“If there's 1m people around the world who are interested in ice-fishing,” says Jeremy Zimmer, co-founder of United Talent Agency, “we can make a movie for them.”

“如果全球有100万人对冰上钓鱼有兴趣”联合创作组织的创始人Jeremy Zimmer说，“我们就能为他们制作一部电影。”

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Peking University and Tsinghua University recently released their 2008 "Talent Fishing Policy" in Wuhan, aiming to attract the attention of students who came top in this year's entrance examination.

北京大学、清华大学在武汉正式公布今年的“掐尖政策”，抢夺各省市状元。

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At the same time, employers need to start rethinking their recruiting process, notably in using sophisticated social network search tools to go spear-fishing for high potential talent, rather than waiting for applications to come across the transom.

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And he rejected the assertion that such multiples were meaningless, saying that the public and private sectors were "fishing in the same pool for talent".

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Lo and behold, an agent could be turning down my street at any moment, perhaps to go fishing on our Yellow River, and would discover my untapped talent.

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