10. Pinocchio’s homeland

But where does one find such people? From the exhibition, I had zero contacts and no idea about what to do next. Suddenly, I remembered that I still had the two contacts from the Internet. Immediately, my rational mind assumed that if hundreds of manufacturers at the exhibition didn’t feel right, what were the chances that these two would be different? I got in touch with one of them anyway — a man who turned out to be based in Florence. He shared little about himself, just that he would tell me everything at our meeting. But to take a trip to Florence just to meet some random Internet contact? How frivolous this is! Since it was the only lead I have, I had little choice but to follow it up — so I took a train and headed to Florence.