All about the Years, Early Days in S21

Yah, time is limited, and I have to speed up this track record for the old memories. I delayed several days at home to finish this, and it has to be done because memories are assets that increase its value as the time goes by, but easy to lose if you don’t mark it down. By the other side, and it has to be finished soon too, because man doesn’t live in memories. We’re live in current, expecting for the future, and enjoying in our memory collections.

The early days in S21 may be the most importance in my last 25 years. It changed me much. I admit I a person with planning, everything should be under management, or I would feel frailest. Confirmation, yes, tag of my life. I nurtured this habit, because too much in life is out of what you planned before. Unimaginable situation come into your handling any time, such as my trip to S21. I don’t remember why I chose for it, maybe I’ve never thought about why not. I like that city when I’m so young, but it’s regretful I hate there right now. I didn’t plan what exactly I will get there, and what I may meet there. The only thing I planned before I go through the boarding gate is planning to stay about half of year, and I come back my hometown after 2 year later. Anything else? Just follow the stream of destiny. My friends think I get successful in S21, I agree with them mostly. But what I want to explain is I’ve never image of this. No planning, no expecting and even no courage because I know nothing to scare, is contained in it. I setup the G20 branch and a steady-going around 50,000 sales for the company that time. I personally wage is 2,200 for last 6 months, but will be soon nearly 1,800 per month, I guess for it of course. If I went to S21, the totally unpredictable place, I may lose what I shall get. I point out this opportunity cost calculation just by now. But at that time, I made the decision no longer than 15 seconds, and then I was paid 22,000 after three months later. Thing is just unlikely to be such hard as you think. Yes, the most valuable experience I learned from it, and I have to say it’s a beta carving out, and a gift from destiny. Something I learned, some guys I met should be logged down for this amazing journey.

What I brought with me to fund new branch company in S21?
So many friends ask for this question. Ok. 15,000 cash, my IBM i1900 series desktop and a big traveling case with full of clothing and a package of disks, these were all I brought to S21. Ah, and one air tickets. Cash had been spent out the third week I had been there. I don’t remember where the big traveling case is now. And I have changed my notebook to a new X40 series one year ago. This post maybe this only thing let me think of the days. Those tough days seem unworthily to be mentioned now. It proves the words once more, the good would pass, so as the bad. It’s nothing to be surprised my cash dried up not long I arrived S21, most for the rent. We used to pay a month than plus another for mortgaging, yet in S21, they pay 3 months once than plus another more for mortgaging. So if something I would tell you here, figure out the renting custom of your target region if you plan to do the same thing as I did. Otherwise, you may starve to death. The tenth day was my 23 birthday, I brought a snack cost 5, finished the meal in 5 minutes, and then went back to work. The headquarters in S755 noticed the mistake of the budget, but they kept silence. Now that they didn’t give me any assistance, I won’t beg for it either, that’s me. So, I had to make the first deal, and receive the payment as quickly as I can.

How I got my first incoming payment in S21?
We contacted several clients before my arriving, so I contacted them as soon as I move in the new company. My first customer was a faltering guy who came to me few times for consultation, but still kept his payment. I realized I’d to give him a push, or he may keep his enquiry for whole year. Sometimes, you have to make decisions for the customers. I phoned him to make a break through, and straightly asked him to take money to my company next day. That’s all, the next day; I received the first part of payment. I phoned all of my fellows about this that night. And my company, just like Forrest Gump’s shrimp ship, started to be lucky. I remitted 100,000 back for the headquarters a months later; afterward I knew that it was the 100,000 saving the headquarters from crisis.

I slept well twice in the period.
One of my best friend in college, Anyoo; he went to S21 after his graduate. I had time to ask him out for dinner after the branch got in the path. Actually I don’t remember what I talked with him that night, no more than keep repining I believe. We drank some beer on the table, and then I slept beside the dishes. I found it out when Anyoo woke me up by gingerly touching my hand. Ah, I knew I had been tired. If I knew that’s the last time I meet him in these 3 years, I would never gone to sleep or no more whine in our conversation. I miss this brother; I could find mercy from his eyes. No matter how strong a man could be, he has a weak moment. So there’s nothing to be afraid of my competitor, all I have to find out are the moment and the places which make it being weaker. The other time is my mom came to the city for biz trip. I had a good dream in her hotel room. Such a good dream I ever have, whiling sleeping with my mother.

Money would not take me to the top of life, but achievement does.
The most unforgettable scene presented in Jan. 2004. From late Nov. 2003 through the year to early Jan. 2004 must be nightmare and darkest time for the ZZIE candidate. A new version of laboratory testing theme made hundred of them failed at the first attempt, which cost more than $1,250 once. About 5 candidate trained by me failed either. There wasn’t a single night for me to sleep well at that moment. I went back to S755 to synchronistic the solutions with the engineers in headquarters, and brought back for my players, but the result seemed I was doing useless. I decided to give up all the pre solutions and tested myself. I designed a totally crazy solution for the next player, and I asked him to choose which to be provided in the real lab examination. He chose mine. I waited for the result online at the night he took the exam. I remembered clearly that he passed at his first attempt, by my solution that night at 3:30 am. Yeah, he must gonna be the first one who passed and got certification in this version by the first attempt all over the world. You can’t image how exciting I’m that night. I went out alone, brought some bottles of beer, and drank on the street. Every time I think about this, I still can repeat that frame of mind at the moment even now. Now, the professor had changed his job to be a HP consultant.

How about my 3,000/month and 2,000/month rented house? I lived in where I worked in the early days. But I had to find somewhere new, because Nicole my current girlfriend came to live with me after the New Year festival 2004. I rented a house near my company with no more than 50 square meters and cost 3,000/month. It’s a high class mansion in the city. A really nice house contained much of my braw memories. I moved out from there after I leave my company, and rented a cheaper house because I couldn’t afford the rent which increased up to 3,300 at that time. A Korean moved in. Nicole was an insurance broker earned no more than 1,000 per month but she still could not find enough time to have a rest. So, after we moved in the new house, I started to help her with some house keeping work and decide to lead a simple life. Yes, I really meant life. I used to believe I would have a good life after being rich. I didn’t look the days in the branch as part of my life, I always thought that was a temporary period, and my life would begin since……the company be built up? But it has been built up, and it had already been the leader in the region. Since when? I have no idea because I didn’t understand that was no way of a temporary period but just was the life of mine, the life I chose. No matter what you’re doing, you must wake up that is your life, and try to find funs in it to make it an enjoyable life. Never think about how I will covert into after this. I am what I am. Face to it and plan for it. Even I spent more time sitting on the sofa than going outside for biz in 2005. I burn my life every single second, make it blooming as the fireworks.

Glory and disgrace I had got become the memories I treasure up. As the song sings, where the destiny will lead me to, will the next stop be good or will be bad; the answer is blowin’ in the wind. I just coordinate all the passed memories, then keep my walking and prepare for justice of the future road.

How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the canon balls fly before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years must a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Whatever You Dream, Keep Walking