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Chapter 643 Change positions, the plot begins

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Chen has been working in the library for more than a month, and got his first salary of this month, 19 yuan five.

Among them, 17 yuan and [-] yuan are wages, and [-] yuan is subsidies. In addition to money, some food stamps and meat tickets were also issued, but the number is relatively small.

Although the scale of the library is not comparable to those factories with tens of thousands of people, the salary is still very good, and the work is very stable and easy. Compared with being a front-line worker in a factory, he is busy from morning till night. , too much to be comfortable.

Zhou Chen is very satisfied with this kind of life now, this job is almost tailor-made for him.

Today is Tuesday, not a day off, so there are not many customers in the library, and even fewer in the history books area.

Those who come to the library to borrow books and read books have their own tendencies. For boring and serious books like history, the borrowers are definitely not as good as those books about literature and poetry.

There was no one around, so Zhou Chen picked up a book and leaned against the bookshelf to start reading.

As a library with hundreds of thousands of volumes, it is naturally impossible for all the books in the collection to be in Chinese, and there are also English books, Russian books, French books and so on.

For example, the book Zhou Chen is reading now is a book introducing the famous Italian Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci.

Although he didn't know much about antiques and the like, Da Vinci was naturally familiar to him. He was a strange man, and his paintings would be treasures among treasures in later generations.

One of his most famous paintings, the Mona Lisa, is almost a household name in later generations.

The reason why Zhou Chen watched his deeds was also to do an experiment for his own mission.

Da Vinci's paintings must meet the system's evaluation requirements.

Although the system said that the antiques to be collected were from the period of the Five Great Dynasties, it did not clearly state that they had to be domestic antiques.

Da Vinci lived from the 14th century to the beginning of the 15th century, corresponding to the Ming Dynasty in China.

What he wants to experiment is to see if the valuable antiques from abroad can meet the requirements of the system. If they can, then that's the best.

Fortunately, this book introducing Da Vinci is in English. If it is in Italian, he really can't read it, because he has never learned Italian.

While Zhou Chen was seriously reading, Zhao Lijie came to the second floor. He thought of Zhou Chen, so he walked along the bookshelf and started looking for Zhou Chen, wanting to see what Zhou Chen was doing.

Soon he found Zhou Chen, and he was not surprised when he saw Zhou Chen leaning on the bookshelf to read, because Zhou Chen often did this when he was free.

He didn't make a sound, and walked towards Zhou Chen quietly.

Zhou Chen's vigilance is still good, although he was reading seriously, but when Zhao Lijie approached him, he still felt it, so he raised his head immediately.

"Uncle Zhao, why are you here?"

Zhao Lijie asked with a smile: "Zhou Chen, read a book."

"Well, I'm just idle, so I just read a book." Zhou Chen raised the book in his hand.

Zhao Lijie didn't care at all, but when he saw the cover of the book that Zhou Chen held up, he was stunned.

"Xiao Zhou, are you reading an English book?"

"Yes."

"You can understand?"

"It's okay, I can understand it."

Zhao Lijie's expression changed immediately. According to his understanding, Zhou Chen just graduated from junior high school, and he didn't even go to high school. If he could speak a word or two of English, that's all.

But the problem is, Zhou Chen is actually holding an English book to read. This is not a matter of speaking a few words of English. At least someone who is proficient in English is able to understand English books, right?
So he had to be suspicious, but he also saw very clearly just now that Zhou Chen was very serious when he was reading a book, it didn't look like he was pretending at all.

"Can you really understand?"

Zhou Chen knew why Zhao Lijie was suspicious. A person who didn't even pass the high school exam could suddenly understand English books, so no one would believe him if he said it.

But he said very calmly: "Uncle Zhao, I can really understand it, so let me read a page to you."

"Let's go..."

Listening to Zhou Chen reading English very smoothly, Zhao Lijie didn't dare to blink, his eyes were full of disbelief.

Well, he doesn't know English, but he just doesn't get it.

At this moment, Zhou Chen's image in his eyes changed dramatically.

Zhou Chen's speed is very fast, it takes about 1 minute to finish reading a page, but for Zhao Lijie, this 1 minute is extremely long.

"Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao."

Zhou Chen's cry woke up Zhao Lijie from his trance, his body trembled, and he said quickly: "Okay, Xiao Zhou, you read it really well, but can you understand the meaning?"

He wasn't messing around, but felt that some people could read English, but not all of them could understand the meaning.

But Zhou Chen's answer was very straightforward: "Of course."

A look of surprise appeared on Zhao Lijie's face. In today's country, there are only a few people who can speak English. There are also people in their library who can speak English, but to be honest, the level is not very high.

At least according to Zhao Lijie, Zhou Chen's English was much smoother than the translator in their library.

"Xiao Zhou, can you translate English articles accurately?"

"can."

After answering, Zhou Chen was also very surprised. Did Zhao Lijie want him to help translate English books?
He had done this kind of thing in the last world, but at that time, he was a college student, helping his classmates translate and earning some living expenses by the way.

If Zhao Lijie had this plan, he would have some extra money.

Just as he thought, after Zhao Lijie got an affirmative answer, his heart was moved immediately.

"Xiao Zhou, if I ask you to translate this English book in your hand, to what extent can you translate it? And when can you finish it?"

"This one?"

Zhou Chen looked at the book in his hand, thought for a while, and then answered.

"Uncle Zhao, there is no problem with translation, but you also know that Chinese in our country is different from English in certain ways of expression; if you want to translate it according to the original meaning, it is almost impossible, but If I am asked to translate, I can achieve about [-]% of the standard."

"As for the time, the whole book depends on the situation. If I keep translating and work seven or eight hours a day, it will take me about two weeks to finish it."

He didn't talk too much. If he tried his best, he would definitely be able to translate this book in less than a week.

You must know that his current spirit has reached an astonishing 28 points, and the limit of ordinary people is only 10 points. He is far beyond ordinary people.

This makes his thinking logic, calculation ability, etc. far surpass ordinary people, even more amazing than some so-called geniuses.

"Two weeks, are you sure?"

Zhao Lijie asked in disbelief.

The book in Zhou Chen's hand can have more than 100 pages. If it is given to their library for translation, if you hurry up, it will be considered good if it can be translated in a month, but the quality of the translation is not guaranteed. case.

What's even more incredible is that Zhou Chen said that he was able to translate about [-]% of the English standard, which is really scary.

The translators in their library sometimes have to look up materials when encountering uncommon English words, and the translation is even more scratching. Let alone [-]%, [-]% is considered good.

That's why their translators can't be foreign translators, they can only work in their library, but even so, they get a good status.

Zhou Chen nodded again, he saw a better future beckoning to him.

Zhao Lijie was overjoyed, he didn't suspect that Zhou Chen was lying, because this kind of thing can be known at one test, not to mention that Zhou Chen is the nephew of an old friend, the relationship between the two is unusual, he didn't think Zhou Chen would lie to him.

"Great, Xiao Zhou, come with me, and I'll take you to see the curator."

Naturally, Zhou Chen would not refuse, so he followed Zhao Lijie straight to the third floor, towards the curator's office.

The curator of their library is an official in the system, and his rank is not low. It is because he is old that he retreated to the second line and came to the library to be the curator.

The other party's name was Xue Yuguo, a very kind elder, even for the low-level employees, he was very gentle, and was deeply loved by the library staff.

Zhao Lijie and Xue Yuguo obviously have a very good relationship. After bringing Zhou Chen in, he didn't say a word of nonsense, and directly stated his purpose.

Xue Yuguo was also very surprised when he heard this. He is old and has been working since the founding of the People's Republic of China. He has a lot of knowledge.

Because there is little contact with the outside world, there are really very few people in China who can understand English. It is really surprising that a young junior like Zhou Chen can have such a good English level.

"Xiao Zhou, wait a moment, Old Zhao, go and call Wang Hao and let him communicate with Xiao Zhou."

Whether it is true or not, there is no basis for the words, Wang Hao is the English translator of the library, Xue Yuguo is going to let Wang Hao come to try Zhou Chen's level.

Zhao Lijie nodded and went to call Wang Hao.

Soon, Zhou Chen saw a man in his 30s wearing glasses, and the two started a conversation in English under Xue Yuguo's command.

The result was naturally no accident. Zhou Chen completely crushed Wang Hao in terms of spoken English.

That is to say, from this day on, Zhou Chen's work has changed, from the administrator who managed the books in the historical area to a more senior translator.

He reads newspapers every day, translates and translates English documents, etc. In addition to his salary, he, like Wang Hao, also has an additional bonus for translation.

Although there are not many things that need to be translated, it is more than one level higher than the previous salary of 17 yuan and 30 yuan. Now he can get more than [-] yuan a month.

Formalization is also on the way.

A few days later, Han Chunming arrived at Zhou Chen's house on time.

"I brought things here, how long are you planning to stay?"

Zhou Chen watched Han Chunming carry the package, he didn't bring anything with him last time, so he should be more prepared.

Han Chunming laughed and said: "My aunts and the others probably will stay for two or three days, so I will stay with you for a few days, I will deliver the things first, and I will go back for dinner later, Zhou Chen, why don't you come with me?" go back together?"

Zhou Chen quickly waved his hand and said, "I won't go, your family is eating, I'll go and figure out what's going on, I won't go."

He doesn't want to participate in such a troublesome thing. Is it not good to drink a little wine at home alone, or is the bed at home not comfortable enough?
"Then help me take the things in, be careful, there are two old things I brought you inside, you can appreciate them slowly, and lend me the bicycle first."

With that said, he took the bicycle from Zhou Chen, and then galloped away.

Zhou Chen was holding the package with a puzzled look on his face. This is not Han Chunming's style. With how precious he is to his antiques, would he give things to him so easily?
With suspicion, Zhou Chen walked into the house and opened the package. Apart from the clothes, there were indeed two items.

One is an incense burner, and the other is a pen holder.

Zhou Chen picked up these two things and looked them over carefully. They looked like they were old, but he couldn't tell when they were made or what was special about them.

"Kid Han Chunming, he probably won't play tricks on me. These two things should be old things."

After studying it for a while, Zhou Chen couldn't see why, so Zhou Chen didn't bother with it anymore. He didn't even enter the door, and it was useless to watch it for a long time.

Han Chunming knew that he came back in a hurry after nine o'clock in the evening. When he saw Zhou Chen, he smiled and asked, "Zhou Chen, what do you think of my two things?"

"Ask knowingly, I haven't even entered your industry now, let me see, what can I see?"

"Tell me everything you can tell, such as what period they are from, whether they are genuine or fake. Let me tell you the truth, one of these two things is real, and the other is a handicraft."

"Oh?"

Now Zhou Chen became interested. Just now he felt that these two things were old, so they should be true.

But since Han Chunming said it, it must not be amusing him, so he started to look at the two items carefully again.

After a long while, he shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't see any clues. If I had to choose, I think this incense burner should be some years old, and the marks on it don't look like they were put on deliberately Yes, on the contrary, this pen holder looks old, but it just feels a little uncoordinated."

In fact, Zhou Chen was not sure of his opinion, he just said what he saw, whether it was right or wrong, so he couldn't guarantee it.

At this time, Han Chunming stared at Zhou Chen with astonishment, his eyes full of suspicion.

"Zhou Chen, do you really not understand, or are you pretending to me?"

Zhou Chen's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and asked, "You mean, I guessed it right?"

"Yes, you are right."

Han Chunming nodded, and then said: "The incense burner is indeed real, and the pen holder is fake, so I wonder if you are making fun of me."

Hearing that he had guessed right, Zhou Chen showed a smile.

"You told me the result. It's just a probability of choosing one of the two. It's normal for me to guess right. Although I'm an amateur, I also know that guessing in this line of work won't work at all."

Han Chunming asked in surprise: "Zhou Chen, are you really planning to join our business? You don't know what the future will be like."

"No, it's beginning to become clear."

Zhou Chen's expression became serious: "Our country has slowly recovered, and it won't be long before it will become strong and prosperous, and then we will usher in a prosperous age."

"Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times, this sentence should be very clear to you who are in this industry. Believe what I said today, it won't be long before the value of these things will soar, so take advantage of this period , bring more treasures by your side, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that."

Han Chunming was taken aback by what Zhou Chen said. His original intention of collecting antiques was not to make money, but to really like them.

To put it more noblely, it is a kind of inheritance of the Chinese people. It was Mr. Guan before, but he inherited Mr. Guan.

He wondered why Zhou Chen was so determined, even as an outsider, he began to persuade him, an expert.

"Zhou Chen, why are you so sure that it won't be long before the prosperous age and antiques will be valuable?"

Zhou Chen patted him on the shoulder and advised: "Read more books, read more newspapers, listen to history more, and learn more."

"What's the mess?"

"Forget it, it's useless to talk to someone like you who doesn't want to learn, you just need to remember my words."

"Tch, I don't even need to listen to you, I'm already collecting these."

"Let's not talk about this, you should tell me about this incense burner and pen holder, what is their origin, and how to distinguish between true and false."

Speaking of this, Han Chunming was no longer sleepy. He sat next to Zhou Chen, picked up the incense burner, and began to explain.

"The incense burner has a long history in our country. It is an indispensable offering in our country's traditional folk customs, religion, and sacrificial activities..."

Although Han Chunming is not good at studying, he is still very proficient as long as he has a history with antiques, especially famous sayings such as ancient literature, he can say a set of things.

Zhou Chen listened to him patiently, well, this talk lasted for more than ten minutes, all of which was to introduce the origin of the incense burner, and then talked about the shape, model and so on.

Anyway, in the end, if you want to distinguish between true and false, you must understand the structure of the incense burner. The incense burner in different periods has different appearances, and you must distinguish it from history.

Immediately afterwards, he told Zhou Chen some places that were easier to identify. Although Zhou Chen only knew a little about it, he also learned some useful things.

After talking about the incense burner, Han Chunming talked about the pen holder again...

One of them talked and the other listened. They didn't go back to their rooms until around twelve o'clock to sleep.

Han Chunming didn't stay here for long, and left after three days. However, although he left, he didn't take the incense burner with him.

He said that he would stay here with Zhou Chen, give Zhou Chen some time to play with and then return it to him, it would be regarded as the accommodation fee.

Regarding this, Zhou Chen just smiled and did not refuse. He was indeed very interested in this ugly incense burner.

After that, Han Chunming didn't come back for a long time, until one day, Han Chunming came over in a hurry and told him that he had found a job and was working in a bakery named Yili.

Hearing this news, Zhou Chen knew that the plot under Zhengyangmen had officially started.

(End of this chapter)