Chapter 157: Someone She Doesn’t Know Again (3000 Words)

Zhou Chenglei: "I know a little bit, but I want to go fishing."

What I haven’t said yet is that I don’t have time to be a translator.

Director Feng: “…”

A highly educated person who knows foreign languages ​​actually chose to be a translator in order to go fishing at sea?

What a waste!

Is there such a surplus of talent in our country? Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Director Feng, can I learn about the products your factory is exhibiting?"

Director Feng was even more distressed. What a dedicated temporary translator! Then Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei, accompanied by Director Feng, learned about all the products of the plastic factory.

When Jiang Xia saw something suitable, he asked Director Feng to buy 100 food packaging bags to pack the small fish.

It just so happened that the factory had a batch of packaging bags that were made in the wrong specifications. The customer wanted one-pound bags, but the workers directly made them into two-pound bags. The customer thought they were too big and didn't want them.

Director Feng sent all the more than 200 packaging bags that were made incorrectly to Jiangxia.

Director Feng said, "You don't have a sealing machine, so you have to pack it up and send it to me. I'll have someone seal it for you."

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Thank you, Director Feng. Don't bother. I will just press it lightly with a hot wire when the time comes."

Director Feng was stunned for a moment, then he figured it out and gave Jiang Xia a thumbs up: "Smart!"

He couldn't help but ask, "Are you really not just working as an interpreter for our plastics factory? Two hundred dollars a day!"

Jiang Xia smiled and shook his head when asked this question every once in a while: "No, I'll just take the commission! If Director Feng tastes the dried fish and finds it delicious, please see if your factory canteen needs to order it. If you do, you can call me to order it. My family makes a living by fishing at sea."

Director Feng pretended to be angry and said, "If you don't serve as a full-time translator for our factory, I won't hire you! Get lost, get lost..."

Jiang Xia couldn't help laughing.

Then Director Feng, heartbroken, personally sent the two out of the factory and made an appointment to meet at the Guangzhou Trade Fair.

Fishing, fishing! Isn't it good to be educated and devote yourself to the cause of socialism? Why fish? Director Feng was so angry that he lost a few hairs, and he looked smarter.

***After leaving the plastic factory, Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei went to the city, ate a bowl of noodles, and then went to the next textile factory.

This time the tractor was not allowed to enter, so Zhou Chenglei could only wait for Jiang Xia outside.

Jiang Xia also gave the factory director some dried fish and small fish. These large factories have employee canteens and are all potential customers for dried fish.

Because they were introduced by Editor-in-Chief Fan, the director of the textile factory personally received Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei.

The director of the textile factory was a woman, about the same age as Jiang's mother, named Peng Yuhua. She had a very strong and subjective personality.

She didn't like Jiang Xia the first time she saw him! Most women who are too beautiful and have good family backgrounds are just for show.

Of course she would not show her dislike, but just smiled and asked Jiang Xia to introduce herself in English at the beginning.

After listening to Jiang Xia's self-introduction, Peng Yuhua's attitude changed a little. Her smile became more sincere and her tone became gentler: "Not bad, that's fine. We'll ask for 25 yuan a day for the translator, for a total of about 15 days."

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Director Peng, can I choose not to take the 25 yuan a day salary and just take the commission?"

Peng Yuhua was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"

Jiang Xia repeated his argument that he only wanted a commission of 0.1% of the transaction amount.

Peng Yuhua frowned slightly and thought, See! Beautiful women are always nosy!

Either she is a beauty who commits atrocities, or she is arrogant because of her talent! She doesn't want a salary, because she thinks she can negotiate a big order, and the commission she gets is more than the 25 yuan a day salary? But Peng Yuhua wanted to hire a full-time translator, not a part-time one, but she thought that she might really need more than one translator during the Canton Fair, and it would be too expensive to hire two. Jiang Xia didn't want a salary, and only took the commission after the deal was successful, which was actually good.

Peng Yuhua calculated in his mind how much a 0.1% commission would be.

Then I calculated and found that the commission was only 10 yuan for a transaction of 10,000 yuan, and only 100 yuan for a transaction of 100,000 yuan.

If a part-time worker like her can negotiate an order worth more than 100,000 yuan for the factory, that would be amazing!

"Okay! Then it's as you say. I'll only give you commission, no salary."

Jiang Xia then asked, "Director Peng, do you have any fabric samples? I would like to learn more about your products first."

Peng Yuhua didn't expect that a part-time translator like her could be so serious, so she asked someone to bring her a copy of the color cards of each fabric sample to be exhibited at the Guangzhou Fair.

Jiang Xia flipped through the fabric color cards. There were Dacron fabrics, suit fabrics, silk, and of course cotton fabrics of various colors.

Jiang Xia: "Are there any process instructions?"

"Yes." Peng Yuhua asked her assistant to give Jiang Xia a copy of the process instructions for the fabrics that were specially prepared for the Guangzhou Trade Fair.

Jiang Xia asked again: "Can I take these back and have a look?"

She had to rush to the next house and didn't have much time to waste here.

"Can!"

So Jiang Xia left with the fabric color cards and process instructions.

After Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei left, Peng Yuhua said to his men, "Go get another translator."

The assistant knew that Peng Yuhua disliked pretty women the most, so he said, "This female comrade seems to have a serious attitude towards work and speaks fluent English!"

Peng Yuhua pursed her lips and said, "We'll know when the time comes whether you take it seriously or not."

To be honest, Peng Yuhua was surprised by Jiang Xia's serious attitude, but she was just pretending to be serious or not. Only when the time comes will you know.

She never jumps to conclusions.

She gave the dried fish and small fish that Jiang Xia sent to her assistant: "Take these small fish and eat them! Send the dried fish to the canteen as a side dish for everyone."

***

The next stop was the food factory, but before going to the food factory, Jiang Xia first went to the publishing house and delivered a translated French book, a magazine, and 100 kilograms of dried fish.

Jiang Xia also gave Editor-in-Chief Fan three jars of five-jin small fish to thank her for introducing the translation job to her.

Editor-in-Chief Fan asked her with a smile which factory she chose.

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "I have a choice. I don't want a fixed salary, I just want a commission."

"Commission?"

Jiang Xia explained simply: "There is no salary. Commissions are only given if the deal is successful. I don't know if the deal can be successful, so I just treat it as a training exercise."

Editor-in-Chief Fan understood what he heard and gave a thumbs up: "This is great, the more you work, the more you get. With your ability, you will definitely get more than a fixed daily salary."

Jiang Xia smiled, exchanged a few words with Editor-in-Chief Fan, and then went to the Finance Department to settle the bill.

After Jiang Xia left Editor-in-Chief Fan's office, Editor-in-Chief Fan received a call from the textile factory. She couldn't find a better translator than Jiang Xia, and thinking that Wen Wan's English was also good, she recommended her.

When I went to the Finance Department to check out, Jiang Xia also gave me a jar of sweet and sour fish. These were all potential future customers.

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Snacks are always a necessity in the office.

The person from the Finance Department settled the payment for Jiang Xia. After Jiang Xia left the office, he could not help but say, "This is the first time I settled the translation fee for someone and the money for selling dried fish at the same time!"

Selling dried fish? Is this really the daughter of a big boss?

But these little fish are really delicious, so fragrant! In no time, several employees from the Finance Department ate up most of the jar.

Someone said: "Eating more fish makes you smarter. My child doesn't like to eat fish, but he will definitely like this dried fish. I wonder if Comrade Jiang Xia will sell it?"

"I'll ask her next time. It's so delicious. I'll buy some to take home for my kids."

"My mother loves eating small fish, so I buy some and bring them back to her for the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Next stop, the food factory.

When I went to the food factory in Jiangxia, they didn't give me the small fish they made themselves, but only a bag of dried fish.

The purpose is naturally to let the other party know that her family is a fisherman, so if they need to purchase any fish as raw materials, they can find them then.

The big ship is about to be delivered, and then we can go out to the open sea to fish and catch more fish.

If the fish is sold directly to the food factory, the price can naturally be higher, and it is also cheaper for the food factory to buy from them than from dealers, after all, there is no middleman to make a profit from the price difference or collect commissions.

This time the tractor also drove into the factory, and Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei walked into the factory director's office.

The director of the food factory was a middle-aged lady. When she saw Jiang Xia, she smiled warmly and said, "Xia Xia, I knew that Editor-in-Chief Fan was talking about you."

Jiang Xia: “…”

Again, she knows her, but she doesn’t know her!

She subconsciously looked at Zhou Chenglei, and Zhou Chenglei looked at her.

Jiang Xia: “…”

Jiang Xia could only smile and say, "Aunt Fang."

Fortunately, she asked the guard what the factory director's last name was! Zhou Chenglei had never met Fang Aiyuan, so he said, "Director Fang."

"Why are you being so polite? Just call me auntie like Xia Xia, sit down!"

Fang Aiyuan smiled and asked them to sit down. She poured them a cup of tea and then said to Jiang Xia, "I'll be assured that you'll be working as a translator for the food factory. How about 150 yuan a day?"

Jiang Xia smiled and brought up the same excuse about commission again.

Fang Aiyuan laughed and said, "You can't not pay me. How about this, 100 yuan a day, and then calculate the commission."

It is already good for the food factory to have a turnover of 100,000, but the commission is only 100 yuan.

She will be too embarrassed to give it to him then!

She knew Jiang's mother, and Jiang Xia and her son were classmates. She had watched Jiang Xia grow up, so how could she take advantage of him? Jiang Xia refused: "Aunt Fang, because I have already agreed to be a part-time translator for other factories, I can't be a translator for the food factory all day, so I really don't need to pay you, just a commission."

Why would Jiang Xia feel embarrassed to collect the work for a day? It's not like she helps out at the food factory all day.

Fang Aiyuan: "Okay, as long as you work as a translator for the food factory, that day will be counted as a day's salary, including commissions. Don't argue with me!"

Jiang Xia didn't say anything and would figure it out when the time came.

When leaving, Fang Aiyuan had several boxes of food moved onto the tractor, saying that they were for her to taste and to let her understand the products.

Jiang Xia felt embarrassed.

Fang Aiyuan smiled and said, "Try it carefully and give me some advice. Then we can help our food factory get more orders!"

Jiang Xia smiled and agreed: "Aunt Fang, see you at Suijiao. We'll leave first."

Fang Aiyuan smiled and nodded: "See you at the Guangzhou International Trade Fair. Jingxuan also said he would come back and help with the translation."

Zhou Chenglei's body stiffened.

Jiang Xia is confused! Who is Jing Xuan? I saw everyone's comments asking for more updates, so I will update more today.

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