"Brother Guang, what do we do now?" Lin Jingwei asked softly, shrinking his neck.
"Why the f * ck are you asking me? I'm telling you, I've paid a huge price today. If I can't get my watch back, you can wait to be air-dried on the flagpole outside the school library! "
"Don't be like that! Let's take it one step at a time. There will always be a chance! Also, your fairy-like voice, coupled with your manly tone, is too f * cking unique. "
"Shut up! You'll give yourself away if you keep talking nonsense. "
In fact, Chen Guang was also quite interested in the high-level business negotiation meeting of a multinational corporation like Tianjin Energy.
A long time ago, he had told Lu Fei that he wanted to learn how to do business, but unfortunately, there had never been a good opportunity.
Today, by a freak combination of factors, he had come to this high-end international negotiation meeting to listen in. It could be considered a good opportunity to learn and train.
Since he was already here, he might as well take things as they come. In any case, he was already dragged here, and there was no way for him to get his watch for the time being. Hence, Chen Guang decided to seriously listen.
Lin Jingwei handed over a document from the side. It was probably related to the meeting so that he could understand the situation better.
Chen Guang looked up and took it. Only then did he realize that Manager Jiang, who was sitting in the corner, was giving him and Lin Jingwei a flattering look.
Look, this is a real professional. He has a keen sense of smell, and he's so skilled in flattery. He can make people feel comfortable and useful. He's really a talent.
As Chen Guang looked at the documents and listened to the negotiations, it didn't take long for him to understand the situation.
He touched his mouth. This was a little interesting.
What he meant by interesting was not that he was really a genius who could instantly understand the workings of multinational business. He only knew that this was a competitive negotiation between three companies from the Arab region or the administrative units of small countries.
The five or six people dressed in traditional Arab clothing were obviously the representatives of the three Arab forces, including the Ao Lan Company that he had heard of before.
The content of the negotiations mainly involved Tian Jin Energy Group and one of the three parties to jointly build a shale gas energy project that was very difficult to exploit. Tian Jin Energy Group would provide the technology, and one of the three companies would provide economic and policy support.
At present, Tianjin Corporation was considered to be at the leading level in the relevant technologies in the world. There were also companies in Europe and the United States that could do the same. However, it was very obvious that the conditions provided by the Huaxia Empire when cooperating with other countries in this area were far more favorable than those in Europe and the United States. This was also the advantage that the Huaxia Empire's multinational corporations had in recent years in the Third World or the Arabian region.
Compared to the western companies that demanded sky-high prices, others were more willing to work with Chinese companies.
The specific content of the negotiations between the three companies was roughly to point out their own strengths. At the same time, it also involved the extent to which Tianjin Group would be able to obtain in the future.
What really interested Chen Guang was that the translation used during the negotiation process was not English, but Arabic!
Things suddenly became interesting.
Of course, international business negotiations would mostly use English, which was commonly used internationally. Although the representatives of the three Arab companies were all legitimate Arab nobles, and their habitual language was indeed their mother tongue, Chen Guang was still rather surprised that they actually used a foreign language as a translation in such a high-end meeting.
In any case, the mother tongue of a few Arabs was enough to stun Lin Jingwei, who had passed English Level 4 in his first year of university and boasted that his English dictation had reached international standards.
However, Chen Guang felt that it sounded exactly like his mother tongue to him!
As he listened to the meeting, he sized up the middle-aged interpreter who was speaking to Bai Hua. He began to rub his mouth. This guy, there's something fishy about him!
This person's standards were very high, and his little tricks were extremely hidden.
If one wasn't particularly familiar with Arabic, or in other words, if one wasn't close to using this language as their mother tongue, they wouldn't be able to tell the trick at all.
As the saying goes, if a Chinese's English was taken overseas, it would be very easy for people to tell the difference, even if it was through a phone.
No matter how standard the pronunciation was, there was still a clear difference between the mother tongue and the foreign language.
If English was like this, then there was no need to mention Arabic, which was even more of a minority.
On the surface, the interpreter had indeed translated the three Arab nobles' words verbatim. He was also dutifully translating Bai Hua's speech, and even the second interpreter who was in charge of monitoring and listening to the side couldn't tell that there was a problem.
But in reality, this person's translation was biased!
He was clearly focusing on that Ao Lan Company!
In Chinese official writing, some words were used with special skills, such as "must", "should", "must", "as soon as possible", "prohibit", "strictly prohibit", and so on. Different words represented different tones. In the process of writing an official document, Yan Jin had to be very careful when using the above words. Often, a single word difference could cause a misunderstanding when formulating a policy or releasing a document.
Similarly, there were similar words in Arabic, and even the same word could be expressed in many different ways.
For example, when the interpreter mentioned the two companies, he said something along the lines of, "We will fully cooperate with you in the construction of the pipeline in Anlor Province to eliminate all engineering difficulties."
But when he translated, he changed the words "fully cooperate" to "fully cooperate". The addition of the word "fully cooperate" seemed to emphasize, but in reality, it was weakening.
When it was Ao Lan Company's turn, it became "fully cooperate".
The difference was self-evident.
Although the three companies' representatives had expressed their statements in their mother tongues almost the same, when he translated it to Bai Hua's ears, it didn't sound right!
This could be considered a very high-end unspoken rule in the translation industry. Using a controllable difference in expression, during the negotiation process, one would unknowingly be biased and benefit one party.
Now that English was the most popular language in the world, it was very difficult to do so. But for a small language like Arabic, a person with a high enough standard could do it in public.
Of course, the risk was also very high. Once it was exposed, the person's reputation would basically be ruined, and his career would also come to an end.
But the greater the risk, the greater the benefits. There would always be people who would take the risk, and today, Chen Guang had witnessed it firsthand.
It was really a coincidence. If Chen Guang hadn't been here today, if he hadn't happened to pass through the language master's version of the Sea of Moments and become a language tyrant, he might have really been fooled by this middle-aged interpreter today.
At first, Chen Guang didn't intend to meddle in other people's business. After all, this was someone else's meeting, and he only wanted to bring his ears along. But after the meeting had gone on for about an hour, when Lin Jingwei was already falling asleep with his chin propped on his hand, Bai Hua had already gradually become biased towards Ao Lan Company under the subtle influence of this interpreter.
Although this was only a negotiation of intent, after today, Ao Lan Company would clearly have an advantageous position among the three bidders.
This was obviously unfair to the other two companies, and it could also cause hidden dangers to Bai Hua and the Tian Jin Energy Group behind him.
Ao Lan Company wasn't being honest.
Chen Guang gradually couldn't sit still. If he had nothing to do with this Bai Hua, he naturally couldn't be bothered to meddle in other people's business.
But today, he was a thief. He wanted to steal something from someone else, and in the beginning, he still owed someone a favor. Now, he had inexplicably stolen someone else's "childhood sweetheart." Although he had a clear conscience about being a love rival, he still owed someone something after taking their money.
It was fine if he couldn't tell, but now he had to be a thief, owe someone a favor, and hear something fishy about this matter. Knowing that Bai Hua was going to suffer a big loss, how could he just ignore it?
This brother is an upright person!
He felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, and his whole body felt uncomfortable.
Finally, Chen Guang poked Lin Jingwei's shoulder. "Wake up, ask Manager Jiang who this Arabic interpreter is. Where did you find him? "
Lin Jingwei opened his eyes in a daze. Although he didn't know what Chen Guang wanted to do, he still asked honestly.
"This is Professor Lu from the Capital Foreign Language University. He's an authority on the Arabic language in our country and is quite famous in the world. I think he was introduced by another vice president. Among the three Arabic companies, the person in charge of Ao Lan Company's English is especially poor, so everyone asked Professor Lu to help. It's not a problem to translate directly into Arabic, and it'll be easier to communicate. "
Chen Guang immediately understood his brother. Sure enough, he had run into a big problem while attending a meeting today.
Did the Arab aristocrat from Ao Lan Company really not understand English?
That might not be the case.
Based on Chen Guang's ears as a super language master who had five thousand foreign languages, even when this guy was speaking in his mother tongue, his pronunciation hid some very deep habits.
Not only did he understand English, but he could also be considered proficient in it. This meant that he was pretending!
He was acting!
Professor Lu was also biased towards him when he relayed the information. This professor was introduced by another vice president of Tian Jin Company.
This was clearly a trap dug by that vice president, Ao Lan Company, and this Professor Lu!
Not to mention how badly Bai Hua would be tricked, but if Ao Lan Company were to win the bid, Tian Jin Company would definitely suffer a certain degree of loss, and the three parties who dug the trap would definitely benefit!
Forget it, since I'm already here, I might as well do Bai Hua a favor.
Chen Guang secretly made up his mind. He wasn't in a hurry to expose the other party on the spot. After all, this was a big occasion, and he was just an outsider. If he rashly jumped out, he would only become a laughing stock.
When the meeting was over, Bai Hua would definitely look for Lin Jingwei and himself in private. At that time, he would help him expose Professor Lu's little tricks.
"I'll tell you a secret. This Professor Lu is up to something," Chen Guang said softly to Lin Jingwei and said no more.
Lin Jingwei was completely at a loss. "Stop fooling around. What do you know?"
"Hehe, I know Arabic." This bastard actually dared to look down on me. I can't tolerate it!
"Congratulations, Sister Yue. You're the champion of this year's Lying Competition." How could Lin Jingwei believe him? This was f * cking Arabian Nights, okay?
Brother Guang, the image of you kneeling in front of a level four Qin Hui five times is still fresh in my mind. Now you're telling me that you know Arabic? Don't bully me because I don't understand science!
"Sister Yue Nai!" Chen Guang couldn't be bothered with him.
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