Chapter 11: Showing Off One’s Skills

Xu Weiguo was stunned.

The young girl in front of him was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a pair of sparkling eyes, as happy as a mouse seeing a cat.

After Xu Weiguo reacted, he was ecstatic.

“You know English?”

Shen Sangyu nodded: “I do. You can take me to your factory to see, if not, you can find someone else.”

Xu Weiguo was very excited. He thought that the factory would lose a lot of money this time, but who knew that there would be a way out.

“Okay, as long as you can translate smoothly, I will give you fifty yuan as a translation fee.”

Now it was Shen Sangyu’s turn to be shocked.

Fifty yuan is already a huge sum of money in this era.

Wen Qingchuan worked hard for a month and only earned seventy or eighty yuan, and it was still a high salary.

And he was just doing translation, but he was paid so much at once.

Seeing that Shen Sangyu was determined to win, Xu Weiguo couldn’t help but pour cold water: “It’s not just knowing English, there are many professional terms.”

Shen Sangyu said: “Mr. Xu, don’t worry, I will definitely not let you down.”

Seeing this, Xu Weiguo couldn’t help but have a glimmer of hope.

Things at the factory were urgent, so he didn’t waste any time and took Shen Sangyu to the factory.

Along the way, Shen Sangyu learned that Xu Weiguo’s factory was a steel factory and could afford equipment.

It seemed that this factory director had some other abilities besides being rich.

The steel factory was far away in the suburbs. When Xu Weiguo came, he drove a cyan Jaguar.

After finally arriving at the steel factory, Shen Sangyu looked up and saw the four big characters “49 Steel Factory” clearly written on the iron fence.

Suddenly, Shen Sangyu suddenly remembered that the largest steel factory in China in later generations was called this name, and the first boss seemed to be surnamed Xu.

It’s just that this steel plant has been up and down in the torrent of time, and has been closed several times.

The sadness in the middle was taken out by the marketing accounts later and received tens of thousands of likes.

Her thoughts drifted a little far away. Xu Weiguo saw Shen Sangyu standing there when he parked the car.

He thought she was disgusted with the dilapidated steel plant and said awkwardly: “The steel plant has only been open for three months.

It used to be a waste paper box factory. We can only buy it here due to limited funds.”

Shen Sangyu came back to her senses and subconsciously looked at the somewhat dilapidated steel plant in front of her.

This is the suburbs. The steel plant is located on the side of a road. It is surrounded by bare birch forests. It looks deserted.

The only advantage is that the steel plant covers a large area. You can’t see the end at a glance.

“Director Xu is joking, and I believe that one day, the 49th Steel Plant will be famous throughout the country.”

“Let’s go in first.”

Xu Weiguo was shocked. He didn’t expect that this little girl could think better than him.

He smiled slightly and walked in with Shen Sangyu.

In the workshop, dozens of workers gathered in a circle, all in a mess.

Not long after they started work this morning, the machines in the steelmaking workshop suddenly stopped working.

The steelmaking equipment was second-hand goods that the factory director had bought from abroad less than three months ago.

Although it was second-hand, the steelmaking efficiency was much better than their previous manual steelmaking.

But the most important thing was that this equipment cost 200,000!

The machine broke down, and it was hard to find someone who could repair the machine.

It turned out to be a foreigner, speaking a lot of foreign words, and no one could understand.

“Where is the factory director, hasn’t he come back yet?”

Some people really couldn’t wait, and looked outside the workshop one by one.

At this time, a young man ran in: “The factory director is back, and he brought a woman with him. It seems that she should be a translator.”

Not long after, Xu Weiguo and Shen Sangyu walked in.

Shen Sangyu wore a white sweater today, and then a black coat, and the whole person looked very slim.

Shen Sangyu really didn’t want to wear the colorful clothes of the original owner, so she searched in the closet for a long time before finding two normal clothes.

Everyone was stunned at the first sight, but they realized that staring at others like this would be considered as a hooligan, so they all lowered their heads.

This is not a woman at all, she looks like an underage girl!

Xu Weiguo didn’t know what these employees were thinking. Before he spoke, Shen Sangyu had already started talking to the tall foreign repairman.

After a few words, Shen Sangyu suddenly paused, with a strange look on his face.

Xu Weiguo’s heart tightened.

Could it be that he didn’t understand?

“What’s wrong?”

He had to ask after all, so Xu Weiguo hurried forward and asked, “What did he say?”

Shen Sangyu looked unusual and sighed, “Mr. Xu, he didn’t speak English, he spoke German.”

Xu Weiguo: “…”

He only had an elementary school education, so how could he understand the language of any country?

He couldn’t help but mutter, “Don’t foreigners all look the same? Why do they have to distinguish between German and English?”

After saying that, Xu Weiguo suddenly lost his temper and looked depressed.

The foreign guy who repaired the machine said a few more words, and Xu Weiguo wanted to cry even more.

“He said the engine was broken and needed to be replaced.”

Xu Weiguo was stunned for a moment, his eyes a little confused.

Shen Sangyu smiled, “In addition to English, he just happened to know some German.”

Xu Weiguo was overjoyed and said quickly, “Great, then tell him to quickly replace the engine for me.”

Shen Sangyu passed the message to the other party.

The German repairman said a few more words. Shen Sangyu was stunned for a moment after listening to him, and pursed her lips: “The guy said that the engine was originally produced in the United States.

Not to mention that it is currently out of production, it costs 100,000 yuan to replace an engine.”

“100,000?” Xu Weiguo’s eyes almost popped out of his head in shock: “I only bought this thing for 200,000!”

Xu Weiguo’s mood can be said to be ups and downs. He covered his face hard and took a deep breath for an unknown period of time: “Then ask him if there is no other way? Or a cheaper engine?”

Shen Sangyu translated it, and the guy opposite shook his head.

The German repairman left after failing to repair it. Xu Weiguo sat on the bench with his head down and his hands on his knees.

Seeing this, the surrounding employees all had red eyes.

Nowadays, workers are gradually laid off. They have been practicing steel all their lives, but now they have no place to display their skills.

And such expensive equipment broke down after only three months.

“Damn it! I was wondering why you sold us a million-dollar machine so cheaply. It turns out it’s just a piece of junk!”

Hearing this, Xu Weiguo lowered his head even lower.

His passion to serve the motherland seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water.

The cold weather in Beijing this November was particularly chilling.

Xu Weiguo aged ten years in an instant: “I am sorry to everyone!”

“Director, can you be blamed for this?”

“Yes, it was that foreigner who sold us a bunch of junk. We can ask him for so much money!”

Xu Weiguo shook his head.

He bought it second-hand and used it for three months. He was so excited at first that he thought he had found a bargain, but he had been outwitted by someone.

Shen Sangyu, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly said after looking at the structure of the machine: “Director Xu, why don’t you let me try?”