Even I was surprised that I could contact Stone again after losing contact with him for three years.
And this process was so unbelievable.
When I went out, I met a middle-aged man who was selling expired magazines. Seeing that I stopped in front of the stall, the man extended a finger to me and said,"One yuan for one book."
I crouched down and casually flipped out a book from half a year ago, Young Talents. It was filled with stories of young people's success.
Suddenly, I saw an article titled," A kindergarten can also open a chain store. He did it unexpectedly." A net profit of one million in three years? He laughed and said," Just wait for two more years. I'll earn ten million in five years!" Shi Wenchang, the chairman of the New Hope Education Group, the first kindergarten chain in the country, was a legendary entrepreneur.
A kindergarten? Shi Wenchang? I was stunned.
Wasn't that a rock? I met Shi Tou in May 2007. I'm a literature lover who likes to read Hai Zi's poems and write modern lyrics.
At that time, in order to search for his soul, he rode a bicycle and brought a tent. He wandered from city to city. In half a year, he went to more than 20 cities.
Yantan was also one of the 20 cities.
In November 2007, on a moonlit night with few stars, I chatted with him over a bonfire by the beach of Yantan for the entire night.
He said that after he arrived at Yantan, he would go to Mount Tai and watch the sunrise. Then, he would end this trip. After that, he would start to fulfill his next dream, which was to open the New Hope chain of kindergarten all over the country.
I asked him how he knew he would succeed.
He smiled. In half a year's time, riding a bicycle and carrying a tent to travel through 20 cities, was it difficult?
I nodded.
There was once an article in our textbook about a poor monk and a rich monk. The rich monk had been planning and preparing to rent a boat to travel around the country, while the poor monk traveled around the country with just a bowl. Do you still remember?
Yes.
You can have fantasies and dreams, but you must remember to grow up and walk out of it.
What did he mean?
Live in reality, don't live in dreams.
However, didn't you ride a bicycle to pursue your soul and dreams?
However, I know how to walk out.
Walk out?
That's right. This is also something I've come to understand deeply in the past six months. People shouldn't live in a castle in the air. They should be down-to-earth. In short, they should be pragmatic.
Practically?
Yes, it was.
It was also from that moment on that the word 'pragmatic' became an indelible brand in my mind.
Other than that, there was another word, peace of mind.
The stone said," I don't care about the world. I care about the soul." As long as one had a clear conscience when doing things, it was enough.
I followed the contact number at the end of the article and called him. Unexpectedly, I actually got in touch with Stone.
He asked me how I got this number.
I said I saw it in a magazine called Young Talents.
Stone smiled and said that it was a report published half a year ago.
I said yes, it was the May issue this year.
Stone asked me, how is your PM magazine?
I said that the company that was established in 2008 went bankrupt after operating for a year and a half.
Shi Tou didn't ask me why my company went bankrupt. Instead, he asked me,'What are you doing now?
I said, stay at home.
Didn't you go to work?
No, he didn't.
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