50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 216 Second Stop

Of course, we must objectively say that this forecast does not actually contain much experience to draw on. It should be said that this is a coincidence based on luck.

Because there had been a number of small earthquakes in the area near the epicenter in the previous few months, various drills and rehearsals were held.

We happened to catch a big one on one of those occasions, which was really lucky, but unfortunately we never had such luck again.

The affected area is over a thousand kilometers, and the East Building has been greatly affected. Large cracks have appeared on the walls of the building, and it has become a dangerous building.

After all, this is a sixty-year-old house. No matter how good its original quality was, it can no longer withstand the damage. Therefore, the department dare not use the East Building anymore.

After consultation with the municipal government, the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs moved to the Six Nations Hotel at No. 30 Dongjiaomin Lane and seven or eight surrounding courtyards.

The translation room finally has its own large yard, and the mountains of documents no longer have to be piled more than a person's height.

Each group was assigned to several large rooms for work, and each translator had a larger office space, which really made everyone happy.

From now on, I will have to go to the Six Nations Hotel to eat. Fortunately, the place is not far away, just a few steps away, and no one will make a fuss about it.

Sun Zhiwei and his colleagues spent three days just helping to move the translation office. There were so many documents that they had to be sorted and archived after they were moved.

However, the area around the Six Nations Hotel is also full of old buildings, and the staff have dispersed after moving here, so it is not a proper office location.

In fact, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had planned to build a building a long time ago, and construction began in the 1950s, using Russian design and technology.

The location is on the north side of Chang'an Avenue, in Fangjin Lane, northeast corner of Beijing Railway Station. However, the construction was stopped halfway through.

Now it has become an unfinished building. When people walk there, they can still see a large concrete frame with stairs there.

Although this building has not been completed, the money has already been spent. Later, the leader said, "As long as I am still in office, no new buildings are allowed to be built", so now everyone can only make do with it.

When Sun Zhiwei was moving his things, he also felt that this was not a place where he could stay for a long time. After all, he had never heard of any ministry-level government office being divided into several parts.

There are more women than men in the interpretation team. Sun Zhiwei is very strong and is now the main force in the move. He is responsible for all the big things.

Sun Zhiwei was moving a large cabinet with sweat on his forehead when he heard Sister Ruan, the oldest member of the group, say that they were looking for a suitable place and would move more after finding one.

Hearing what his elder sister said, he felt his scalp tingling at the thought of having to move again.

But this is not something he can decide, so just move.

It took almost a week before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs got its work back on track.

After seeing their learning progress, Gong decided to let them start internship in advance, and Sun Zhiwei and others also began to get involved in actual translation work.

It is not common to have such big tasks as joining a group at the last meeting. The six of them usually follow the old comrades to participate in reception of foreign guests and other work.

Although the tasks were small and the time was short, the constant contact with people from different countries was a real learning experience. In less than two months, the six of us had become adept at handling ordinary reception tasks.

Afterwards, Ren Dongmei and four others officially joined the translation department.

However, Sun Zhiwei left the translation room and was transferred to the Intelligence Department, where his shift continued.

The Intelligence Department was one of the first nine departments of the Ministry.

Even though the department now has over 3000 people, no longer just a handful of people, and no longer consists of just nine departments, the Intelligence Department remains one of the most important. When Sun Zhiwei arrived, he first met with the department's leader, and they had a long conversation.

It started from when Sun Zhiwei and his sister escaped from home alone, until he took the lead in eating free meals at the London Embassy last year.

Sun Zhiwei had a calm look on his face, his vest was already soaked with sweat. Fortunately, it was cold and he was wearing plenty of clothes, so it couldn't be seen from the outside, otherwise, he would have collapsed.

One could only say that as expected of an intelligence agent, he knew most of Sun Zhiwei's affairs. Fortunately, he had never used the space in front of acquaintances, otherwise, he probably wouldn't be able to hide it.

What makes him feel relieved is that the other party doesn’t know about some very private things at home, which means that there is nothing wrong with his family, which is good.

I don’t know what he did that caught the other party’s eye, but after the warning, the director’s attitude suddenly became better.

Finally, he teased him:

"Comrade Sun Zhiwei, 20 years ago you had the chance to join the Security Headquarters, but you didn't go. 15 years ago you had the chance to join the army, but your old director, Wang, blocked your way. Now you can't escape Luo."

After saying that, the director took out a set of military uniform and equipment from behind.

Sun Zhiwei had not yet calmed down after the previous round of baptism, and before he could react, the military uniform had already been taken in his hands.

He was stunned for a few seconds before trying to ask, "Leader, does this mean I've joined the army?"

"Since you've come to me, you must have enlisted. Otherwise, how would you be qualified to read all the information I have here?"

Sun Zhiwei thought about it and felt that it was true. If he was not one of us, how could he be qualified to come here for internship?

He carefully looked at the things in his hand, which included a full set of military uniforms, military caps, leather shoes, gun belts, pistol bags, briefcases, and everything else he needed.

Seeing the brand new military uniform in his hand, he sighed softly and touched it lovingly. Who doesn't have a dream of wearing a military uniform? It's just that he couldn't choose this path before.

I never thought that after more than 20 years, I would actually fulfill my childhood dream. Life is truly unpredictable.

However, when he saw that there were no collar badges or epaulettes in this set of things, he remembered that military ranks had been abolished a few years ago, and now ranks were distinguished by the number of pockets, etc.

"Commander, what rank am I now?"

"Haha, you're supposedly administrative level 14, which corresponds to a regimental commander in the army. But, you don't really have such delusions, do you?"

Sun Zhiwei really wanted to say "yes", but he didn't dare say it out loud. The person sitting opposite him at the table was a general, and he didn't want to die.

So, he could only smile awkwardly.

The leader was just teasing him and didn't get angry. He just laughed and said, "Because you haven't officially started yet, your level hasn't been determined yet. So, we don't know what level you should be at yet."

After hearing this, he didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy. He was just a little confused and didn't know how the higher-ups were going to arrange for him.

He has been in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for almost half a year, and this rotation training has already been transferred to the second department. He doesn't know where to transfer to the end.

Is he going to go through all the departments by himself? Is he training himself to be a minister? Such exaggeration, is it necessary? He howled loudly in his heart.

(End of this chapter)