Chapter 570: Friendship
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"Where do you buy discs? CDs. Yang Rui and two other foreigners put the CD player back in the package before standing up and asking in English.
His English level is average, and he has little problem with listening and writing, but his accent is always inaccurate, which is difficult to improve, just like a child from a novel dialect, it is always difficult to speak Mandarin accurately, and there are always some syllables to have problems.
However, the two foreigners were happy to meet the English-speaking Chinese and said with a smile: "We bought a CD near the university, the language university." ”
"Wudaokou? yes, I've seen it before, but I didn't pay much attention to it. Yang Rui patted his head, as if he had just thought of it, and said with a smile: "You have been in China for a long time, and you have found such a far away." ”
"We have only been here for a month, and apart from the Great Wall and the King's Mausoleum, we usually only go to the language school and the embassy area. The young foreigner complained impulsively: "Your government management is too harsh, and we are not allowed to go to many places, as if there are military forbidden areas everywhere." ”
The middle-aged foreigner coughed and said, "Tom, don't talk about this, don't get yourself and this Chinese friend into trouble." ”
"It doesn't matter, China has already reformed and opened up, and these words you say won't get me into trouble. Yang Rui paused and said, "I can recommend a place for you, which is near Wudaokou, that is, near the Language University, where there is a bowling alley built by a Hong Kong company, and there is a buffet in it, which is a very good entertainment place in China." ”
"Great, where is it, do you have an address?" The middle-aged foreigner seems to be more interested in bowling, while the younger Tom is not interested.
"Wait a minute, I'll write you the address. Yang Rui wrote down the address of his bowling alley, handed it to the middle-aged foreigner, thought about it, and said: "My name is Yang Rui, I often go to that bowling alley, if you can't find an opponent in the stadium, you can ask at the service desk." ”
Bowling alone is very boring, and the Rockefeller Foundation has sent a few people to China in total, and middle-aged foreigners are very happy to have a bowling enthusiast like Yang Rui.
On the other hand, finally coming to a strange country and making a local friend is also something that everyone on earth likes to do. It's like Chinese going to Kenya, and if you can make friends with a Kenyan or even play table tennis, it's obviously a good life experience.
The middle-aged foreigner happily shook hands with Yang Rui, handed him a business card, and said, "You can also call me to make an appointment, I will rest after noon every day, and I will also rest on weekends." By the way, my name is Jerry. ”
"Tom and Jerry, are you Jerry?" Yang Rui silently praised the name of the cat and mouse.
The uncle named after the rat was not clever at all, and said in surprise: "Do you know the Tom and Jerry movie?"
Jerry, who had just arrived in China, was still in a typical American way of thinking, feeling that the people of backward countries were living in prison. Obviously, even if the living standards of the people of the backward countries are not as good as the prison level of the country, it is still no problem for the local tyrants of the backward countries to airlift Wuchang fish or something.
Yang Rui replied "yes" with a smile.
Naturally, he has seen animation, and he doesn't know if there are movies about Cat and Mouse, so a casual reply is the best choice.
Young Tom laughed and said, "Tom is my name, Jerry is his middle name, and everyone has called Jerry Jerry since I joined the company." ”
Jerry shrugged and said, "Jerry is my grandfather's name, and at that time, MGM's Tom and Jerry hadn't been released yet." ”
"But when you were born, Tom and Jerry had just been released. Tom unceremoniously reveals his colleague's secret.
Jerry said helplessly: "Then I have to ask my parents, they want to give me my grandfather's name, and I can only accept it, right?"
"Maybe they met in the cinema, maybe they saw Tom and Jerry and decided to have a baby. Tom's words seemed to have a lot of connotation.
It was probably not the first time Jerry had heard him say this, so he smiled generously, made a gesture of making a call, and said to Yang Rui: "Call me when you are free." ”
"See you at the bowling alley. Yang Rui said goodbye to the two happily.
Goda, a Bangladeshi student who could understand English, looked at Yang Rui and the two Americans, smiled and exchanged business cards, and finally stopped.
This difficulty is indeed a bit too much for him.
The price of A1kman is much cheaper than CD players, but it is not so cheap, counting the allowance, Goda can buy two units a month, but to say that he can give a woman half a month's salary at one time, it is a little too expensive.
Goda realizes that gift-giving probably won't work - but maybe he can use his charm?
Goda subconsciously looked in the mirror, looked at Yang Rui again, and felt that it was still not very reliable.
In this way, you can only rely on your talent - Goda recalled the chat between Yang Rui and the Americans, and inexplicably felt empty-hearted.
"Maybe they're brother and sister. Goda comforted himself and mustered up his courage to step forward.
"Oh, Mr. Goda, are the five-kernel mooncakes delicious?" Yang Rui faced Goda indifferently.
"It's okay. ”
"The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and if you want to give someone a gift, it is very appropriate to give mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In line with Chinese tradition, and the price is not expensive, the situation in Bangladesh has been better in the past two years, is there a shortage of electricity in the city?" Yang Rui seemed to show a dagger, facing Goda.
Goda looked in a trance: "What?"
"I mean, if the city's electricity is stable, you can buy some electrical appliances to take home, and if you are short of electricity, you can only buy some small gifts with Chinese characteristics. This friendship store is subsidized by the Chinese government, of course, some goods are not, but some goods are subsidized, after all, it is a friendship store, which is to reflect the friendship of the Chinese people. Yang Rui said, looking concerned, and asked: "Is your home in Dhaka? I remember that Dhaka is the largest city in Bangladesh, what is the environment like there?"
"It's okay. "Goda has 10,000 grass and mud horses running through him.
He knew that Yang Rui was different from ordinary Chinese, ordinary Chinese could not speak when they saw foreigners, and if he used Chinese, he would often get a "ghost" look.
But Yang Rui's understanding of Bangladesh really surprised Goda. There are too many countries in this world, and China knows too little about foreign countries, and even in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I don't know the administrative officials of Bangladesh, Goda has encountered them.
Bangladesh is only a new country in South Asia, its area is not small, its population is quite large, but it is a small country in terms of image to the world.
Goda has never been saddened by the fact that his country was underestimated, just a few years ago, the country itself did not even exist, and besides, as a diplomat, if he cried every time his country was despised, he would probably not be able to return home if he went to a meeting at the United Nations.
However, this is the first time that Goda has been discriminated against at the "national level" in China, and Godda's mood has also dropped at the national level in an instant.
Looking at Yang Rui, Goda suddenly felt that the Chinese people were so simple, and ordinary Chinese were so friendly.
"Did Mr. Goda come up to buy electrical appliances? I recommend the small appliances in the middle, whether it is an American oven or an Italian coffee machine, there are a lot of subsidies, and if you calculate it, it is about the same price as you can buy it at the duty-free airport. Yang Rui smiled as he spoke, and said, "Mr. Goda's family conditions are very good, you are from a diplomat family." ”
"No, I'm not. Goda was finally repelled by Yang Rui with a pale face. Bangladesh is more culturally similar to India, and at the same time, they also have a caste system similar to India, which is not as strict as India, but the social class division is already obvious enough. And Goda, who works as a junior clerk in the Chinese embassy and consulate, naturally cannot have a high caste, let alone a background in a diplomatic family.
Thinking back to the ridicule he received during his studies, and the ostracism he had received in the consulate, Goda was so heavy that he no longer had the heart to hunt for beauty, and reluctantly smiled a few words, and left the friendship store dejectedly.
Yao Le looked at his back and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with him, why is he unhappy?"
"It took a lot of effort for the old nose, and now you don't even look at him, so you're sad. "Yang Rui is serious nonsense.
Yao Le thought carefully and blushed.
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