Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Dinning table - Final









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The dining table, which is made of glass, signifies the high transparency that Zhang Yin considers is important to her personal character and her business methods.
(Zhang does not go into detail about how she made her fortune. In a society known for close ties and hidden deals between government officials and business leaders, she says simply, "I'm an honest businesswoman.")

The dining table is also circular in shape, with Zhang Yin and Carlos Slim sitting in the centre of the table.
The significance of Carlos Slim’s seating position is that it illustrates his own position in the business world. His many companies, which number in the hundreds, are so widespread and diverse that most everyone invariably puts money into his business.
In the midst of all these companies, Carlos Slim is in the very centre, surrounded by everything from his many business ventures, right down to the people who purchase his products.
(It's hard to spend a day in Mexico and not put money in his pocket. The 67-year-old tycoon controls more than 200 companies -- he says he's "lost count" -- in telecommunications, cigarettes, construction, mining, bicycles, soft-drinks, airlines, hotels, railways, banking and printing. In all, his companies account for more than a third of the total value of Mexico's leading stock market index, while his fortune represents 7% of the country's annual economic output. (At his height, John D. Rockefeller's wealth was equal to 2.5% of U.S. gross domestic product.)As one Mexico City eatery jokes on its menu: "This restaurant is the only place in Mexico not owned by Carlos Slim.")
Zhang Yin’s central seating position in relation to the circular table shows her independence from other people. Coming from such a modest background, Zhang built her own business and separated herself from the rat race, represented by the circle. (Most of the world's richest women inherited their wealth: from the Walton sisters of Wal-Mart fame to the daughters of the men who created Mars candy bars, L'OrĂ©al cosmetics and BMW.But not Zhang. She started out from a modest background, the daughter of a military officer.)
The circular shape of the table also represents the nature of Zhang primary business of paper recycling. The circle is a depiction of the cycle that the paper undertakes, and how Zhang completes the circle by taking the disposed paper and recycling it for reuse. ("I remember what a man in the business told me back then," Zhang Yin said. "He said, 'Waste paper is like a forest. Paper recycles itself, generation after generation.'")

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