That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1165: What you don’t understand is the high-end

In a public environment like the workplace, no information could be kept secret. During the lunch hour, the news that Li Ye was going to hold an impromptu English test spread everywhere.

So by half past twelve, the newly built small auditorium of the branch was packed with people, and many people bravely signed up to grab this opportunity to make an appearance.

The first branch factory is a place where ability speaks for itself, so everyone believes that as long as Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang see their abilities, they will have an extra point over others when they are promoted next time.

Niu Hongzhang sat on the stage, watching people coming and going without saying a word. After a long time, he finally couldn't help but let out a silent sigh.

Originally he thought that Li Ye's behavior was just a "prank", but through what he heard and saw at the scene, he saw a lot of things that he didn't usually understand.

The test was conducted very hastily, but several young cadres from a branch factory quickly sorted out the relevant matters. The whole process was organized and busy but not chaotic. During the busy process, they didn't even say much nonsense.

If this is left to the main factory, it’s better not to say anything.

Niu Hongzhang had to admit that the organizational ability of the managers and the mental outlook of the employees of the First Branch were among the best he had ever seen. The First Branch was also the kind of collective that he most wanted to own and control.

Niu Hongzhang believes that if the branch factory can obey his management and follow his instructions, it will surely play a greater role and impress the entire industry. But unfortunately.
[Why do you always ignore the overall situation? ]

The two guys that Niu Hongzhang hated were discussing another issue in the corner at this time.

Lu Zhizhang asked: "Li Ye, are you doing this today to warn Ludwig?
But Wu Yan had been asking him for so long before but nothing happened, and now he says he has contacted some technical service company, I don’t know if that’s true.”

Li Ye said calmly: "Whether it is true or not, we can't always spoil him. When we invited him, our people knew nothing and could only worship him.

Now two years have passed, Wu Yan and his team have already learned most of his abilities. If he is not smarter, he will have to find someone else to take over his annual salary of more than $100,000."

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It turned out that just now, Ludwig "exchanged a word" with Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang, saying that he had contacted a very excellent engine technology research laboratory, which could just solve the difficulties that the first branch was facing.

Ludwig vowed that as long as the money was in place, he could enable a branch factory to master the ability to develop electronic fuel injection gasoline engines within two years.

The electronic fuel injection engine project currently being copied by the first branch was originally a mature technology from a few years ago and was not considered cutting-edge, so Li Ye thought that what Ludwig said was probably true.
However, we still have to wait for news from Kimura Yasai and Lighthouse as to how to discuss the next steps.

There are so many small and medium-sized companies researching engine technology overseas. Many domestic automobile companies in the mainland have relied on their strength in later generations. Li Ye is now the client, so he has to let them compete with each other.

At twelve fifty, ten minutes before the agreed time of one o'clock, Zhou Ziqing found Li Ye.

"Director Li, Guo Xiaosi hasn't arrived yet. How should we sing the show this afternoon?"

"Not here yet? That old lady isn't here either?"

Today's incident was caused by the old lady of the Guo family. If her grandson who is fluent in English had not been present, this good show would have been missing a major supporting role.

Zhou Ziqing said, "I have asked someone to look for it, but if they can't find it, Director Li, you have to be prepared."

"I see. He's not the protagonist anyway."

Li Ye didn't care whether Guo Xiaosi came or not. Ever since Niu Hongzhang and others went to the first branch to watch the fun, he changed the script. He wanted to take the opportunity not only to criticize Ludwig and Kimura Yasai, but also to criticize a group of people in the main factory.

At exactly one o'clock, the old lady of the Guo family and her grandson Guo Xiaosi arrived just in time.

It just looked like Guo Xiaosi was dragged here by his grandmother. He followed behind her with his head down, looking unwilling and resentful, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

"Everyone is here, let's get started! Guo Xiaosi, do you want to go first?"

Li Ye didn't have time to waste with the Guo family's grandparents and grandson, so he called out Guo Xiaosi's name right away.

Guo Xiaosi was obviously a little stage frightened, and said timidly: "I want to get ready first."

"Then get ready. Who will be the next one? Don't be shy. Come on stage with generosity. Section Chief Zhou, you need to set an example! I almost forgot. What a sin."

"Let me recite Rabindranath Tagore's "Life is Like a Summer Flower"! This poem is a bit long, and I don't know if I will forget the words. If I do, please forgive me."

"I hear echoes, from the valley and from my heart,"

"Using the lonely sickle to harvest the empty souls, I keep repeating the determination and the happiness."

After Zhou Ziqing came on stage, she recited a long English poem with rich emotion and intonation, winning applause from everyone.

After Ludwig applauded, he said to Zhou Ziqing: "This is the most beautiful recitation I have ever heard. It reminds me of a teacher of mine in college."

Zhou Ziqing said modestly: "Recitation is different from normal conversation, because recitation can be trained repeatedly, but conversation cannot be trained."

"Girl, I admire your humility"

Ludwig talked to Zhou Ziqing for a few words and gave her high praise.

The people around her also looked at Zhou Ziqing with envy and admiration.

This woman walked all the way under the eyes of everyone who was questioning her, and finally made everyone look up to her with her superb skills and elegant temperament. After Zhou Ziqi's introduction, the people who were preparing to perform felt much more relaxed, so they went on stage one after another, some recited, some sang, and then boldly talked with Ludwig and Nakamura Yasai, which also allowed Li Ye to see all kinds of English from all over the world.

Li Ye observed Guo Xiaosi from time to time and found that his expression kept changing, as if he had the intention of retreating.

But seeing that many people had finished their performances and his grandmother kept urging him, Guo Xiaosi had no choice but to go on stage.

"I also recited Rabindranath Tagore's When Day Is Done"

Guo Xiaosi pinched the corner of his clothes and recited an English poem with a red face. However, this English poem only had a dozen sentences, which was far worse than the one Zhou Ziqing recited.

Moreover, his pronunciation and fluency were very average, far from the level of "proficiency" that old lady Guo mentioned. He stumbled as if he was reciting it at the last minute at noon.

After Guo Xiaosi finished his recitation, he hurried off the stage.

Li Ye immediately stopped him and asked in confusion: "Are you going down now? You haven't talked to the two foreign guests yet!"

Guo Xiaosi was stunned for a moment, and after several seconds he said, "I saw that some others did not communicate with the foreign guests either."

Li Ye smiled and said helplessly: "You are different from them, because your grandmother promised me that you can communicate fluently with foreign guests, so now please prove it."

"I"

Guo Xiaosi opened his mouth as if he wanted to explain something, but he couldn't.

So his grandmother got anxious and rushed over to urge him, "Xiao Si, speak boldly, just like when you practiced English with your dad before. Your dad is a senior translator, and you are better than others."

Guo Xiaosi's eyes suddenly dimmed.

Ever since his father passed away in Japan, he felt that the eyes of everyone around him had changed. All the good things in the past had turned into malice, so his personality also changed.

He actually didn't want to come today because his father told him that although he had a talent for languages, he still needed to study hard and persevere.

But Guo Xiaosi came anyway, unable to resist his grandmother's drag.

But after listening to other people's recitation and conversation just now, he realized that what his father said to him at the time was actually well-intentioned encouragement.

In fact, his English is not even basic, let alone better than anyone else.

But now Guo Xiaosi has become a duck on the shelf and has no choice but to bite the bullet and have awkward conversations with others.

He looked at Ludwig and Kimura Yasai, and finally chose the latter, then he came up with the same conversation starter he used to have with his father.

"The inside story of my medication?"

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When Li Ye heard this, he knew it was over.

Putting aside the question of whether the child's pronunciation is standard or his dialogue is old-fashioned, he just doesn't seem to have any confidence at all. It is impossible for him to communicate skillfully with foreign guests as Mrs. Guo said.

When learning a foreign language, you should "speak it out loud" and don't care about other people's opinions. Even if only you can understand what you say, you should have the mentality of "it's you who doesn't understand, not that I speak badly."

For example, Shagen's earthy English in Chinatown may look funny, but in the end it can still achieve the purpose of normal communication.

But if you are timid and lack confidence, it would be strange if the foreign language you speak is not out of tune.

Although Kimura Yasai completed a set of "dialogue exercises" with Guo Xiaosi with a serious face, it can be seen from his constantly twitching cheeks that he almost couldn't help it.

But even so, when Guo Xiaosi stepped down, his grandmother still said confidently: "See, I told you my grandson is good at English."

Yes, you don’t understand it anyway, so things that you can’t understand are high-end!

Li Ye smiled and waved at Jiang Shiqi, meaning that it was your turn to show.

Jiang Shiqi calmly walked onto the stage, sat directly opposite Ludwig and said, "Hello Mr. Ludwig, can I discuss the Berlin Wall with you?"

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Ludwig was stunned.

Just now, he was actually the same as Kimura Yasai, forcing himself to be patient with those simple conversation exercises and thinking that today's evaluation test was a joke, but at this moment, a powerful one suddenly popped up.

On November 9th last year, the Berlin Wall, which had existed for decades, was torn down. This was one of the major events of the 20th century, so it is definitely a good topic for discussion.

But this kind of topic is not a conversation exercise at the level of "What day is today? The weather is nice today", it has to be a "real chat"!

Not only do you need to have a good command of the language, you also need to have a certain understanding of the matter, otherwise there will be no way to continue the conversation, right?

(End of this chapter)