Xu Yiyang spent the entire afternoon running around the provincial capital.
I went to several schools and met with more than a dozen foreign teachers, but no one was willing to come to his training class.
The reasons for rejection are all the same, they don’t want to take up too much rest time.
Seeing that it was getting dark and there was still no harvest, Xu Yiyang decided to stay in Quancheng for one night and try to find international students tomorrow. He happened to have classes at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon, as long as he could get back to Yingzhou before five o'clock. .
I found a hotel not far from several universities. Xu Yiyang remembered that there was a pedestrian street nearby, which was very lively at night. There were small bars, black Internet cafes, and small hotels. It was originally a place where college students gathered.
So he decided to go there and try his luck.
Xu Yiyang discovered a small bar called Texas on the pedestrian street. It felt a bit American-style. After stepping in, he found that there were actually a few foreigners inside.
There were three young couples at the table of foreigners. The man and woman were holding each other's arms, holding a cigarette and a bottle of beer in each hand, and they were chatting a little unscrupulously.
Xu Yiyang originally wanted to go up and chat with them, but he felt that these six people did not seem to be the kind to abide by the rules, and it seemed inappropriate to teach primary and secondary school students.
At this moment, a blond young man holding an acoustic guitar walked up to the small stage in the bar.
After he sat down on a small round stool, he held the guitar and played a gentle strum.
Then, the blond young man whistled melodiously into the microphone. When Xu Yiyang heard this song, his eyes suddenly lit up.
This song is "Patience" by Guns N' Roses, a song I like very much.
This young man had a great voice and played the guitar very well, making Xu Yiyang couldn't help but hum along.
The blond young man sang four songs in a row. Xu Yiyang listened carefully and observed the young man carefully. The more he watched, the more he felt that he was the most suitable candidate.
First of all, this guy has American pronunciation, so he should be an American, so he must have no problem speaking;
Secondly, he was dressed very ordinary. His denim jacket and jeans were washed white, and his shoes were very old. It was obvious that he must be financially strapped, making it easier to dig;
Finally, this guy plays the guitar well and sings well. If he were hired as a teacher, he would occasionally bring his guitar and teach students to sing two English songs on the spot. The students would definitely like it.
This is educational and entertaining!
When the blond guy finished singing the last song and walked off the stage, Xu Yiyang immediately stepped forward, stood in front of him and greeted him in English: "Hey man, you sing well!"
The blond young man looked at Xu Yiyang in surprise, smiled and said, "Thank you!"
Xu Yiyang said: "I want to discuss a business with you. I wonder if you are interested?"
The other party asked suspiciously: "What business?"
Xu Yiyang first introduced himself and said: "My name is Xu Yiyang, you can call me Xu."
"My name is Billy Stone, you can call me Billy."
Xu Yiyang nodded, shook hands with him, and said: "Hello Billy, I would like to ask, are you an international student?"
"Yes." Billy said, "I am an international student at the Graduate School of Qilu Normal University, studying Chinese."
Xu Yiyang nodded and asked, "Then your Chinese must be very good, right?"
"It's not bad." Billy Stone immediately switched to fluent Mandarin and said, "I have been in China for three years, but I have been learning Chinese for six years."
Xu Yiyang praised: "Your Chinese is very good!"
Billy Stone smiled and said: "Your English is also great."
"Thank you." Xu Yiyang smiled slightly and said: "Billy, I have a training institution that wants to recruit a foreign teacher to teach spoken English to primary and secondary school students. I wonder if you are interested."
Billy Stone said in surprise: "Teaching spoken English? I have never taught it..."
Xu Yiyang nodded and said: "It doesn't matter if you haven't taught before, just speak well. I have mature courseware here. You can just follow my courseware. Don't you know how to play guitar? Occasionally you can bring a guitar to show students English Playing and singing songs can increase students’ interest in learning English.”
Billy hesitated for a moment and asked, "Where is the training class?"
Xu Yiyang said: "In Yingzhou, it takes about three hours one way by car. Can you do it?"
Billy said: "That's not a problem. Can you reveal your salary?"
Xu Yiyang said: "Classes start every Wednesday to Sunday. I will give you 150 yuan for each class. The salary is paid weekly, and transportation, board and lodging are all included."
"One hundred and fifty per class?" Billy couldn't hide his joy and said, "I'm about to graduate, and there's basically nothing going on at school now. I can do it at any time. How many classes can I take at most in a week?"
Xu Yiyang said: "Currently, there are a maximum of 11 classes a week."
He now has 22 classes, and if Billy comes, half of the classes will be given to him.
In other words, from now on, students will have eight classes in each term at Jiayang Education, four classes will be taught by themselves and four classes will be taught by Billy.
In this way, every student has the opportunity to contact foreign teachers, and he can save half of his time.
All the time saved can be used for review, or you can open a few more classes as appropriate.
Billy agreed without hesitation and said, "No problem! I can press the most!"
Xu Yiyang asked him: "Then when do you want to start work?"
Billy said: "I will participate in a debate competition in school this Wednesday. Can I go there on Thursday?"
"OK!" Xu Yiyang asked the waiter for a pen and paper, wrote down his mobile phone number, handed it to him, and said, "Call me at the Yingzhou Bus Station on Thursday and I will pick you up."
"good!"
Xu Yiyang was relieved to find Billy Stone.
Having someone to share the workload with makes me feel a lot more relaxed.
Moreover, he believed that once Billy arrived in Yingzhou and Jiayang Education, he would definitely cause a sensation in Yingzhou.
So what if Ma Mingming's resume is true? Wherever Billy's typical American face stands, he definitely shows more authority than Ma Mingming.
…
Because he had a good chat with Billy Stone, Xu Yiyang drank a few bottles of beer with him and slept comfortably in the hotel until around nine o'clock the next morning.
After getting up, he washed up, checked out of the hotel, and headed to the bus station.
At the same time, the train from Zhonghai to Yanjing has been banging since eight o'clock last night until now, when it finally entered the Quancheng Railway Station.
When the train came to a stop, the six-member team from China Overseas Chinese Shipping Company bound for Yingzhou got off one of the sleeper cars.
The leader is the oldest Hu Bingwen.
In addition to him, there are also Li Yunhui, director of the Academic Affairs Office of China Overseas Studies, as well as two staff of the Academic Affairs Office and two security guards.
As soon as Hu Bingwen got off the train, he immediately stretched his limbs on the platform. The train ride for more than ten hours was indeed a bit tiring for him.
Li Yunhui beside him asked Hu Bingwen while stretching his muscles: "Mr. Hu, have you been to Qilu before?"
"Been here." Hu Bingwen nodded and said, "I have a senior brother who I have a close relationship with who is from Quancheng. In 1997, my wife and I even visited him once."
Li Yunhui smiled and said, "Then will you go and see him this time?"
Hu Bingwen said: "Let's finish the business first. If you have time, go to his house and sit for a while. If you don't have time, we can talk about it later."
Among the two security guards who came this time, one was the deputy captain of the security team and a veteran named Zhang Hao, and there was a young man named Xu Daqiang.
Xu Daqiang was the only Yingzhou native in the security team, so Zhang Hao brought him over.
Zhang Hao looked at the time and interjected: "Boss, let's get out of the station quickly. Da Qiang said that the long-distance bus station in Quancheng is right next to the train station. We have to buy the earliest bus to Yingzhou."
Hu Bingwen nodded and said, "Then let's go quickly!"
…
At this moment, Xu Yiyang was already sitting in the waiting hall of the long-distance bus station.
Quancheng Long-distance Bus Station is not big, and its structure is very simple, with just a ticket office and a waiting hall.
There are more than a dozen ticket gates in the waiting hall, and there are bus parking spaces outside each ticket gate.
Xu Yiyang didn't catch the ten o'clock bus, so he bought an eleven o'clock ticket.
With nearly an hour left, he came to the designated ticket gate and waited.
Because he has developed the habit of cherishing time, after Xu Yiyang sat down, he turned on his Walkman to listen to music, then turned on his laptop, put it on his lap, and continued to work on his courseware PPT.
As the earliest batch of veteran students have started classes, Xu Yiyang's courseware has been constantly updated. Last week, the courseware for the ninth class was completed. Before class starts this week, all the courseware for the tenth class must be completed.
Hu Bingwen and his party also bought tickets for eleven o'clock, because there was still nearly an hour left. After everyone came in, they found an empty seat to rest.
At this time, Hu Bingwen suddenly discovered that the young man sitting diagonally across from him was holding an IBM laptop and tinkering with something with concentration.
Hu Bingwen was very surprised to see that this young man seemed to be very proficient in computer operation. He was typing on the keyboard quickly and then skillfully operating the red dot and touch pad.
Laptops are an absolute rarity in this era. Even among the professors at China Overseas College, few can afford a laptop, and even if they can afford it, they wouldn't be willing to buy one.
Moreover, when he looked at Xu Yiyang, he estimated that Xu Yiyang was about 18 years old, which made him feel even more strange.
How wealthy a family must be to be able to buy such expensive things for their children
What made him even more incredible was that this young man did not look down at the keyboard at all when he was typing. This proficiency was even better than that of the young teachers at China Overseas.
Nowadays, when everyone uses a computer, they just stare at the keyboard and poke their fingers. The typing efficiency is extremely slow. He has never seen anyone who can be so proficient.
Therefore, he was even more curious about what this young man was doing when he was so focused on the computer.
Driven by curiosity, he stood up and walked behind Xu Yiyang. He was instantly stunned by the content on the computer screen!
This kid is actually doing PowerPoint!
Hu Bingwen led a team to overseas universities for exchanges last year, and was surprised to find that Western professors had already used this software to teach in class.
After personal experience, he realized how magical this software is in teaching, simple, efficient and clear at a glance.
After coming back, he proposed to the school to organize teacher learning, and at the same time he bought a computer and studied it at home for a winter vacation, but he still has a little understanding of it.
Therefore, he could not understand why a young man was so proficient in operating this software
(End of chapter)