Prince Anderson looked down at his watch and whispered to Lucy, "Now, let's go welcome our guests." ("Now, let's go and welcome our guests.") As he spoke, he quickly stood up, made a 180-degree turn, turned to Lucy's left, he put his left hand behind his back, bent down slightly, and at the same time put the palm of his right hand in front of Lucy, and made a gentlemanly gesture of please, "Please!" ("Please!")

Lucy gently placed her left palm on Prince Anderson's right palm and said "Thank you!" , then holding the hem of the skirt in his right hand, slowly got up.

Prince Anderson let Lucy get up and took three steps forward before lowering his right hand and walking side by side with Lucy as he walked and chatted as he walked to the exit of the balcony. Xu Xincheng silently followed Lucy slightly to the right and walked out of the balcony with them.

The three of them went out of the balcony and into a hallway, and in the middle of the corridor entered a golden elevator carved with elaborate European patterns, and soon reached the first floor, in front of the castle gate.

The three of them waited in front of the gate for less than two minutes, and two black BMW SUVs, three glossy black Rolls-Royce Phantoms and two other black BMW SUVs drove into the square one after another from the castle façade gate and stopped in front of the castle gate.

As soon as the car stopped, several agents wearing black sunglasses and white headsets in their ears quickly jumped out of the first two BMW SUVs, three of them were women, and they all vigilantly looked up and down, left and right, and then, without even saying hello to Prince Anderson, four of them walked directly through the castle gate and went to the castle to inspect the situation.

This kind of formation, Xu Xincheng really saw it for the first time in his life, and he thought to himself: "It seems that in those three super luxury cars, there must be a few super VIPs and a few big people who are not trivial." ”

Xu Xincheng guessed correctly, but one of the characters was a little bigger than he expected. After the agents looked at it for about a minute, and after confirming through the headset that there was no problem, one of the female agents opened the left door of the rear left door of the car in the middle, and a woman came out of it, and he fixed his eyes on the woman, who was actually the German Vice Chancellor, Mrs. Knapp.

Ms. Knapp has just passed 50 years old, of medium height, and her appearance can only be regarded as above average, but she looks very heroic, with short blond hair, she looks very capable, her face is heroic, her eyes are bright, and she exudes a solemn leadership temperament from the inside out.

She is actually not well-known in China, Xu Xincheng knew her because she only visited China two months ago, when he happened to see a news report that Ms. Knapp would be the first candidate for the next German chancellor, about ten years ago, she served as ambassador at the German consulate in Guangzhou, during her five-year tenure, she also studied Chinese at his alma mater, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, that is, she was her own alumnus, which gave Xu Xincheng a certain impression of her; at the same time, she has always strongly advocated more comprehensive and closer cooperation with China, which made Xu Xincheng have a great impression of her。

With a very kind and warm smile on her face, Deputy Prime Minister Kernap shouted to Prince Anderson: "Hi, Anderson."

Prince Anderson and Lucy had already stepped down the steps when the car was stopped, walked to the door and waited, and Xu Xincheng naturally followed. Prince Anderson also enthusiastically shouted "Madam Vice-Chancellor." ("Madam Deputy Prime Minister.") Then he stepped forward with a French greeting salute. The two didn't say even a word of politeness, and they seemed to be very familiar old friends.

Vice Chancellor Knapp took the initiative and was very enthusiastic to have a French greeting with Lucy, happily saying: "Lucy, my dear, so greatest to see you again." ("Lucy, my dear, it's so nice to see you again.") ”）

"Madam Vice-Chancellor, it's so greatest to see you," Lucy said. ("Madam Deputy Prime Minister, it's really nice to see you.") ”）

During the exchange of greetings between the three of them, five more people got out of the three Rolls-Royces, five middle-aged men in straight suits. After a few pleasantries between the three, Vice Chancellor Knapp saw that everyone else had gathered around her, and she enthusiastically introduced the five of them to Lucy, the first was the German Minister of Economy, the second was the German Minister of Industry, the third was the president of BMW AG, the fourth was the president of LEIM, the most famous laboratory equipment and instrument manufacturing company in Germany, and the fifth was the president of AMEM Corporation, the most famous factory manufacturing company in Germany. Lucy warmly shook hands with the five and exchanged greetings.

The names of the two ministers and the three presidents are all very long traditional German names, and for Xu Xincheng are the first words he has heard, he can't make out the exact pronunciation at all, but fortunately, on such occasions, it is enough to call each other the job title. When Lucy introduced Koh Hin Seng to Deputy Prime Minister Kleknapp and the five of them, as he shook hands with each of them, he addressed each one by their job title:

“Madam Vice-Chancellor， it’s my greatest honor to meet you!”

("Madam Deputy Prime Minister, it is a great honor for me to meet you!")

“Mr. Minister， it’s my privilege to meet you!”

("It is my pleasure, Mr. Minister, to meet you!")

“Mr. Minister， it’s my honor to meet you!”

("Mr. Minister, it is my honor to see you!")

“Mr. President， I am honored to meet you!”

("Mr. President, I feel honored to meet you!")

“Mr. President， it’s my greatest pleasure to meet you!”

("Mr. President, it's a great pleasure to meet you!")

“Mr. President， I am privileged to meet you!”

("Mr. President, I am honored to meet you!")

This was the first time in Xu Xincheng's life that he had used almost all the greetings he had mastered specifically for greeting distinguished guests.

After exchanging greetings, Prince Anderson invited everyone into the castle.

In the hallways of the castle, Prince Anderson introduced the five to his collection of paintings, armor and antique books, and it was clearly not the first time that Vice-Chancellor Kernap had been here, and her interest was not in the paintings and collectibles, but she and Lucy were holding hands and whispering intimately like best friends. To Xu Xincheng's surprise, Lucy actually knew Deputy Prime Minister Knapp, and, it seems, the two are still very good friends.

Xu Xincheng followed Lucy closely about a meter behind her, and he knew that at this time, this distance was the most appropriate, neither too far away to appear too distant from Lucy, but not too close to disturb her conversation with Deputy Prime Minister Lady Knapp.

Prince Anderson continued to introduce his collection to the guests with great interest, and Xu Xincheng's attention was naturally not there, but in Lucy, he heard Lucy actually chatting with Vice Chancellor Knapp in fluent German.

This surprised and intrigued him, and when he was studying a second language at university, he thought about choosing German, because he especially liked the German craftsmanship. Rational and rigorous work attitude and the pursuit of perfect national character, for this reason, he also found a fellow German to try to learn German with him for ten days, but he found that German is too difficult to learn, even if he only wants to learn the most basic level, it will have to invest at least 3,000 to 4,000 hours of time, he has so much time there, so in the end he has to give up. However, that experience of learning German allowed him to at least tell that Lucy spoke very fluent and very standard German.

Xu Xincheng was a little more curious about Lucy, and at the same time had another question that he wanted to know the answer, "How many languages does Lucy master?"

Lucy's language skills amazed Xu Xincheng. In the past two or three days, when Lucy and the Minister of Economy of Dubai, and the vice president of BMW and the six scientists, Xu Xincheng listened very carefully, Lucy's English is the most standard and fluent he has ever heard, and her English has far exceeded the level of ordinary Native English Speaker, has reached the level of a language professor who specializes in teaching English to Americans, and has reached the level of a national broadcast host.

When Xu Xincheng was struggling with English pronunciation correction and crazy practice of speaking in college, he specially bought the most famous and authoritative American English pronunciation and speaking video tutorial in the United States, and then followed the young English female professor inside to learn while listening, watching and practicing. Lucy's standard level of English pronunciation and fluency in spoken English is basically the same as that of the female professor in the course.

And, the most surprising thing is that she can switch freely between British accents, American accents and even German accents at any time, and when she chats with the Dubai minister who has been in the United States for many years, she speaks English with an authentic American accent throughout the whole process when chatting with the British butler Albert, and when she communicates with the two German ministers and the three presidents, the English spoken throughout the whole process is an authentic German accent.

As a language learner, as an English learner who has been stumbling on English for more than ten years to reach today's level, and as a person who deeply understands how hard it takes to master a language proficiently, Xu Xincheng really admires Lucy's talent and ability in language.