Diary of the poorest guy in China

Chapter 29 Listen first to the rich man's testimony (1)

Chapter 29 Listen to what rich people say first (1)

Cloudy Friday, March 2007, 3
I thought it was a joke that Maomei asked me for advice to decorate the house, but I didn't expect that Maomei really called me a few days later.She asked me if I was free, and wanted to invite me to accompany her to the decoration market.I didn't have anything urgent at hand, so I said no problem.

I made an appointment with Maomei, got in her car, and went straight to the decoration market, from the floor to the lighting.

In fact, I did not play any role as a shopping guide.When I entered the decoration market, the salesmen of various stores described the functions and characteristics of their products clearly. I was like a bodyguard, occasionally inserting a sentence on the sidelines.

Maomei seems to be busy. When I visited the decoration market with her, she answered the phone from time to time, and sometimes a call took a long time.

I said, "You are so busy, and you have to renovate the house, are you afraid that your health will not be able to bear it?"

Mao Mei said, "I'm here today to check the price, and I'll pay it to the decoration company later, so as not to be ripped off."

I said: "The price that the decoration company will buy will be about 10% lower than what we asked today. At the same time, you must specify the brand and model to prevent the decoration company from stealing the replacement."

Maomei said: "Then we have to write down the brands we asked about today." So she took out a notebook from her bag and wrote down everything she learned.

When I came out of the decoration market, it was already dark, and I was about to say goodbye to Mao Mei, but Mao Mei said to me: "I missed your time today, let's have a light meal together tonight."

Obviously, what Maomei said was kind words, but I agreed without hesitation.

The poor are a circle, the rich are a circle.If the poor want to get rich, they have to find their way into the circle of the rich, where the information is unknown to the poor.

I just want to have more contact with these rich people.

If he breaks up with Mao Mei this time, he doesn't know when he will have the opportunity to meet such a successful person, so he agrees.

I got in Maomei's car and stopped at the entrance of a tea restaurant - it's not easy to order food for two people, so a tea restaurant is more suitable.

Sitting down in a secluded corner, Maomei ordered food, took out her notebook and looked at the prices she had recorded.

Because I felt that I hadn't played my due role, I introduced the difference between the market price and the purchase price of the decoration company to Maomei one by one.

In fact, there are a lot of things that I don’t know. If I don’t know, I will introduce them to her according to my understanding and grasp of the price.

When I say this, to be precise, I mean that the poor are trying to curry favor with the rich, and I also want to raise my own value.Well, you have money, but I know more about it than you do.I am in this state of mind.

Maomei became interested, and suddenly said: "You are so familiar with it, or I will do the decoration for you, and I will follow the price of the decoration company you introduced."

Weighs.

This woman is really amazing. I told her the inside story of the industry, and she immediately hooked me up.I am not at a loss.

This is also a lesson. We can help others, but we must not reveal the bottom line of the industry, or we may get involved by ourselves.

Seeing that I was a little embarrassed, Maomei laughed and said, "I'm just kidding, you're afraid of being like that."

I also laugh.

In this way, Maomei and I became acquainted, and our conversation became more relaxed, and sometimes we even made some mild jokes.

Mao Mei asked me what was my relationship with Zhang Peng, and I said we were friends.

Mao Mei said, "I have known Zhang Peng for three or four years, but I have never seen you before."

I said: "I haven't gotten along very well these years, and I haven't been in touch with Zhang Peng and the others."

After saying this, I regret it very much. What does it mean for a big man to cry poorly in front of a woman?

Mao Mei said, "Does that mean you were somewhat autistic in the past few years?"

I nodded awkwardly.

"Come out now?"

I said, "I have to come out. There are old people on the top and young people on the bottom. If you don't want to die, you have to come out to earn a living."

Mao Mei said, "Do you know who is most likely to be autistic?"

I said: "I don't know."

She said: "Motivated, poorly behaved, and jealous. People who combine these three characteristics must be autistic."

I was surprised by what she said, which almost summed me up.

I never had the courage to admit my jealousy.In fact, I have, I am afraid that others will be more successful than me, I hope that everyone will be worse than me, I hope to help everyone, and I don't want others to help me.These are all manifestations of jealousy.

Mao Mei said: "If you can admit the success of others, at least you are on the edge of success; if you avoid the success of others, you are far away from success."

These words really make sense. I can't imagine that a woman in her thirties would sum up such profound life principles.

I wouldn't be too surprised if she was a man, but she is a woman.

I don't mean to discriminate against women, but these things should be summed up by men.

I think Maomei must have a very rich experience, otherwise she would not have summed it up so brilliantly.Am I not confused about the way in 2007?Might as well discuss it with her.

Maomei is happy to communicate with me.In her words, communication makes people progress, and isolation makes people fall behind.She asked me: "What is the main basis for a company to grow from its inception to its maturity?"

She gave me three answers and asked me to choose:

[-]. Relying on products, those who get products win the world;

[-]. Relying on the market, those who win the market win the world;

[-]. Relying on resources, those who get resources win the world.

She added that by resources she meant power, friends and so on.

I'm not interested in these kinds of questions.This kind of problem is actually a trick that some pseudo-experts deliberately sum up to raise their own social status in order to attract the attention of others and show their profound skills.Originally, all three could be relied on, but I wanted to hear Mao Mei's opinion, so I deliberately said that resources are the most important.

Maomei shook her head and said: "It depends on the product. If you are a distribution company, you first need a product as your core, otherwise you don't even know what to sell; Not to mention products; if you are a service-oriented company, the content of your service is the product, and the best service is to do a good job in the content. So I think the product is the foundation of the company.”

Mao Mei also said: "Many people will choose resources, but think about it, how many resources can a start-up company have access to? Some people think that with power and resources, everything is possible. In fact, this is a wrong judgment. Now In this society, no one dares to abuse power for small interests. What do powerful people seek? It is stability, not profit. And what is the greatest happiness of a person? It is also stability. Do you know why so many people work hard? ? That’s because he didn’t feel safe, so he wanted to earn more money to make his life stable in the future, once and for all.”

If I were just surprised at the beginning of my opinion of Maomei, this passage of hers made me very surprised.

She sees things too clearly.

I asked her, "What do people like me rely on to turn over?"

Mao Mei asked back, "Are you down and out?"

I told her honestly about my life in the past few years, and even told her about my work as a migrant worker on the construction site.The reason why I told her this is because I think her insights are extraordinary and she sees problems very deeply.

I just need someone to point me right now.

Maomei smiled and said: "Actually, your eyes have told me. Because you never dare to look at a person calmly, and your eyes always dodge. This is a sign of inferiority. The reason why people feel inferior is because they have experienced Some low points, thinking that maybe I'm hopeless."

I am silent.

Mao Mei said: "I don't know much about your industry, but according to your introduction, I feel that you are like a guerrilla, rushing wherever there is money. You can't last long if you do this. The body can't keep up, and the energy If you can’t keep up, over time, you get tired and give up. Eventually you let yourself fall.”

What Maomei said made my hair stand on end.

Mao Mei went on to say: "But I can understand your current situation. You can only survive by doing this. But you have to change your thinking. I think you should take a professional and professional path, and don't cast a net."

When I heard the word "professional and precise", I couldn't help being moved, as if I had a feeling of seeing the sun through the clouds.

(End of this chapter)