translation.en: We can't have anything to do with you."  So I paid for coffee that day —  — and his parting comment as we shook hands was, "Listen, if you happen to raise any money out of this, we'll gladly take it."  So my lesson that year was persistence.
translation.zh: 我们不能和你扯上任何关系。” 那么我就付了那天的咖啡钱 –-- 我们握手道别的时候，他说道， “听着，如果你们因此真的筹到钱， 我们会很乐意收下的。” 所以那一年我的教训就是坚持不懈