In the video, Yao Yuan is talking.

Many executives and employees at the Shanghai headquarters and its branches felt a little hot on their faces.

Especially those women who like to mix Mandarin and English, and have English names, and think they are very fashionable and avant-garde, feel the heat on their faces.

"Chinese is a ideographic language, while English is a phonetic language. Mixing these two completely different languages ​​together can easily lead to misunderstandings, a lack of context, and even cause significant economic losses."

"We are a financial investment group. Precision is our lifeline. We cannot allow any mistakes. Many traders and traders know better than anyone how important precision is in actual financial transactions."

"It's a very simple truth. If one decimal point is wrong, it will be a huge difference of ten times. If two decimal points are wrong, it will be a huge difference of a hundred times. Who among you can afford the huge cost of such a mistake? The group will never allow such a mistake to happen."

"In transactions in the international foreign exchange and futures markets, accuracy to four or five decimal places is often required. At such times, precise language expression is crucial and there cannot be any mistakes or omissions."

"We are born speaking our mother tongue. There is no language that is more accurate than our mother tongue. When any other language is heard, it must be processed by the brain and translated into the mother tongue before we can react."

"It is very easy to have problems during this transition, not to mention that English is something that everyone learns later, and their levels of proficiency vary. Many people are only mediocre at English, which makes it easier to make mistakes when the words don't express the meaning."

"The two languages ​​also have different ways of expressing themselves. Let's take the numbers that we are most familiar with as an example. You can experience it. When reading π to six decimal places, is it more concise and accurate in Mandarin or more convenient in English?"

Hearing this, almost everyone fell silent.

Those executives and employees who were originally somewhat indignant or even dissatisfied fell into deep thought.

Some of them have begun memorizing the number π, 3.1415926, in both languages ​​for comparison.

As for the result, is there any need to ask?

In a short while, everyone had discovered the advantages and disadvantages of the two languages ​​and started to complain about them.

"Oh my god! I really didn't realize this problem before. Mandarin is concise and accurate, and I can pronounce it easily. If I read this number in English, not only do I have to think for a while, but I also get tongue-tied!"

"It's true. Using Mandarin is faster and more accurate. If you switch to English, you have to speak a lot of gibberish. If you are conveying price information in a transaction, it is easy to cause problems due to unclear expression, and it wastes time."

"Oh! In the past, my buddy would occasionally throw in a few English words and mix them up, thinking he was very fashionable. But now it seems like he is just an idiot!"

"Hahaha"

As everyone complained, many executives and employees laughed at themselves.

Of course, there are also many thin-skinned guys who feel embarrassed.

But one thing is common, everyone has made a decision.

Get rid of this bad habit as soon as possible, otherwise you will be regarded as a fool by other colleagues in the company!

Besides, this is a request from the company's boss, so why not change your career?

At the same time, there was laughter in the meeting rooms of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Central Government and the China Securities Regulatory Commission and other ministries and commissions in Beijing.

When the laughter died down, everyone nodded in unison and started discussing.

"I think Yao Yuan's approach is very good and can be promoted and implemented throughout the financial industry. As he said, precision is the lifeline of the financial industry!"

"That's true. To be honest, I've long been fed up with some of the guys who claim to be financial elites and keep using all kinds of English words when they speak. It's inappropriate and they must change this bad habit."

"I think so too, especially in the core business departments that execute transactions. The working language must be standardized as Mandarin, and accurate expression must be achieved to avoid major losses caused by inaccurate expression."

Looking at Yao Yuan in the video again, he picked up the cup of water at hand and took a sip of water.

Then he said in a deep voice:

"Let's talk about English names. From today on, no one in the Shanghai headquarters and all its branches is allowed to use English names during work. Outside of the company, you can call each other whatever you want."

"Of course, foreign employees who use their real names are excluded. The reason for making this rule is to clarify everyone's responsibilities and division of labor at work, to avoid trouble or even losses caused by confusion of names."

"For example, if Person A assigns a task to Person B, saying, Peter, analyze this financial statement and give me the result tomorrow, but Person B forgets about it, he can completely shirk responsibility by saying, "Who is Peter? My name is Wang Tiedan. If you don't believe me, you can see my ID card."

"So, the name on your ID card is your identity in the company. If you should be called Cuihua, you should still be called Cuihua. If you should be called Gousheng, you should still be called Gousheng. Your name was given by your parents. It's not shameful to call it that! Don't give me any Jenny or David or anything like that."

"Hahaha"

Almost everywhere in the Magic City headquarters, bursts of crazy laughter rang out at the same time, and everyone was having a lot of fun.

Especially those executives and employees who thought their real names were not very nice laughed the loudest.

As they laughed out loud, the obsession in their hearts quickly melted away.

At this moment, Yao Yuan seemed to know what was on their mind and suddenly changed the subject.

"I know that some people choose English names, or even speak a mixture of Mandarin and English, out of some inexplicable inferiority complex."

"I felt that my name was not nice, and that I came from a remote and poor rural area. I was worried that people would look down on me, so I gave myself an English name and mixed the two to try to save face."

"In my opinion, it is not necessary. To be frank, if we count three generations back, who in our family is not a peasant? The local tyrants and evil gentry have long been overthrown by the older generation and stepped on by ten thousand feet, so they will never be able to stand up again!"

"You don't even have to count three generations. One generation is enough. I'm the same as everyone else. Let's put it this way. In our country, everyone is completely equal in personality. There's no such thing as a bullshit aristocracy. No one has the right to look down on anyone else!"

"If someone says to your face that he is a noble who is superior to others and looks down on a country bumpkin like you, you should swing your arms and slap him in the face. Even if I say this, you can slap me in the face, and I have to stand at attention even if I am hit!"

"Hahaha"

There were another round of crazy laughter, and all the places in the Shanghai headquarters and branches were completely boiling.

Immediately afterwards, many executives and employees responded loudly with laughter.

"Well said, Boss Yao. I, Wang Erniu, support you."

"Hehe, count me in too. My name is Yang Zhaodi, not Julia."

In an office of the State Council in Beijing.

Secretary Qiu and others who were watching the live video broadcast were laughing so hard that they fell over.

"Hahaha, this Monkey King really dares to say anything and do anything!"

"But I have to say, these words are so beautiful. Some unhealthy tendencies really need to be rectified."

Before the laughter died down, Yao Yuan's expression in the video suddenly changed.

"There is another situation. Some people give themselves English names and speak a mixture of Mandarin and English purely out of a desire to worship foreign things and to appear superior."

"For people like this, whether you are a senior executive or an ordinary employee, I advise you to resign voluntarily. Jiuye Investment Group cannot tolerate people like you. There is no soil for your survival."

"In today's international financial market, Jiuye Investment Group is one of the top investment banks and one of the largest investment banks. It is no worse than any top investment bank on Wall Street, and is even better and more vibrant."

"You work at Jiuye Investment and are the envy of countless international peers. Under such circumstances, if you still think that the moon is rounder in foreign countries, it only proves that you are born to kneel and will never stand up. Please find another job!"

All the laughter stopped abruptly, everyone was stunned and stood there in a daze!

Among them, there were also some people whose faces suddenly became extremely ugly, turning blue and red.

Looking at Yao Yuan in the video, he said firmly:

"From today on, the working language of the Shanghai headquarters and all its branches will be unified as Mandarin. The names on the ID cards will be used as the standard for company addresses. This will be implemented immediately!"

"If you are dealing with foreign financial institutions and foreign companies, you need to speak English when communicating with them. You can use English. The company will provide professional and accurate foreign language translation."

"It is more likely that if foreign financial institutions want to cooperate with us and develop business in China, they'd better learn Chinese well before coming, or bring a Chinese translator with them to discuss cooperation."


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