听 Michelle 讲述美国故事

前面两期节目都是我和西雅图著名房地产开发商ChristineLee 的对话。在我们对话的最后一期中，我请Christine分享了团队分工合作方面的经验。另外，我也特别请她讲讲自己是怎样教育三个孩子的。她在培养下一代上的独特观念对我非常有启发，相信也会对每个做父母的人都有帮助。

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Mobile payment is ubiquitous in China and it is enabled through a different way than in the western world. According to eMarketer, in addition to the pervasive usage at ecommerce through online mobile payment, proximity mobile payment users in China is 577.4 million (by far the largest in the world), with a penetration rate of 81.1% of smartphone users. China is steadily marching toward a cashless society, enabled by Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay. Those two leading payment systems have introduced QR code-backed payments into the daily habits of consumers, from purchasing in supermarkets or convenient stores to buying a subway ticket. How did this happen in China? And what is coming next? Please join me to the dialogue with Karl Weaver, a wireless and mobile device ecosystem specialist in the Smart Card sector of the wireless industry, and China/Asia-Pacific Business Development Director for ICO and Mobile Devices Security firm Rivetz Corp.

About Karl J. Weaver 

Karl J. Weaver is a wireless and mobile device ecosystem specialist in the Smart Card sector of the wireless industry. He is China/Asia-Pacific Business Development Director for Rivetz Corp, an ICO andMobile Devices Security firm, to provide embedded mobile device security of Android OS, Blockchain-designed Smartphones using Rivetz developer tools for the TEE and Rivetz new Dual Roots of Trust Security for protection and management of crypto wallet private keys. Before that, Karl worked as OEM Biz Dev Director at ARM /Simulity Labs, and spent 5 years working in China for Gemalto (and Trustonic) as Rainmaker for design in of embedded Mobile NFC Payments & TEE security technologies to the OEMSmartphone/Tablet PC ecosystem. Karl is a Globally trained, bilingual Mandarin Chinese speaking senior mobility executive with vast experience selling wireless & mobile device technologies from both sides of the Pacific Rim to the global OEM/ODM handset/tablet PC ecosystem supply chain. 

这一期节目是我和西雅图房地产开发商Christine Lee谈话的继续。前面Christine分享了她在美国怎样开始涉入房地产开发的行业以及他们最近建成的一个酒店Hotel Indigo Seattle Everette Waterfront（英迪格海滨酒店）背后的故事，这一期的谈话中我请她讲讲这三十多年来做过哪些类型的项目，在管理团队和用人上有什么基本原则。

Hotel Interurban 2018年开幕典礼

很巧合的是，在和Christine进行这次对话的当天中午，这个她提到的businesswoman正好那天过来看Christine和她先生Omar，我也就跟着一起去他们原来拥有的那家饭店午餐，从这个曾经在那里工作多年的员工听到她自己在这个团队成长的过程。正如 Christine讲到的那样，这个从十几岁就利于业余时间到他们餐馆打工的小女孩，在这里成为掌管整个餐馆的总经理，把生意做得红红火火，直到Christine他们把餐馆卖掉。我想Christine说的用人不疑，对人尊重，给人充分学习和发展的空间，就是她团队员工能够长期一起共事一起成长的宝典吧。

中间是Christine Lee和Omar Lee

除了员工的培养和发展，我知道Christine和Omar的三个孩子都已经长大成人，他们在教育孩子和培养下一代方面也有自己独特的理念，对我也特别有启发。期待在下一期分享给大家。咱们下期见！

这一期节目是特别为我们曾经在微软工作过的校友们制作的。我是Michelle Zou邹英毅，曾经在微软的总部和中国前后工作了9年，之后这几年我在做中美之间的跨境咨询和培训业务。微软校友中国总会将于2019年12月14日在北京成立，为此我特意邀请了前微软全球副总裁、微软大中华区总裁、亚洲总裁Michael Rawding先生和我一起聊聊当时我们是怎样有了这样一个想法，就是把在微软总部西雅图地区的Microsoft Alumni Network带到中国去，为我们中国的校友们提供一个平台，让大家在离开微软后能够保持联系，互相了解，互相帮助。在我们萌生了这个想法之后，Michael又邀请到张亚勤和Tim Chen陈永正一同担任微软校友中国总会的第一届联。亚勤曾在微软工作了16年，历任全球资深副总裁兼微软亚太研发集团主席、微软亚洲研究院院长兼首席科学家、微软中国董事长和微软移动全球副总裁，Tim 曾在2003-2007年任微软全球副总裁和微软大中华区首席执行官。在组建第一届联团的同时，Michael 还获得了微软公司执行副总裁Harry Shum沈向洋的热情支持。

经过十个月的筹划，在微软总部及中国公司现任领导们的大力支持下、在筹备组及校友志愿者们的共同努力下，微软校友会终于在中国正式成立，并将由当地校友们运营、为大家提供服务。在我介绍了前面这些重要领军人物之后，我和Michael给大家聊聊这背后的故事以及12月14号的活动将是怎样的。

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前段时间我为大家从不同的角度介绍了美国房地产行业，通过访谈居住在西雅图地区颇有名气的行业专家为大家讲述他们走过的道路，其中有建筑设计师和房地产投资顾问及中介。这一次我要为大家带来房地产开发商，他们负责买地、在上面盖商业或者民用建筑，然后卖掉或者经营这些地产。今天我们的嘉宾是ChristineLee，她和先生Omar  Lee是我们西雅图当地华人皆知的长城购物中心的创办人，他们最新建成的一个酒店HotelIndigo Seattle Everette Waterfront就是前几期节目嘉宾张铭院士帮助设计的。这些第一代华人移民在美国白手起家，靠着自己的智慧和努力，脚踏实地的从小慢慢做大，积累了丰厚的财富。

我想从Christine那里听听他们是怎样把自己的产业做大，怎样做好老板管理团队，并怎样同时管理好自己的家庭和考虑家业传承的。

下一期节目是我和Christine谈话的继续。我请她讲讲他们开发的地产项目有哪些类别，以及作为在美国的华人老板，他们是怎样管理团队慢慢把公司做大的。期待与您下期再见！

If you are visiting China for the first time, you will be amazed by its modern cities with stunning high-rise buildings scoring to the sky. Today’s China has a strong appetize for innovation and creativity, and that also reflects on how the government wants its cities look like. Real estate development in China is booming for the past 4 decades, and developers are not shy from recruiting world-renowned architects to turn rural areas into brand new contemporary cities. Mr. Ming Zhang, an award-winning designer and Founder of Seattle based company MZA Architecture, has worked on over 130 projects in more than 60 cities in China over the last 20 years. I invite him shares his experience in helping to create a new image for major cities throughout China and the U.S., and tips on how to win contracts and work with Chinese on those projects.

About Ming Zhang

Mr. Ming Zhang, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP, has near 30 years of architectural experience in the United States, Asia, and the Middle East, with a unique talent and creativity in the design of high imagery projects. That talent, combined with his respect to the local culture and environment, an everlasting pursuance to beauty, his special ability to address each client’s needs, and a thorough understanding for eastern and western culture and context, in addition to his great attention on the clients and communication skill, earns him a distinguished reputation as a world-class designer. Ming has received numerous honors and awards--including the 2008 Top 10 Emerging Designers as featured in the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Magazine, and the 2006 Top 20 Most Influential Designers in China Landmark Award from the Chinese Research Center for Urban Development and Environment. His influence has literally created a new image for major cities throughout China and the U.S. 

For more information about Ming Zhang's work, please visit http://mza-us.com/.

在和美国建筑师学会院士、位于西雅图的MZA公司总裁张铭先生的对话最后一部分中，我请他分享了管理公司和团队上的心得，以及在中国做的一些项目后面的设计灵感及故事。

下图是张铭设计的福州海峡青年交流中心

张铭院士讲到一个好的建筑师除了爱好设计，还需要有广泛的兴趣和爱好并保持开放的心态。他设计郑州金贸国际中心的灵感就取自河南出土的国宝文物“连鹤方壶”。

上图是郑州金贸国际中心灵感来源

下图是效果图

我与张铭院士的对话一共分为三期播出。您可以在喜马拉雅APP中订阅 “听Michelle讲述美国故事“就能听到之前和之后的节目了。

这是我与世界级著名建筑师、美国建筑师学会院士张铭先生对话的第二期。在上一期中，张铭分享了他在事业上的成长历程，他讲到在积累了多年后决定进行第二次创业。这一期，我请张铭讲讲自己是怎样创立MZA公司的，他设计的一些项目的理念和风格，以及中国和美国在建筑设计上的相同及不同之处。

上图：兰州地标塔的设计灵感     

下图：兰州地标塔夜景图

我与张铭先生对话的一共分为三期播出。您可以在喜马拉雅应用中订阅“听Michelle讲述美国故事”就能听到之前和之后的节目了。期待与您下期再见。

美国建筑师学会院士张铭先生在80年代留美获得建筑学硕士学位之后，到现在已经有了将近30年的建筑设计经历，所设计的项目遍布美国、亚洲及中东地区。他在建筑创意设计上有着特殊的天分与想象力。凭借着这种天分及对当地文化、环境的尊重，对美的执着追求，对东西方文化的深刻理解，再加之对业主的高度重视以及超强的沟通能力，张铭成为了一位世界级的著名建筑师。

张铭先生曾被授予多项荣誉，其中包括由国际著名机构“城市土地学院”(ULI)评选的2008年全球十大中青年设计师，由世界建筑联盟和城市开发与环境中国研究中心评选的2006中国前20名最具影响力的设计师。他的设计塑造了中国和美国一线主要城市的崭新形象。

我与张铭院士的对话一共分为三期播出。您可以在喜马拉雅APP中订阅 “听Michelle讲述美国故事“就能听到之前和之后的节目了。期待与您下期再见。

Chinese investors have been riding the US commercial real estate(CRE) wave, the total investment in the US rising up rapidly from the ground in2011, peaked at $16.2B in 2016 then dropped over 55% in 2017 after China'sgovernment announced efforts to restrict outbound investments in foreign real estate,according to Cushman & Wakefield. Ms. Hui Tian, architect and Founder of a Seattle company Studio 19Architects, shares with us her observations of the changes in the CREinvestment trend related to China investment, and her experience on how to workwith Chinese real estate investors. You will learn how the cultural differencesbring in practice differences, and when you understand this, you can collaborate with each other more effectively.

About the guest: HuiTian, founder of Studio19 Architects, licensed architect both in US and Canada,has over 20 years of experience practicing architecture in Pacific Northwest.Hui came to US in 1997 for pursuing Master of Architecture at University ofMinnesota. Prior to that, she earned both bachelor and master’s degree of architecturefrom South East University, a top renowned school for architecture in China.After graduation, Hui started her career with workingfor world famous firms like NBBJ and Henriquez Partners, and has gainedexperience on an extensive architecture type. In 2009, she founded Studio19 Architects, a full-service Architectureand Interior Design firm specializing in a wide variety of project typesinclusive mixed-use, Multi-Family Residential, Hotels/ hospitality, offices,Retail and high-end custom homes.  Shehas worked numerous projects with Chinese developers in the Seattle area, include comprehensivearchitectural design, environmentally sustainable design, adaptive reuse,interior design, master planning, and feasibility studies.