Business Negotiation

There is a very high demand for native English speakers here in Qingdao. There are many schools looking for a foreign face that they can then upsell to there clients. In fact, to them just the appearance is more important than the qualification.

This week I decided to make some money off of the referrals that I have been giving. I have a friend here that has his MBA from Yale as well as his TOEFL teaching certification. I met with the school that I have been teaching Business English with today to negotiate a finder’s fee. I am waiting for them to write up the contract, which will pay me 300RMB after the teacher has been hired and worked 5 lessons. Funny, as I was telling the boss about his qualifications he said they dont matter just that he is a foreigner??

I am not sure how far this will go, but I do know several teachers and as I meet them in the coffeeshops or where ever else, I can go ahead and do what I would ordinarily do; make a friendship and try to help out - only this time, I have an arrangment where I can get a few extra bucks out of the deal!

Other than that, I have been living in a new apartment with a German girl. The place is nice, but it has gotten a lot smaller since she returned from her trip. Either way, I still have my credit from the Century 21 office, so I will probably start looking for a new place here pretty soon. I’m too old for roommates

I taught tonight as well. It was the MAERSK class, which I like very much - they are all quite intelligent and we can have interesting conversations about all different topics - my typical class strategy is to start off with idioms and quotes - high end quotes from Voltaire, Twain, Montaigne, and of course Muhammed Ali! After that I usually print off a business article regarding China, the Economy, etc. It is a class that I really look forward to each Thursday. Tonight the article was about whether there are consequences to China’s red hot growth.

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