Su Chen looked at this very unfamiliar number with so confusion.
Not many people knew his number, especially since this call ca from Beijing.
"Who are you looking for?" Su Chen said indifferently.
"Hi, Mr. Su, do you rember your old friend?" A deep, rich voice ca through.
From the sound of it, the person speaking wasn't young.
Su Chen wasn't in the mood for any guessing gas. He had things to deal with and no ti for charades, so he impatiently said, "Who are you? If you don't say, I'll hang up."
The smile on the old man's face on the other end froze montarily: "Ahem, Su, you're as straightforward as ever like... beep beep..."
Su Chen hung up...
He didn't give the other side a chance to finish speaking and just hung up.
In a picturesque and scholarly campus in the Imperial Capital, a group of Huaxia staff accompanied more than ten foreign guests browsing the buildings and scenery. One middle-aged mber leading the way stood still, holding a phone.
"Hey, Cruise, are you calling your amazing young fellow from Huaxia?" joked a white-haired old professor next to the middle-aged mber.
"Yes, buddy, but our Huaxia young man doesn't seem to be in a good mood; he hung up on ." Cruise shrugged.
"Oh my god, doesn't he know you're the president of Massachusetts? He actually dared to hang up on you?" the old professor half-joked, half-surprised.
In fact, given Cruise's status, there was no need for him to personally co on this visit to Huaxia.
The delegation of eleven mbers he led would have been more than enough with just half of them and so accompanying staff.
Now with Cruise personally leading the team, the value of the entire delegation had increased by at least two levels.
And Huaxia paid great attention.
Cruise's group had eleven people, while Huaxia's direct service team reached as many as thirty people! And many more auxiliary personnel.
"Yes, he hung up on . He doesn't even know who I am." Cruise said helplessly.
"Well, it seems your na isn't loud enough in Huaxia."
"Beep..." Cruise dialed again, and this ti Cruise learned his lesson, introducing himself right away: "Hey, Su, it's Cruise, the Cruise from Massachusetts, do you rember ?"
"Cruise?" Su Chen raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Why are you using a Beijing number? Are you in Huaxia?"
"Haha, surprised? I'm here in Huaxia just to see you." Cruise said with a smile.
"Old man, do you think I'd believe that?" Su Chen said speechlessly. although he wasn't sure how busy Cruise was, as the president of Massachusetts, his responsibilities must be enormous and nurous.
Coming to Huaxia just to see ? I don't believe it for a second.
"I'd be more interested if it were your daughter wanting to see , but you can forget it." Su Chen said casually.
Cruise's eyes lit up: "Hey, Su, we're old friends, let tell you so good news, my daughter is back."
"Hmm?" Su Chen's mind couldn't wrap around it for a mont, your... daughter is back? Good news?
What does that have to do with !
Soon, Cruise realized his expression seed off, and he whispered into the phone: "My daughter is a bit older than you, but she's a beauty, oh, she recently got divorced. If you're interested, I could introduce you."
Su Chen: "..."
Brother, are you really selling out your daughter?!
But... does Cruise actually have a daughter?
How co I've never heard of this before, Su Chen shook his head, dismissing those scattered thoughts and said.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll hang up again."
"Okay, I'll get to the point. I'm in Huaxia to participate in an international excellent teacher selection competition. Each city has between one to five spots...
I have a direct selection spot. Do you want it? If you want to participate, I can guarantee you'll win a special excellent teacher award."
Cruise had handled Su Chen's Massachusetts diploma and professorial qualification before, knowing that with Su Chen's status, having extra credentials and dazzling titles would be quite helpful.
Therefore, when negotiating with Huaxia officials regarding the selection of excellent teachers, Cruise reserved a few direct selection spots; just having the invitation from the eleven-mber observation team could skip the preliminary interview and secure a promotion spot directly.
The final competition for the top ten international excellent teacher awards, international special-grade teacher awards, and other prizes will have very few participants.
And among the final winners, those chosen by Massachusetts Institute of Technology might form an academic exchange team with them for long-term cooperation.
The early awards are personal, but establishing a long-term academic exchange team would involve significant interests, sothing individuals or groups would desire.
After all, the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology na would significantly elevate anyone's status.
In fact, regarding the international excellent teacher competition promoted by the MIT delegation, universities nationwide were already paying attention.
And back then, the delegation's mber quality couldn't compare to now.
If news of Cruise's personal visit spread, universities would probably stir once again because of this international excellent teacher competition!
...
After hearing Cruise's words, Su Chen replied with just one sentence: "How much is the prize for the competition? How much is the special excellent teacher award?"
Cruise Steve: "..." This money-minded kid, this is a holy competition among educators, teaching and learning, how can it be asured by money!
But... it seems, apart from so two-ounce dal certificates or sothing, this international excellent teacher competition really hasn't prepared any prize money.
So... should I consider adding so?
Upon hearing Su Chen's words, Cruise Steve had so ideas.
However, before he had a chance to respond, Su Chen's decisive reply ca through: "Forget it, even if such a competition has prize money, it probably wouldn't be much anyway. I've got things to do. Let's chat later... beep beep..."
Once again, Cruise was left dumbfounded, did he hang up on again? Don't I deserve so respect?
Su Chen took so ti to wrap up his conversation with Cruise and, having dealt with matters on that end, turned back to Dongfang Ming: "Where were we again?"
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