面试尾声：选你还是选她
晓兮怀疑自己听错了，她努力掩饰心中的惊讶：“A joke?Joke?（一个笑话）”
Johnny挑了下眉毛，略有严肃地说：“Yeah， tell me a joke and it has to be related to options.（是的，告诉我一个笑话，必须跟期权有关）”
这个真是出乎意料，晓兮只好说：“Please give me some time to think about this.(请给我点时间想想)”
然后她开始绞劲脑汁地想，想了一会儿，还是想不出来， Johnny看了一下表说：“It is okay if you could not think of any. We are not in the right place.（算了吧，想不出来也没关系）”
晓兮突然之间来了灵感，她说道：“I have one， I have one. When I just came to the university， I found a class called options and futures in the curriculum. I thought it is a philosophical class about what options you have and how they will influence your futures. It turns out to be a class about financial products.（我想出来了一个，想出来了。刚来大学的时候，发现课程里有一门课叫期权和期货。我认为这是一门关于你有哪些选择，option，以及它们将如何影响你的未来，future，的哲学课。后来才发现这是一门关于金融产品的课）”
这件囧事晓兮还没有跟别人提起过，她觉得很好笑，但是Johnny并没有笑，说道：“Well， you know， it is not a joke to certain extent. Your future may be related to options.（这或许不是一个笑话，你的未来可能真跟期权有关）”
他看了一眼桌子上的另一张简历，“I can only choose one today. So， do you think I should choose you or Alice Ai?（我今天只能选择一个。所以，你觉得我应该选你还是另一个爱丽丝）”
艾心怡的能力强是公认的，她学习成绩顶尖，在学生会中担任领导职位，曾在著名咨询公司麦肯思做过暑期实习。但是晓兮知道现在不是显露自己弱点和不自信的时候，但她也不好直接说对方的不好，她说道：“Both of us are very good students.（我们俩都挺好的）”
Johnny不耐烦地说道：“I know that. That is why you made to the interview. You or her?（我知道，可我只能选择一个人，你还是她）”
晓兮说道：“Me. I think you should choose me.（你应该选择我）“
还没等到她解释原因，Johnny就说道：“Why? The other Alice did a summer internship in Mckenze. I am very impressed. And you just did a research project with Dr. Zhou. I don’t even know who he is?（为什么？另一个 Alice在 Mckenze暑期实习。给我留下了非常深刻的印象。你和周博士做了一个研究项目。我不知道他是谁）”
Johnny的话可以算是讽刺，也可以算是合理的质疑，毕竟麦肯思是那么有名的公司，周教授却是个刚毕业的还没有任何名气的助理教授。晓兮努力保持冷静，说道：“Dr. Zhou is a very talented young professor. He graduated from the famous economics school UC Berkeley. He was writing a paper on exchange rate forecasting. I helped him gather and clean massive amount of FX data， and used Matlab to test his new methods. From this project， I got a very good understanding of FX market and products which will be very helpful for my summer internship in HSC.（周博士是一位很有才华的年轻教授。毕业于著名经济学院加州大学伯克利分校。他正在写一篇关于汇率预测的论文。我帮助他收集和清理了大量的外汇数据，并使用 Matlab来测试他的新方法。通过这个项目，我对外汇市场和产品有了很好的了解，这对我在HSC的暑期实习很有帮助）“
晓兮以为Johnny会继续质疑，没想到他却没有，他说道：“I got your point. Now it is your turn to ask me questions. We are already running out of time so you only have the chance to ask one question.（我明白你的意思了。现在轮到你问我问题了。我们已经没有时间了，所以你只有机会问一个问题）”
晓兮准备了好几个问题，她刚准备说，Johnny又加重语气道：“ Please take a few seconds to think about it， please don’t ask me stupid questions that you can get the answers from HR.（请花几秒钟考虑一下，请不要问我可以从 HR那里得到答案的愚蠢问题）”
这次打断反而让晓兮灵机一现，她觉得最有意义的问题就是关于人民币升值的问题，还可以呼应她的研究课题，显示出她对于汇率的了解。于是她问道：“I have a question about RMB. RMB has appreciated a lot in the past few years. Do you think it is good or bad for our economy? Do you think it will continue to appreciate?（我有一个关于人民币的问题。人民币这几年升值了很多。您认为这对我们的经济是好是坏？你认为它会继续升值吗）”
Johnny并没有回答，反而反问道：“you did an FX project with this talented Prof.Zhang. You should tell me the answer.（你不是和这位才华横溢的张教授做了一个外汇项目吗。你应该告诉我答案）”
晓兮没想到他会用自己的原话反问自己，心里十分尴尬，但还是故作镇静，用张教授的原话回答道：“It is short term pain for long term gain.（长痛不如短痛）”
Johnny忽然态度好了起来，说道：“I agree with you. It is very painful for some exporters in the short term. However， in the long term， it is good. We made a lot of money by making stuff like t-shirts， but keep doing so won’t lead us to anywhere. We have to go through structural reform and RMB appreciation would help that. I think RMB will continue to appreciate because， a， there is strong international pressure for it， b， China has very high growth and money is flowing into China.（我同意你的看法。短期内对一些出口商来说是非常痛苦的。但是，从长远来看，这是好的。我们通过制作 T恤之类的东西赚了很多钱，但继续这样做不会把我们带到任何地方。我们必须进行结构性改革，而人民币升值将有助于实现这一目标。我认为人民币会继续升值，因为，a，国际压力很大，b，中国经济增长非常快，资金正在流入中国）”
Johnny站了起来，说道：“I guess that’s it. Thanks for your time.（就到这里了，谢谢你）”
晓兮还准备接个话显示一下自己汇率相关知识，没想到这就完了，也只好站起来说道：“Thank you for interviewing me.（谢谢你面试我）”
Johnny说话间就往门口走去，晓兮也跟了过去，Johnny打开门说道：“HR will follow up with you in the next week or two.（HR在接下来一两周会联系你）”
这就结束了，晓兮说道，“Okay， thank you.”
然后她就准备出门，没想到Johnny又问道：“Do you have interviews with other banks this week?（你有其它投行面试吗）”
晓兮略有些遗憾地说道：“No， this is the only interview I have，(我只有这一个)”她强装镇定看着Johnny，” I really hope that I can have the opportunity to work with you in the summer.（我十分希望得到这次机会）”
Johnny伸出手说道：“Good luck!（祝你好运）”
晓兮握了握他的手，说道：“Thank you again for your time.（再次谢谢你）”