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Chapter 25 when there is no money

I always have a lot of ideas.When I was young, I had no money, so I thought of many ways to make money. I've wanted to be a home cleaning company since I was 18.At that time, Yuen Biao, myself, Yuan Kui, five or six friends were always hanging out together. At that time, kung fu movies were in a downturn, and we often had nothing to do and no money to make.Before that, I was in Australia and found that on weekends, every family was mowing the grass by themselves, because the law over there was to pay a fine for the height of the grass, which means that you have been working for a week. Tired, I have to shovel grass by myself on weekends.But we are strong. If you use us, it will cost you a week. If you give me a key, we will be responsible for cleaning.Shopping for vegetables, buying fruits, washing clothes, and repairing things are all done for you. It is a kind of housekeeping service. This is very common, and there is no need to hire people. We just do it ourselves.

At that time, there was no money, and it was difficult to apply for a license. After thinking about it, the idea passed.Later, when I had money, I really tried it and invested hundreds of thousands of dollars. Later, I found a problem. Many people were worried about giving you the key, and some people would say things were missing. At that time, there was no such thing as now. The habit of accepting domestic service, and then quit.But I have also thought about ways to improve it. Every time I arrange a special person to take the part-time workers home, and after arriving at other people’s homes, put the camera on first, and then start to clean up. You can see every move, which avoids trust issues. , and the service is more professional.Someone will do the wiring and scheduling, take note of the services you need, and then arrange for hourly workers to go there.But this needs to be slowly made out of the brand, so that everyone can accept it.

When I was in Australia, I thought of making towels.Because Australia did not produce towels by itself at that time, those towels were quite expensive.I thought, buy some towels myself, get a washing machine, deliver clean towels to those Chinese restaurants every day, and take back the dirty ones for cleaning and disinfection. I can make money by doing this cycle every day. You can see how many things people would think about when they were poor. In fact, many ideas were quite forward-looking. Later, when I became famous, I wanted to start a company for security and nanny cars.Buy a dozen or twenty nanny cars, all of which are exactly the same.I am responsible for picking up the actors every day, and I will hire the driver.Different cars with the same license plate every day, paparazzi can't follow people according to the license plate.A car came out today, and they didn't know who was in it, and when you are surrounded by paparazzi, I can call another car to help you.

For example, recently you are always being followed, and when you go out, there are two identical cars at the door, and they can't figure out which one you get in.If it is in an underground parking lot, just get out of three identical cars at the same time, and they will not know which car is you.I am in charge of the management here. First, the drivers you train are all your own and have experience. As soon as he gets in the car, he will check to see if there is anyone following the car, and he will be vigilant.Second, in the future, you can also join the security guard, who will open the door for you when he comes out, and he will close the door for you when you sit in, and then sit in the front passenger seat by himself, and then drive.There is also a star style, many people will like it, and everyone will trust it more after a long time.

With this kind of service, you don’t need to manage the maintenance of the car, and it also saves a parking space. I charge you five or six hundred a day, which is very good. Many celebrities may only use it for two or three hours a day, and my car can be rotated. open.This is a good way to make money!In the future, I can also set up my own car dealership, collect a lot of second-hand cars, paint a uniform color after the overhaul, and set up a maintenance department to be responsible for cleaning, maintaining and repairing the cars every day. All the cars are clean.I can support at least 20 people with 20 cars, and 5 more bodyguards. The repair center can also support seven or eight masters, four or five assistants, etc., which can provide many employment opportunities.But I just thought about it, and didn't try it.

When I first started doing martial arts as a teenager, I still wanted to invent the thing that puts feet on the bus and pushes on the knees.At that time, I always took the bus to start work, and I liked to put my knees on the front seat. It hurts after a long time. I often slept on the bus, and I always hit my head. So I wanted to invent something that could be hung on the back of the bus seat. There is a plastic thing to support it, there is something on it to put your head to sleep on, and there is a place to hold your knees or put your feet on the bottom.Later, I heard people say that when a person was on the bus, he picked up a girl's hairpin, and that person played with it. Later, he invented a new hairpin, got a patent, and sold it for money.I thought, actually, I have a lot of ideas, but I don’t know how to do them.After a scientist finishes his thinking, there is a team to help him realize it. I'm not a scientist, so let's forget it after thinking about it.

Later, when I have the ability, I will search for many interesting and practical things from all over the world, and ask someone to find a manufacturer to help me make them.In addition to the special equipment for family classes used in filming, creativity can actually be reflected everywhere in life.Many friends have mobile phone cases that I gave them, and that one was designed by myself.Because I stay on set all year round and stay in various hotels, I don’t need to bring anything when I go out, just a mobile phone and a room card are enough.I just thought about how to put a card holder on the phone case, and now this phone case is designed like this. There is a card slot on the back, which will be very convenient when you travel.Others such as various clothes, bags, document bags, red envelopes, stickers, scarves, cups, U disks, luggage stickers of my own brand, all kinds of things have my ideas in them, and I can give them to friends, but I can’t buy them outside. To, friends will also like it very much.This can be regarded as satisfying my desire to create back then, and putting those weird ideas into practice made me very happy.

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