The poor are poor, the rich are rich

Chapter 39 Put your face down, as long as you can make money, you are not afraid of shame

Chapter 76 Put your face down, as long as you can make money, you are not afraid of shame

A girl was repairing shoes on the side of the road. Someone asked her: "You are so young and beautiful. Don't you feel ashamed to repair people's shoes in public?" The girl lowered her head and said, " How can you lose face by earning money through craftsmanship?"

In China, face is a big issue. It is often said that people need face and trees need bark.Since ancient times, China has emphasized agriculture over business.Among the four major industries in ancient times, the so-called "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, the four people have jobs", and commerce was ranked last.Sima Qian's "Historical Records" will rank the "Huo Zhi Lie Biography" of merchants at the end of the book. In Sima Qian's thinking, the status of merchants is inferior to those who are engaged in fortune-telling and fortune-telling.Even after the founding of New China, the industry ranking was "workers, peasants, soldiers and businessmen", and "business" was still at the bottom.

Therefore, when some people start a business, because they are ashamed to be associated with a "businessman", they cover up and say that they do business to create a career.But a real businessman makes no secret of his purpose, he will confidently say: it is to make money!Xu Yongshui, owner of Power Lighter Co., Ltd., when faced with the question "What is the driving force behind your entrepreneurial success", replied: "It is to make money and live a good life."

It is precisely because of this kind of businessman's "thick skin" that they can make money that others cannot.They believe that there is no distinction between high and low occupations, and their courage to be the first in the world determines that they dare to wander around, occupy those fields that outsiders despise, and get rich quietly.

Luo Shuimu, a small shoe shiner who set up a stall on the street and relied on shoe polishing for a living, has now become the founder and chairman of "Ah Shou Leather Shoes", one of the leading brands in Taiwan's shoe industry.He smiled and recalled: "When I was young, I was thin and small, weighing less than [-] kilograms. The neighbors called me 'Shou', which is kind and appropriate."

In the 20s, many people could not afford to wear leather shoes, and shoe shine could be described as "a five-star service at the top of the pyramid".However, a "human dragon" has formed downstairs of the big restaurant "Dongyun Pavilion" in the second section of Yanping North Road, Taipei City. Shoes, although "Skinny" costs more to polish a pair of shoes than to eat a full meal.At the forefront of the "human dragon", the agile "Skinny Boy" is holding a pig hair brush and a cleaning cloth, quickly oiling, polishing, and polishing the leather shoes of the guests. Persist for 50 rounds before you're done.

There are many shoeshine booths and shops near the shoe-shining stall of "A Shouzi", but if you want to find a shoe shiner who "clean it 3 times and brighten it for 3 days", you can say that "no one else can do it" except "Shouzi". semicolon", and the slogans of "shoe shine to find Ah Shou" spread like wildfire.

"I will never cut down a process in order to save time because there are too many customers." Luo Shuimu said proudly, "The eyes of the customers are sharp. Even if they can be deceived for a while, the customers will eventually find out." He dropped out of school at the age of 10. , I have a vague "brand concept" in my mind - the signboard of "A Thin Boy" should not get a little dust.

There are many difficulties and obstacles on the road to starting a business. Even in shoe shining, Luo Shuimu devoted himself wholeheartedly, and finally won the trust of customers. From an inconspicuous shoe-shining stall on the streets of Taiwan, to an annual turnover of more than 30 billion NT dollars (approx. 6.8 million yuan) "leading enterprise".

In the eyes of successful businessmen, face is not worth a few dollars, but only when they can make a lot of money. This is the unique "view of face" of successful businessmen.In their concept, if you want to find a way out in society, you have to let go of your identity and face, and let yourself return to an "ordinary person".At the same time, don't care about other people's eyes and criticisms, do what you think is worth doing, and walk the path you think is worth taking.

It is easier to succeed by letting go of face, because those who dare to let go of face have a high degree of flexibility in their thinking, will not have rigid concepts, and can absorb all kinds of information to form a huge and diverse information base, which will be their capital .A person who dares to lose face can seize good opportunities earlier than others, and can also seize more opportunities than others, because he has no concerns about face.

As the saying goes, poor people must have something to hate. For those poor people who want to save face and are unwilling to work hard to make money, successful businessmen look down on them the most.

You might say: Wasn’t a successful businessman also poor at the beginning?But they can lose face and work hard to make money under pressure. "He who saves himself will be saved by heaven." It is reasonable for successful businessmen to make money and make money.

(End of this chapter)