Chapter 27 Arriving at Portman, the host turned out to be a telecommunications company
Chapter 27 Arriving at Portman, the host turned out to be a telecommunications company
White-collar workers who can work in Portman are truly the darlings of Shanghai.
The monthly income is several thousand, which is definitely a high income.
At that time in Shanghai, the housing price was only two to three thousand yuan, and the good ones were only four to five thousand yuan.
In more remote areas, you can buy a house for 30,000 yuan.
At the same time, a Shanghai household registration will be given.
At that time, real estate companies’ sales advertisements were predicting rising housing prices every day.
What you said is really conscientious!
In the era when Li Kang lived, if anyone said that housing prices would rise, everyone would definitely raise their fists.
From time to time, people in executive jackets came down from the Portman building.
Li Kang came to the reception desk at the door and said, "Hello, I am Li Kang, a simultaneous interpreter hired by AT&T."
"Oh! Mr. Li." The lady at the reception desk was also an employee of AT&T. When she saw the imposing Li Kang, she trembled with fear and looked a little panicked.
The male partner next to her secretly elbowed her.
Only then did she wake up from her dream.
"Mr. Li, this is your work badge. Come with me. Mr. Tom has already explained it to us."
"You come with me."
AT&T is a telecommunications company similar to China Mobile and China Unicom. At this time, its business in Shanghai was mainly selling communications and mobile phone components.
His clients include Motorola, Nokia, and later Huawei, etc.
It was very powerful at that time, but was later split into many subsidiaries.
If you join this company at this time, the treatment will be very good.
Fang Linxue is going to bring Li Kang inside, and someone else will take him to the venue.
When I arrived at the door, I met a group of people wearing executive jackets.
This group of people passed by Li Kang. After walking about ten meters, someone suddenly looked back.
"Leader, what's wrong?"
"Nothing..." He shook his head, "One of those people who just passed by looked a lot like me when I was young."
The man just said it casually and didn't take it to heart.
"Is the plane ready?"
"It's ready, and the delegation responsible for the overseas inspection is already on the way."
A Toyota Subor appeared at the door.
Before getting on the bus, the reporters who had been waiting for a long time interviewed them for a few words before letting them leave.
"Brother Kang, those people who just passed by,
How come he is so respected even though he doesn’t dress well? "
"That's because he's wearing the right clothes. What he's wearing is called an executive jacket, which is usually worn by civil servants."
This kid Liu Lang doesn't even know what a civil servant is.
"I'm talking about an official, so you must know it," Liu Jun explained.
Liu Lang and Zhang Yiming suddenly realized: "So civil servants are officials, no wonder they are so powerful."
"If he is an official in Shanghai, he must be much more powerful than the officials in Yunnan..."
Fang Linxue, who was sending Li Kang off, was very enthusiastic and kept trying to communicate with Li Kang.
Before leaving, he also asked for Li Kang's pager number.
Like a happy lamb, he jumped back to the door happily.
She happily shared with her companions: "That simultaneous interpreter just now was so handsome~!", with a crazy look on her face.
"He looks only about twenty years old, one year younger than me."
Yi Zian's focus was completely different from Fang Linxue's: "How is his English? Does he have an accent?"
Speaking of Li Kang's English, Fang Linxue became even more excited. "His spoken English is really good. When I was in college, I never met anyone whose English was better than his."
“That American pronunciation is like talking to an American.”
"I can't even keep up. It's so embarrassing~!"
"It must have left a bad impression on him~, Yi Zian, what do you think I should do?"
Yi Zian was a little surprised by Fang Linxue's excited reaction. "It's not that exaggerated. He's just a little taller, a little more handsome, and speaks English a little better."
"As for you."
Fang Linxue seemed not to hear and continued to talk to herself: "I seem to like that Li Kang, what do you think I should do?"
"..."
Yi Zian didn't want to talk anymore. He had nothing to say. He thought, "Look at me next to you~! I'm not bad, am I?"
The two joined the company in the same year and were alumni of the same university before joining the company.
During their time at school, each of them was an outstanding student of the college.
Yi Zian had only seen Fang Linxue once at school.
It was at the graduation ceremony of Jiaotong University that Fang Linxue took the stage to speak as an outstanding graduate.
He was astonished at the time.
Later, when he joined a foreign company, Yi Zian didn't expect that Fang Linxue was also here.
The two have worked together for a year and have become good friends.
Yi Zian also hinted at this, but Fang Linxue cleverly avoided it.
Unexpectedly, Li Kang's appearance gave him a critical hit.
“It turns out it’s because I’m not good enough.”
……
"Have all the people on the guest list been picked up?"
"Sister Lin~, I've finished answering all the calls."
"Then let's go up."
Sister Lin is the director of their department and also an alumnus, so she takes care of us a lot.
Fang Linxue followed behind, "Sister Lin, do you know Li Kang who is attending the meeting?"
"Who is Li Kang?"
"It's a simultaneous interpreter~, the one who crossed paths with Chen Xu."
"I haven't heard of it. It seems that Tom found it himself."
Yi Zian gave her an idea: "If you want to get to know him, go ask Chen Xu after this."
“He’s going to work with Li Kang, so they’re definitely going to chat;
You know Chen Xu's mouth, if he doesn't talk for a moment, his lips will itch."
"Oh, yes. I also have Senior Brother Chen."
……
The reception staff took Li Kang from the first floor to the venue on the fifth floor. Through the transparent elevator, he could see the floors below the fourth floor, where there were many high-end shops.
"Uncle, there are clothes for sale here, let's just come here and buy some."
Liu Jun almost had a cardiac arrest, "The clothes here are life-threatening." As an ordinary working-class man, he definitely couldn't afford them.
The main buyers are senior white-collar workers who work upstairs.
With a monthly salary of several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan, there is no pressure to buy one or two items.
"Little boy, the clothes here are not cheap. Each piece costs at least one thousand."
"We usually have to go out to buy clothes because we can't afford them."
"Only relevant staff will be allowed to enter the meeting room on the fifth floor. No one else will be allowed to enter."
Liu Jun immediately understood, "We know we won't go in, just walk around downstairs."
"I suggest you go to the cafe on the fourth floor. There are places to rest and game consoles there. You can sit there for the whole morning."
"Thank you." Liu Jun said to Li Kang, "We won't go up. We'll wait for you on the fourth floor."
"Okay, I'll come find you guys when I'm done."
Lin Meixia and the others got off the elevator, and when the elevator door was about to close, they all raised their fists to encourage him, "Come on, Brother Kang."
"Come on, Kang."
……
"Li Kang, perform well."
Li Kang thought, "Isn't it just a simple translation? Not necessary," and nodded without rejecting their kindness.
The employee standing by was a little surprised: "Sir, you are so young, is this your first time as a simultaneous interpreter?"
Li Kang shook his head: "Of course not, it's just that they don't know I did it before."
"Then you have to be careful. This communication is quite important. If any misunderstanding occurs, there may be considerable financial losses."
"It's just a simultaneous interpretation. What's so difficult about it?" When they arrived at the fifth floor, Li Kang walked straight out.
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