first full staff brainstorming meeting, with Sun Miao responsible for taking the minutes.

With 50,000 yuan, how to hold a successful event, what kind of event to hold, everyone put forward their own suggestions.

Some said that there are often temporary booths for rent in shopping centers, why not rent one for a couple of days for the exhibition.

Others suggested that there’s no need to go far, just do the product demonstration right in front of the store entrance.

Another suggested holding it in the amusement park plaza.

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Everyone was chatting away, except for Wang Simo, who remained silent.

“Sisi, what are you thinking about? Share with us?” Zhou Xueyin interrupted the discussion and singled out Wang Simo to speak.

“It’s not that everyone’s ideas are bad, but under the constraints of a limited budget, your exhibitions would just be loss-making shouts for attention!” Wang Simo was quite blunt in dismissing everyone else’s earlier discussions.

“I mean, we should just hold a comic con! That would ensure all attendees are anime fans, and we could also charge an entrance fee to offset some costs. As for the venue, we don’t need something big, a university sports field would be sufficient!” After Wang Simo put forward her idea, it was everyone else’s turn to fall silent.

“That’s actually a pretty good idea…” Zhou Xueyin’s previously furrowed brows relaxed upon hearing this suggestion.

Note: At that time, the yen exchange rate to RMB was pretty high. It was about 12 RMB to 100 yen. Now it’s only 5-6 RMB to 100 yen.