Chapter 413 Li Li Brought some Books From Abroad (First Update)
Dai Jiali also noticed Fang Minghua, his eyes were a little flustered.
Fang Minghua thought for a moment and walked over to ask, "Why are you here?"
"Looking for a job." The girl pretended to be nonchalant.
"Looking for a job here? Didn't you say you and your classmates set up a translation agency?"
"It was established, but there was no business, so we had to find work individually." The girl whispered.
Ideals are full, but reality is very skinny.
It turned out that Dai Jiali left his mother without saying goodbye with 200 yuan in his pocket, and came to Hainan with his dreams. When he arrived, he realized that it was not what he thought.
There are too many college students coming to Hainan.
There are so many people coming in all of a sudden that Hainan cannot absorb them in a short time. What makes Dai Jiali even more sad is that most of the college students around him are studying liberal arts!
There are many poets, writers, painters, teachers, editors, and reporters who have just made their debut. Most of the job-seeking destinations are literary federations, writers' associations, newspapers, magazines, and colleges and universities.
There are also many people studying translation, but where are there so many foreigners and foreign books in Haikou?
As a last resort, she had to go out and attack, and come to the vicinity of Wanghai Building. The people living here are all big bosses who come to invest, and there are some foreigners. Maybe there is still a chance.
"Still can't find it here?" Fang Minghua asked.
"Well, I haven't seen a foreigner yet." Dai Jiali had to say.
Oh.
HAN Province has not been established yet, various preferential measures have not been introduced, and the basic conditions are so poor. Foreigners come to invest now?
Is your head bumpy?
In fact, historically, Hainan Special Economic Zone was also played by domestic people, and they played with real estate.
Seeing the girl like this, Fang Minghua felt a little sympathetic, thought for a while and said, "Dai Jiali, go to room 606 to find someone, that is, the fat man who came to Haikou with me some time ago. He wants to set up a company. You go and apply for the job to see if he wants you."
"Thank you, I'll go right away!" The girl threw away the sign and rushed in immediately, but was pulled by Fang Minghua.
"Why are you in a hurry? He is still sleeping! Go in three or four hours."
"Okay, okay" the girl agreed.
After finishing this matter, Fang Minghua was about to leave with his travel bag.
"Brother, where are you going?" Dai Jiali asked curiously.
"Home."
Fang Minghua said without turning his head.
"Brother, you are a good person." The girl said behind him.
Oh.
Another good person card.
Fang Minghua took a Santana to Dayingshan Airport, and arrived at Huacheng Baiyun Airport after an hour of flight. After waiting for two hours at the airport, he took another flight to Xijing, and arrived in Xijing at more than seven o'clock in the evening.
As soon as Fang Minghua got out of the cabin with his luggage, he shivered in the cold wind blowing in his face.
Directly from summer to winter.
Coming out of the airport waiting hall, Fang Minghua took a Duke and went straight to his parents' home. Fortunately, Xixian International Airport had not been built at this time, and Xijing was still the old airport Xiguan Airport, just outside Andingmen in the western suburbs, not far from Xincheng Square, otherwise the high taxi fare would make Fang Minghua feel distressed.
When he returned home, his parents, sister, wife and son were all there, and it suddenly seemed lively.
At night, when their son fell asleep, the couple half-lay on the bed in pajamas and chatted. The topic was naturally about opening a branch in Hainan.
"Minghua, I have carefully considered this matter. I think that since we are opening a branch in Haikou, there should be some difference between the company in Haikou and the one in Xijing." Song Tangtang said in a low voice.
"What do you think?"
Song Tangtang continued:
"Hongjun called me this afternoon and said that he was going to transfer the publishing of the "Female" series of books written by Xue Mili to Haikou in the future. Then I think that we should simply transfer all the publication of romance and martial arts books like this to Xijing. Books of this type should be published here."
"What type?"
"I'll show you."
Song Tangtang turned over and got out of bed, took out a book from the drawer of the desk and handed it to Fang Minghua. It turned out to be an English novel.
"A Clockwork Orange"
Fang Minghua identified a few English words.
Oh, it's "A Clockwork Orange"!
Fang Minghua had read this novel before coming to this era, of course it was a Chinese translation.
It is a long fantasy novel written by British writer Anthony Burgess. It tells the story of Alex, a troubled teenager in a restless adolescence in the future society of Britain. He is a street teenager who does all kinds of evil. He was arrested for a murder case, and the authorities tried a special method on him to "transform" him into a person who would be extremely painful when he had violent thoughts. He can only do good and is unable to do evil. He has lost the ability to choose good and evil and lost his free will. He feels like a clockwork orange...
In fact, it is about the exploration of youth loss and human nature. Later, it was adapted into a movie, which was very sensational.
Seeing Song Tangtang take out the original English book, Fang Minghua was a little surprised. It seems that there is no Chinese translation of this book in China?
"This is what Lili brought back from the UK." Song Tangtang explained.
So that's it!
"Is Lili back from winter vacation?" Fang Minghua asked.
"Well, she brought back several foreign books. She recommended this one to me. I had a hard time reading it, but I found it very interesting. She also said that our book company doesn't have to publish martial arts and romance novels, but can publish novels like this. Although they are not as classic as Shakespeare's novels, they are very popular with readers abroad."
"Oh"
That's true.
This is equivalent to a bestseller.
"The problem is that someone has to translate it into Chinese. How about asking Lili to help translate it into Chinese? For her doctoral degree, it should be no problem, right?" Fang Minghua said.
Song Tangtang rolled her eyes at him and said, "Lili is busy translating your book "Crossing Guandong" and writing her doctoral dissertation. How can she have time?!"
Forgot that Li Li will graduate from her doctoral program this summer.
Translation is indeed a problem.
Fang Minghua suddenly remembered Dai Jiali whom she met in Hainan. Her classmates set up a translation agency. Why not let them try?
Fang Minghua told Song Tangtang about the encounter with Dai Jiali in Haikou and briefly told his wife, and suggested that they translate it through the translation agency.
"Well, we can try!" Song Tangtang agreed.
"What other novels did Lili bring back?" Fang Minghua asked again.
"Several books, all written in foreign languages, including English and Japanese. I didn't remember the names. You can call her tomorrow to ask."
"Okay then."
Since you want to translate, translate a few more books and publish the one that is translated better.
The next day, Fang Minghua was not in a hurry to go to work. Song Tangtang of course had to go to the company. After lunch at noon, he took his son to his father-in-law's house and also went to see his daughter.
The two children were over one year old and almost at the age of walking. They couldn't stay at home and had to go out to play. Fortunately, there was a small yard at his father-in-law's house, so Fang Minghua put a belt around the children's waists, and he and his mother-in-law each pulled one behind, and the children staggered to learn to walk.
Alas. It was so cold outside, but the two children were having fun.
The two children finally calmed down and went back to the house to play with toys. Fang Minghua called Li Li's house and asked her to bring those books over.