"This is Mr. Wu, my assistant," I said. Director Gao, I'm not hiding from you. I'm actually engaged in machinery business, but the company suddenly dropped me to make clothes. I'm a little hard to do here. Fortunately, my secretary is a master in this field, and I have to rely more on him to do my work. I paused and then said, "Hey hey, such an expert as director Gao, won't bully me as a novice?" Ha ha.

I first exposed my shortcomings, then pretended to be holding up the other side. In this way, Director Gao believed in me even more. It also strengthened his conviction that I...