Along with China's reform and opening up and its integration into the world, the craze for English has continued in China for twenty years. However, for a nation that has been closed for too long and longs to go global, in 1998, English was still fanatical and crazy.
Shanghai, as an international city, launched the country's first English news program in 1984. The main leaders of Shanghai at that time also sent congratulatory messages in English. At the moment when the millennium is approaching, in Shanghai, which is becoming increasingly globalized,
With more and more foreign businessmen and foreign-funded institutions overseas, English has become a tool and an indispensable tool.
The bus slowly came to a stop. Looking through the window, Citibank, the red logo of Citibank was very eye-catching.
People stood up and prepared to get off the bus. The foreign girl also stood up and walked outside with the flow of people.
In the car just now, the communication between the two was not smooth. Peng Bo didn't expect that she knew so much about Chinese movies. To be honest, his joke was a bit too much. "Hi--" he shouted softly and wanted to apologize.
, but the girl did not look back.
Peng Bo smiled awkwardly, shrugged like a foreigner, and walked into the building among the crowd.
Citi's office environment is very good. After watching it, I feel like I want to come in and work every minute.
"Hello, Peng, we meet again." A foreign man in his forties came up and hugged Peng Bo warmly, "Can you come to my office? Citi China takes this interview very seriously..."
The foreign girl glanced at Peng Bo, then at the camera around his neck, and turned her head resolutely.
"Hello, Joseph." Peng Bo glanced at her back for the last time before turning his attention to the foreigner. He was the senior vice president of Citigroup China and made a special trip to accept his interview on behalf of Citigroup.
"...In 1983, Citibank established a representative office in Shenzhen, China, and we are back...In June 1991, the Shanghai Representative Office was upgraded to a branch, and Citibank became the first U.S.-owned bank to fully carry out business in Shanghai and Shanghai. 1993
In February of this year, Citibank’s China headquarters moved to Shanghai. Citibank became the first multinational bank to set up a headquarters in China. In February of last year, Citibank moved its Shanghai branch to Hudong. We were the first foreign-funded bank in Hudong.
…”
The whole process was in English, and the communication between the two went smoothly.
The interview lasted about a whole morning. When Joseph politely sent Peng Bo out the door, and as soon as he returned to the office, the phone rang.
"Oh, my god! Is the Xiangjiang government ready to take action?!" Joseph's voice was shocked, "Is the news accurate?"
The other side of the phone said a few more words before Joseph hung up the phone. It was obvious that he had not recovered from the shock. He thought about it for a moment and then directly picked up the phone again, "Let Heinwei come in.
"
The foreign girl walked into his office with a smile. Joseph's expression was a bit exaggerated, "Heinwei, you know what? Peng totally got it right."
"Peng?" Heinwei blinked with a puzzled expression.
"It's the reporter from the Financial News who came here by car. Fortunately, I didn't drive today and heard his prediction." Joseph approached Heinwei excitedly. "The exact news is that the Xiangjiang government is planning to intervene in the stock market. It will happen tomorrow."
Take action."
This summer, the world's attention has been cast on Hong Kong. Hong Kong is experiencing a storm. Soros has already targeted the Hong Kong dollar and launched a planned attack on the Hong Kong stock market and futures market.
Since Hong Kong's successive governments pursued liberal economic policies and did not directly intervene in the financial market, Soros declared that the Hong Kong government would lose. This was also the unanimous view of the international financial community at the time.
From August 7 last year to yesterday, the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong has almost fallen from 16,673 points to 6,660 points. The Hang Seng Index fluctuated violently and the stock market suffered heavy losses.
"Starting tomorrow, the Xiangjiang government will decide to allocate huge sums of money to purchase stocks on a large scale to compete with international speculators." Joseph was very proud of himself for getting the news in advance, but for a moment he was a little frustrated. Someone had already known it before him, the vice president of Citigroup.
Got the news.
"What do you need me to do?" Heinwei's long hair is gently pulled back like a waterfall. When working, she has a very capable and smart temperament.
"Do you know each other? It doesn't matter if you don't. Go and make an appointment with him," Joseph said tactfully, "to see what other news he knows."
"Xiaoqiang?" The Chinese face appeared in Heinwei's mind again. She smiled and spread her hands, feeling helpless and refusing.
"Xiaoqiang?" Joseph was puzzled, "Isn't his name Peng Bo? Regardless of his name, you have to remember that you are dating him in a private capacity, not on behalf of Citigroup." He hurriedly walked back to his desk, "This
It’s the phone…”
Heinwei looked at Joseph helplessly, and then took the phone number helplessly, but Joseph nodded solemnly.
…
In the afternoon, he interviewed Sumitomo Bank again. It was already evening when Peng Bo returned to Guangchang Apartment. He planned to go to Tongqi in the evening. The rankings will probably be released in the next few days.
When he was in college, several familiar international students had returned to China, and none of his foreign friends in this city were the presidents of the banks he had just interviewed. It was impossible for them to make this list with him.
At this time, it was time to prepare meals. Housewives were sitting in the yard picking vegetables, washing vegetables, washing rice and cooking rice. From time to time, they broke off the yellow leaves from the vegetables, or picked out the rotten rice in the rice basket.
, throw it on the ground, and then put the vegetables and rice on the water faucet to rinse.
There is a dining table at the door of every house: there are several bowls of meat and vegetable dishes, or several plates of pickles and salty goods on the dining table. The whole family gathers around the dining table. The men are shirtless and the women are fanning themselves with banana fans.
Eating the meal with relish.
Straw mats, benches, deck chairs, and bamboo couches were moved to the courtyard early to occupy a place. Amidst all the "obstacles", the boys were still happily playing marbles, stealing generals, nailing olive balls, and flying cigarettes.
Brand... The girls are busy building houses, kicking and picking up...
At this time, Guangchang Apartment has become a lively, noisy world full of all kinds of people and worldly affairs.
Declined the neighbor's invitation and walked up the stairs. The stairs were too narrow. The women wore black gauze pants in summer. If they were not careful, the hyperbolic curves of their protruding buttocks would touch their bodies, which made Peng Bo very worried...
…
The pager rang, and there was only one phone number on it. He didn't dare to neglect it, and immediately went to the phone booth on the street.
"Hello, I'm Heyinwei," Heyinwei's fluent Chinese made Peng Bo not remember who it was for a moment, "We are sitting together on the bus today, can we meet?"
Prosperous wealth? Peng Bo smiled, "Yes, of course, now? Where?"
"Is Wujiang Road okay?"
"Okay." Peng Bo rushed downstairs excitedly.
In Shanghai in 1998, Wujiang Road Food Street was booming!
A messy little road no more than 200 meters long, always full of fireworks, always echoing with the sound of hawking, and always crowded with people. It is the "King of Dark Food Street" that lives in the memory of every Shanghainese. I wonder, who hasn't eaten it?
Guo Xiao Yang Sheng Jian, Bei Xi Lang BBQ?
It is definitely the most popular food street in the hearts of old Shanghainese and new Shanghainese, no one else! No objection will be accepted!
Crossing the S-shaped pedestrian bridge, wading through the bustling crowds, and joining the bustling crowds, white-collar workers in crisp suits, sweating from the heat, ate Yang Shengjian with relish; fashionable and exquisite girls, regardless of
Image, sitting on the street eating stinky tofu, quite lively!
"Gardenia, gardenia." A grandma came forward. There are always grandma's on the streets of Shanghai carrying a basket selling "gardenia, white orchid." "Sir, buy one."
"If I don't buy it, I..."
"Buy a gardenia for me, it will bring you good luck." Grandma still smiled and said, "A bunch of gardenias cost one yuan and put on your wrist. They will smell good for a long time."
Peng Bo was a little hesitant. It wasn't that he couldn't afford the money, but what would it look like for a grown man to have it on his wrist? But he then changed his mind and said, "I'll buy one."
"I hope it will bring you good luck starting today." Grandma smiled.