四年前(1994年),赵化勇台长找我谈话,通知我去国际部做副主任。当时我的心里比较犹豫,因为国际部的节目牵涉到外事、外交,而大部分节目、栏目更显专题制作化,离创作性比较远。我把这些顾虑直接向化勇台长讲了,化勇台长对我说:让你去,是因为你搞过专题片,同时也看过你写的东西,能把新栏目建设好,也能改造现在的一些栏目,还是大有作为的。最后,他甚至是带有哲学意味的对我讲了他自己几次工作调动的情况后说: Four years ago (1994), Director Zhao Huayong talked to me and informed me to go to the International Department as Deputy Director. At that time, I was rather hesitant in my heart because programs in the Department of International Affairs involved foreign affairs and diplomacy. Most of the programs and sections were even more feature-oriented and far from creative. I put these concerns directly to the brave Yongtai long talked about, Song Yongtai said to me: let you go, because you engage in feature films, but also read what you write, can build a new section, but also Can transform some of the columns now, or a lot of work. In the end, he even told me, philosophically, about how he had mobilized himself several times: