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Chapter 152: Go Big or Go Home!
Chapter 152: Go Big or Go Home!
After leaving the office of a certain department, Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei went to a restaurant for a meal. After eating, they headed to the publishing house to submit the translations of two magazines.
Fan Lili was delighted to see Jiang Xia and casually flipped through the translations Jiang Xia had submitted before setting them aside.
She was very confident in Jiang Xia's translation skills.
Fan Lili spoke warmly, "The fish jerky that Xiaoyan brought last time was delicious. When you have time, send over a hundred pounds to our newspaper's canteen for a trial. If everyone likes it, we can place a fixed order for several hundred pounds each month."
Their publishing house was affiliated with the newspaper, and there were about a hundred people eating there daily. Even if they only served fish jerky a few times a month, they could still order several hundred pounds of it monthly.
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Xiaoyan already mentioned it in her letter, but we don't have much Golden Snapper fish jerky left at home. How about Red Cedar fish jerky? I can bring some next time if you want."
"Sure, Red Cedar fish jerky is good too. Let's try it first. You can send a few different types for everyone to sample." Fan Lili agreed and then brought up another matter with a smile, "Have you heard of the Guangzhou Trade Fair? It's going to be held in a month, and several companies from our city will participate. Those enterprises and manufacturers urgently need translators. Xia Xia, your foreign language skills are so good. Are you interested in working as a translator?"
Jiang Xia was definitely interested. She lacked nothing now, except for money!
She was interested in anything that made money!
Moreover, she also wanted to see the Guangzhou Trade Fair of this era.
When her family's fish farm started producing fish, she wanted to see if she could sell them abroad.
Although they didn't even have any fish fry yet, one should always have goals, right?
Jiang Xia replied, "I'd like to experience it. Is accommodation provided?"
Fan Lili: "Of course, accommodation is included. I asked, and they offer 10 yuan per day for English translators and 15 yuan per day for other foreign language translators. For someone like you who understands three foreign languages, it's 30 yuan per day, all with accommodation included."
Jiang Xia asked, "Actually, I'm not just proficient in three foreign languages. I've also learned German and Japanese to a similar extent. I wonder what the compensation is for someone who understands five languages?"
Zhou Chenglei: "..."
It seemed like he had only heard her play German and Japanese language tapes a couple of times, and then casually flipped through those books, and that's how she learned them?
Hmm, he must have married a language genius!
Fan Lili was also surprised. Hadn't it been long since Xiaoyan brought those books to her? Had she already learned them to this extent?
Perhaps she had studied them before.
Fan Lili laughed, "I didn't ask about this in detail. Why don't I recommend you to those manufacturers, and you can negotiate the compensation directly with them?"
Speaking of which, who would know five languages and not work in the diplomatic sector, and still stay in a small fishing village!
This was exactly what Jiang Xia wanted, and she smiled, "Okay, thank you, Editor Fan."
"Why be so polite? They asked me for help, and I thought of you. Later, whichever company offers a higher price, you can just help them with the translation. Your foreign language skills are excellent, and I think you should be able to get a higher compensation. After all, there are very few people who know foreign languages, and even fewer who know multiple languages. By hiring you, it's like hiring several translators, and I think 100 yuan per day is also possible. They genuinely need translators."
Although there would be translators at the Guangzhou Trade Fair, some manufacturers preferred to hire their own translators for convenience.
Many manufacturers who had participated in the Guangzhou Trade Fair said that without translators, they relied solely on sign language.
Jiang Xia laughed, "Thank you, Editor Fan. I'll leave our production team's phone number with you. Please give it to them so they can call me to discuss it!"
Fan Lili smiled, "Sure, then leave your number with me, and I'll pass it on to the manufacturers who need translators.
Jiang Xia left a phone number and asked the other party to help find some books on aquaculture and breeding technology from island nations or other foreign countries before bidding farewell.
After leaving Fan Lili's office, she went to the finance department to collect her manuscript fees before leaving the publishing house.
Then, Jiang Xia went to the post office and sent a letter to Zhang Fuyan and Jiang Dong.
In the letter to Zhang Fuyan, she mainly informed her that a batch of fish jerky would be delivered to the train station in six days to be transported to Jing City, asking her to pay attention to the receipt.
Jiang Xia had previously glanced at a letter sent by Jiang Dong, which took five days to receive, so she decided to send the fish jerky after six days. This way, when she receives the letter, she can go to the train station to collect the jerky.
Of course, Jiang Xia also asked Zhang Fuyan to give her a call after receiving the letter.
In the letter to Jiang Dong, Jiang Xia wanted to ask if he could inquire with his senior or professor about designing a vacuum packaging machine.
Jiang Dong's major seemed to be in the direction of mechanical design and manufacturing.
Jiang Xia knew that this era already had vacuum pumps, but vacuum packaging machines probably didn't exist yet. With a vacuum packaging machine, the snacks she wanted to sell could be preserved for a little longer.
But this wasn't urgent; she just needed to think ahead and prepare step by step.
In the letter, Jiang Xia drew pictures of the appearance and some parts of the vacuum packaging machine she had seen, and wrote down the principles she knew, sending it all to Jiang Dong.
As she watched him stuff the letter into the green iron mailbox, Zhou Chenglei, pushing his bicycle, asked, "Do you want to go to the department store to browse?"
Jiang Xia walked back to his side, shook her head, and leaned on his broad shoulders, sitting on the bicycle. "I don't need to buy anything. Let's go! Let's go to the shipyard and see if our boat is almost done, and we can discuss a deal while we're there."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chenglei immediately understood what business she was referring to.
Pedaling the bicycle, he asked, "Do you want to go to the Guangzhou Fair?"
Jiang Xia nodded happily. "Yes."
Then, thinking of something, she asked, "Do you want me to go?"
Zhou Chenglei held her hand. "If you want to go, then go. I'll accompany you there later, and then I'll come back. When you return, I'll pick you up."
Although he was reluctant to be apart from her for a month, he had promised that she could do whatever she wanted.
Moreover, by then, the large ship should be in their possession. If he missed her, he could sail there, fishing along the way, and go see her.
Jiang Xia smiled, intertwining her fingers with his, their hands clasped tightly.
Zhou Chenglei squeezed her hand in response.
Their eyes and brows were filled with smiles.
Zhou Chenglei shared his thoughts with her: "If you want to go to the Guangzhou Fair, I think it's better to ask for a commission instead of a fixed salary."
Otherwise, earning only a few dozen yuan a day and being so far from home wouldn't be worth it! She could earn that much money by going out to sea and fishing.
Jiang Xia's eyes lit up, and she looked around. They were on their way to the shipyard, and there was no one around. She leaned over and kissed his back through his shirt, rewarding him for his understanding! They were on the same wavelength!
She also didn't want a fixed salary; if she was going to go, she wanted to earn as much as possible!
Zhou Chenglei's Adam's apple moved, and he held her hand tightly. If they weren't on the main road, he would have wanted to stop the bike and pull her into his embrace! "Go to sleep early tonight," he said in a low, hoarse voice.
They hadn't been intimate for two nights.
He wanted to make up for it.
(End of Chapter)
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