Not to mention Cui Hongchun, even Brownlee, the secretary general of the expo, was quite helpless about the scene at the exhibition. The platform that I worked so hard to build turned out to be a place where people sell thermal spraying machines. The group of people running around the venue have nothing to do with agriculture, is this considered a hustle and bustle?

Of course, this thought only flashed through Brownlee's mind. He should be glad that such a climax could take place at the fair, no matter what. Many of the people who appeared at the venue today had not been invited by Brownlee in the past, and they would never have paid attention to such an agricultural machinery exhibition. Now, these people are here, and although they are only concerned with a strange thing called the thermal sprayer, it does not prevent Brownlee from mentioning today's glory in various publicity in the future. Let's ask, even a big bull like a certain has made a special trip to Sao Paulo to see our exhibition, do you dare to say that we are not high-end?

The bustle at the Chinese booth lasted from the morning to the end of the afternoon. Qin Hai and his companions were so busy that they didn't even have time to eat, so they could only take a cold and stuff a piece of bread into their mouths, and they had to communicate with customers while chewing. Anyway, everyone knows that they did it because they were busy, and it wasn't rude.

Finally managed to get through until the crowd dispersed, sitting on the bus back to the hotel, Qin Hai felt that he had only breathed out but not intake. Ning Jing and Qin Shan, the two little girls, sat in the row of seats next to them, their eyes were almost closed, and it was very rare that they did not chatter or gossip. As for Leng Yuming and Liu Shuo, they are also in a similar state, basically Cheng Dù who is so tired that he wants to collapse.

The people on Qin Hai's side are okay to say, after all, they are all busy with their own affairs, and they are happy to be tired. The translators who had borrowed them from the embassy had a bad look. In the past, when the embassy carried out publicity activities such as "China Day" in the local area, it was also quite tired. But this time the intensity of the work was clearly beyond their imagination. The business of diplomats is not said, and when they are working, even if they are dissatisfied, they will not express themselves. Now that the work was over, the crowd began to complain.

There were two translators sitting behind Qin Hai, one of whom was surnamed Yu, who deliberately muttered to his companion in a voice that Qin Hai could hear: "I always thought that we were dedicated enough to do diplomatic work. Good guys, now I know that the comrades in China are more dedicated to their work, and with this momentum, I am afraid that the four modernizations will not be realized by the end of this century, right? ”

"It's not just dedication, the comrades in China are still very thrifty, with such a high work intensity, I don't bring a translator with me, because I know that the people in our embassy are easy to use." Another translator surnamed Meng also understood what he said.

"Xiao Yu, Xiao Meng. Don't talk like that, aren't the comrades from China also not resting? They were whispered by an older diplomat, Guo, a second-class translator who had been sent by the embassy to be in charge of them.

Yu translated: "Guo Mi, is this because everyone didn't communicate in advance?" If we knew that the scene was so tense, we should have asked the ambassador to send us a few more people. ”

"yes, I'll get out of here. It's like a fire, if it's going to be like that tomorrow. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. Meng Yi pretended to be a little hoarse and said.

"Yes, if it's still like this tomorrow, it's better for them to ask a few people to help...... They made money selling equipment, so they could afford to hire a few translators in São Paulo, right? The other translators followed suit.

Regarding these discussions of the translators, Qin Hai pretended not to hear them, and when he got off at the hotel. He nodded to the translators and politely thanked them. Of course, everyone was very disdainful of his expression, and most of them nodded coldly and walked away.

After dinner, Qin Hai went to the front desk of the hotel for a turn. Then he knocked on Secretary Guo's door.

"Comrade Qin? What, what's wrong? Secretary Guo opened the door and saw that it was Qin Hai who knocked on the door, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"It's a little trivial, I want to talk to Secretary Guo." Qin Hai said with a smile.

"Oh, come in and talk about it." Secretary Guo led Qin Hai into the room, sat down on the sofa, and said lightly. There was no closeness on his face, to be honest, he also felt that these people in China were too unauthentic, how could they use people so ruthlessly. However, he is a small leader after all, and if he complains in his heart, he will only go back to his own leader, and will not say it in front of Cui Hongchun, Qin Hai and others.

Qin Haidao: "Secretary Guo, thanks to the help of the comrades in your embassy today, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to cope with it." ”

"That's what we should do, you're welcome." Secretary Guo replied.

Qin Haidao: "This matter is also our lack of consideration, I didn't expect that so many merchants would come to consult at the same time, and as a result, everyone was tired." I am very touched by everyone's professionalism. If you are grateful, I won't say more, just wait for Minister Cui to tell Counselor Tian. I invited Secretary Guo out because our unit has a little idea to send to all comrades, and I ask Secretary Guo to transfer it on his behalf. ”

Speaking of this, he took a large envelope with the hotel logo from his arms and put it on the coffee table in front of Secretary Guo.

"What does that mean?" Secretary Guo was a little surprised, he pointed to the envelope with his finger, waiting for Qin Hai to explain.

Qin Hai said with a smile: "If it is in China, everyone has helped us so much, we should invite everyone to have a good meal anyway, and send everyone a little souvenir to express our gratitude." But this is Brazil, and we don't know where to go to dinner. I just went to the front desk and asked, and I learned that they sell a kind of consumption voucher that can be used in Brazil, so I bought a few and gave them to all of you, which is equivalent to I have invited you to dinner. ”

"Consumption vouchers!" Secretary Guo's eyes widened. Of course, he knows what a consumption voucher is, which is a kind of voucher jointly issued by many commercial enterprises, with which it can be spent in various chain commercial institutions, in other words, this thing is equivalent to money, but giving consumption vouchers is much more elegant than sending money directly.

There are restaurants in the chain of institutions that issue consumption vouchers, so Qin Hai said that he invited everyone to dinner, which is reasonable. The point is that when you get this kind of consumption voucher, you will definitely be reluctant to use it for a big meal, you know, there are also department stores in the chain, and diplomats who have always been frugal will definitely use it to buy all kinds of foreign goods.

"Comrade Qin, this is not suitable, we can't accept it." Secretary Guo hurriedly pushed the envelope back.

"Is Secretary Guo looking down on us?" Qin Hai is colorful.

"No, we have discipline and can't accept gifts from foreign guests without permission." Secretary Guo explained with some embarrassment that this was the first time he had encountered this kind of thing, and he really didn't know how to refuse.

Qin Hai pretended to be pure and said, "Secretary Guo, we are not foreign guests. ”

"Uh...... It doesn't seem to work either. Secretary Guo was speechless, the discipline of the embassy seemed to only restrict them from accepting gifts from foreign guests, but did not say whether they could accept gifts from domestic personnel. The problem is that people from China, who are generally leaders of government agencies, are too high-eyed to give gifts to diplomats like them.

Qin Hai pushed the envelope forward again and said, "Secretary Guo, this is not a gift, this is just an invitation to a meal." If Secretary Guo must refuse, then I will have to send someone to the city of São Paulo tomorrow to find out what kind of restaurants are more classy, and then book a table and invite everyone to the banquet. However, as you know, we have a very tight schedule and a lot of work, so how can we have such free time? ”

"Actually...... You don't need to eat. Secretary Guo said, "Comrade Qin, everyone is complaining a little bit in the car today, don't take it to heart." As for these consumption vouchers, you ...... It's better to take it back and return it. ”

"The front desk of the hotel said that once the consumption voucher is sold, it will not be refunded. If you don't take it, I'll have to give it to Rutenberg. Besides, I didn't do this because everyone put forward opinions, you are working so hard, if we don't show a little bit of business, wouldn't it be too unconscionable? Qin Hai was clever and desperately doing Secretary Guo's work.

Secretary Guo really didn't have much experience in this area, so Qin Hai talked for a while, and finally accepted the consumption voucher half-pushed and half-on-the-spot. As soon as Qin Hai left, he hurriedly called the translators to his room and told everyone what Qin Hai had just come.

"This Qin Hai wants to give us consumption vouchers?" Yu Yi touched his head, and he couldn't believe it for a long time.

"yes, I don't think it's a good fit, but...... I can't resist him. Secretary Guo said, "Otherwise, everyone has an idea, if you don't think you should accept it, I will return it to him." ”

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and then Meng Yi said, "I think so...... This is also the intention of other people's enterprises, we resolutely do not accept it, and it is not suitable. Everyone has worked all day today, you should know that the kind of thermal spraying machine they sell, one is 2.2 million US dollars, how can the profit be 100,000 US dollars, right? We've worked so hard, and it's not too much to get a little reward, right? ”

Yu translated: "Xiao Meng is right, didn't Guo Mi say it, Qin Hai means that it is equivalent to inviting us to dinner." Everyone really thinks it's inappropriate, and when they go back to Brasilia, they can put together these consumption vouchers and invite all the people in the embassy to eat together, isn't it? ”

"That's right." Another translator chimed in, "There are six of us, and I guess one person has at least $50, which adds up to $300, which is enough for a good meal." ”

"Haha, a delegation like this, let's receive a few more, at least we will have the money for the usual tooth sacrifice." Everyone laughed together. (To be continued......)

PS: The update in September is not strong, and I dare not ask for a monthly pass at the end of the month. In October, Orange was ashamed and brave, and planned to fight for a monthly pass. This month is also the time of the Dream Cup finals, and the top 15 books in the monthly pass can naturally enter the list, are you willing to support Orange?

From today to the 7th, it's a double monthly pass, so let's cheer for the oranges.