YH (Myself, a short form of Yang Hai, which is my Chinese name): Hello, Wudang Internal.
N (symbol of the caller, or N means “name it by yourself”): Who am I talking with?
YH: My name is Hai Yang, you are talking with me.
N: I got your message, whom do you want to talk with in our association?
YH: Oh, good to know you got my message and thank you for calling back. I just want to talk with Mr.xxxx, in order to have a friendly communication for private issue.
N: There is no xxxx here! No!
YH: Really? Did I call a wrong number? Are you the xxxx school?
N: Yes, We have Grand Master xxxx, not Mr.xxxx. If you want to talk with him, you have to call him Grand Master!
YH: What?... Do I have to call him Grand Master? I just call him name with the title of Mr., is it not enough?
N: No Sir, not enough! you have to call him Grand Master!
YH: I am just using his real name, when he goes to see his doctor, he will just use his real name as xxxx, when he shows his passport to custom, his name is just xxxx. There is no such official title as Grand Master...
N: But you are in martial art community, you have to call him Grand Master! Otherwise...
YH: Wait, if I do not call him Grand Master, then what will happen?
N: You will not be able to talk with him! Are you a Grand Master?
YH: I do not think I will use this title by myself, and I do not think anyone should force others to call him with this title. Some people call me Grand Master in China, but I do NOT ask people call me that, nor force them.
N: No Sir, you have to call him Grand Master!
What is your level? You Ranking? How many stripes are on your belt?
YH: What are you talking about? Level? Ranking? Stripes? What is that? Do I have to have that?
N: You are a total beginner! You don’t even understand these terms!
YH: I understand these terms but I do not think I have anyone of them, and it is the first time people ask me about this when I just want to talk with someone.
N: You are just a beginner, because you have no rank, level and stripes! I can not help you much.
YH: But I just want to talk with xxxx for friendly communication in order to prevent unpleasant things to happen again...
N: No Sir, you have to call him Grand Master first, then, I will talk about other things with you.
YH: (speechless.... and politely hang up the phone after saying thank you and good bye).
After 10 minutes of self-calming and creative problem-solving brainstorm, I dialled their number.
YH: Hello, My name is Hai Yang, I am a Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand master in Kung Fu, I am in “Plus 3” level of martial art.
N: (another person from the same school): OK, I can help you now.
YH: Please write my name down and put the 5 Grands in front of the word Master, do not miss any of them. There are 5 Grands!
N: Yes, and what does “Plus 3” mean?
H:Oh, it means that any people in front of me, no matter which level or ranking he/she has, you should add 3 based on their current level. For example, if xxxx level is 9, mine will be 12. Very simple. You do not need a calculator for this simple math.
N: Yes, I got it, I have written it down...do not worry...
Then, I repeated the same request and the person at that line said that she will give this note to xxxx and the chief instructor may contact me in the future.