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e company, and competing against the Japanese was a big challenge. I was the first foreign company, non- Japanese company, in the steel industry. So that taught me a lot of lessons that we have to work very hard. We must have a lot of commitment and dedication to the business. We have to deliver a better product then our competition. We have to have better productivity then our competition.
SB: Okay, at that point we take another break, but there's much more to come on Talk Asia. When we come back Lakshmi Mittal I'll be talking to you about your early childhood; how you lived in a home with out electricity and running water. Stay tuned for another part of Talk Asia.
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SB: Welcome back. Our guest today is Lakshmi Mittal, a man with humble beginnings. You grew up in a very simple home in Western India, in the desert, but then perhaps one of your family members had a sense about your future, because you were named Lakshmi. Explain to everyone what your name means.
LM: Lakshmi stands, in India, for Goddess of wealth. 在印度，拉克希米是一位财富女神。
SB: So they had a sense that, perhaps, you would grow up to be rich?所以你的家族成员都有这样的一种感觉： 你长大了会发财。
LM: Perhaps they wanted this way.
SB: Do you think about your name sometimes? And has that been any motivation at all? 你有时是否也会想起名字的意义？是否是一种激励的力量？
LM: No, no, it never occurred to me. I grew up in a place where there was no electricity, no running water, but I think that's good in a way. It makes you more strong. If you start your childhood, with difficult times, difficult period, and in a challenging environment you become more stronger in your life. I had a very modest childhood, nothing fancy.
不，我从不会那样想。我在一个没有电力和自来水供应的地方长大，从某种程度上说，这是件好事。它让我更坚强。如果童年始于艰难时世，处境困顿，那么在以后的生活中，你会变得更坚强。我度过微贱的童年，没有任何花里胡梢的东西。
SB: Describe that. Describe your household. Describe where you lived.
LM: I was one of the young boys among so many children in the house. My father used to be very busy in his own business. My mother would take care of me. I remember when I got my results for the University, my father was even not even aware that I stood top in the University. I sent him a telegram because I couldn't afford to call him. So we come from very modest family, working hard in the studies, going by buses or walking to the schools and universities, these things I can never forget.
SB: Your father was in the steel business himself.
LM: Yes.
SB: He then sent you to Indonesia, he packed you off as a 25 year old, how scared were you? He said: "go run the mill".
LM: No, in fact I went on a holiday to South East Asia with my friend and my father wanted me to sell a plot of land, which he had bought as he felt that it would not be possible to do something with the plot. When I arrived there, I changed his mind. I said: "I would like to 上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] 下一页
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