Sixteen years ago, Li Haixia, full of dreams and hopes, signed an employment contract with a unit in Jingjiang and went to work on her own.
At first, the salary was not bad, but in the third year, the boss broke her word and her salary was reduced to half of its original level. In a fit of anger, she left the unit and went to Shanghai to continue her working life in a private company. However, having a baby made Xiao Li suddenly lose his job.
When the child reached her first year, she came to Nantong alone and temporarily lived in the eighth factory community of Xinchengqiao Street. However, employment is still nowhere to be found. I have been looking for a job for several months, but I have made no progress.
Once she went shopping with her friends and went to a flower shop, where a variety of colorful, fragrant and delicately packaged bouquets deeply attracted Xiao Li. At that time, she made a decision to open a flower shop of her own. At that time, the idea was actually very simple. She just wanted to find a way to make a living for herself. After a year of investigation and study, she finally opened a flower shop of her own.
It was very hard to open a flower shop, and all the bouquets had to be made by yourself. at that time, there were only two people in the shop, and the flowers were kept fresh for a short time and were easy to wither. Florist just started, lack of manpower and experience, throwing flowers every day. Without clients, she went out to hand out her business cards half the time, walked every time she did publicity, and got sick and hospitalized again and again in half a year. After three years, she finally had a steady client.
I remember that one year, it snowed so hard that he could not open a battery car to send flowers, and there was no way for her and the shop assistant to send flowers the next day. She and the shop assistant were wearing rain boots, holding umbrellas, holding heavy snow, and one foot was deep. She walked to send the five bouquets of flowers one by one, waiting for the last bunch of flowers, and by the time all the flowers were sent, the night had already fallen and the lights were on. It was her most tired day since the store opened.
One year, when Valentine's Day was the first day of the Lunar New year, a client asked to send flowers to their girlfriends at 12:00 at night.
Opening a flower shop was followed by hard work, mainly in good faith. I remember the groundbreaking ceremony of Phoenix International Book City. Customers wanted a lot of flowers, and they were very urgent. They were asked to deliver them by 7:30 in the morning. All of them worked for two days and a night. Finally, the flowers were delivered at 7:30 on time.
It is very difficult to start a business. I open my own flower shop and work no less than 15 hours a day. It is common for her to work overtime. Many of her brothers and sisters have closed their doors one after another. However, this is not Xiao Li's style. If you want to do it, do it seriously and don't give up easily.
The industry is good at diligence and wastefulness in play, and the action is destroyed in the act of thinking. In order to improve his skills, Xiao Li bought a lot of flower arrangement books and learned other people's styles and flower arrangement skills. slowly, the florist became famous. Because this industry updates too quickly, the pressure is also relatively great. Xiao Li often goes to other places to learn the business philosophy of brother cities and big cities.
After nearly a decade of efforts, they also have a lot of die-hard fans and their own regular customers. It can be said that today's performance is achieved by sweat and diligence. At present, their physical florist ranks among the top three in Nantong, but these are still far from Xiao Li's dream, but she believes that as long as there is a persistent dream in her heart, there will be a wonderful life.
(Ma Dingqi / tr. by Robert Taylor)
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