Song Feiqing Memo

Since the last decision memo, many of original tactics and goals remained. For example, we envisioned that at least one of our family members would become a factory owner, and Barry managed to purchase a permit, allowing him to focus on producing textiles. In addition to achieve monetary and material wealth, we were able to garner a considerate amount of status points. Nina passed two exams which allowed her to gain over 100 status points; this propelled our family to a state where we are now in the middle of stage for influence. Through our low- risk strategies, we managed to stay alive. While other families lacked basic commodities such as textiles and grain, we were able to wear clothes and eat adequately for each turn. The reason we were able to avoid untimely

In order to maintain our livelihood during the political upheaval, we choose to pay attention to education in favor of improving our business, migration to city to avoid conflict with the Japanese, and participation in the Nationalists Party. As we learned in Ancestral Leaves, Song Feiqing studied chemistry which in return enabled him to reduce production cost; “Song Feiqing, developed a chemical method for stripping the dark color from Chinese hair and dying it red, brunette, gray, and blond to match the hair color of American and European customers. With this method, Dechang purchased hair domestically in China and reduced costs of production significantly” (Sheehan, 26). Consequently, it is best for us educated in the sciences rather than old Confucius texts. We desire to move to the city for two reasons: expand our business operation and escape the constant terror created by the Japanese in the countryside. Lacking more widespread modes of transporting goods, the small towns provide little room for any business from growing past the