“Yitian, I am wondering if you can help me, just for 3 weeks, while I am gone. I hope I am not asking for too much.(弈田,我在想你是不是可以來幫幫我。就三個禮拜,我馬上要出差了。我希望沒有要求太多。)”Bernard(貝納爾德) 在電話裏問程弈田。他不喜歡用MSN,即便是有這個那個優點,那個東西還是太浪費時間,打字再快也沒有說話快。
“I think so.(可以的。)”弈田很爽快就答應了,一來自己可以學一些東西;二來,Bernard(貝納爾德)馬上要去Cincinnati(辛辛那提)三個禮拜,他們做產品市場開拓谘詢的,一有重要項目基本上都是要一天工作16小時,也實在沒有辦法跟上這裏的進度。
“I am so grateful, thank you so much Yitian.(太謝謝你了弈田。)”要是麵對麵,程弈田想,Bernard(貝納爾德)可能要很紳士地給她行脫帽禮。“Shall we meet one last time before I leave this late afternoon?(我們可不可以在我離開之前見一次麵?)” Bernard(貝納爾德)很不好意思地繼續問道。
“Sure. I can make the time this early Sunday afternoon. Where shall we meet?(當然可以。我今天下午有時間,我們哪裏見?”
“We are actually in Jean Jacque's right now. Would you mind coming here?(我們現在這會兒正在讓傑克家裏,不知道你是否方便來一下?)”不明就裏的Bernard(貝納爾德)想的是Jean Jacuqe(讓傑克)這裏非常方便, 而且很多資料都在CEO(首席執行官)的電腦裏,挪個窩不是那麽容易的事。
雖然不是那麽願意再一次那麽接近奚濤,為了另外三人的方便,程弈田還是說了句“See you in a bit then.(待會兒見)”
“Great!(太好了!)”聽到了全部對話的Roy(諾)挺高興他又可以見到那個可愛的中國女孩,但他還真是有點納悶:去年,他就聽Jean Jacque(讓傑克)說起過奚濤和弈田的關係;後來他以前實驗室的Maggie(美琪)宣布跟奚濤訂婚,而且Maggie(美琪)還跟大家說奚濤因為程弈田和Jean Jacque(讓傑克)在談戀愛而跟弈田分手,選擇了跟她訂婚。雖然他看出Jean Jacque(讓傑克)對弈田有好感,自己也覺得他們挺配,還想撮合他們,但是他沒有看出他倆有任何親密的聯係和舉動,而且Jean Jacque(讓傑克)還一個勁地把程弈田往西部推。不管是不是真的,這會兒,弈田主動說去Jean Jacque(讓傑克)那邊集合,她難道不尷尬嗎?要是碰到手挽著奚濤的Maggie(美琪),她該怎麽麵對?要麽,這個女孩徹頭徹尾地神經大條;要麽,她就是一個super girl, a strong one that no one can defeat(超級女生,一個沒有任何人可以打敗的女生).
BRJ成立一年半了,前期的工作也有了些起色:Jean Jacque(讓傑克)這邊在山羊上的臨床試驗非常成功;Roy(諾)那邊在醫院銷試驗售渠道調研方麵有很好的進展;在Bernard這塊兒有兩個小天使投資人願意參與共同合作生產,甚至有一個還願意用他在中國的工廠來製造人造椎間盤的母材。正在這個要更多資金進行人類臨床,需要尋找更大的風險基金投資的檔口,如果沒有一個好的品牌,一個亮出來就能顯出自己特色的名字,做海量的presentation(路演)的時候,賣點就不能那麽吸引人。
“We need a brand name for the product, and we don't really have a good name yet.(我們到現在還沒給我們的產品找個好名字呢,我們真的需要一個。)”Bernard(貝納爾德)顯得有些著急。
“How about Movaback?(Movaback怎麽樣?)”程弈田坐在綠色蘭鈴沙發上,雙手嵌在大腿和沙發中間,隨意地問其他三人道。
“I like it! Thank you Yitian, movable back!(好,我喜歡!謝謝你弈田,Movaback!)”尹伯文坐在他的電腦桌旁,一拍桌子大聲叫好,“Well, can you believe, I was thinking about this name too!(你們相信嗎,我剛才也想到這個名字了!)”
“Yeah, bullshit, don't steal her idea, ok?(吹牛,別偷人家的點子,好吧?)”Roy(諾)手裏拿著剛從飲水機裏接的純淨水,拍了拍尹伯文的肩,“Dude, you pushed the most brilliant girl away to the west!(就你小子還把這麽聰明的姑娘攆到西海岸去!)”
“Hey, she can help your dad to expand his ramen business too, Roy!(嘿諾,她也可以幫你爸拓展他的拉麵生意啊!)”程弈田發現,隻要有Roy(諾)和尹伯文的地方,類似的調侃就不可能停止。
“Honestly, Yitian, I love the name too! It's exactly how I am selling it every day! I keep telling people that once you use this intervertebral disk, you don't have to fuse your two bones, and you still get to keep the flexibility! God damn, I can never think about this name!(說老實話,弈田,我也喜歡這個名字。我們每天正是這麽賣這個產品的!我不停的告訴病人一旦他們用了我們的椎間盤,你們就不用像平常的手術一樣需要把兩段脊椎骨連合在一起,原先有的柔韌性得以保留!天,你說我怎麽就沒有想到這個名字呢!)”說著,又走過去盛了一杯水,遞給弈田,“Cheers!(幹杯)”Roy(諾)又跟弈田來了個幹杯動作。
“Wonderful, Yitian. Document it in the log, let me see,(太棒了,弈田。把這件事記下來,我看看啊,)”Bernard(貝納爾德)抬起手腕,看看表,說,“It’s March 5th. Yeah, in the future, when we publish our history in Wall street, we will list this as one of our Company Events, the birth of Movaback!(今天是3月5好。以後我們在華爾街日報上出現的時候我們就把今天的日子當作是Movaback的生日!)”
“What's your plan to get the investment we need?(你們打算怎麽去幫我們籌錢的呢?)”程弈田已然把自己看成是BRJ的第一個正式雇員了,說話中的“你們”成了“我們”。
“We are going to a business plan competition in MIT later this year, and before that we are going to present in a world Back Conference in Seattle.(我們今天下半年打算去MIT的商業計劃大賽,在那之前,我會去西雅圖參加世界背脊大會。)”尹伯文說,“We did not do well in the business plan competition last year in Harvard. We were too new and I did not have a good understanding what it takes to bring up a successful start up. The only thing I realized back then was I need tons of money.(我們去年在哈佛舉行的商業計劃比賽上成績不好。那時候我們太年輕了,也不知道怎麽才可以把一個小初創公司做大。當時我隻是意識到我們需要很多很多的錢。)”
“And this dumb guy sold his car for cheap, yeah, that 7000 dollars will help!(然後,這個笨蛋就把他的車賤賣了。你真以為那7000塊錢可以幫上忙!)”Roy(諾)接著尹伯文的話說下去,發現自己可能要引出不必要提起的人的名字,轉過話題來,“Jean Jacque is going to the 800 some birthday of his high school to beg for money, right?(讓傑克會去參加他的高中的800年生日宴會,到那兒去討錢,對吧?)”
“Yeah,他們是大拿,”不知道他哪裏學來這個說法,“One guy is the CEO of Total, one of the biggest companies in the world. He graduated from the same high school as I did. You know what? He has back pain!(這個人是Total的首席執行官。Total是世界上排得上號的大公司。他也是從我們高中畢業的。知道嗎?他也有後背痛的問題!”wow,市場消息很豐富嘛。尹伯文有點像北京天橋的說書人,“He has a special standing desk in his office and a high end massage chair. Poor guy, he can't work on this laptop when he is lying down on his massage chair, and he can't support his big belly by standing up. His knees hurt.(他在辦公室裏有一個特殊的可以站著工作的工作台,還有一個高大上的按摩椅。可憐見的,他躺在按摩椅上的時候是用不了電腦,做不了工作的啊。不僅如此,他要是站著工作久了,他的大肚子壓得他膝蓋疼!)”頓了一下,好似抖好了包袱,向四座一望,接著說,“You know what, I signed up for the parachute show that day, and I am going to land right beside him. Like an angel, nah, I am going to wear wings, you know those kinds of birthday wings, I will tell him that Movaback is going to save his back!(我啊,已經報名參加跳傘表演了。我會恰好降落在他身邊,就像一個天使那樣的。對了,我還要帶一對翅膀。經常在公園裏參加小朋友的生日宴會他們帶的那種翅膀。我會告訴他,我就是來拯救他的後背的天使!)”
“好!”程弈田舉起剛才Roy給的塑料水杯,“To the Angel!(像天使致敬!)”
Yeah!四雙手聚在一起搭成一個井字。