A Changing of the Fortune-Cookie Writing Guard

Meet Wonton Food's new chief fortune writer

Time magazine’s Olivia B. Waxman had the scoop in late January. Wonton Food Inc.’s chief financial officer and chief fortune writer, David Lau, was ceding the latter title to James Wong, a 41-year-old nephew of the company’s founder.

This week, Wong has spoken to Canadian radio news magazine As It Happens. When asked by host Helen Mann how Lau initially got the fortune-cookie writing assignment, he gave a very pragmatic answer:

“When we first started the company, he [David] was the only person that has proper English.

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