A person's life unless doing nothing, do not work, otherwise the relationship always and desk and office place. My life from the first job to now have their own office building, dozens of years have been sitting in a wide variety of offices, also used a large and small office desk. All this and personal encounters are related, can also be seen from the rise and fall of a personal situation.
My first job was working as a reporter in Kunming news agency, Chinese in Anti Japanese war. In 1944 I was admitted to the "Central News Agency" of the rear area of Kunming, poverty, poor. "Near the central news agency site in Jinbi Road is an old house. Editors and reporters in a large room office, like a house. In order to adapt to the environment, save space, office desk together into a t-shaped. You in front of me, I toward him, face to face relative, no slightest personal privacy, but the collective life, but accustomed to is no improper, anyway, each did his work, to develop the work did not say much so as not to affect the mood of the work of others, twenty or thirty people in a large room, in addition to the voice through the paper of or for the phone to ring, no noise. This is my life the only special experience, and now a new era of big office of the noisy atmosphere is really cannot be mention in the same breath.
After the victory of the war of resistance against Japan, the autumn of 1945, I was transferred to work in Shanghai news agency, Shezhi is Yuanmingyuan Road in Shanghai, of course, the environment better. The interview group has its own work, each has its own desk; the phone also has two or three spare. The building has an elevator, there are heating in winter, when there is no air-conditioning, but there are fans, not too hot in the summer. Edit group, group, telecommunications group, group interviews are office, President of the chamber very stylish, President Feng Youzhen is a prodigy. The staff are very friendly, but numbered, a business trip died in a plane crash. He is president Xiao Tongzi's master, unfortunately.
In addition to the "Central News Agency", I was in the Civil Air Transport Inc for the company in the country, English magazine editor. Then and I the company's founder and chairman Chenault general has friendship, so I in the office is also quite comfortable. I hired two assistants, of course, my desk is independently and on the table can put a lot of books, this is my greatest enjoyment. Early around smoking, a lot of people on the desk have an ashtray, a cigarette in the hands of an endless enjoyment.
I had a lot of the president's office, the office will be their each one has its own merits. The president of the United States Office in the west wing, lived in east. Equivalent access. Every time the new president took office by the first lady to re arrange the president's office in person. Every president will put family portrait photo in the most prominent position, to show his love to his wife and children. The first time I entered the office of President Bill Clinton, he put the office layout are all yiyidaolai, even on the table of a few souvenirs said clearly, this shows that he is a master of propaganda.
President Reagan's office has been in a number of times, and his desk is always a beautiful photo of his wife, Nancy. In addition, there are two of them. Mrs. Reagan deserves to be the standard of husband and wife.
During the War I often in the line of duty to Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), often have the opportunity to see the South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu and vice president Rangachi. There is a lot of ivory President Thieu at the entrance to the office, and now I do not know where.
President Thieu's desk is authentic Vietnamese lacquer boutique, I was praised. Shortly afterwards, Nguyen Van Thieu unexpectedly send a almost exactly the same desk for me, and now still put in my office building only Wushirenfei, no sigh?!
Very brilliant deceased former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos's office, his desk is extremely large, of course, this is after his wife, Imelda arrangement. From the curtain to the carpet has a style of glory, splendour, wealth and rank. Marcos in his later years in exile in the United States died in Hawaii, fairness, he had appointed is indeed for the Philippines do a lot of things, the Philippines into the new century, joining international organizations. Mrs. I Mimayuzumi also built a cultural center, the removal of some of Manila's slums, but the power and potential is difficult to resist the temptation to have a second term on the name of corruption, and finally was the fate of the exile.
If the office can speak, they face the vicissitudes of life will have to say not the best of it.
I was lucky enough to see a big desk in Shanghai. It was in the home of Liu Jingji, a Shanghai entrepreneur. Liu Jingji is Chinese car king, is also Taiwan female entrepreneur Wu Shunwen's brother-in-law, has died in Shanghai several years ago. He used the many antiques and paintings, I in his home as a guest, he let me watch antiques and paintings outside, also please I appreciate his collection for many years a big desk, is said to be in the Ming Dynasty Palace Royal table. On the desk writing brush and inkstone number of branch, according to Gong Jing said when the red guards to move the desk, but too heavy lift, so I dropped it.
I have been to South Korea's former president, Pu Zhengxi, and Quan Douhuan's office. At that time both north and South Korea tensions, presidential palace not only the, and security meticulous, unless the important guests, otherwise it shall be in the drawing room to meet and not to the president's office. I have the honor to be invited to the president's office, although not very unexpectedly overwhelmed by an unexpected favour. Now Pu Zhengxi has died from a gun under, Quan Douhuan has to retire. South Korea and North Korea Kim Dae Jung and Kim Jong Il has a surface of a handshake, the Korean War has gone through more than fifty years ago, Ge to beat their swords into plowshares, yeah? Not the Lord?
I in the United States and Beijing Washington hard work forty years, now finally have his office, his office and in private, in the office building a desk, a desk, in May. If the Year Taipei airline no because first husband died and my desk from the third floor relegated to the second floor, I may also not angrily to the United States since the world. When young, I do not stay here, keep people at their own. Did not expect the day outside the day, the way is to come out of their own.
Beijing has beautiful autumn, looked at the window of the maple leaf has been dyed red, deep. It should have been off work. Say goodbye to office and office.
　　
(from the Taiwan "United Daily News")
Turin Chong Han