Class 21 Zheng Ting
1
From Small Beginnings Come Great Things
When I was a child, I often dreamed about being a successful person,
whether that be as a lawyer or a teacher. As I grow up, I have come to
realize that success is not easy to achieve. But I know great things come
from small beginnings.
Here
is
the
latest
news:
China
’
s
e-commerce
giant
Alibaba
Group
ended its first day of trading at 93. 89 U.S. dollars per share, surging 38
percent following a record initial public offering on the New York Stock
Exchange. Alibaba
’
s Jack Ma, who started what is now China
’
s biggest
e-commerce company from his apartment in 1999, has his own business
with small beginnings. On the Internet, there is a saying about Jack Ma:
Today you ignore me, tomorrow you only can look up at me. So we shall
insist
on
doing
what
we
’
re
doing
and
firmly
believe
that
from
small
beginnings come great things.
Fang
Jianhua,
the
founder
of
INMAN
,
started
this
business
with
nothing
and
faced
many
difficulties.
For
instance,
when
he
was
in
Guangdong province, in order to get a foreign customer
’
s order, he spent
three months designing over 50 styles, unfortunately, the customer didn
’
t
order anything, he was in deep sorrow but he kept going on. Nowadays,
he has his own great business. From ordinary wage-earner to chairman of
the
board
who
has
an
annual
sales
reaching
millions
e-commerce
company. Fang Jianhua has actually experienced the same things as many