Chapter 107 The Destined Journey to the West (More Updates, Please Subscribe)
"Okay, let's go, I'll take you to get a work permit."

When Manager Qi heard what Li Changhe said, he immediately took Li Changhe to get a work permit with a smile on his face.

Then he was taken to an office area in the lobby on the first floor, which was also the rest area for the lobby waiters. It was a hidden office with several desks.

"Changhe, you can just work here from now on."

"Xiao Wu, come here!"

Manager Qi waved to the girl Li Changhe met that day.

"manager!"

The little girl walked over and looked at Li Changhe with some surprise.

"Changhe, this is Wu Xiaoyu. You can tell her what to do in the future. Let her learn more from you."

"Xiaoyu, Changhe will be your English teacher from now on. Study hard with him, okay?"

Qi Danian gave Wu Xiaoyu serious instructions.

"Got it, manager!"

Wu Xiaoyu nodded obediently.

"Okay, Changhe, you stay busy here, I'll go check out other places first."

"Manager Qi, you go first!"

After Qi Danian left, Wu Xiaoyu suddenly became lively again.

"Writer Ling, please really teach us English in the future!"

"You don't have to call me Writer Ling. My name is Li Changhe. You can just call me by my name."

"By the way, who are you and Manager Qi?"

"He is my third uncle!"

Wu Xiaoyu said a little embarrassedly at this time.

Wow, they are all relatives.

"Well, let's call you Teacher Li. Teacher Li, do you think English is difficult to learn?"

Wu Xiaoyu asked curiously.

Li Changhe smiled and shook his head: "It's not difficult to learn, it's very simple."

"Well, go find me a notebook and a pen, and I'll teach you some simple ones now."

"okay!"

Wu Xiaoyu immediately turned around, ran to the side in a hurry, and took out a hard-cover notebook and a ballpoint pen.

Seeing the hard-cover notebook and ballpoint pen that Wu Xiaoyu brought, Li Changhe couldn't help but sigh.

As expected of a foreign-related hotel, even the stationery is high-end in this era.

At this time, although ballpoint pens are not as valuable as they were in the 1950s, they are still considered high-end writing tools in this era.

So much so that even in the next thirty years, there will still be people who continue to tout that the small ball on the tip of a ballpoint pen is a technological challenge that China will find difficult to overcome.

Li Changhe took the hard cover notebook and ballpoint pen, opened it, wrote a word on it, and then marked it directly with Chinese characters.

ComeCome

Go
Yes, choking to death.
NO no
America
Li Changhe directly used the simplest Chinese character notation method from his previous life and started writing words for them.

In fact, for hotel waiters like them, there are only a few commonly used English conversations and words. Li Changhe plans to directly mark the pronunciation for them using Chinese characters.

Just like in his previous life, he saw some people teaching Cantonese songs on Tik Tok.

In addition, Li Changhe has another supplementary method, which is to make some vocabulary boards for them.

But there is no rush for this.

"Come on, Xiaoyu, pass this notebook around among your colleagues. The Chinese character in the middle is the pronunciation, and the one at the back is the meaning of the word."

"Words are letters in English, which are equivalent to the words we know, understand?"

"Yes, Mr. Li. Someone has told us about it before."

"But those waiters who knew English refused to speak it later. They knew how to communicate with the customers themselves, and they didn't take us seriously and didn't want to teach us."

Wu Xiaoyu said in a low voice at this time.

For some waiters in Beijing hotels, knowing a foreign language is a killer weapon, a special skill, and an indispensable talent in the restaurant.

Some of the smart ones are naturally too proud of what they have and hide it from themselves and are unwilling to teach other waiters with all their heart.

"Well, remember what's written here first, and then I'll teach you how to read it when everyone is here."

Li Changhe was not in a hurry to correct their pronunciation because many foreigners' pronunciations were inherently strange.

When I was studying in my previous life, my teacher said that grammatical tenses were particularly important.

Later, Li Changhe discovered that as long as the words were correct, nothing else mattered.

When he was in middle school, "long time no see" was a negative example given by his English teacher, who said it was typical Chinese English and had no logic.

By the time he started working, this had become the common language in Europe and America.

With Li Changhe's straightforward teaching method, as expected, by noon, Wu Xiaoyu and several hall waiters had memorized several English words.

"So America is pronounced as Emerick!"

"Britain belongs to England, no wonder it is called Britain."

"France too, Florence!"

Several waiters started to chatter there.

Li Changhe took his work card and walked into the restaurant leisurely.

Although there is no salary, it is also good to be able to have free lunch.

The canteen of the Foreign Affairs Restaurant has its own food, even if the cooks are apprentices, the quality is higher than that of the current canteen at Peking University.

After eating, Li Changhe strolled to the People's Literature editorial office and said goodbye to Liu Jianqing.

I will be staying at the Capital Hotel on weekends. If you have any questions, you can go to the Capital Hotel to find him.

After all, the Jingcheng Hotel is very close to the People's Literature Editorial Department. Unexpectedly, Li Changhe told Liu Jianqing at noon, and Zhang Guangnian came in the evening.

"You are really capable. You have turned the Capital Hotel into your office."

As a top figure in the Writers Association, he had no problem entering the Capital Hotel.

Zhang Guangnian was also quite surprised to see how successful Li Changhe was doing here.

This kid Li Changhe, if I don’t see him for a few days, I’ll do something new for him.

"I'm just going back and forth a lot, Editor-in-Chief Zhang, how about I treat you to dinner here tonight? The food they cook is really good."

Li Changhe said with a smile.

Zhang Guangnian smiled and said, "You should treat me to a meal, but not tonight."

"Go pick up Comrade Zhu Lin later, and then come with me to meet someone."

"How come the director was found so quickly?"

Li Changhe asked with some surprise.

"It's just a phone call, but she hasn't agreed yet. I need to see your partner first."

Zhang Guangnian nodded and said.

"Do you need to see how this temporary teaching works for someone?"

Li Changhe was speechless. This was just a last-minute raid and he wasn't recruiting a disciple. Why did the director have to interview him first?
"When someone teaches someone, they have to consider the person. Why should they teach you if they don't like you?"

"Another thing is, the director I found for you is a female director. She is rare in Beijing. If you don't like her, it will be hard to find another one later."

"Few male directors are willing to accept female students. We have to avoid suspicion, understand?"

Zhang Guangnian said to Li Changhe meaningfully.

Li Changhe nodded: "I understand, don't worry."

Even though some directors may not be good people in private, they still have to maintain a glorious and majestic image on the surface.

Of course, Lao Zhang is also reliable. He directly helped Zhu Lin contact a female director, but no one knows who she is.

However, before leaving, they discovered another problem. Zhang Guangnian came on a bicycle, but Li Changhe did not.

Two people can ride one bicycle, but there is also Zhu Lin.

"Go find Qi Danian. They have public bicycles at the Jingcheng Hotel. Ask him to lend you one."

Zhang Guangnian was no stranger to the Capital Hotel. People of his level often frequented these high-end hotels.

After getting Zhang Guangnian's guidance, Li Changhe immediately went to find Qi Danian.

Relying on the relationship of being half "one of ours", Qi Danian readily gave him a note and asked him to go to the back to get a bicycle.

If Li Changhe wanted to borrow a car, it might be very difficult, but it would be no problem to borrow a public bicycle.

When he came out, Li Changhe also bought a box of tea from the store inside the Beijing Hotel.

Since she is a female director, it is definitely inappropriate to give her wine. Tea is okay, not to mention that the things sold in the Capital Hotel are all for foreigners, and the packaging is quite nice.

At the gate of Union Hospital, Zhu Lin was a little surprised to see Li Changhe riding a bicycle towards him.

"Why did you come here on a bicycle today?"

"This is not mine. It belongs to the Capital Hotel. I can't explain it in a few words. Editor-in-Chief Zhang is still waiting for us."

"He has found a director for you, but he needs to see you first tonight. Let's go there together now."

Li Changhe gave Zhu Lin a brief explanation.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Lin nodded and got directly on the back seat of the bicycle.

Zhang Guangnian was waiting on the side of the road. When he saw two people coming, he also started riding his bicycle.

"The director I found for you is not from the film studio, but from CCTV."

"She is the director in charge of opera, but she has a lot of experience."

"And don't look down on them just because they don't make movies. Directors who shoot operas and dances are very good at camera movements and switching shots. These are the basic skills of a director."

Zhang Guangnian and Li Changhe were riding bicycles side by side, and he gave instructions to both of them at the same time.

Li Changhe nodded: "Don't worry, Editor-in-Chief Zhang, we are not qualified to be picky."

"But if it's directed by CCTV, will we have a chance to watch some of their previous films?"

Li Changhe asked his own doubts again. There is also a question about film analysis in the directing department exam.

Nowadays, it is not like the later times where you can find any movie at will and cinemas only play movies according to regulations. It is really hard to find a place in China where you can watch various movies anytime and anywhere.

"CCTV also has its own small broadcasting studio, and they have copies of previous films there."

"And you know why I went to CCTV? It's because they have nothing to do there."

"The screening room at the Beijing Film Studio is so packed that you won't be able to see many movies even if you find a director."

"CCTV is better. If Director Yang Jie really chooses you, you will have plenty of time to watch the film."

That's it
Li Changhe nodded in understanding, and then was suddenly stunned.

"Editor-in-Chief Zhang, the director you just mentioned is Director Yang Jie?"

Oh my god, this can’t be such a coincidence, right?
"Yes, Director Yang Jie, that's a veteran revolutionary. How come you know him?"

Zhang Guangnian asked Li Changhe in surprise.

Li Changhe shook his head: "No, it just sounds familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere before."

CCTV, director Yang Jie, it can’t be such a coincidence.

My own wife, is this the unavoidable "Journey to the West"?

"You may have read about it in the newspaper. A few years ago, she helped the great man film a Hunan opera."

"Her house is just ahead. We're here!"

Zhang Guangnian led Li Changhe and the others into a residential compound and then stopped under a building.

(End of this chapter)