Chapter 196, Time Magazine Interview (I)
In the afternoon, the headquarters office building of Time magazine in Manhattan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The little secretary hurriedly walked to the door of the bathroom: "Ms. Elena, Miss Wang has arrived first, are you okay?"
"Wait a minute!"
There was a sound of soo, and then the sound of water release, and Elena hurriedly rushed out of a squatting position: "Miss Wang has already arrived? Didn't you say two o'clock in the afternoon? It's still half an hour away." ”
Saying this, she hurried to the vanity mirror first. At the age of forty, but as a senior editor at Time magazine, Elena can be said to be the quintessential example of a successful woman. Dressed in an elegant Chanel suit and sprayed with Chanel No. 5, even if the interviewee arrives unexpectedly early, she must first tidy up her golden hair and jewel-encrusted collar, and never appear in front of the other person in a disheveled manner.
"Because Miss Wang said ......"
Elena's little secretary couldn't help but laugh: "She has been to Manhattan so many times, and today she rarely took the subway, and the result was many times faster than the usual taxi, so she didn't estimate the time." ”
"Ground, subway?"
Hand and foot quickly rummaged through the Hermes bag, and after washing her face, Elena quickly touched up her makeup: "Taxi? This kind of reason can also be used? Okay, for an interview, Manhattan, traffic, it is indeed the fastest, and I don't blame her...... Gone!"
In just half a minute, the complex behavior of applying foundation and eyeliner was completed in an instant, and Elena walked out of the bathroom with a brisk pace.
"Interview script, right interview transcript...... Scott!John! What are you doing, hurry to the reception room, Miss Wang has arrived early!"
The sound of clattering high heels flew through the office area, and the two young men who were still drinking coffee hurriedly put down their cups and quickly stood up: "Oh my God, isn't there still half an hour?
After all, interviews are not just a matter of reporters, and there are a series of jobs such as taking pictures. They were so busy, and the colleagues around them gloated: "Hey, you have to pay attention to your image, and the cologne is sprayed quickly." I haven't had a chance to interview a beautiful girl for many years, so you have to seize it!"
"Oh shit, that's just a middle school student!"
"No, no, what's wrong with middle school students, I'm not too old, can I wait...... Okay Elena, we'll be right away!"
Because of someone's early arrival, the interview team was almost scrambling to prepare. In fact, this can also be seen the work density of Time magazine, just half an hour in advance can make people busy, if it is a company with little business, I am afraid that three days ago slowly and leisurely ready everything, right?
Then, the door to the reception room was opened.
As soon as she walked in, Elena's eyes lit up.
The girl wore a full white women's suit from an unknown brand, and the swarthy one was also a style she had never seen before. Although it is unknown, it is clear at a glance that it is from the hands of a famous artist, and the slender suit pants are like tailor-made, which perfectly sets off the slender legs of the girl, similar to Armani's neutral style, and makes her stand tall.
Wearing a tie around the neckline and a black silk coiled behind his head, it stands to reason that this kind of little adult and transgender dress is definitely funny on ordinary girls. But when this outfit was worn on the girl in front of her, Elena held her breath.
"Hello?"
"Ahh......h Hello, Miss Wang. ”
Elena was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and quickly shook hands with Alice and said, "I'm your reporter Elena, can I call you Alice?"
"Of course, please take a seat. ”
Alice beckoned to the seat next to her, as if she were the master.
Elena sat down in her seat, and the two assistants around her immediately set up a tripod and prepared for the photoshoot.
"Alice, I was a little surprised when I was notified, I didn't expect you to arrive early. ”
As soon as she sat down, the interview mode had already begun, Elena took out a pen and paper, and said by the way: "I heard that you used to come to Manhattan by taxi, and you only changed to the subway today, right?"
Alice glanced at the pen and paper in Elena's hand: "After all, I'm from Los Angeles, and New York is the Big Apple on the East Coast, wouldn't it be a pity if I walked underground every time I came over? ”
Seeing that Alice suddenly entered the state of being interviewed, Elena happily recorded quickly: "So, you are also very interested in New York, so as the boss of Cisco Systems, a shareholder of Microsoft, a partner of DreamWorks, and also published two sets of books in Bantam, do you plan to expand your career to the East Coast?"
"If you have the chance, of course you will. ”
Alice first gave a satisfactory answer to the question, and then smiled lightly: "But I said Elena, is it really okay for us to ask and answer in such a rhythmic way as soon as we come up?"
The two assistants laughed suddenly, and one of them fiddled with the reflector and said, "yes, yes, Elena, we've just gotten busy, you guys slow down." ”
Elena also laughed, others didn't know that the moment she entered the house, she was really affected by the neutral aura on Alice's body.
At this moment, his eyes fell on Alice's suit, and he naturally came with a chatty topic: "Alice, can you introduce us to today's clothes? How did you think of wearing such a suit...... Where's the cool suit?"
The suit is a completely slim fit, and with a specific style as unisex as Giorgio Armani, it is really obvious at first glance that it is the hand of a famous artist. In addition, Alice's eyebrows already have a hint of heroic beauty, and now she has a hairstyle with a secondary head, so it can be said that even Elena, who is a forty-year-old woman, has to be intimidated by the girl's temperament.
This is really strange, after all, the other party is only a fourteen-year-old girl, but being set off by such a dress, Elena really can't compare her with ordinary peers.
Just look at the two assistants I brought now, if it weren't for the fact that everyone usually interviews celebrities, after all, they have a wide range of knowledge, I'm afraid they will have to show Brother Pig's face.
Faced with the problem, Alice did not sit with her legs diagonally like a normal girl, but spread her legs apart like a boy, her elbows on the armrests of the sofa, and her hands were intertwined.
"Well, Elena, in fact, in addition to the identities you mentioned, I am also the majority shareholder of a clothing brand. ”
"You are a clothing brand industry, not a clothing processing industry!?"
Elena was pleasantly surprised to record that this was a real bonus. I can't imagine that the IT genius girl that people thought was a fashion brand in addition to having both arts and sciences and writing scripts and novels!?
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just a shareholder, and someone else is responsible for designing the clothes. ”
"Understood, so what brand is the suit you're wearing now?"
"It's named after my brother and sister, Oscar & Hannah, but our company's main market is in China, and you can't buy it here in the United States. ”
Elena now only feels that her hand speed is not fast enough, because there are so many things to write: "It's a lucky pair of brothers and sisters to have a sister like you, but why do you want to put the market in China?"
"As an emerging brand, it is very unwise to seize the mature European and American markets with other old-timers, on the contrary, China has just reformed and opened up, but it is still a fertile ground for the clothing industry. As a Chinese-American, I certainly have the responsibility and obligation to invest. ”
It's a compelling reason, and as a senior editor at Time magazine, Elena herself knows that a lot has changed in China since 1978. Not to mention, last year's Person of the Year was not the leader from that country? Moreover, it was in 1978 that he was first printed on the front page of Time magazine.
It was an unexpected surprise that he had dug up a new business for the interviewee so easily, but the planned interview content could not be stopped. After Alice gave a brief introduction to the founding of Oscar & Hannah, the conversation turned to the real point.
"There are geniuses in many industries, and as an emerging industry, programming is inherently young people's domain. As English-speaking people, we have an inherent advantage in programming......"
"You ask me if programming will be replaced by Chinese? Haha, isn't the Chinese input method itself a program? The alphabetic language has a unique advantage in the computer world, and the keyboard is the most basic difficulty for object characters, isn't it?"
"I developed it on my own, but I didn't have any involvement in the maintenance work with the help of my colleagues at Microsoft, who are currently working on the second-generation system. ”
"Working with Gates has been a pleasure and we have a lot of common language......"
In fact, this is the result of the balanced development of the left and right brains......
There's so much to write about in Alice, which is what makes her different from any other interviewee. Fourteen-year-old multi-millionaire, and maybe he already has a net worth of billions, and almost all of these achievements are developed by her, and she is still of two natures from the actor who became popular overnight. This alone is enough to make countless media the subject of an article, and I prefer Lena to write this with a sour hand, but she is also clearly aware that she has seriously digressed.
"So, oh my, allow me to take a break, I'm a little tired. ”
Shaking her hand, Elena smiled bitterly, an hour had passed, and the real questions had not been asked, because there were so many things that could be written. Let's see, even if she digresses to this extent, didn't the editor-in-chief come to remind her?
"Then let's take a rest first, don't worry. ”
From beginning to end, Alice was very calm.
This is the first time in the half-century since the founding of Time magazine that a middle school girl has been interviewed, and even if it lasts until 8 p.m., I believe everyone will agree. ”
Elena took a deep breath and sighed.
"If only I had a daughter like you. (To be continued.) )