Under the leadership of the teacher, Jiang Yulou and a group of students who participated in the exchange activity entered the activity venue.

The exchange event was held in a classroom at Yenching University, and the event venue was basically not well decorated, after all, the material resources were not rich enough, and the funds were even tighter, so where was the money to decorate the venue.

I just found a teacher to write the theme of today's activity on the blackboard, with a banner hanging above, and some tea and melons and fruits on each table, and that's it.

There weren't many international students participating in the exchange today, so there were only about a dozen of them.

After asking, I found out that those who could come to participate in the event were all with good Chinese proficiency.

If you can't say a word, communication becomes a big problem.

Similarly, there are more than a dozen local students participating in the exchange activities, and it is basically one-on-one.

As soon as they entered the classroom, they began to look for the blonde foreigners in their impression, how to say, there are not many international students who can meet the standards of blonde and blue eyes, and there is an American girl who should be the most conspicuous among them.

Not to mention that he is beautiful, he is still very tall.

The boys who came looked at her with eyes that were almost straight.

Among the dozen or so people are Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the United States and other countries, and of course, there are also neon people who have a good life.

It's not the first time that the students who participated in the exchange meeting have met foreigners, but it's the first time they can communicate at close range, and a few big men are muttering something in private, looking at their expressions, it should be something exciting.

In order to facilitate communication, the seats in the venue were interspersed, and the students and international students were mixed together, and the students who came to participate in the event from Yenching University were all students who had passed the English proficiency test.

Sitting next to Jiang Yulou was the most beautiful Yanma, a beautiful girl from the United States, her name was Jessica.

Jessica's Chinese is not good, and even after a few months, her language expression skills are more worrisome. When the teacher was still walking the process on the podium, Jiang Yulou had already figured out Jessica's identity.

She is 20 years old and attended a community college in the United States before coming to China.

In September 1972, President Nixon visited China, and relations between China and the United States thawed. Under the auspices of that old man, the two countries formally established diplomatic relations this year, January 1, 1979.

During this period, the Federal Republic of Germany and Neon also established diplomatic relations with China, and China's study abroad education in China was reorganized.

Also this year, the Chinese government sent the first batch of more than 2,000 international students to study in the United States, becoming the first batch of students sent by China and becoming one of the important symbols of China's reform and opening up policy.

At this time, there were many fewer international students sent to our country by the American government, taking Jessica and her group as an example, there were only 33 people.

There are probably several reasons why these international students choose to come to China.

One is a political investment, and coming to China is a kind of qualification.

Jiang Yulou saw a news in his previous life that an American agriculturist and professor at Washington State University was one of the first batch of international students to come to China.

Later, he quickly gained a foothold by relying on his qualifications in China, inherited the family business, and his own fund company.

The second is an opportunist like Jessica, whose family is poor and she took out loans to go to college.

Before coming to China, she had no money and could only work part-time, working as a carpet cleaner, a supermarket salesperson, and a temporary worker at a gas station.

At one point, I was close to accepting that I could only continue to work as a carpet cleaner with a bachelor's degree, and it was a dream to pay off my student loans.

It's not that Jessica doesn't want to find a decent job, it's that the university she attends isn't very competitive, and the major is not popular, plus she's a woman, so it's even harder to find a job.

Just when she was distressed, a recruitment advertisement hidden on a bulletin board outside the campus office to study in China quietly changed her fate.

After a brief hesitation, she decided to seize the opportunity. Not for anything else, because the announcement mentioned that students who come back after studying abroad on public assignment can choose to continue their doctoral studies at well-known universities such as Stanford in the United States.

Oh my God, it was Stanford, more than 10,000 times better than the country university before her.

So, after submitting the application, she received what she would later consider to be the "most valuable gift".

In today's popular parlance, Jessica can be described as one of the earliest "tourist special forces", just with a place name, she got on a plane and started her journey.

On August 31, 1979, Jessica arrived in Yenching. Before getting off the plane, she hadn't showered for several days, and since she hadn't eaten much along the way, she was at least two or three kilograms lighter than when she got in the car.

Jessica's first Chinese teacher was a Filipino diplomat based in Yenching. Before enrolling, she had only learned three Chinese pronouns – you, me, and he.

On the first day after entering the school, she was invited to participate in the drama "She Came from the Other Side of the Ocean" on campus.

At first, Jessica thought it was a spoof on a reality show, and during filming, she couldn't even speak a few words of Chinese.

Therefore, when reading the lines, she responds by repeating the lyrics she likes. For example, "Yesterday Reappears", this is the song she remembers the lyrics the most.

After that, I worked hard to learn Chinese and strive to successfully complete my studies.

The days of study were very easy, and she was very well taken care of by the school because of her status as an international student.

Let's just say that the dormitory where she lives now is full of international students and foreign experts, and she is currently enjoying her life in China, and the days of not having to run around for life are too good.

If it weren't for the idiom of not being happy, she would definitely have this idea.

The peaceful life continues to this day, and she was invited to participate in this exchange event. Since she had the experience of participating in a performance for the first time, she happily agreed.

When she arrived, Jessica thought she had come to the right place.

The junior next to her is really handsome. Even if he is only an Oriental, he is within her aesthetic category.

Totally handsome guy!

Moreover, to Jessica's surprise, Jiang Yulou's English speaking level is very good, even better than her, a country girl from a small place.

Oh, Jiang Yulou's name was also known after the two communicated.

She decided that she must often play with Jiang Yulou in the future, his thinking is very unusual, especially the optimism and self-confidence on his body, which she has never seen since she came to Yanjing.

Moreover, his humor and humor also deeply attracted Jessica.

"Jiang, you're a really good guy." Jessica said seriously.

Jiang Yulou couldn't help but say: "Of course I am." ”