China workplace [cnduty.com] reported: 5 years ago, the dream of Fu Guangyou, a worker, was to become a "white-collar" worker wearing a suit and going in and out of office buildings. 4 years ago, Fu Guangyou began selling boxed lunches on the streets of Chengdu in shabby clothes. His "white-collar dream" didn't come true, and some people even looked down on him. Today, Fu Guangyou's boxed lunches have reached a level - with at least 800 boxes sold every day and a profit of more than 1000 yuan, he has more reasons to be proud than some ordinary "white-collars". A migrant worker, in this city of Chengdu, has created an impressive financial legend by selling unremarkable boxed lunches.
Dongguană»Boss Dream
Struggles of working life
In 1998, 19-year-old Fu Guangyou left his hometown of Xuanhan County for the first time to work at a shoe factory in Dongguan, Guangdong. However, after only two months of work, due to a major mistake at work that caused losses to the factory, he was fired during his probationary period and had his salary for the month withheld.
During his most difficult times, Fu Guangyou couldn't find a job, and for over half a month, he had less than 50 yuan for living expenses, only enough to buy a few steamed buns each day, which he ate when he was hungry with just boiling water.
One noon, while passing by a small restaurant near a school, the aroma of stir-fried dishes attracted the starving Fu Guangyou. At that time, the commercial street was not yet developed, but because several large shoe factories gathered tens of thousands of workers, there were only about ten small restaurants on the entire street. During lunchtime, there were long queues of people waiting for food in front of each restaurant.
"Since so many people are waiting for food, why don't we sell more convenient boxed lunches?" Starving and desperate for change, Fu Guangyou came up with a bold idea. The next day, he used the little money he had left to exchange for over 30 yuan worth of meal tickets from several middle school students at the school gate. He then used these meal tickets to get 12 boxed lunches from the school canteen and carried them to the street in a large cardboard box to sell.
Each boxed lunch cost 3 yuan at the school and could be sold for 5 yuan on the street. In just a few minutes, all of Fu Guangyou's boxed lunches were snatched up by the workers. He repeated the process, running back to the school canteen to fetch more boxed lunches to sell. In just one short lunch hour, Fu Guangyou made 80 yuan, smiling broadly!
A month later, Fu Guangyou had made more than 2000 yuan by "reselling" boxed lunches, much better than working in the factory. He decided to have someone make him a hand-pushed food cart. He cooked the boxed lunches himself in his rented apartment, quietly starting his business. He kept the cost of each boxed lunch under 2 yuan, increasing his profits.
Although making boxed lunches was hard work, requiring him to wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning every day to prepare, Fu Guangyou still worked enthusiastically. He even planned to hire a few workers to expand his boxed lunch business. The young Fu Guangyou seemed to see his potential as a boss.
However, good times didn't last long. Because Fu Guangyou didn't go through any procedures and set up stalls randomly on the street, his food cart was often confiscated. Additionally, without a health permit, some of his customers got diarrhea after eating his food. Soon, his boxed lunch business was ordered to shut down by relevant authorities and fined. Eventually, Fu Guangyou's boxed lunch business was ruined by his own negligence, and his life returned to the way it was before. His "boss dream" disappeared before it even began.
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