Lin Lan continued to laugh and said, "Have you forgotten? While we were still working against each other, when you finished your assignment from the French stock market and returned to the United States, you poached one of my company's talents.

Suddenly my eyes lit up and I knocked on my head. "You mean Pierre?"

"Yes, dear. Don't tell me he's not your man!"

"Pierre is of course my man." I laughed and said, "That's great! God, I almost forgot him. Poor Pierre may still be in Shanghai as the light rod commander of his Aud China branch!"

The so-called Odd China Branch, in fact, is the only thing that...