How do foreigners react to Yiwu? When this African boy first arrived in Yiwu, he was stunned by the price of goods here, and he could not imagine that Yiwu's things were actually half cheaper than Africa, and he never wanted to return to China again.
The guy from South Africa is called Zam, and in his country, Chinese-made goods are everywhere. Because of this, Zam has developed a strong interest in China.
Hearing that Yiwu is the world's largest gathering place for small commodities, he deliberately flew here by plane, wanted to find out, if he could, he also wanted to buy some goods in Yiwu and return to China to open his own store.
After coming out of the airport, Zam took a car to Yiwu, the scenery along the line was very desolate, let him mistakenly think that Yiwu was very poor, and when he arrived at the destination, he knew that Yiwu, a county-level city, was actually larger than the capital of South Africa.
Zam was so excited that after dropping off his luggage at the hotel, his first stop was the famous Yiwu International Trade City.
This is the heart of Yiwu, with tens of thousands of merchants gathered in a huge area of several million square meters, and Zam was stunned to see it.
I also heard a saying from the local population: "It takes a year to stay in front of each stall for three minutes and walk through the whole mall."
Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, it is enough to explain the super-large scale of Yiwu International Trade City, although it is very interested here, but Zam's time is limited, and he can only walk around.
He noticed that the trade city has a rich variety of goods, socks, watches, jewelry, hardware, etc., everything is available, only unexpected, not impossible, there are many foreigners busy figures, they are gold diggers from afar.
Yiwu is a treasure land to be excavated, where there are many commodities, complete types, and the market is concentrated, the transportation is convenient, and the way to buy at one stop provides great convenience for people, "Made in China" is how it goes out of the world.
After visiting the trade city, Zam came to the nearby night market, where the stalls are small, the roads are very crowded, and people come and go make noises, but Zam likes the lively feeling.
In South Africa, the market will only sell the most common things, but Yiwu's night market is different, clothing, food, nail art, tattoos, these things that cannot appear in one space at the same time, but in this small night market are readily available, Zam can't help but sigh in his heart, it is so amazing.
This African guy is visiting China's night market, did not expect to be stunned by the price here, Zam wanted to buy a cheap and comfortable jeans, the style and quality of jeans in the night market are good, but unfortunately there is no suitable yardage.
However, he quickly noticed a row of belt racks next to it, through observation and touch, he found that the quality of this belt was very good, the most surprising thing was that one was only 20 yuan, Zam was excited, directly bought 5, and finally only spent 80 yuan, such a belt in South Africa to sell at least 200 yuan, he felt for the first time what is called good quality and low price.
However, more admirable than the price, Zam is Chinese's hard work and dedication, passing by a vendor, Zam saw the clerk selling juicers, his emotions were very excited, and from time to time with demonstration actions, turning the sales into a wonderful performance.
Zam watched with relish, he had never seen such a scene of selling things, although he could not understand what the clerk was saying, but he was infected by this enthusiasm.
Zam admired Chinese's enterprising spirit and decided to visit a famous local businessman tomorrow to prepare for his plans to open a store.
The next day, Zam got up early and his client was Mr. Du, who ran a very large textile factory and produced a large number of textiles every day to sell abroad.
Zam knew that Chinese talk about business, he paid attention to pulling relations, and he must have sincerity, so he came to Mr. Du's door early in the morning, and the two practiced together in the morning, and the relationship was indeed much closer.
Mr. Du not only took him to visit his factory, but also invited him to his home for dinner, and after a day of exchanges, Zam found that Mr. Du was a person of credibility, and the two reached a willingness to cooperate.
At dinner time, Zam came to Mr. Du's house, thinking that it was just two people having a meal, but did not expect that a large family was there.
During the meal, the Du family has been giving Zam a dish, he just finished eating the bowl, the chopsticks clamped the dish again, Zam was a little confused at first, until finally his stomach was about to burst, he finally realized a truth: "I finally realized that there must be some left in my bowl, otherwise they always think that I am not full."
Guests can't be left hungry, this is the hospitality of Chinese, Zam can't cry and laugh.
After dinner, Mr. Du warmly invited him to tomorrow's daughter's wedding, and Zam happily agreed, and he also wanted to know what Chinese's wedding would look like.
This African guy sat at a Chinese banquet, watching a variety of delicious food and salivating, and just this morning, Zam became the "Du family" and witnessed the Chinese wedding.
A long line of cars with happy words formed a long line and arrived downstairs at the bride's house, where the man carried a dowry full of cash, candy and various foods, and the groom needed to personally carry these burdens to the woman's home to prove that he was capable of taking good care of the bride.
All the male relatives gathered at the bride's house to eat a bowl of sugar water eggs to bless the marriage with sweetness, and Zam sat in the living room, where he was regarded as his mother's family and also received a bowl of sugar eggs.
Although Zam was honored, he was a vegetarian and had to politely refuse.
Next, it was time for dinner, the wedding banquet was booked in a high-end hotel, the scene was luxuriously arranged, there were many guests who came to bless, and Zam was treated as a VIP, sitting at the same table with the newlyweds.
Due to the language barrier, Zam was a little uncomfortable in front of strangers, in order to take care of him, the bride deliberately chatted with him in English, when asked how many wives he had, Zam smiled and answered 1, the guests at the same table all laughed, and the atmosphere became active and joyful.
Zam also found that during the meal, the relatives of the newcomer would come to toast, as a way to thank the guests for their care and blessing of the newcomer, although he never drank, but in the face of Chinese warm and friendly persuasion, Zam still picked up the wine glass and drank it all, he knew that this was the expression of Chinese feelings.
In the past few days in Yiwu, he liked the way Chinese eat, everyone sat at the same table, informal, and shared interesting things about life through chat. In the unconscious laughter, people's feelings have also increased.
It was the most pleasant time of the day Chinese, and after three rounds of drinking, it was time to say goodbye to Mr. Du's family. When he left, Zam discovered a truth, it turned out that everyone's definition of happiness is the same, family harmony, marriage happiness, career success.
Although China and South Africa have different languages and cultures, the happiness pursued by the people of the world is the same, which is also the "beauty and beauty, the world is one" that Chinese respects.
After this short trip to Yiwu, Zam not only witnessed the prosperity of Yiwu small commodity market, but also experienced the enthusiasm and friendliness of the locals.
He likes it, not only because of the cheap price, but also because of its tolerance and openness, and the simple and sincere friendship of the Chinese people.