It was the first time for Chen Fan to see such a big occasion, two handfuls of people, not to mention twenty or thirty, and his mouth was always racing with professional words that he couldn't understand, so he was inevitably a little nervous.

"Take it easy, you can, this kind of small occasion, I guarantee that it will slip away."

Half of this was said by oneself and half by the system.

Li Shizhen also couldn't understand why the chairman of the board of directors had to go the extra mile to get a Swahili translation when he could communicate and negotiate a business in English.

However, Li Shizhen didn't think much about it, after all, the vision determines the understanding, and Li Shizhen had doubted the judgment of this young helmsman before, but later facts proved that the arrogance and radicalism again and again were extremely correct.

Now as long as it is the precautions that the chairman has advised, he will unswervingly implement it.

Prince Abu Zaha is the head of the foreign merchant group, he is also the son of a famous local tribal chief, because of the influence of Western education in the early years, he speaks fluent English, and his level is so high that he does not even need to bring an English translator, and many times the business negotiations are carried out by himself.

There are three other translators with Chen Fan, all of whom are professional English translators, who look about the same age as themselves, but they are only in their early thirties, but they have been working in this industry for five or six years.

The three peers were not smiling, and their answers were concise and to the point, and Chen Fan was embarrassed to ask more, after all, this kind of work has to maintain a high degree of concentration at all times, and he can't be distracted at all.

Abu Zaha was big, and after sitting firmly, he pushed the chair out a little more, and at the same time he noticed the maple leaf gold emblem on the coffee table, looked at it with interest, and then followed the person in his native language and said: "This gadget is quite exquisite, do you say there will be a market in China?" ”

The senior official next to him pushed his glasses and studied them carefully, "The workmanship is indeed quite exquisite, but the price... I'm afraid I can't afford it. ”

"They are interested in the maple leaf gold emblem produced by the group, but they don't know the price." Chen Fan told Li Shizhen in a very colloquial translation.

Li Shizhen seemed to smell a business opportunity, and hurriedly said to Chen Fan: "Tell them that there are pure gold, gold-plated, and synthetic gold, and the materials are different, and the prices are different. ”

"Oh." Chen Fan responded, and then relayed it to Prince Abu Zaha in a very official statement.

"Can I change it to a different texture?" Prince Abu Dhaha seemed to be tempted and asked in English.

“YES。” Li Shizhen nodded again and again.

"I'm sure Tinami will love these things, and I just thought about renovating my home." Abu Dhaha smiled, revealing a row of white teeth.

"Let's get down to business first, and it's not too late to talk about it when it's all finalized." The men under him suggested sensibly.

Abu Zaha carefully put the gold emblem back on the coffee table, nodded and said, "That's right, business is important, the election is still three years away, you can't relax and slack off." ”

Chen Fan listened to the words at once, turned his head and told Li Shizhen: "He is very interested in this gadget, but he will discuss it after the business is discussed." ”

As for the last sentence, Chen Fan thought about it and decided to say it anyway, "Prince Abu Dhaha is preparing for the election. ”

"Got it, you're doing a good job."

Li Shizhen had also learned a lot of information earlier, and knew that this prince was ambitious, but judging from the current situation, the other party seemed to be a little more urgent than he imagined.

"Dear Prince Abu Dhaha, this is the model contract that was drawn up before, you should have read it before, there are some detailed rules in it, I don't know what you think?"

Li Shizhen held down a black folder, gently pushed it to the other party, and at the same time instructed his subordinates to submit the spare dozen contract templates to the foreign businessman.

The business areas of Maple Leaf Group have basically covered all aspects of national life, from artificial intelligence, biological aerospace, to jewelry, clothing, and daily necessities, you can feel the strong Maple Leaf style.

Prince Abu Zaha spread out the contract, and quickly found those concerns in the thick dozens of pages of contract terms, and pointed out one by one: "We have discussed before, whether these railways can be built in two years, or at least, we have to see obvious results or something, five years is indeed a long time." ”

After listening to the translator's paraphrase, Li Shizhen explained: "When I first planned it, I took into account that this was a systematic project, all the steps were rigorously simulated and tested, and the construction period of five years was only an estimated time, and it was estimated that it would take about three and a half to four years to rush the project at the earliest. ”

Abu Zaha expressed deep regret that in this way, the achievements of construction will not be able to add political bargaining chips to himself.

Chen Fan is a complete layman, a freshman who hasn't even started his professional classes, although he has the technology provided by the obedient maid, he can understand it, but he still doesn't know what the bigwigs are talking about.

"I'm sorry, my lord, but we can't accommodate your request, do you have any other questions?"

Without waiting for the English translator to speak, Chen Fan first forcibly translated Li Shizhen's words, and added some extra things.

"At present, there are three railways under construction, and if only two railways are built, it is expected to be completed within two years, one of which has most of the mileage in the prince's tribe, and the remaining two are just routes, I don't know what the prince wants."

Chen Fan finally finished this long list of words, scratched his head, and he didn't understand the meaning of these words.

Li Shizhen also felt that it had been a little longer, and besides, this passage did not belong to Chen Fan's translation, so he asked, "What did you say... It's a bit long to translate, so don't talk about things that shouldn't be said. ”

"I didn't say anything, it was just polite words, you know, the polite words of people all over the world are long and cumbersome." Chen Fan didn't know how to respond, so he had to prevaricate casually.

Abu Zaha listened to the words in his head, he suppressed his smile, thought for a while, and said: "What difference would it make if the construction of the two railways was not started at the same time, but if the construction of the two railways started first." ”

After listening to the translation, Li Shizhen felt a little surprised, and didn't understand why the other party suddenly thought of this, and replied seriously: "In this case, the overall construction period may be extended, and the cost will be at least 15% higher than now, but if the two railways are alone, they can be completed within two years." ”

Abu Dhaha smiled, waved his hand and said, "Money is not a problem, the most important thing is to be able to ensure that the two railways are completed within two years." ”

Li Shizhen said confidently: "Please believe in the strength of the Maple Leaf Group, and the construction period will definitely be completed on schedule." ”

Chen Fan is still in a state of blindfold here, and he said a few words inexplicably, and he solved the dilemma? However, it has nothing to do with how big this business is, and it should be to see the world.

The two sides exchanged details of their respective concerns, and Chen Fan didn't say a few words, relying on those interpreters to take turns on the wheel.

When the big business is finally finalized, the unexpected small fortune is also put on the negotiation table, although the final amount is only a few million, which is not as small as the infrastructure, but the business is like this, no one is afraid of more money, and there is a profit to do.

"This translator speaks Swahili quite authentically, and his pronunciation is more accurate than that of a local person, and I don't know if it's because I've been away from home for too long, and even my mother tongue is unfamiliar."

Abu Zaha first praised Chen Fan, and then sighed that Kiswahili is only a local language after all, and it is difficult to get out of the world.

"Now that there are more and more students learning Kiswahili, I believe that the exchanges between the two countries will reach a higher level in the future." Li Shizhen is half flattering, half out of pride in his native language.

"I've thought about learning Chinese, but it's really difficult, and now I'm a little overwhelmed." Abu Zaha smiled his trademark smile and gritted his teeth in Chinese and said, "Thank you, happy cooperation." ”

Chen Fan's task is over, and the same is true of several translators in his peers, who are like different people after getting off work, and they all ran out of the madhouse.

"This time the income is good, I can earn 7000~8000 a day." One of the young translators danced happily as he watched his bank card balance rise and danced with joy.

Another experienced translator disagreed: "This line of work can't be done for a few years, and how can there be such a big job every day, and it's not bad to get an order in three or four months." ”

"I hadn't heard of that Swahili language when I applied for a major before, but when I checked it today, I realized that it is a major language in the region, and it is spoken by 50 million people." The curious little girl on the edge shook her phone in her palm, and it was full of information in Swahili.

Someone suddenly called out to Chen Fan and asked: "I take the liberty to ask, how much money can you get as a Swahili translator this time, I heard others say that the price of Swahili is generally about 3~4 times that of English, but no one around me does this, so I am a little curious." ”

"Anyway, there should be twenty or thirty thousand." Lao Dao's translation roughly estimated.

Chen Fan froze in place, his pupils kept contracting and dilating, his little hands trembled, and he pursed his lips and said, "Twenty or thirty thousand..... hehe, almost." ”