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The Competitor
Under the auspices of the Beike Corporation, Fang Xin's software had met with great success in the Chinese market. It was at this tie that his ex-wife Xie Hong returned from the U.S., with an investment and partnership offer from her company in tow. Despite knowing the frame and power of the company behind her, Fang Xin refused. Soon, piece, by piece, his life fell apart. First a lawsuit from XieHong, then a growing mistrust from his wife Xiaoyue. Fang Xin had little choice but to claw his way out of the slow hell his life had become.
- GenresChina
108 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2017
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December 30, 2021
Computer software company goes through some drama, main character is an idiot. Who cares.
I finally finished the entire Chinese Breeze collection, and it's actually amazing how they managed to make such boring readers.
I like reading challenges, so I probably would have ditched this series if I didn't challenge myself to read every graded reader I could get my hands on in an attempt to one day get really good at reading Mandarin. I will say that it proves Krashen's theory that input needs to be comprehensible and compelling to be of use. I could feel my comprehension nosediving because I got so bored and angry at the stupid plots, and this created a negative feedback cycle of understanding less the more I got frustrated, and the less I understood the more I got frustrated.
My brain finally wouldn't let me sit down and read it, so I just read along with the audio to blow through the book quicker. Meanwhile, I'm working through a native book with LingQ that I only have a grasp of 50% of the vocabulary, but I'll happily spend hours going through a chapter and not realize the time.
On a positive note, I absolutely adored the male narrator, he was really good at exaggerating the tones and enunciating, the female was not great - several times she paused and coughed and had to restart.
In conclusion, fuck Chinese Breeze.
I finally finished the entire Chinese Breeze collection, and it's actually amazing how they managed to make such boring readers.
I like reading challenges, so I probably would have ditched this series if I didn't challenge myself to read every graded reader I could get my hands on in an attempt to one day get really good at reading Mandarin. I will say that it proves Krashen's theory that input needs to be comprehensible and compelling to be of use. I could feel my comprehension nosediving because I got so bored and angry at the stupid plots, and this created a negative feedback cycle of understanding less the more I got frustrated, and the less I understood the more I got frustrated.
My brain finally wouldn't let me sit down and read it, so I just read along with the audio to blow through the book quicker. Meanwhile, I'm working through a native book with LingQ that I only have a grasp of 50% of the vocabulary, but I'll happily spend hours going through a chapter and not realize the time.
On a positive note, I absolutely adored the male narrator, he was really good at exaggerating the tones and enunciating, the female was not great - several times she paused and coughed and had to restart.
In conclusion, fuck Chinese Breeze.
January 29, 2019
In the third book on the 新月公司, we learn how Fang Xin meet his ex-wife again and struggles to release a new version of his 新月中文 software.
As with all books of the Chinese breeze, the level of Chinese is just right for intermediate Chinese learners. The storyline is interesting enough to keep on reading until the end.
As with all books of the Chinese breeze, the level of Chinese is just right for intermediate Chinese learners. The storyline is interesting enough to keep on reading until the end.
December 21, 2018
This graded reader was better than most of the ones in the Chinese Breeze series that I have read recently. I was interested enough that I wanted to find out what happens.
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