(a)

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The person who led me into business was Kaohsiung. The first property transaction in the commercial field was also completed with direct guidance and assistance from Kaohsiung.

Ever since the adaptation of "Koharu" was seen by Kaohsiung, he has been very active in stimulating my interest in business and trade, and enthusiastically encouraging me to try in this field. To this end, he has done a lot of preparatory work. He guided me through the process of starting an SME, financial statements, tax planning, human resource management, he got me interested in MBA and Mintzberg's non-MBA management, he gave me my first book "Principles of Economics", he took me to learn about stocks and bonds, learned about commodity trading, and became familiar with the use of various financial derivatives. He made me know and familiarize myself with the bank like never before.

After all these preparations went on to a certain extent, he decided to take the crucial step: develop me and become his partner.

That day, he flew to my city from afar and asked me out to meet at the coffee bar of a newly opened hotel.

After we sat down, he ordered me a glass pot of Earl Grey tea and ordered a cup of coffee himself.

Then he started chatting with me.

He picked up a piece of sticky paper on the table and drew a complete chain of book publishing assignments on it.

He said, "See this? ”

I said, "Why are you drawing this for me?"

"That's how all the business books you see in bookstores," he said. ”

He drew a circle somewhere in that chain and said, "The link where this circle is located, is you." You work in this position, which is: to write endlessly. See your place and proportion in this chain? ”

I said, "See." ”

He said, "Tell me what you see." What do you see? ”

I pointed to his chain and said, "I am at the heart of the work, contributing more than 80% of the final value of the work. ”

He smiled, looked at me and said, "You're really clear-headed, you can understand it at all, no wonder you've always been a good student." ”

He tore off another piece of paper from his pad and drew another chain on it.

He said, "So, what am I drawing now, understand?" ”

I said, "Understood." It is the chain of total profit distribution after the publication of a business book. ”

"That's right," he said. Sure enough, Bingxue is smart. ”

He said, "Now, then, tell me where and what percentage you occupy in this chain of profits?" ”

I said, "The bottom position, the proportion is less than 8%. ”

Kaohsiung placed two pieces of paper side by side on the table.

He looked at me with blazing eyes. He said, "Now, tell me, do you want to be an employee for the rest of your life?" ”

No one had ever shown me this in such a straightforward way before.

I looked at him and said, "What do you want me to do?" ”

(b)

Kaohsiung continued to draw on the work chain with the ballpoint pen in his hand.

"I want you to overcome your social fears and get involved in worldly interests," he said. ”

I said, "I don't want to be a businessman. ”

In fact, I don't want to write either. But to be alive after all requires a means of livelihood. Writing brings me farther away from the world and closer to you. I don't like the need to interact with people a lot to make a living. I came to this world for you, and now that you have left, there is no one in this world that I want to associate with.

However, it seems that this time, Kaohsiung decided to pull me out of the state of deep seclusion.

"Actually, you've already covered 80 percent of the way," he said. "The remaining 20 percent, I don't see anything you can't accomplish."

"It's not as complicated as you think," he said. Actually, it's very simple. ”

"You just have to do a little bit more," he said. ”

He said: "If you can't overcome your dislike of businessmen, then you can assume that all these people are not there for a while, and you are helping to do it for you." ”

I was silent.

Kaohsiung said: "Don't tell me, you are not interested in any of this. ”

He said: "When a person lives in this world, he must be interested in something. If you are not interested in anything, then you are bound to be interested in death. If you're interested in that, you'll disappoint him. ”

Kaohsiung said: "As a friend who has been entrusted, I will not let you do such a thing. ”

I was silent for a while. Then, I laughed a little. While laughing, I felt empty in my heart. I said, "It's unbelievable. ”

Kaohsiung said: "What is unbelievable? ”

I said, "It's unbelievable: one day as an adult, I'm sitting here like this, thinking and discussing something like this." ”

I said, "I never wanted to be a businessman. Never thought about it. ”

A wave of sadness rushed over me from the bottom of my heart, and I couldn't say any more. I don't know what's going on. It doesn't seem like there's anything to be so sad about.

Kaohsiung reached out and patted me on the shoulder.

"That's what adulthood is all about," he said. We're going to be the kind of people we never thought we'd be and we're going to do things we've never thought we'd ever thought of. ”

After a while, he added, "But you don't feel sorry for this. ”

"You're not sad that you could be someone you didn't think you wanted to be," he said. ”

"You're sad not to be the person you thought you wanted to be," he said. ”

It's really sharp. In a word, tell the reason.

(c)

Kaohsiung said: "All hesitation is due to fear. ”

He said, "What are you afraid of?" Let me break it down for you. ”

"We have to know what that fear is, and then we can come up with ideas to solve it," he said. ”

He wrote on the paper: "Fear one: You're afraid that doing these extra jobs will bring a lot of human interaction. You prefer to be alone, isolated from the world, especially from people. ”

He said, "You don't have to be afraid of this. Let's use the form of a partner. In this way, more than 95% of interpersonal communication, I can help you do it. ”

He said, "You don't have to feel like you owe me a favor. I'm different from you, I love this, and when it comes to relationships, it's like a fish in water, and it's a lot of fun. ”

He said: "Well, this fear is solved. Agreed? ”

Seeing that I didn't raise any objections, he took it upon himself to draw a big black cross on this "fear one".

Then, he began to write: "Fear two: You are afraid to enter turmoil and never have stability and security again. ”

"This one is also easy to solve," he said. If you lose your current job at the magazine because of this, I guarantee you'll have another one right away, similar in every way. If you don't mind being hired by me, or being hired by my friends. ”

He said, "You won't mind, will you?" ”

He said: "To be clear, I just want to address your insecurities, not to boast that I have money and means. ”

He said: "In fact, in front of you, I usually feel very poor and completely helpless about many things. It's like a monkey from Africa. ”

I couldn't stay silent. I said, "Brother Kaohsiung......"

Kaohsiung stopped me from continuing. He grinned: "Just kidding about the monkeys, you relax, don't always bite those two pretty lips in front of me." ”

As he spoke, he pretentiously drew a big black cross on "Fear II".

(iv)

That day, he was like that, sitting there, in the dim light, drawing big black crosses on one fear after another.

Destroying the withering and decaying, sweeping everything, there is no room for distinction. It looks a bit like a god and a bit like a robber.

I reached down and took the notebook away.

I said, "Don't draw it." ”

Kaohsiung looked up at me and said, "Are you convinced?" ”

I said, "Just as you say, I'll try." ”

Kaohsiung looked up at me for a few seconds. Then, he leapt to his feet.

He said, "A bottle of champagne and congratulations!" Congratulations on the start of our new relationship! ”

I said, "New relationship? ”

He said, "Didn't we just become partners? You're in charge of the content of the work, you're in touch with me, you're in charge of dealing with me, you're in charge of all the interpersonal interactions. ”

"Broadly speaking, a partner is also a type of union," he said. ”

He looked at me with bared teeth and smiled, "Really? ”

Champagne was poured into the glass, and Kaohsiung raised the glass and said with a smile: "For our union." ”

I said, "Sometimes, actually, you are well-intentioned, but why ......?"

Kaohsiung said: "I don't want people to thank me. It's annoying to repeatedly say no thanks. ”

(5)

Kaohsiung looked at the expression on my face through the pale gold of champagne.

He said, "What? Is it so sad to enter the business world? ”

I said, "Yes." In this world ruled by death, it is foolish to seek profit. ”

Kaohsiung smiled. He said, "It pains you to associate with a fool like me." ”

I said, "No." You are not foolish. You, just pretending to be addicted. ”

This time, it was Kaohsiung's turn to be silent for a few seconds.

Then he said, "Heart, am I always tempting, or rather, forcing you to do things you don't want to do?" ”

I couldn't answer "yes" or "no", so I didn't answer his question right away.

We lightly touched the glass.

Kaohsiung drank his cup in the blink of an eye.

I watched as he craned his neck and then put the cup down.

At this time, I said, "Brother Kaohsiung." ”

He said, "Please speak." ”

I said, "I'm willing to do this." ”

I said, "Now, I'm willing to do this." ”

(f)

I'm not lying.

I was reluctant to say yes. But just as he was drawing those big black crosses on his many fears, I changed.

I went from being reluctant to do this to being willing to do it.

The reason for the change is indeed because of those big black crosses drawn on "fear". But it's not because those big black forks have eliminated all kinds of fears in my heart, but because those big black crosses have made me see another, bigger fear. It appears furry in the branches of these big black forks.

That was the fear in Kaohsiung's heart.

Kaohsiung was terrified to see me on the path he had come out of.

He was terrified that it would happen again.

It was this deep fear that made him so desperate to dispel my fear.

Monkeys in Africa. Accurate.

Behind his toughness, there is indeed an African monkey. The bare-handed, the powerless, the manic, the nowhere to hide.

Just as he was drawing those black crosses, trying to destroy my fears, a heartfelt desire swelled up in my heart. I also want to draw a cross. On top of that great fear in his heart. He was scared for so long. Put an end to it.

For this reason, follow him as he wishes, and become a businessman.