"Aren’t you afraid I might sell you all?" Xu Nianhua felt their trust warming her heart, further solidifying the conviction deep inside her.
The roommates in the dormitory were all very good, and she wanted to take this opportunity to embark on an enterprise with everyone.
"You wouldn’t," Fei Jiayi said, her words brimming with trust.
Chang Hui said, "Even if you sold us, I wouldn’t mind." After all, she just believed in Xu Nianhua.
"Nianhua, if you really were to sell us, would we get a share of the money?" Ding Guo said with a chuckle.
Liao Jinling pursed her lips, touched her face, and said, "Apart from this face, what else do I have to sell?"
"Liao Jinling, how can you be so shameless?" Fei Jiayi couldn’t help but retort upon hearing this, and she glanced around the dorm room, saying, "If we were to evaluate based on looks, Nianhua is the most beautiful among us, Wanwan is the second, I am the third, and as for you..."
Fei Jiayi looked at Liao Jinling’s noticeably taller and sturdier figure, and laughed, saying, "You’re definitely at the bottom among us!"
Liao Jinling was tall, with a slightly larger bone structure than average, but she didn’t have much body fat and her features were clear and lovely, definitely not ugly.
"You’re the one at the bottom!" Liao Jinling glared at Fei Jiayi, huffing with anger. After nearly a year of living together, Liao Jinling and Fei Jiayi knew each other’s temperaments inside out.
She knew Fei Jiayi just had a sharp tongue, and meant no harm, otherwise, Liao Jinling would have been furious.
Seeing Liao Jinling and Fei Jiayi about to start arguing again, Xu Nianhua hurriedly said, "Stop arguing, and first hear me out."
At Xu Nianhua’s voice, the two who were about to argue fell suddenly silent and stared at Xu Nianhua intently.
Chang Hui, Zhou Wanwan, and Ding Guo also looked earnestly at Xu Nianhua, recalling that Xu Nianhua rarely spoke so seriously.
"We all study English, have you thought about what you want to do in the future?"
Fei Jiayi frowned and said, "A diplomat? But I don’t really like that idea."
"A translator?" Chang Hui said uncertainly.
When she had initially chosen this school, it was simply because she felt she could get accepted, without really thinking about what she wanted to do afterward.
"Actually, there are quite a few career directions." Xu Nianhua was very clear on this, and said, "You can become an English teacher, or a translator, and of course, as Jiayi mentioned, a diplomat too, but getting into that field is very challenging."
"I have an idea. How about we establish our own translation studio? For instance, if someone needs something translated, they would come to our studio?"
Initially, Xu Nianhua had wanted to start an English training service, mainly offering extracurricular tutoring to children, but now, in the year 1981, parents didn’t yet embrace the notion of sending their children to tutoring schools.
She thought they could start a translation studio first. As China develops more rapidly, the need for companies to conduct business with foreign businessmen increases, and at that time, their role as translators would become apparent.
With the country’s rapid development and progress, as long as they could secure projects, their studio would undoubtedly make money.
"A studio?" Ding Guo looked at Xu Nianhua, puzzled by the term.
Fei Jiayi and the others also looked bewildered at Xu Nianhua, all waiting for her to explain.