In "Flowers", when the male protagonist Ah Bao was still a hairy boy, he went to his uncle to ask him for guidance on how to do business.
At the beginning, Uncle Grandpa firmly rejected Bao, exposing the embarrassing fact that he had no original accumulation and could only rely on borrowing money to do business.
As for Bao's idea of wanting to do foreign trade business, Uncle also felt that Bao was naïve, "Doing foreign trade is to borrow other people's chickens to lay your own eggs, why should others lend your own chickens to you?"”
So why was my uncle reluctant to carry Ah Bao at first, but he was willing to cooperate with him later?
It turned out that the answers were hidden in the three tests set by his uncle for Po.
1.The first test is the vision.
The first test that my uncle set for Po was to rent a room at the Peace Hotel. (used as office space in the future).
What he wanted to investigate was Po's vision of business.
Faced with the room chosen by Bao, Uncle Ye vetoed one after another, "No, it's too small!."”
After being denied by his uncle a few times, Po quickly went on the road and chose a British suite, which finally made both parties satisfied with the room.
Uncle wants to choose a room to examine whether Bao has a vision of business thinking, and what kind of room is suitable for the future office, which is also the first business lesson that Uncle wants to give Bao.
*。2.The second test is credibility.
Next, Uncle quickly set a second test for Bao, and spent one day to gather 6,000 yuan to buy the ** he specified, and threw it all out two weeks later.
In order to borrow the 6,000 yuan, Ah Bao could only find his good brother Tao Tao for help, and Tao Tao took out all the money he needed to get married.
The situation is unchanging, Ah Bao invested the 6,000 yuan in **, and after two weeks, it fell to only 3,000 yuan.
Ah Bao couldn't help but doubt his life, on the one hand, he felt sorry for Tao Tao, and on the other hand, he complained about his uncle's decision-making.
But the uncle told him unhurriedly, "If you want to make money from **, you have to learn to lose first." ”
Uncle's second round of tests tested Bao's network reputation.
Because in the first round of tests, when the uncle asked how much Bao spent to rent a room, Bao replied that it was 80 US dollars borrowed from his family.
Uncle asked Bao to borrow 6,000 yuan to see if Bao had any friends to rely on in addition to his family.
To do business, connections + credibility are indispensable.
And Bao's good brother is willing to take out his marriage money to invest in Bao, which can reflect that Bao is very reliable in the eyes of friends.
And Uncle asked Ah Bao to buy a ** that would lose money, because he wanted Ah Bao to learn to suffer losses first, and then go to success.
If you teach Po to taste the sweetness in ** first, he is easy to be arrogant, and then he will be even worse.
Only by letting him learn to suffer losses in ** first, Ah Bao will be able to make ** money better in the future.
What we often say "can afford to lose" is also another degree of winning, this trick, Uncle used it so well!
*。3.The third test is the heart.
In the face of Bao's frustration of suffering losses and doubting his life in **, Uncle quickly set a third round of tests for Bao: You still have 3,000 yuan in your hand, and then go and get together 10,000 yuan, buy the ** I specified, and sell it all out after two weeks.
Ah Bao did so, and came to the intersection at the agreed time of his uncle, but he waited until 12 o'clock in the evening for his uncle to be late.
Faced with Bao's move of making so much money and being able to wait at the intersection for so long, Uncle Grandpa praised, "You still have credit, we can cooperate." ”
In the third round of tests, Uncle Grandpa tested Bao's temperament.
He asked Ah Bao to collect another 10,000 yuan, because he wanted to see if Ah Bao would show timidity and give up halfway when he encountered difficulties.
After all, when many people think about it, I have already lost half of the 6,000 yuan, and I definitely can't invest money in ** anymore.
And in the third round of testing, Uncle Bao made Bao earn a lot of money and tasted the sweetness of **.
He wanted to see if Po would be fluttering when he was proud, and whether he would run away with the money he earned.
When people are in turmoil, it is easiest to expose their true heart and character.
And Bao's insistence on waiting in place undoubtedly reassured his uncle.
*。Through these three tests, Uncle saw Bao's true character and heart, and thought that he was a person with vision, connections, and reputation, so he was willing to teach this young man how to do business.
So, whether it's work or life, how important it is to choose a good partner!