King of Industry

  Chapter 257 This is too surprising!

  The 30-hour journey was indeed quite painful. Even if the first-class cabin was stopped halfway, it could not dispel the fatigue of the journey.

  Especially the ubiquitous roaring noise on the plane is a challenge to the human body.

  When the plane arrived in Sao Paulo, Zhao Guoyang felt that his ears were completely buzzing, even if the roar of the engine disappeared.

  Due to the eleven-hour time difference with China, the plane arrived in Sao Paulo just after four o'clock in the afternoon.

  After taxiing for a certain distance, the plane landed steadily on the tarmac. Through the window, Zhao Guoyang saw a group of officials in suits and leather shoes waiting below.

  After the plane door opened, Huang Zhigang, Yao Gang, Yu Pengfei, and Li Kejian nodded, and immediately walked down the escalator.

  Following the leaders are Mao Zhichun, Xia Yu, Zhao Guoyang and Zhang Yufang.

  Just after Huang Zhi stepped down the escalator, Zhao Guoyang saw a Chinese official in his forties leading a certain leader of the Samba country to shake hands with him.

  After some introductions, Zhao Guoyang found out that this young Chinese official was Luan Shengfeng, the consul general of the Consulate General in Sao Paulo State.

  The leader of the Samba country is Baptista, the governor of the state of Sao Paulo.

  When high-ranking officials go abroad to visit, generally speaking, they are domestic ambassadors to the country, and important political figures of the country will personally pick them up at the airport.

  However, due to the special situation in the country of Samba, Shao Zhimin, the Chinese ambassador to the country of Samba, works in Sambalia, the capital of the country, which is about as far away from Sao Paulo as the capital city to SJ city.

  So Huang Zhigang, Yao Gang, and Yu Pengfei talked with Shao Zhimin before this trip, telling him not to make such a special trip all the way.

  After all, Huang Zhigang's trip to Samba was more of a local nature, and it did not rise to the diplomatic level, so there was no need to labor.

  With Huang Zhigang's explanation, Shao Zhimin naturally didn't have to be polite anymore, but he and Luan Shengfeng, the consul general of the Chinese Consulate General in Sao Paulo State, urged him to do a good job in reception.

  Speaking of it, although Luan Shengfeng is only the consul general and not the ambassador of a country, his status should not be underestimated.

  Due to the international influence of the Samba country and the important status of Sao Paulo State in the Samba country, the Consul General Luan Shengfeng is also a dignified department-level cadre, and is on an equal footing with the ambassadors of other countries.

  Of course, Shao Zhimin, the Chinese ambassador to Samba, is also a high match.

  He is one of the only seven ambassadors at the deputy ministerial level among the Chinese ambassadors abroad.

   There is a consul general at the department level, and the governor of Sao Paulo State, which is equivalent to a high-ranking official in China, came to pick up the plane. It can also be seen that the Samba State attaches great importance to Mayor Huang's visit.

   After the first few bigwigs greeted each other, Huang Zhigang introduced the other main members of the team to Governor Baptista and Consul General Luan Shengfeng.

  Zhao Guoyang noticed that when Mayor Huang introduced him, Consul General Luan Shengfeng looked at him with surprise.

   Obviously, the consul general still has some doubts about his identity as a "special researcher".

   Regarding this, Zhao Guoyang didn't feel anything.

  He knows his family affairs well. He knows that his age is too young. Wherever he goes, people will look at him with such doubting eyes.

   Zhao Guoyang has long been familiar with this point.

  Compared to Luan Shengfeng, the governor of Sao Paulo State did not have the slightest prejudice against Zhao Guoyang. He shook hands with a smile and spoke a few words in Portuguese.

  Because he has been to Samba country more than once in his previous life, Zhao Guoyang is very familiar with the etiquette of this country. As for the Portuguese language commonly used in Samba country, he also came here with open mouth.

  Hearing this man say "Young man is very handsome" in Portuguese, Zhao Guoyang smiled politely.

  He first clenched his fist, then raised his thumb to the sky, performed the most solemn fist salute in the Samba country, and then said in very standard Portuguese: "Dear Mr. Governor, thank you very much for your compliment! Thank you!"

  Hearing Zhao Guoyang's standard Portuguese, Baptista was taken aback.

  The tall female translator standing beside him also blinked her beautiful eyes, looking up and down at Zhao Guoyang.

   Zhao Guoyang didn't notice her appearance until she shot her gaze at him.

  She has beautiful long golden-red hair, draped over her shoulders like a red waterfall, and complements her exposed wheat-colored skin, which is very eye-catching.

  The girl's facial features are very beautiful, in line with the characteristics of a Samba mixed-race beauty. Under the long eyelashes, there are a pair of big eyes like glass beads, blinking and blinking, full of youthful and passionate light.

  Perhaps because she knew that she was receiving Chinese guests today, this young beauty translator wore a Chinese-style dress.

   As the breeze blew, her skirt fluttered slightly, allowing her almost perfect slender thighs to be seen at a glance.

   Seeing this beautiful woman staring at him all the time, even forgetting his own job, Zhao Guoyang was a little embarrassed.

   Fortunately, Baptista has already reacted at this time, glanced at the beautiful translator beside him, turned to Zhao Guoyang and said with a smile: "Zhao? You can speak Portuguese? This is too surprising!"

  When Huang Zhigang introduced Governor Baptista just now, he clearly explained Zhao Guoyang's identity as a "special researcher" and technical advisor.

   Now suddenly hearing a technician speak such fluent Portuguese, Baptista was naturally very surprised.

  Hearing the governor's question, Zhao Guoyang answered him in Portuguese calmly, and at the same time, he did not forget to explain why he knew Portuguese.

   "Mr. Governor, I have taught myself Portuguese for a long time during college, so I don't have any problems with normal conversations."

   Zhao Guoyang didn’t say anything too modest, because he knew the style of foreigners. People who don't understand Huaxia's modesty know that they will believe whatever you say.

  If Zhao Guoyang said that he only knew a little bit, people might believe it.

  During the time we got along, if Zhao Guoyang showed a superior level of Portuguese, he would have a lump in his heart, thinking that you were dishonest.

   On the other side, when Zhao Guoyang talked with Governor Baptista in fluent Portuguese, the expressions of several big brothers were a little strange.

  Huang Zhigang and Mao Zhichun were no strangers to Zhao Guoyang's foreign language proficiency.

  Before at the SJ City Auto Expo, he had successively demonstrated his proficiency in three languages: English, Germanic, and Japanese, which shocked the leaders of SJ City and Songqi Group.

   Now that this kid has another Portuguese language, Huang Zhigang and Mao Zhichun feel that it is not something they cannot accept.

  Although Huang Zhigang and Mao Zhichun could still remain calm, Yao Gang, Yu Pengfei, Luan Shengfeng and others didn't think so at all.

  In the early 1990s, the number of college students was small, and there were even fewer students who chose to learn a small language such as Portuguese.

   It seems that this time Mayor Huang personally led the team, and it took a lot of effort to find a Portuguese translator like Zhang Yufang, who is also a university teacher.

  Students, although there are some, but it is impossible to find a few who are of sufficient standard.

   Now Zhao Guoyang, who is a technical background, can communicate with the Governor without hindrance in an extremely fluent Portuguese, how can he not surprise the big bosses.

   After Zhao Guoyang had a few conversations with Baptista, the beautiful translator next to him finally came to his senses.

  She said to Zhao Guoyang in rather blunt Chinese: "Excuse me, are you the translator for this trip in your country? Your Portuguese is really standard..."

  After hearing this, Zhao Guoyang quickly waved his hand, pointed to Zhang Yufang beside him and introduced: "You misunderstood, this Miss Zhang is our translator for this trip."

  Following Zhao Guoyang's gestures and words, Zhang Yufang was relieved from the exclamation just now.

  She and Zhao Guoyang sat in the same row on the plane. During the trip, they naturally talked about some topics.

  Zhao Guoyang is familiar with some situations in Samba, and Zhang Yufang knows this.

  She only thought that Zhao Guoyang made a surprise attack before going abroad and read some knowledge in books.

   It was not until Zhao Guoyang spoke Portuguese more fluently than herself that Zhang Yufang realized that she was completely wrong.

  It turns out that this young Xiao Zhao really knows the country of Samba very well...

  Under Zhao Guoyang's introduction, the beautiful Samba interpreter and Zhang Yufang exchanged greetings, said a few polite words, and then returned to the governor's side.

   After the members on both sides greeted each other, the reception ceremony finally came to an end.

  Baptista warmly invited Mayor Huang into his car, saying that he had prepared a sumptuous dinner at the Governor's Mansion to entertain distinguished guests from China.

   Mayor Huang readily agreed to this. He chatted with Luan Shengfeng in a low voice, and then got into Baptista's car.

   Baptista was riding in an old extended Mercedes-Benz with three rows in front and back.

  Originally, the governor and the mayor should sit in the back row, with the translators sitting in the middle.

   But for some unknown reason, after the beautiful translator whispered a few words to Baptista's ear, she didn't get in the car, but chose the car behind.

   Seeing her movements, when Zhang Yufang was still in a daze, Zhao Guoyang quickly reminded: "Mr. Zhang, you should sit down. The two leaders are waiting."

   "Ah, good, good!" Zhang Yufang was taken aback when she heard this, and quickly realized that she ran over hurriedly and got into the middle row of the Mercedes-Benz.

  Knowing that Zhang Yufang got into the car and the car started, Zhao Guoyang breathed a sigh of relief.

  He also noticed that Teacher Zhang probably went abroad to perform this kind of translation task for the first time. Although her professional level is not a problem, sometimes she is a little nervous.

  Hope, I can help her a little bit.

  (end of this chapter)