Jerry Yang fly to Taipei and conduct his 26 hours visit, according to local Yahoo, he will meet more than 400 people, I met him last time when Yahoo / Kimo announce the merge 3 and half year ago, that was a cocktail party, this time I am invited to the gala lunch as well. via the arrangement, I bring COO with me, we were told to arrive 30 minutes earlier as he will personally greeting a few old friends, when check in the World Trade Center, we are escort to the penthouse where a private room deco with " Yahoo -- what's next ", the comes a few old and new faces -- this is a Taiwan internet parade. meet and greet for half an hour, we walk down to the ball room where 200 people seated already.
Young entrepreneur, fame and fortune, it comes with internet stock conquer the wall street. Money moves from here to there, I always thinking this is a re-distribution of wealth in the world, some got rich, some will go bankruptcy. Jerry is smart to hand over the " management task " to real executive and concentrate on promote " Yahoo ", as his said, e-commerce ( the information-base yet logistic base ( such as Amazon ) ), search and media is what he believe in Yahoo's future.
our Ad agency briefing their idea about our next commercial, 3 lines -- evolution, it's not a wire and people behind the brand, we kill the evolution one as is can't really present our aim to " service " and " quality ", it's not a wire is what they want to sell but people behind the brand is what we think attach to us the most, so the debate begins, idea exchange with creative person is an interesting experience. Obstructive, intangible, you must equip with lot of metaphor to let people understand what you are saying, a good story teller will convince others. The conclusion is, we need to brief each other again tomorrow.
Fruit's 12 years old birthday, wife took her to Pizza Hut, I came and join them late, no so call " birthday ambience ", Fruit seldom show her respect to her mother, so, her mother reluctant to bring the mother nature to her, so, it's only eating and no one seems happy.
Levi want to be heard, at age of 39, a street musician and the elder son of Vice Minister of National Defense, well put all this together is a compelling story; East meet West is the ideal for lot of art form, music is one of them, it sells, but niche and only, it's hard to copy and been well accepted; Levi is trying a hard way to his dream, but, all the artist had his agenda, I am the " Retired " veteran in the music business to provide my limited knowledge; sometimes, the more you know and deliver will bring down the person with enthusiasm in the art field; the less they knew, the brave they are; in the business of capture your dream, can't be limited, can't be squared, can't be threaten.
Mr. Chen is quite a nice person, he support his son in front of him, support him for a decade to be a street performer, traveling in the Stated and Europe, it proved nothing but the love of a father, we spend almost 3 hours discuss Levi's next steps, yes. like in clinic, I consulate his idea -- Levi is talkative and good in communication, first find a label or manger who understand his music and appreciated it ( the instrumental vocal -- according to him ), assemble a team behind the production, and schedule his promotion after putting out the album; his dream partner, producer of U2, Clive Davis, Santana maybe, some idea of marketing collaboration. I will help in making connection with people I know, but no guaranty. I don't like to be trapped in music again.
The conversation with EXX was only "ok ", they filling my resume by asking some trivial and detail question, the person who greet me was not professional, she don't really know how to handle the conversation; the potential, a company in start up statue , have a goal to list in NASDAQ, have a replacement plan for CEO, my interpretation is they are seeking someone in low salary bring them to the stock market and transform to a financial gain, my wife is right about the " you don't have a history with they, how they can take your brain without paying you enough for trading ", I will not continue the conversation, will kindly turn down on Friday. this is the first step toward the next venture searching, I shall be more aggressive, I need a time table to complete the searching on time.
The journey is shorter than I image, we wake up at 6:30 am and heading for Chang Hwa, take the second free way and visits 2 famous resting station; the rain slow down when driving in down town of Chan Hwa, we approach the city at 10:30, we took less than 3 hours from home to see anti and uncle; this is what I called a " Family business part 1 ", K have been driving for me for more than 6 years, a young man who is now 32 should consider his own future, he can't be a driver for rest for his life , and I am not in the position to offer him the career plan is he insist to stay with me; so I put together a few resource from the family and create this trip for K, cousins and nephews; nephew master in screen / drama play and love literature, K is good in art and painting, I have the access to business, my wife be our financial planner, I draft the plan for the young man, and hoping the spark can stimulate and roll out.
Chang Hwa is the idea place for local delicacy, we had Lu-Lo Fan ( stew port with fat poring on top of stream rice ), cold meal ball cake ( only available in Chang Hwa ), bought the sticky rice cookie and white carrot cake back home, on our way home, we also stop by the biggest rest station -- Ching Shui Rest Station, this is like a mall, we were home by 8:30 pm; wife is not satisfied with the food we had on Saturday, so, I took her to another close by restaurant, we are the last table the restaurant severed, when the chef and waiter sit down next to our table enjoy their meal, I notice they might belong to a group -- gay society, wife seems not so comfortable about this, I laughing at her and said, most of the renowned chef are man, so what's the difference?
We have a cup of red wine and sleep to moon on Sunday, this is a lazy but easy Sunday. I almost complete the Golden Melody judge session, this really take up decent time.
Tonight, we will go to the EMBA freshmen welcome dinner, I am expecting to see new faces.
