When Liu Ke returned to his workplace in the afternoon, he saw the two foreigners who had made the dangerous remarks at the Forbidden City looking very agitated and talking about something.
Her colleagues tried to comfort her, but unfortunately, they were unsuccessful.
"You have to bring that bitch over here! She has to apologize to our faces!" Old Ying said vehemently.
"If it is a citizen of our country who has insulted your character, we will definitely hold them accountable. Please calm down. Beijing is such a big city, we have to find the person first, right?"
Old Ying's expression softened a bit. "Hurry up! Otherwise, we'll go to the ambassador at the embassy and ask him to help us get justice!"
Liu Ke's colleague nodded quickly, and upon seeing Liu Ke, exclaimed, "Liu Ke!"
“Weren’t you with Jason and Anthony? Tell me what happened. If they were wronged, I can report it to my superiors.”
Liu Ke glanced at the two foreigners expressionlessly and recounted what had happened at the Forbidden City that day.
Liu Ke's colleague's eyes widened in anger, and he secretly glared at the two foreigners.
Then, Liu Ke said to the two foreigners, “I will personally tell our director who started what happened at the Forbidden City today. Standing on our land and enjoying our preferential treatment, yet showing no respect in words and deeds. If you want to complain to the embassy, please do so. We will tell you everything that happened today.”
The two foreigners were both angry and annoyed by Liu Ke's unyielding attitude, and they stormed off.
"Hey, Liu Ke, we're just letting them go like this. What if they actually go to the embassy to complain?" The colleague said anxiously.
Liu Ke calmly said, "It's alright, they wouldn't dare."
Liu Ke's colleague glanced at her silently and thought to herself, "Your dad is the second-in-command of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of course you're not worried."
"Is the director here? I'll go find him."
"exist."
Liu Ke nodded and went to the director's office to find the director.
The director was making coffee, and the rich aroma of coffee filled the entire office.
"Xiao Ke, you're back." The director poured out coffee and also poured a cup for Liu Ke. "Try it and see how it is."
"Thank you, Director." Liu Ke accepted the coffee with both hands, took a sip, and said, "Director, your coffee-making skills are getting better and better."
The director chuckled and said, "How was your visit to the Forbidden City with those two foreign friends today?"
Liu Ke gave a forced smile, "I was just about to report this to you."
Liu Ke repeated the story about the Forbidden City to the director.
When the director heard the two foreigners boasting about how valuable the British Museum's collection was at the Forbidden City, the veins on the back of his hand, which was holding a coffee cup, stood out.
Then he heard someone behind him arguing with the two foreigners, refuting their arguments with reason and evidence. Only then did he relax, take a sip of coffee, frown, pour out the coffee, and brew a pot of tea.
"Would you like to drink?"
Liu Ke: "Drink!"
Liu Ke added, "Just now they were shouting outside that they were going to file a complaint with the embassy."
"It was just those two foreigners who said something unpleasant. It's no big deal for our people to have a debate with them." The director waved his hand. "You don't need to worry too much. A dog that bites never barks. They just don't dare to do anything, so they came here to ask us to stand up for them."
Liu Ke nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Director, are we... short-staffed lately?"
Speaking of this department head gives me a headache. "We're short-staffed. I've talked to the minister several times, asking him to send more people to our side. The dignitaries from various countries are almost here, and everything is ready except for the personnel."
Liu Ke thought to herself that there was a chance, and immediately said, "What do you think of the person I told you about refuting those two foreigners at the Forbidden City?"
The director looked at her in surprise, "You think she's very good?"
“I grew up in England, which is why I have such good spoken English. Her English is not only natural and fluent, but she is also very good at quoting classical texts and has a good understanding of foreign history. Moreover, she is very firm in her stance. Director, we are short of people right now. There is an old saying that I think is quite applicable—recruit talents without being bound by convention.”
The director looked at her and asked, "What's that person's name?"
“Jiang Ci.” Liu Ke paused for a moment before continuing, “Today I saw her walking with someone who looked like Cheng Wenyun’s uncle. Their two families went out for a trip together today.”
"Jiang Ci?" The director's eyes widened. He felt the name sounded familiar. After thinking for a while, he said, "Oh, it's her."
Liu Ke didn't quite understand, "Huh?"
The director waved his hand, "Hey, when I came back from the meeting last week, I heard Xiao Huo recommending someone, and he mentioned Jiang Ci. Xiao Huo said her English is very good."
This "Little Ho" refers to Hobbs.
The Huo family patriarch and the Cheng family patriarch have known each other for a long time, and Jiang Ci is close to the Cheng family. It makes sense that the Cheng patriarch asked Mr. Huo to help recommend Jiang Ci.
Liu Ke had been too busy to hear about this lately, but felt it was a sign of divine intervention, so she said, "Isn't this perfect? Xiao Si and I recommended her together, which proves that Jiang Ci is a very capable person."
The director pondered for a moment, then said, "I'll go talk to the HR people in a bit."
Liu Ke smiled and said, "Okay."
Although she had spoken to the director, Liu Ke still felt it wasn't safe enough, so she mentioned it to her father as well.
On the Cadre Department side, they had just heard the Protocol Department recommend Jiang Ci, and then they met Vice Minister Liu, who also recommended Jiang Ci. They gasped in surprise.
Previously, when Hoppens came to recommend her, they didn't agree because Jiang Ci's academic qualifications weren't sufficient. How come this time so many big names came to recommend the same person?
The director also said, "Now is the time when we need personnel. If we continue to follow these rules and regulations, we will lose face when we entertain foreign guests in the upcoming event."
This sentence made the staff of the Cadre Department stop refusing and go to conduct a background check on Jiangci.
I was surprised to find out that Jiang porcelain was actually quite something.
Born in the South, he was among the top five in his class in high school and had already been recommended to attend a worker-peasant-soldier university. However, he voluntarily gave this opportunity to his younger brother and went to the countryside to become an educated youth.
He didn't have a particularly prominent reputation in Shanding Brigade a few years ago, but his achievements today are truly remarkable.
Assisted the Public Security Bureau in arresting a gang engaged in buying and selling illegal items within the archaeological team in Zhongmo Town.
He delivered meals to Academician Cheng Yehan, who was in a cowshed, and went to Beijing at the end of October this year. He obtained a Beijing household registration. A few days ago, he also helped catch a returning educated youth who was frantically attacking people.
These police stations all have records of her case, and after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reviewed them, they also investigated her husband.
He's a genuine farmer who has done a lot of good deeds with Jiangci. Now he works as a kitchen helper in a government department. A few days ago, the police went to his workplace to present him with an award.
After reviewing the investigation, the official hissed, genuinely feeling that the Jiang family were truly good citizens.
After reporting the findings to his superior, the section chief read the report and immediately said, "Please bring Jiang Ci over. We'll give her another test to see if she's qualified to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
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