Chapter 28: Tips
Chapter 28: Ten Dollar Tip
The overall layout of the fifth floor is a large venue.
Of course, the current conference venue is not like the future venues. There is no big screen on the podium.
It seems much simpler.
Before the meeting officially begins, representatives and bosses from various companies will stand together and chat.
Get to know each other's personalities and hobbies.
Sometimes it can also be helpful to decision makers.
But because of the language barrier, these people born in the 1950s and 1960s,
Leaders in high positions generally do not speak foreign languages well, so translation plays a very important role.
Without translation, the entire meeting and communication would not be able to proceed at all.
There were not many translators on site, and there were even some students from school who came to make up the numbers.
The level of translation is also terrible.
These big guys also know that these students are basically students from several famous universities in Shanghai, and some are their younger classmates from the same school.
So even if there are flaws, as long as it doesn't affect communication, just tolerate it.
After all, what we are talking about now is not that important.
Currently, the only person who is actually responsible for the translation of formal work content is Chen Xu, who was hired by ATT.
He works part-time at ATT. When called, he goes to the company first, and usually takes private jobs outside.
When Li Kang saw the layout of the venue, a sense of confidence arose spontaneously.
This venue was far inferior to some of the international conference centers he had visited before.
For example, East Lake International Convention Center and Shanghai International Convention Center.
Later, many large companies moved their press conferences to these international conference centers.
Because the layout and decoration inside are high-end and classy.
Big companies are not short of money.
As for now, the technical conditions are really very limited.
But ATT is already trying to use screen projection to show others richer and more intuitive information.
They also demonstrated their strength in front of several partners.
After seeing this, some manufacturers will definitely learn from it when they return.
"Mr. Li, this is your guest card. Please wear it so that people at the venue can know who you are."
It says conference interpreter.
This is normal. Others cannot see the identity on your guest card, so they don’t know how to address you or what you are doing at the venue.
It will affect the communication at the venue.
Especially when a mainland executive wants to establish a relationship with a foreigner, he will ask a translator to communicate with them.
As soon as Li Kang put on his ID, he was pulled over by a lady in red. The lady's ID card showed Xu Lihong, the marketing manager of Bird.
"Translator, come here for a moment. I want to communicate with a foreigner. Can you help me translate?"
"I didn't expect the job to come so soon. Tom hasn't even seen it yet."
"It's impossible to ask myself to come here, so I'll just be a self-guided translator here~."
She pulled him to a foreigner, but not all foreigners were as tall as Tom, who was 1.9 meters tall.
The guy in front of me, called Sam, is only about 1.7 meters tall.
He has a classic golden beard and a thin body.
"Hello, Sam?" Ms. Xu's slightly surprised voice sounded behind Sam.
Sam interrupted his communication with the other foreigner and turned back, with only a hint of doubt.
But soon he became enthusiastic: "Hello, Miss xu, have you heard of me?"
Ms. Xu asked Li Kang to translate for her what had just been said.
After hearing this, she immediately smiled and said to Sam, blinking her long eyelashes a few times: "I've heard of you. You are much more handsome in person than in the photo."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Kang was about to translate it.
Foreigners actually also like this. Who doesn't like you to compliment them on their handsomeness? Just like many foreigners flirt with girls from mainland China.
You are beautiful and I like you.
Can I learn Chinese from you? I have loved Chinese culture since I was a child.
When the girl heard this, she felt a sense of national pride and agreed. Ms. Xu also said the same thing when she was trying to capture Sam.
"You are American, right? I have loved American culture since I was a child and have a special yearning for the United States."
……
Sam benefited greatly from Ms. Xu's praise. When he went abroad, he liked to be praised for the strength of his country and for being a favored child of heaven.
But Ms. Xu overlooked one point: praising does not mean licking the boot.
Her behavior is somewhat similar to kneeling and licking.
In addition, Ms. Xu was not very pretty and was not the plump beauty he liked, so Sam found an excuse to leave.
Ms. Xu is still looking forward to getting to know Sam better next time.
Li Kang saw through it, "She is looking down on you! What are you expecting?" He wanted to remind the woman not to do such a shameful thing.
But when the words were on the tip of my tongue, I didn't say them. After all, they were middle or senior level officials, and no matter how tactfully I said it, it would offend them.
"Thank you, Translator Li."
Li Kang just nodded slightly and didn't say anything like "you're welcome", at least not to someone like Ms. Xu.
Ms. Xu thought to herself, "Little handsome boy, you are quite arrogant."
After taking a few glances, I found that Li Kang stood straight, his eyes were bright, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was young and quite attractive.
I took one out of my wallet and said, "Thanks are still appreciated."
"Just keep it."
Li Kang took a glance and said, wow.
Ten dollars! I thought to myself, “You are really generous with your reward.”
Ten dollars is still money, who would go against money?
"Thank you." With just these two words, Li Kang received a reward of ten yuan.
"I thought you didn't want to talk." Ms. Xu sneered and took out another fifty-yuan bill from her wallet.
"Your English is very good. Please leave me your contact information."
Li Kang took fifty yuan and left his contact information.
Ms. Xu's impression of Li Kang has declined greatly. "Are all young people nowadays so realistic?"
Li Kang didn't know what was in Ms. Xu's mind, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care too much.
You gave it to me voluntarily, it's not the tip I asked for.
Whether he is tipped or not, he will do his job conscientiously.
From the conversation between this woman and Sam just now, we can feel that Ms. Xu is blindly worshipping and licking Sam's boots.
I fantasize about living in paradise there.
Li Kang suddenly understood where the soil for the survival of those public intellectuals came from.
It's just... To put it in a more vivid way, it's because of resentment in your heart that you feel that everything about your family is not good, while everything about other people is good.
He got a total of sixty yuan. After Ms. Xu left, Li Kang smiled happily.
"This money can treat Meixia and her friends to ice cream and popsicles for the whole summer."
“Sixty yuan may not be enough to buy a few meals on the train or a piece of clothing in a high-end shopping mall.
But for ordinary people, it is better to spend less.
I can eat meat every now and then, and my life can be pretty good for a month."
"You are Li Kang, right?" Someone suddenly spoke to him from behind. "I am Chen Xu, the other translator in charge of the meeting."
Li Kang looked back and saw a gentle man wearing glasses with a series of acne scars on his face. It should be due to infection with mites. . . . . .
"I'm."
Chen Xu just glanced at Li Kang from a distance, and it was Fang Linxue who told him that Li Kang was in this position.
He also made some strange requests to him, such as "Ask about Li Kang's age, where he is from, and his hobbies in life..."
But since it was Fang Linxue who said it, he came over to say hello.
Let’s get to know who this person is and who can make the beautiful Fang Linxue care so much about him.
I still feel a little bit dissatisfied that they didn't even consider such an outstanding person like him.
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(End of this chapter)