<![CDATA[meianren.NET 美安人社会网络交流站]]> http://www.meianren.net/index.php en-US http://www.meianren.net/post/19/ <![CDATA[Passion, Dertermination, Environment - Miss Teen Alberta]]> taurus <> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:03:33 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/19/ On June 13th, at Riviera Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, meianren.NET did a preliminary interview with Wendy Huang, again on July 10th, an in depth telephone interview with Miss Huang.

meianren: First congratulations on winning Miss Teen Alberta, would your next step be to win Miss Teen Canada, it that correct?
Wendy Huang: 对, 我是代表亚伯达去参加Miss Teen Canada 的选美, 如果我赢的话, 我会代表加拿大去参加Miss Teen World的选美。

MAR: 知道什么时候吗？
WH: 八月二十四到二十六，在Taxes。

MAR: Do you agree that there is a high like-hood or a possibility that you may become a spoke person, for the Chinese MA distributors or for the MA in general? Any thoughts on that?
WH: 呵，自从赢了Miss Teen Alberta，我就开始有很多Public Speaking 的opportunities。 我想如果我赢了Miss Teen Canada之后，我一定会比较可能成为一个Spoke Person。

MAR: 一定要在赢了Miss Teen Canada 之后吗？
WH: 现在我已经有了这个经验了，当然没有真的…, 但是你是说，像Job 吗，还是？

MAR: 不一定是Job, 比如说，for instance, in Las Vegas last month, you were given a speech in front of the Chinese distributors, I am sure the purpose of that is, a) to encourage people to do the same and b) at the same time sets an example. Because we guess we both agree here that, in this business we constantly looking for examples, we need examples, especially someone who is fresh and new to the business, who can quickly establish oneself and becomes some kind of driven force. Is that what we are looking for in this business?
WH: Yes?
MAR: …so having said that, wouldn’t you agree that there is a strong possibility to have you become a spoke person at some level for the MA circle. In fact, it wouldn’t be too much off to say that, unofficially you were a spoke person for the Chinese MA distributors as far as the Las Vegas Convention concerns?

WH: 我觉得我会比较有可能成为English的spoke person, 在美安，当然我的中文也会继续加强，也会有可能成为…, 要是真的成为spoke person的话我想会从英文开始。 我觉得做成功之后这个可能性会大一些…
MAR: You refer to a language issue for the fact that you feel more comfortable with speaking one verses the other.
WH: 对对。

MAR: You mentioned that since you were 6 or 7 year old, you have been going to the convention with your mom. Should we say that because of that rather early involvement, the MA business model comes rather natural for you, because you were in the environment, you followed your mom to the Convention and the business seems natural to you, should we assume that is correct?
WH: 呵…
MAR: … because given the opposite scenario, where there are many other teenagers or young people, even college students, even adults, who had to be educated to accept this business concept, and even then there isn’t a guarantee. In the case of yours, you want to be part of it, and you even said that after you turn 18 you would join the business and become a distributor.
WH: Yes, 就是这么多年下来，当然有被影响， 在这样一个环境里成长的人，我当然比较容易接受这个生意，因为从小看到妈妈成功，就比较容易接受美安这个系统，也知道可以成功，所以当然是有差别啦。

MAR: O.K., there is another scenario, that sometimes, a teenager grows up in one environment but wants to do something else when he grows up, something totally different from what they grown up with, have you ever felt anything like that…
WH: … that I want to do something else?
MAR: Yes, that you want to do something else.
WH: 呵，我本来就有我想要做的事情，美安给我的感觉就是，也是我妈妈告诉我的，就是美安先只是占一个备胎，我想去做什么可以先去做，也要去工作，也要去得那些经验，读完大学我还是要会出去工作，会一边做美安，一边工作，就是美安是我的备胎。

MAR: 你好像在你的Blog里说过你将来准备想own your clothing line business, that you’re likely to run a business in that direction. How do you see by doing the MA business will help you achieve what you want to achieve in life?
WH: 我本来就对fashion有兴趣，本来想要读Fashion Merchandising and Management, 就是服装管理方面；
MAR: o.k.
WH: 本来想是等到我读完了(大学)，如果还是对服装感兴趣的话，可以再学一个设计上的科目就可以创自己的clothing line, 开个store什么的 …
MAR: O.K.
WH: 但是这只是个兴趣，我也知道我自己的实力还不够，比如我画画的方面，experience 还不够，也不是那么厉害，所以我当然想要先放着，等我美安做成功有钱了，我再自己去花钱去请人家帮我做这个服装，或是还是我design, 也不错啊。我现在要去多伦多去读business, 读完business, 我有可能会做别的，反正won a clothing line 是我的一个梦想。

MAR: 你现在在学画画吗?
WH: 不是很强, 所以我真的需要花时间去学。 等外美安做成功之后，我会去. . . 就可以有时间有钱去学， 或自己创. . .

MAR: We hear this from most mid-aged adults, that once they have a secured income, they would have plenty of time to enable themselves to do whatever they want, whether that be to design or to open up a business. You’re only seventeen, not even eighteen, you already see that gaining a financial security is important in which it will sustain your other endeavors in the future…
WH: 当然会，因为从小看也听别人讲， 这些也是我的观念的。

MAR: You also like track and field, we saw a picture on your blog, it's a picture of you running a hurdle. You’re quite a competitive person …
WH: 就是运动吗，也是一个经验， 一个不同的经验，另外一种兴趣喽。

MAR: 还有什么兴趣昵？
WH: 跳舞，track, 篮球，以前打的比较多，最近打的比较少， 以前还蛮喜欢篮球的。 就是运动方面，运动我还是蛮喜欢的。
MAR: O.K.
WH: 还有什么别的兴趣昵？ 别的兴趣就是，比如我还蛮喜欢吃不同的菜，那算兴趣吧？
MAR: 你是说的. . .？
WH: 就是吃不同的料理啦…， 这个算兴趣吗？
MAR: 就是烹调？
WH: 不是，没有啦，我自己不做，就是去外面试不同的料理啊，韩国菜呀，日本菜呀，印度菜啊，各种不同的菜；
MAR: 就是喜欢吃，对吧， 当然可以呀，不是有句话叫民以食为天吗。
WH： 还有就是我还蛮喜欢到台上表演，参加中文比赛啊，还有 drama, theater, 演戏等。
MAR: 在学校你参与drama and theater?
WH: Yes.

MAR: You’ve said that the 2009 Greenboro Convention would be your last convention to attend as a non-distributor, in that the convention date falls on the beginning of the month, and you’ll turn eighteen shortly after in the same month. And you will join the business shortly after that. Do you see, let me put it this way, what do you see that being Miss Teen Alberta will help to generate success in the MA business?
WH: 我觉得我通过参加选美学到了很多可以用在美安里的东西，比如像参加选美需要找赞助商，找赞助商也要找对人才行。要去找人家，要去“卖”自己，给自己打广告; 学到很多business skills, 象public speaking等。

MAR: In other words, these skills you acquired from school and from the pageant experience can serve in other areas of life.
WH: Yes.

MAR: 我本来想问选美的成功对你做MA有什么具体帮助？
WH: 有什么帮助？我觉得，有一点帮助，就是因为我现在就已经在接触很多人，很多时候跟陌生人讲话，经常找一些business people跟他们谈呵，谈我的sponsorship的事情，所以这些人我以后读可以contact, 或许他们可以成为potential distributor或者成为customers 什么的, 所以还是有帮助呀！

MAR: Do you think, again talking about your case, you were in the environment because your mom was doing it and you were attending the conventions with your mom, etc., do you think we need to educate people about this UnFranchise business starting when they were young?
WH: 我觉得有一定好处啊，就是要看人喽，要让人家家里去，还有妈妈小孩你可以顺便教啊。 当然早点接触会有好处，小孩子比较天真，比较容易接受新的idea，长大后会比较古板，比较不容易接受新的idea， 所以…, 当然从小开始或许可以多一些保证吧！

MAR: Market America has something called MA University, do you know what that is?
WH: 就是有不同的major呀，不同的产品，不同的系列，你可以major in。
MAR: 就是説你有听过这个是怎么一回事？
WH: 知道啊，上课有听过。
MAR: 你上过MA University的课?
WH: 没有，没有，在Convention有听过。

MAR: Let’s talk about the pageant, not just did you come out as the number one but you were the only Chinese who had won the title Miss Teen Alberta, is that correct?
WH: 是不是从此以来唯一的华人，这个我不确定。 但是Alberta 三十五个人里面选十三个人，然后这十三个人要代表亚伯达去多伦多比赛，这里面我市唯一的亚洲人。

MAR: 我有这个问题我想问一下子。 This could be a bit of a sensitive question, let me see if I can phrases it right. It’s probably one of the two sensitive questions we have for you. By asking we could be dealing with some kind of fallacy also. First, we have to establish some kind of ground work here. Of course, depends on how people look at it and how we look at it, that the MA business appeals to some people but not others. Or shall we say that it appeals to some likings specific and particular but not other likings in general. Unlike Free the Children Charity, your charity, which suits the general rim and, if we look it from another point of view, at least it has elevated itself to be among general acceptance. Now by saying that, I probably has already given out the answer to what I intend to ask. However, although MA has established itself in the past 16 or 17 years, some even say it has risen among the Fortune 500 more or less, but the direct sell nature is deeply rooted and that nature is not yet greatly accepted by the general public, not yet. So the issue of public acceptance remains to be choice-some and bit of chancy. Now, we don’t know anything about the judging panel for the pageant, we don’t how that is established, whether let there be a judging panel or online voting or a combination of both, the question to you is this, will mentioning abut your involvement in the MA business bring up any possible issues of acceptance that could hurt your chances from winning the pageant?
WH: 呵…
MAR: You did mention in your blog and on your home page about you involvement with MA, because the business concept is not something accepted by everyone, would that remain to be chancy when comes to winning the pageant, where as all aspects are somewhat evaluated, and given we do not know who these judges are, what they’re thinking, what their preferences are, so that …

WH: So you’re saying that my involvement with Market America will it . . ., any judges would judges me on that because they don’t know Market America well enough?
MAR: Either they don’t know Market America well enough or, they have negative opinions . .
WH: … that they think it being a different thing than what it is?
MAR: Correct.
WH: … will they judge me on that?
MAR: in other words, yes, will they judge you on that?
WH: 我觉得不会，因为毕竟我们这个选美是以team为主。我觉得如果他们要是看到我已经知道以后要做什么，要自己创business的话，我觉得对他们来说他们会感觉说这个女生还蛮有目标的，并不是去追求其它什么方面。 至于他们或许对美安不太了解，美安并不是不好的事，所以 . . . 我觉得不会有影响。

MAR: How will the results come out? Will it be delivered by the judges or via some other channel? We are informed there will also be an online voting…
WH: 就是说Miss Teen Canada是怎么选出来的？
MAR: 对，
WH: 它是，已经有五个judges来judge我们，是由他们来决定谁赢的。 Online voting只是, 就是，judges 会选出15个进决赛，但是决赛里有二十个人比赛，那多余的五个人是fast track, 就是网上谁得的票数最多，还有不同的categories, 五个category的winner会报送前二十名。从前二十名里在cut down 到前十名，再cut down to top five, 然后五个人每个人会被问一个interview question, 然后他们就会选出Miss Teen Canada会是谁。所以online voting唯一的好处就是谁得最多票就会报送前二十名。It’s connect but not depending on it.

MAR: . . . so online voting guarantees the top twenty, from there it would depend on the judges?
WH: 从头到尾都是depend on the judges。 只是online voting 报送前二十名，那是报送。

MAR: You’re doing extremely well, do your parent give you advises with regards to how to handles certain situations, or how to answer certain questions? Have they gone over with you about scenarios which might come up during the pageant and how should you handle them? . . . have they helped you in the preparation process?
WH: Have they advised me on how I should answer questions in the interview?
MAR: Yes,
WH: Miss Teen Alberta这个pageant 的时候没有，都是我自己准备的。现在我是有一个选美教练教在帮我。

MAR: 能不能问一下你说的这个选美教练他怎么帮你？那个方面帮你呢？
WH: 因为我以前的弱点多是在interview上的。所以他现在就一直帮我怎么样interview， 就一些问题，用什么语调，和如何面对这些问题，等等。
MAR: O. K．
WH: 还有就是教我怎么走台步啊，还有一些审美观的问题。

MAR: Besides this 选美教练，do you plan to hire any PR manager to handle your public affair?
WH: For Miss Teen Canada?

MAR: Yes, I am not suggesting anything, I am just posing it as a question. In addition to your 选美教练, are you planning to hire a manager who handles your PR affair？
WH: 没有，没有，manager, 就是什么样的manager, 就是帮我做什么的？很多东西我自己做，或者妈妈帮我，或者姐姐帮我。大部分事情都是我自己做。然后除了教练教我一些事情。我觉得不需要hiring a manager吧。

MAR: Let’s move to another question, I read you blog, you said in your blog that during the Saturday night performance at the Riviera Las Vegas where you did the Chinese ribbon dance, you acknowledged that it is to your surprise that you come to find that among all performers back stage that you were the only non-distributor who was participating in the performamce. After reading that line I was pondering about exactly what was your thinking at the moment, there seems to be a wanting, an urge if I may say, to be part of a greater circle, to do what others are doing; Am I right on that, can you elaborate on that?
WH: 对不起, 我没有听懂你的问题。
MAR: 在那个Saturday night performance at the Riviera you did a Chinese ribbon dance…
WH: 对,
MAR: …you later wrote in your blog, you said that you realized that …
WH: …that I was the only non-Market America distributor?
even: Correct! Among all other performers.
WH: 对，
MAR: From reading that line on your blog, am I correct to assume that there is a wanting or an urge to be part of a greater circle . . . ?
WH: 不是，我写的那句话是说， 那天我的表演我觉得很special, 很特别，因为我是唯一的参加演出的而不是美安的经销商。
MAR: I see,
WH: 我没有那个意思就是说想要be part of, 当然也不错，我觉得那确实是一个special thing。

MAR: I also read, again, from your blog, by the way, were 杨属 and Catherine Ma your mom’s upper line? Or at least they frequent your home and you knew them?
WH: 不是, 他们不是我妈妈的上线。
MAR: Again, this could be just purely out of politeness, something we have to do, where as when we see someone older we call them either auntie or uncle;
WH: 哦，对。

MAR: . . . naturally in the Chinese culture we do this, we refer someone who is older with a special way of calling them. Now, after reading this, I somehow referred to my own experience, if you don’t mind if I could take a little time to explore that. I may have asked a similar question before, but allow me to go over it again…, whether accurate or not, if you would allow me to refer it to my own experience on the next question.
WH: Yes, go ahead.
MAR: Well, when it was time for me to go to middle school, my mom told that I should go to the middle school where she teaches. My mom was a teacher. So I ended up going to a middle school where my mom teaches. And all the teachers from that school who used to frequent my home whom I used to call uncles or aunties suddenly become teachers, that I no longer call them Uncle Zhang or Auntie Yang, but instead I call them Teacher Zhang or Teacher Yang. For a moment, it was a very strange feeling. Of course, I am not saying this would apply to you. But I was about your age, maybe even younger, 14 or 15, I didn’t really want to go to my mom’s middle school, I wanted to go somewhere else. But I have to go because my mom wanted me to. Strangely when I read your blog, it somehow made me to think back about this experience. And the question being, aiming at the psychology of teenagers, what are some of the factors that will make one to want to stay with one group and not another?

WH: 哦，以你的story 来讲吗，还是a general question？
MAR: Neither way.
WH: 我觉得，有些人比较习惯呆在自己认识的环境里，但是也有人比较喜欢出去experience新的东西呀。 象我就想要去多伦多读书，就是想要离开Calgary, 离开Alberta出去读书，因为我在Calgary呆了很多年我想出去，去一个新的环境。就是离开我的familiar surrounding, 去试试看去experience, 因为这些experience可以让我自己成长吗。
MAR: in another word, we agree on the same thing.
WH: Yes,

MAR: Do you see the MA business as a family business that could pass down for generations? . . . in other words, your mom could pass it down to you and, you could pass it down to your children.
WH: 我觉得可以啊！ 因为是好系统吗，好系统，产品又好，你可以继续给小孩吃啊，也不只只是一个人的健康，平常你也要洗澡啊，刷牙啊…, 这些东西都是美安的产品啊。所以如果活在美安的系统里，环境里，就一定会被影响啊。

MAR: Let’s move to the next question regarding your fund raising effort. You have a charity, Free the Children charity, you were raising money for Free the Children charity. How is that working out for you? You've set rather a high goal than other contestants. The required amount is $500…
WH: $400.
MAR: $400, and you set your goal at $10,000.
WH: Yes.
MAR: . . . you’ve set a higher goal than other contestants.
WH: Yes, 这个我就用英文讲因为我比较习惯。
MAR: Of course,

WH: 我在我的blog上面有写，就是为什么我会选这个goal, 因为before the Alberta Pageant, I saw a commercial on t.v. for Free the Children charity, and it was about a program to build the school, and that’s what inspired my platform, like every contestant has a platform about what they want to promote. And after watching that commercial I want to promote education in developing countries. Because I believe that everyone has a chance to be educated. And so after I won Miss Teen Alberta, all the contestants were give this challenge of raising at least $400 for a charity. I was excited because before knowing about this, before winning Miss Teen Alberta, I want to raise money for Free the Children anyway. I was planning to, it was part of my goal after attending the pageant. So the challenge was given, it was perfect, I want to do it anyway. And since it was a challenge that I was passionate about, I’ve decided to challenge myself with a higher goal to see if I could raise enough money for the charity because I was passionate about it, passionate about the program they have and the charity they do.

MAR: . . . always aim high, and you came up at around $8,000 plus …
WH: 我有达到我的目标，因为我手上有(其他人捐的)现金，把现金加起来就刚好超过一万多。
MAR: I see, congratulations on that.
WH: 谢谢！
MAR: I am sure a lot people are very pleased.

MAR: Your 18th birthday is coming up. Any thoughts on that? How you are going to spend it?
WH: 我会在台湾过生日，当然要是我赢了Miss Teen Canada的话会在Taxes过。

MAR: Anything particular you want for your 18th birthday?
WH: 嗯，就加入美安喽。

MAR: Besides becoming a distributor, anything else for your birthday?
WH: Material上面，真的没有想要什么。 当然另外一个方面就是希望家人都身体健康。
MAR: That’s an excellent birthday wish.
WH: Material上面，买东西上面还真的没有特别想要什么。

MAR: 还有，如果以后机会成熟的话，我们想请你来我们的美安人论坛跟大家见见面，发表一些见解呀，回答一些问题呀？
WH: 当然可以。 如果美安人需要，我当然可以，不过要等我比赛完毕。

We ask our readers to please log on to http://www.missteencanadaworld.com/ to vote Wendy for the People's Choice Award for Miss Teen Canada. Also see our announcement about Wendy Huang in our meianren forum.

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]]> http://www.meianren.net/post/18/ <![CDATA[Convention v.s. Boot Camp v.s. 大会    - Concerning definition revisited -]]> latewrite <editor@meianren.net> Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:11:15 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/18/ One day in May, two years back, MA_pedia, Webster Dictionary and 金山词霸 had a 3-way call to discuss concerns of certain preliminary conditions not previously sought.

MA_pedia – a mirror site of wikipedia, everything is the same as the predecessor, except without the collaborative and volunteering edition from the mass; makes its own grammar, governs its own terminology, grades its own paper, and never lets go of the chalkboard, not even intentionally.

Webster Dictionary – a two hundred year old cutie pie, wrapped by layers of accurateness, scrambled to retain its authority on meanings and usages, occasionally has to sacrifice FP (Financial Position) for PR.

金山词霸 – translates, interprets, right-clicks, right of way to the right to the word, shown the handiness, the versatility, clever yet it’s dependent on what’s given; when no possible explanation is to proffer, \\()(){||}()()// …. Shalala, shall we dance??

… the call was brief and ferocious, to ensure of things not slipping through “cracks”, and probably without a lively discussion, a blue print to grasp understanding was established. The term(s) in question were set to standard, their conditions redefined, under a newly reformed guidance, hands shook, coherence reached, banners beheld, spirits rejuvenated; a party is thrown, sweet words pad the shoulder, a march continues, and life goes on as usual.

The term(s) in question were nothing gigantic, a feather light switch, nothing obvious, to tune something profoundly magical, makes up all the differences and attends to all the correctness; an umbrella and its subsidiaries, a pita bread and a banana, a family tree which details the branches and the controlling of them; everyone in the family learned well, from the grade grand parent to the grade grand child, all great students, all knew by heart, of the value of tickets until, the box office earning that drew greedy eyes. Soon after, a completely outrageously octopus-like grip had been put in effect, taking down numerous casualties. The eyes were fixed at it long before the bloom, only (its tentacles/arms/whatever) to come at it posteriorly.

Specific terms mirror changes of position and governing power, given the apparent PC (political correctness) so playful, we too, feel insatiable if not to poke fun at them.


CONVENTION:
发音：康万生
词类：名词
词性：阴阳兼并
词源：从钱而来；有钱则康, 康则生
词星：巨蟹座， 不腼腆，不含糊其辞，喜欢横着走…
词生日：自“安”史后，青出于蓝， 有日子了…
词解：各种大会的“会”，牌出一招的“招儿” . . .
词组例句：有很多. . . 不一一列举。
词解引申：“党代表进入大学点”，“公私合营”等


BOOT CAMP:
发音：不得兼播
词类：直译名词
词性：附属， 绝对附属，绝对心有宽度, 心有厚度，阳性。
词源：从提供人才的附属高中校规而来
词星：水平座
词生日：三百五十六个日子不好过
词解：《美口语》训练营, ATM
词组例句：Summer Boot Camp 夏季训练营， Winter Boot Camp冬季训练营, 附属高中，附属机构，“工商联”， “政协”， 华盛顿互惠被大通收买成为附属机构 . . .
词解引申：无


大会：
发音：大会
词类：名词， 超概名词
词性：聚性；聚会，会聚，先有聚，才有会 . . .
词源：”一群人聚在一起一开始仅仅是一种气氛而已, 慢慢地这种气氛会变成一种精神, 再聚下去, 这种精神会慢慢地演变成一种文化 (引一位牧师的话)。 使文化后，就有了按部就班的形式，使形式后形式就成了文化的一个肢体, 使肢体后就开始有了团队存在的必要。使团队后“聚”就有了新的意义, 又重蹈它的演变 （听了牧师的话后自作多情）。
词星：鸣啼金鸡， 耐耕金牛
词生日：快”八年啦!”
词解：再解释就重复了. . .
词组例句：宣传大会，表彰大会，团体大会, 商人大会, 学生大会, 老师大会, 家长大会, 非常大会，亚洲大会，欧洲大会，美洲大会，非洲大会，联合国大会
词解引申：“大会”在中文里是个非常概括的词，英文里有“康万生”，中文里却只有“大会”；而且带着伸缩性以及运用上的妙处，不过不能单用，要和“培训”二字连用才行，否侧会被禁用。

. . .

有会, 就有会前会和会后会。 一个三个钟头的“会后会”延误了我们预定发帖的时间， 回来一看歌唱完了，舞跳过了，连party都散了。 培训让人兴奋，谁还需要自我补偿。 不看灯，免看戏，“梦”的闹，睡不着，把我窗敲...


“拉斯”会后悄悄话

OTOD啃海鲜， 组织安排我收钱，
我收现金你排队，排到前头叫一声。
. . . 吃RIO海鲜自助餐 - 记一

午饭时间看蓝天，大会结束游夜玩，
说是晚上lobby见，直到凌晨床未粘。
. . . 不是个别现象 - 记二

有一位老妈本不会赌, 上次来拉斯开会，被同伴怂恿平生头一次向老虎机投了一百块钱。 输到只有十六块钱时, 突然赢了。 再抬起头来世界不一样喽，上面的灯在滚，下面的小姐在跳，还跑过来激动地按着她的肩膀让她别动，当时就给了钱。 一个一千三的Jackpot让她赢走了一千二百九十多，一时间表面装傻心里乐开了花儿。 今又来拉斯少不了要再看那老虎机一眼，有感， 哼起来：

曾回去，观顾那，让我赢钱的老虎机一个，旧人依在，体面堂皇。 昨穿红今着绿， 也算是“叮当”响，只因为，老妈我在这儿下过赌赢过钱。 不树碑不立传也得挂牌子挂灯笼表我这人一个。 叫侍从，不怠慢，赶快吩咐往下传。 保清洁， 这周围的环境整齐别提有多重要，什么烟灰缸啤酒瓶鸡尾酒杯一律拿开不许再让我看见。 圈上了绳子将它重重围起，每日上贡香火潦然。 凡游人， 打此过， 需鞠躬三十来个，退下去，到别处碰运气扔你的钱。 只恨那，今日里这方位时运稍差，倒是我, 冲着那老虎机默默无言。 放眼看，围着它多是些穷途潦倒， 一时间，心里感慨有气难咽。 按道理，本应当，将那一百元扔回去进进心愿， 却原来，拿出了三十吃了，剩下的七十揣了，再掏出了两块钱，我坐上那小火车打道回府从长计议再做周旋。

祝大家来拉斯维加斯玩的开心！


备注小辞海：
PC = Political Correctness (不为冒犯的)
FP = Financial Position （钱位）
PR = Public Relation （公婆关系）
OTOD = One Team, One Dream （一队一梦）
OTOD OVOC = ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM, ONE VISION, ONE CHOICE (好想法, 不太可能的极端端； 共产主义早日实现喽。)
MAM = Meeting After Meeting (会后会）
MBM = Meeting Before Meeting (会前会）
MLM = Meeting Linked Meeting (会连会）
ATM = Approved Training Meeting (被认可的培训会)


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Tags - , , , , , , , , , ]]> http://www.meianren.net/post/17/ <![CDATA[拉斯维加斯观光 - Our List]]> lawrence509 <admin@meianren.net> Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:02:06 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/17/ Welcome to Las Vegas, meianren.NET's hometown. 会议之余想观光，这里我们给大家一些小的推荐 – Our List。

BEST SHOWS:
Although we admit having not able to locate a Vegas show that is consistent with marching band and team building, there are plenty entertainment in town each elevates our expectancy to a sparkly level.

Elton John's The Red Piano
at Ceasar
Price: $100 - $250 plus tax & fees
Venue: The Colosseum
Reservations: 1-888-435-8665
Online Reservations: Online Reservations
Group Sales: Groups of 15 or more

Beyonce at Encore
at Wynn Las Vegas
If you’re a Beyounce fan, dn’t miss out on Beyonce at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.

Cher at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
Price: $95-$250 plus tax & fees
Reservations: 1-866-510-CHER (2437)
Online Reservations: Buy Tickets Now!

Risqué
at Paris Las Vegas
One of the Strip's hottest after-dark destinations, providing nightlife with a French accent and a sweeping view of the neon-lit Las Vegas Strip from the club's second-floor balconies.


Chippendales
at Rio Las Vegas
Venue: Chippendales Theater
Reservations: (702) 777-7776

The Ultimate Girl's Night Out! The show features 12 physically perfect male dancers who delight the audience with a series of disarmingly sexy yet tasteful routines.Buy Tickets
Price: $49.95 (Main Floor), $39.95 (Sky Lounge)

PRICES:
$49.95 (+tax and fees) Main Floor
$39.95 (+tax and fees) Sky Lounge
$20.00 (+tax and fees) Special Local's Price for all Chippendales shows in June.
Please call the box office for details. Subject to availability.

ZUMANITY
The Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil
at New York New York

Show Days: Tues & Wed and Fri - Sun
Show Times: 7:30pm & 10:30pm
Tickets: From $69 (plus tax and service fee)



BEST FREE SHOWS:

Lake of Dreams
at Wynn Las Vegas Resort & Casino

The Wynn Casino is hardly the first hotel you think of when it comes to free entertainment, but the Wynn Resort Lake of Dreams Show is just that. Spanning over 20,000 square feet, the production employs thousands of underwater LED fixtures to construct a show that combines color and water with remarkable results, making the Wynn Las Vegas Lake of Dreams one of the casino's premier attractions. The free show begins exactly on the hour. See the virtue tour.



Show in the Sky
at Rio Las Vegas
Venue: Masquerade Village
Reservations: (702) 777-7776

This is a perfect entertainment to be enjoyed while with your family and children. Seeing the show is free. But if you buy a ticket for $12.95, you can board the floats among the performers and dancers while flying above the audience.
Price: (Show Ride/Tour): $12.95 plus tax and fees

• Guests under 16 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian
• Guests must be 38" in height or taller
• Guests must be able to physically walk up three flights of stairs without assistance
• Guests must be at the front of the Masquerade Village stage with their tickets 30 minutes prior to show time


Fountain of Bellagio
The Fountain of Bellagio is the most spectacular fountain show on the Strip. You can't miss it!


BEST BUFFET:

Le Village Buffet
at Paris Las Vegas
This is one we definitely and highly recommend and you shouldn’t miss it.
Cuisine: Buffet, French
Hours: Breakfast: 7AM - 11AM; Mon - Sun
Lunch: 11:00AM - 3:30PM; Mon - Fri
Champagne Brunch: 11:00AM - 3:30PM; Sat-Sun
Dinner: 3:30PM - 10PM; Mon – Sun
Cost: $$
Telephone: 702-946-7000

A departure from the traditional Las Vegas-style buffet, this extraordinary dining experience takes buffet dining to a higher echelon by featuring live-action stations, the freshest ingredients and food cooked to order in a remarkable French village settings.

Village Seafood Buffet
at Rio Las Vegas

Cuisine: Buffet, seafood
Hours: Sun-Thurs; 4pm-10pm
Fri & Sat; 3:30pm-10:30pm
Cost: $$$
Adults: $38.00 plus tax
Village Buffet will be offering new child prices:
Dinner: $24.00

The only all-seafood, all-the-time, all-you-can-eat experience in Las Vegas features lobster, snow crab legs, shrimp, fresh shucked oysters, sushi and much more. And of course, all the traditional accompaniments and desserts that make a seafood dinner complete!


For FINE DINNING, to name a couple:

Eiffel Tower Restaurant
2000 N Fashion Show Dr
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Reservations: (702) 948-6937
Cuisine: French
Hours: Lunch: 11:30AM - 2:30PM; Daily
Dinner: 5PM - 10:15PM; Sun-Thurs
5PM - 10:45PM; Fri-Sat
Cost: $$$

High atop the illustrious Strip, crafted inside the replica landmark, Chef J. Joho's Eiffel Tower Restaurant serves the most acclaimed French cuisine available in Las Vegas, with lamb seasoned to perfection and foie gras unlike any other.
While each meticulously prepared dish is a treat for the palate, the restaurant itself is a feast for the eyes; sitting more than 100 feet above Las Vegas Boulevard, the Eiffel Tower Restaurant provides one of the most vibrant views in all of Nevada.

DJT
Trump International Hotel & Tower
This signature restaurant, features a superbly crafted menu of casual American cuisine. DJT promises an exceptional dining experience in an equally exceptional setting. Signature cocktails and exquisite selections can also be enjoyed at The Bar at DJT. For special occasions, a private dining room is also available to host up to ten people.

$29 Prix Fixe Dinner Menu
Please join us for our fabulous 3 course Prix Fixe Dinner! Menu is available during normal dinner service hours 7 days a week!

Breakfast 6:30AM – 11:00AM
Lunch 11:30AM - 2:00PM
Dinner 5:00PM – 10:00PM
Bar 11:00AM – 11:00PM (Menu available at all times)


BEST AFFORDABLE HOTEL ON THE STRIP:

Stratophere

Locacted on the north end of the trip, the hotel not only offers the highest point on the strip, a tower that hosts the firework display on July 4th, but also offers the most affordable room rate on the trip. Generally from Sundays through Thursdays, rates starting from around $25.90 per night only spikes up on Fridays and Saturdays. One early booking, two months ago, allowed us to obtain $24.00 per night. For those who don’t drive neither favor cab rides, barely five minute walk to Sahara Hotel where one can reach the Monorail station.

BEST PLACE TO SHOP:

There are plenty choices, we’ll have to say the Ceasar and the Venetian, and for new Casinos, please please check out Wynn and Encore.


TRANSPORTATION:

Want to enjoy Vegas to the fullest, save yourself a cab fare and take a walk on the Strip or take the Monorail, abut $2.00 per ride regardless where you want to get off.

We’ll stop short, enjoy yourselves!





]]> http://www.meianren.net/post/16/ <![CDATA[Happy Valentines, Omitted]]> latewrite <editor@meianren.net> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:35:01 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/16/ An Internet marketing giant omits to say this to a shopaholic on a Valentine's Day…

do not send iPods though they feel right
do not send chocolate nor perishable types
do not send cash even if you don’t know why

send diamonds dazzled on a flying kite
send Victoria’s Secret not a Gucci bag
send sunny weather, send blue sky
send tender caress in a carousel ride
send a ring, you send an invite
send a PDFed rose on a zipped cherry pie
send downloadable kisses and tell a lie
a sweet dot j-p-g is only a few years younger than I

Possible reasons for the omission:
  1. A Valentine's Day without actually spending is great for the consumer but a loss on the economy and a bad reflection on the marketers;
  2. This is a modern day conspiracy of anti-shopping;
  3. It sounded a lot like a pro-Victoria Secret advertorial since the sexy lingerie retailer has partnered with Market America;
  4. On one hand it's seductive and titillating, on the other you DON’T WANT TO treat your lover like a cheap date;
  5. We change the way people shop and we encourage shopping, shopping and shopping, all year long;
  6. It's none of the above;
  7. Lend my soul, lend my heart, but never lend my Gucci bag.
We have a library of other possible reasons for the omission and decided to omit them for now.  meianren.NET wishes everyone a Happy Valentine's!


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Tags - , , , , , , , , , ]]> http://www.meianren.net/post/15/ <![CDATA[产品、家庭、时间 - Interview with Jade Lam]]> taurus <> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:02:21 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/15/ On December 31, New Year Eve, meianren.NET interviewed Ms. Jade Lam (Lam Yuying) from Chicago, IL.  While large cities across the U.S. were getting ready to embrace 2009, rough weather went from coast to coast.  Seattle, among the unprepared, was buried for days in deep feet of snow; New York City, a quick afternoon snow flurry, blown horizontally by gusty wind froze to the pavement adding to the slipperiness on the party goers’ route; In the windy city of Chicago, fringing cold temperature was felt to be near 8 degrees.  

Topics we covered during the interview:
• applicable use of products and testimonial  • strained family obligation v.s. how little time left to develop business  • bought twelve (12) tickets for Miami
  
MAR: 林小姐，您好，您觉得说英语比较方便,还是说国语比较方便？
JL: 国语可以的, 如果你听得懂我的国语。

MAR：我们想跟您做一个Interview，希望登在meianren.NET的Home Page上； We’re interested in talking with Chinese MA distributors who are in the business and are also in the middle of struggling.  
JL: 好啊！

MAR：先问一下，您在芝加哥(Chicago)住多久啦？
JL：已经十二年啦。

MAR：您现在每天还有一个full time job, 对不对？
JL：对，那个是我的生意。 我来芝加哥十二年啦，好，我从香港过来，以前在（香港时）银行里做了三年。过来后，我就从事金融，股票，基金这个行业。 因为是我哥开的公司，我帮他一起做，一直做到现在， 已经十二年了。 所以我的公司是我跟我哥，现在有十四个同事， 都是经纪人。 他们帮我们做四十五年计划。

MAR：好像还是有自己的公司比较好一些，对不对，因为这样在MA起步的时候你可以有一个比较solid financial resource。
JL：对呀！

MAR：芝加哥在MA里算哪个region?
JL: 第四区，region 4。

MAR：因为他们经常讲New York, Boston, Maryland, New Jersey, 在西海岸讲，Northern California和Southern California， 说到Mid-West, 不在Mid-West的人一般不会知道芝加哥在MA里倒底应该属于那个region。
JL：对，其实芝加哥的（队伍）也是从纽约分出来的，都是leader在纽约那边。

MAR：这样啊，那您的上线也在纽约喽？
JL：我的上线在Philadelphia (费城)， 他是刘老师下面的，其实他跟杨靖是同期加入的，但是因为我的上线的英文不好，没有杨靖那么好，所以他发展的比较慢一点， 但是他也已经打完了一万块钱四个礼拜。

MAR：Obama是不是芝加哥人？
JL：对，Obama 还有Hiliary都是在芝加哥长大的。
MAR: 您有没有vote?
JL：Vote啦，当然有，当然vote我喜欢的人啦，要改变吗！

MAR：现在问一下您加入MA多久啦？
JL：我是07年5月加入的，我加入的时候是因为产品。 我当时有一个朋友，她跟我认识七年了。她跟我讲了一个生意，我完全没有兴趣，她跟我讲了什么后，我就说不要跟我讲了，因为我的股票上上下下太多数字，也太大，300根本看不上眼，后来没办法，就找她的上线过来，说跟我开户投资，然后跟我说什么“消費股”， 然后就说起来，说了一大堆，找到的切入点都是過敏。 刚好当时是五月, 是花粉过敏很厉害的时候, 当时我已经用过很多药都没用， 然后呢，换过来试一试吧，就用了OPC-3。 这个产品，用了三天左右就已经有感觉啦， 当时我整个一个月几乎没上班，大概只上了四五天的班， 其它的时间都呆在家里甚至没办法起床。 当时我小孩子还小，只有一岁半左右，晚上还要喂她奶喝， 所以我当时很痛苦， 也很累，没办法工作。 用了这个产品三天就有效了，大概一共用了一个礼拜，过敏已经没有了，我每天又开始可以上班了。 我心里对自己说这个产品这么神奇啊！还有我的胆固醇偏高，我的心也有毛病，我的心常常痛，最严重的时候每一小时可以疼三到五秒鐘。 那时我开始害怕了，因为小孩子还小，我先生有一只眼视力不好，所以我一再对自己说我不能生病。 好了，这个OPC-3有效了，我就开始吃鱼油之类的东西，慢慢地也觉出了效果，可是我没有对人讲。 三个月后我去验血，报告出来了非常不错。 曾经看病时医生给我做过EKG检查，发现我的心跳不正常。 后来去医院去再做检查，发现我的心律不正常，而且胆固醇偏高，影响我的心脏供血， 所以就产生了这个心痛。 当时医生说没办法，只能控制饮食而已。 医生不想给我开药，他也知道如果给我用药的话要用一辈子， 所以医生不给我药。当时我非常绝望，就在他的诊所里哭，哭得很厉害。我哭着对医生说，这样我还不如等死 （因为心脏这样的不正常随时会有死亡的可能）。可医生说他真的没办法。 后来我用了鱼油，我的胆固醇开始下降， 另外我的心痛慢慢地也消失了。 我继续用，每三个月就检验一次， 现在我的胆固醇完全正常。 所以说是美安救了我一命。 用了产品有效之后，我就开始考虑这个生意。 我的上线说有一个北卡的大会，我也很久没到外面旅游了，因为我做生意真的很忙，后来好了去了这个大会，怎么说呢，我找到了那个magic moment啦，当时我就买了十二张票（下一次去Miami的票）。但是没有想到做这个生意真的其它有很多东西要配合才可以。 现在还是在坚持做下去，但是很坦率地讲我不是… 怎么说呢，离成功还太远， 太远，我需要付出很多努力。 所以我希望我把这个生意介绍给身边的朋友， 看看有没有兴趣。

MAR：我大概归拢一下，有几个地方， 让我澄清一下。  您说您当时心跳的厉害，去医院检查，胆固醇很高， 能不能告诉我们当时心跳有多快？
JL：在医院检血时，医生发现心电图上有Echo， Ultrasound发觉我的心律不正常。The valve of the heart 没有盖紧，有个空的地方，然后血就冲回（go backward）。

MAR：血go backward?
JL：对，很疼很疼，很恐怖，不能呼吸，只能等它过去…

MAR: 我懂了。
JL：呼吸很重很重的，好像绕了几个圈回来一样。

MAR：就是说血不能完全回到心脏里去，所以呼吸有困难…
JL: 有困难。很重很重的呼吸，很大力的呼吸，好像心脏要跳出来似的，很危险，随时可能有意外发生。

MAR：那您吃了OPC-3之后这个症状没有了吗？
JL：是，当时我就使用两盖OPC, 两盖ORAC，还有加Vitamin C， 还有Oxygen Plus, 就是这四个产品，已经有效了，我的过敏已经都解决啦。

MAR：那又是哪个产品对您的心脏起了作用了呢？
JL：如果是心脏的话，我就是加鱼油，鱼油就是用Heart Health System, 里面每一小包里有五粒，两粒鱼油，两粒TriActive Tablets, 一粒Advanced LipiTrim。胆固醇偏高的朋友或是心脏不太好的朋友们一定要坚持用，至少要三个月。

MAR：您当时吃了三个月的鱼油，您是按规定剂量吃的，还是加里量吃的？
JL：我是早上用一次，午餐後用，然后用OPC-3，ORAC还有Vitamin C， 早饭后， 就用两粒Oxygen Plus, 还有钙。

JL：钙很有用，因为从小我就常常做梦，早上醒来后，我还能记得这个梦，所以我这个人有时精神比较紧张，早上起来后会觉得很累，因为还能记住这个梦， 大脑没有得到好好地休息。  我的工作压力又很大，因为是做股票，顾客拜托你帮他们投资，压力很大很大，顾客把钱放在你手里希望能多赚一点，所以我晚上就经常grinded my teeth, 你懂我意思吗?

就是我的牙在我睡觉时总是磨来磨去，不知不觉的上牙跟下牙互相摩擦。 看医生时，医生说我的牙已经磨得非常的平了，所以要我睡觉之前牙上戴一个套，这样来防止我的牙齿互相磨擦。以前早上起来后我的牙很疼(因为睡觉时牙的摩擦), 用了钙以呢，睡眠好了，第一不再做梦了, 有梦也不会再记住, 早晨起来很有精神, 还有我的牙也没有在磨, 膝盖也没有声音了。

MAR：膝盖也没有声音了…？
JL：对，因为我40岁了，很大年级怀的孕，流失很多钙，真的，我的膝盖会痛会有声音，没有力。 用了钙以后，就没有声音了，一切都好了。

MAR：您有几个小孩？
JL：我只有一个，现在才三岁。

JL：还有，我的小孩，大概三个礼拜以前，突然有一天，她全身都红了，广东话叫“风爛”了。 就是她身体上长出很多红斑， 突然出现的，来得很快，全身都有，大的地方都有鸡蛋那么大。  她才三岁，身体很小，鸡蛋那么大的斑已经很大了。 后来怎么办呢？我就用美安的洗澡的哪个帮她洗澡，然后我就帮她涂这个芦荟膏。

MAR：您说的是哪个body wash?
JL：美安有一个洗澡液，是Orange Color的，就用这个帮她洗澡，然后涂芦荟膏。

MAR：芦荟膏涂在有红斑的地方？
JL：对，但是我希望证明美安德产品有没有效，我怎么做呢？ 我就只帮她途上半身，下半身就没有帮她涂途，然后更衣睡觉，这样一个晚上过去，她上身的红斑全部退掉，下半身还有，已经没有那么红了。 然后早上再帮她涂一次芦荟膏，大概中午时分，我再帮她看一看全身，她很多斑都已经退掉，这也是一个见证。

MAR：好！
JL：还有我妈，我妈现在八十三岁了，有糖尿病快二十年了，我妈很听话，也用产品，但是她的好转反映很严重。  最近她有什么见证呢？也是我们洗澡的这个东西。 我不知道你们有没有特别感觉，我给她用这个东西洗澡之后，她说，女儿，这是什么东西呀？弄得我皮肤都不痒了。 因为我妈的皮肤很痒, 痒到什么程度呢，她的背痒得已经被抓破了，流了血，后来我帮她涂这个芦荟膏，现在她背上的斑痕已经都看不见了，用这个东西洗澡，身体已经不痒了。 O.k.,  所以说，这个东西是非常好用的。

MAR：您说的这个洗澡的东西就是那个Orange Color的，有一粒粒的V-E…
JL：对，美安叫它Bath & Shower Gel, 里面有一粒粒的V-E 和V-A,  把它挤破, 用擦澡的东西擦在身上才能见效。

MAR: 然后涂哪个Aloe?
JL: 对, 这个东西很好用。

MAR：您提到第一次去北卡的时候， 找到一个magic moment，然后买了十二张票…
JL: 对。

MAR：能不能问一下，您提到的这个magic moment用您自己的话讲是怎么一回事？
JL：Magic moment 就是你生命中出现的一些时刻。 你有这么一种感觉，这种感觉能够改变你的，这个时刻在北卡时出现了。 在这之前是产品，我已经肯定了这些产品了吗。 好，产品可以肯定了，再后来就是它的系统了吗。

所以回芝加哥后，我就找我的“四十五年”的朋友，我就开始在recruit他们， 但是他们都拒绝我，我只有两个同事加入， 就这两个人（都是帮我打工的），但是他们也不是GoNow。

有一个问题我很想向人请教，是个产品以外的问题，在美国是等绿卡的，可以做美安吗？

因为他们说他们加入美安，只是买货，他们没有找人，因为他们说如果他们发展两边的人的话，美安会寄给他们支票，有支票的话就会影响他们申请绿卡。 就等于说他们有两个收入。 他们给我打工是一个收入，  美安是另一个收入。 他们说他们请教过他们的律师， 律师对他们是这样讲的。 可是这个下线卖货卖得非常好，可他没有找人。

MAR：这是个很好的问题，提得好！这个问题可以让大家来在我们的论坛里深入地讨论讨论，我想在美国各地在等绿卡的MA中国经销商会是数不胜数，这种例子会很多，当然象纽约或三藩市这样的大城市里人很杂，每个人的情况都不一样，所持签证也不一样，但是会面临类似的问题和困难，您提的这个问题我想在华人经销商里会有共鸣。
JL：这两位朋友都是，现在我只找了三个朋友而已， 都是我的同事，其中一个在等绿卡。

他们还跟我讲， 其实他们也不因该卖东西，因为卖东西后会有一个利润，这个利润是要报上去的，（作为另一个收入）也会影响他们申请绿卡。  这跟炒股票是分开的，比方说炒股票赚钱是一种报法，做美安是做生意是另一种报法就不同了。因为做美安的收入是做生意的收入，所以他们说要慎重。

MAR：那这个人现在还只是买货吗？
JL：对。
MAR：那您另外找的那两个人都在按部就班地做吗？
JL：另外的根本不卖货只做transfer buying， 因为他们倒是相信这个生意， 但是产品没有用很多。 还有一位因为他爸爸身体有很多毛病，吃了美安的产品后，他爸爸的好转反映很严重。由于这个原因，产品没有打动他。他自己也没有用很多产品，我看得出来，因为从他的皮肤上可以看得出来。 我们经常联系，他给我打工，在另一个办公室。

MAR： 还有一个问题我们想问一下，在一般情况下， 接触一个prospect, 觉得一个人可以做您的合作伙伴的话，您最初跟他谈什么呢？ 是上来就谈产品？ 还是从他的健康问题上谈起？
JL：怎么讲呢？ 我现在认识的人很多，有一点就是说，比如我找老外，他们认同这个系统，但是跟他们讲产品的话，他们会说我没有钱。 找华人呢，他们不肯花这个钱，你懂我意思吗？ 跟老外谈，系统是没问题的。

MAR：我归纳一下，就是说，跟美国人谈这个生意，他们会马上认同这个生意，但是提到买货他们会说没有钱…
JL：对，如果你让他们投资$99.95, 现在是$129.00啦，再加上300 – 600 点的货，他会说没有钱。

MAR：那么找华人呢？
JL：华人根本就不用说钱啦，系统他也闹不明白。

MAR：跟华人讲这个生意是另一个故事了，主要是他们不轻易接受这个生意，对吗？
JL：是，一般碰到华人都是这样，还有这个理念很特别，第一次很难听明白。

MAR：在芝加哥有一个小型的或是说中型的Chinese community，有自己的Chinatown， 能不能问一下，您一般接触的觉得可以谈生意的人里，是中国人多于美国人，还是一半一半，也有中国人也有美国人？
JL：从我过去一年半中接触的人里，差不多一半一半，因为我接触华人发现有些地方不容易带，比方说他们不会开车，不懂英语，语言问题，电脑操作问题，我就试着改变我的方向。Miami回来后，我基本上都是找外国人。 体系他们明白，产品他们会说没钱。  还有在芝加哥2nd Look 不是很多，有2nd Look也是在比较远的地方。

MAR：问一下，在芝加哥每个月会有几次2nd Look?  每一次都要开车去吗？ 要开多远？
JL：如果是英文的2nd Look, 一般要开出市中心20到30 miles以外。

MAR：问这些问题是因为在象纽约这样的大城市尤其是在New York Metro Area, 2nd Look 是很多的，每个礼拜都有一两次； 在California的大城市也是一样。 所以相对而言，芝加哥的情况是个很不寻常的对比，这对居住在东西海岸的大城市里的美安人来说听了会有很多感触。

MAR：那么假如您找我谈这个生意，我说可惜没钱加入或是没钱买货，在种情况下您会怎么再跟我谈呢？
JL：当然有啊！所以最近碰了很多钉子之后，我就比较…,  上线告诉这样做的，O.K., 假如你没有钱，O.K. , 你帮我卖货，这个零售的利润就是你的成本。

MAR：那您先把货卖给他，先把钱收回来？
JL：当他的零售的BV达到了三百的时候，才开始启动他的基金，就是这个方法。 另外一个就是如果他说没有钱，就是JR教的，为什么没有这个钱，真的没有吗？如果你consider seriously, 为什么没有这个钱呢？用这个办法来帮他找这个钱。 但是很多老外会怎么讲呢，他们说没有钱，他们会说这个是good, good, good, 对对对，后来没有行动。

MAR：那您现在团队里有华人也有外国人喽？
JL：外国人，recruit 过来的没有，但是有还在做follow up的，有一个黑人，虽然我不是他的sponsor, 但是由于我的上线带他不方便，那么我就有时帮助他。

MAR：在纽约有这种情况，我不知道怎么样refer，不知道在芝加哥有没有类似的情况， 简单地说，我举个例子，比如说我是东北人，那好我就找我的东北哥们一起来做这个生意； 如果我是福州人，那我就找我的福州朋友们一起来做这个生意； 这样地话就有一个trusting factor在里面，because of this trusting factor, it is somewhat easier to behold the sense of a group.  这样一旦做起来会很快。 我们也一直想对这个问题做一个探讨，我们知道有这个现象，我们想知道这个现象有多普遍， 是不是一个general truth?  因为说白了，这也是一个advantage， 是一个可利用的advantage。 我们知道有些人专做中国人的生意，有人专做外国人的生意，您觉得这种情况是否在芝加哥也存在呢？ 或者说在芝加哥也能多多少少见到这种情况吗？ 又占多少比例呢？ 在芝加哥也有一个的Chinatown…
JL: 对，在芝加哥我们也有我们的Chinatown,  我们有三个团队，都是under 刘老师（刘敏），或是分出来的不同队伍，因为我加入的时间不是很长，我接触的人也不是很多，以前不懂该怎样回答他们，也许我答错了，讲话的时候也许技巧不够成熟…
MAR: 我明白…

JL：我倒有这个难处，我是帮我哥做生意的，一起做，做的是四十五年的工，但是我不可以说我不做了，你帮你亲戚打工，你说你不做四十五年的工啦你可以吗？ 是吧，那是你哥。 所以有时候我也很累，做了十几年，不想再做了，但是不想再做说起来不是那么容易的。

MAR：我也想问这个问题，第一，您在芝加哥找的人都是帮您打工的朋友，都是在一个公司里的朋友，或者说都是雇员，结果是大多数的朋友都拒绝了您，那么想问一下，之后你们的关系还和从前一样吗？有没有出现有人躲着您的现象呢？ 因为大家都在同一个公司里共职。 第二，您的公司是您和您哥哥一起经营的，换句话说也是属于您的公司，我们知道美安总公司对他们的雇员有这样一条规定，那就是凡雇员在任职期间不得加入UnFrancise System，如果想做UnFranchise经销商就要脱离雇员的身份。 那么您给您的员工讲如何摆脱四十五年计划以得到永久的经济自由，从某种程度上讲，不是有损您的公司的正常操作和经营吗？ 还有您的哥哥， 他也是老板，他不是做美安的，他会不会觉得您的做法有损公司的运作呢？有关这个矛盾，您能否elaborate一下？
JL：其实，他们看到我能经手这么多产品，他们很惊讶，因此他们也想知道MA到底是怎么样一个公司。 雇员不能成为UnFranchises owner 那是MA公司的决定吗，这是我的公司啊。 这个并不影响我们公司的运作，我跟我哥说过这件事，因为我当时也想recruit他吗，他是知道这件事的，所以没问题。

JL: 现在就是我的时间安排得很紧，尤其是孩子这么小，所以我做美安呢，现在碰到的很难有很理想的或是有突破性的奇迹。所以当时在北卡的时候，我买了十二张票，我以为这个生意可以这么容易的做起来，现在想来不是，要付出很多…

MAR：我刚才一直想问，您在北卡(North Carolina) 买的这十二张票，能不能问一下这十二张票里您卖出几张去？
JL：很难说，我真的卖出去的，只有一，二，三，四，五，六…， 卖出七张。

MAR：七张票？
JL：七张票，我的一个上线拿了三张，另一个上线拿了三张，还有一个上线拿了一张，这样共七张。 然后我还有五张留在手里，反正我自己需要一张，那就还有四张卖不出去。 然后我就找其它的上线帮忙，帮我卖， 最后卖不出去的只有一张，但是我上线帮我另外又卖了两张。

MAR：那已经很不错啦！
JL：不好意思，可以说还算好运气吧！  但是现在小孩子开始不用保姆啦，自己带小孩，我的时间真的变得非常紧…

MAR：好，现在让我问一下关于您的小孩子，孩子才三岁，对吧？ 您每天上班时孩子放在那里呢？
JL：白天我要把小孩送去托儿所，我早上送她去，下午他三点下课，我就从公司出来去接她回家，这样就变成家庭主妇了。

MAR: 一回家一切就要围着她转，对吧？
JL：对呀，我现在根本没有什么好的方法处理这个问题，所以我可以说自从去年九月份起我的美安就差不多完全停下来了，没有停下来也一直是很困难地运作。 我的上线跟我说，我们要赶快做，放快做，他也明白我现在的状况，但是你知道，怎么讲呢，上线经常是，我不是抱怨上线，只是说上下配合不好，我的上线英文程度能力没办法，我现在主要是找老外，他真的没有办法帮我follow up, 他没有这个能力follow…

MAR：有很多人都有这个问题…
JL:  没有能力吗，帮华人的话，华人又有另一番要牵扯的事，概念搞不清，产品是不是能便宜一点，产品又这么贵， 看不懂； 但是我已经相信产品了，我也相信这个事业，我没有放弃。 想起来真是很难的，也没有那么多快乐。

我做美安之后，我先生很反对，常为此吵架，后来带他去Miami,  我跟他说，我就跟他说票我已经买了，没办法退，好，票已经是你的了，你不去我就亏啦。 在我跟他不开心的情况下，他跟我去了Miami。 第一天还是不开心，不同意，打瞌睡。但是第三天他对我说，老婆，如果万一我的电脑工程师的工作没有了的话，我会考虑这个生意的。我说好！ 然后回来之后，他跟我我们的夫妻关系比以前好了一些…

MAR：比以前好啦，这样好啊！
JL：好了一点点（smiling）, 因为我家里人都是做生意的，但是他的思维跟我是很不一样啊…

MAR：他是做电脑工作的？
JL：…我们沟通真有很大的困难，我们夫妻之间的问题也很严重，总是有不同的意见，也老是很不愉快。 我们也看过其它的婚姻顾问，没办法解决一些问题。  后来就带他去Miami，结果他也说了可以考虑美安的这个事业。现在说好从这个礼拜开始，他也要用产品，来调他的身体， 希望产品能在他身上打动他， 也帮他把身体调理好。

MAR：这个是对呀，有句话叫家和万事兴吗。 我觉得这句话很有道理的，我想做生意也是一样的，如果家里的那一半支持你的话，那生意做起来会很红火的， 也相对容易一些。
JL：Yes,

MAR: 我想问一下，您说您带您先生去Miami开会之后，相反倒是两个人的关系相对好了一些，是因为什么呢？
JL：因为他明白了我为什么要出去开会吗。

MAR：您的意思是说过去…
JL：他以为我是出去玩的。

MAR：就是说过去他不理解，或者说误会啦…
JL: …去玩，认识朋友而已，开心，o.k.,  然后，然后…, 他现在明白了就是我出去是为了来开会，学习，和其它的培训，我也不是出去玩。 他明白了。

MAR：那就是说…
JL：…比如说为什么这么晚才回家？

MAR：我懂啦，就是说他会抱怨说, 比如为什么这么晚才回家，跑到那儿去啦，或者说为什么到做饭时候了，怎么没有人做饭呢?
JL: 对，本来在家里是家庭主妇，为什么不做饭呢？

MAR：现在我懂啦。
JL：他现在没有这种思想喽，回到家里以后好一点喽。

MAR：这样好啊！其实您可以跟他这样说吗，您可以对他说，打比方说您知道您next week会很忙，很多会呀，您可以这样跟他说，我给你一个礼拜的饭都做好啦，我都放在refrigerator 里面啦， 每一天我都写好了，礼拜一，礼拜二，礼拜三…我都写好了，都放在ziplock bag里面了，你只要放在微波炉里热一下就可以了。 过了这个礼拜，这个礼拜我会很忙，我会回来晚，过了这个礼拜，我们一起出去吃饭。这样我想他就会理解的。
JL：真的是不错， 好，这个想法很好…
MAR: 对呀，这是很好事呀！

MAR：我知道您要做饭啦，我们尽快结束，我很快再问几个问题，能不能告诉我们您每天在家里面看孩子同孩子在一起的时间大概是多少个小时？  
JL：O.K., 我没有算过，现在算一下，这个做美安的时间真的是很少，很少，如果是两点到三点，三点半以后家庭主妇，四十五年，真的是很少。 九月份以前还可以，以前有保姆帮我带，三点钟之后我可以做美安，这是九月份之前的事。
怎么说呢，从三点以后，我把她从学校接出来，我就要一直跟着她，直到我先生晚上七八点钟回家。

MAR：您提到2008年九月份之前是怎么回事？
JL：对！九月二号之前， 什么都可以做，九月二号以后，看孩子看个不闲。

MAR：就是说从下午三点以后，把孩子从学校接出来之后就要呆在家里了，对吧？
JL：对呀。没人带，是我带啊，我先生又上班了…， 我先生下班回来差不多七点到八点， 才回来，回来吃了饭之后，大概八点四十，他要洗澡，然后大概在九点到十点之间他就要睡觉了。

MAR：这样啊，看来他工作也很累。
JL：他很累啊，没有产品早已经死了， 真的。

MAR：那您准备怎么过新年呢？
JL：今天？ 没有啊，就在家啊！明天准备去…, 今天我们这里很冷呵，好像只有五度而已…
MAR: 今天普遍降温, 纽约好像也只有十八度，也是很冷。
JL: 　芝加哥这里有风，我们这边的气氛也没有像纽约那么热闹，很闷的这里…

MAR: 芝加哥我也来过好几次了，那时候在St. Louis, MO念Master，那时芝加哥对我来说是个大城市，有时间就开车一开五六个小时去芝加哥，玩一个晚上，再开车去Champaign Urbana, 去那个Unviersity去找一个朋友，当时还是个穷学生不敢在芝加哥住旅店，就在他的宿舍里借宿睡一觉，第三天早上再开回St. Louis。　
JL: 大概五个半小时，哈哈，我也开过，你知道我的下线，就是那个在等绿卡的那个，他的太太就在Missouri。

MAR: 离这么远啊，那每一次都是long distant communication。
JL: 他太太是医生，所以他太太很早就接触到美安，他太太对产品非常懂，尤其对成份非常熟，什么东西是从什么东西里提炼出来的。他本人在芝加哥给我打工。
MAR: 如果能从他太太那里借力就好了。

MAR：好，让我把这次的采访用中文整理出来，到时候可能还需要您提供几张照片。
JL：好啊！你可以去这个PowerProfile， 在那里你就可以找到我…

MAR: 对不起，我不知道在PowerProfile那里还有您的照片？
JL：有啊，很简单，你要查我的last name，只有我一个Lam在里面， 只有一个姓林的。  因为很多人都不知道怎么能把自己的照片， 你也可以把你的照片放到上面去。 很多人觉得他一定要挣很多很多钱才能够上PowerProfile,  其实这是一个工具很多人没有好好地用。　
MAR：嗯，这是个很好的Point。
JL：真的，很多人不知道怎么放上去，就连我的上线，挣一万块钱的，让他怎么把照片放上去，他也不懂！


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Tags - , , , , , , ]]> http://www.meianren.net/post/14/ <![CDATA[Happy New Year - 新春快乐！ ]]> latewrite <editor@meianren.net> Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:54:08 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/14/
新年
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السنة الجديدة سعيد
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bonne année !
feliz año nuevo!
Happy New Year!
Frohes neues Jahr!
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我们想了很久，今年给大家拜年，该说点什么又该怎么说呢？
唱不成低调子，因为问心无愧地讲还能低到那儿去呢？
也唱不成高调子，因为在今年高调显得不实际，也难以让人相信。

2009是糟糕的一年，希望是不会再坏的一年；怕只怕是坏刚刚开始的一年。
引一位笔者的话，我怀疑今年是全球的本命年。
它是不知所措的一年，是冒险的一年，是运筹帷幄的一年，是有的放矢的一年，是精打细算的一年，
是见了兔子撒了鹰不一定能抓着兔子的一年，
是见了兔子不撒鹰也许会后悔一辈子的一年，
是免不了的四散奔跑各为其主重打锣鼓另开张的一年，
是憧憬向往的一年…
可不是轻轻松松无事不做的一年。

它是美国有计划地消除中产阶级步子迈得最大的一年，
所以是赶不上车，脚踩着滑板也要往前跑的一年，
对聪明的失业者来说，这不是一个低着头甘心领失业救济金的一年，
这是个要想方设法冲出去的一年，
是只能进不能退的一年，
它会是糟糕糟透了的一年，
可不是自己对自己说Sorry的一年。

是你来来，我往往， 相互擦肩而过的一年，
是大逃亡，大撤退， 大转移的一年；
是整个社会因此而变得非常忙碌的一年。

是外国人成批结队地到中国大陆找工作的一年（已经不是什么稀罕事儿，今年会更变本加厉），
是美国人的商业意识上山下乡搭洋过海跑龙套的一年（因为被扫荡后的城市满目凄凉，与其让无业者的没钱声吵死烦死不如到乡下卖玉米），
是美安移根据地到南美的一年（因为相对还算好好），
是URL大革命的一年，
是所有点COM全改点GLOBAL的一年（因为在一个地方靠一小撮人赚钱不够糊口养老婆也太慢）；
是连环套连环的一年，
是锁在一起扯不开分不清改不了的一年，
是三十六计走为上，三十八计想回辙的一年。
不管怎么说它不是个靠推销员的嘴能力挽狂澜的一年。

是报喜不报忧的一年（因为忧事太多太碎），
是宣扬理想主义再恰当不过的一年（因为没有多少钱赚所以可以靠着它）；
是越懂得正面思考的能量与利害越不能对自己眨眼睛的一年（因为那只能是自欺其己）。

可到底， 到底，它还是个脚踏实地的牛年！
是对着地，喷一口气，“门儿”一声，然后接着吃草接着拉车的一年，
是一边吃草一边拉车一边想未来的一年，
是汗流浃背的一年… 也是忙里有笑笑里有苦苦里有乐乐里带着辛酸的一年，
是对不起，I can’t help to be any more positive about telling our future 的一年，
真的，它会是很难的一年…


注：本文谨针对经济, 所操的调子不代表美安人的意见，不代表网人意见，不代表他人意见， 也不代表个人意见，只代表那只跟永续现金储藏在一起闻钱味儿闻惯了的打电话打木了的喊口号喊累了的走东走西永不迷路的亮晶晶的光秃秃的精不算精灵不算灵傻不算傻苯不算苯或穷途潦倒或扶摇直上或正日中天读了书上了学受了训买了房换了车离了婚升了职丢了官抛不掉也甩不走的锁在保险柜里最后还是蹦出来跑在自己脑后的再糊涂也一辈子跟着自己的水晶球的意见。 也因此我们说这是个不能自己跟自己眨眼睛的一年... 可也不是自己对自己说Sorry的一年...

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]]> http://www.meianren.net/post/13/ <![CDATA[【让你笑也让你哭的英雄本色 - A Better Tomorrow, A Video Makes You Laugh Cry】]]> lawrence509 <admin@meianren.net> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:06:19 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/13/ 这个录像, 也是一个团队的生活写照，确切地说是超生活写照。转发它有着多重意义。看了马上会有人脱口而出说这不是四十五年计划吗，不错，它是，但是它比MA的官方录像有着强一千倍的说服力, 以及(多数人想回避的)回扣性的引申力。 它有糟改的生活搞笑，有模仿的巧妙，恶搞出真理，笑里有泪，也许您还能从中看到一个Super Saturday, 一位leader的讲话, 一个会议。 在K歌中问心无愧, 您真的看不到自己吗？ 假如看了它会引起您的反感，请见谅，假如引起您的的辛酸，请别哭。 像最后的哪一句歌词，一位年轻人用嘴吻着钞票微歌:“为了梦想，不哭！”

This is also a team story, surreal and true, twisted and meaningful, and we feel it is thousand times more convincing than the equivalent of the official MA video we saw.  Seeing it, someone will say that is the 45 year plan.  Yes, it is.  By forwarding it, we expect mixed reactions.  It’s a video, cleverly funny, laughingly moving, exaggerating life and highlights the truth, outdone the usual through parodies of several advertising, movie and song clips. Perhaps one will also see a Super Saturday from it, a leader speech and a meeting, who knows? In the swinging sound of karaoke, are you not seeing yourself?  If you find it offensive, please be forgiven.  If your heart finds bitterness, please don’t cry!  We quote the last verse sang by a young man mimicking a kiss on a stack of cash in a poker spread, “…for dream, don’t cry!”

The video is self-produced by a talented group of staffs at an advertising company in Beijing, China, shot shortly before the end of the year festivity, was extremely well received at the company’s celebration party last Friday, by all staffs and officers, with a 5 minute long standing ovation, many wiped in tears.  The video although showcased many noticeable conflicts in a commercial advertising realm, also brought somewhat mirror images that we resonant in a question-marked silence.

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]]> http://www.meianren.net/post/12/ <![CDATA[A Distant Trip, a follow up]]> latewrite <editor@meianren.net> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:11:26 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/12/ In November, meianren.NET did a follow-up interview with Kaye Zhang. Presented below is our dialogue in its entity, intertitles are for easy readability. The text, although at times somewhat loose, had more soul than we hoped for; and coincides closely with the core principle at meianren.NET, to explore what the heart says privately in a largely publicity occupied setting. In doing so, we hope to bring out more plain truth previously not spoken. A slight role reversal in the interview when questions were asked by both parties (the interviewer and the interviewee) had served this purpose well.

Some topics we covered during the interview:
• a recruiting trip didn't go as planned  • a solution - long term v.s. short term  • blog as means of...  • regarding inability  • the Fouzhou phenomena

MAR: Welcome back! 我们想做一个follow up interview. Last time during our interview with you, one thing you mentioned is about a trip being planned to the MSU in Michigan because both you and your sponsor thought that there are some likely prospects who are worth recruiting. Have you had the opportunity to take the trip?
KZ: Yes, I have …, just don’t mention about MSU.

MAR: Tell us what happened?
KZ: Nothing happened, that’s exactly what happened. The student there didn’t pick us up. It was a very unpleasant trip.

MAR: O.K., you fly to Michigan?
KZ: Actually we went to Indiana first to see my American Grandma. Then we took the train to Chicago, then to East Lancing MI, and there is no one to pick us up. In other words, we were stood up.

MAR: So you made arrangement prior time but the person who were suppose to pick you up didn’t show up, for the reason of…?
KZ: for the reason of …, it doesn’t matter; she is just not a reliable person.

MAR: You booked a flight there…?
KZ: First by fly to Indiana then by train to Michigan.

MAR: The person who were supposed to pick you up in Michigan, was that a person whom you’ve thought as a prospect for the business?
KZ: Yes.

MAR: Did you tell her prior time about the business?
KZ: Yes, I did. She told me she would pick us up, she didn’t. And I tried to call her from the airport, she didn’t pick up the phone, and that was it.
KZ: Shall we change the subject? (smiled)

- Trip to MSU -

MAR: Well, you did get together with your school mates after all?
KZ: Yes, I did, and with MSU professors.

MAR: O.K., what about the students? Have you had a chance to talk to some of your friends there at MSU? What were they doing?
KZ: Well, we tried to contact this guy who is the President of a Chinese association at the school, and we showed the plan to him. He is kind of… he is cautious as it was a fresh idea to him. So it was interesting to him. And after a couple of days, I think he did some research online, and unfortunately, a lot of things online are not positive. Some of them even say that Market America is a scam. With all the bad experiences from the past distributors posted online, I think he saw some of that, and he decided not to do it. He didn’t mention it, but I guess that would be the reason.

MAR: That was with the President of an association. Any other people you talked to while at the MSU?
KZ: Well, that was a big fish, we were hoping to get to that guy, the President, and he would engage other Chinese students to be involved. And that didn’t work out so well.

MAR: I see, other prospects coming along the way?
KZ: No.

MAR: How many days have you stayed there?
KZ: Four, four to five days. We’ve spent two days in Indiana and the two other days in Michigan.

MAR: So the plan was sort of thrown off.
KZ: (smiled)

MAR: Now let me go back to the person who is the President of an association at MSU, did you tell him prior your meeting with him what you’re going to talk about?
KZ: Well, I wrote an email mentioning about the slowdown of the economy and said that it is every hard for the students to get jobs now days, that job placement is very competitive at the career center. And it is especially difficult for international students because companies are less willing to deal with international students having visa issues. I didn’t mention Market America in the email, but I said that I’ve found an opportunity in New York, and I’d like to talk to him in person. And we scheduled a time and we met, and June did all the talk.

MAR: O.K., so what was his reaction then?
KZ: I can see right off the bat he is a very smart guy. After he sees what this is, he remains cautious. But when he saw Google has a partnership with us and all the big companies with us, Dell, Macy’s, all the well known brand name on our web, he knew this is not a mom-and-pop store. But he was cautious and he said that he would do some research. And I would guess by typing Market America on Google is probably what he meant by “researching”. It probably didn’t go so well. I’ve tried it myself, almost all negative news, unbelievable.

MAR: Isn't that also true that Market America has a huge numbers of listings on Google as well? If you simply typing in “Market America” in the Google’s search window, you’ll get a lot of them, about twenty of them, at least the first page or two are all Market America listing. I mean since the Company has made a deal with Google, there are some visible arrangements made to the listings. If you typed in anything like “Market America”, or “OPC-3” or “Vitamins”, you’ll get official Market America listings first, at least the first several of them among other things.
KZ: I’ll try that.

MAR: Back to the President of an association, how did he feel about the business as a solution? Coping with the recent scenario of the financial crises, that it would be more and more difficult for graduates to find jobs, and in your own words, it would also be difficult for a career center to place the newly grads with jobs. What was his response to that?
KZ: Since he wasn’t familiar with the business, he didn’t respond as to this being a solution of the job problem simply by joining Market America. That’s why he said he would do some research later on.

MAR: O.K.
KZ: I meant, I mentioned in my email about the financial crises, and tried to…, my primary purpose was to get a one-on-one talk in person, to schedule a time to meet with him. That was the purpose.
MAR: Understood, in other words, he couldn’t see right away, as with many other people, that this can be a solution to the current problem. Any other school mates you’ve talked to??
KZ: A lot of school mates are graduated, only a few of them…

MAR: Well, wouldn’t you say that you ought to give yourself some credit, it’s a big move.
KZ: …for that it is a venture?
MAR: It is indeed a venture not without complication. It’s a long shot in a different part of the country. And you had to travel there, take the plane, take the train, and the cabs; and the person who were suppose to pick you up didn’t show up. And you were paying your own expenses. It’s a long shot…, so I’ll say you ought to give yourself some credit for what you did, and your sponsor too.
KZ: We were hoping the person would pick us up. When we finally realized that we were stood up, it was such a long and depressing night staying at a motel…



MAR: You also booked a motel?
KZ: Yes, we booked a motel, when the person didn’t show up, I think June knew what was going on but she didn’t want to say anything, because it was my friend (who were suppose to pick us up), that I had more trust in her than June did. June is right.

MAR: I see, after coming back, have you had a chance to talk to that person who failed to pick you up in Michigan?
KZ: I left a message to her about my hurt feelings and my inability to comprehend her behaviors. I even told her just to forget this and we’d still be good sisters (because I think relationships are far more important than MA, which is the cause of this whole dramatic trip). She never responded my message. Maybe she felt bad about what she’s done; maybe she doesn’t even give a hoot about all this and our friendship. I don’t know. We basically lost contact. But the whole trip once again confirmed my long learned lesson that no one is reliable and relationships are fragile.

MAR: Here is another question, in as many episodes as we can cite with just about anyone, this always happens and this pattern always repeats. When an individual is approached by one of us for the first time, talking to him/her about the business, it’s either a) reluctantly agree to look into it, b) saying I don’t have time or money and so on, and c) say whatever to get off and a long period of silence thereafter, most noticeably not returning calls. In your own words, what caused the reaction? Is there anyway to prevent it?
KZ: In this case, my friend was very passionate about this business after her first and only second-look meeting. And she went back to Michigan telling people about it and got slammed by other people and primarily by her boyfriend. And so, she chickened out. Evidently, her romance with her boyfriend weighed far more than MA, which is totally understandable. After all, why should anyone dump his/her partner over a matter he/she was never really involved.

- On Solution, Long term v.s. Short term -

MAR: Again, let’s go back to the President of an association, when you met him, did two of you talk to him or did you talk to him alone?
KZ: After a brief introduction, June took over.

MAR: It brings to another point, since we are talking about the reception of an idea. We’re looking at the college students here, who spent entire life at a school, concentrating on one particular area of study. What would be the thing that would make a sense to the students? I meant, many people wanted to recruit students, and there are a lot of young students who have joined MA; The Business didn’t specifically name the students, but a good number of college students are in the business right now. There are even talks given at Super Saturdays on how to lead a team consists largely of young people that includes students. So in your opinion, what is the thing that will make a sense to them?
KZ: …most attractive to them?

MAR: Well, that would make a sense to them as a solution?
KZ: First of all, I don’t think of it as, at least it is not a short term solution. Market America takes time. Usually, students who graduated from a college, they need money right away. Market America doesn’t provide that. It doesn’t provide income right away. You need to put time and investments (into it). So I guess you just need to show the plan to them, if they get it and you’ll sign them up, if not, then we’ll both move on. I think Market America can be attractive to those college graduates, who already have a job and are paying taxes or have parents with health issues. MA can provide them with tax reduction and/or quality nutrition products. Because I don’t think, the money part and the binomial system are all that attractive to young people. This is just my opinion.

MAR: So it comes down to the immediacy of it…
KZ: If it’s just for money, then it is not that stable because it has been said by experienced distributors that the first-year income of MA business is usually negative. But for distributors, who are in this business for the products, those people are much more stable, even they don’t make any money because they need the products. Unfortunately, young people are usually not drawn into the products. As soon as they realize that it is not quick money, and they can’t see how long it takes to get the money. They are very likely to quit.

MAR: That’s really a good point because…, I am impressed by the way! Really, not all experienced distributors are able to say this at all at any given times that one’s FIRST YEAR INCOME from MA is usually negative. And there are also differences where as some team trainings or talks are more direct forward on some points than that of other teams; vice versa, the same applies to individual distributors. For instance, I have personally heard only TWO times, two times only, from TWO MA figures, from two separate Super Saturdays in New Jersey. One, from Dennis Frank, and the second, from Kevin Buckman, remarked on the very issue of a starter needing a financial resource on the side prior his/her taking off on the MA business. Dennis Frank referred to it rather softly, that during the starting period one needs some kind of financial resources that will generate money because he/she is not making much during that period. And Buckman’s exact word was when referring to what one should realize that he/she should move on when a person being recruited says to you that I liked all you’ve said “but right now I really don’t have much left on my deck…” both were open examples of exuberant yet wise attitude. And they DID NOT LOOSE ONE AUDIENCE by saying it. It seems like that not all are able to say this to you, period. It remains to be a preference, yes. But also it made me think that this is one spot where it really hurts, a soft spot that most distributors choose to go around it rather than face it …
KZ: It’s a rather self-evident point that the first year income from MA is probably going to be negative. But there are two scenarios both with the same first-year result. One is that new distributors come and learn – they personally use the products, aiming to become the product of product, at the same time, learning how to speak about those products (i.e. their experiences on MA products, or product ingredient) and the concepts (NDT, show plan, Basic 5) while keeping themselves updated on MA’s trend – the website. The second scenario is practically doing nothing – going to trainings for listening rather than learning; hearing others’ speeches rather than speaking with their own mouth. While both scenarios may wind up with the same result for the first year, but the difference between the two is the former will generate earnings the second year, yet the latter will suffer negative income as he/she did the previous year.

MAR: Or that, the other scenario is that, there are young people who joined the business, did some work, then remain rather in a dorm mode, not exactly quitting nor exactly active, sort of wait-n-see, and if a job comes along as there are jobs out there regardless…
KZ: Sometime, I think if you explain things too clearly, it doesn’t always work. So whenever I bringing people to a meeting, I just say it in very very vague terms, and have them go to the meeting, If they like what the presentation presents, fine. If they don’t like it, I will just let them go.

MAR: That’s probably the way most people felt. Strangely, it has to be the way it is.
KZ: ‘cause I know I can’t explain all the stuff that well, so I just try to have the people who is giving the presentation do the explaining job for me.

MAR: 如果我明知故问的话, 为什么总是这样? Why is it true that we must always say less, or in your own words, say things very very vaguely?
KZ: hehehe. It could be that the real essence that lays underneath the vagueness is ugliness so vagueness comes in handy for the cover-up. It also could be that the beautiful essence may be distorted into ugliness when not delivered properly. Therefore, a professional speaker comes in handy for properly delivering the business message/concept. Two possible reasons, take your pick.

MAR: Do you think this business concept is rather revolutionary?
KZ: I think I’ll let time be the judge of that.

MAR: 比如说,你去MSU去跟他们谈, 你是去告诉他们一个很新的想法, 一个他们没有听过的想法, 有没有感觉有点象是党代表进入大学点那样…, 去给他们讲革命的道理…
KZ: (laughing) 党代表进入大学点, 哈哈, 没有, 没有,
MAR: 为什么没有呢, 给他们点名另一条道路, 只要团结一致, 曙光就在前头…
KZ: 还没去的时候有这种感觉, 然后被人放鸽子了, 之后找那个学生会主席谈的时候, 就感觉好像是在sell 一个concept to him， 那种感觉。 然后好像我是在Job Interview里，希望他来hire我。

MAR: 他那样讲的？
KZ: 他没有这么讲，我是这样感觉的。 他可能也没这么想，但整个感觉就好像是我是一个salesman, 我要sell this concept to him。And I don’t like that.

MAR: You don’t like that…
KZ: It just feels like I am selling something that hasn’t proven to be working on me. I am selling people a business model or a new concept, which I myself am having doubts about.

MAR: Did any of the students asking a question that you don’t know how to answer? or a question that is asked in a way that the provided business model/training material doesn’t answer it for you?
KZ: First of all, June took over the conversation, and he asked some questions that are beyond my knowledge. They were very tough questions. I don’t know, June just has special ways of answering questions without really answering the question. (That’s called “spin”, which are most manifested by politicians.) For example, he asked June a question after June introduced herself as working in a computer company, so the PhD student immediately asked, “are you a computer programmer or just a seller?” Actually June just sells computers, and that if it’s for me, I would just say, yes, I am a salesman. But that would sound cheap. So June went around it and said that, when customers come in, they tell us what they need, and we try to configure the computer to their special needs. It’s the same thing with Market America, you tell us what you need and we customize the product for you. So it curved around and went back to Market America. That was a very good answer, I thought.



MAR: Very very good! Just want to have an update, since we last talked, you have qualified yourself already as a distributor, is that right? In other words, you have your right and the left legs.
KZ: Yes, that’s correct.
MAR: Congratulations!

- On Blog -

MAR: I’ve had the opportunity to read your blog, your writing.
KZ: O.K., well, one of my professor had read my blog and said to me, “Kaye, you’re quite twisted!”

MAR: “You’re quite twisted?”
KZ: Yes, he was a sarcastic teacher, and he jokes with me a lot. And I think that is what it is, it’s solemnly twisted. I like that comment.

MAR: It is a great comment. In a way I thought I was reading Virginia Woolf, sort of emotive, concisely plotted, and a bit of dark…
KZ: A little.

MAR: Yes, a little.
KZ: (smiled) I guess that’s because I don’t write about bright things, rarely.

MAR: Isn’t that also because of the fact that writers like to concentrate on certain elements of life, and certain things, if they’re one hundred percent beautiful, of course there isn’t, at least there would be very little to write about, where as if there is something that is semi-beautiful, may leave lots of room for writing.
KZ: I think there is always two sides to a matter, that there is beautiful aspect to it and a bad and dark aspect to it, sometimes, I tend to focus too much time and energy on the dark side than on the bright side; sometimes, I don’t focus at all, just letting things and people to pass me by like water flowing through fingers.

MAR: Do you ever get a chance to come out of it?
KZ: Come out of the dark side?
MAR: Come out of the dark side…
KZ: Yes, I did eventually. I was once very sucked into darkness and depression, I felt the need to get out of it. But if you really think about it, you are never 100% isolated from the dark given the premise mentioned before that there’s always two sides to a matter (bright and dark). Some people just choose not to aware of the existence of the dark side. It’s too much to handle that they rather not to face it.

KZ: Did you watch the moive “The Hours”?
MAR: Yes, I did. It is about Virginia Woolf.
KZ: In the movie, they portrayed her as an insane woman, I don’t think I am that insane… (laughing)
MAR: I didn’t say that. (laughing)

KZ: 我有三个blog, 一个是Yahoo, 一个是MSN, 一个是eblogger, 你觉得那个更strike you?
MAR: I don’t know which is which, but I liked the series, the series that depicts life in the United States…, including the poem composed in the shape of a little house. You know which one am I talking about?
KZ: Oh, “Self”! O.K., that’s on eblogger.
MAR: That’s it, eblogger.

KZ: 我买那本MacBook的时候,它自带有一个application, 叫iWeb, 是用来制作自己的网页的。很不错， 很方便。 但是你要每年交subscription fee。 现在我在那个网上的blog非常非常的少，也不知道要写什么了。

MAR: Since we’re on it, can I ask what is the connection between a writer and his blog?
KZ: ...what is the connection?
MAR: Would it be largely having to do with free publishing or self-publishing or having one's voice to be heard?
KZ: Well, blog is his life, isn’t it? Or, it can be not his life but his last resort that he can reply on ‘cause there is no human being to whom he can express his emotion, so he always goes back to his blog and write. 因为如果你自己有什么想说的话，你可以找朋友说，但是这样的话你要注意自己的言谈，注意自己言语上的逻辑。你也要考虑到他会听你倾诉多长时间， 也不知道你跟他倾诉完后他会怎么想的。但是如果你只是把你的一些想法或是牢骚发到blog里面去，只是自己的抒发，有人愿意看就看，没人看便拉到，就是这样。However, if a writer’s livelihood depends on his blog, then the blog is at the risk of losing its originality because the writer has website traffic on his mind – he would tend to write what is popular.
MAR: Do you think we should include a blog feature in meianren.NET?
KZ: Sure, still I don’t know what to write? That’s the main problem.

MAR: Well, there are lots that can be write about. It is a personal space, whatever that person feels at the moment, if that person wants to, he or she can express it there, just like that. In fact, we much prefer anything goes, anything that comes to mind! We like to provide a ground that does not restrict but nurture the thoughts, preserve them from the moment. Others can read and choose to comment if they want to. However, one thing remains to be largely true that more people choose to read than to comment, which has long been a problem with blog. People read and move onto the next and read more and move onto the next, and the blog remains to be a personal space, visited, peeked. As a blog writer (not just a blogger), you almost have to know before hand what grasps your readers.
KZ: Typically, readers tend to be your closest friends and relatives.
MAR: Yes, very much!

- On Inability -

KZ: When I graduated I wanted to go to Africa, and the reality kept me from going. I want to do a lot of things, when time passes by, your passion passes away and new passions pop up, and I don’t get anything done.


MAR: Yes, isn’t it true with just about anyone?
KZ: And then you just go find a job and do what’s seemingly normal. Before you know it, 40 hits you and 50 comes by…
MAR: Isn’t it true in the MA business life starts at the 50’s?
KZ: (laughing)
MAR: And for the most, life starts at 50’s. Some started earlier but I would think …
KZ: ...the average age?
MAR: Well, for the most, shall we say that, I don’t want to bite my tongue, …those who made it in the MA business and started to enjoy what they’ve made would be somewhere around the age of fifty, given the average age for one to become a Millionaire in the MA business (see those on the stage), wouldn’t be too far off from near one’s 50’s.

KZ: But there are a lot young Fuzhou people from restaurants, they’re earning a good income.
MAR: You meant in Market America?
KZ: Yes.
KZ: They’re very diligent folks, rather simple-minded, get a wife and have babies and a reliable income source and they’re happy.
MAR: Yes, in fact, we’re very much enchanted by this and we want to explore this in an interview with someone who is from Fouzhou and who is doing MA. This “Fouzhou phenomenon” has quickly become a driven force among the new generation of Chinese distributors. We are in the process of inviting someone over for this.

MAR: I wonder if there is any truth to that, that people who have had higher education, college degrees, etc., would take longer to get into this business, sometimes, a lot longer.
KZ: O.K.

MAR: Isn’t it true that more education we have more well-rounded thinking we have more difficult for us to do anything away from our own logic?
KZ: Inability to do anything away from people’s logic is true to anyone, not just well-educated people. It’s just the logic of relatively low-educated folks does not consist of many complexities that prevents the relatively high-educated folks from the “just-do-it” attitude. They think more. They would even come up with mathematical models to analyze the “binomial system.” These people are much less likely just to go along with what the big-mouthed, middle-aged woman says without thinking twice.

MAR: We know quite a few Chinese distributors in the MA circle who have had rather higher education and have made to the top. We are in the process of inviting one or two of them over for a chat, on the same topic you and I are discussing. They’re very successful right now money wise. I think people would be interested to discover what we call the detailed transition of the mindset. It is not an easy task, and I am afraid that even before we begin, that most people would probably refrain themselves from talking about it; or when they do open up, their language becomes somewhat speech-like, because a “new inability” is taking precedent.
KZ: I like PhDs’ speech, in which there’s wisdom – there is actual analysis on the business model. I very much look forward to reading their inputs.



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Tags - , , , , , , , , , , ]]> http://www.meianren.net/post/11/ <![CDATA[Coffee and Politics ]]> latewrite <editor@meianren.net> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:50:52 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/11/ November 4th, 2008,  Election Day

At around 11:00AM, I have received a text message from a friend from Florida:
“Don’t forget to vote today, Obama!”
Five minutes later, another message came in and puzzled me at first:
“Free tal reg cofe 2day only at Starbucks.go!”

On my way back, I stopped at a local Starbucks Coffee shop and asked a lady at the counter, “is it true that you will get a free tall cup of coffee today?”

“Well, it is only true if you have voted! Have you voted?” she answered.

It is the first time, as I’ve come to know and would remember for many years since I have not been a regular voter, that amidst political campaign a franchise chain stepped in, grasping from a tiny small aspect of living, urged us all in an incentive way, to not to forget a citizen’s duty on this election day. Quite convincingly, it relinquished us a sense of distance so remote, between what we hear and what we do and put us again in touch with what we have; My heart goes to Obama! The first Black President of this Country.  While during the day, when ballots are drawn, numbers are played, turnouts are news railed, and politics are vague and far, a free cup of coffee is there to remind us to vote is a message unlikely to ignore.  

Now, I wonder how many MeiAnRen have voted.  We understand that many of us can’t vote, yet many others can.   From time to time, an event swept us aside from what we do, for there is no BV and no IBV, our own definition of regions became a fragile formation, and no career manual would outline what we should do on a election day; It is something that are likely seen by many of us as something else, passable, unrelated and won’t bringing rewards or benefit of residual.  Many of us have likely skipped it, as we have with Memorial days and the Labors Day. We have our own world, a world of which the outside can hardly see through nor understand. We let them in only when they agree to a Xnd Look or a Show Plan.   We want to see results; we need results and we are hungry for results. We want people to see our world our way, not any other ways. Consequently, every external event becomes a mirror with which we see our unique dissimilarities against the world at large. Am I posting a question?

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Tags - , , , ]]> http://www.meianren.net/post/10/ <![CDATA[甜苦庆中秋]]> lawrence509 <admin@meianren.net> Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:50:11 +0000 http://www.meianren.net/post/10/ 一首打油词，满有意思，送大家解趣，共勉！

『水调歌头：明月天天有』 苏轼词又填
明月天天有, 找人不能闲。 却问今年官税，价耸几多钱？ 我欲弃车徒步，又恐油跌股涨，
辗转且周旋。起办家庭会，货走支票先。转账处，寻客户，获无沿。不应有怨，别时长脸逢时圆。人有悲欢离合，事有阴晴圆缺，创业难求全。 只要埋头苦，三年抱婵娟。

祝愿大家中秋快乐, 阖家团聚, 多吃月饼！ 另外有两个新消息跟大家分享, 请读全文...

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请接下去欣赏苏GoNow的原作『水调歌头：明月几时有』：

明月几时有？把酒问清天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。我欲乘风归去。惟恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒，起舞弄清影，何似在人间。 转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。不应有恨，何事长向别时圆？人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟....



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