Chapter 96: The thing your overseas mission leader asked you to consider is actually...
Chapter 96: Overseas Mission
This is the first time Yan Jiuru has returned to his workplace since he went to college.
"Hey, the college students are back?"
"How's it going? Is college hard?"
"Let's get together someday when we have time!"
The colleagues he met were still enthusiastic, but everyone just greeted him tacitly so as not to waste too much of his time.
They were all working people, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he had come back from school specifically not just to wander around.
When I knocked on the door, Director Wu had just put down the phone. He looked his favorite officer up and down and asked, "Are you adjusting well at school?"
Yan Jiuru nodded, "It's fine. It feels good."
Old Wu gestured for him to sit down and asked, "When does your school have summer vacation?"
Yan Jiuru thought about the meeting between the school office and the student union a few days ago and said, "The country plans to resume normal entrance examinations in July of this year. Therefore, we at Yan University plan to have summer vacation at the end of June and resume classes on September 1st."
"Yes," Director Wu nodded. "Although the organization knows your wife is pregnant and needs care, this mission is still indispensable to you. Please consider it."
Yan Jiuru has become accustomed to the way the leaders here speak.
When your leader asks you to consider something, it has actually been decided. Unless you have some absolutely necessary reason, you cannot refuse it.
Also, if you have any ideas or difficulties, you can mention them briefly, but don't go too far.
"Is this mission difficult?"
The country has many talented people, and even more people who are not afraid of sacrifice. No matter how difficult the task is, they are not necessarily the only ones who can take it on, unless...
Director Wu nodded, "We need to go abroad to carry out the mission."
"Wow! That's great." He has never been abroad since he awakened in this world.
Director Wu opened a drawer and took out a few sheets of paper and handed them to him, "Take a look first."
Yan Jiuru quickly glanced through it and found a list of some mechanical equipment applied for import and an explanation of the reasons for the application.
After reading it once, he returned the materials to the other party.
Director Wu said: "These large-scale machinery and equipment are urgently needed for import by the country, with a total value of over tens of billions of dollars.
my country has previously imported several batches of equipment, all worth hundreds of millions or even billions of US dollars. However, after the equipment arrived, many problems arose. Either the other party had downgraded the technology, or our technicians did not know how to use it, and the equipment could not perform its due functions.
Furthermore, these expensive devices were tricked into our contracts during negotiations, making subsequent spare parts and repairs extremely difficult. We weren't even allowed to make repairs ourselves, forcing us to hire personnel from overseas manufacturers. Furthermore, our technicians weren't allowed to inspect the equipment nearby, yet we had to pay them 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a day in wages.
Yan Jiuru's brows furrowed as he heard this. What kind of contract was this?!
Director Wu continued, “This purchase is the result of careful national research and is a must-import device that will greatly improve people’s livelihoods.
But we can’t fall into the same trap again.
Therefore, this time the relevant leaders hope that you can join the procurement team."
He looked at Yan Jiuru meaningfully and said, "When you go there, you must learn more and observe more, and do your best to avoid the same problem from happening again."
"This burden is very heavy, Xiaoyan!"
Yan Jiuru understood.
This problem might be very difficult for others, but it is much easier for Yan Jiuru. However, at present, he has only learned a few foreign languages when he was on mission in the South China Sea. What if he happens to go to a place where the language is not learned by chance...
"When? Which country?"
"Germany!"
"Oh, a developed country." That's good, he has learned German!
However, he only knows everyday language.
You should know that knowing everyday expressions does not mean you can understand professional technical terms, just like a Chinese student cannot understand a physics textbook.
Director Wu waved his hand and said, "This purchasing delegation plans to depart in mid-July. You will accompany them as an interpreter, and there will be a symbolic screening afterwards.
The institute will help you with all the formalities for going abroad, and someone will follow up with you on the other details. You still have nearly two months to prepare...
***
Two months is not a long time.
Yan Jiuru came out of Institute 107 and went straight to the largest Xinhua Bookstore.
He searched the bookstore for a long time and only found a "Concise Chinese-German Dictionary".
Yan Jiuru had to rush back to school and go to the Yenching University Library to search, and finally found an old Chinese-German Dictionary published in the Republic of China.
As for technical aspects, the German dictionary is completely blank.
For many days, Yan Jiuru went to the Friendship Store to look at imported products whenever he had time, trying to find the Chinese-German version of the product manuals.
“Why don’t imported products have Chinese instructions?”
Chen Yin also noticed that he had taken on another task and had been studying German frantically recently, so she said, "Forget German, even English manuals rarely have Chinese translations."
Before the movement, most imported products had Chinese-translated instructions posted on them. But after the movement began, who would dare to touch English?! And even more so for imported products.
Unexpectedly, Director Wu asked Xiao Zhang to bring him two German technical dictionaries and magazines.
Xiao Zhang whispered, "It took a lot of effort to get it from Hong Kong."
In addition, the institute also specially found an old professor of German to give him individual tutoring in technical German, which made Yan Jiuru feel much more relaxed now.
***
With a firm grasp of the language, Yan Jiuru took the time to return to the institute to prepare the necessary travel supplies.
You need to prepare more talismans of various kinds.
Some things are technically blocked by European and American customs, and even if you have money to buy them, you still can't pass customs.
At this time, the talisman for storing things is very useful.
The invisibility talisman is also necessary, just in case it is needed?
Time passed quickly in the busy preparations. After the final exams of the last semester, Yan Jiuru passed the selection of accompanying translators for the purchasing group as he wished and got his passport to go abroad.
***
In mid-July, Yan Jiuru and a group of more than ten purchasing members embarked on a journey abroad.
It was also at this time that Yan Jiuru realized how strict the regulations were for traveling abroad, and even the amount of foreign exchange each person was set by the state.
Fortunately, his talisman had a special approval from the local government, otherwise, think about what he could buy with 20 yuan?
Fortunately, Air China launched flights from Yancheng to Frankfurt in June this year, otherwise they would have to take a detour.
Their flight took off at 11 a.m. and landed at Frankfurt Airport 13 hours later.
The flight time was not too long, and half of the people in the purchasing group were flying for the first time. They were so excited and surprised by the novelty that they didn’t feel tired at all.
As soon as the purchasing group came out, they saw people from our embassy holding signs to greet them.
Among the tall and strong foreigners, our people appear to be noticeably thin, which is noticeable at a glance.
Lin Maosheng, the leader of the group, clearly knew the staff who met them at the airport. He waved his arms and excitedly called out, "Sister Gao!"
Sister Gao and two other staff members came forward warmly and shook hands with everyone: "Thank you for your hard work!"
“It’s not hard, it’s not hard!”
Everyone grinned, wishing for more of this kind of hard work.
***
They didn't bring much luggage with them when they went abroad, so they carried it all in their hands. After asking, Sister Gao took everyone to get on the bus.
The embassy arranged a minibus.
On the way to the bus, everyone was surprised to find that it was still light outside.
"Hey, it's not dark here yet!" It was my first time experiencing jet lag, and it felt quite strange.
Sister Gao smiled and said, "When we get on the bus later, everyone remember to set your watches back six hours. During this time in Germany, the time we are talking about is local time, don't forget."
This is really important.
As they were talking, Yan Jiuru and the others realized that Sister Gao and the others had come all the way from Bonn, the capital of West Germany, to Frankfurt to pick them up.
It takes them at least six or seven hours to drive back and forth from Bonn, but this is just to save them some trouble when they first arrive here. Thank you for the convenience.
As soon as we arrived in Germany, we felt the love from our motherland.
***
I got on the minibus and the driver was also Chinese.
Sister Gao clapped her hands and introduced the next arrangements to everyone:
"Everyone has worked hard today. We will go to the center of Frankfurt to check in, have dinner, and then adjust to the time difference and rest for half a day.
Your main destination is in the Ruhr industrial area in the west and northwest, more than 200 kilometers from here. Tomorrow, we will take the same bus and depart from the hotel promptly at 8:30 after breakfast."
"...Food and accommodation are all standard. In our country, foreign exchange is very important, so our food and accommodation are mainly simple.
Apart from the unified arrangements, personal expenses must be borne by oneself. I believe I have told everyone this before this came out.
I'd like to emphasize this again: if you're not familiar with the environment, try not to go out without permission. Be careful with your belongings, as there are many looting incidents here. Also, if anyone tries to approach you, be sure to report it to the organization."
After stressing the importance of organization and discipline, Sister Gao told everyone, "Come on, comrades wearing watches, turn your hands back six hours."
Those who can travel abroad basically wear a watch on their wrist.
Everyone started to take action at this time, and Yan Jiuru also followed suit and moved the hands.
"Germans attach great importance to the concept of time. When they say a certain time, it means that time. They must be punctual."
"Also, regarding the diet, the main dishes for dinner later on will be black bread, jam, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut soup, and sausages. We'll also have coffee and milk to drink. You might feel good for a short time, but you might not feel the same after a few days."
"If any comrades have stomach discomfort or constipation, please tell us, otherwise you will suffer."
“Hahaha~”
Sister Gao’s words caused everyone to laugh.
Talking about business, Sister Gao became serious: "Germans are famous for their arrogance, but we are buyers, and we can't bow our heads when buying things. We just need to stand up straight."
"If there's a problem you can't handle, don't get into a fight, and remember to call the embassy."
Arrived at the hotel.
With the embassy staff present, Yan Jiuru, the translator, did not play a big role. He just explained some luggage and other items when checking in.
Even with just a few words, Yan Jiuru understood the arrogance that Sister Gao meant.
The Germans really look down on us.
Even the luggage handlers didn't bother to look at them, but were diligently helping other foreigners with their luggage.
"Those people gave tips." An accompanying embassy staff member whispered to everyone.
Because our country is short of foreign exchange, people basically don't give tips when they go out to do things, so these people ignore us.
Okay, everyone just bear with it.
***
Yan Jiuru took the key and went to the room with everyone. He was assigned room 1103, which was on the 11th floor, and there was a middle-aged man living with him.
When everyone entered the elevator carrying their luggage, Yan Jiuru noticed that the other guests were pulling suitcases with wheels, while only their group was carrying large and small bags.
It has to be said that in order to go abroad, many people specially bought new luggage bags, which, in comparison, also appear to be full of rustic flavor.
The Demon Lord laughed.
He already felt that this mission would definitely be rich and colorful.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
