Generally, there are two types of people who achieve victory: those who pursue success as a goal, and those who are driven by survival, where failure is not an option. The rest are destined to lead mediocre lives.
So far, I believe that survival is the first thing a person must face.
Most people, like me, do not come from wealthy families. Therefore, after graduating from university, we must find work to support ourselves. First, we must be able to sustain ourselves.
Once married, most people, like me, do not find partners with vast fortunes. Instead, two working-class individuals start planning their lives together. Buying a house, having children, planning for their education... that is how most people live, and my life was no different.
I still remember my early days in Shenzhen. Those days truly showed me the meaning of survival.
Because of my mother, I went to Shenzhen after graduation, giving up my job at a foreign company to help with my mother's business. The so-called company was actually just a shell company. My mother, her relatives who came to Shenzhen with dreams of wealth, and I worked busily in a residential building, meeting all kinds of people. As my mother used to say, Business is made through encounters and negotiations.
My mother left my life when I was four and suddenly reappeared when I was eighteen. To the teenage girl I was back then, my mother was a mysterious yet close figure in my imagination. So, when she expressed her wish for me to help with the business in Shenzhen after graduation, I went without hesitation.
I remember I said nothing, and he was always like that—whenever I decided to do something, he would remain silent. Even when I stood before him, bruised and battered, he still wouldn't say a word.
