Cango Inc. (NYSE:CANG) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript August 24, 2023 Operator: Good morning, and good evening, everyone. Welcome to Cango, Inc.’s Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This call is also being broadcast live on the company’s IR website. Joining us today are Mr. Jiayuan Lin, Chief Executive Officer; and Mr. Yongyi […]
in writing this book, a lot of people asked me what did you learn about your father? you feel like over 40 years you know everything about him. there was one piece of my dad s life, in 1969 when he served in vietnam as a combat photographer that he just never talked about. didn t want to talk about it. i nibbled around it. several times. you have a couple of drinks on the back porch and he never wanted to go there. he had these photographs because he was a combat photographer. i had some sense of what he had been doing but he didn t want to talk about it. i think it s exactly what you said. he s told me he didn t want to be the guy in the bar trading on the deaths of guys he knew, on the deaths of 58,000 guys in vietnam. he didn t want to be a war story guy. he was living in denial. didn t want to talk about it. i said, wouldn t it be great in this book if you took this opportunity and told me and told other people about what you went through and so he sat down and he wrote through it
don t you miss having war stories to tell? he said no, my friends never tell the stories. is it your sense that your father, did he ever come clean and tell you the bad stuff that happened in vietnam? it s funny, in writing this book, a lot of people asked you what did you learn about your father? you feel like over 40 years you know about everything about him. but there was a year from 1969 when he served in vietnam as a combat photographer that he department want to talk about. i nibbled around it several times. he would have a couple of drinks and try to go there and he just never wanted to. he had these photographs, because he was a combat photographer, so i had some sense of what he had been doing and what he had seen, but he didn t want to talk about it. i think it s what you said. he told me he didn t want to be the guy in the bar trading on the deaths of 58,000 guys in vietnam. he didn t want to be a war story guy. and also he was living in