The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 219 Taking the Lead Personally, Working from Home

The president personally delivered the work assignment.

Qian Jin didn't say anything.

The department mobilized its staff using an old saying used by members of the labor shock brigade to pledge their loyalty:

Two horizontal lines and one vertical line mean "do it"; two points and one force mean "get it done"!

The first task assigned to the foreign business office was very simple: translation work.

But this is precisely the most troublesome external work for all organizations right now.

There's no way around it. The previous decade destroyed the foreign language talent system, and the college entrance examination system was only just started last year. It will take at least four years to rebuild this system successfully.

Even after the first batch of foreign language majors graduate, there will still be a shortage of translators for so many organizations and companies across the country.

In fact, according to Qian Jin's recollection, the shortage of foreign language talent will continue into the 21st century.

It wasn't until the expansion of university enrollment and the increasing emphasis placed on English learning by parents and schools that students' English proficiency across the country began to improve.

In short, although Wei Bin's words are always harsh and his attitude is always serious, he is quite lenient when it comes to assigning tasks.

It's only mid-September now, and there are still almost three weeks left in the month.

Over three weeks, forty kind-hearted people translated more than a thousand short English documents, averaging just over one document per person per day.

Of course, this was a piece of cake for Qian Jin.

Less than half an hour after Wei Bin left, he went to the main office and clapped his hands: "Put down your work and contact any colleagues who are out to come back quickly. We'll have a work meeting at 10 o'clock in the conference room."

"The president has issued our work assignments for this month. Comrades, the time has come for the organization and the people to test us."

"The unit's mission is to fulfill combat orders. The mission is simple, but I believe we can definitely achieve victory!"

These words resonated deeply, and everyone unanimously agreed.

The group had just received Qian Jinfa's welfare gifts yesterday and were very impressed with him.

Wei Bin just came to encourage them again and expressed his appreciation and support for Qian Jin's work.

No one dared to argue with him. As soon as they heard that he was going to organize a meeting, they would all obediently go to the meeting room and sit down before 10 o'clock.

At the same time, they were full of fighting spirit.

Qian Jin's words, "The time has come for the organization and the people to test us," ignited the passion of the young men and women.

The conference room doors and windows were wide open.

It's a cloudy day today, and a hint of early autumn coolness is beginning to permeate the air.

Qian Jin strode into the office, where more than forty people looked at him eagerly.

That's good fighting spirit.

He nodded in satisfaction.

Sunlight streamed through the windows, illuminating the red flags affixed to the conference room walls and adding a touch of solemnity to the atmosphere. A few pigeons perched on the antenna outside the window, cooing softly.

Qian Jin felt quite regretful.

We need to hire a cameraman for the department.

This scene is perfect for taking a photo!

He wants to preserve as many visual records as possible from his life and work, so that when he is older in the 21st century, it will be very interesting to look back at things from his youth.

This is not an urgent matter.

The most urgent task is to arrange work.

Qian Jin took a deep breath, walked to the large table in the center of the conference room, cleared his throat and said, "Comrades, the reason I've gathered you all here today is to arrange the important tasks for this month."

Military veterans like Cheng Xia are most sensitive to phrases like "The time has come for the organization and the people to test us," and their fighting spirit is the highest.

"Director Qian, please issue the combat mission!"

Qian Jin smiled and nodded at him.

This old guy must be convinced of his own abilities.

The office politics should come to an end.

He then praised Cheng without reservation, saying, "Good, I agree with what Deputy Director Cheng said."

"Although our Foreign Investment Office is a privately run department, we have to deal with foreigners. We are frontline workers who defend the interests of our motherland and people, just like frontline troops in a war against foreign powers."

"Comrades, economic struggle is also part of war. Let us learn from Deputy Director Cheng and remain true to our military spirit even after leaving the army and changing careers."

"In our upcoming work and in future trade with foreign business teams, we must be courageous in our struggles and determined to win!"

Cheng Xia's passion was ablaze even more.

He stood up and led the applause, his expression excited and his emotions running high, as if he wished he could drag two foreign devils over and kill them with bayonets.

The applause was warm.

Qian Jin slammed his hand down with an air of authority: "Alright, comrades, the pre-battle mobilization is over. Now let's get down to business."

"I'll get straight to the point without beating around the bush. According to President Wei's arrangements, our Foreign Trade Office's main task this month is to translate foreign product manuals and brochures."

The last sentence was spoken in a steady and powerful voice, echoing in the office.

As soon as he finished speaking, a murmur arose from the crowd.

what?
To carry out translation work?
No, boss, you have to do this for real!
Cheng Xia's initial enthusiasm began to cool.

His education level was limited, and upon hearing about the task, his brows furrowed tightly, and his eyes began to change from resolute to uneasy.

Qian Jin already knew about it.

This guy was sent to the foreign business office because of his fighting spirit and work tenacity.

In addition, the foreign business office is a special department. It will be in contact with a lot of foreigners in the future, so it needs people with strong will and high ideological awareness to guard the door.

all in all.

The foreign business office currently has 44 employees with varying levels of professional competence, and Cheng Xia is basically the worst among them.

At least half of the other employees don't understand English either. When they heard that they had to translate English documents, they immediately looked troubled and complained bitterly.

Despite the resumption of the college entrance examination, many people still do not value cultural work.

In fact, early on, when the preparatory work for the establishment of the Foreign Business Office began, Zhou Huaimin distributed foreign language and foreign trade learning materials to them.

However, most people have no foresight regarding the future economic environment of the country. They treat these learning materials as waste paper and throw them in their offices without actually studying them properly.

and so……

As soon as the task was assigned, someone immediately said with a worried look, "Director Qian, this translation work is not easy. Most of us have limited English skills. How are we going to complete it?"

“Yes, yes, this is really difficult.” Other employees chimed in.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Qian Jin understood their difficulties.

But this doesn't look right!
Just a moment ago, they were waving their fists and roaring that they would fight to the end.

When it came down to a real bayonet fight, they were all terrified.

What kind of fighting style is this!
He patiently said, "Everyone, please don't rush. I understand that your skills are not yet up to par, and the leaders understand this as well, which is why they have given us enough time to carry out this translation work."

"Furthermore, I don't expect everyone to be able to translate sentence by sentence right now. You should first consult a dictionary to find the translation. I will give you some time, and I hope you can get started as soon as possible."

After saying that, Qian Jin selected some instruction manuals.

These are things he specifically picked out in his office just now; they are all relatively short and simple in content.

He could only have his subordinates start by translating simple instruction manuals, and he had to make them think that was all the work was going to do.

Otherwise, if we just showed them all the thousands of documents that needed to be translated, these people would probably be crying and wanting to go back to their original departments.

Even so, when the instruction manuals, all written in English, arrived, thirty out of forty people turned pale!
Cheng Xia stammered on the spot, "Director Qian, I...I also have to do translation work?"

"What I mean is, everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, and I'm not good at this!"

Qian Jin smiled and said, "We'll learn and translate at the same time, and we'll get used to it later."

"Alright, enough chit-chat. Everyone here has a Chinese-English dictionary provided by their workplace. Go back and use the dictionary to translate."

"There's no other work today, just this one thing!"

Left with no other choice, everyone returned to their seats, steeled themselves, and began flipping through the densely packed English documents, consulting dictionaries and translating word by word.

Suddenly, the usual laughter and chatter filled the large office, replaced only by the rustling of pages turning and sighs.

time flies.

As the workday ended, everyone gradually left the office, leaving only a few people still struggling with the documents.

Qian Jin wandered around and looked around, shaking his head repeatedly.

Some of his men couldn't eat or sleep tonight.

It's been a whole day already, what is all this stuff?
In comparison, he was quite outstanding, having already translated a product brochure for Quezit juice and an instruction manual and promotional material for a type of candy called Great White Shark.

And he hasn't even used his ultimate move yet!
Back in the new duplex apartment arranged by his workplace, he ate dinner and immediately locked himself in his study.

Having a separate study makes everything so convenient.

Qian Jin took out the gold box and began shopping in the mall.

Just buy the Sogou Translate Pro and pair it with an iFlytek multilingual translator.

Both of these machines can be used offline without requiring a network connection, making them truly powerful translation tools in this era.

In particular, this iFlytek translator has a very arrogant advertising slogan: "Intelligent translation is accurate and fast, enabling free communication around the world."

It is equipped with ChatGpt model language processing technology, which can perform photo translation, making it very powerful.

Moreover, the 4-inch high-definition touchscreen is easy on the eyes, and Qian Jin took a picture as soon as he got it.

Soon, content began to appear on the screen.

Qian read it once.

There shouldn't be any problems, because the translation flows quite smoothly.

Next, he took photos while carefully checking the information, and then copied down the translated content.

This makes the work very simple.

It was just a copying job.

But this is ultimately a crooked and unorthodox method. He will be in charge of the foreign business office in the future, so he can't use this method outside. Therefore, he still needs to hone his internal skills.

So he didn't just copy the Chinese content and call it a day; he copied an English sentence and then wrote down the corresponding Chinese text.

After translating an instruction manual, he would read it aloud twice.

He'll definitely have to work overtime tonight.

Time passed by, and Qian Jin remained immersed in his translation work all night.

Two machine translation tools were cross-referenced, and the translations were found to be error-free.

The translation speed is also quite good.

Qian Jin worked until midnight, completing more than ten documents by himself.

This was the result of him learning while translating.

If he just kept copying things down, he could probably produce forty or fifty sets of documents!

The next day, sunlight shone on the building of the Haibin City Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

Qian Jin arrived at the office early. Looking at his colleagues who were still busy, he felt a little emotional.

Judging from their yawning or listless appearance, he knew they must have put in a lot of effort last night.

Many people came to work without eating breakfast, bought steamed buns and fried dough sticks from the cafeteria and brought them to the office, then continued translating, panting and groaning.

Qian Jin chuckled as he read it.

The unit leaders have good judgment in choosing me as the director.

Otherwise, just look at the incompetence of these bastards; the Foreign Investment Office will be left in a mess under their control!
This is good news for Sun Jian.

He was one of the few college graduates in the department, and he had actually studied something in college, after all, he was a student in the School of Foreign Languages, so his English foundation was pretty good.

However, when he was in school, the professors didn't teach him properly and the students didn't study hard either, so his level could only be described as 'good foundation', and no higher praise could be given.

He was the deputy director handpicked by Qian Jin, and he was still in the probationary period and had not yet been formally appointed by the organization.

So after this mission was assigned, he wanted to perform well in order to officially take over the position. He stayed up almost all night last night, working himself to the bone until dawn before finally getting some sleep.

He sat at his desk, rubbing his sore eyes, looking at the documents he had translated all night, feeling somewhat uneasy.

Experts will know if there is one as soon as they take action.

He's not an expert, but as I said before, he has a decent foundation and is self-aware.

He knew that, based on his own skill level, the translation was just so-so, but he estimated that he was definitely one of the best, and that the translations of others would probably be even worse!
Li Xiang, Sun Meijuan, and the other girls, along with six young college students from Sun Jian's faction, were considered talented individuals. They were all highly educated, but English was still a challenge for them.

They had been exposed to English in their previous jobs, but exposure is one thing, and being proficient in it is another.

These people don't know anything about this.

Fortunately, they were honest. After the preparatory group was established, the higher authorities issued learning materials, and they began to study them. They were quite competent.

Of course, it's only 'a little', definitely not much.

They arrived early and immediately huddled together, studying each other. After a while, they looked at each other with a sense of helplessness in their eyes.

Last night, they consulted numerous dictionaries before finally managing to complete the translation, and even then, they were still somewhat dazed but thought it was pretty good.

However, that's because it's blind under the lamp!

When others saw it at this point, their opinions were unanimous: What kind of idioms are we translating?!
The other thirty or so employees looked even more distressed; they felt utterly confused as they looked at the translated materials.

Several people sighed and huddled together, wanting to give up.

They were more self-aware than Sun Jian, knowing that they were simply incapable of completing the task on their own.

Cheng Xia was one of them.

He came to work with his head down in the morning, hurriedly entered the office, and locked the door.

I'm too ashamed to face anyone!

Qian Jin doesn't care about this or that.

He found it rather amusing to look at his men's miserable expressions, so he took out his camera and snapped some photos of them.

When everyone's level improves later, it will be really interesting to see their current suffering.

He put the camera back and walked into the main office with a leader's smile on his face: "Good morning, everyone. Come on, everyone, take out the translated materials so I can take a look."

The group dawdled and stammered.

Qian Jin couldn't help but ask, "Why are all of you, my beloved ministers, silent?"

At that moment, he had a wicked sense of amusement, like an English teacher checking the homework of a struggling student.

After all, he was a poor student back in his school days.

Fortune changes every day; never underestimate a young person's potential!
Seeing the bitter looks on everyone's faces, Sun Jian steeled himself and stepped forward first.

He had only one thought: Damn it, the dead face the sky, the living face forward. The test is right in front of us, there's no escaping it, so we might as well just draw our swords!
Seeing that he handed his translation materials to Qian Jin, Li Xiang, Sun Meijuan, and several other employees who were relatively reliable also handed over their translation results.

Qian Jin took the documents one by one and carefully looked through them.

Sun Jian was actually quite unlucky; the product information he was translating was relatively complex—it was a razor.

Moreover, it's an electric shaver that most Chinese people have never even encountered before!

This instruction manual contains an introduction to the history of electric shavers.

As early as 1928, U.S. Army Colonel Jacob Schick applied for a patent for an electric shaver and launched the first product in 1931, which marked the beginning of the commercialization of electric shaver technology at the time.

A few years later, in 1937, the Dutch company Philips launched the rotary electric shaver, further enriching the technological path and beginning to dominate the market.

The brand of this razor is the famous Gillette.

Poor Sun Jian transliterated it as 'to motivate him'...

He was quite proud of this: "This electric shaver is a tool for men, and I think my translation is elegant and accurate enough."

Qian Jin said helplessly, "But I'm sorry, my Deputy Director Sun, their Blade razors entered the Chinese market a long time ago and even have a translated name. This must have been during the Republic of China era; they called it 'Gillette'!"

Sun Jian chuckled: "This name isn't elegant or evocative enough. I think it would be better to encourage him."

Qian Jin continued reading.

Then the English teacher's perverse pleasure in testing the underachievers became even more pronounced.

The first paragraph of the instruction manual for this electric shaver states that the product is equipped with advanced micro-precision blades, providing a smooth and comfortable shaving experience, a clean and precise shave, and effectively capturing short and fine hairs.

This is Qian Jin's translation.

Sun Jian's translation is: This electric shaver is equipped with advanced precision microblades that provide a smooth and comfortable shave with near-cutting results, effectively catching short and fine hairs...

Qian Jin scratched the tuft of hair on his forehead.

He wrote down the revised results.

Sun Jian glanced at it and immediately showed admiration.

Business skills are real, tangible things.

Whether someone is less skilled or not, it's immediately apparent from a professional standpoint.

The revised translation was whispered among the onlookers, and those outside burst into laughter.

Some people even mocked him: "What do you mean by 'approaching a cut'?"

"Exactly, Deputy Director Sun, your description is confusing everyone. It completely lacks the professional and rigorous feel of an instruction manual..."

"It's even grabbing short and fine hairs. Is that a razor or clippers? Hehe..."

Sun Jian glared at them.

But I couldn't help but laugh.

He wasn't pleased with his own translation, but rather with the expression on Qian Jin's face when he saw the translations of others.

This is something that can be imagined.

At this point, Qian Jin's expression turned sour, and his brows gradually furrowed. Some of Sun Jian's translations were inadequate, while others were riddled with grammatical errors, and the overall quality was indeed unsatisfactory.

But Sun Jian knew very well.

My translation skills are already at an expert level.

Qian Jin revised several paragraphs and a lot of details, making the instruction manual barely readable.

He also gave it to Sun Jian, who said admiringly, "Director Qian is really amazing; his translation skills are top-notch."

Others who read the materials were equally full of praise.

Below is a translation by a college student named Li Chuntian, who is translating a face cream.

This translation is even worse than Sun Jian's.

The original text means that after cleansing your face, take a small amount of face cream and apply it evenly to your face and neck, then gently massage it in upward circular motions until fully absorbed.

Li Chuntian translated it as: After cleansing your face, take a small amount of face cream and apply it evenly to your face and neck. Gently massage in upward circular motions until it is fully absorbed...

And this is still the part with relatively accurate translation.

Qian Jin could tell at a glance that this translation was entirely due to poor professional skills.

Li Chuntian doesn't understand grammar at all, and her vocabulary is also poor, so she can only rely on the dictionary.

He first looked up the meanings of each word and put them together, then pieced them together according to the Chinese context.

This made him shake his head repeatedly.

Then, Sun Meijuan translated an electronic alarm clock.

She translated a complete mess.

After reading it, Qian Jin felt that he couldn't blame her.

This poor girl is so pitiful. Although the instruction manual for this electronic alarm clock is short, the functions it covers are things that most Chinese people cannot even imagine at present.

For example, this alarm clock has a snooze function. The instruction manual says: When the alarm rings, you can press the snooze button to postpone the alarm for a set period of time.

Actually, smartphone alarm clocks all have this function.

However, for Chinese people who have only ever used mechanical alarm clocks, they can't even imagine what this function is.

Sun Meijuan's translation is: This alarm clock will take a nap. When the alarm rings, you can press that button to delay the alarm by a set time, letting it take a nap...

She herself found it strange and asked Qian Jin, "Director Qian, do capitalist countries use servants as alarm clocks? Why do alarm clocks doze off when people are sleeping?"

Qian Jin didn't know how to explain it.

He had to first explain the structure and several main functions of the electronic alarm clock before introducing the 'snail mode': "This is a function that delays the wake-up call."

"For example, if you set your wake-up time to 6:30 but you can't get up at that time, you can press this button, and its 'sniffle mode' will be activated. It will stop calling, but it will call again after ten minutes until it wakes you up..."

Sun Meijuan was stunned: "Huh? An alarm clock can do that?"

Li Xiang looked at Qian Jin with admiration and said, "Wow, Director Qian, how do you know everything?"

Others chimed in, "Yes, Director Qian is really amazing, he even knows this?"

Qian Jin could only explain, "Because the instruction manual explains everything very clearly!"

"Okay, I'll continue reading."

Then he found out.

Sun Jian, the college students, and Li Xiang and Sun Meijuan, a few girls who love learning, are in relatively good condition.

Their translation errors are understandable.

Some translations are completely nonsensical.

There are also people who are unable to work as translators.

He read a translated text: "This toy has three different levels of volume: quiet, medium, and loud. You can change the volume to your liking."

"Comrades, my fellow comrades, you are professional translators, not just drinking and bragging, spouting whatever comes to mind. The wording must be precise!"

"This toy has three different volume levels: low, medium, and high. You can adjust the volume to your liking—is that difficult? Gu Renbao, do you think it's difficult?"

Gu Renbao stood up with an embarrassed smile and said, "I...I really did feel bad for Director Qian. I don't know what I was thinking."

Recalling his translation results and his clumsy, awkward explanations, snickers filled the office.

Someone whispered, "Imagine this: if this toy came into our supply and marketing cooperative and you bought it to give to your child, and then while the child was playing with it, you pointed to the volume button and said, 'Honey, let's turn the volume up to a not-too-loud, not-too-low level...'"

The laughter grew several decibels louder.

Qian Jin slammed the translated manuscript onto the table.

You guys are still laughing like pigs after doing the job to this level?
The laughter stopped abruptly.

Everyone quickly suppressed their smiles, lowered their heads, and bent over.

They thought they were about to be criticized, but Qian Jin still managed to keep a smile on his face and said:
"I've roughly looked at everyone's translation results. So, don't be discouraged. I also tried translating some materials last night. Take a look."

After speaking, Qian Jin took out five documents that he had photographed, translated, and copied the previous night—he dared not show too many, otherwise it would be too astonishing.

Five documents were passed down.

Everyone quickly passed it around and was immediately stunned.

In comparison, Qian Jin's translation can be summed up in one word: professional!
He translated a lot of material well, with fluent sentences and accurate word choice.

It not only fully conveyed the meaning of the original text, but also added appropriate annotations in some places, making it many times better than the results of their hard work all night.

And most importantly, it's that sense of professionalism.

Everyone present had worked at the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives for more than a year and had handled many new product manuals on a regular basis.

Qian Jin's translations had the same flavor as the professional manuals they were familiar with.

"This...this translation is amazing!" Sun Jian's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

Li Xiang couldn't help but exclaim, "Director Qian, how can you be so amazing? You...you translated five documents last night? You're incredible!"

The other employees saw this and thought, "What are we waiting for?"
Hurry up and lick it!

They also praised it:
"Director Qian, your level of expertise is truly superb! We are far from being able to match you."

"Learn from Director Qian!"

"It's such a great honor to work under Director Qian. We'll learn a lot from him and we're sure we'll improve..."

Qian Jin slapped the table helplessly: "Alright, alright, everyone, you flatter me. This is just the result of my trial and error in translation."

"There aren't many other tricks. It's just a matter of practice makes perfect, and also about thinking things through and putting in a lot of effort."

Qian Jin continued, "There's nothing else to do today, so everyone stop translating for now. I'll go talk to the leaders and explain the situation. I'll try my best to find some Chinese-English translation materials for you to compare and read. The more you study, the more you'll improve."

"However, not everyone needs to learn English. We are a foreign business office, not a translation office. We need to have the ability to read and communicate in foreign languages, but we don't need to have both."

"That's great!" Cheng Xia exclaimed excitedly, almost clapping.

He didn't even submit his translation.

He wants face.

Qian Jin glanced at him and chuckled, "Hehe, everyone, don't get too excited. I mean, not everyone needs to learn English, but everyone must learn a foreign language!"

"English, Japanese, Russian, French, and German—these are the five languages ​​we'll be introducing for now. You can choose for yourselves."

"There's no rush. Learning a foreign language can't be accomplished overnight, and cultivating interest won't show results in a day. Just keep the language selection process in mind."

Someone mustered their courage and asked, "What about the document translation work?"

Qian Jin shook his head and didn't say anything.

He grabbed a stack of translation materials and went straight to Wei Bin.

In fact, he had anticipated the current translation result, otherwise he wouldn't have worked overtime to translate it last night.

He didn't expect anything from his bunch of idiots in this translation job; he had planned from the beginning to take charge of it himself.

But he can't work for free.

He needs to take care of something this month.

This requires Wei Bin's approval.

Wei Bin happened to be off in a meeting that morning and was sitting at his desk looking at a document.

Hearing the knock, he looked up and said, "Come in."

Qian Jin walked into the office.

He didn't mince words; he immediately handed the translated materials to Wei Bin for review and gave a detailed report on the department's situation.

Wei Bin frowned and looked at him: "What did you promise me yesterday? Who was going to give me a pledge?"

"What's wrong? Now you're having trouble at work? Now you want to come to me to complain?"

Qian Jin straightened up and said, "Sir, you've misunderstood me."

"I want to tell you that our colleagues in the department are indeed not very useful at the moment. They need at least six months of training before they can be put to good use."

"According to my research, there are about ten people who are currently useful for translation work, and to put it bluntly, the combined translation ability of these ten people is not as good as mine."

"So I'm prepared to take on the translation work myself for the time being. I'll translate all of these materials!"

This was far beyond Wei Bin's expectations.

Even the well-informed president was momentarily dumbfounded: "Hey Qian Jin, you worked overtime last night, didn't you? Are you still half asleep?"

"Those are thousands of product manuals and brochures. You're going to translate them all by yourself?"

Qian Jin nodded seriously: "Yes, leader, I will translate it all myself!"

"And the timeframe remains the same, it's within this month—of course, I'm not relying entirely on myself, that's my idea."

“There are about ten colleagues in our department who can help. I will do the rough translation, and they will refine the details by referring to the dictionary.”

Wei Bin said, "That's definitely not a problem, but I still have to remind you, that's thousands of documents!"

Qian Jin calmly said, "I've thought about it. I'll work for about twenty hours a day and sleep for four or five hours. That way, I can translate forty or fifty documents a day."

"But if I do that, I'm afraid I won't be able to take charge of other work."

Wei Bin subconsciously said, "For the time being, the Foreign Investment Office doesn't need to carry out any other business. The Customs hasn't separated the relevant work yet, and our Central News Agency hasn't selected a list of foreign companies to contact..."

He shook his head: "I think your idea is still unreliable. You're going to work yourself to death."

Qian Jin said nonchalantly, "I'm young, I can handle it."

"However, I can't waste time like this, so I'd like to ask my supervisor if I can work from home part of the time?"

"For example, I come to work every other day to handle other tasks, and spend the rest of the time at home, working overtime to translate this batch of documents."

Wei Bin asked with a complicated expression, "Are you trying to work yourself to death?"

"Little Qian, my dear Director Qian, you're a commander, not a soldier! You need to know how to lead your men, you need to get them to fight, instead of just charging ahead yourself!"

Qian Jin explained helplessly, "The problem is that all my soldiers are children right now, and the enemy is already at the city gates. Am I supposed to send a bunch of children to their deaths?"

"It would be better for me to hold the front line myself first and give them time to grow. At least once they have grown up, they can be used by me."

Wei Bin fell silent.

He lowered his head and continued to pore over the translated materials.

He was watching someone drink water rapidly.

What kind of chicken neck stuff is this?!
He quickly flipped through the first thirty or forty documents, then slowed down when he saw the last few, and looked up to hold up a document for Qian Jin to examine:
"Did you translate this?"

Qian Jin nodded.

Wei Bin took out a cigarette case.

Qian Jin immediately went up to light a cigarette.

He squinted as he smoked, finishing the entire cigarette before forcefully stubbing it out in the ashtray.
"You'll be fully responsible for how your department should carry out its work this month. I'll talk to the other department leaders and ask them to cooperate with your work."

"But don't overwork yourself. I can tell that our company will need you to take the lead in handling foreign business in the future."

"Also, you need to keep an eye on the office work atmosphere and don't let me run wild!"

Qian Jin was overjoyed and immediately said, "Don't worry, leader. The Foreign Investment Office will study hard from now on. Our team will not fall apart; it will only become more refined!"

Wei Bin leaned back in his chair and nodded: "If all else fails, you can postpone the translation work until next month..."

"After I return from the National Day holiday, I will definitely organize all the translated materials and hand them over to you!" Qian Jin said firmly.

Wei Bin nodded silently, then said to his secretary on the desk next to him, "I have two boxes of Brazilian coffee, right? I don't like that stuff, but it can give me some energy. Go find it and give it to Director Qian."

The secretary immediately began the search.

Qian Jin hurriedly thanked him.

Wei Bin waved his hand and said, "No need for thanks, it's all for work. But I still want to remind you that there are many issues to consider when working from home, such as work supervision and communication and collaboration with colleagues."

Qian Jin said, "Don't worry, leader, I've thought about it."

"Our two deputy directors are reliable. In addition, I will report my work progress to you regularly, and we should be able to communicate and resolve any problems in a timely manner."

President Wei Bin nodded: "Then you'd better develop some corresponding systems. I saw this yesterday; you're an expert in this area."

"Remember, you must ensure the smooth operation of your department within the organization. When you get back, write down the specific plan, and we'll discuss it further."

Qian Jin nodded quickly: "Okay, President Wei, I'll go back and prepare right away."

He walked out of the office with a relaxed and cheerful air.

Looking at his straight back.

Wei Bin said with some envy, "This young man, hey, he really has the air of a young man!"

Upon returning to the Foreign Business Office, Qian Jin immediately convened another meeting with his subordinates.

He recounted the conclusion of his discussion with Wei Bin:

"Comrades, President Wei has agreed to the proposal I put forward."

"Next, we will execute this plan."

"I hope that in the time to come, everyone can take advantage of the relatively free time this month and study hard to improve their abilities."

"There definitely won't be such a good opportunity again. If you don't seize this opportunity, and your business skills aren't up to par in the future, don't blame me for letting you go!"

Sun Jian quickly played his role as a lackey, being the first to stand up and say, "Director Qian, we will definitely work hard and live up to your expectations!"

The other employees now understood that all they needed to do was keep an eye on Sun Jian and respond to whatever he said.

"Director Qian, we will study hard!"

Qian Jin, along with Cheng Xia and Sun Jian, devised a plan for them to supervise their colleagues' work and communicate with him when he was not at work.

This is quite simple.

Qian Jinxin's new residence has a telephone, and he can call directly from the office, making it very convenient for both parties to communicate.

Once the temporary work system and problem solutions are submitted for review and approved, Qianjin's good days are about to begin.

Working from home!

He chose this work-from-home period because he had other things to do.

The story of the Taishan Road Labor Commando Team.

(End of this chapter)