2006
年圣诞节期间，我妹妹到我这里小住几天。我们俩去韩亚龙，一家位于40号路的韩国超市，买菜。一个中国妇女走上来跟我们攀谈起来。她叫房敏。她说他们组织一些聚会给中国人提供学习金融知识的机会，看我们想不想参加。我和她交换了联系电话。两三个星期后，房敏告诉我那个星期有讲座。我开车到了她家，然后跟她一起去了他们在Gaithersburg的办公室。她的上级一个叫Lucy发表了演讲。还有一些人汇报了他们最近的销售或吸收成员的业绩。我了解到他们公司叫World Financial Group(WFG)，传销保险产品，跟雅芳和安利的销售模式一样。她们说他们做的不是传销。
这以后，房敏拜访了我和我的中国邻居，说服我们加入她们的组织。我去房敏家或公司办公室参加了几个讲座。
Lucy邀请了她的上级或朋友来演讲，有几个业绩特别突出。比如，一个越南会计叫Andy的，一个退役黑人军人叫Steven的。他们买了大洋房，购了私人飞机，以及度了梦寐以求得假期。我参加了一次他们全国性的在Buffalo, Ohio 举行的年会。很长的车程，四人住一个房间，每个人承担各自吃住费用。一个女同伴不满她和她丈夫的关系对着我们哭了出来。我还去Lucy 位于14417 Foolish Pleasure Rd. Boyds, MD 的家参加了聚会。实在推托不了房敏的请求，我交了100 美元入会费。但是我知道从他们那里没有多少金融知识可学，而且我也不想把朋友的联系信息交给他们。我就没再参与他们的任何活动了。所有的都不是我在韩亚龙第一次从房敏那里听说后所期望的。 但是我确实遇到了一些住在我附近的中国人。 开车去演讲地后我对我周边的地区也增加了了解。这是我在此郡居住工作的第一个半年头.
During 2006 Christmas’ holiday week, my younger sister visited me. We together went to buy grocery in H-Mart, a Korean grocery store selling Asian food located at route 40. There was one Chinese lady name Min Fang approached us and asked if we wanted to learn some financial knowledge. She told us that they were educating Chinese about financial life and there were meetings every couple weeks. We exchanged phone numbers.
Couple weeks later, Min phoned me and asked me if I wanted to attend the meeting hosted that week. I drove to her house and attended meeting with her in their office in Gaithersburg. Her leader, Lucy, made a speech, then couple other people reported what they’ve done. I learned their company is named World Financial Group (WFG), Multi-Level Marketing insurance products. It’s same as the Avon or Amway’s sales schema.
After that, Min visited me and my neighbor to persuade us to become a member of their team. I attended couple similar meetings in their office and Min’s house. Lucy invited her leaders or friends, Vietnamese, African-American, and Chinese, to make speeches too. Attended their nation-wide meeting hosted in Ohio once. It was long drive. 4 ppl shared one bedroom. Each of us paid the share of trip expenses. One of ladies burst in cry for her relation with her husband. Attended a gathering in Lucy’s house located at 14417 Foolish Pleasure Rd Boyds, MD. Couldn’t resist Min Fang’s persuasion and paid $100.00 to register for the membership. But I realized that there was not much financial stuff to learn accept their insurance products. Most of that has been learned in College. Also I don’t want to give out my friends’ contacting information. So I quit attending their meetings.
Nothing was expected when I first time heard about it from Ming in the grocery store. But I did meet some Chinese living around me. By driving back and forth the meeting places, I got to know the places around me. That was my 1st year and half in this county…
