In 1978, after graduating from primary school, Zhou Chengjian was admitted to the county middle school with top scores in mathematics. However, his joyous rural life gradually faded away. Just because he was the son of a farmer, he was often bullied. Once, a child from the city stabbed his back with a ballpoint pen, "about two or three centimeters deep," Zhou Chengjian recalled the pain at that time, and his face couldn't help but twist.
"All the reasons were due to my rural identity, which made people look down on me. Since then, I have always been deeply inferior inside, always feeling like I am inferior to others, always feeling that whatever I do, it is hard to gain others' recognition." When interviewed by reporters, Zhou Chengjian did not conceal his true inner thoughts at all, "But I have a naturally arrogant side in my character. The more inferior I feel, the more I want to prove myself 'I can do it'."
This belief supported Zhou Chengjian's future career, and he never looked back. Once he decided on something, no matter how great the difficulties, he could overcome them. "When others ask me about the difficulties in starting a business, I really don't feel there are any difficulties. Even if there are bottlenecks, I feel that overcoming them is happiness." Just because he wanted to get rid of the feeling of being a "farmer", when Zhou Chengjian initially established his brand, he named his company Metersbonwe Garment Co., Ltd., "Metersbonwe sounds like it definitely has no rural flavor." Zhou Chengjian said that this was actually his simple thought at that time. Now, Zhou Chengjian's Metersbonwe has become the first brand in China's leisure clothing retail industry, "Now, even if I want to transfer my urban hukou (household registration) to a rural one, it would be impossible." Recalling his childhood rural life as the most precious memory, Zhou Chengjian smiled and said that this dual personality of his led him to only be passionate about doing two things: one is what he likes, and the other is what he wants to prove himself in. But the only passion for clothing has always made him feel "like falling in love," "Even if I had ten thousand chances to choose again, I would still choose the garment industry." Zhou Chengjian said that over the years, Metersbonwe has resisted various temptations of diversified development. There were opportunities to do real estate, maybe today's assets would have increased more than tenfold, but perhaps Metersbonwe wouldn't exist anymore.
"I may not become the richest person, but I hope I can become someone who is recognized in a certain industry." At the listing ceremony of Metersbonwe, Zhou Chengjian, who was originally a tailor, gifted a small gold-plated sewing machine to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He said: "I was originally a tailor in a village, now luckily I have become China's tailor, and I hope to become the world's tailor in the future."
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