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Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:33:22 -0700

whiteguyinchina from private IP
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WGIC's collapse of responsibilities 

Relegated from managing an entire department to mitigating fights between female
colleagues and performing contract revisions that others have negotiated

I am department manager but a department director was promoted above me who was
previously supposedly working for me, in essence my position was not demoted but
the hierarchy above me was implemented

Getting advice to start my own import business for Christmas holiday ornaments
from Zhejiang and to honor the old saying that a smart rabbit always has two
holes

Biggest career prospect is being invited to a booze and hooker binge by the end
of the year, and even that is a definite maybe

It's actually fascinating how ones star can go from shining on the horizon to
obsolescence without me being an actor /vs agent in this sense/

He's finished was the rumor from down south




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Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:34:13 -0700

whiteguyinchina from private IP
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Still I am LOL about it

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Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:36:27 -0700

whiteguyinchina from private IP
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If you ever wonder how the 1980s star of a hit sitcom can go to bagging
groceries at trader Joe's, all I will say is, it does not take much

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Tue, 16 Jul 2024 05:43:58 -0700

Wily from
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Got to be in China to win in Chinese business.  Just sticking around through all
the shit of Covid lockdowns and random anti-foreigner nonsense is basically how
I've gone from living in a cramped studio 9 years ago above hookers and Japanese
businessmen to living in the same compound as my millionaire clients.  Didn't
really change anything but stayed.

But, on the other hand, I've also seen fortunes change on a dime here.  Our
company was almost bought by a more local firm 6 years ago - we had all the
merger contracts ready but didn't pull the trigger.  Two years later they were
dying due to overexpansion and Covid lockdowns and we took their place at the
top of the market here.  

Their big boss got attacked by a water bottle by one of the security guards at
one of his subsidiaries because he took away all their money, then called the
cops of them, then got dragged into court, lost, and became branded a "lao lai"
(lifetime debtor) for owing like $5 million USD to various people.  Now he can't
stay in nice hotels, take high-speed rails, or go on airplanes, and probably
just takes cabs from province to province with his hidden money.  

So yea, your fortunes could change for the better on a dime too.  Also, the
export business won't be going away, Trump 47 or no, so it's not a bad idea to
leverage those China hand export skills for Yiwu in Zhejiang.  Maybe you could
get into the Trump paraphrenalia export biz as the one American who can QC for
t-shirts and signs having the right Engrish? 

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Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:58:04 -0700

doublefriedchicken from private IP
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I just want to know more about the hookers

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Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:08:22 -0700

Andy from
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+1, really want to hear about the hookers and booze binge scheduled for later
this year!

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Wed, 17 Jul 2024 03:09:07 -0700

whiteguyinchina from private IP
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Lol that may have to wait until we meet in person. 

It's technically a conference, Andy. Don't you have booze and hookers at your
cyberlaw conferences? You're just not hanging out with the right people. Last
time it was Singapore, and people were trying to find girlfriends on the street.
I do not do that, instead ate way too much Chinese food including shark fin two
nights in a row. I don't get into that but definitely have some stories.
Including the old Japanese bro who told everyone in the conference that he
caught an STD from a KTV in ahanghai and now his wife wouldn't let him come back
to Japan. Everyone talked about this afterward and we decided he was really a
sad disturbed man.

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Wed, 17 Jul 2024 03:30:18 -0700

Andy from
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Lol.  My policy is that while the law firm is in trial, everyone gets what they
want, up to and including hookers and blow.  I don't think I can manage
pharmaceutical-grade Cocaine, but hey, I'm not a miracle worker.  Side note: I
have a bottle of Kweichow Moutai that I'm saving for this year's office holiday
party.  Very excited about that!

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Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:30:07 -0700

kickflipninja from private IP
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I stayed three years with a Chinese company. 

I had a jealous, scheming colleague who blindsided me with a smear campaign just
to push me out so she can be seen as the star in that product area. 

You need an exit plan or a key ally. It’s only natural that someone is
plotting to push you out. 

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Sat, 20 Jul 2024 09:21:15 -0700

whiteguyinchina from private IP
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Pretty much.
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