Location: Zhubei Bravo Purabu Italian Restaurant
Travel notes summary: My university senior Youbin invited me to Hsinchu for a meal. Bravo Purabu is a restaurant he recently invested in, with seven branches across Taiwan and an eighth opening soon in Linkou. Besides the two of us, he also invited his colleague Li Wei from Innolux, and I brought my uncle Jason who lives in Zhubei. Youbin really knows a lot of people in Hsinchu—throughout the afternoon, three of his friends came by to eat, stopped to say hello, and some even joined us for a chat. One Mr. Chen left ITRI to start his own automation equipment business; another Mr. Huang, a former senior executive at SinoPac, later became an executive VP at Gartner (an IT research and consulting firm similar to McKinsey). When I mentioned some companies I’d worked for, Mr. Huang immediately asked, 'Do you know Lin Xiaoda (former chairman of Polaris Securities)? We’re close friends!' Well, Morgan only once shared a meal with Chairman Lin back in China, so honestly, I know him, but he probably doesn’t remember me, haha. But Mr. Huang is truly impressive—not just knowledgeable in finance, but also covering a wide range of topics like new te…
