China is a country with a strong sense of bureaucracy, and generally speaking, government officials have absolute authority in front of professional leaders. But this also depends on the specific situation, such as Hanhua Heavy Industries, Xingbei Heavy Machinery and other giant-level enterprises, their CEOs are able to directly dialogue with the central senior leaders, in comparison, Li Mozi, a bureau-level official, seems a bit light.

Li Mozi is very clear about his role, and he has always maintained a humble attitude in front of Gu Jiahua, Lin Zhenhua and others. Of course, at least Lin Zhenhua still has a lot of respect for Li Mozi, and there are few times when he doesn't give Li Mozi face. The relationship between them can be described by a very vulgar word, which is called respecting each other as guests.

Hearing that Lin Zhenhua wanted to put the promotional video sent by the embassy on the booth to play it, Li Mozi hurriedly asked his subordinates to bring over the CD of the propaganda video. Han's booth was already equipped with a high-brightness projector, and a curtain hung on the background wall. After the disc was brought, Lin Zhenhua directly told the staff to play it on this projector. There is no need to inspect this kind of disc in advance, and it is impossible for the embassy to put out an oolong.

With the sound of "Jasmine" music, the red pattern of Chinese window flowers appeared on the screen, and then there were various familiar pictures representing the image of China: the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Peking Opera, Guzheng, Tai Chi, shaking bamboo, the hot Yangge dance on the loess, and the dragon boat race in the southern water town......

“Beautful！”

“VeGGaa”

"Yo Xi!"

"Onboard!"

“＃％￥＠￥％……”

The beautiful music and beautiful pictures attracted the merchants in the exhibition hall, who gathered around, watched the promotional video, and praised them in various southern and northern languages.

"It seems that the embassy is really attentive, and this promotional video is really wonderful!" Gu Jiahua stood aside, touched his chin and exclaimed.

Li Mozi also had a smug look, he said: "I'm afraid this promotional video won't be made by the embassy, right?" This must have been specially made in China for the Olympic bid. The Olympic bid is a key task this year, and you can see the importance of the relevant departments from this promotional video. ”

Lin Zhenhua didn't say anything, he looked at the promotional video, and there was a sneer on his face. Hearing Gu Jiahua and Li Mozi praising there, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Do you think this promotional video is well done?" ”

"What, do you think it's not going to be good?" Gu Li and the others asked in surprise.

Lin Zhenhua didn't answer, he dragged a foreigner closest to them and asked in English, "Sir, what do you think of our promotional video?" ”

"It's been done great, it has taught me about China!" The foreigner, who looked quite young, replied.

"So, can you describe what you think of China as you see it?" Lin Zhenhua continued to ask.

"Absolutely." The foreigner said with great interest, "My impression of China is that the scenery is very beautiful, and there are many artists who can make very beautiful porcelain, wood carvings, and paper cuts. Also, everyone in Chinese knows kung fu, that's all, heheha! ”

The foreigner was talking and gesturing, and the two gestures were not so much Chinese kung fu as imitation of crabs coming ashore. Gu Jiahua and Li Mozi both have some English skills and can understand what foreigners say. Seeing the foreigner describe China like this, they all laughed and said to Lin Zhenhua: "Look, isn't this very interesting? ”

Tenon Zhenhua waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, there is more to come." ”…,

With that, he turned to the foreigner and said, "Is there anything else?" I guess your impression is more than that, right? ”

"Of course it's more than that." The foreigner said proudly, "In my circle of friends, I am a China expert!" ”

"Oh, Mr. China Tong, then tell me about your other impressions of China."

"Well, let me think about it." The Chinese man pondered for a moment and said, "The daily clothes of the Chinese are not what you wear now, when you are in your home country, you should wear that kind of long robe, which represents a kind of politeness." Also, the courses offered by Chinese university students are different from ours, and your college students mainly study the works of Confucius, and I know that Confucius was a philosopher in China 400 years ago. Oh, by the way, there is also a very important point, which is unique to your China, that is, your women have to bind their feet before the age of NO, and you are beautiful with small feet......"

"What a mess!" Gu Jiahua was furious, "I said, when did you go to China?" ”

"It's a pity that I've never had the opportunity to go to China, but visiting your mysterious country has always been my dream." China Tong didn't hear Gu Jiahua's dissatisfaction, and still said happily, "My understanding of China comes entirely from the books I have read, and you know, I am a person who loves to read a lot." ”

"Young man, let me tell you, China is not what you say it is." Gu Jiahua said, "Your robe, eight-strand text, and small feet, those were all more than a hundred years ago, and the current national ......"

When he said this, Gu Jiahua was speechless. He wanted to point to the propaganda film being played to tell the China general about China's present, but when he looked up, there were two old students in robes on the screen, babbling and singing. At this moment, he suddenly understood what Lin Zhenhua meant, yes, this is indeed a very beautiful propaganda film, but what it is promoting is not the real China!

Lin Zhenhua took a copy of Hanhua's promotional materials from the display shelf on the side, stuffed it into the hand of China Tong, and said, "Sir, what you just said is just the past China. You can take a look at these, and maybe it will tell you about a different China. By the way, if you have time, I very much hope that you can travel to China and see what China is like in the 21st century. ”

"Thank you very much, I will definitely go." China Tong also seemed to know that he had made some joke, and he said thank you as he walked away in embarrassment.

"Xiaolin, I understand what you mean, you said that it is now the 21st century, why do we leave the impression on others that it is still the 19th century?" Gu Jiahua said bitterly.

Lin Zhenhua turned around and pointed to his company's booth, and said hatefully: "You see, we have crossed half the world and shipped these products that represent the forefront of domestic equipment technology, but our customers don't buy it at all." In their eyes, China is a poor and backward country, everyone still wears long robes and long braids, how can such a country produce scientific and technological innovation?

We talk to our customers, but does it work? The propaganda film we made ourselves is what we promote to others, that is, to tell people that China is still in the 19th century. What Peking Opera, what Tai Chi, yes, these things are indeed the quintessence of the country, but they are not the whole of China after all.

Why don't our cameras have a second to capture our industrial and technological achievements? ”

"This ・・・・・・" Li Mozi was also speechless. Although he is an official of the Machinery Committee, he also participates in various international exchanges on weekdays. In these international exchange occasions, Chinese officials are accustomed to displaying various "quintessences" of China. For example, when foreign guests visit, Chinese officials often arrange for them to listen to Peking Opera and visit the Forbidden City. If gifts are given to foreign guests, these gifts must be traditional embroidery, porcelain, and so on. …,

For these practices, Li Mozi has never thought that there is anything wrong, and when Lin Zhenhua said this today, he suddenly felt that it seemed that this was indeed a very bad thing. If a country, from the official to the non-governmental, shows to foreign countries the "quintessence" of hundreds of years ago, how can people believe that you have entered the 21st century?

"Mr. Lin, I've already put it all over again, do you have to put it all over again?" The little girl in charge of the CD player approached and asked out of place.

"Put what!" Lin Zhenhua said angrily: "Xiao Wang, you raise your feet to show everyone, are you small feet?" ”

"I ・・・・・・" The little girl was full of confusion, and she didn't know why Lin Zhenhua suddenly came up with such a sentence.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Our promotional video gives people the impression that this is the case, and people still think that Chinese women are binding their feet!" What is this place, the IndustrialEquipment Frankfurt International Trade Fair, which is the place to showcase the latest technology from around the world. Promoting China's foot-binding culture in such a place, I really can't afford to lose this person! ”

"Xiao Wang." He Fei stepped forward, pulled the little girl aside, and whispered, "Remove the dish first, and continue to beckon the merchants." ”

Sending the little girl away, He Fei walked in front of Lin Zhenhua again and persuaded: "Mr. Lin, this matter is not something we can manage, don't be angry about this matter." ”

"Yes, yes, Xiaolin, it's not something we have to worry about." Gu Jiahua also played a round game, but his face also looked a little displeased. I can't even be happy to let foreigners say in front of themselves that Chinese women are still bound their feet, right?

"Director Li, the embassy has informed us to participate in the China Day event the day after tomorrow, is it for us to go and tell the German people about these things? Do you want me and Mr. Gu to order a robe and horse coat now, so that people will say that we are not authentic Chinese? Lin Zhenhua said to Li Mozi angrily.

Li Mozi said: "Mr. Lin, you dissipate your anger." I think it might be a matter of different perspectives. By the way, we are all engaged in industry, and we may be more sensitive to this modern thing. However, as for these comrades who are engaged in art, they may still prefer to promote some traditional things. I'm thinking, this promotional video is mainly for foreigners, and foreigners are generally more interested in Chinese traditions, right? ”

"Just because they're interested in Chinese traditions, we can only promote our traditions?" Lin Zhenhua asked rhetorically, "The British still want the Chinese to smoke opium forever, so will we not sell cigarettes?" ”