Little overseas study student
I finished reading the book " Ching Dynasty oversea study student " last night, this is the few books which I read recently touch my heart, I admidr Long Hung's great mind and patient, as the first Yale graduate, he return to Shanhai, waiting 16 years and make 1872 the remakable year for sending 120 kid to The States.
I read the story, touch by not only Long, but other compelling stories, time and space change, how come Long can have such a wisdom vision in the corrupt and rotten China. I really admire him.
Jeme Tai Yun's story of building the first railroad in China is touching so much. I want to dig more and find more about this story
How can I get the docementary from China?
I am getting there
Receive the call from C. Ray by 2 pm today, he set an appointment with me on next Monday, for a brief talk with Wu-Shung and to sign off the employment agreement. I can't simply looking the hole from outside, now, I must prepare myself to dig and to jump. to bear the cost and price for next few days, months or maybe years.
The first thought from my heart is to document and record everythings I do at the company, no matter this is from my own will or I am instruct or force to do. giving up a monthly 500,000 NT salary with no liability exchange with a 150,000 NT pay check with great leagl explosure, everyone know this is not a trade off. but, I can't escape now and have to work very smart to avoid any potential risk.
when sitting on the banks meeting, I fully understood there's no clear cut between existing and new business, there's no line between privious GM and new GM. I am trapped now. how to bail myself out of this risk, to be honest, I have no answer now, the first thing I did is to have a laywer to build the fire wall for me. they did, but they can't walk the road parellel with me. to be a professional manager in a listing company, you can't be too naive. to be placed at a hot seat - deal with debt, figure out the business and people strange to you and identify the new business which no clue of guarenty success. I neve experience this before, this is not a game. I must think seriously, but no to express my worry to the people surround.
Prosecution for first lady yesterday cause a very huge typhoon in Taiwan, my wild guess is Bei will not step down, if he did it, then he will be totally naked to everyone and he can't materilize any authorize to protect him and his family / property. so, I bet he will not resign. see what happen, the answer will come tomorrow. this is my assmiluation: he appology for the wrongful doing of his wife, but complain the porsecutor didn't give him a reasonable time to explain, after all, he will mention for ths sake of people in Taiwan and for the political safety ( even national security ) he will remain seated ( take your imagination of how he perform his stew in rest room ) until May 2008.
I didn't mean to be rude to my mother in law, I just dislike how they wish to influence our children , by introdcing what they think is good valut - the Tao religion and push Fruit and Sound to attend the class. Sound is independent enough, he don't want to go, from the very beginning, Fruit was there for the first time today, we went to pick her up. in the alley where no car can park, I rush to pick Fruit then go, maybe I didn't say hello or maybe I did raise my voice, but I don't mean to implite to her, I didn't forget how nice of them lent me 2 millions for the company set up. even my own parent didn't perform this kindness to me. wife is very upset, but how can I say. I am not in a good mood today - jump and trapped, what can I do.
join Rusty's old colleage reunion, met the GM of Synyi first time. dinner with them don't really provide me any good feeling, a brand new friend to sit with them, no platform is a sad thing for career man, yes. but this is my choice, no complain.
the taxi driver who share with me his story was an unusual things. the first is about the bride from China, he take her body and married her, but since them, he can't touch her and can't devioce, the second thing is he is a true credit card advacing victim, more than 2 millions car debe turn himself a credit card slave - a local term developed 6 months ago, I don't really know why people borrow such a high interest loan from Bank? if they can't afford to return the money.
Fusan FengShu - I must find this Japanese talent, how come 600 tickets sold out for his only performance at The Wall and with no record lebel support. the fans sit and line up outside The Wall, I chat with them for a while, this is amazing, another web 2.0 concert idea is happening. this is something I should think of, the idea of online licencing for indie talent is a good model also, the new site cause my interest as well.
I am not in a good mood, really, when I write down my blog now.
What's First and What's next
The Helix development was out of my imagination, I have no idea how come this impossible result will turn to an actionable project. sitting at Taina Airport Station, I am trying to review what's ahead and how to off my from the hook:
1. the following bank negociation will defenitely get me into trouble, I must deliver the plan, convinceing all the amerture and make belive we are on the right track, this is no good for any new start up , especially for a person who don't encounter with liability before.
2. the contract between me and the couter party will not be signed in a foster pace, I can only play blur until they ask me to follow the procedure of sign off , this is another obstacle.
3. any new business plan: include the real one and the projects they dump to me, by far, I don't have a clue what works and what don't and have no idea who can be of help to produece a convincing budget and forcast. and no team meber to perform this task.
I can only be slience, be passive and be irresponsible to any invitation. there's no way for me to proactively working on this task, I am doing they the favor, now my mission is complete, and I shall be temperory relief from the tramp.
Helix at Tainai
Flew in Tainai airport by 1:30 pm, happen to take the same flight with the attorney Helix hire to consult on debt negociation. we took the same taxi to Taina Science Area, a huge and magnaficient science park, we were told it will take 25 minutes from airport to the factory, yes, but the meter on the taxi jump to 700 NT, it's 32 kilomiles.
no one show up - non the president, nor Wu shung, S. K was not appare, my name and credit was sale to the bank both on the presentation and print out, I was asked to deliver a brief speech, about what direction I am going to take if I take up the post to run the new business. I know this is a beginning of a very long negociation, I am not talking about the day. but months, years for a dragging process.
now , it's 403, they told me the banks agree to extend the debt to a 7 years loan, it seems my show will continue, however, I still not ink on the contract and obtain every right to resign any time. now the real challenge come to me. really.
It's November
It's November, 300 days of drifering on my venture for becoming the boss of my own, earlier this morning, wife drove me to NKSK, the old So-net office, I will met 2 of the colleage who will help me in fixing the WLAN problem at Forest School.
Time fly, I saw business man wearing business suits waiting for customer, client at the front door, the do the talk which I normally did before, greeting eath other in a professional hello, I was lost somewhere, didn't know if I miss the old days or look at them as stranger to me now. the little girl from Starbucks greeted me with a ROGER - how surprised she remember me, after 9 10 months of no show and nothing. I appreciate her hospitality, I feel sorry that I didn't have time to order one Lattle for myself.
at Forest school, Joy and Jay help to solove the AP problem , I am satisfied with the service, a mission on the top priority of my wife's agenda. I made it happen, with the help of 2 old friends. on the road, chat a bit with Jay and learn a few thing about the company I built before. this is not a good information collection. the supervisor at Forest school share with me a story about Sound , and asked if I may deliver a speech for the parent on the Thursday Parent's School. well, I take it and willing to share the CSR trip I've been for the past 10 months.
the stomach and lower belly pain push me to see doctor in the morning before went for NKSP, I took the pill and feel lot more comfortable, retun to office via the MRT and at the office Stop, I decided to treat myself a Curry Rice - at a local restaurant. in the afternoon, I finished re-shape the presentation me and Celine will conduct for TAYA tomorrow morning.
Wu Shung didn't follow with the employment agreement, I put S. Kuwang at a hard place, this is the trade off for allocate his own business to the new entity, a price of 60 millions should be justified to co-sign on my employement agreement, but no one follow it, neither C. Ray - the legel rep , nor Wu Shung, this is not a bad thing to me, tomorrow, I must run the show , at a good manner and see what happenens then.
Ray T. rush to see me in the afternoon, on his business schedule for business. he mention the potential _ Good Things , and asked if I am interested to be part of, well, the cable development maybe a monopoly business in China, but the media and ideology control may lead the company to a sudden change. I am fine to be particiate and willing to contribute to what I can. this is how the things goes. right?
Eugenia's suggestion about : why not let S. Shu invest or take a share of our company, if this is going to happen in 2 years - by then, nobody knows if they are interesed still, I will take this good advise and come up with my " win - win " solution.
indulgent myself with local delicacy at Yu-Kang street area. great local food and excellent coffee, I am waiting for my partner, to go through the rehearsal and for the bid tomorrow.
The road of CSR is so tough, what can we do more? more? and more.....
One day in Huilien
I don't feel like working on Monday, with a flesh, I asked wife if we can go somewhere, out of the city after sent Sound to school bus? she replied with a YES, in a few minutes, I changed my custome, prepare for the unknown journey and we leaving Taipei by 9:30 am.
Over the weekend, I was trapped in the employment contract Helix drafted, C. Ray - the leagl manager urge me to sign off on a very roughy contract - with only 4 lines, this is not a joke to me, the more I think, to more I feel uncomfortable, the book - A, really help me in digest what's ahead of me, Sat. noon, have Melody to share her instinct to this offering, she is right about my intuition, her opinion is : Believe in what Wu Shung said, but to protect everything by yourself. this is the conclusion I draw to everyone. The irony or bias logic similar to what China threaten to Taiwan : In order to achieve the goal of reunion peacefully, We will never give up taking Taiwan by force.
Calling Echo for advise, she is my EMBA classmate and a professional attornery by law, she finished her vacation at I-Lan and met me at Starbucks on Sunday afternoon, the comment and advise from her is to counter offer with a very strickly protective employment contract , my last request to her is : draft whatever you think will rescure me from any risk.
Monday, I don't want to spend time in office or think hard about the Helix delima - the more I think, the more it looks like going to hell - the Fire Pit so to speak. this is not money can compensate, a potential of leagl and financial jeorperdy..
we headed for I-Lan, passing the Snow mountain tunnel the second time. reached Su ao by 10:20 am, we decided to go further, drove our BMW to Nanfunao for a seafood lunch at 11:00 am, well, this is not the end of the journey, asked the restaurant owner how long will it take to Huilien? he smiled back and say : only 90 minutes, this encourge me to take the adventure further, we decided to try the first time , passing Su Haw highway to Huilien, the mountain climbing and beautiful vally open to our eyes, a very fancy journey, we arrvied at Huilein by 3:00 pm, having the famous meat dumpling and return home - by 6:30 pm, we were safty arrived at Jing May theater. less than 3 and half hours, we reached home from Huilien, it's like a dream.
Tuseday morning, a very brief discussion with C. Ray, he seems OK with all the strick terms except the colleterial - the warranty from Wu Shang, he said he never see such an employment agreement before, I can only reply with a sorry...
I was sitting at the rehearsal - the financial consulting firm prepared the presentaiton file for coming Thursday's credit bank meeting - I am suprised to see how them assemble the professional negociation team for the task - without introduce themselve, I may mistaking for sitting at a Gambino ( Maphia ) Familly meeting, I do learn a lot, knowing how they defend the bank and buy themself more time to slove the financial crisis. the deeper I involved, the more I discover, I sense an impossible dream ahead.
until the end of the rehearsal, Wu didn't show up. he called and OK with every term and condition Echo draft for me. well, if this is the case, there's no way to escape my responsiblity to perform as a professional actor - not to treat it as the Fire Pit, but to alter it to the circus - the fire circle , I should be the jumping lion.
You can't always get what you want, but you can't escape what you dislike.
