"Hello. George, who was smeared with thick oil, said hello to Sioux City.

Since coming to China, he has seen serious Chinese men, serious Chinese women, and serious Chinese children, but he has never seen Chinese who don't care.

Sioux City's free expressions and movements, not pretended, made George very impressed. Formal etiquette in China is good, but living in a formal setting forever is sad.

Su Cheng raised his head, smiled at him, pointed to his pancakes, and said in English: "I drove all the way, I didn't eat breakfast, and I was hungry." ”

Hearing him spit out such a long list of English at once, and including such a familiar thing as driving, George was very happy, and immediately spoke in English: "This is your little Chapter 24 free man (ask for a recommendation) to eat, I have eaten a lot of pure bread, but I have not had a chance to try local food. ”

Domestic officials have always wanted to make foreign businessmen feel at home. In their eyes, domestic food is really not worth mentioning, and it is far better to provide familiar Western food to the other party.

Su Cheng smiled and said, "There are all kinds of snacks sold outside the door, and you can also call room service." ”

His English in college was ordinary, and he was a non-genius, but hard-working child. However, in this life, the Peking University Sioux City is a genius of memory, with nearly 20,000 words in his head, and some professional words are rare and boring.

Of course, the mindset of talking to George is posterity, and the grammar that Sioux City habitually uses is also posterity.

The combination of the two has made his English level jump to a higher level.

George was happy to be able to talk normally, after all, a translator is a translator, and he has the discipline of foreign affairs, so he is very boring. In addition, the vocabulary she uses is extremely bizarre, many of which are old words before the start of the Cold War, and they sound like old movies.

Several leaders looked at each other, and it was not good to attack in front of the foreign guests, and it was not until Su Cheng went to go through the room formalities that someone gave the waiter a look at the waiter Chapter 24 Free Man (ask for a recommendation).

So, the waiter said to Su Cheng alertly: "I'm sorry, we don't have any empty rooms." ”

"Is it really gone?" Su Cheng also saw the leader's eyes. However, he is in the oil system and does not have to pay attention to local officials at all.

"Su Cheng, what's wrong?" George asked suddenly, and when he saw Su Cheng's brows furrowed, he thought he had caused trouble. In a week in China, such things happened more than once.

Sioux City shrugged and said, "They said there was no room anymore." ”

"Why, there are several empty rooms on my floor. George said to the provincial party officials next to him.

The latter reluctantly explained: "For security reasons, we didn't have people on that level. ”

"I believe that China is a very safe country, and the Chinese are also friendly and kind, so there is no need to prepare anything for me." Since there are no rooms left, let Mr. Sioux City live on my floor. George stayed for a few days, and then asked Sioux City, "Is that okay?"

"No problem, thank you. Sioux handed over the letter of introduction again.

At someone's suggestion, the waiter finally checked in.

Sioux City winked at the accompanying officer, continued to smile at George, and asked, "Do you live here alone?"

If at the beginning, he just had no intention of meeting this foreigner, chatting and testing his English level, after getting acquainted with it, he intended to get close.

In these years, China still has all kinds of rules and regulations, and many things are done by themselves, which is as difficult as climbing to the sky, and through foreign friends, it is as simple as fart. It is very convenient to meet a relative from overseas, or to have a foreign friend.

George was also interested in chatting, and said with a smile: "They have all gone to inspect the factory, we produce and import chemical products, mainly all kinds of oil, as well as ethylene propylene and so on. ”

"Then we are peers. Oh, I forgot to introduce, I work in Shengli Oilfield, is a large oil production and refining enterprise, we produce crude oil, crude diesel, lubricating oil, etc., propane ethylene and so on are also involved in ......" When he said these words, Sioux City deliberately brought a few chemical terms to prove that he was indeed an insider.

These are the things he used when he was in school.

George's eyes really lit up, he was originally here to explore the way, and immediately said at this time: "I have already been to your Daqing Oilfield, and I do have the intention of going to Shengli Oilfield this time, can you introduce me to it?"

"Of course. ”

During the Q&A session between the two, they began to talk.

George's company is a major importer of chemical products, and purchases large quantities of crude oil, ethylene and other petrochemical products from the Chinese market every year. He came to China this time for the purpose of inspecting and expanding the market.

They have always been bought and sold through the China National Chemical Import and Export Corporation. However, this approach is obviously not transparent enough.

Ever since leaving Beijing, George has been thinking about how he can get more in touch with the locals and local businesses on the train.

Sioux City just came to the door.

For George, chatting doesn't cost much, and it would be nice to learn a little bit more about China because of it.

Before Sioux City intervened, the officials of the Chemical Import and Export Company who accompanied George and his party were still very calm, until they talked about the specific oil products, the officials began to cough desperately, and they almost stepped forward to pull people, but the officials in Shandong's east waited and watched.

Sioux City acted as if he hadn't heard it at all.

Cui Hongguo watched the performance of his junior brother, helpless, but envious of his freedom. Nowadays, rich state-owned enterprises do not take local officials seriously, such as the oil system, their own schools, their own hospitals, under the Shengli Oilfield Headquarters, as well as the Public Security Department, the Judicial Department, the Intermediate People's Court and the Procuratorate, which are not at all afraid of the local government. On the contrary, the local government wants to use more oil, get more means of production, sell more machinery, and have to beg to coax them.

As for the chemical import and export company, this kind of bodhisattva belongs to the type that has benefits to provide and no benefits to kick away. No one will give up the immediate benefits to please them. For example, in a super-large enterprise like Shengli Oilfield, it is also common for customers to bully stores.

An English teacher from a local university gave the officials a difficult translation, because the English language in Sioux City was full of new words, the artificialintelligence was bad enough, and the SST (supersonic transport plane) made her desperate.

George, on the other hand, was chatting more and more happily, and he had no desire to go upstairs to rest. If it weren't for Sioux City's hearing, he would have been able to speak twice as fast, and even then, he would have reached the limit of translation.

After coming to China for so long, George finally found the feeling of speaking normally. The English female teacher's grammar and word use were no problem, but the words themselves really made him feel uncomfortable. It's a feeling that's hard to say, like someone in the 30s talking to someone in the 70s, or a person in the 70s talking to someone in the 2000s.

George had to be careful not to use abbreviations, and at first, even OPEC had to say "AnizationofPetroleum Exporting Countries", a term that even he himself stumbled. Words like greenpower are even more troublesome, judging from the translated reply, the other party obviously translated the magic of money into green magic, because she didn't know that the green here refers to the color of the dollar, maybe it should be happy if it is not translated into environmental magic. Sioux City's so-called neologisms are actually learned in school. With the same background as the female teacher who worked as a translator, and because of the backwardness of the school textbooks, many of the words he speaks now are the buzzwords of the late 80s and early 90s. It's as if schools are inherently preparing students for crossover and rebirth. "Sue, are you on vacation?" asked George suddenly. "Sort of. "Can you be my personal translator?" asked George, expectantly. From his point of view, the translators around him are all assigned by the negotiation company, and the information is too sifted. Although Su Cheng is also Chinese, as long as he does not belong to the chemical import and export company, it is good that he can get more information. Moreover, the way the other party uses language is also more comfortable. As he spoke, he turned to the female teacher and explained, "You are also very good at translating, but Su understands my cultural background and the company's business better. You can continue to translate for them, but Sioux City will translate for me. The female teacher was still speaking Chinese to others, and Su Cheng had already stretched out her hand and said with a smile: "No problem, I'm happy to do it." George shook hands with Sioux City and smiled, "How about $100 a day for translation? I'll probably stay for about 10 days." "No problem. Sioux nodded. When the official of the chemical import and export company next to him heard the translation, he saw Su Cheng and George shaking hands, and immediately exploded his lungs. He didn't want to lose his honor in front of foreign guests, so he suppressed his anger and waited for George to go upstairs, and couldn't wait to yell at Su Cheng: "Do you still talk about foreign affairs discipline?"

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