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逆風高飛【典藏版】: An American Life with an Immigrant Story! [Collection Edition]
Lawrence Lee
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李錦星
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本書全彩發行,是李錦星先生自傳;從香港荃灣鄉下走到美國德州,李錦星在半個多世紀裏步履不停,一路的經歷則是精彩紛呈,異乎常人。
他畢業自柏克萊加州大學的商學院,卻不敢告訴老板和同事自己會讀寫英語-- 他在兩家中餐館廚房打雜、抓碼,學習掌勺。不到一年,他開了自己的餐館,不久又轉做地產經紀,再轉行做五金工具的銷售和批發;他闖進改革開放初期的中國,把廉價的中國工具賣到美國全境,進而往南美開分店,在短時間內成為阿根廷最大的工具進口商。電商萌芽的年代他嘗試過商務網站,新冠疫情之年,他甚至也趕上了一波口罩生意。
事業高潮時,他住3.5英畝地面上700多平米的豪宅。房子太大,把孩子們叫到一起吃飯都不是件容易的事。隨即人生跌宕,他和5個家人搬進100平米的公寓,公司業務不順,銀行以破產清算相逼。但逆風只是激起他再度振翅的決心,東山再起,再創新高。如今他的生活儼然一個普通的美國中產,住24年前18萬美元買的房子,現價也不到40萬,開1999年的SUV。然而原有的生意之外,他投資數百萬的德州工廠正在漸漸成形,他仍樂此不疲地捕捉製造業中變幻莫測、稍縱即逝的勢頭與機會。
作者寫這本書,希望用來告訴子女他們的來歷,始自中國的
323 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 1, 2022
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