"Smack, smack, smack." Du Ronghui walked out of the office and clapped his hands vigorously, attracting the attention of the office employees of the entire business department.

"Listen up, everybody!" Du Ronghui said. Whenever he said that, it was a big task, so everyone looked at him intently.

Du Ronghui nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "This afternoon, there is a big customer who wants to come to the company to sign a contract with the boss, and that big customer, as you know, is the white old man who came from Florida last year, everyone has seen it. However, I heard from the boss that he came this time, in addition to the person who signed the contract, there was also his son. His son is a China expert, and it is said that he is particularly interested in the traditional culture of our country. ”

Du Ronghui paused and said: "So this time our business department is not only to send someone to the boss to do the translation, but also to accompany the customer's relatives, this task is very important, not only because the list signed this time is very large, but also related to the image of our company and the follow-up order, so there is no room for error." ”

He nodded at Yang Guo and said, "Yang Guo's English is the best, and you are responsible for accompanying the boss to sign the contract." Does anyone know more about our traditional culture? ”

Most of the salesmen here are from English or international trade backgrounds, and if they want to talk about English, they may be able to say that they are ugly, but the traditional Chinese culture has long been handed back to the high school teacher, where dare to say that they are very familiar!

Yang Guo is different, he reads very much, and he has a good memory, if he is described as well-read and memorized, it is not an exaggeration at all. Seeing the wide-eyed eyes of his colleagues in the office, Yang Guo was ready to step forward and ask for help.

"Manager Du, let me do this, if you want to talk about traditional Chinese culture, it must be me!" The voice behind him that made Yang Guo extremely disgusted sounded again.

Yang Guo's mind moved, and he withdrew his right leg, which had taken half a foot.

Han Tao's voice was very arrogant, and what he said was also very bad, Yang Guo knew it, Han Tao was a big straw bag, he didn't know anything, he would brag about himself.

Han Tao heard Yang Guo go to translate for his uncle just now, and the jealousy in his eyes almost burned Yang Guo. couldn't let Yang Guo be out of the limelight by himself, so he hurriedly recommended himself to Du Ronghui. For this task, Han Tao also has considerations, he thinks that a foreigner, how much Chinese culture can understand, and he is a native of China, he will definitely be able to fool the past.

He said that he was the only one, but Yang Guo felt that if he was the boss, he would not be used even if all the people in the office died. Brother Gongzi, who only drives a car every day, says that he is proficient in traditional Chinese culture, which is a big joke. Yang Guo didn't intend to expose him, since he was targeting himself in everything, it would be good for him to hit a wall and taste the bitterness.

Other colleagues were silent.

Du Ronghui frowned and swept around, unable to wait for other self-recommenders, so he had to nod and let Han Tao take charge of this matter. Although Han Tao has no ability, after all, he is a relative of the boss, Du Ronghui has no other choice, and it is not good to blatantly suppress him, he is just an old courtier, not a boss, and he still has to leave a line as a man.

There was no demon moth in the process of signing the contract, Yang Guo accompanied the audience, his clear words, quite the local accent of the United States of America English made the old man of the United States also give a thumbs up, signed the contract, the second boss left first, leaving the big boss and the old man of the United States opened a bottle of red wine to celebrate, and then the two began to chat.

The big boss actually studied abroad in the United States before, and although his speaking level is not very good, he can also communicate. Yang Guo's accompanying interpreter mainly takes care of the second boss who doesn't understand English. Now that the second boss has withdrawn, there is nothing to do with Yang Guo here. He stepped out and gently closed the door to the conference room.

At the staircase on the third floor, Yang Guo saw several female colleagues in the department gathering together and whispering, this situation is not common, how can they all run out. He walked up and greeted them: "Sister Wu." ”

Wu Caiyan saw him and said, "Xiao Yang is back?" How's it going over there? ”

"That's it, and the mission is successfully completed. Why are you all out? ”

"Oops, you're fine over there, but there's something wrong with us!" Several female colleagues began to talk.

"Han Tao can't talk to customers anymore."

"That Han Tao is just a second hanger, he doesn't understand anything, and he is all blind to participate." Bao Chunfang shouted in a non-abrupt tone.

Wu Caiyan covered her mouth: "Xiaofang, be quiet." ”

She explained to Yang Guo in a low voice: "Just now Han Tao was chatting with that customer, and someone said a poem, but he didn't know who wrote it, and he ran away with a red face. ”

"Escaped from the battle, and now Manager Du doesn't know how to end it." Bao Chunfang said.

It's time to end it by itself, and if you don't go, you'll have to drag down Manager Du. Yang Guo then pushed the door and walked in.

Du Ronghui saw Yang Guo come in, the stone in his heart finally fell, and the general under him finally arrived! He hurriedly introduced Yang Guo to the customer.

The customer is not young, he looks about forty years old, wears glasses, wears a white coat on his upper body, and wears a jade bracelet on his left hand, which is very Chinese.

Yang Guo stretched out his hand and said in English, "Mr. Smith, welcome to China. ”

Smith also reached out to shake his hand amicably, and said with a smile: "Thank you, your English is great, but let's speak Chinese." I like China very much, and the Chinese culture is broad and profound. "The foreigner said this in Chinese, although the tone is a little strange, but the words are correct and round, and it seems that a lot of effort has been put into it.

Yang Guo smiled and said, "Mr. Smith, your Chinese level is very high!" Manager Du didn't say, I don't know that you have never been to China before. ”

"I have a Chinese teacher, and I was taught by him." Smith smiled.

"By the way, my colleague just said that you memorized a poem, can you let me listen to it too? Maybe I've seen it. ”

"Of course," Smith thought for a moment, then memorized the poem.

"Distant Tarzan,

Showing a shadowy figure;

Heavy foundation,

Supporting shallow high-rises;

Suppose one day,

Some people turn the world upside down;

Stale traditions,

It will inevitably be subject to earth cracking and landslides. ”

Smith shook his head and was very engaged as he read the poem. But Yang Guo frowned when he listened. This poem sounds weird, and I don't think I've ever seen it.

After Smith finished reading it, he told Yang Guo that this poem was not the original text, but his Chinese teacher read it to him from an English translation, and then he translated it himself, which made sense! Yang Guo was looking for poems with matching meanings in his memory, and he was talking to Smith.

"I love this poem! I heard from the teacher that this poet came from the hometown of Confucius. I think this poem is the most representative of China! ”

Smith told Yang Guo that the poem had a very deep meaning in it, and he didn't know how to say the meaning, and he explained in English "has, many, messages, implied", which expressed the poet's great ambition to overthrow the feudal system.

Yang Guo finally matched this poem, which has been translated twice, with the original! Thinking of the original work, Yang Guo couldn't help but laugh a little, but was glared at by Du Ronghui on the side.

Yang Guo told Smith that he remembered who wrote the poem. Yang Guo said: "The poet of this poem was a general at that time, whose name was Zhang Zongchang. ”

"Yes, yes, it's Zhuang Chongchang." Smith was pleasantly surprised that his speech was a bit non-standard.

Smith chatted happily with Yang Guo as if he had seen a bosom friend.

Yang Guo also told him some anecdotes about General Zhang, such as General Zhang married a twenty-three wife, such as his uninhibited personality, such as his mother abandoned him when he was a child, but not only did he not hold a grudge against his mother, but he also took his mother back to live in his old age after becoming a big official.

Smith chatted with Yang Guo very happily, not only forgetting Han Tao's recklessness just now, but also praising his father for the company's talent when he left. The company has been praised, and everyone is also honored.

After the customer left, the company affirmed and rewarded Du Ronghui and the business department, Du Ronghui came back and praised Yang Guo, he conveyed the company's reward: Yang Guo's bonus this month doubled, and others also added 200 yuan in bonuses. For a time, everyone in the entire business department was jubilant.

That eye-catching Han Tao had long been ashamed and didn't know where to run, and everyone didn't mention him in understanding, mentioning him for fear of ruining the atmosphere!

Bao Chunfang ran over and asked Yang Guo: "Yang Guo, what poem did that customer read just now?" ”

Yang Guo recited the poem that Smith read with a wicked smile, and asked with a smile: "Do you know what the original text of this poem is?" ”

Du Ronghui smiled: "Yang Guo, just say it directly, I saw you just now and couldn't help but want to laugh, there must be something strange in it!" ”

Yang Guo seemed to be unable to sell Guanzi, so he said: "This poem was written by a warlord leader during the Republic of China, Zhang Zongchang did not read much when he was a child, but later his poems were very popular, because his poems are particularly distinctive, although it is a bit of a showmanship, but it is really vulgar and cute." The name of the poem just now is You Taishan, and the original text is:

From a distance, Mount Tai is black and mushy, with thin tops and thick bottoms.

If Mount Tai is turned upside down, the bottom is thin and the top is thick. ”

Listening to this original poem, which is more limerick than limerick poetry, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter, and they almost opened the office.

Bao Chunfang laughed so much that tears came out, she slapped the table and said, "How do I think that the client's translation is better than the original poem!" ”

Yang Guo also smiled: "Yes, I didn't dare to tell him the original work at that time, you know?" I endured it for a long time before I laughed. ”

Du Ronghui pretended to be serious and said: "We must learn from Comrade Yang Guo, be loyal to the cause of foreign trade, dare to face the magic of customers, be good at holding back the smile in our hearts, devote our limited lives to pulling calves with customers, and dedicate our strength in ordinary posts!" ”

Du Ronghui's words caused the whole office to laugh again, and I have to say that Du Ronghui's ability to mobilize the enthusiasm of his subordinates is still very strong.

The day's work ended in laughter, Du Ronghui did not arrange for everyone to work overtime today, so Yang Guo was able to get off work on time.

On the bus that was crowded with almost no place to stay, Yang Guo looked at the sunset in the west, the sky after the rain was connected with two thin clouds that were dyed a faint golden yellow, the afterglow of the sunset was reflected on the glass curtain wall of the high-rise building, the vehicles and pedestrians on the road were endless, a busy and orderly scene, Yang Guo felt very happy.

However, at this time, a phone rang that shattered this moment of peace and made his heart rise again!