<p class="ql-block">一口气看完了川普的《交易的艺术》（Trump: The Art of the Deal）一书。对川普有了一个崭新的认识。川普负面很多，但是看了这本书以后觉得他非常的不简单。</p><p class="ql-block">下面是他介绍买海湖庄园的过程，非常有意思。</p><p class="ql-block">Mar-a-Lago for sale at an asking price of $25 million. I first looked at Mar-a-Lago while vacationing in Palm Beach in 1982. Almost immediately I put in a bid of $15 million, and it was promptly rejected. Over the next few years, the foundation signed contracts with several other buyers at higher prices than I’d offered, only to have them fall through before closing. Each time that happened, I put in another bid, but always at a lower sum than before. Finally, in late 1985, I put in a cash offer of $5 million, plus another $3 million for the furnishings in the house. Apparently, the foundation was tired of broken deals. They accepted my offer, and we closed one month later.</p><p class="ql-block">海湖庄园要价 2500 万美元。我第一次看海湖庄园是在 1982 年，当时我正在棕榈滩度假。我几乎立刻就报出了 1500 万美元的报价，但很快就被拒绝了。在接下来的几年里，基金会与其他几位买家签订了合同，价格都比我开的要高，但最后却在交易完成前失败了。每次发生这种情况，我都会再次报出报价，但总是比之前的价格要低。最后，在 1985 年底，我报出了 500 万美元的现金报价，外加 300 万美元的家具费。显然，基金会已经厌倦了交易失败。他们接受了我的报价，我们在一个月后就完成了交易。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">川普的座右铭：</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">我讨厌诉讼和证词，但事实上，如果你是对的，你就必须坚持立场，否则人们会欺负你。</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:18px;">I hate lawsuits and depositions, but the fact is that if you’re right, you’ve got to take a stand, or people will walk all over you.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">有时放纵一下也是有好处的。</p><p class="ql-block">Sometimes it pays to be a little wild.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">对孩子的教育影响和一般的父亲一样。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> 我九岁的儿子唐尼打电话问我什么时候回家。无论我在做什么，我总是接孩子们的电话。我还有另外两个孩子——六岁的伊万卡和三岁的埃里克——随着他们长大，做父亲变得越来越容易。我爱他们所有人，但我从来都不擅长玩玩具卡车和洋娃娃。不过，现在唐尼开始对建筑、房地产和体育感兴趣了，这很好。我告诉唐尼我会尽快回家，但他坚持要一个时间。也许他继承了我的基因：孩子不会接受拒绝的答案。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">My nine-year-old son, Donny, calls to ask when I’ll be home. I always take calls from my kids, no matter what I’m doing. I have two others—Ivanka, six, and Eric, three—and as they get older, being a father gets easier. I adore them all, but I’ve never been great at playing with toy trucks and dolls. Now, though, Donny is beginning to get interested in buildings and real estate and sports, and that’s great. I tell Donny I’ll be home as soon as I can, but he insists on a time. Perhaps he’s got my genes: the kid won’t take no for an answer.</p>