Chapter 075 The Embarrassment Caused by Mandarin
The next day, Saturday.
Although it was a weekend, Lu Yuan still got up early and led the team to Jinyi Vocational College to provide housekeeping training for the old aunts.
When we were formulating training time and courses with Jinyi Vocational College, the hospital proposed that there would be no training courses after weekend breaks, but Lu Yuan politely declined and insisted that the weekends would be as usual.
At this time, the old aunts had entered Class 101 one after another and were preparing to start today's training class.
Lu Yuan stood in the corridor outside the classroom like a counselor, paying attention to the situation in the classroom at any time.
"Why didn't Xu Cuicui come with you today?" Lu Peishan asked.
She is the head of the outsourcing agency for Lu Yuan’s group of housekeeping training this time, so during the training of Jinyi Vocational College, although the school formulated a complete course, she still came to the Vocational College to follow up every day.
"Today is the weekend, and she is resting normally. I work overtime, so I can't have someone work overtime too, right?" Lu Yuan said.
Lu Peishan nodded, agreeing with Lu Yuan's statement that Xu Cuicui did not have the obligation to follow up on this weekend's holiday. Even Lu Yuan had no need to come here every day after entrusting this matter to Chenglianxin Office. Logically speaking, Lu Peishan should be responsible for the follow-up.
However, this was the first project Lu Yuan personally took on after coming to the Reform Office, so it was normal to be more concerned about it.
Lu Peishan smiled and said, "Actually, I don't recommend normal weekend training. After all, you people from state-owned factories are used to having a break. If you ask these old aunts to take the bus to class on weekends, I am worried that they will have ideas, and even resist in their hearts."
"I have also had concerns about this, but the time is tight, the task is heavy, and early training is early to get a job. This is the first thing. Secondly, if you do housekeeping services, how can you have a weekend off in the future? It's better to let the aunts adapt in advance." Lu Yuan said.
“That’s right.”
Lu Peishan looked at the time. It was only nine o'clock, and it was still early before the end of the morning. She invited her to say, "Let's go find a place to sit for a while and pass the time."
Lu Yuan also felt that he had been standing in the corridor and staring at the aunts in class, and he felt so stupid. He had nothing to do with him and agreed happily.
He and Lu Peishan left the gate of Jinyi Vocational College. Lu Peishan took him to a nearby cafe, which was in the style of a book bar. The two ordered coffee and each found a book to read, and passed the time.
Just as I was halfway through the coffee, Lu Peishan's cell phone rang.
She looked at the caller ID, which was a strange landline.
"Hey? Yes, I'm!" She answered the phone.
Then, Lu Peishan didn't say a word, and listened to the person on the phone talking nonstop. After two or three minutes, she sighed slightly and replied, "Okay, wait a moment, I'll come back to deal with it immediately."
After hanging up the phone, she said to Lu Yuan, "It was the teacher from Jinyi Vocational College who called it and asked him to go back."
"What happened?" Lu Yuan put down the book in his hand and thought in his heart, but what happened to the aunts in class?
"Something went wrong in class, let's talk about it." Lu Peishan shook her head and said.
When Lu Yuan heard this, he was depressed and was really afraid of anything he wanted.
On the way out of the cafe and back to the college, Lu Peishan told him what was going on.
After hearing this, Lu Yuan was so amused and crying.
It turned out that the teacher invited by Jinyi Vocational College today was from other provinces, and they were taking theoretical classes, not practical classes.
But those aunts from San Cotton Factory, whether they work in San Cotton Factory or live in the factory, have been speaking local dialect for decades, and suddenly they are unable to adapt to the theoretical courses taught by teachers from other provinces in Mandarin.
Aunts generally have low educational levels. When they were literate in Mandarin, they also communicated with basic Mandarin. However, they have lived and worked in the local language environment for decades and have long been given to Mandarin literacy teachers.
Now they are speaking professionally-oriented theoretical courses in the classroom. For them, the Mandarin of teachers from other provinces is a bit overwhelmed.
This led to a scene in the classroom where the teacher talked to each other on the podium, and the aunts were dozing off below. Some aunts, who couldn't understand anyway, started doing their own things. Some knitted sweaters, and some whispered to each other and chatted about family matters.
The classroom order is a bit chaotic.
In this case, the more you invite the teachers in charge of the lecture, it becomes more and more embarrassing. In the end, you can only communicate with the school.
The teacher in charge of following up this housekeeping training was a young teacher. He had no choice but to call Lu Peishan, the person in charge of the training, and also call his superiors to report.
As for the class, I can only stop for a while and let the aunts have a break first.
...
Lu Yuan and Lu Peishan rushed back to the teaching building in time and came outside the corridor of classroom 101.
In the corridor, I saw a tall and thin man with glasses waiting there for a long time.
Lu Peishan signaled Lu Yuan to go over quickly, and then warmly greeted the man with glasses from afar, "Director He, why are you here in person?"
When the man in glasses saw Lu Peishan, he nodded and greeted him, and then smiled bitterly, "Xiao Zhao called me, and I immediately came from the office. The specific situation, Xiao Zhao told you on the phone just now, right? This is the case, but it is really a troublesome."
Xiao Zhao is the staff sent by the school to follow up and coordinate the training. He just called Lu Peishan.
Lu Peishan nodded and replied calmly, "Yes, Teacher Zhao told me on the phone just now. Director He, the staff member responsible for the reemployment of the housekeeping training for laid-off workers at Hang San Cotton Factory, Lu Yuan."
After the introduction, she grandly introduced the man with glasses to Lu Yuan, "Lu Yuan, this is Director He from the Academic Affairs Office of Jinyi Vocational College. Our housekeeping training depends entirely on Director He's strong support."
Lu Yuan reached out and introduced himself, "Hello, Director He, I am Lu Yuan, just call me Xiao Lu."
"Hello Xiao Lu, thank you for choosing our Jinyi Vocational College this time."
Director He is about fifty years old, probably because of his teacher’s background. His words are craftsmanship. After shook hands with Lu Yuan, he went straight to the topic and said, “Let’s not talk about it now. Now I will solve this problem before. I’m ashamed. It’s the first time I have encountered a situation where students cannot understand Mandarin. After all, I have never conducted adult training before, and this is also the first time we have tried the waters of our Jinyi Vocational College.”
"Yes, this is unexpected. Director He, is our school currently equipped with local teachers from Hangzhou?" Lu Yuan asked.
"We definitely have local teachers in Hangzhou, but this training is for the housekeeping service industry. We invite teachers from this training to ask for relevant professional teachers outside the school, not on our school. After all, our school is mainly aimed at vocational training for junior high and high school graduates."
Director He explained, "Today's class is a theoretical course for professional ethics in the housekeeping service industry. The teacher we hired is a teacher from another province, very senior and professional. However, we neglected the problem that these laid-off female workers do not understand Mandarin. We should hire a professional theoretical course teacher who is familiar with local dialect."
"Director He, you can't blame you for this. The main responsibility lies with me," Lu Peishan took the initiative to take responsibility, "After all, you Jin Yi has never been in contact with similar training for older trainees before, and you have no experience in this area."
Lu Yuan asked, "According to Director He's opinion, there is no way to arrange a teacher who can speak local dialect in the school right now?"
"This is not available in time at the moment."
Director He said, "This kind of theory teacher for housekeeping services cannot be taught well just by just finding a vocational training teacher. I still have to find a relevant professional institution to contact teachers, and the teacher must also speak Mandarin, which will take at least one day to contact and coordinate."
"Now..." Lu Yuan pointed to the classroom that had been shut down, for what was wrong.
Director He was also embarrassed when he saw this.
Lu Peishan suddenly suggested, "Can the school take the next practical lessons first and explain and demonstrate some practical operating specifications in housekeeping services. This kind of course is not a big problem for the aunts."
Speaking of this, he looked at Director He and said, "Director, you have worked hard, hurry up and contact and coordinate the teacher's resources, and find a housekeeping theory teacher who can speak local dialect as soon as possible."
"This is a good idea." Lu Yuan nodded.
"It's a good idea! I'll make arrangements now."
Director He is a practical person. Since the solution was finalized, he immediately notified the person to arrange it.
It took Jin Yi a twenty or thirty minutes to adjust the course. Lu Yuan took this time to take the pen and notebook and entered the classroom.
"What are you doing?" Lu Peishan asked in with him in confusion.
Lu Yuan said, "Take this opportunity, I will manually add their personal information, and add the option of being familiar with the local dialect. In the future, they will sign a housekeeping company to work. Maybe some local families in Hangzhou want to find a confinement nanny or aunt who can speak local dialect? Local dialect often makes people feel close. Housekeeping staff who can speak local dialect innately make people feel trustworthy. Sometimes, shortcomings may become advantages, and being able to speak Hangzhou dialect may be a plus!"
"Hahaha, you really have it." Lu Peishan really admires Lu Yuan's head, which is spinning faster than the top."
After he recorded and supplemented the information of 20 people, Director He also adjusted the course and the relevant teachers came over. How to stack rags, how to clean the glass windows, how to clean the range hood... The teacher has carried out the standardized teaching of these daily housework. Occasionally, there are some communication obstacles, and the teacher can solve them through practical demonstrations, without much language explanation.
Lu Yuan and Lu Peishan stood outside the classroom, watching the classroom where order was restored, and breathed a sigh of relief.
It's considered normal.
At this time, Director He invited, "Two, it's almost time to order lunch. I'll go to the canteen of our Jinyi Vocational College for a simple meal. By the way, we will also talk about it. Last time, Manager Xiao Lu mentioned to us that the first aid course content in this housekeeping training course involves an additional related fee..."
"Director He, your meal is so expensive." Lu Yuan teased.
Director He didn't care and said, "It's going to be discussed sooner or later, after all, we have a cost."
"You have to talk to Sister Shan about this fee. Our factory has fully entrusted the housekeeping training to her Chenglianxin Office in the form of outsourcing. At least for our San Cotton Factory, our expenses have been knocked out and we cannot add any additional budgets."
Lu Yuan kicked the ball to Lu Peishan with one kick.
Lu Peishan looked at Lu Yuan angrily and said angrily, "Lu Yuan, you will pick yourself so clean when you talk about money. You are really good. What do you mean, increase first aid courses and ask me to give in to the extra cost."
"If you give in, Director He will give in. Wouldn't this extra cost be solved? It's the best of both worlds!" Lu Yuan said.
"This..." Director He looked at the shameless Lu Yuan and was immediately amazed and crying.
Lu Peishan even kicked Lu Yuan with the tip of her high heels and scolded, "You are becoming more and more shameless."
"Two guys, have a meal first. Let's go to the cafeteria to have dinner first, and we'll talk about everything. As we talk, we'll always get a satisfactory result!"
Chapter completed!