Chapter 224: The Master Here
After eating, Mo Fan proposed to go to watch a movie, but Lu Xiaorong said: "I'm too tired today, let's go back early and rest, and watch it tomorrow." ”
Mo Fan quipped: "Could it be that you are trying to save some money by half the price of tomorrow's movie?"
Lu Xiaorong pursed her lips and smiled: "Yes, can't you?"
Mo Fan exclaimed: "You are really good at living, so listen to you." ”
The two gossiped and slipped to the parking lot, where Lu Xiaorong drove Mo Fan to the gate of the community and waved goodbye to him.
Mo Fan watched Lu Xiaorong's car drive away, turned around and walked towards the community. How could he not know Lu Xiaorong's thoughts, although he had figured things out, he still couldn't completely let go of his worries, this was to let him go back and talk to Liang Wenbo earlier. If Liang Chengde dares to mess around, he will ask the prince of the Liang family to help, which can be regarded as a reliance.
It is undoubtedly very happy to have a girlfriend who thinks about you all the time, but at the same time, Mo Fan is also a little depressed. Could it be that in Lu Xiaorong's mind, he is a troublemaker who lacks the ability to protect himself?
After returning home and watching TV, Liang Wenbo never came back, Mo Fan felt a little bored, so he turned off the TV, took out Paul's latest publications, leaned on the sofa and looked at it.
After exchanging letters with Paul last month, he felt that this traditional method of communication was too slow and untimely. Although the delivery speed of air mail is much faster than in the past, in the age of the Internet, if the sending and receiving cannot be synchronized, it will always feel very slow. So after that, the two switched to communicating via email.
Paul's first letter was a convenient one, but there was another important reason. The letters he sent involved a large number of functional expressions and graphs, which were extremely inconvenient to enter on a computer. Mo Fan's reply was also based on the same reason. Although there are a variety of software and hardware-assisted input tools that can simplify this kind of entry, it still feels like a constraint on how to solve this problem, and the duo finally chose the more common input tool scanner to solve this problem, writing it on paper and then scanning it into the computer.
Mo Fan has already read the three publications sent this time, and when he re-reads them, he is very pertinent. For him, the meaning of repetition lies in the thinking in the process, and some ideas are memorized on paper.
After watching it for a long time, the doorbell rang, and of course it would not be Ji Xiaoying who pressed it so gently and politely. Mo Fan thought to himself, didn't Liang Wenbo bring the key today? No, the door was locked when he came back, who could it be?
He opened the door with some doubts, and saw a young woman outside the door.
"Hello, is this Mr. Mo Fan?" the woman asked with a smile, her voice a little hoarse, with a unique charm.
Mo Fan nodded, and saw that this woman looked like she was about twenty-five or sixteen, and her appearance was six or seven points similar to that of the landlord Aunt Gu, but she was much younger and more beautiful, so he asked, "Are you Ms. Gu?"
The woman chuckled and nodded, "Yes, my name is Gu Xingyan." Mr. Mo is so smart. ”
Mo Fan smiled and said, "You look more like your sister." Please come in, don't stand outside. ”
In fact, if he wants to change the occasion, he may not associate it with Aunt Gu. Although Gu Xingyan and Aunt Gu look more alike, the age gap is a bit big, and the feeling is completely different, Mo Fan and Aunt Gu don't meet many times, and it is difficult to connect the two at the first time. Before ringing the doorbell, visitors must first pass through the door of the corridor, unless someone happens to enter and exit, but the residents of this community are very cautious and basically will not give strangers this opportunity, so it is very likely that the visitor is a guest in the building and has the key to the corridor door in his hand. Strangers who meet this condition can call his name, and the range is quite narrow, so it is not difficult to guess.
Gu Xingyan entered the door and changed his shoes, looked around and sat down on the sofa in the living room. Mo Fan went to the refrigerator and brought her a bottle of drink and put it on the coffee table.
Gu Xingyan said: "I passed by here and saw that the lights were on, so I wanted to come up and take a look." Please forgive me for the presumptuousness. ”
Mo Fan said: "You are the master here, what are you polite." ”
Gu Xingyan smiled and said: "Now you are the master, I am a guest, and I am still an uninvited guest." ”
Mo Fan smiled and said, "Welcome." ”
After the greetings, the two chatted for a while, Gu Xingyan talked elegantly and behaved calmly, it seems that he has not only received a good education, but also experienced a considerable degree of workplace grinding. When she saw the publications on the coffee table, her eyes lit up and she said, "Mr. Mo, are you very interested in things in the financial field?"
Mo Fan said: "I'm idle and bored, just rummage through it to pass the time." You're in the financial industry?"
Gu Xingyan nodded, smiled and said: "In this way, Mr. Mo should be an expert, otherwise how could he pass the time with this kind of article." ”
Mo Fan smiled and said, "The most unpopular title in these years is the brick family. Seeing that Gu Xingyan seemed to be very interested, he moved the publications to her.
Gu Shiingyan opened a book, looked at it for a while, then shook his head, and said: "It's still too hard to read this now, I really regret that I didn't learn English well when I was in school, and I felt that it was difficult to take the CFA (Chartered_Financial_Analyst, that is, Certified Financial Analyst, or Chartered Financial Analyst) exam." ”
Mo Fan was slightly surprised and said, "Are you coming back this time to take the CFA exam?"
Gu Xingyan smiled and said, "Yes, I just finished the exam, and I don't know if I can pass it." Don't you mind if my sister is bragging to you, she's like that, always like to talk big for me. ”
The CFA exam is a qualification exam established by the CFA Institute of the United States (formerly known as the Investment Research and Management Association, referred to as AIMR), known as the world's first financial examination, and has always been regarded as the "admission ticket" to Wall Street in the West.
As one of the largest vocational exams in the world, the CFA exam has a wide range of test centers, including Puhai, and there are three cities in China with test centers, including Puhai, so you don't have to go abroad to take this certificate, but you must use a passport when registering. In addition, in order to ensure fairness and global consistency in both question management and answer evaluation, the CFA only has English test papers and can only be answered in English.
However, the requirements for the CFA exam are not too high, basically you can pass English level 4, plus master more than 1,000 professional vocabulary can cope with it. There are three levels of the exam, which are held in June each year, and an additional level 1 exam is held in December each year.
Gu Xingyan came back to take the CFA exam at this time, of course, she could only take the first-level exam, and she admitted that her English was not good, although she was suspected of being humble, but compared with Aunt Gu's fanciful description, there was always a gap. Mo Fan thought that Aunt Gu's sister was a female scholar who went abroad to study for a doctorate at a prestigious school such as Oxford and Cambridge. However, she has been abroad for half a year, even if her English was not good before, she should have made a lot of progress now, at least it is not a problem to cope with the CFA exam.
When she revealed that she was short, Gu Xingyan did not have any humiliation in her face, but revealed a kind of calm confidence, quite a bit of pampering and indifference, it seems that she has also experienced many tests of success or failure, and this bearing is very suitable for her profession.
On finance-related topics, the two chatted gradually deeper. Mo Fan found that Gu Xingyan's professionalism was quite high, and at her age, she was a woman, which was really rare.
There are some industries that are not suitable for women, and this is not about gender discrimination, but because of biological structure. Women are emotional, delicate, and sensitive, so they are easy to be emotional, and some things need to be treated absolutely rationally, so it is easy to do bad things for women to do them.
Gu Xingyan only regarded it as a small talk at first, after all, the two met for the first time, and they had never understood each other before, so they would not be cold when they had a common topic. But chatting and chatting, she unconsciously became a situation of asking for advice, and also revealed more about herself.
Only then did Mo Fan know that Gu Shiingyan went abroad for further study not to study, but to get an opportunity to intern in a Wall Street company, so he said: "With your level, you don't have to be an intern, it's too hard." ”
The so-called Wall Street companies, which are not necessarily on Wall Street, have now become synonymous with companies in the financial services industry in the United States. The intensity of the work of Wall Street interns is hard for outsiders to imagine, and it is common to work overtime all night, and it is not new to even work seven or eight overnights. In recent years, there have been cases of sudden deaths of Wall Street interns due to overwork, which has become a high-risk industry. Gu Shiingyan's slightly hoarse voice may not be born, most likely caused by pharyngitis caused by staying up late for a long time.
Gu Xingyan smiled and said, "It's nothing hard, the opportunity is rare, you have to go and see it, otherwise you won't be reconciled." ”
The two were talking, when they heard the sound of the door opening, Mo Fan said, "It's my friend, who lives with me, and is also your tenant." ”
Gu Xingyan glanced at the wall clock on the wall, found that it was almost nine o'clock, and said, "Ah, it's so late, I'm really embarrassed." ”
Mo Fan said: "Don't worry. ”
Liang Wenbo hummed a little song and entered the door, and when he heard the voice of a woman talking in the room, he glanced towards the living room.
Mo Fan said: "What are you doing sneakily, being a thief?"
Liang Wenbo smiled: "Isn't this afraid of disturbing you." ”
Mo Fan scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, get in at speed!" and said to Gu Xingyan: "He likes to joke around, don't you mind." ”
Gu Xingyan smiled and said, "It's okay. He stood up and said to Liang Wenbo, "Hello." ”
Liang Wenbo said hello to Gu Xingyan, walked over with a few plastic bags, and put them on the coffee table.
Mo Fan saw the words "Mingyuan No. 18" printed on the bag, and knew that this guy had gone to Xu Jingshan to rob again, and he didn't know what to be happy about, but it was inconvenient to ask, so he introduced the two of them first.
Liang Wenbo said: "It turned out that the master arrived, and he was disrespectful and disrespectful. ”
Gu Xingyan said: "Where, I am here to be a guest, and you two are the hosts." ”
(End of chapter)