"I told my university please give me one week free to have a look at this exhibition." Hamed Benteasad, an Iranian buyer as well as a university student from Qingdao, Shandong, asked for a leave to fly all the way to Guangzhou to attend the Canton Fair and gather business information for his future company. As a new visitor to Canton Fair, he has collected lots of cards and wechat friends on his first day in the fair.

“我专门向学校请假一星期，来看看这个展览。”Hamed Benteasad是一名来自伊朗的采购商，同时也是一名山东青岛的大学生，打算以后在伊朗开一家公司。4月，他向学校请假，千里迢迢坐飞机到广州参加广交会，收集商业信息。这名广交会“新人”在他到达的第一天就收集了很多名片和微信好友。

统筹｜蒋铮 赵鹏
采访｜付怡 王楠
摄影｜曾育文 梁喻
素材整理｜付怡
剪辑、制图｜黎杰文