Chapter Seventy-Two: A Great Feast
The man who took the lead and walked towards Lin Hong was a middle-aged man in his forties, not tall, with a smooth and shiny forehead, and he was already bald.
With a smile on his face, he walked over quickly, and said:
"Director, what a coincidence, this is just coming back from Lingnan Province?"
Feng Wan nodded: "I have been delayed for two days in Lingnan Province for some things, and I haven't been with you anymore, and I just got off the plane." ”
This person's name is Li Weiguo, and he is the director of the "Americas and Oceania" Affairs Office, nominally speaking, he is Feng Wan's subordinate, but Feng Wan does not have jurisdiction over this area.
Feng Wan, as his leader, can leave calmly if he doesn't say hello, since he has already come to say hello, it is naturally not good to leave, so he went with him, and said hello to the principal and several teachers in the capital, and more importantly, to meet with the people who led the team in the United States to express his concern and welcome.
The man who led the team in the United States was named Roy Cook, the head of the foreign relations department of the Latin School in Boston, about 30 years old, and he was very tall, estimated to be more than 1.9 meters.
In the United States, there is a saying that "first there was Harvard, then there was America". And in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, it is said that "first there was Latin, then there was Harvard". Latin here refers to the Latin School of Boston (boston_latin), which was founded in 1635, while Harvard was founded in 1636, and Latin was one year before Harvard. But Latin is a secondary school, and Harvard is a university.
Boston Latin School is the oldest and best public high school in the United States. It not only ranked first in the Boston Public High School Joint Entrance Examination scores, but also ranked a lot higher than the second place. And Beijing S High School is also one of the best high schools in Beijing. Although this student exchange between China and the United States is only a trial trial, both sides attach great importance to it, and in fact, the political significance of this preliminary pilot is greater than the academic significance.
As the deputy director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange, Feng Wan is not only proficient in English, but also able to have a proficient conversation with Roy in Latin.
Although Feng Wan is over thirty years old, she can't see the traces of time on her body at all, at this moment she is wearing a decent white trench coat, talking with American foreign guests, her temperament not only impressed Roy, but also convinced everyone present.
Among these people, Xu Wenjing may be the one who admires him the most.
Generous and elegant, noble and peaceful, listening to her speak like a spring breeze, where you stand is the center.
Growing up, there seemed to be no woman other than her mother who could make her feel this way.
And this is also the kind of temperament she pursues the most.
She hurriedly raised the camera in her hand, took a picture of her shaking hands and talking to the outsider, and contributed most of the film to her.
Originally, if she wasn't here, the person in charge was Principal Zhang and Director Li in S, but now she has become the main receptionist. Neither Principal Zhang nor Director Li had any opinion on this, after all, although they knew some English, they could not speak directly with each other so skillfully, and the interpreter invited this time was not very good, saying that Mr. Cook's accent was too strong and the speed of speech was too fast, so that sometimes he had to repeat it two or three times to get the full meaning out.
Now that it's okay, with Director Feng to receive it on his behalf, naturally I can't ask for it, looking at this Roy's attitude, it seems that this reception will definitely be able to satisfy the other party. Both of them secretly wiped the cold sweat from their heads.
Today, the three means of transportation of cars, trains, and planes are all on the toilet, and she is also a little tired, plus there is Lin Hong by her side, Feng Wan originally wanted to go home directly. But the matter has come to this point, and she has no choice but to look at Lin Hong apologetically, hoping that he can understand.
Sun Guodong couldn't interject beside them, so they stayed for a while and had to leave with Sun Wu to say goodbye.
Sun Wu hurriedly asked for his home phone number and told Lin Hong, so that he could settle down and had to call him to play.
Then, Lin Hong followed the army and got on a specially rented luxury bus in S.
Roy and the other two foreigners were in very good spirits at the moment, and questions kept popping out of their mouths, and Feng Wan had to smile and answer them for them.
Lin Hong sat next to his mother and didn't speak, just stayed quietly. The conversation between his mother and Roy was mostly understandable except for some of the more obscure words. When his mother introduced him to foreigners, he was also learning about the city of Beijing.
Looking at the various buildings and vehicles that kept flashing outside the car window, he was no longer as surprised as before.
After about 40 minutes of travel, the bus stopped in front of an extremely majestic building.
"This is the hotel where you will stay temporarily, the Friendship Hotel in Beijing......" Feng Wan introduced Roy to them in English. Under their questioning, she had to give them a general introduction to the history of the Friendship Hotel.
The Friendship Hotel is currently the largest garden-style three-star hotel in Asia, built in the second half of 1954, formerly known as the Western Suburbs Guest House of the State Council, mainly used to receive Soviet experts in Beijing. In 1956, it was converted into a Friendship Hotel, and in March 1973, it began to receive other foreign tourists.
Lin Hong also noticed that the hotel building is simple and elegant, with strong Chinese ethnic characteristics, and other foreigners are constantly seen coming in and out at the gate.
The Ministry of Education had already booked a room here, and after settling Roy and the others into it, they would have lunch here.
This is Lin Hong's first time dining in the hotel, and the dishes here are basically what he has never eaten before, not only the color and flavor are complete, but also the portions are full.
In the eyes of everyone, he had eaten a big meal for the first time since he was a child, and he almost ate the weight of three or four adults.
Seeing this situation, Feng Wan had no choice but to explain to everyone with a forced smile: "Let everyone laugh, we just flew over from Lingnan Province, and we haven't eaten anything for a day, so we may be really hungry." ”
In fact, she is very uncomfortable in her heart at the moment, she has long heard Lin Changming say that her son has a great appetite, but she didn't expect such a large amount of food. It seems that when he was in the countryside, he usually didn't eat enough at all, which really hurt him.
The people present didn't mean to laugh, they were just a little surprised, many people looked at Lin Hong's small belly, and couldn't imagine that they could hold so many things.
The director's son is really a big eater, and he can eat so much. Xu Wenjing thought to himself on the side.
Lin Hong was too involved in eating just now, and he didn't care about his own image. After reacting, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, just feeling a little urine, so I took the opportunity to go to the toilet to avoid everyone's strange eyes.
He said something to his mother, and then walked to the bathroom under the leadership of the hotel waiter, but when he got up, Feng Wan whispered a word, asking him to pay attention to Mr. Cook, who had gone to the bathroom before and had not returned beyond the normal time.