Part 82: Story: Blast From the Past

Blast From the Past

Guess who wrote in today - Carl, from Shenzhen! I'd been so busy I'd almost forgotten about Longteng... it's embarassing to say that, honestly.



This feels like a mix of familiar - and very, very odd. I get Lili taking over CEO position of the company. She was kind of doing that already (if I remember rightly, I only got the one email from Mr. Yonghong when I started, and that was all I heard from him). But Joe in her position?! And he's not screwing it up?!
I'm impressed, in a sort of ungodly damn-he-really-has-changed way.

I hope David is wowing the folks back in California with his commitment to Chinese culture. It might actually sway a few people on the North American continent...! Seriously, though, best wishes to him and Xiaomei.

I strongly suspect that Jie is going to remain the head of the engineering department at Longteng up until the day he dies. Looking forward to playing his daughter's best work (again) one of these days. And, well... it's good to hear that the company and Carl are all right.

I'm going to email Carl back telling him what I've been working on (he'll be interested to hear the kelp harvester story, especially once I tell him how the faux cheese is), and also giving him a link to this blog. It's good to catch up, and this way he can follow along.