Director Liu was apparently skeptical that Mu Yang understood six foreign languages, after all, Mu Yang was just an undergraduate and not a Ph.D., not even a master's degree.
"Our Foreign Ministry requires a high level of proficiency in foreign languages, unlike what's required outside. For example, English needs to be at least level 8, Japanese needs to be N1, and you have English, French, German, Japanese, even Indian and Malay, have you passed the proficiency tests for all these languages?" Director Liu said incredulously.
"I've passed the English level 8, Japanese N1, and I'm currently a master's student majoring in French. Although I haven't had time to take the exams for German, Hindi, and Malay yet, I'm confident that I can pass the highest level." Mu Yang said with great certainty.
"I really didn't expect that Xiaomu would be a language genius, actually mastering 6 languages during his undergraduate studies. It's truly rare. And you even got accepted into graduate school, I didn't expect it at all, you're also an academic overachiever! How about this, are you preparing to get your master's degree in a few years?" Director Zhang said with great surprise.
"I hope I can get my master's degree this year and hold it in my hands together with my bachelor's degree," said Mu Yang.
"That's great, when the time comes, if you enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a master's degree, at least during the ranking process, it will be very advantageous. Not bad, better than me, I spent two years grinding and finally got my master's certificate. Nowadays young people are really something." Director Zhang patted Mu Yang's shoulder and said.
Muyang smiled.
"Alright, I'll take Moyang to see Director Zhao first," said Liu Rensheng.
Director Zhao, whose full name is Zhao Quanhai, was in his 40s and slightly chubby. He spoke warmly to Muyang about some work at the secretariat before leaving, even patting Muyang's shoulder and offering a few words of encouragement.
Next, Director Liu took Mu Yang to the second group office of the secretariat, assigned a desk, met colleagues, and the second group of the secretariat was in charge of Director Liu.
This is not the end, before work begins, in the previous few days, the service center will organize educational activities for new interns who have just joined this year's internship. This has already become a tradition throughout China.
In a large conference room, all interns this year were gathered together to learn, with more than 40 people. A deputy director explained the importance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to a country, followed by patriotic education and secrecy education.
Mu Yang sat in the back row, and interestingly, he saw a familiar face. Although her image had changed somewhat, Mu Yang was certain it was her - his classmate, Xu You Shan, the academic overachiever.
She actually went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for an internship too.
Muyang has now left his original class and is attending the graduate program at the French Academy. Except for his dormitory brothers, Muyang hasn't seen his classmates in a long time.
Xu You Shan sat in the front row, and class was about to start, so Mu Yang didn't want to go over and greet her now.
"Brother, which school are you from? Where did you intern? My name is Zhou Xin, I'm from the Law Department of Peking University." A boy next to him asked enthusiastically.
"Hello, I'm Mu Yang from Beiwai's French department. I'm doing an internship in Asia. Nice to meet you." Mu Yang extended his hand and shook hands with the gentleman.
"I am in the Treaty Law Department." Zhou Xin said.
"That's a good mouthful! Are you planning to take the Foreign Ministry civil servant exam this year?" Murong said.
"I did want to get into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but it's too hard to get in through undergraduate studies. This internship is just for me to get a feel for things, I'll think about it again after I graduate from my master's program." Zhou Xin said.
"That's right, the leader is here, let's start the meeting."
"Fellow students, I am Pan Jinlin, the person in charge of the Service Center. Now, I will explain to you, this batch of new students who have recently come to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for internship, some notes on internships at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a functional department in charge of foreign affairs of the country, implements and executes the country's overall diplomatic guidelines and national diplomatic policies, maintains the country's highest interests, and represents the country in handling bilateral and multilateral diplomatic affairs."
"Generally speaking, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is where a country's voice is heard from abroad..."
The course went on until late afternoon before it ended, a whole afternoon had passed, and this was just the beginning. Such learning would take three days to complete.
Muyang finally stood together with Xu Youxuan.
"Bookworm classmate, I didn't know you also got an internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Mu Yang smiled and greeted Xu You Shan.
Xu You Shan slightly awkwardly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, facing Mu Yang alone, Xu You Shan really did feel a little shy.
"I'm not a bookworm, you're already a graduate student now, and you're even more of a bookworm than me. From now on, this title should be transferred to your head." Xu You Shan said.
"Your image has changed a lot, I almost didn't recognize you at first." Mu Yang said, and then carefully looked Xu You Shan up and down again.
This girl's eyes have changed, I don't know if she had surgery or wore glasses, her hair is obviously styled, very smooth and straight black, a whole set of black woolen coat, trousers, high heels, very orthodox dress, but still, this outfit on her body makes the whole person look much more spirited.
"Are you preparing to develop towards a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" Murong teased.
Xu You Shan's face turned red, and she asked somewhat awkwardly, "Doesn't it look good? It was Xiaoyu who helped me match it."
"It looks good, by the way, where did Qiu big sister go for internship?"
"She went to a foreign company for an internship. Her dream is to become the most outstanding CEO in the future and become China's highest-paid professional manager."
"It's really idealistic, but with her personality, it's really not too suitable for a government agency. It wouldn't be bad to try her luck in a foreign company," said Mu Yang.
At this time, Muyang's mobile phone rang, and Muyang apologized to Xu Youxuan with a smile, took out his mobile phone and answered it.
Aunt (maternal uncle's wife).
"Classes are over, going home for dinner tonight? Okay."
"Okay, I'm just on this side of the conference room, or I can go find you."
"Then I'll wait for you here, and we can head back home together."
Mu Yang hung up the phone and said to Xu You Shan, "By the way, I haven't asked you yet, which company are you interning at?"
"In the Translation Bureau, Education Section."
Muyang said with a smile, "What a coincidence! We're in the same dormitory as Auntie."
"It's great, very suitable for your academic characteristics. You understand four foreign languages and will definitely be able to cope easily." Murong said with a smile.
"I'm actually quite nervous and afraid of making mistakes," Xu Youxuan said.
"Internship, to put it bluntly, is just coming to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do some odd jobs. It's more about giving us an opportunity to see the real society, so don't be too tense. Anyway, we won't have access to core secrets, and those difficult tasks won't be assigned to us," said Mu Yang.
"And you, where did you intern and what did you do?"
"The Secretary of the Asian Games is just doing some receiving and sending letters, answering phones, receiving faxes, printing materials, collecting and sorting files, at most letting you translate some unimportant documents, that's all." said Mu Yang.
This is what Director Liu handed over when assigning the office desk in Muyang. Of course, specific work will only start after three days of training and study.
He is now just a departmental clerk, far from being in touch with real diplomatic work.