There is a saying that "all roads lead to Rome", which is a quote from "Allusions to Rome".
It probably means to encourage us that if a person wants to do something, don't set limits for himself, follow the rules and do things according to the experience of adults, and can think of many ways to achieve the success of things.
In the past, I would only follow the rules and struggle according to the broad road said by the villagers at the beginning.
I was born in a rural area, there are only a handful of college students in the village, because of my poor family, I followed a few boys of about the same age in the village to the big city before I finished junior high school, and started the road of part-time work, so as to reduce the pressure on the family's economy.
We started working on a construction site, and although the pay was not high, it gave us a place to stay, and we finally didn't have to sleep under the bridge at night.
After working for a few months, we had a little savings, and just when we thought we had hope, the boss was arrested for illegal construction of the construction site, and we had to live on the streets again.
Later, we pooled our money to rent a small room next to the construction site, and four or five people were crammed into a small room of more than 20 square meters.
In the days that followed, we went to interview for various other jobs, but because we didn't have any academic background and were still young, no one wanted to hire us.
By chance, the owner of the scrap shop next door, who came out to work at such a young age, said that he was willing to provide us with a job, but he didn't know if we were willing to do it, and at first, we were all very resistant.
After all, if the villagers knew that we had come to the big city to collect waste, we would become a laughing stock for everyone. The boss asked us to think about it, and we can be paid about 1,000 a month, and it will increase depending on the situation in the future.
According to my observations, there are quite a lot of customers every day, so I thought about working for a few months first, and then I could think of other ways to save a little money.
So, I stayed and moved to the scrap shop, and the others who came with me were almost gone, saying that they were going to other cities, and I was left with Aunt Wang's son, who was a little younger than me.
Later, we rode the shabby small tricycle to the street to shout, and we also got to know many old customers.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and the next year, the boss called us aside and said to us: "I am old, and something has happened to my family, I'm afraid this store will be closed." ”
After thinking about it, I thought that we could take over the store, after all, we are already familiar with each other, and it is a good way to open a store and become the owner.
So, Aunt Wang's son and I used our savings to buy the store from the boss at a low price.
At first, many old customers still couldn't believe us, so in order to retain old customers and increase new customers, we looked for more waste products everywhere.
Finally with our unremitting efforts, we got on the right track, hired a few guys, and also contacted a waste paper buyer, who was an old man we had helped on the construction site before, and he was willing to buy all our waste paper.
We did our homework, learned a variety of marketing strategies, and finally more and more people in our store know, many related businesses came to talk to us about cooperation, we uphold the original intention of honesty and trustworthiness to do business, and also received a large number of loyal customers.
Although the profit in the first year was only less than 50,000 yuan, as we continued to work hard, the profit gradually increased, and it could reach nearly 200,000 at most.
As a rural person, I embarked on the road to prosperity by collecting waste products, and let everyone know that "small people also have great wisdom." ”
Regardless of the high and low, as long as we are willing to pay hard work in a certain convenience, dare to try, and be a down-to-earth person, we will definitely be able to achieve "mountains and rivers have no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village." ”