Chapter 512 A Refined Young Lady from the Republican Era Gets the Male and Female Protagonists Killed (14)
After buying the car, Jin Shu hired a foreign teacher for herself.
She sets aside two hours each day to attend English classes with a foreign teacher.
Five yuan per class, two classes a day, incredibly expensive.
Even the secretary she had just hired couldn't help but ask Jin Shu why she didn't just hire a translator. With the money she had for self-study, hiring a translator would have been more than enough.
Jin Shu shook her head.
"I'm not comfortable handing over my voice to someone else."
The words spoken rely entirely on the translator to reach the foreigner's ears; even a single extra or missing word could lead to a completely different outcome.
Rather than doing that, it would be better to simply take control of the discourse.
Anyway, she has plenty of time to make up for the lessons she missed in the first half of her life.
In addition to her English teacher, Jin Shu also hired a Russian teacher for herself.
The secretary watched as her daughter studied two languages simultaneously every day, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether her young boss was smart or just overly ambitious.
Jin Shu was busy all day long, supervising the workers' production during the day, attending classes at night, and memorizing her lessons during her quiet time.
After gaining a basic understanding of English usage, Jin Shu realized that if she didn't have a perfect communication environment, the only other way to learn English well was through rote memorization.
Jin Shu specially bought a tape recorder, which contained recordings of foreign news broadcasts and novel readings.
At first, Jin Shu couldn't understand what the people inside were saying at all, but as she learned more and more words and became more fluent in grammar, she gradually began to understand the simple conversations on the tape recorder.
The same principle applies to Russian.
Just memorize it by rote and that's it.
Jin Shu had never realized before that she seemed to have a strong talent for learning languages.
Even though she didn't know how long it would take for someone to learn from the most basic 26 letters of the English alphabet to be able to have a simple conversation, she had a vague feeling that she might be a genius after discovering that she could have a simple conversation with her English teacher within a month.
The English teacher asked her if she had studied English systematically before.
Jin Shu thought for a moment, then nodded.
The English teacher then gave her a knowing look.
“At first, I didn’t believe you when you said you had never been exposed to English.”
For someone who has never been exposed to English, it would take half a month just to learn the most basic grammar, let alone to have a free conversation using that grammar.
So I'm guessing you must have studied English for a long time before.
"It seems I can't hide it from you at all. Yes, I did study it."
"Judging from your current English learning speed, I need to change the teaching content."
Next, I will focus on our spoken communication, since your goal is to communicate fluently with foreign businesspeople.
"Okay, please prepare some professional terms related to embroidery and shipbuilding for me. I'll memorize them when I have free time."
The English teacher smiled awkwardly.
"I don't really know much about this kind of vocabulary, but that's okay. My teacher will definitely know. I'll go to the school after class and find you a few more books."
Also, there is a library in our city donated by foreigners, which has many kinds of foreign language books. You only need to get a library card to come and go freely.
However, you need a local student ID to get a library card, but I can lend you mine first.
You need to be either a university student or an international student; there are certain requirements to get into this library.
The English teacher gave his library card to Jin Shu. He was so responsible, and Jin Shu was also generous, directly sponsoring his tuition for the next six months of his exchange program abroad.
"This is too expensive, I'm sorry I can't accept your kind offer."
"You are the best student at Beijing Normal University, majoring in English. You will be a pillar of the nation in the future."
"I'm just doing this to contribute to the country's development. If you can learn advanced knowledge from abroad and use it to help our country, then my sponsorship won't be wasted."
"This...this is too expensive. I've already accepted your tuition fees, how can I accept these?"
Jin Shu smiled calmly and composedly.
"Just consider me a sponsor. When you come back from your exchange program, come and help me out when you have time, okay?"
The boy's name is Feng Guoxu. He is a student in the English Department of Beijing Normal University and a true academic superstar.
The English Department of Beijing Normal University has opportunities to go abroad for exchange every year, but these opportunities are reserved not only for those who are truly capable, but also for students with excellent qualifications.
The school will sponsor transportation and tuition fees, but other expenses will still need to be borne by the student.
At this time, the US dollar was quite valuable internationally, with an exchange rate of approximately one to three silver dollars.
When you take money from China over there, apart from silver dollars, copper coins and paper money are practically worthless.
Feng Guoxu had casually mentioned it in a self-deprecating way, but he never expected Jin Shu to remember it to this day.
"Then I will refund the tuition fee you paid before."
"One thing at a time. Tuition is tuition, and sponsorship fee is sponsorship fee. I'm in business, and I need to keep things separate when it comes to money."
Anyway, don't worry, go ahead and relax. When you come back, I hope you can use your advanced knowledge to help me.
Feng Guoxu was naturally overjoyed at this unexpected opportunity.
After class today, he left with profuse thanks, and before leaving, he lent his student ID to Jin Shu, telling her that she could visit the school anytime after he went away to study.
Jin Shu was indeed quite interested in university. She accepted the student ID and, not long after, watched Feng Guoxu board the ocean liner.
At this time, the first batch of embroidery products from Jin's Embroidery Workshop had already been completed ahead of schedule.
Jin Shu didn't rush to deliver the goods. Instead, she waited until the three months were almost up before sending the goods to the Beilou Chamber of Commerce.
The vice president had already inspected the venue and samples beforehand and was quite satisfied, nodding repeatedly.
"I knew I hadn't misjudged the Jin family. You and your father are both born businessmen."
"Uncle Zhao, you flatter me."
"Come along on the delivery date in a while. I'll introduce you to a foreign businessman."
Jin Shu nodded and took the payment with a smile.
"If this batch of goods catches the eye of foreign buyers, the next batch will be much larger. You absolutely mustn't let me down."
"Don't worry, Uncle Zhao."
Jin Shu finally had some free time while waiting for the delivery.
That day, she took her library card to the city center library and went straight to the area of her major. She immediately saw the English translation of "The History of Chinese Silk".
In addition, there are English books related to the shipbuilding industry.
Because of its high entry requirements, the library doesn't have many people inside.
Jin Shu was sitting by the glass window with a book in her hand when a questioning voice suddenly came from in front of her.
"Jin Shu? What are you doing here?"
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