Chapter Sixty-Two: Formal Recruitment
Zhuo Xiaoxiao panicked and quickly handed over her manuscript. "Comrade, comrade, you haven't seen my translation yet. Take a look, I did it very carefully."
"Alright, alright, you're Zhuo Xiaoxiao, right? You barely passed the exam this morning. When you were translating, the people patrolling around were professional translators. Your manuscript didn't pass. Go back!"
"Director Shao, please take a look, please take another look. I've worked very hard to translate. My family isn't well-off, so I studied foreign languages very diligently, hoping to become a translator. Please, Director Shao, please take another look. I used to be the top student in my class when I was in school."
Zhuo Xiaoxiao kept handing over her translation, hunching over and keeping a very low profile.
Director Shao was a kind old man. He felt a moment of tenderness when he saw the little girl's pitiful appearance, but when he turned his head and glanced at the impatient expression on the lady's face beside him, his heart hardened again.
"Comrade Zhuo, your translation is really not good. Take the subsidy and go home as soon as possible. Your family will worry if you stay too long."
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Director Shao, Zhuo Xiaoxiao turned her attention to the serious-looking woman. However, before she could even move her head towards her, two men instantly appeared in front of her and blocked her way.
Those two men were tall and burly, and they were quite intimidating.
She looked down at her own translation and suddenly snatched Ren Baobei's translation away. She could tell that Shen Yuzhu was truly talented; she wrote all four translations without pausing for a moment.
But this Ren Baobei is different; she's dressed so flamboyantly, she's obviously just a pretty face with no substance.
"You woman, have you lost your mind? Your own work isn't up to par, so why are you stealing my manuscript? Do you even understand what you're doing?"
"Cough cough..."
Shen Yuzhu coughed twice and quietly tugged at her, which shut Ren Baobei up, but her eyes remained fixed on Zhuo Xiaoxiao.
"No, impossible! How could you translate so well?"
"Are you out of your mind? Isn't this discrimination against beautiful women? Let me tell you, you toad, don't let my good looks blind you to my talents. I have many secrets you don't know."
Shen Yuzhu: "......."
Everyone: "......."
This woman, even if you have connections, you can't be this arrogant, can you?
The next moment, everyone knew why Ren Baobei was so arrogant. She smiled at the serious lady and called out, "Auntie."
"!!!"
"......."
Zhuo Xiaoxiao was about to cause trouble when Director Shao raised his hand, and soon someone pulled her out. When the others saw that Zhuo Xiaoxiao's shoes had fallen off halfway when she was pulled out, they were all relieved that they hadn't been provoked into talking about Ren Baobei, otherwise they would have been in big trouble.
"In formal settings, please address me as Ms. Tan."
"Oh, Ms. Tan." Ren Baobei lowered her head and pouted, like a spoiled little girl, and even secretly rolled her eyes at Ms. Tan.
Shen Yuzhu looked at her and twitched the corner of her mouth. Like Zhao Yue, she was an outgoing girl.
The three accepted students sat in their seats, while the others quietly received their subsidies and went home.
Ms. Tan stood in front of them, her hands behind her back, and said to the group, "Hello everyone, congratulations on passing the test. Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Tan Ying. I used to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From now on, your translations will be handled by Director Shao. You will become senior translators and have the potential to enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the future. Good luck, comrades."
Shen Yuzhu opened her mouth, quite surprised.
In her past life, she had heard that the provincial capital was recruiting translators, but by the time she found out, the recruitment period had already passed. At that time, she was starving and filled with regret. If she could have earned money as a translator, she wouldn't have gone hungry.
When I arrived, I thought it was just a simple translation exam, but I didn't expect there to be this extra layer.
She lowered her eyes and thought for a moment. Regardless of whether she could enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the future, if she could become a senior translator, there would be no obstacle to marrying Zhou Congsheng, nor would it affect his promotion.
After Tan Ying left, Director Shao led a few people to register and have their photos taken. They would receive their junior translator certificates two days later. After translating their first document, they would receive a payment, settled in installments.
After registering, Ren Baobei and Jia Hongqi went out first.
Seeing that Director Shao had some free time, Shen Yuzhu quickly called him over.
"Comrade Shen, is there anything I can help you with?"
Ms. Tan Ying personally instructed that this girl is very capable and should be properly trained, as she might be able to take over her job in the future. Director Shao could see that Ms. Tan liked this young girl surnamed Shen very much.
"Director Shao, I'm a former educated youth who went to the countryside. I came here because I heard you were hiring translators, so I took leave to come. But I can't take leave from the production team I was assigned to all the time, so could you please send me the follow-up materials?"
Director Shao smiled and said, "Comrade Shen, we already had a general understanding of your situation after you finished the exam this morning. Don't worry, even if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have arranged it."
Shen Yuzhu was surprised for a moment, then bowed slightly to Director Shao.
"Thank you, Director Shao. I'll be relying on you for guidance in the future."
"You're too kind, Xiao Shen. Okay, go back and get some rest first. There's some information I need you to translate tomorrow, in two languages!"
Shen Yuzhu: "......."
They've only just become slaves, and they're already assigning them tasks?
Ren Baobei was still waiting for Shen Yuzhu outside. When she saw her coming, she waved and greeted her happily.
"Shen Yuzhu, from now on we're comrades. Where do you live? Do you want me to give you a ride?"
"No need to trouble Comrade Ren, I'm staying at the guesthouse, it's very close."
"Okay then, see you tomorrow. I'll bring you something delicious tomorrow. I don't have any other problems, I just like making friends with beautiful women, hehe... I'll be going now."
Shen Yuzhu nodded to her before walking toward her place.
Seeing a department store not far away, and thinking that Zhou Congsheng must have come in a hurry and hadn't prepared many things, she decided to take a look around first. If she couldn't buy something, she could find it in her space.
As soon as I entered, the sales clerk rolled her eyes at me.
"Hurry up and see what you want to buy, they close in half an hour!"
Shen Yuzhu ignored it and walked to the counter to look around slowly. It wasn't that she wanted to spend money to buy things, but she found that some of the goods her grandmother had hoarded were not as good as those sold in department stores these days.
If you don't buy it now, you might not be able to find something of such high quality years from now.
After wandering around for a while, her eyes were drawn to a men's stainless steel watch in the glass display case.
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