Chapter 16 International Friends
At ten o'clock in the evening, Lin Yuzhen was having a midnight snack at Zhu Hanwen's house. The three of them were enjoying the meal around a pot of seafood.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
Zhu Hanwen nodded at Lin Yuzhen, who was closest to him, and said, "Go answer the phone."
"All right."
Lin Yuzhen sucked a garlic oyster into her mouth, then wiped her white and tender hands, walked to the phone, pressed the hands-free button, and asked softly, "Hello?"
A series of authentic American English burst out from the microphone, which directly confused Lin Yuzhen.
"What is this talking about?"
At least tell me in advance if you are going to take the listening test. Don't play with me like this!
Although Lin Yuzhen had good grades in English, that was only limited to the written test. As for her listening skills, her performance was only at the level of nine pounds and fifteen pence.
There is no way around it. The overall level of English teaching in China is so poor now.
Zhu Hanwen, who was still sucking on an oyster, was also surprised: "Why is there a foreigner on the other end of the phone? Did he call the wrong number?"
As an English teacher, Sun Jiatong’s spoken English was slightly better than Lin Yuzhen’s. She quickly wiped her hands on her apron, walked over quickly and picked up the phone, her voice trembling slightly: “Hello?”
After communicating for a while, Sun Jiatong turned around and looked at Zhu Hanwen, her eyes serious but also a little curious: "Looking for Lu Yiming."
Zhu Hanwen found it hard to believe: "Looking for Lu Yiming? Which international friend? It's so late at night."
“Bill Gates.”
"who!?"
Zhu Hanwen was also stunned.
Lin Yuzhen almost screamed with excitement.
Who is Bill Gates?
World 's richest man!
Everyone found it hard to believe and they simply couldn't connect Lu Yiming with the world's richest man.
Lin Yuzhen subconsciously asked, "Why did Bill Gates look for Lu Yiming?"
Sun Jiatong pouted: "How should I know?"
Zhu Hanwen stood up suddenly, and Sun Jiatong couldn't help asking, "Where are you going?"
Zhu Hanwen shook the key of the bicycle lock: "I have to go to Lu Yiming's house to inform him immediately. This matter cannot be delayed."
Lin Yuzhen didn't figure it out for a while: "Why go to his house?"
Zhu Hanwen said seriously, "Of course I asked him to answer the phone! This is a call from Bill Gates! The richest man in the world! Is it okay if he doesn't answer the phone? Remember, there is no trivial matter when it comes to foreign affairs!"
In this era, Xia's national strength was still very weak, and it was naturally difficult . Even if it was just an ordinary foreigner, he had to be taken seriously, let alone a big man like Bill Gates.
But precisely because Bill Gates' identity was so special, Lin Yuzhen, who had come to her senses, couldn't help but have a strong question: "Did we overlook a problem?"
"what is the problem?"
“Who is Bill Gates?”
"The richest man in the world? Is that even a question?"
"Who is Lu Yiming?"
"my student?"
"Is Lu Yi famous?"
"No."
“Could Bill Gates have known him?”
"Maybe... maybe... I don't know him?"
"If Bill Gates really wanted to find Lu Yiming, he wouldn't call us."
"What you said makes sense!"
The more Zhu Hanwen thought about it, the more he felt that his niece was right. This matter was really too unbelievable and full of doubts no matter how he looked at it.
Seeing that her uncle also agreed with her opinion, Lin Yuzhen believed in her own judgment even more, and said with a firm tone: "So, the Bill Gates on the other end of the phone is most likely a fake!"
Sun Jiatong has a different view: "But the other party speaks absolutely authentic American English, this can't be fake."
Lin Yuzhen curled her lips and looked disdainful: "Is Bill Gates the only one who speaks authentic American English? Then there must be billions of billionaires in the world, right?"
The more Zhu Hanwen thought about it, the more it made sense.
Who is Bill Gates? He is the richest man in the world. Who doesn’t know him?
Who is Lu Yiming? Not to mention how many people outside this school know him, even within this school, few people know him.
These two are simply like two people, one in heaven and one on earth. They don't seem like the two people who can have any intersection.
"so?"
Zhu Hanwen didn't know what to do.
If what is said on the other side is true, although it is outrageous, if it is not handled properly, it will become a diplomatic incident.
If the person on the other side is fake, when he goes to Lu Yiming's house and tells people this, it will make people laugh out loud.
Zhu Hanwen thought for a moment and said to Sun Jiatong, "Wife, explain to him and tell him that Lu Yiming is not here. If you want to find Lu Yiming, call me back at 1 pm tomorrow."
Sun Jiatong thought about it and said, "Okay."
She used all her life's knowledge to communicate well with Bill Gates .
Zhu Hanwen said: "Whether he is a liar or not, let Lu Yiming deal with it tomorrow."
Lin Yuzhen gave a thumbs up and said , "Uncle is really smart."
The next morning, as soon as Lin Yuzhen got out of school, she stood at the classroom door early, waiting for Lu Yiming to pass by.
As a result, after waiting for more than ten minutes, seeing that most of the students had left, Lin Yuzhen still hadn't waited for Lu Yiming.
"Where did this guy go? Did he sneak away when I wasn't paying attention?"
In the past half month, Lu Yiming left the classroom as soon as school was over and went straight to Zhu Hanwen's house. Lin Yuzhen's class was at the stairs, so if Lu Yiming wanted to go downstairs, he had to pass by the door of their class.
Lin Yuzhen arrived at the door of Lu Yiming's classroom and found that Lu Yiming was chatting with Li Quanwang. They were the only two left in the class.
Thinking of how she foolishly waited at the door for half an hour, Lin Yuzhen became furious and shouted, "Lu Yiming!"
Li Quanwang, who was speaking, shuddered . He looked up and saw that it was Lin Yuzhen. He immediately stood up and ran away as if he was a mistress caught by the original wife, without even saying hello to Lu Yiming.
"I go……"
Lu Yiming was speechless and said to Lin Yuzhen unhappily, "What are you doing? Shouting."
Lin Yuzhen put her hands on her hips and asked confidently, "Why don't you go to Teacher Zhu's house to study today?"
Lu Yiming yawned and said lazily, "I want to take a break. What's wrong? Is that not possible?"
In fact, the patch has been made and sent to Bill Gates along with the email. His work is done and there is no need to write code anymore.
Seeing Lu Yiming so lazy, Lin Yuzhen was very unhappy: "You are slacking off now? My uncle thought you had turned over a new leaf."
Seeing Lin Yuzhen wrinkling her nose in anger, Lu Yiming couldn't help but smile: "Oh, so you're using the method of provoking me? It's a pity that it doesn't work on me. Tell me, why did you come to me? Don't you see my handsome face? You don't even enjoy your meal anymore?"
"You are so handsome, stop flattering yourself." Lin Yuzhen rolled her eyes at Lu Yiming, and then explained, "Someone called you last night, claiming to be Bill Gates. My uncle asked him to call again at noon today."
"Hey? Old Guy is looking for me?"
When Lu Yiming heard this, he was immediately happy.
It seems that reading the biography of Gai was not in vain. This guy really has a strong desire for control. Only one day has passed and he called me. He is very efficient.
"I thought this guy would be arrogant for a few more days."
For some reason, when Lin Yuzhen saw Lu Yiming being so complacent, she felt a little itchy and angry and wanted to hit him.
"Look how happy you are. I'm telling you, this is most likely a scam call. Be careful not to get fooled. Bill Gates is the richest man in the world. How could he possibly know you? And he even called you personally. Do you think this is reasonable?"
