After the Canton Fair ended, what shocked everyone was Jinling's haul.
In less than a month, Jinling had signed orders worth more than sixty million U.S. dollars. Adding the previous forty-odd million dollars, its total foreign exchange earnings for the year had exceeded one hundred million U.S. dollars.
Yet China's foreign exchange reserves in 1982 amounted to only a little over seven billion U.S. dollars. In the following years, they would dwindle as they were spent, even showing negative growth in foreign exchange reserves.
The formidable production and sales capacity Jinling displayed drew the attention of the entire country.
In previous years, Jinling's trade volume had only been around thirty million dollars. This year, its original target had merely been forty million. But Wang Yan had personally stepped in, and with new equipment and materials introduced this year, under Wang's formidable salesmanship, securing over sixty million dollars in orders was no great feat. He had even considered the possibility of production failing to keep up, turning down some orders and arranging to cooperate again the following year.
If sales had truly been opened up without restraint, he could have achieved trade volume exceeding one hundred million dollars at the Canton Fair alone. After all, he had personally joined the fray. If that did not make some waves, it would have been hard to justify.
However, Jinling could not focus solely on overseas business. The domestic market was its foundation. Its first priority remained ensuring domestic supply and continually expanding the influence of the Jinling brand at home. That was what mattered most.
Having made the money, Wang Yan naturally spent the foreign exchange first, purchasing foreign equipment according to the amount of foreign currency they were permitted to retain. Of course, medical equipment was the main priority; everything else was