Watching movies and videotapes was his required curriculum; reading newspapers, books, and magazines, his electives. "He was always observing, reflecting, digesting, and absorbing," an old firend says, "like he was getting ready for the next big chance."
看電影、錄影帶是必修課，看書報雜誌是必選課，「他總是專心地觀察、思考，然後消化、吸收，好像隨時在為下一個機會作準備」，巴戈的一位知己說，他在韜光養晦期間「醞釀」得夠，時來運轉後才能真正地「發酵」。