Anxi City, some administrative unit.
In the office marked "Secretary's Office".
"Hey! My uncle organized a gathering tonight at Yue Chun Hot Spring Hotel and told me to invite some friends. Are any of you interested in joining?"
A slick young man with a greasy hair and powdered face asked with a smile.
"A gathering organized by Director Liu? Of course I'm interested! Count me in!"
"I'm going too!"
"Brother Liu, count me in!"
The young man known as Brother Liu revealed a smile tinged with self-satisfaction, yet his gaze fell on the only discordant presence in the office...
It was a man in the corner, wearing a polo shirt, suit trousers, and black leather shoes, with a meticulously groomed hairstyle, embodying the classic attire of a bureaucratic official.
The man was bent over his desk, writing something, several English books laid out before him.
"Oxford Dictionary," "International and Political," "Global Trade Terminology," "Diplomatic Etiquette"...
