克拉克在机场的餐馆里吃了早点，然后来到报摊上，买了一张拿骚的市区地图。他打开地图看了半天，终于找到了伯拉克斯通大街，这条大街靠近市区的边缘。他招手叫住一辆出租汽车，便朝这条大街的方向赶去。当车子停在一幢大楼前时，克拉克想：这大慨就是贝特·道格拉斯公司吧？看来这儿的环境不错，行人也不多。

这幢楼房大约有二十层左右，淡灰色的外墙，一排排安装着宝石蓝玻璃的窗户整齐划一.楼房门楣上方挂着“贝特·道格拉斯公司总部”几个大字。大门的里面是个大厅。大厅的一侧是问询服务台，两三个工作人员站在那里，时刻准备为客人服务。大厅的另一侧是围成几个单元的沙发阵，一对年迈的夫妻和一位年轻的少妇坐在那里休息。

Chapter 10 Visit to Bethe Douglas Company（A）

Clark at the airport restaurant to eat breakfast, then came to the newsstand and bought a city map of Nassau. He opened the map to see for a while and finally found out the street that named Black Stone to be near the edge of the city. He waved to stop a taxi, then towards the direction of the street. When the car was standing in front of a building, Clark thought that is this Bethe Douglas Company? Looks like the environment here are good, not much the pedestrians.

The building has more than twenty floors, the exterior wall of light gray, rows of uniform installation the sapphire blue glass window. Hanging above building door lintel, there are several characters of "Bethe Douglas Company Headquarters". The inside of the door is a hall. On one side of the hall is information desk, two or three staff members standing there, ready to serve the guests. The other side of the hall is into several units of sofa matrix, an elderly couple and a young woman sitting there to have a rest.

克拉克进了门站在那里，正在考虑往哪边走，一位小姐笑容可掬地从服务台那边迎了上来。

“您好先生， 我能帮您吗？”

“谢谢！我想找贵公司的业务接待处。”

“对不起先生 ，本公司的业务接待处一共有六个，不知您要找哪一个？”那位小姐和霭地问。

Clark into the door stood there, considering which side is going, a Miss with pleasant **ile from the front desk over there to meet him.

‘Hello Sir, can I help you?’

‘Thank you! I want to find your business reception.’

‘I'm sorry Sir, the reception of the company a total of six, I don't know which one do you want to talk to?’ The lady kind to ask.

“是……”，克拉克一时语塞，想不起那个词。

“噢，我知道了”小姐笑着说，“您一定是找‘青春一月游’业务接待处的，对吗？”

“是呀，您是怎么知道的？”

“是您手上的东西告诉我的。”

‘Is...’, Clark was some speechless, can't remember the word.

‘Oh, I know!" The lady **iled and said, ‘You must be looking for the Playing a Month for Youth business reception,is it right?’

‘Yeah, how did you know that?’

‘The thing of in your hand told me.’

克拉克这时正拿着那张“青春一月游”的广告画片。他看了一眼手上的纸片不禁笑了起来。

“说起来也怪，”那小姐接着说，“自从这个业务接待处建立以来，到本公司办事的十有八九都是找他们的，您这边请。”

“光顾‘青春一月游’的都是些什么人？”

“多数都是年纪大的有钱人，年轻的很少能付得起那么大的价钱，而且有时也显得没必要。”

At this time, Clark was holding the picture of Playing a Month for Youth of advertising posters. He couldn't help to laugh while he glanced at this paper.

‘It is strange,’ the lady then said, ‘since this business reception establishing, someone who coming to the company as the nine times out of ten are looking for them. You this way, please.’

‘Who visit the Playing a Month for Youth what persons are?’

‘Mostly older rich, young rarely afford so big of the price, and sometimes is not necessary.’

“也许有例外。”

“当然，不过像您这么帅气的还是第一位。”

克拉克哈哈笑了起来，他对这位小姐颇为好感。

说着，服务小姐已经把克拉克带到了电梯间门口，那小姐说：“上十楼，右拐，祝您顺利。”

‘There may be exceptions.’

‘Of course but it is the first as you so handsome.’

Clark laughed, and he felt quite good with this lady.

Services Miss had brought Clark to the door of the elevator when they talked, and the lady said: ‘on the tenth floor to right, I wish you well.’

克拉克从口袋里摸出几张一美元的纸币，当作小费塞到那位小姐手里，他对这位小姐的服务很满意。

克拉克说得很对，除了一些年迈的富人想在人生的道路上，潇洒地再走一回以外，还有不少例外，比如毒品贩子，银行大盗。当他们腰缠万贯的时候，又想逃避法律的追索，除了整容，道格拉斯公司提供的技术服务可谓是最为有效的方法，以及性变态患者。他们可以免受小刀割肉之苦，想变成什么形状就变成什么形状，十分方便。还有对自己容貌不满意的，只要有钱，也随时都可以为自己改换行头。如果不存在欺诈的情况，这的确是一种不坏的选择。看来，这种服务的市场还不小呢！

Clark from his pocket pulled out a few one-dollar bills, as a tip to the lady's hand, he was satisfied with the service of the lady.

Clark is the right, what besides some elderly to think in the way of life to start all over again, there is plenty of exceptions, such as drug dealers and the bank robbers. When they are rich and want to escape of the legal recourse, in addition to co**etic surgery, Bethe Douglas Company provides technical services are the most effective method, as well as patients with ***ual perversion. They can be spared the pain of the knife to cut meat, wanting to be what shape then becomes what shape, to be very convenient. There are not satisfied for their looks, as long as rich, can also change appearance for themselves. If there is no fraud, this is a not bad choice. Point of view, the service market is not **all!

电梯开到十楼停稳了以后，门自动打开了。克拉克将两手插入裤袋，自信地从里面走了出来。

这是一条长走廊，走廊的两头各有一条通道，形成“工”字型结构。通道的一侧是外墙的窗户，城市的景色极目尽览。“青春一月游”业务洽谈室就分布在当中走廊的两侧，约有十几个单间。当克拉克在走廊里一出现，几个守侯在服务台的业务员们眼睛一亮，他们的猎物过来了。

The elevator stopped at the tenth floor and the door opened automatically. Clark inserted hands into pockets, and confidently came out from the inside of the lift.

This is a long corridor, on both sides there are pathways, it forms the "H" word of structure. The outer wall all is windows which on one side of the channel, people can gaze for the city scenery. Playing a Month for Youth of business negotiation room is distributed in both sides of the corridor which it is middle, about a dozen of single rooms. When Clark appeared in the corridor, the eyes of some clerks in the front desk to be a bright, their prey coming over.

“您好先生！‘青春一月游’业务洽谈这边请。”说话的是一个年轻的男子。他身着西装套服，头发擦了油，梳得油光闪亮。

“大约连苍蝇也别想在上面站住脚。”克拉克想。

这个业务员微笑着给他让出一条路。

‘Hello Sir! The Playing a Month for Youth negotiation you are with this way, please.’ Speaking is a young man. He wore a suit, bright hair to brush oil very **ooth.

‘About a fly doesn't also want to stand on.’ Clark supposed.

The sale**an **iled to give of a path for him.

他们走进了一间空着的洽谈室，开始了交谈。

“我是一所养老院的经营者，”克拉克直截了当地说，“有些上了年纪的朋友对你们的广告很感兴趣，他们行动不便，委托我来了解了解情况。”克拉克说完把那张广告画片拿了出来。

“欢迎您的到来，本公司将谒诚为各位先生们服务；相信您看过广告后，已对我们的业务有了一个初步的印象，现在，我进一步向您做个说明。

They walked into an empty negotiation room beginning to talk.

‘I am the operator of a nursing home,’ Clark said bluntly, ‘some older friends are interested in your advertisement, they cannot come and entrust me to get to know.’ Clark said and picked up the advertisement.

‘Welcome to your arrival, and our company will wholeheartedly serve to you gentlemen, I believe you have seen the advertising, and have been to our business of a first impression, now, I tell you of further explain.

“当您决定接受‘青春一月游’的服务之后，即可与本公司签署一份合同，该合同付款后立即生效。该合同包括一个客户认为方便的时间表。在约定的日子里客户先到本公司总部，就是这座大厦，报到，然后乘坐公司提供的专机，前往风景秀丽的休闲度假村，进行为期三十天的旅游。在那里，客户们可以游览海滨风光，可以吃到味美的海鲜，还可以在浅海珊瑚群中潜水玩耍。当然，这些都不是重点，‘青春一月游’的服务重点是：‘生命隧道’。我们可以让每一位进入‘生命隧道’的客户都返老还童。

‘After you decide to accept the service of the Playing a Month for Youth, you can sign a contract with the company, the contract takes effect immediately after payment. The contract includes a schedule that is convenient customer. At the appointed time, the customer to the company headquarters, that just is the building, the registration, then the company provided by the special plane, to the beautiful scenery of leisure resorts, travel for thirty days. Where customers can visit of the seaside scenery, can eat to the savory seafood, can also play diving in the shallow sea coral. Of course, these are not the key point, but the Playing a Month for Youth service is focused on: The Tunnel of Life. We can make each client who into The Tunnel of Life to be rejuvenation.

“有一点需要说明的是：除了将要进入‘生命隧道’的客户本人以外，其余陪同者的来往旅途费用以及食宿费用，均须另外付款，本公司只提供有关的便利。

“请您看这个，”该业务员指着电脑显示屏上的表格说，“本公司的服务主要分为A、B、C三大类。A类服务的适用范围是：顾客对自己原来的体貌比较满意，他们希望在原有的基础上返老还童。对于这类顾客，我们完全可以满足他们的要求，让他们回到自己的青少年时代，重新开始生活。不过，此类服务有一点儿不方便的是，客户必须提前十年左右进行预约。B、C两类服务的适用性较广，凡是顾客希望改变自己原有的形像、甚至性别的，本公司都能使用最新科技，让他/她们完全变样。”

‘One thing to note is that in addition into the The Tunnel of Life of the customer himself, the costs of the accompanying travel and expenses for board and lodging, payment must be made in addition, the company only to provide the convenience.

‘Please look at this,’ the clerk said, pointing to a table that on the monitor screen of computer, ‘the company's services are divided into A, B, C three categories. Class A service scope is: customer satisfied with their original physical hardware and they want rejuvenation on the basis of the original. For this type of customer, we can fully meet their demands, let them return to their youth, start living again. However, this kind of service is a little inconvenient that the customer must be ahead of time about ten years to make an appointment. B and C the two types of service have a wide applicability, customers want to change their original image and even gender, after the company will be able to use the latest technology to let him or her become to completely different.’

“A类服务我已经明白了，但B、C两类还有些疑问，是不是顾客想变成什么样，你们就能让他/她变成什么样？”克拉克问。

“哦……只能是在一定程度上做到这一点，”那业务员措辞谨慎地说，“一般是这样，由我们提供若干样本，客户可以在这些样本里进行选择。”

“B、C类服务是不是也需要提前预约？”

‘A kind of service I have understood, but two classes of B and C still have some questions, if customers want to be what kind, you can make him or her into a what kind?’ Clark asked.

‘Oh...... can be to do this of to some extent,’ said the sale**an carefully worded, ‘so, general by we provide several samples, the customer can choose in these samples.’

‘B class and C services also need to advance booking?’

“不需要，只要签好合同，付款后即可择日实施。”

“B、C两类有什么不同？”

“B类服务属于精品系列，是本公司的品牌产品。C类服务属于普通系列，是本公司的一般产品。两类产品从内外品质来看，都有一定的差距，有时C类服务也不乏有较好的样本，但不稳定。”

“你能让我看看，你们提供的样本吗？”

‘Don't need, as long as a signed contract and implementation date after payment.’

‘What's the difference between B class and C?’

‘The service of class B belongs to the high-quality series to be the company's brand products. Class C the service belongs to the ordinary series to be the company's general product. There is a certain gap, what two types of products from the point of internal and external quality. Sometimes class C service that there are some better samples, but not stable.’

‘Can you let me see the samples that you provide?’

注释： [1][2][3] 许多著名的电影明星也叫这些名字。