The curtains were hung high in the dark room. Yu Jianghai just worked the night shift last night and was lying on the bed sleeping.
Suddenly, a cell phone rang. He was woken up and covered his head with a quilt angrily, but the caller was very resilient and refused to stop dialing. Yu Jianghai had no choice but to put the phone to his ear and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "Hello?"
"The person you introduced last time is not good," came the German voice of the Eastern European man on the phone. "The efficiency is too low. The Germans have complained to me twice and they can't be used again tonight. You can find a few more quick ones right away." Me, right now."
"I have introduced you to 10 people before and after, and every time you said that the Germans complained about them." Yu Jianghai frowned and sat up, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the bedside table, and lit it depressedly, " Then when can I sign for the bank cleaner position you promised me? Last time you said it would be available this week, but why has there been no news at all yet?"
Two sneers came from the phone, followed by a click, followed by a series of beeps.
Yu Jianghai held a cigarette in his mouth and opened the curtains thoughtfully. The sunlight outside the window was just right and filled the whole room.
As soon as they got to work, everyone related to the exhibition was notified to go to the conference room to listen to the leader's speech.
Dongyi Qing arrived relatively early, and the cat was in an inconspicuous corner. She had been sleep deprived for the past two days, and her eyelids started to fight under the bright light in the conference room. Although it is past nine o'clock, the leader has not yet arrived. She leaned her body lightly against the wall pillar next to her, hoping to sleep for a while before the official start.
After an unknown amount of time, someone touched her arm. Before she could react, sparse applause immediately rang in her ears. Dong Yiqing perked up and clapped hard while rubbing her tired eyes.
The first person to speak on stage was a middle-aged German. Listening to the content of his speech, Dong Yiqing felt that he seemed to be a shareholder of the company. She was about to write down what she thought was important on her notepad, when she suddenly found that her pen could not produce any words. She anxiously drew two strokes on the blank page of the book, but only two deep pen marks were left on the blank page.
She couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. She must have written too much last night and ran out of pen water.
She whispered to the girl next to her who was looking intently in front of her: "Excuse me, do you have an extra pen? My pen is out of water."
Upon hearing the request, the girl said nothing. She turned around and took out a signature pen from the bag on the other side and handed it to Dong Yiqing. Dong Yiqing took the pen and whispered thanks. The girl turned her head, looked at Dong Yiqing's face, smiled and whispered, "You're welcome."
Dong Yiqing was stunned. The person sitting next to her was actually Che Lizi. She looked around Che Lizi doubtfully, but did not find Zhang Shuo.
"Why are you sitting here?" Dong Yiqing asked in a low voice.
"Why can't I sit here?" Che Lizi turned her head and looked forward and asked.
Che Lizi changed her outfit today. She looked very capable and professional in a small black suit.
"Shouldn't you sit next to the leader?" Dong Yiqing asked while writing.
"Are you talking about Zhang Yingfei?" Che Lizi chuckled.
Before Dong Yiqing could speak, there was another burst of applause. The German slowly walked off the stage, and Zhang Yingfang walked onto the podium dressed in red.
Dong Yiqing quickly shut up and listened carefully to Zhang Yingfang's speech.
To her surprise, Zhang Yingfang's unscripted speech was very brief, and the entire speech did not exceed five minutes. She did not shout any slogans, nor did she paint any beautiful vision. She explained very honestly why the company wanted to participate in the exhibition, what effects it hoped to achieve through the exhibition, and what expectations and requirements she had for each position set up at the exhibition in order to achieve the effects.
She spoke in English throughout. Although there was still a southern accent in her pronunciation, the belief on Zhang Yingfang's face made Dong Yiqing suddenly feel awe-inspiring.
"Finally, I hope that each of you can be down-to-earth and do everything you do carefully. That's all I have to say. Thank you all." Zhang Yingfang bowed slightly and strode off the podium.
Dong Yiqing applauded while thinking about the content of Zhang Yingfang's speech just now.
Next up was Zhang Yingfei. Compared to his sister, his eloquence was immediately inferior. He spoke a lot of scenes in a clumsy and scripted manner, and the catchphrases such as "Well, ah, that's it" that appeared from time to time in his speech were extremely verbose. Dong Yiqing sighed and shook his head.
"So if it were you, would you stay with such a person?" Che Lizi suddenly asked.
"Huh?" Dong Yiqing was caught off guard by this question.
"I definitely won't," Che Lizi's eyes and tone were firm, "I will definitely stand next to Zhang Yingfang."
Dong Yiqing was shocked to find that she and Che Lizi had the same idea.
"Next, please ask all the translators to go to conference room 3. The sales staff will stay put and the consultants will go..." Zhang Yingfei on the podium read loudly while holding a piece of paper.
Che Lizi stood up, picked up her bag and walked out.
"Hey, I'll give you back the pen." Dong Yiqing quickly shouted behind her.
"It's for you." Che Lizi shook her hair and walked forward without looking back, the high heels under her feet making a rapid clicking sound.
Conference Room 3 is not large, only about 20 square meters.
Dong Yiqing counted, including her, there were six translators in total, all of whom were girls.
The person training everyone is a middle-aged woman who looks to be in her fifties. She has neat short hair and a light gray suit. She speaks briefly and quickly.
"Hello everyone, I am Angela Du, today's lecturer. You can just call me Angela." She quickly looked around the room with her eyes. "I am very happy that everyone looks energetic. Maybe everyone here Some of my classmates have done the work of exhibition translator before, and some have not done it before. First, let me briefly introduce the requirements for the position of exhibition translator. Some students may think that my language is very good and I have passed the relevant German or English courses. It’s no problem to take exams or read and write papers in foreign languages to communicate with people, but this is actually a misunderstanding of exhibition translation work. Good language is only the most basic requirement for this job, and there are many other requirements on this basis.”
Everyone listened to her attentively, and when she paused, the room was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
"In general, exhibition translation requires not only good language skills, but also good etiquette and familiarity with the company's main products or all products. Since we only have one day today, the training content this morning is mainly about the etiquette of dealing with others. and coaching on marketing skills. This afternoon we will conduct key training on the company's products. Let me make a few requests first. When I am explaining, no one should interrupt me or raise their hands. I will give it to you when I finish. Question time.”
Angela spoke endlessly, and the would-be translators listened and took notes. Her voice and the rustling sound of writing could only be heard in the room.
After the two-hour theoretical class, Dong Qiangqiang and Karina made an appointment to practice driving from 17:00 to 18:00 on Friday afternoon, preparing to continue to enrich their road driving experience.
Angela glanced at her watch: "This morning's training is here first. I have a few minutes to share some tips with you. I saw that all the girls came here wearing high heels today, but in fact, they have to stand in the booth for a day wearing high heels. It is very tiring. This tiredness will not only increase your fatigue, but also reduce your work efficiency. So I suggest that you wear a pair of shoes with not very high heels, or bring a pair of flat shoes so that you can relax during the lunch break. Make your feet comfortable. Also, be sure to drink water when you have time, and don’t worry about going to the toilet. There are many toilets on both sides of the exhibition hall. In addition, you must not look at your mobile phone while working..."
After the training, Dong Yiqing packed up her things and asked Angela a few more questions before being the last to walk out of the conference room. She looked both ways as she walked to her work station, and accidentally saw Zhang Shuo standing at the door of the company carrying Che Lizi's satchel.
"Hey, Mr. Zhang has changed his style." Dong Yiqing walked up to Zhang Shuo and glanced at the bag in Zhang Shuo's hand, "Are you willing to do such a friendly thing as helping a lady carry a bag?"
Zhang Shuo's face changed a little when she spoke, and he defended: "What's wrong with helping this girl get her bag?"
"Hey, is this Che Lizi the one sent by your second uncle..." Dong Yiqing quickly made a quotation mark with two fingers on each side of his head, and at the same time emphasized his tone, "Translate."
Zhang Shuo quickly looked around and stopped him: "Don't talk nonsense, she is not."
"Oh, I understand." Dong Yiqing nodded pretending to understand, then changed the subject, "Then she is the 'family member' you mentioned before, right?"
Zhang Shuo's face flashed red and white, and he denied it: "Dong Yiqing, if you talk nonsense again, be careful not to end up in trouble."
Dong Yiqing chuckled, turned around and walked towards the work station.
At 12:30 noon on Thursday, Dong Qiangqiang and three other people came to a cafe outside the main building of the university. After a while, two Germans, a man and a woman, walked in from outside and walked straight towards the three of them.
Tong Lele stood up first, stretched out her hand to say hello: "Mike, hello."
The German named Mike had a gentle face and looked very quiet. He smiled slightly: "Hello, Tong. Let me introduce, this is my girlfriend Anna. I told her what you asked, and then Let her talk to you. I have classes later and will leave first."
The two shook hands and said goodbye, and Mike turned and left the cafe.
Looking at Mike's back, Lei Lanting asked Tong Lele strangely: "Why is he gone?"
Anna has long light brown hair and gold-rimmed glasses. After sitting down, she said directly to Tong Lele: "Tell me again in detail the entire process of your matter. The amount of money does not need to be mentioned."
Tong Lele briefly recounted it again, and Dong Qiangqiang supplemented some unclear points.
After listening to her retelling, Anna thought for a while and said, "What you said sounds very strange."
"What's weird?" the three of them said in unison.
Anna paused: "Unless Mueller can provide clear evidence that you forced him to sign the agreement, under normal circumstances the police will not open a case."
"But he seemed to have told the police that we had beaten him." Tong Lele recalled.
"The police can tell whether he was beaten or not. If he was beaten, would the police let us out that day? I feel like the police didn't quite believe what he said." Dong Qiangqiang analyzed.
"No, you don't understand the process." Anna adjusted her glasses. "If Mueller really wants to sue you, no matter how the police deal with you, he should go to court and prosecute you. But now you are being sued. Yet?"
The three looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Why are you suing us?" Tong Lele asked.
Lei Lanting cursed in Chinese with dissatisfaction, "This Japanese is really heartless. If I had known, I wouldn't have helped him find him."
"Didn't he say that you coerced him into signing a money-sharing agreement? Then he should go to court to sue you and be responsible for proving to the court how you coerced him. If he cannot provide evidence, the prosecution will be invalid. If he can provide evidence, the court will send People check the authenticity of evidence.”
"Then what does it mean that he didn't sue us?" Lei Lanting asked doubtfully.
"I don't know." Anna shrugged. "But I guess the disagreement between you and Mueller about money is not the reason why the money was withheld by the police."
"You mean it might have something to do with the fire that day?" Dong Qiangqiang guessed.
"So we can only remain in this stalemate now?" Lei Lanting looked up to the sky and sighed, "Then when can we get our money back? It's a lot of money! Ah!"
Anna suggested: "I think you should ask the police why they are holding your money. If it is related to Mueller's matter, there should be a chance to get it back."
"Then what if it has nothing to do with Mueller? What if he goes to court to sue us? What if the court investigation takes a long time?" Lei Lanting looked sad.
"If he really goes to court to sue you, there is actually a way, which may allow you to get the money, but you may have to make some sacrifices and concessions."
"What method?" The three people's eyes lit up at the same time.
