An accident almost happened in the exhibition hall. Although Bo Mint had a near-miss, she was still a little frightened. As a result, she was restless after returning home that night and even had nightmares at night.
When it dawned the next morning, she couldn't remember what she had dreamed about specifically, but she vaguely remembered that she seemed to be dreaming about her deceased father, and that her father was covered in blood.
"No..." She woke up from the nightmare.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" An An heard her exclamation and quickly broke in.
Mint slowly came back to her senses and gently held An An in her arms, "Don't be afraid An An, mom is fine, she just had a nightmare."
"Don't be afraid, mom. An An is here and I will protect her!" An An consoled her sensibly.
Mint felt warm in her heart and hugged her son tighter until the alarm clock rang suddenly.
It's six o'clock!
"An'an, hurry up, wash your face and brush your teeth, otherwise you will be late for school!"
"Well, mom, get up quickly, otherwise you will be late for work!" An An said mischievously.
Mint couldn't help but smile when she saw her son rushing into the small bathroom.
So happy to have An An!
She also got up quickly, washed up, and had some breakfast.
At seven o'clock, go out on time.
As usual, she arrived at the office on time at nine o'clock.
Surprisingly, Fang Yuan came to work, and her arm was even wrapped with gauze!
So dedicated!
Lin Lin was still frightened. After seeing Fang Yuan, she quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Miss Fang. I'm really sorry. It's my fault that made you hurt."
Mint also spoke with difficulty, "I am also responsible. Miss Fang, how is your injury?"
"It's nothing serious, it's just that I can't drive, but it was Guan Yi who took me home yesterday." Fang Yuan said with a half-smile.
Mint pursed her lips slightly, and suddenly felt a bad taste in her mouth, and even more so in her heart.
Fang Yuan turned around and entered her office.
Mint also told herself not to think too much, and quickly sat back down in her seat, but her bright eyes could not conceal a hint of disappointment.
But there was too much work to allow her to think about it for too long.
She quickly calmed down her emotions, lowered her head and started working.
There will be a very important meeting this morning, and all people from several language groups will attend. Guan Shouheng will preside over it personally.
Berlin was the host city of the last expo, Xihai is the home venue of this one, and Paris is the host city of the next expo. In order to reflect the friendship between the three countries, the organizing committee decided to hold a news media meeting in a few days.
One is the host city of the previous one, one is the host city of this year, and the other is the host city of the next one. It serves as a link between the past and the future. Therefore, before this media meeting has even been held, the outside world has already made a fuss about it. You can imagine how important it is. , so this media meeting can only succeed and cannot fail.
It is reported that this media meeting will be attended by more than 300 media from around the world. China, France and Germany will all send spokespersons, and simultaneous interpretation will be used.
At the meeting, Chinese, French, and German all need to have dedicated people in charge.
The core issue discussed in today's meeting is to select on-site translators and simultaneous interpreters.
Mint had not thought about this because she had never had any experience in a conference venue, but then again, there were not many people in the French team who had real experience in simultaneous interpretation.
According to the position, the team leader is certainly qualified, but only one team leader is not enough. At least two more people must be found.
Fang Yuan is also qualified, but she is injured now and doesn't know if her physical strength is still good. After all, simultaneous interpretation is a job that requires both mental and physical strength.
Qiao Nawei can basically be ruled out. Even if she came back from studying abroad, during the expo, she basically made jokes and was obviously not competent.
Further down, there are the small staff like her. Among these small staff, there are some like her who are inexperienced, and there are also some like Lin Lin who are young and not calm enough.
Therefore, it is not easy to find the truly suitable candidate.
At 10:30 in the morning, all members of the French team entered the large conference room. Later, all members of the German team also arrived, and two rows of people were ready.
Not long after, Guan Shouheng and his assistant slowly walked into the conference room.
Guan Shouheng was about to speak when a cell phone ringing interrupted him.
Mint was suddenly startled and quickly took out the mobile phone in his pocket. When he saw it, it turned out to be the number of An'an School!
"Sorry, I'm going out to take a call..." She knew it was not the right time to answer the phone, but she had to answer it!
She stood up in a hurry and ran towards the door of the conference room.
Although all her attention was focused on An An's call, she still heard the sighs and comments behind her.
"Did you make a mistake? You answered the phone during the meeting?"
"Who does she think she is? Is she still the mayor's daughter? How rude!"
"There is no professional ethics at all! How can such a person still stay in the language center?"
"It's not just wishful thinking. You still want to get back together with Mr. Guan, right?"
"Young Master is so awesome! Is it just the way she is now?"
Mint subconsciously frowned and ran out of the conference room faster.
When she reached the corridor, she quickly picked up the phone and asked anxiously, "Hello? Is this An An?"
"It's me, mom." An An's voice sounded normal. Mint was relieved, but still worried.
"An'an, why did you call your mother all of a sudden? Did something happen? Are you feeling unwell again?"
"No, no!" An An quickly denied, and then comforted her and said, "Mom, I just finished class and came to the phone booth to call you to ask how you are? You don't look very good this morning."
Mint's heart felt warm, "Don't worry An'an, mom is fine!"
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. Is your mother's current voice normal?"
"..." There was silence on the other end of the phone for three seconds before An An's voice was heard again, "Okay, Mom, I'm relieved that you're okay."
Mint smiled and said, "Okay An'an, mom is fine, don't worry! Go back to class quickly, mom has to go to a meeting too."
"Okay, goodbye mom."
"Well... wait a minute, An'an! I remember you have physical education class today, right? You have to be careful, don't get hurt!"
"I know mom, I will pay attention."
"Okay, then goodbye!"
"goodbye!"
After Mint ended the call, he put his phone into silent mode.
In fact, when working, the mobile phone should be turned off or muted, but these years, she has taken An An alone, and the school can only contact her for anything. She is afraid that if anything happens to An An, the school will not be able to contact her.
As a parent, I never dare to mute the sound.
But she just talked to An An, and she was sure that An An was fine, so she now safely changed the phone mode, otherwise she would just put the phone on the table during the meeting.
Mint turned around and re-entered the conference room. After entering, she froze at the door. After seeing everyone's strange looks, she quickly said apologetically, "I'm sorry, something happened just now, so..."
"What is so important? We are in a meeting now, what could be more important than this?" Qiao Nawei asked bluntly.
Mint secretly grasped the mobile phone in her palm, speechless.
Fang Yuan also spoke, "Miss Bo, please don't be offended. What Miss Qiao actually means is that it's not good for so many of us to be waiting for you alone."
This was said very skillfully. On the surface, it did not criticize her harshly, but it was still trying to save her from the situation, but in fact, it was adding salt to her wounds and making her even more embarrassed.
Mint felt helpless. It was such a small thing, but it had to be made a fuss about? Aren't you tired?
If they weren't tired, she was tired!
"I'm sorry, I'll pay attention next time." She said apologetically.
The reason why she apologized was not because she gave in, but because she really felt that her behavior was inappropriate.
She will never back down from the responsibilities she should bear!
Just like yesterday, when she was in the exhibition hall, she apologized to Fang Yuan who was injured.
"Guan Yi, it's almost time, let's get started." The assistant said softly to Guan Shouheng.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the front again.
Mint also slowly raised his eyes and saw Guan Shouheng in the chief position, with a serious face and no apparent expression.
Isn't he happy too?
She subconsciously tightened her breathing.
Lin Lin quickly winked and winked at her, "Mint, why are you still standing there? Come back and sit down!"
The distance was too far, Mint didn't hear it, and still stood frozen at the door.
Fang Yuan was sitting on the right side of Guan Shouheng. She also raised her eyes and looked at him, opened her lips, but stopped talking.
Unexpectedly, Guan Shouheng spoke the next second, but it was aimed at Mint, and his tone was extremely stern, "Miss Bo, what Miss Fang and Miss Qiao just said are reasonable. It is very unusual for you to answer private calls during the meeting.
Inappropriate behavior! Due to time constraints, I won’t punish you, but after the meeting, you have to clean up the conference room!”
He punished her again, and in front of so many people, in such a direct way!
Mint's face suddenly felt hot and red, and there was an indescribable feeling in her heart.
"Yes, Mr. Guan." She gritted her teeth and said in a low voice.
"Go back to your original position and sit down!" His eyes were cold and terrifying.
"Yes." She lowered her head and walked back to her seat. After sitting down, her hands unconsciously grasped the hem of her skirt.
The meeting began immediately, and Guan Shouheng's deep and pleasant voice slowly sounded, "The main content of today's meeting is to select a few people to be the on-site interpreters for the media meeting..."
She listened very carefully and tried very hard, but she couldn't understand a word. All she could think about was, why did he punish her again?
Just because she answered a phone call when the meeting was about to start? Should she be punished so severely?
This conference room is so big, and there are so many people attending the meeting today. Even the cleaners need two or three people to clean it up, and...he clearly knows that she doesn't know how to do housework.
Even if he wanted to punish her, he could have punished someone else. Why this one? Why did he have to embarrass her so much?
It's been a long time since he deliberately made things difficult for her, so why did he suddenly go back to his old self?
Could it be... was it because she caused Fang Yuan to be injured yesterday? He felt distressed?
"I will do the German translation, and two more people will be selected to cooperate. For the French team, a total of three people will be selected..." Guan Shouheng said calmly and calmly.
But Mint's head was in a mess, buzzing non-stop, and she couldn't hear anything, until her name was called.
"Miss Bo!" Guan Shouheng suddenly looked at her with sharp eyes.
Mint came back to her senses quickly and raised her eyes to meet his judging eyes.
She secretly clenched her hands into fists, tried to stay calm and asked, "Mr. Guan, what are your orders?"
Guan Shouheng remained expressionless and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Louis was full of praise for you yesterday. At the media meeting, he will be the spokesperson of France. What he means is that you will be his simultaneous interpreter.
translate!"
"Me?" Mint was really surprised. She has no experience in this area!
Her voice was a little loud, and everyone stared.
Lin Lin couldn't help but tugged on her sleeves and whispered, "Mint, agree quickly! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
The first media meeting of the expo is so grand. Being an interpreter at such an important meeting can accumulate a lot of experience for yourself and add a lot of points to your resume!
Guan Shouheng pressed hard and asked, "Miss Bo, what do you mean? Are you qualified?"
"I..." Mint felt that his heartbeat had lost its normal frequency and kept beating.
She wanted to agree, she really wanted to, because this was something she had been hoping for for a long, long time. She thought she would never have the chance to do this in her life, but... But this was her first time to have such an important meeting.
Can she really do it?
Guan Shouheng raised his eyebrows and shouted in a deep voice, "Answer me!"
When he drank like this, Mint's heart suddenly turned back and forth. She bit her lower lip hard before speaking with difficulty, and replied with some reluctance, "If... everyone trusts me, I can try."
What? Everyone was shocked, as if they couldn't believe what they heard.
Lin Lin was so anxious that she stamped her feet, gritted her teeth and muttered, "Mint! What are you talking about? Be sure!"
Qiao Nawei couldn't help but laugh. Although the voice was not loud, it was really clear.
The corners of Fang Yuan's mouth raised slightly, a hint of sneer.
Guan Shouheng's face instantly darkened, "If you are not sure about yourself, then how can we trust you? Also, is such an important meeting something you can just use to test the waters?"
"I didn't mean that, I just..." She was just modest, and more importantly - realistic! After all, she had never had any experience in this area and was really nervous!
"Just what?" Guan Shouheng interrupted her sharply, not giving her a chance to defend herself, and said unhappily, "Miss Bo, to tell you the truth, I personally have reservations about whether you are qualified for this task! But
Mr. Lewis made this request, and we try our best to satisfy him, but if you don't have confidence in yourself, then I can only refuse him. I will give you ten seconds to think about it, and you can give me a clear answer, do it, or not.
Do?"
Aggressive!
Mint's whole body instantly felt like something was at stake, and he froze in place uneasily, not knowing how to answer.
Of course she knew that this opportunity was rare, but she really didn't believe in her ability. Maybe she had the ability, but... she really didn't have the experience.
She is not belittling herself, but she knows this industry very well, because her parents were both translators, and she has been exposed to this industry since she was a child. She understands better than anyone else how difficult simultaneous interpretation is!
Of course, everyone needs experience and training, and there is always a first time, but... usually they start from small meetings, such as expos, which is scary!
If something goes wrong, it will be doomed!
If she fails then, not only will she pack up and leave, but it will also affect the entire group!
Although she had never done simultaneous interpretation, she knew that several interpreters were sitting in the same "box" at the venue. If her mistake affected others, the consequences would be disastrous!
Does she really dare to take this kind of risk?
"Ten, nine, eight, seven...four, three, two, one...time's up!" Guan Shouheng didn't give her another second, narrowed his sharp eyes, and once again had a look of confusion on his face.
She asked sharply, "Miss Bo, have you thought about it?"
Mint felt that her face suddenly turned red again, and she was very worried. She hesitated and said, "I...do it!"
She thought she might be crazy, she was really trying to be strong!
However, facing his sharp eyes, she didn't want to back down!
And what he just said, he has reservations about her ability!
She... felt hurt.
So, she wanted to try! No, not try, this kind of thing cannot be tried!
Only success is allowed and no failure is allowed!
As soon as he finished speaking, Mint let out a long sigh of relief, feeling as if he had finally passed a hurdle.
Guan Shouheng remained expressionless and said coldly, "Okay, that's it. Let's discuss other candidates..."
He didn't talk about it for a second longer, as if she was insignificant.
The meeting finally ended and all the candidates were finalized. She was not very familiar with the people in the German team. Apart from her, the other two candidates in the French team were Team Leader Li and... Fang Yuan.
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