"I opened a translation museum, which is a company that specializes in translating, but the business is bleak!" Ma Yu poured himself and Luo Ziling into a drink, and raised his glass and said, "Now it's a dilemma. If you stop entrepreneurship, then the previous investment and energy you spent will be wasted. Keep holding on, but I don't know if it will become a bottomless pit that always needs to be invested."

Luo Ziling raised his glass and clinked Ma Yu for a while, and drank the wine in the glass as if he was clean, and then urged Ma Yu to drink the wine.

"I have wine, you have a story," Luo Ziling picked up the bottle and helped Ma Yu pour the wine, pouring it happily, "How about drinking and listening to you telling stories today, how about not getting drunk?"

"Brother Luo is really a person with temperament!" Ma Yu raised his glass and touched Luo Ziling for a while, and laughed: "Okay, today I will lend you your wine and tell my cowardly story."

"Maybe it's very inspiring!"

At this time, the roasted dumplings also came.

The two of them were drinking and eating roasted dumplings.

After a few glasses of wine, Ma Yu's chatterbox opened.

He started with his own experience.

In 1985, Ma Yu was admitted to university.

He is very subjective, has good foreign language scores, and other grades are average.

Therefore, he finally chose the Foreign Language Department.

With his excellent English scores, Ma Yu was "unlimited" in college. Not only was he elected as the president of the student union during his college years, but he was also fortunate to become the only student among the graduates assigned to teach at the university. In 1988, after graduating from the English major of the Foreign Language Department of Hangzhou Normal University, Ma Yu went to Hangzhou Electronics Industry College to serve as an English teacher.

Soon, Ma Yu became an outstanding young teacher at the city level in Hangzhou, initiated the first English corner by the West Lake, and became famous in the translation industry in Hangzhou.

After the reform and opening up, the land of China underwent earth drastically changes.

Low wages and unprecedented opening up have caused China's export trade to explode, and foreigners have come to China to invest.

When dealing with foreigners, you naturally need translation.

At that time, the entire Hangzhou and even the country lacked English talents.

Many private business owners in Jiangnan Province who do foreign trade business often invite Ma Yu as their full-time translator.

This so-called "part-time job" made Ma Yu really unable to come, so he thought of setting up a professional translation agency in Hangzhou.

In January 1994, Ma Yu and several of his friends registered and established the first professional translation museum in Hangzhou. In addition to being a translator himself, he also invited some retired teachers to help. Of course, this help requires salary.

"Actually, our translation library is just a small shop, with all the employees in total five." Ma Yu said this with a wry smile and drank another glass of wine.

Luo Ziling had drunk all the bottles of beer that he had just asked for, so he immediately called the boss and brought a few more bottles of beer.

The beer was brought soon. After pouring the drinks for Ma Yu, Luo Ziling urged him to continue telling his entrepreneurial story.

"It's very difficult to operate the company. The monthly income is only two or three hundred yuan, while the rent is seven hundred yuan." Ma Yu continued to smile bitterly, "I'm paying money every month, and I can't make it anymore. But I'm very unwilling to stop entrepreneurship."

In early January this year, Ma Yu and his colleagues raised 3,000 yuan, and the registered capital of the translation library was this 3,000 yuan.

After several months of operation, the situation of insufficient income has shaken several other investors in the translation museum.

"But you firmly believe that the translation museum can continue," Luo Ziling raised his glass again and said, "So you are working part-time to make money to help the translation museum, right?"

"That's right, it's true. Otherwise, who would have come to set up a stall? I'm so tired every day!" Ma Yu drank another glass of wine.

The action of putting down the cup heavily exposed his depression.

The operation of the translation museum is really worrying. In order to make the translation museum survive, Ma Yu began to look for new profit growth points.

He divided half of his already small office and rented it to others as a bookstore.

This summer vacation, on such a hot day, he ran from Hangzhou to Yiwu with a big sack on his back, and even went to Yangcheng to wholesale small handicrafts and small gifts everywhere, and then carried these handicrafts and gifts back to Hangzhou to sell.

But Ma Yu's desperate efforts did not completely change the dilemma of the translation museum. In addition, several collaborators at the beginning chose to withdraw, so he had to continue working part-time. He also involved in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industries.

He used this income to maintain the operation of the translation museum.

"You are really... amazing!" Luo Ziling gave Ma Yu a thumbs up, "I worked so hard for my dream."

"Never give up is my life creed!" Ma Yu smiled bitterly again. He raised the wine glass in his hand and said with emotion: "I originally thought that if the translation talents are so lacking, life will definitely be very popular when setting up an interpretation museum. I didn't expect it to be so deserted and even maintain it is so difficult. However, I firmly believe that life in the translation museum will get better, and I don't want to give up."

"You are really persistent in doing things." Luo Ziling praised with a smile, and then said: "I am all moved by your entrepreneurial story."

"I hope one day, I can stop setting up stalls to make money to support the translation library. The performance of the translation library can make me proud." Ma Yu still smiled bitterly when he said this.

Luo Ziling thought of the comments of some critics in later generations about this short and ugly man: bold, maverick, full of dreams, passion, courage to innovate, and challenging secular concepts.

But Luo Ziling felt that the most admirable thing about this Ma Dad is his persistence.

Even though he didn't know much about Ma Yu's entrepreneurial history in his previous life, he could still draw such a conclusion after hearing Ma Yu tell his entrepreneurial story.

"I believe that your translation library will definitely make a profit and help you earn the first pot of gold in your life." Luo Ziling picked up a roasted dumpling and put it in his mouth and chewed it. He said while chewing it: "Your story has touched me. If I also join your translation library and invest with you, will you welcome it?"

"At first, the five of us raised 3,000 yuan to run this translation museum, but now there are only two people left." Ma Yu looked at Luo Ziling meaningfully, "They are not optimistic about the growth of the translation museum. Are you not afraid of investing money and losing all the money in the end?"

"I think that if a person is very persistent in doing things, the chance of success is much higher than that of others." Luo Ziling raised his glass to toast Ma Yu again, "I believe you will succeed in the end. I am willing to make money with you. Are you willing to accept me as an investor?"

"Okay!" Ma Yu was not a shy person either. He immediately accepted Luo Ziling's initiative to join. "Since Brother Luo is so optimistic about Ma, then Ma is not polite. Come and have another drink and cheer for our cooperation."

Luo Ziling laughed and said, "It should be toast for our success!"
Chapter completed!