Yin Baowen arranged a sumptuous lunch to entertain Gao Fan and his party. When the county heard that foreign guests were coming, it naturally took it seriously and sent the deputy county magistrate in charge of industry and the director of the county economic committee, along with several middle-level cadres from the county.
To accompany.
As Yin Baowen said, the vitamin factory is already known to everyone in Yanxiu County, so when county officials come over, they will naturally ask about it.
Gao Fan reached a behind-the-scenes agreement with Yin Baowen, but in the face of inquiries from numerous officials, he just pretended to be stupid and said that the foreign party was entirely responsible for the matter and that he was carrying Mr. Hutch's bags.
Bob knew what role he should play. While he clinked glasses and drank with the officials reservedly, he talked about American business management concepts, perfectly interpreting the image of an American nerd who did not understand Chinese sophistication.
As for Ning Mo, it was a completely true performance. He took on the role of blocking the drinking for Gao Fan and Bob, and singled out six or seven officials from Yanxiu County. When he drank to his heart's content, he would show up.
One or two unreliable silly words can actually adjust the atmosphere at the wine table.
After the meal, the county officials felt that they had obtained a lot of information, but they seemed to have obtained nothing. There is no need to elaborate on how to recall, analyze, and guess the mystery behind Bob's words.
After leaving Yanxiu Fertilizer Factory, Gao Fan and his party did not rush back to Cangtang. Instead, at Bob's suggestion, they drove to Yanxiu County.
The layout of Yanxiu County is similar to Cangtang County, with one main street running east-west and one north-south, criss-crossing in the center of the county. On both sides of the main street are various units in the county, such as hospitals, post offices, cinemas, and grain stores.
There are non-staple food stores, department stores, Wujiaohua stores, etc. In addition, there are also the gates of various committees and bureaus in the county, such as the Education Bureau, the Cultural Bureau, the Agriculture Bureau, the Forestry Bureau, etc. It can be said that although it is a small sparrow, it has all the internal organs.
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Gao Fan asked the driver to drive the car to the intersection and found an open space to stop. Then he, Bob and Ningmo got out of the car and started wandering around.
Gao Fan and Ningmo were both familiar with this standard small southern county, so naturally they had no interest in it. However, Bob found everything new and interesting. He had to go into every shop and see a small shop selling snacks.
You should also stop by the stall to buy something to try.
Bob's high nose and blue eyes were naturally very eye-catching in such a small county. They didn't go far before they attracted onlookers. The onlookers didn't dare to come forward and just watched from a distance.
They were pointing and talking.
"Bob, you won't tell me that you enjoy being watched, right?"
Gao Fan raised his eyes and looked at the melon-eating crowd around him, and asked Bob in a low voice.
Bob also raised his head and looked around, showed an idiotic smile to everyone, and raised his hand to wave. As a result, it naturally caused a commotion, and some brave people also waved to Bob, and then
He burst out laughing, not knowing what was so funny about it.
"I'm used to it." Bob shrugged and said to Gao Fan, "When I was first on Cangtang Street, Cangtang people watched me like this. Later, they got used to it and found it boring."
"As expected, as long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed," Gao Fan said.
"Is this also an ancient Chinese saying?" Bob asked.
"No, this is postmodern talk." Gao Fan said.
While they were chatting without energy or salt, they saw three young people walking out from among the onlookers and walking in their direction.
Of these three people, the two on either side were wearing blue cloth overalls. Gao Fan couldn't see clearly the small words printed on the left side of their overalls, but the style of the overalls was clearly the same as what they had seen the workers wearing at the Yanxiu Fertilizer Factory.
work clothes.
The man in the middle is dressed completely different from his two companions. He has a wavy haircut, a pair of large sunglasses that cover half of his face, a plaid shirt, and bell-bottom pants of the same style as the later sweeping robots.
, is clearly the most popular style of the so-called "amateur overseas Chinese" nowadays.
Gao Fan was stunned for a moment when the three young men had already walked up to them. The "amateur overseas Chinese" in the lead glanced at Gao Fan and Ning Mo, then grinned at Bob and said a strange tune
in English:
"Hello, Are_You_USA?"
"Yes, I'm_USA." Bob replied seriously. When the other party said USA, he followed suit. Anyway, he understood what the other party wanted to express.
"I_like_USA!" amateur Chinese said again.
"Thank_you, I_like_China_too." Bob replied fluently.
Gao Fan saw that the two young workers in overalls looking at the amateur overseas Chinese had little stars in their eyes, clearly saying:
The boss is so awesome, he can actually chat with foreigners.
"My_name_is_Tan_Jianjun." The amateur overseas Chinese chatted more enthusiastically and began to introduce themselves.
"Shi_Bayijianjunje_de_nage_jianjun_ma?" Bob asked, imitating the other person's accent.
"Yes, yes, it's for Army Day... Hey, you can speak Chinese!" The other party's eyes widened and he asked in hindsight.
"Otherwise?" Gao Fan asked with a smile.
"This..." The guy who claimed to be Tan Jianjun was immediately embarrassed. He knew very well how good his English was. Thinking that he was struggling to squeeze out a few words of stiff English to chat with the other party, but the other party understood
In Chinese, his performances were purely self-indulgent, and he really couldn't help it.
Bob didn't think there was anything wrong with this. The other person greeted him in English, which was considered a kind of kindness. There was no need for him to laugh at the other person. He nodded to the three people and said in pure Mandarin: "Hello, I
My name is Bob Hatch, you can call me Bob, nice to meet you."
"Oh, nice to meet you, Mr. Bob." Tan Jianjun was the first to react and responded hurriedly.
The other two young workers also nodded quickly to greet Bob and said something incoherent.
"Are you from Yanxiu Chemical Fertilizer Factory?" Gao Fan asked, looking at the three of them. The two sides were getting closer, and he could already clearly see the words on the other's work clothes, which were indeed "Yanxiu Chemical Fertilizer Factory".
"Yes." Tan Jianjun replied. He looked at Gao Fan and asked, "Are you a translator for foreign guests?"
"No, no, he's my boss." Bob rushed to answer. He always goes crazy alone, and it's impossible not to get weird in situations like this.
"Are you the boss of the foreign guest?" Tan Jianjun was shocked again, even more surprised than when he found out that the foreign guest could speak Chinese.
"I work with Mr. Bob." Gao Fan gave an ambiguous answer, and then asked: "Master Tan, the three of you came here simply to say hello to the foreign guests, or do you have something to do?
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"There is something wrong." Tan Jianjun hesitated, completely losing the courage he had when he greeted Bob just now.