爱华网
罗杰斯传记《水晶球》
前 言 I had never thought that I would let someone who speaks other language to write my biography. When I firstly heard Yang Qing‘s request, I thought she just made a joke with me and sooner, she would lay down this crazy idea. Writing my biography, even for an English native speaker, it is a fairly thorny task. To be honest, I was not positive that a Chinese young female journalist could understand my favor and my thinking. And, how much does she understand about me? Is her experience and knowledge sufficient for biography writing? Does she really understand how difficult the task would be? Yes, I was very much doubted it. But today, I am convinced. Over the past twelve months, I have seen this Chinese young lady great efforts and belief in her dream. The only requirement of her was I must answer all her questions honestly since she wants to write a real Rogers.
I agreed with her on this point. I am a poor boy from rural Demopolis, Alabama, where I grew up, through Yale, Oxford, and the U.S. Army, and eventually to Wall Street, where the experiences taught me that the "experts‘ were usually wrong. I was extremely working harder almost 15-16 hours a day and without any holiday. I‘ve never stop working before I finish it. The trip took me through 116 countries let me know:" If you want to see what you like to think of as the real world, you‘ better practice by yourself." Qing is a hardworking girl and very determined to turn her dream into reality. And, she is very serious. If she felt my answers to her questions are not clear, she back and forth asked me to clarify. The interesting thing is, I had to recollect the things what happened 150 years before. It is really hard for me! But in my heart, I appreciate her attitude very much. I think this is one of reasons why I had such great hope for her to write a real Rogers. I think this book as the result of her strong curiosity and trying to get more experiences. Today China has made brilliant achievement and started to play an important role at the world stage. The new emerging power from China is already to take its place on the world arena. That is why I insisted to let my daughters learn Chinese! I love China! It is no doubt the twenty-first century will be China‘s turn to set the agenda and rule the roost.
