The entrepreneurial story of a college student opening a barbecue restaurant
Poor college students successfully start their own business
Hu Qili is a fresh undergraduate graduate of Guangzhou Southern Medical University and a native of Hong'an rural area. Four years ago, he took out debt to attend college. While in college, he worked and started a business. Not only did he pay off his debts and build a two-story mansion for his family, he also bought a house and a car in Guangzhou and started his own business.
What path did he take to start his own business? What do the teachers and students at the school think of his start-up?
Buying souvenirs and selling them since childhood
Hu Qili was born in 1982 in an ordinary farming family in Shizui Village, Huahe Town, Hong'an County. His father worked in the local mine and his mother was busy in the fields.
When Hu Qili was 3 years old, his father had an accident in the mine. His leg was severely fractured and he was paralyzed in bed. He sought medical advice everywhere. Three years later, my father was finally able to walk, but he could no longer do heavy work. In order to treat his father, the family was almost stripped bare.
Hu Qili's father could not work in the fields, so he had to open a small shop to sell daily necessities. At a young age, Hu Qili often ran in and out to "make trouble and help". It was precisely for this reason that he was exposed to buying and selling since he was a child.
As he grew up, Hu Qili began to show his talent in business. There are more than 20 children of the same age in the village. He is not the oldest in age or size, but he is the "leader". He often takes his companions to buy local specialties from door to door, such as centipedes, platycodon, eels, etc., and sells them to traders. On hand, earn some pocket money.
In 2002, Hu Qili was in high school and his academic performance was not bad. His younger brother, who was in his first year of high school, dropped out of school and went out to work to earn tuition for his brother. Hu Qili felt uncomfortable and secretly vowed to go to college so that his family could live a good life.
Hu Qili said that he began to plan his college life from then on: study hard in his freshman year, learn as much as possible, look for opportunities to make money from his sophomore year, and strive to be a boss when he graduates from college.
During the college entrance examination, he originally planned to apply for a business school, but was opposed by his family. Fortunately, he was also interested in electronics, and finally chose the electronic information engineering major of Wuhan University of Science and Technology.
Put up posters to discover campus business opportunities
In September 2002, Hu Qili reported to Wuhan University of Science and Technology with his longing for college life and 4,000 yuan in tuition borrowed from his aunt.
After entering school, Hu Qili felt that college life was much easier than high school life and he had more free time. He used this free time to visit all the universities in Wuhan and got to know the environment in Wuhan, which laid the foundation for his next step in starting a business.
College time is relatively abundant, and if you don’t pay attention, you will develop a habit of laziness. Hu Qili is a person who can’t rest. He decided to enter the society early and started his own entrepreneurial journey in the second semester of his freshman year, half ahead of schedule. semester.
As soon as school started in the spring of 2003, Hu Qili started posting enrollment posters for an agency. This was the first part-time job he found, and he paid a membership fee of 10 yuan.
"It costs 0.20 yuan for each poster, and you'll pay when you're done." The agent handed him a stack of posters and a bottle of paste, and Hu Qili happily started running to major campuses.
"Putting up posters looks easy, but it's actually very difficult to do." Hu Qili didn't expect that putting up posters would have to be controlled by others. Some school security guards would at least chase them away, but in serious cases they would insult or even attack.
Three days later, Hu Qili posted the posters on various campuses as required and received 25 yuan in payment. Several people who were traveling with him quit because they thought there were too few posters, but Hu Qili received some more posters and continued to work. However, he also began to think of other ways.
It is very difficult to find a job after graduating from university, but what is the best way to start a business? Hu Qili began to explore again…
The snack bar next to the school is packed with people every day. It seems that the business is really booming, especially the students who eat barbecue a lot. But to buy barbecue, you have to go outside and it takes at least 15 to 20 minutes to travel. Hu Qili wanted to open one by himself. BBQ restaurant
Hu Qili had no experience in opening a barbecue restaurant, so he discussed it with a few close classmates, but no one knew how much it would cost. Some said it would cost 5,000 yuan, and some said it would cost 2,000 yuan. Hu Qili looked at nearly a hundred barbecue companies on the Internet and finally chose a brand company called Dabaoguan to join for training. The store is located in the school canteen, and the business is called a Huo Tiantian's net profit ranges from 1,500 to 2,000 yuan, and he finally fulfilled his dream of becoming a boss.
In the second half of 2009, as his business grew, Hu Qili spent more than 200,000 yuan to buy a Toyota Corolla sedan, which he used to travel around campus and at various work-study sites. In September last year, he replaced his Toyota Corolla with a BMW 320 worth more than 300,000 yuan. When a reporter asked him why he changed his car, he said: "When it comes to business, a good car is sometimes a kind of identification."
In the eyes of teachers and students, he is a geek
Although he is now a wealth-creating star on campus, Hu Qili is not ostentatious at all.
Although he bought a house outside, Hu Qili still lives in the student dormitory and eats in the cafeteria as before. Moreover, he looks similar to most of his classmates, except that he looks a little more mature.
It's just that it's hard to see him in school. As a joke among his classmates: "Anyone who wants to see him must make an appointment one month in advance." He has a relatively good relationship with his classmates. Although he is often not in school, if he does If there is news, he will usually be notified within half a day.
"He is a geek, and we all admire him." Pei Zhen, Hu Qili's classmate, said that in fact, the class's views on Hu Qili are divided into two groups: some people are very envious of him because he can make money to buy a car and a house before graduating from college. ;Other people think that although he has succeeded in starting a business, he has not kept up with his studies, and the job he is currently engaged in has nothing to do with his major. It is tantamount to giving up his major, which is a pity.
When Hu Qili was in college, the school also provided help for him to start a business. From the dean to the teachers, everyone put more effort into his entrepreneurship and learning. Because he was busy starting a business, he missed some courses. After the school learned about his special situation, he made special arrangements and allowed him to defer exams for some courses according to regulations.
Teacher Du Yong, the head teacher, talked about his special student and said: "I have taught many students, but Hu Qili is the most special among them, and he has made great achievements in entrepreneurship." He believes that the overall employment situation of college students is not very good now. Under good conditions, college students starting their own businesses not only solve their own employment problems, but if they do well, they can also provide jobs for others. "But it would be better if I could take care of my studies at the same time."
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