Chapter 101: Translation Life

  "Little Chen, you see that Secretary Wang is also because of the reception of German friends too important, anxious and said some unpleasant words, you must not take it to heart! " Director Zhang saw the Germans enter the conference room and hastily opened his mouth to mediate between the two.

  Anyone who can survive in the government is a clever and flexible master. With the help of Director Zhang, Secretary Wang hurriedly said: "Yes, sorry about that, young Chen. I was also under too much pressure and was in a hurry. The city finally found such a big benefactor, if we mess things up because of our own reasons, I won't be able to bear the responsibility. If my words just now offended you, please forgive me, young Chen."

  Along with Chen Cuifan's apology, Secretary Wang took the initiative to walk in front of Chen Zhenquan and stretched out both hands to shake his hand, saying: "Teacher Fu, I'm really sorry for earlier. I was too young and impulsive, my words earlier were also very offending!"

  To be honest, the most surprised person in the scene was Chen Chu Fan's father, Chen Zhenquan. His own son, he naturally understood him well. In the past, in order to let him learn English well, he had spent a lot of thought on it. When he received the news that his son could study abroad, he was worried about his son's English level. So when Director Zhang brought his son over to deal with the Germans, he still had some worries. But now, not only did his son say that his English was no longer a problem, but also spoke German so well, which made the old man extremely surprised. Is this really his own son? Or how hard must his son have worked to master these two foreign languages at the same time?!

  Of course, after the surprise comes pride. After all, which parent doesn't hope that their son can make a name for himself? Especially being able to prove himself in front of his old colleague and that arrogant Secretary Wang, it makes Old Chen feel extremely relieved! He has worked hard his whole life, isn't it all for this one son?

  So Chen Zhenquan, who was in a great mood, didn't make things difficult for the young man. Instead, he laughed and said, "No big deal, no big deal, who hasn't had an urgent moment of impatience?"

  Then he said to his son, "Fang Fang, Dad has something to attend to, you stay here and help Director Zhang and Secretary Wang with the work!"

  Chen Chufan smiled wryly and nodded. His own father had spoken, what else could he say? He did want to prove himself, but then turned around and left, letting this Wang guy get anxious, however thinking of his parents still living here, of course couldn't follow his own temper, so could only compromise.

  "Old Chen, what brings you here today?" Seeing the misunderstanding resolved, Chen Zhenquan was about to leave when Director Zhang asked with concern. After all, Chen Zhenquan's son is now the only one who can save his life, so he should show some courtesy to others for their help. Moreover, the formal work has not started yet. If something happens halfway through and this young Chen abandons his post, where will Director Zhang go to find a suitable German translator? So now, Director Zhang must make an effort to win over this Master Chen.

  "Come and get a copy of the internal retirement application form, prepare to apply for internal retirement!" Chen Zhenquan said.

  "Early retirement? Ah, I'm telling you, Old Chen, you're still young, what's the hurry to retire? How about this, I'll arrange something for you later. It just so happens that Old Liu in your workshop is due to retire, how about you take over his position?" Zhang Chang's handwriting was quite bold, after all, Old Liu was the workshop director of Chen Zhenquan's workshop. Although the tire factory wasn't a very large-scale enterprise, the position of workshop director was still a small but official post. It was much better than being an ordinary worker, by who knows how many times.

  Of course, the workshop director gave it away, and Director Zhang also had his own considerations. Although Chen Chu Fan was just a temporary translator, he still had to deal with these Germans for a week. It's not certain that there will be some connections, and when the time comes, it's not certain that there will be a request from this child, first win over his father, it won't be wrong. Besides, although many people are eyeing the position of workshop director, in Director Zhang's eyes, being the director of a small workshop is really not a big deal. Especially since Old Chen was also understood by Director Zhang, he used to be a cultured person, had education and was honest. Doing work was also diligent, being a director was no problem.

  Chen Zhenquan was somewhat surprised by Director Zhang's decision. Having been a worker all his life, he had never thought that he could become a cadre before retiring. He knew in his heart that this was thanks to his son, but after all, it was his own son, and there was nothing to be ashamed of. Of course, he had to say a few humble words on the surface.

  "Director Zhang, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle this director position!"

  "Alright, Old Chen, don't be modest about it. This matter is settled, I think. You don't have to go through the formalities of resignation, just return to the workshop for now. The appointment documents will be issued in a few days!" Director Zhang said with a heroic tone.

  "Yes, Master Chen, don't be modest. Director Zhang has a good eye for people, and since you can raise such an excellent son, why worry about not being able to manage a workshop?" Even Secretary Wang chimed in on the side.

  He can't afford it, this is to add points to his impression in the eyes of young people. He doesn't ask Chen Chufan for anything, just hopes that Chen Chufan won't speak ill of him in the upcoming communication with Germans, and everything will be fine.

  You can't say, Zhang Chang's move is quite useful. At least it makes Chen Chufan, who has been silent all the time, have a good impression of this Uncle Zhang in front of him. Of course, his own father can take on a leadership position, which is very good. At least going to work becomes much easier. The discomfort that was still at the bottom of his heart was also dispelled by Zhang Chang's arrangement.

  "Alright, then thank you Director Zhang and Secretary Wang. Fangfang, you must be diligent in your work and not cause trouble for Director Zhang and Secretary Wang!" Chen Zhenquan was not foolish, so he accepted the task and instructed his son before happily turning around to leave. He had come initially because he was worried that his son would talk big and get into trouble. Now that it was proven that his son had this ability, there was no need for him to continue standing guard here.

  After Chen Zhenquan left, Director Zhang smiled and said to Chen Chufan: "Little Chen, this translation work is entrusted to you. The German inspection team will probably stay here for about a week, and you must accompany them throughout the whole process!"

  "No problem, Uncle Zhang, but you'll have to ask my dad for another leave later."

  Chen Chufan naturally began his translation career, and for a whole week Chen Chufan rarely returned home. During the day, he cooperated with the group's inspection work, and at night, under the arrangement of the factory, he had dinner and entertainment with these people, and then stayed in the hotel where the Germans were staying.

  Chen Chufan's fluent German brought convenience to this group of Germans. As Bel, the only woman in the group, said, she found it hard to believe that Chen Chufan had never been to Germany before. This was thanks to Chen Chufan's super strong memory. Often after talking with this group for a while, Chen Chufan could grasp the dialects spoken by different people among them and then communicate with these people in their local dialects, which even a native German would find difficult to do. Of course, this also made this group of Germans very satisfied.

  Even after Chen Chufan had been translating for four days, the municipal government found a professional German translator to replace him, but this was collectively rejected by the group.

  This made Director Zhang and Secretary Wang look at the young man with even more admiration. They also secretly congratulated themselves, thinking that their initial decision to buy people's hearts was indeed correct.

  So, the inspection work went very smoothly. A week of daily interactions also allowed Chen Chufan to gain the friendship of these German friends. Therefore, when this group of German friends completed their inspection work and prepared to leave, the scene of saying goodbye to Chen Chufan was somewhat reluctant to part ways. Especially Bel, upon learning that Chen Chufan would be going to the United States for further studies, specially left her phone number with Chen Chufan and repeatedly asked him to call her when he arrived in the US, leaving his contact information behind, saying she would find an opportunity to visit him there.

  This scene made other German men make sarcastic remarks, even joking that Bel must have taken a liking to this Chinese young man. The aesthetic views of China and the West are different, Chen Chufan thinks that Bel is not refined enough in his eyes, but in the eyes of most people, Bel should still be considered a beautiful woman with exotic charm.

  This group of people's teasing also let Chen Chufan see the bold personality of Western beauties. In response to everyone's kind teasing, Bel gave Chen Chufan a passionate hug and kiss without hesitation. It made our little Chen classmate blush for half a day. Until this group of people boarded the train, Chen Chufan still felt his face burning. You know, it wasn't just him who saw them off, Director Zhang, Secretary Wang, and several leaders from S City were all there too.

  They couldn't understand the language of this group, so when Bel suddenly made such an ambiguous move, it even changed the way these big shots looked at Chen Chufan.

  After seeing off his German friend and sending away the city leaders with Director Zhang, Chen Chufan got into Director Zhang's car.

  "Hey Little Chen, how's it feel with this foreign chick?" Zhang Changlang joked as soon as they got in the car.

  "Please, Uncle Zhang, stop teasing me!" Little Chen said with a wry smile.

  ...........

  Xiao Chen's translation work for this week was quite satisfactory. However, he had no idea that a video specially recorded for him would astonish several foreign professors thousands of miles away.

  The entire video clip is about 20 minutes long, and Chen Chufan separately showcases his talents on the piano, guitar, and saxophone. Although individually speaking, Chen Chufan's skills may not be too surprising to these professors, but when combined together, it's a different story.

  It is said that each profession has its own specialization, and musical instruments are no exception. If all three were of the same type, perhaps it wouldn't have surprised several old professors so much. But one string instrument, one woodwind instrument, and one keyboard instrument - one plucked, one blown, and one struck, all played with such mastery, yet unseen by anyone before.

  "Hanson, what's your view?" asked one of the five professors in the video, the only woman among them.

  "Although his guitar playing posture is a bit unusual, there's no problem with it, and I think his fingerings are very creative and worth learning from." Professor Hansen said with a wave of his hand.

  "Yes, Professor Kapurin, if you called us here to find evidence of this Chinese student cheating, then I'm afraid we have to apologize. His saxophone playing seems to be his own, at least the movement of his hands and the melody he blew out, I couldn't see anything wrong!" said an elderly professor with white hair but a spirited tone sitting next to Professor Hansen.

  "So playing the piano is no problem at all. So, this young man is really proficient in three instruments? How old is he? How did he do it?" Professor Kapurin said with some surprise. "Okay, I suggest we wait for him to report and test his professional skills ourselves. My god, I'm actually looking forward to seeing this amazing young Oriental man soon."

  A bespectacled professor who had remained silent all along finally concluded, "Alright, Professor Kapurin, keep your expectations up, I believe he will be at the college soon, how about next month?"