The Happy Life of the Master of ShinHong Trading

Source: AAAB yearbook (2022). Original author: Huang Dejun

The Happy Life of Master of ShinHong Trading ——Interview with Mr. Pinci Cao, a famous social activist in Boston

Author: Huang Dejun

In Boston, Massachusetts, United States, people who are familiar with Mr. Cao will always give their full applaud and praise. Who is the master of Sheng Hong trading? He is: Mr. Pinci Cao, Co-Executive President of Boston Asian-American Association, Vice President of American World Cheongsam Federation, Chairman of New England-Germany Sande Office, Director of Boston Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and proprietor of Shen Hong Trading Pharmacy in Boston Chinatown.

A happy life has a hundred kinds of tastes: some are the feeling of enjoy pleasure in good times, and some are avoiding this noisy world with a negative feeling, and try to find a self-indulgent leisure...; Mr. Cao is not a saint, he is also very ordinary, but he is very hardworking: he do what he likes to do, be with like-minded people, and rely on his own efforts to live what his desired life . He is Loyal to charity, enthusiastic about public welfare, gathering overseas Chinese groups, inheriting culture, willing to contribute, and very rich in family and country feelings... This is the true portrayal of his happy life! Coincidentally, when the author first met Mr. Cao, the owner of Shin Hong trading , the author was entrusted by a friend to pick up a few pairs of traditional Chinese medicines at Shin Hong Medicine Store in Chinatown, Mr. Cao's enthusiasm, sincerity, frankness, and frankness left a deep impression on the author. With further communication, the author has a general understanding of the happy life of him.

"Taste people's affections to prosper in art and be compassionate and moral to wealth." Mr. Cao, the owner of Shin Hong trading, was originally from Duanfen Town, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong. He traveled to the United States in 1988, and New York was the first stop for him to immigrate to the United States. In 2003, he moved to Boston, where he managed Yongxing Restaurant and Food Wholesale Store in Chinatown. "Taste people's affections to prosper in art and be compassionate and moral to wealth." This is written by the president of the Sino-American Literature and Art Teaching and Research Association, Mr. Li Jiahuo, who has been invited to give lectures at Harvard University, Renmin University of China, Wuhan University and other colleges and universities. Author thinks The poems that Mr. Li donated to Mr. Cao demonstrate a highlevel summary of Mr. Cao's skillful communication skill, and integrity in business and wealth. Introduced by a friend, the author went to Shin Hong antique to purchase an item one day. Mr. Pin Ci Cao, the owner of Shin Hong antique, warmly received the author. When he learned about the purpose of the author's purchase of a valuable item (more than 400 US dollars), he frankly said. Saying that, in your situation, the item only has little practical use to you, and it is advisable not to waste money. The author was quite surprised at the time, and then quite moved! The author's shopping experience in Shin Hong antique deeply felt Mr. Cao's "evaluation of human feelings" and "compassion and morality". " If people in the world don't get sick, I won’t mind dust covered my medicine," these are sentencing that Mr. Cao often borrows. For more than ten years, Mr. Cao, the owner of Shin Hong antique, he has been adhering to the tenet and concept of "honesty, business ethics", and has won a good reputation in Boston Chinatown. It is also because of the reputation of being honest and operating with integrity and integrity, Shin Hong Trading has prosperous business and abundant financial resources.

Respect virtue and be righteous, you can be poor without losing righteousness, and never depart from morality. This is the thought of Confucianism. The ethnic and surname offices in Chinatowns are an important part of the community structure, connecting with the cadastral and clans of the original hometown, consolidating the strength of the ethnic group. In contemporary times, due to changes in the immigrant demographics, traditional immigrant clans in Chinatown The order of the association gradually became loose or even disintegrated, and the cohesion of the public office weakened. To reverse the decline and revive the brilliance of the clan's office, there must be a leader who is influential, appealing, and willing to serve and dedicate to stand up. In 2008, Mr. Cao, the owner of Shin Hong trading, who is warmhearted, willing to be kind, courageous, and quite Confucian and businessman, followed the call and took over the responsibility of the chairman of the Chinatown Zhide Sande Office in Boston. For more than ten years, Mr. Cao has devoted himself to community friendship, member activities, connecting clans, helping the weak, setting up scholarships for his mother school Duanfen Middle School, attracting investment for hometown construction, donating money and materials, etc. In many charitable and public welfare activities in other aspects, this kind of family affection and care for compatriots has never been interrupted. In the early summer of 2011, Mr. Hu Bailong, who had just retired as Secretary of the Party Committee of Jiangmen Wuyi University, visited Boston. During the period, I visited the Zhide Sande Public Office with a long history of Wu, Zhou, Weng, and Cao . Mr. Cao, the chairman of the public office, led the members of the office to carry out various activities vividly, so as to enhance the sense of belonging, identity and development of the clan community. The members are Impressed by the positive role of cohesion, and much appreciated!

Befriend with Mr. Yun Long Zhen and practice the concept of the Asia-American Association

Mr. Cao and Mr. Yun Long Zhen have known each other for a long time, but the real connection was when Mr. Pin Ci Cao participated in the preparation of CCTV's first "I want to go to the Spring Festival Gala" (overseas version) event in 2015 and invited Mr. Klysler Yen to New York as a judge. As the head of "Sing Tao Daily" Boston area and the founder of the Asia-American Association, Mr. Zhen appreciates Mr. Cao’s enthusiasm, wisdom and excellent event organization and planning ability, and more importantly, his enthusiasm for public welfare The spirit of career, service and dedication, and the brilliance of Mr. Cao's character are undoubtedly in line with the purpose and concept of the Asian-American Association of "integrating the Asian-American ethnic group, and the community home, lighting up oneself, illuminating others' service dedication". The development of China needs such a handsome man to promote and carry forward. Mr. Cao, the owner of Shin Hong trading, gladly accepted the recommendation of Mr. Zhen and became the director of the Asian American Association. Later, because of his talent, he was elected by the board of directors as the joint executive chairman of the Asian American Association. influenced by Mr. Zhen, who is also Mr. Cao’s teacher and a friend, Mr. Cao, the leader of Shin Hong trading, has risen to a new level in his vision, mind, bearing and pattern. Together with Mr. Zhen, the founder of the Asian American Association, and Mr. Fei Pan, the executive chairman of the Asian American Association, and other like-minded core figures of the Asian American Association, he has been in contact with politics and business, communication with overseas Chinese groups, inheritance of culture, integration of Asian and American ethnic groups, and service. Community and other public welfare undertakings have done a lot of fruitful work.

As the joint executive chairman of the Asian American Association and the director of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, he and his colleagues on the board of directors have invited the mayor of Boston and other dignitaries to Lantern Festivals and give warmth to more than a thousand elders in the community for many years; under his effort, many season of Asian -American Festival, The Spring Festival Gala of the overseas Chinese community were successfully held ; on Christmas, he also invited representatives of Chinese students to taste tea and talk about Taoism, talk about Chinese and Western culture and education, and share a seafood feast with full of humanistic care; hold the Asian American Association’s Life Salon in Shin Hong trading to provide free financial management, insurance, job-planning and life insurance suggestions for the community. He also successfully held a charity auction music dinner; actively promoted the exchange activities of the traditional Chinese cheongsam culture around the world... Among the many public welfare activities of the Asian American Association, he has been active all the time. The enthusiastic and busy figure of Mr. Pin Ci Cao, the owner of Shin Hong trading. A happy life is not only an attitude, a pursuit, but also a state and a feeling! The owner of Shen Hong Trading, Mr. Cao, is still pursuing his happy life!

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