Chapter 291 Lin Siqiao's Nonsense
Although Mr. Louis looks honest, he is actually old and doesn't tell the truth.
What do you mean there is no time to prepare? These are their employees’ daily meals.
If Lin Siqiao hadn't seen the whole plate of braised pork, he would have believed it.
Everyone knows that Chinese people are the only people in the world who have a special liking for pork.
"Translator Lin, the factory director said so much, what did he say?"
There were few members of the delegation who could speak French, and this dialect-like French was no different from a foreign language to them.
Lin Siqiao understood Mr. Louis's subtext. Wasn't he just trying to say how good the treatment was at their steel plant? Lin Siqiao just wasn't what he wanted.
"What the factory manager meant is that they have done their best to ensure that we have good food and drink!"
Everyone felt embarrassed when they heard this. "This is too expensive. Interpreter Lin, just tell him that you don't have to be so polite."
"I see what this is called... the vegetable salad one is very good."
Lin Siqiao was embarrassed after hearing this, "But the price of vegetables in China is sometimes more expensive than meat..."
She wasn't talking nonsense about this.
"Well, forget it." If meat and vegetables are the same price, then it's definitely better to eat meat.
Mr. Louis thought his goal had been achieved, so he extended his hand enthusiastically.
"Everyone can start now."
The members of the delegation subconsciously looked at Lin Siqiao, seeing her holding the fork in her left hand and the knife in her right hand, they also started to imitate her.
So the next scene was very interesting. Whatever dish Lin Siqiao picked up, everyone followed suit.
Just follow her and you won’t go wrong.
But soon, everyone discovered something was wrong.
Among the dishes on the table, Lin Siqiao took a small bite of almost every one of them, except for two dishes which she did not touch at all from beginning to end.
One dish is a big, fragrant roast chicken, and the other is a greasy braised pork.
"Translator Lin, do we have to keep those two dishes intact?" Section Chief Li next to him asked in a low voice.
Lin Siqiao shook his head. "Not really. I just heard that Chinese turkey and pork are not very tasty."
Section Chief Li didn't think much about it. No matter how bad the meat tasted, it couldn't be that bad.
Since it was edible, he felt relieved. As soon as Lin Siqiao finished speaking, Section Chief Li scooped a piece of braised pork with a spoon and put it into his mouth.
"..." Lin Siqiao wanted to stop him but failed.
As soon as the meat entered his mouth, Section Chief Li regretted it so much that he wanted to cry.
An indescribable fishy smell coupled with a strange sweet and sour taste, this is not braised pork, it is clearly "sweet and fishy" meat.
But with so many people at the table, it would not be appropriate to spit it out at this time, so he could only swallow it while suppressing his nausea.
Mr. Louis saw Chief Li rolling his eyes as if he was in pain, and thought that something was stuck in his throat.
He quickly called his assistant, who responded quickly and brought over a can of Coke in a short while.
You have to know that in that era, not only was there no Coke for sale in the country, even cans had never been seen.
After all, they are scientific researchers, so they don’t care what is in the can. Instead, they are amazed at how the steel can be pressed so thin!
"Here, drink a sip quickly, and you won't feel uncomfortable after it goes down."
Lin Siqiao translated this as usual.
As for the question of how much a bottle costs and how many bottles of Coke a steel plant employee can buy with his hourly wage, Lin Siqiao did not even mention it.
Just wanted to tell you that the original name of this drink was "Tadpole Gnawing Wax".
It was later translated into "Coca-Cola" by a Chinese student, and then it became popular all over the world!
After hearing this, the members of the delegation nodded repeatedly. They said, "We Chinese must be the ones who have come up with this name. It's so catchy."
After talking nonsense for the whole afternoon, Lin Siqiao was exhausted. As soon as he finished his meal, he followed Fang's staff back to his accommodation.
At 2:00 p.m., they will visit the entire factory accompanied by Fang.
Fortunately, Lin Siqiao is the only female comrade in the entire delegation, so it is much more convenient for her to live alone.
As for the words that were missed at noon, Lin Siqiao sorted them out separately and handed them to Captain Jiang. She spent the rest of the time in the space.
The steel technology of the era has been obsolete for many years compared to later generations.
Technical books are not difficult to find.
The difficulty is that the little knowledge Lin Siqiao has learned through translation is totally insufficient.
She could only make up for it during the lunch break.
However, cramming at the last minute does have its benefits. At least during the afternoon visit, Lin Siqiao's ability to "talk nonsense" became even better.
The result of her nonsense was that the delegations felt relieved.
Everyone laughed privately and said that this return trip was quite generous. Although the technical matters were still kept secret, they still made a lot of money on this trip.
Five days passed in a flash, and Lin Siqiao did not attend the group meeting except for the first night.
For the next two days, she was invited by Captain Jiang to sit in on the lectures.
And from time to time I would ask her what she thought.
At first, everyone didn't quite understand this.
It was not until Head of Group Jiang pointed out that most of the technical manuals currently used in the country were translated by Lin Siqiao that the members of the delegation finally reacted.
No wonder they didn’t feel like they were being controlled by anyone during these days of study and communication.
The overall feeling can be summed up in three words: very smooth!
After a few days of research, they have finally made some unexpected discoveries that were previously technically impossible.
Without Lin Siqiao's precise translation, they really wouldn't have been able to do it.
To be honest, everyone was in a depressed mood when we came here, but now it is completely different and everyone has become more confident.
It was already past five in the evening when we arrived in Ba City, and the delegation members had just got off the bus with their luggage.
After receiving the news, Ambassador Dong and his staff went outside to greet them.
The group went straight into the conference room and held a small meeting.
"How is it going, Captain Jiang, has the inspection been going smoothly these days?"
Many things are inconvenient to talk about on the phone, but judging from Captain Jiang's expression, he should have gained a lot this time.
Captain Jiang nodded, told him what had happened over the past few days, and then spoke.
"These two are the chief technical engineers of Shougang. Now that their training at the steel plant has been completed, can you arrange the fastest flight for them to return home?"
"There are problems with the data from several previous experiments. They need to rush back to correct them as soon as possible."
Ambassador Dong was also very happy to hear this. Being able to discover the mistake means that a solution has been found.
"No problem, I'll get in touch right away."
After the call, Ambassador Dong took out a video file from the drawer and asked the staff to bring the playback equipment over.
Captain Jiang took the document and looked over it again and again. "What is this?"
The information was delivered early this morning, and Ambassador Dong has not had time to read it. He guessed that it should be air show information or something like that.
As they were talking, the staff came up carrying the equipment.
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