Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 311 (Happy New Year to all the babies on the first day of the new year!) Isn’t there a translator in the provincial capital?

When Jiangbian Wataru received the notice, he didn't feel anything, but Chen Luyang was very excited.

Having such an opportunity to participate in such a large-scale event in the province is definitely a rare life experience.

"Mom, it's a good thing you bought me this Zhongshan suit, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to wear any other clothes."

After work, Chen Luyang went to the barber shop to get a haircut and took a shower.
The young man stood at attention in front of the mirror, looking so energetic!
"What else can I say to your mother~" Feng Jiuxiang stood in front of Chen Luyang happily and straightened the collar of his clothes.

The more the old man looked at his son, the more he liked him.

"You didn't even let me buy this!"

"If you're not allowed to buy it, what are you going to wear tomorrow?"

Chen Luyang said cheerfully: "Otherwise, it's my good mother who is being harmed~"

"Mom, which pair of pants do you think I should wear tomorrow? The black one or the blue one?"

“Black!”

Feng Jiuxiang said decisively: "Black looks solemn. Mom will polish your leather shoes later..."

On the kang in the room, Chen Dazhi was holding a radio in his hand, looking at the mother and son in the main room with a little jealousy.

I heard that Chen's mother wanted to polish her son's shoes.
Father Chen coughed twice deliberately. "Well, my dear, you said you would make me shoes tonight. Did you do it?"

Mother Chen glared at Father Chen and said, "I'm busy! I have to polish my son's shoes tonight. If you can help, come and help. If you can't, just lie down and listen to your radio!"

After saying that, Chen's mother picked up a small rag, picked up Chen Luyang's leather shoes, and squatted in the yard to rub them.

"Humph!"

Father Chen looked at Mother Chen resentfully, then turned his back and lay down.

Early the next morning,
Chen's mother got up early and went to the morning market to buy some big fruits.

The whole family now benefits from Chen Luyang's love, and they have fresh milk to drink at home every day.

Sun Junjun tore up some big fruits and soaked them in milk, eating them deliciously.

Chen Luyang and Chen Lingling also ate with relish.

"Grandma, big fruits are still the best!" Sun Junjun couldn't help but praise while eating.

"If you like it, grandma will buy it for you tomorrow." Mother Chen looked at Sun Junjun with a loving face.

After saying that, Mother Chen looked at Chen Luyang and said softly:
"Eat more, son. We don't know when your reception will end, and I'm starving!"

"Mmmmmmm!" Chen Luyang was eating happily.

Hearing what Mother Chen said, Chen Luyang raised his head, still chewing the large fruit and pickles, and said coquettishly:

"Thank you mom~"

Mother Chen couldn't help but reach out and wipe the milk off Chen Luyang's chin. She smiled and said, "What are you thanking me for? Look at how old you are, and you still don't have good table manners!"

"Hehehe~"

When Chen Luyang saw his mother wiping his chin, he moved closer and raised his chin to cooperate with her movements.

After finishing his meal, Chen Luyang put on a Mao suit, shiny leather shoes, and rode his bicycle to the factory gate.

At the factory gate, Wataru Ebe has arrived.

A pair of short legs were sitting astride a bicycle, looking intently at the newspaper posted on the billboard.

Chen Luyang was watching the fun.

Hey!
This little Japanese can even read the newspaper? ?

He rode his bicycle to the side of Jiangbian Wataru, only to see Jiangbian Wataru looking at a page of the newspaper seriously.

"Luyang-kun! Look, this is someone from our country!"

Chen Luyang looked in the direction of Wataru Ichiro's finger pointing at the riverside.

The newspaper published the news that Grandpa Xiaoping met with the visiting delegation of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentary League.

The news also stated: "Grandpa Xiaoping pointed out that our country is unwaveringly pursuing the Four Modernizations. We can only achieve the level of a moderately prosperous society by the end of this century. Through hard work, we envision doubling it in ten years and quadrupling it in two decades, reaching a per capita GDP of $1,000!"
Chen Luyang was amused!

"Let's go to the riverside~ We can be considered witnesses of history today."

We won’t be able to see any meetings at the national level.

But the meeting with the province is also a rare and precious opportunity!

According to the provincial notification and arrangements, the meeting place between the provincial capital and the delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan was chosen to be the International Hotel.

Although Songting Hotel is also a hotel for foreign guests.

However, the International Hotel was once invested and operated by a Japanese company, and some of the facilities and supplies in the hotel still retain some Japanese styles.

In terms of historical evolution, it is more suitable than Songting Hotel.

In addition, the International Hotel's exterior design is a Russian "accordion" building, and its decoration style is gorgeous and beautiful.

Therefore, after careful consideration, the province decided to use the International Hotel as the place to receive Japanese foreign guests.

When Chen Luyang led Jiangbian Wataru to the International Hotel, the entire hotel was full of staff inside and out.

After checking the identities of Jiangbian Wataru and Chen Luyang, a staff member led the two to a large circular conference room.

After all, today is the first time the two parties meet, and the main purpose is to greet each other, so the conference room chosen is a "theater-style" conference hall suitable for speeches, rather than a formal round table conference room.

All the seats are neatly arranged in rows, facing the main podium in front.

Those who are able to appear and sit here today are either leaders of the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, or leaders of various key departments such as the Cultural Bureau, Industry and Commerce Bureau, and Economic and Planning Commission.

Logically speaking, Chen Luyang's status and position are good enough for him to have a place in this small corner.

But who made him come here as Ebe Wataruichiro's translator?
As a Japanese expert who came to the provincial capital to help the machinery factory improve automobile technology, the province specially arranged a seat in the first row for Wataru Ebe.

With the help of Ebe Wataru, Chen Luyang happily sat in the first row, waiting for the reception ceremony to begin.

Although every seat in the conference room was arranged, most people either accompanied provincial leaders to the train station to pick up the delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan, or waited at the hotel entrance. Few people were sitting in the conference hall.

Chen Luyang had eaten a big fruit in the morning, and now his stomach was full of milk and oil, and he was not hungry at all.

But in the morning, Wataru Ebe just ate two steamed buns and some pickles in the cafeteria.

After riding such a long distance early in the morning, I’m not hungry, but I’m not full either.

There happened to be candies and cakes on the side table next to the conference room.

Wataru Ebe's little eyes glanced at the pastries on the table again and again, and finally he stood up, first bowed politely to the hotel staff beside the table, pointed at the pastries on the table and said a few words, then ran back happily with a few pieces of pastries.

Before Chen Luyang could react,
In line with the principle that one should not eat alone, Jiangbian Wataru gave half of the candies and pastries in his hand to Chen Luyang.

"Missy, Missy, Missy~"

As Wataru Ebe said this, he stuffed the pastry into his mouth.

Maybe I ate too quickly, and some pastry crumbs fell on the carpet.

The next moment, a restaurant worker ran over with water. After handing the water to Ebe Wataru, the worker squatted on the ground and quickly picked up the fallen pastry crumbs with his fingers and put them in his pocket.

This scene not only shocked Chen Luyang, but also embarrassed Jiangbian Wataru.

Wataru Ebe immediately stood up and bowed to the waiter, apologizing repeatedly for causing trouble for him.

Chen Luyang was inspired by the service attitude of the International Hotel.

No wonder it was a hotel that was once managed and invested by the Japanese...

He carefully looked around the hotel again, and it was true that the hotel was clean inside and out.

It’s not spotless, but it’s permeated with “carefulness and seriousness” everywhere.

In terms of meticulousness, Songting Hotel is really not as good as the International Hotel.

After what happened just now, Chen Luyang and Jiangbian Wataru became more careful about what they ate.

The cakes are eaten with the palm of the hand, and the leftover crumbs are licked into the mouth with the tongue.

The main goal is not to cause trouble to the hotel staff!
When the two of them had almost finished eating, they heard some commotion outside, as if a lot of people had arrived.

Following a round of applause,
The door of the conference room opened, and Chen Tuo and the delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan walked in, chatting and laughing with everyone.

Chen Luyang pulled Jiangbian Wataru and signaled him to stand up and greet him.

Wataru Ebe rubbed the wet palms he had just licked on his pants, then stood up and clapped along with Chen Luyang.

In the crowd, Chen Tuo's sharp eyes swept over Chen Luyang.

In the solemn and beautiful conference room, a young man in a Zhongshan suit stood in front of his seat and applauded calmly and dignifiedly. He was truly a handsome and elegant man.

When Chen Tuo's eyes turned to Jiangbian Wataru Ichiro beside him, his smile froze.
The Japanese expert Wataru Ebe was seen with his hair shaved off as a worker, wearing a work suit issued by the machinery factory and Liberation shoes. He also raised his hands and clapped with the crowd.

That's fine.

What makes people frown the most is that it is unclear whether Wataru Ebe picked up someone else's pants or his legs are too short.

The overalls were bunched up at the ankles, and you could vaguely see where the trouser legs were folded inward.

wipe……!!!
Chen Tuo felt a little unhappy.

What's going on with Wang Qingzhou!

When foreign friends come, can’t you buy them a pair of pants that fit them?

This makes outsiders think that we are stingy and don't even want to give people a pair of pants to wear.

On the other hand, Chen Luyang dressed himself up to look like a decent person.

Those who don’t know might think that Chen Luyang is a Japanese expert, and that Ebe Wataru is the accompanying translator who was born and raised in that machinery factory.

Chen Tuo shifted his gaze to Chen Luyang again.

...Well, my daughter has good taste.

Chen Luyang didn't know if it was an illusion, but he actually felt that when Chen Tuo looked at him, there was a hint of closeness and...admiration in his eyes?

Chen Luyang immediately clapped even more enthusiastically!
Accompanied by applause, Chen Tuo led the delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan to Chen Luyang, pointed at Jiangbian Wataru and introduced him enthusiastically:

"This is Comrade Ebe Wataruichiro. He's currently working as a technical expert at our provincial machinery factory, helping us build cars."

As soon as Chen Tuo finished speaking, a little girl standing behind him translated Chen Tuo's words to the delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan in fluent Japanese.

Oh yo? ?
translate!

Chen Luyang glanced at the little girl standing behind Chen Tuo.

The little girl looks average, with small, long eyes, but when she smiles, she has two dimples on her face, and she smiles when she talks. She's quite cute!
After hearing the little girl's translation, the delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan exchanged a few words with Wataru Ebe in Japanese.

The two groups of Japanese were chatting with each other, and the little girl was responsible for translating their conversation to Chen Tuo and the others.

Chen Luyang just listened as if nothing happened.

You know what, the little girl's translation is pretty good, and the wording is pretty accurate.

As he listened, Chen Luyang began to wonder...

Isn't there a Japanese translator in this provincial capital?

Deputy Director Yu and Old Hao didn't know how they found him back then. They went all the way to Pianer City, but they ended up finding such a frail and sickly person!

After a few brief greetings, Chen Tuo led the delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan to their seats.

Leaders from other departments such as the Cultural Bureau, Industrial and Commercial Bureau, Economic and Planning Commission, and Propaganda Department also sat below.

The reception ceremony officially began.

First, Chen Tuoxian gave a speech, expressing his hospitality as host and welcoming the delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan.

The delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan also brought an accompanying translator, and the two sides began to communicate with each other.

Chen Luyang was not very interested in these polite words.

In comparison with his peers, his biggest focus was still the young translator girl behind Chen Tuo.

This little girl's Japanese is pretty good, and the translation is spot on, but it's a pity that she's too stupid and only knows how to translate!
Perhaps in order to be prepared, the girl took a notebook and pen to record the key words, and also prepared some temporary materials that could be used.

Unfortunately, the leader of the delegation sent by the Niigata City Government of Japan had a heavy accent and spoke in a low voice.
The little girl kept frowning and leaning forward to listen, and she almost pricked Chen Tuo several times.

Chen Tuo thought he was squeezing the little girl, so he kindly moved the stool to the side. As a result, the little girl didn't notice and almost fell to the ground.

It was Chen Tuo who reached out and helped her back.

After waiting for a long time for the meeting to end, the group got up and went to the restaurant of the International Hotel for dinner.

Don't be fooled by the large number of people sitting in the audience.

When it was time to eat, there were only a few dishes left.

Thanks to the blessing of Jiangbian Wataru,
After the meeting, under the guidance of the staff, Chen Luyang sat back at the dinner table as an interpreter.

But what he didn't expect was that Ma Jun, the former factory director's secretary, was also at the dinner table!

"Brother Ma!~" Chen Luyang saw Ma Jun at the restaurant door and immediately ran over happily to shake hands with Ma Jun.

"Little Chen, it's really you!" Ma Jun happily held Chen Luyang's hand.

"You looked familiar to me at the meeting just now, but there were so many people that I couldn't recognize you. How are you now? Is everything going well at the factory?"

Chen Luyang said happily, "I'm doing well now, and our factory is doing very well too. By the way, Brother Ma, which large company do you work for now?"

Previously, Ma Jun caused trouble with the director's secretary in the machinery factory because of his job transfer.

Later, Ma Jun left the factory, and Chen Luyang didn't pay much attention to where he went.

But I think the department he went to must be good.

Ma Jun smiled and said, "I'm at the Industry and Commerce Bureau now."

(End of this chapter)