Not Quite Live From Chengdu
My fleeting 15:21 minutes of dubious fame.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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It's good to see you in action but one thing puzzles me.... Why is it, whenever you speak, you start off in a deep, male Germanic accent speaking English, then halfway through you change to a high-pitched, female Oriental accent and start speaking Cantonese/Mandarin....?
Nice tie. I don't know much about the language (in fact, I barely understand English, and it's my only language), but she seemed to be using a great many more words than you were.
Hi Bertel, nice to see you. Bist sogar noch wiederzuerkennen. Unfreiwillig (?) komisch. Wie in alten Zeiten. Am Ende der Welt. Mußte herzlich lachen. Und freue mich, dass es Dich noch gibt. Blauweiße Grüße aus dem Chiemgau von der ehemaligen Ruth Ladwig (die heute Ruth Rothweiler heißt)