Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 252
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Duan Yun came to the Bureau of Light Industry on a scooter.

According to the arrangement in the bureau last time, the materials translated by Duan Yun can be handed over directly to the archives department.

After parking the car, Duan Yun strode into the Light Industry Bureau.

But to Duan Yun's surprise, he came a little early at this time. The Light Industry Bureau went to work at 10 o'clock in the afternoon, and Duan Yun came [-] minutes earlier.

Feeling some urgency to urinate, Duan Yun simply walked to the toilet next to the corridor entrance.

After untiing his hands, while Duan Yun was washing his hands in the sink, a man also opened the curtain at the door and walked in.

Duan Yun glanced subconsciously, and was stunned.

It turned out that it wasn't someone else who came in, Ruiyang, the official director of the Light Industry Bureau!
"Hello Director Rui!" Although it was awkward to greet in the bathroom, Duan Yun still greeted him.

"Huh?" Ruiyang was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then said in surprise: "You are not that... the model worker of the Red Star Factory is called Duan..."

"My name is Duan Yun." Duan Yun reminded.

"Yes, it's Duan Yun!" Ruiyang immediately showed a smile on his face, and asked Duan Yun, "Did you come to the bureau today for anything?"

"The day before yesterday, I attended the meeting of our light industry bureau with the factory manager and secretary. After the meeting, you arranged for us to translate these technical documents. I just finished it in the morning and planned to come over and hand it over to the archives room, but there was no one in the archives..."

"You also attended the meeting on Monday?" Ruiyang asked after hearing the words.

There were a lot of people attending the meeting at that time, and Ruiyang really didn't notice Duan Yun, so he just found out that Duan Yun also attended the meeting on Monday.

"Yes." Duan Yun nodded.

"I remember when I was in your factory, you told me that you graduated from junior high school, right? Did you learn English by yourself?" Ruiyang asked suspiciously.

Except for the factory leaders, all the people who attended the meeting last time were personnel with a technical secondary school degree or above in various units, so Ruiyang was a little surprised to hear that all of them also attended the meeting.

"I've been admitted to Taiyuan University of Technology and Night, and I'm still studying." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"Ah, you have been admitted to Ye University!?" Rui Yang was taken aback, and then said to Duan Yun: "You wait at the door first, I'll come to my office to talk after I go to the bathroom."

"Okay." Duan Yun replied, turned and left the toilet.

Three minutes later, Ruiyang walked out of the bathroom and led Duan Yun to his office.

The bureau chief’s office in Ruiyang isn’t too big, but it’s well-furnished. The windows are bright and clean. A writing desk is placed next to the window, and there are bookcases on both sides. There are many books in the cabinets. Many of the reference books related to light industry have bookmarks in them, so I obviously read them occasionally.

"Xiao Duan, sit down!"

After learning that Duan Yun has now been admitted to university, Ruiyang's attitude towards him suddenly became much warmer, and he turned around to pour water for him.

"Director Rui, I'll do it myself." Seeing this, Duan Yun immediately stepped forward to take the thermos.

"It's amazing." Rui Yang looked at Duan Yun with a bit of surprise in his eyes, and said, "You can be admitted to Ye University with a junior high school education, you must have put a lot of effort into self-study, right?"

"I just don't want to waste time." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"You're really amazing. Before our city, I've heard of someone who only had a junior high school education and could go to university by self-study. You have taught me a lot." Ruiyang said with some emotion.

"Maybe I really have a talent for learning." Duan Yun replied casually.

"Our bureau actually needs a young man with a high degree of education like you who is willing to make progress." Ruiyang nodded approvingly, saw the file bag in Duan Yun's hand, and asked: "The time limit I set was not a week. So, you finished the translation so quickly?"

"Yeah." Duan Yun responded, and then said: "Actually, English is just my strong point. When I went to the countryside, I listened to the English teaching of the Central People's Broadcasting Station on the radio every night. After listening to it for six years, I also learned a lot, and this time I just used it..."

"Is that so... Did you encounter any difficulties when translating foreign language materials this time?" Ruiyang asked.

"Actually, I feel that translating this document is relatively easy for me..." Duan Yun raised his eyebrows and said.

Duan Yun used to be modest when he was in the work unit, it was to be a low-key person with his tail between his legs, so as to avoid jealousy and other troubles, but this time he can talk face to face with Ruiyang, it is a very good opportunity for Duan Yun to introduce himself, Naturally, if you have any skills, you have to show them off. Otherwise, it is pure nonsense to expect a leader as big as Ruiyang to be able to discern talents and slowly discover that he is a thousand-mile horse!
Moreover, Duan Yun said that he has a high level of English, even if Ruiyang doesn't believe it now, he will have a deeper impression on Duan Yun, so it is still very useful for Duan Yun Wang Po to sell melons.

"Um... are you so confident?" Rui Yang said with a smile, he didn't expect Duan Yun to be so confident.

"Translating this kind of material is really not difficult for me. In addition, oral English is also my strength. I feel that there is no problem in talking to foreigners in English." Duan Yun said.

"Hahaha, have you ever seen a foreigner?" Ruiyang laughed when he heard this.

In the early 80s, the gate of the country was still in a closed state. Except for BJ and some open cities in the south, foreigners basically could not enter the general cities in the mainland. It was not until the middle and late 80s that foreigners occasionally came to travel, and these foreigners Walking on the street is often watched or even followed by people as monkeys, which shows how closed the Chinese people were at that time.

So when Duan Yun said that he had the ability to talk to foreigners, Ruiyang naturally didn't believe it.

"Although I haven't seen it, I have heard some foreign language stations. I can understand all the English they speak later." Duan Yun said.

"Dong dong dong!" There was a knock on the door at this time.

"Come in!"

"Director Rui, the conference room has been set up, and the leaders of other departments have been notified..." After the door was opened, a staff member walked in and said to Ruiyang.

"Okay, I'll go there right away." Ruiyang said.

"Director Rui, then I won't delay your work." Seeing this, Duan Yun got up and was about to leave.

"I wanted to chat with you a few more words..." Ruiyang stood up and smiled slightly at Duan Yun, and said, "How about this, you put the translated drawings with me first, and I will send them to the archives for you .”

"Thank you, Director Rui!" Duan Yun thanked him, put the portfolio on the table, turned and left the office.

After seeing Duan Yun leave, Ruiyang glanced at the file bag on the table, shook his head lightly and said to himself:

"Are young people nowadays so energetic..."

(End of this chapter)