Chinese Culture Day
I apologize in advance for all the work talk, bu this should be interesting to all. So this Wednesday there was a press conference that we were invited to. Todd Warren, one of the VP's of my group, was in town to announce Microsoft's Mobility Technology Center, a center for working on our mobile phones here in China.
We went to what is supposed to be the nicest hotel in Beijing, perhaps in China, the St. Regis. We all were told to wear suits. I definitely had not brought one with me, so I threw together an ensemble that was purchased a couple days before from the Silk Market. The place was super swank, we had lunch then got to the event. The amount of press was amazing. The number of cameras, taking footage and still shots of everyone was pretty incredible. I was told that there are relatively few items that the press are given the green light to report anything and everything about here, and this was relatively big news in the Chinese technology news. So here we all were, feeling like rockstars.
I say this is China culture day because I think I learned a ton about contemporary culture, much more real culture than you'd see at staged tourist presentations of traditional dances and performances. The VP's were led around by these stunningly gorgeous Chinese women dressed in identical Asian looking dresses. During all the presentations, they stood quietly at the sides as decorations. After everyones' speeches, our 2 VP's, and a couple from China Unicom and China Mobile (cell phone companies here) all got up on the center of the stage. They each put their hand on a lecturn that was shaped like a Pocket PC power button, which lit up when they all touched it.
I could barely contain myself at what happened next. When they each pressed it, lights and music went off. The press conference felt like a multicolored flashing dance hall. Music and lights were everywhere. It felt like a video game. I was just waiting for Ya-Qin to announce "And I'll form the head!", turning into the last part of Voltron before the 4 conjoined VP's flew off to fight intergalactic threats, like Nokia.
Work peoples, I really am sorry I didn't bring a camera. I'm trying to track down photos of all this.
We went to what is supposed to be the nicest hotel in Beijing, perhaps in China, the St. Regis. We all were told to wear suits. I definitely had not brought one with me, so I threw together an ensemble that was purchased a couple days before from the Silk Market. The place was super swank, we had lunch then got to the event. The amount of press was amazing. The number of cameras, taking footage and still shots of everyone was pretty incredible. I was told that there are relatively few items that the press are given the green light to report anything and everything about here, and this was relatively big news in the Chinese technology news. So here we all were, feeling like rockstars.
I say this is China culture day because I think I learned a ton about contemporary culture, much more real culture than you'd see at staged tourist presentations of traditional dances and performances. The VP's were led around by these stunningly gorgeous Chinese women dressed in identical Asian looking dresses. During all the presentations, they stood quietly at the sides as decorations. After everyones' speeches, our 2 VP's, and a couple from China Unicom and China Mobile (cell phone companies here) all got up on the center of the stage. They each put their hand on a lecturn that was shaped like a Pocket PC power button, which lit up when they all touched it.
I could barely contain myself at what happened next. When they each pressed it, lights and music went off. The press conference felt like a multicolored flashing dance hall. Music and lights were everywhere. It felt like a video game. I was just waiting for Ya-Qin to announce "And I'll form the head!", turning into the last part of Voltron before the 4 conjoined VP's flew off to fight intergalactic threats, like Nokia.
Work peoples, I really am sorry I didn't bring a camera. I'm trying to track down photos of all this.
posted by Kyle | 8:16 AM
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