Final Meeting with Harry

Harry and I met for our last time this Thursday, and with that, Harry seemed to be the most chatty with me today. He had a lot to say today and I'm sad to say that I wish every conversation had gone more smoothly and naturally like this one did.

To really kind of wrap up our 45 minute discussion, I'll just hit some of the high points. We talked a lot about internships and work again. I asked him what his plans were since he already knew about mine, and he said he would just like to have something that would pay him. Unfortunately, it's difficult for him to get an internship, much more a paid internship in the U.S. Not really sure why, but it seems like countries give priority to citizens and not international students or others that have obtained a working visa. I asked him if he could get an internship where would he get it, and he said he wasn't sure at all. He knows he wants to do business but, as of right now, he doesn't know what direction he would want to take his business degree.

Whatever Harry does though, it must involve a lot of money, he definitely made that clear. He has an obsession with luxury vehicles and plans on buying a Lamborghini sometime in his life. His parents own a Jaguar and Mercedes (which he clarified to me that imported cars like that cause more than double what we pay for them) so, allow your minds to wander freely as to what they do. Harry said his parents own their own companies and constantly working to branch their businesses out. Harry has discovered that, although he doesn't know what they particularly do (which I found a bit odd), we doesn't want to do anything that they do... confusing, but I guess makes sense when you really think about it.

While talking about business, he mentioned that the United States has ridiculously cheaper products than China. In China, they tax all luxury imports that are unique to China in order to encourage spending on domestic goods, another aspect of the country that Harry isn't too fond of. He has already purchased his own Mercedes while being here and was excited tell me that when graduates his father will give him 100,000 Chinese dollars to purchase whatever car he'd like... now that, my friends, is a kind father! He doesn't know what he'll buy just yet, but he's excited for the day.

After our long discussion about money and cars mixed with a bit of laughter, Harry and I gave our final goodbyes. I wished him a safe trip home and he wished me a happy break. I think we'll still stay in touch.. I still need the name of that software...