An inspirational story of repeated defeats and battles 1
After our overseas study group completed its inspection mission, we went to Thailand for a three-day trip. As soon as we arrived at the first scenic spot in Thailand, there was a middle-aged Thai man whom we had never met before and took the initiative to follow our group to take pictures with a camera. He ran back and forth, working non-stop, and his short shirt was completely soaked with sweat; he rode a motorcycle to catch up with the bus as it drove to the next scenic spot; during the meal, he non-stop took pictures of toasts, drinks, and Funny and lively scenes; he also followed him to the hotel and filmed scenes in the room where colleagues were playing chess, playing cards, singing, singing and chatting... I asked him why he wanted to film it? What were you filming for? He just smiled and didn't answer. Early the next morning, he was waiting at the hotel gate pushing his motorcycle.
Three days passed quickly. The night before we were about to leave Thailand, the photographer came again. He sent two boxes of finished DVDs that had been processed and arranged with music and Chinese narration. Go to the hotel. As soon as I played it, wow, it’s so exciting! The lively and joyful scenes during our three-day trip are reproduced on the screen one by one. In addition to the group scenes, everyone can find several sets of their own close-ups. The asking price was RMB 1,200 for a set of two boxes, and the counter-offer was RMB 1,000. After everyone calculated it, if they bought a set and went back to copy it, each person would only need to share more than 30 yuan, and the "team leader" decided to buy it. When we were raising money, several colleagues still thought it was too expensive and wanted to make it cheaper, but the cameraman refused to drop the price even a penny. Asked him: "If this deal fails to be negotiated, wouldn't your work for the past three days be in vain?" The cameraman said that this time it was in vain and he would do it again next time! There was a stalemate for about 20 minutes, but still no deal was reached. The cameraman left and never showed up again. Before boarding the plane, the "team leader" asked someone to find the photographer and bought two CDs for 1,000 yuan.
On the way home, I kept thinking: This photographer is a man. When he identifies a target, he will devote himself to it regardless of whether he is willing to pay sweat and effort. No matter what outsiders say, Always firmly believe that your labor is valuable. Finally, negotiate compensation based on the quality of your work. If it doesn't work, don't worry, just start all over again.
After returning to China, I have encountered the same situation as the Thai cameraman many times at work. Sometimes even months of hard work have been wasted, but as long as I think of that "Thailand cameraman" "I will not be discouraged and hone myself time and time again. It is in line with the saying: when you fight and lose again and again, the only thing you need is: fight after repeated defeats!
As long as you "fight", you will definitely have a chance of success!
Enlightenment: As long as you fight, you will definitely have a chance of success! Inspirational story of repeated defeats and battles 2
Dong Mingyu, a senior student majoring in Russian at Jilin University, was evaluated by his friends as a "person who is not content with the status quo". He has been "frustrating" from his freshman year to his senior year. During this period, Although he suffered repeated defeats, he never gave up, summed up experiences and lessons, adjusted his thinking, and finally achieved something in his senior year.
Desktop advertising died in this school
When he was a freshman, Dong Mingyu just entered the school to participate in the freshman military training. Dong Mingyu "stepped in" and became the campus agent of an intermediary agency, selling part-time cards to other freshmen. , sold more than a dozen cards within a month and "made a small profit." Later, Dong Mingyu joined the school student union and the school Sunshine Volunteer Association, and happened to be assigned to the external relations department, where he "went to businesses to solicit sponsorship during events." During half a semester of dealing with businesses, Dong Mingyu sensed business opportunities.
Merchants near the school hope to attract more students to patronize them, and students also like to "shop around" for consumption. From this, Dong Mingyu came up with the idea of ??table advertising, which uses the desktop of the college cafeteria as an advertising carrier. An emerging communication method using environmentally friendly materials to create advertising images and posting them on the desktop.
So in the second semester of her freshman year, Dong Mingyu used her savings from part-time work and a start-up fund supported by her parents of NT$30,000 to register and establish Wanjia Focus Media Company, and became the first company to settle in Jilin University Science and Technology Park. enterprise.
The central campus of Jilin University where Dong Mingyu is located has more than 40,000 teachers and students, and nearly a hundred large and small merchants in the surrounding area.
Dong Mingyu’s idea is to start from the central campus of Jilin University and “take advantage of the largest school market in Changchun.”
Dong Mingyu went to the school logistics group many times and introduced the advantages of table stickers such as environmentally friendly materials and easy application and tearing, but the school did not buy it. Firstly, the school is worried that students are not safe in starting their own business, and the lack of maintenance after the table stickers are damaged will affect the appearance of the cafeteria; secondly, they do not want the commercial atmosphere on campus to be too strong.
After not opening up the school market for a month, Dong Mingyu chose to put it on hold for the time being.
Group buying websites encounter registration bottlenecks
In 20xx, various group buying websites sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Dong Mingyu learned that group buying websites are a new trend in the development of online shopping. Other members of the team also believed so, but their understanding was only based on online information.
Dong Mingyu told a reporter from China Youth Daily that if table ads are not enough, running a group buying website can still integrate the supply and demand of merchants and students. He named the website "Ensemble". Unlike most group buying websites that select group buying products by switching cities, "Ensemble" is characterized by switching between different universities in Changchun.
Dong Mingyu commissioned an Internet company to create a website, and the two parties signed a contract for website construction and maintenance worth 3,500 yuan. After the web page was designed, Dong Mingyu spent 20xx yuan to print a promotional leaflet to promote the website and distributed it to universities in Changchun City.
While looking for merchants from around Jilin University’s central campus who are interested in joining the band, they also contacted Alipay to solve the band’s payment problem. Alipay staff informed Dong Mingyu that the shopping websites they cooperate with must have industrial and commercial registration. When Dong Mingyu went to the industrial and commercial department to register, she learned that Jilin Province required a registered capital of more than 1 million yuan for group buying websites.
1 million yuan? Dong Mingyu is in trouble. The interest-free or subsidized small loans launched by various government departments are all aimed at college graduates. If there are small loans for college students, the loan amount is far from 1 million yuan; her parents also Unable to support. Dong Mingyu thought of unsecured loans in the society, but such companies mostly required applicants to have a stable source of income, bank statements and other requirements, and it was difficult for Dong Mingyu to meet the requirements.
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