Chapter 30 Chapter Twenty-nine Listen to what the rich have to say

I thought it was a joke that Maomei asked me for advice to decorate the house, but I didn't expect that Maomei really called me a few days later.She asked me if I was free, and wanted to invite me to accompany her to the decoration market.I didn't have anything urgent at hand, so I said no problem. I made an appointment with Maomei, got in her car, and went straight to the decoration market, from the floor to the lighting. In fact, I did not play any role as a shopping guide.When I entered the decoration market, the salesmen of various stores described the functions and characteristics of their products clearly. I was like a bodyguard, occasionally inserting a sentence on the sidelines.

Maomei seems to be busy. When I visited the decoration market with her, she answered the phone from time to time, and sometimes a call took a long time. I said, "You are so busy, and you have to renovate the house, are you afraid that your health will not be able to bear it?" Mao Mei said, "I'm here today to check the price, and I'll pay it to the decoration company later, so as not to be ripped off." I said: "The price that the decoration company will buy will be about 10% lower than what we asked today. At the same time, you must specify the brand and model to prevent the decoration company from stealing the replacement."

Maomei said: "Then we have to write down the brands we asked about today." So she took out a notebook from her bag and wrote down everything she learned. When I came out of the decoration market, it was already dark, and I was about to say goodbye to Mao Mei, but Mao Mei said to me: "I missed your time today, let's have a light meal together tonight." Obviously, what Maomei said was kind words, but I agreed without hesitation. The poor are a circle, the rich are a circle.If the poor want to get rich, they have to find their way into the circle of the rich, where the information is unknown to the poor.

I just want to have more contact with these rich people. If he breaks up with Mao Mei this time, he doesn't know when he will have the opportunity to meet such a successful person, so he agrees. I got in Maomei's car and stopped at the entrance of a tea restaurant - it's not easy to order food for two people, so a tea restaurant is more suitable. Sitting down in a secluded corner, Maomei ordered food, took out her notebook and looked at the prices she had recorded. Because I felt that I hadn't played my due role, I introduced the difference between the market price and the purchase price of the decoration company to Maomei one by one.

In fact, there are a lot of things that I don’t know. If I don’t know, I will introduce them to her according to my understanding and grasp of the price. When I say this, to be precise, I mean that the poor are trying to curry favor with the rich, and I also want to raise my own value.Well, you have money, but I know more about it than you do.I am in this state of mind. Maomei became interested, and suddenly said: "You are so familiar with it, or I will do the decoration for you, and I will follow the price of the decoration company you introduced." Weighs. This woman is really amazing. I told her the inside story of the industry, and she immediately hooked me up.I am not at a loss.

This is also a lesson. We can help others, but we must not reveal the bottom line of the industry, or we may get involved by ourselves. Seeing that I was a little embarrassed, Maomei laughed and said, "I'm just kidding, you're afraid of being like that." I also laugh. In this way, Maomei and I became acquainted, and our conversation became more relaxed, and sometimes we even made some mild jokes. Mao Mei asked me what was my relationship with Zhang Peng, and I said we were friends. Mao Mei said, "I have known Zhang Peng for three or four years, but I have never seen you before."

I said: "I haven't gotten along very well these years, and I haven't been in touch with Zhang Peng and the others." After saying this, I regret it very much. What does it mean for a big man to cry poorly in front of a woman? Mao Mei said, "Does that mean you were somewhat autistic in the past few years?" I nodded awkwardly. "Come out now?" I said, "I have to come out. There are old people on the top and young people on the bottom. If you don't want to die, you have to come out to earn a living." Mao Mei said, "Do you know who is most likely to be autistic?"

I said, "I don't know." She said: "Motivated, poorly behaved, and jealous. People who combine these three characteristics must be autistic." I was surprised by what she said, which almost summed me up. I never had the courage to admit my jealousy.In fact, I have, I am afraid that others will be more successful than me, I hope that everyone will be worse than me, I hope to help everyone, and I don't want others to help me.These are all manifestations of jealousy. Mao Mei said: "If you can admit the success of others, at least you are on the edge of success; if you avoid the success of others, you are far away from success."

These words really make sense. I can't imagine that a woman in her thirties would sum up such profound life principles. I wouldn't be too surprised if she was a man, but she is a woman. I don't mean to discriminate against women, but these things should be summed up by men. I think Maomei must have a very rich experience, otherwise she would not have summed it up so brilliantly.Am I not confused about the way in 2007?Might as well discuss it with her. Maomei is happy to communicate with me.In her words, communication makes people progress, and isolation makes people fall behind.She asked me: "What is the main basis for a company to grow from its inception to its maturity?"

She gave me three answers and asked me to choose: 1. Relying on products, those who get products win the world; 2. Relying on the market, those who win the market win the world; 3. Relying on resources, those who get resources win the world. She added that by resources she meant power, friends and so on. I'm not interested in these kinds of questions.This kind of problem is actually a trick that some pseudo-experts deliberately sum up to raise their own social status in order to attract the attention of others and show their profound skills.Originally, all three could be relied on, but I wanted to hear Mao Mei's opinion, so I deliberately said that resources are the most important.

Maomei shook her head and said: "It depends on the product. If you are a distribution company, you first need a product as your core, otherwise you don't even know what to sell; Not to mention products; if you are a service-oriented company, the content of your service is the product, and the best service is to do a good job in the content. So I think the product is the foundation of the company.” Mao Mei also said: "Many people will choose resources, but think about it, how many resources can a start-up company have access to? Some people think that with power and resources, everything is possible. In fact, this is a wrong judgment. Now In this society, no one dares to abuse power for small interests. What do powerful people seek? It is stability, not profit. And what is the greatest happiness of a person? It is also stability. Do you know why so many people work hard? ? That’s because he didn’t feel safe, so he wanted to earn more money to make his life stable in the future, once and for all.” If I were just surprised at the beginning of my opinion of Maomei, this passage of hers made me very surprised. She sees things too clearly. I asked her, "What do people like me rely on to turn over?" Mao Mei asked back, "Are you down and out?" I told her honestly about my life in the past few years, and even told her about my work as a migrant worker on the construction site.The reason why I told her this is because I think her insights are extraordinary and she sees problems very deeply. I just need someone to point me right now. Maomei smiled and said: "Actually, your eyes have told me. Because you never dare to look at a person calmly, and your eyes always dodge. This is a sign of inferiority. The reason why people feel inferior is because they have experienced Some low points, thinking that maybe I'm hopeless." I am silent. Mao Mei said: "I don't know much about your industry, but according to your introduction, I feel that you are like a guerrilla, rushing wherever there is money. You can't last long if you do this. The body can't keep up, and the energy If you can’t keep up, over time, you get tired and give up. Eventually you let yourself fall.” What Maomei said made my hair stand on end. Mao Mei went on to say: "But I can understand your current situation. You can only survive by doing this. But you have to change your thinking. I think you should take a professional and professional path, and don't cast a net." When I heard the word "professional and precise", I couldn't help being moved, as if I had a feeling of seeing the sun through the clouds. Maomei added: "I can imagine that when you rushed to the sesame seeds in a hurry, you might have seen watermelon beside you, but because you want to survive, you can only pick up the sesame seeds that are effortless." , Watching the watermelon being carried away by others. Do you have this kind of experience? More than enough heart but not enough strength?" I nod. Maomei laughed, and she said, "That's someone else's watermelon. Now you have to build up your strength. Once you have strength, it's your watermelon. At least you can get a piece of it." I nod again.I know what Maomei means by cultivating strength.Cultivating strength is accumulating capital.How to accumulate capital?My understanding is to find a path that suits you and keep walking along this path.No matter whether this path is right or wrong, we must stick to it.Even if it is a wrong path, as long as you persist, you will go in the right direction. There are many such examples in life.Many small shops looked inconspicuous at first, and the business was poor, but he persisted and gradually gained a firm foothold in the industry.In a few years, there have been earth-shaking changes. I felt that my mind was wandering, and I hurriedly adjusted my thoughts, returned to reality, and continued to listen to Maomei. It is a pleasure to talk with Maomei. She can always extract some shining things from life, and combine them with reality, and analyze them well. In front of Maomei, I am like a primary school student, and Maomei seems to be willing to play the role of a preacher. It was almost 12 o'clock at night when we parted ways with Maomei. Mao Mei said, "I'll see you off, it's not easy to take a car right now." I said, "No, I'll just take a taxi and go back." I wanted to wait for Maomei to leave, and then go to the street to take the night bus home, but a taxi came directly to wait for the passengers, so I had to say goodbye to Maomei and get in the taxi.After walking less than three kilometers, I saw that the meter was about to skip characters, so I stopped immediately, paid 6 yuan for the fare, got off and waited for the bus on the side of the road. When I got home, my son was already asleep, and Zhou Yuan was watching TV in the living room alone.Seeing me enter the room, Zhou Yuan sullenly said, "What are you doing? You came back so late?" It suddenly occurred to me that I promised to accompany Zhou Yuan to the mall this evening to buy a piece of clothing for my mother-in-law as a gift.Mother-in-law celebrates her birthday tomorrow and turns 60. I hurriedly said: "Talk about it with a friend and forget about it." Zhou Yuan sneered and said, "I still don't know what's on your mind?" I said, "What's on my mind? It's really about talking about things." Zhou Yuan sneered again, and said, "It's fine if you're afraid of spending money, don't always use talking about things as an excuse." To be honest, I was at fault for this matter, but Zhou Yuan's two sneers made me feel disgusted, so I said angrily: "Okay, I'll give you the money now, lest you say I'm afraid of money." money." I was dumbfounded when I touched the wallet. There was only 13 yuan in the wallet.It turned out that there was a total of 20 yuan in the bag. I took a taxi for 6 yuan and took a bus for 1 yuan. Seeing me standing there motionless, Zhou Yuan sneered again. I said awkwardly: "I forgot to take the money from my brother, how about I give it to you tomorrow?" This sentence aroused Zhou Yuan's unknown anger. She threw the remote control board in her hand and said, "Which one of our family members have you ever cared about? The wife is in charge of other people's husband's money, and my husband's." The money is in the hands of my husband’s brother. I can get half of your brother’s treatment, and I’m content. It’s not good for me to marry, but I have to marry you? It’s okay to want anything, and I pretend to talk about things outside all day long, which seems like I look so busy. Look at my cousins, who doesn’t marry better than me? I live in a good house and drive a good car. What do you have? At the beginning, I wanted to be nice to you, but I didn’t expect that you only had you in my eyes My own family. Our family is not human? I don’t care about anything, selfish things.” This rebuke hits the nail on the head, every sentence is like a knife.I was at a loss. Zhou Yuan ignored her and continued to criticize me and compare me with her cousins. Everything she said was true, but the words dripped like salt water on my wounds. A wave of anger rose in my heart, and I wanted to explode, but I didn't know how to express it. At the end, I sighed and said, "If you really regret marrying me, you can remarry while you are still young." Zhou Yuan yelled: "Do you think I can't get married? I will marry you tomorrow." I said, "If you really want to remarry, then go ahead and do so." This is the first time that Zhou Yuan and I have mentioned divorce in a quarrel since we were married for several years. Frankly speaking, Zhou Yuan is a pretty good woman.I have been down and out for so many years, except for complaining at ordinary times, she didn't dislike me too much.Even when I didn't go home for several months, she never expressed her abandonment of marriage.Today is her mother's birthday, which is a big event in her eyes, but I neglected it, and she is so angry. I understand her.However, her words show that she has been extremely disappointed in me, and she doesn't look down on me at all.In this case, do I still need to rely on her? So, get a divorce. I walked into the back room, packed a few pieces of clothing, kissed my sleeping son, opened the door and walked out without looking back. The moment I closed the door, I saw my father-in-law stuck his head out of his room, looking out blankly. The wind in early spring is still icy cold. I walked on the street, and my mind became clearer. I don't regret my decision just now, on the contrary, there is a sense of relief.Just like a long-distance trekker with a backpack, the things in the bag are important, but at the moment of giving up, it is still easy. It was late at night, and I didn't want to disturb my brother, but I didn't have money to stay in a hotel.After thinking for a long time, I decided to go to the office to make do with the night. Our office is in a residential building, and we can enter at night. I didn't take a car and walked along the road towards the office.The road has long lost the hustle and bustle of the day, leaving me with a deep silence. My mind was very active, and the past kept coming.It's been almost seven years since we met Zhou Yuan, from meeting to getting married, to tonight.Could it be that the mystery of the seven-year itch really came true?No, it has nothing to do with the seven-year itch, it has something to do with being down and out. It's hard for a down-and-out man to have a happy marriage. The calm on the surface can't hide the turbulent waves inside.What should go, let it go, no big deal, come and go naked without any worries. Men have to do business.No career, nothing!Even if you have it, you don't deserve to enjoy it; even if you enjoy it, you don't enjoy it calmly.Why bother? Forget it, don't think about it, think about your future. The future, the future is still a mystery. In my current situation, although I can earn a living, I am still in danger. All the products I sell are purchased from the market and then sold to customers.There is no difference between my purchase price and the price that customers go to the market to buy.And the reason why I can still earn some money is that I took advantage of the information gap between the market and the construction site, diligently ran errands, and earned a little hard money. How long can you earn this kind of money? It's hard to say, now that the level of informatization is getting higher and higher, an ant can find the price on the Internet, not to mention that the things I sell are all general products, and the prices are everywhere.As long as I spend a little more energy and make a few more phone calls, I can figure out my purchase price clearly. If someone can buy something for 10 yuan, if I want to sell it for 12 yuan, Lei Feng may not even be able to do it. Therefore, I feel more and more that the current situation can't last for too long, and I have to find a way quickly, otherwise I won't even earn my hard-earned money by then. However, just because I can realize the difficulties in the future does not mean that I can find a solution to them. Everyone has a degree of foresight, but most of us cannot avoid the difficulties that are inevitable. As Maomei said, I am working hard now, if one day I get tired, I will give up, and I will eventually let myself fall down. So, what should we do? Products, specialized and refined.This is the most accurate message that Maomei conveyed to me. Thinking wildly in my head like this, I entered the office.Looking at the time, it was already four o'clock in the morning.Tired and sleepy, and a little cold.I put on all the clothes I packed up from Zhou Yuan's house and leaned on the chair to sleep. The sun will continue to rise tomorrow and the world will not change.Only those who want to change change.