苦不堪言再創(chuàng)業(yè)

Pains in starting a new business again

“周老板，今天我們是專程而來，你總不能讓我們空著手回去吧？”從南江縣來了幾個人，為首一個蓄著小胡子的年輕人，是位材料供應(yīng)商，他一進辦公室，對著周興和不客氣地說道。

"Mr. Zhou, we are here on purpose today. You can't let us go back empty-handed, can you?" Several men came from Nanjiang County. The first, a young man with a moustache, was a supplier of materials. As soon as he entered the office, he addressed Zhou Xinghe rudely.

“你們請坐，喝口水?！敝芘d和指了指凳子，客氣地對這幫人說道，“你們放心，我周興和不是那種賴賬的人，只是目前確實有些困難，實在抱歉，能不能再緩幾天？”

"Have a seat and have a drink." Zhou Xinghe pointed to the stool and said politely to those people, "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of deadbeat, but I do have some difficulties at the moment. I'm really sorry. Could you give me a few more days?"

“困難？我們已經(jīng)了解清楚了，下面那臺野馬轎車，就是你們公司的！”收賬的年輕人也不坐，也不喝水，他抖了抖手上的紙條，“你既然有錢買轎車，沒有錢還賬，那我們今天也就不客氣了，準(zhǔn)備先把它扣押下來，你有錢時來取就是了。”

"Difficulty? We already know that the Mustang down there belongs to your company!" They young man did not sit nor drink. He shook the note out of his hand, "Since you have money to buy a car and no money to pay the debt, we are not polite today. We are going to impound it first, and you can come and get it when you have money."

“什么轎車？無非就是臺人家快報廢的車?！敝芘d和笑了笑，“我們的工作沒有車實在太不方便，只是用來買材料跑客戶代個步罷了?！?/p>

"What car? It's just a car that's about to be scrapped." Zhou Xinghe smiled, "It's really inconvenient for us to work without a car. We just use it to buy materials and visit our clients instead of walk."

“我們也不想和你啰嗦了，欠賬還錢，天經(jīng)地義。”年輕人對手下同來的人手一揮，“走，先把車開走！”

"We don't want to talk to you any more. It's the unalternable principle that everyone should repay own debt." The young man waved to his fellow and said, "Let's go, drive off the car!"

“我們無非就欠你1000多塊錢，你就要扣我們的車，這也太過分了吧！”小申走進辦公室，對這些人說道，“我們雖說是臺舊車，還是值2萬多塊錢哪！”

"We only owe you 1,000 yuan, but you want to withhold our car, which is too much!" Shen walked into the office and said to them, "Even though it is an old car, it still worths more than 20,000 yuan!"

“你們既然能有2萬多塊錢買車，就沒有1000多塊錢還賬！走，我們管不了那么多，先把車開走！”

"If you can buy a car with more than 20,000 yuan, how could you not pay back the 1,000 yuan! Come on, we don't care, let's drive off the car first!"

“不行！”小申追下樓，攔住這群人。

"No!" Shen ran down the stairs and stopped those people.

“小申，算了?！敝芘d和拉住小申，見她眼里含著焦急的淚水，他平靜地勸她道，“我們既然欠人家的錢，他們要扣車就扣吧。”

"Shen, forget it." Zhou Xinghe took Shen by the hand, and saw her eyes full of anxious tears; he calmly said to her, "Since we owe them money, let them take the car."

車被人強行開走了。

The car was driven away by force.

回到辦公室，周興和見小申難過的樣子，他安慰她道：“算了，你不要難過了。無非就是臺快報廢的車嘛，將來我們有錢了，我替你買臺嶄新的‘雅閣’！不，買臺嶄新的‘奔馳’！”

Back to the office, Zhou Xinghe saw Shen was sad, so he comforted her: "Forget it, don't feel sad. It's just a car that's going to be scrapped. When we get rich in the future, I'll buy you a brand-new Accord! No, a brand-new Benz!"

“你、你總是給人畫餅充饑！”小申破涕為笑，嗔怪道。

"Alas, you always draw a cake to allay one's hunger!" Shen laughed through tears, and blamed in smile.

“我這不是給你畫餅充饑，也不是讓你望梅止渴，我相信一定會有那一天！”周興和充滿信心地說。

"I am not drawing you a cake to allay your hunger, nor wishing you a plum to quench your thirst. I am sure there will come a time!' Zhou Xinghe said with confidence.

是呀，來到一個陌生的地方重新創(chuàng)業(yè)，還身負(fù)幾十萬元的舊債，周興和與小申猶如是行走在一片沼澤地里，每向前一步，實在是太艱難了。

Well, coming to a strange place to start a business again, with hundreds of thousands of old debts, Zhou Xinghe and Shen felt like walking in a swamp. Every step forward was really too difficult.

小申辭掉了工作，放棄了每月有2000元左右收入、且旱澇保收的“鐵飯碗”，在她家里依然引起軒然大波。小申在家里是最受寵愛的女兒，她是父親提前退休后讓她頂替工作的。當(dāng)家人得知她要跟腰無半文的一個窮光蛋結(jié)婚，而且要到綿陽去重新創(chuàng)業(yè)后，他父親氣得差點吐血，對女兒大發(fā)雷霆道：“你的那份工作，是老子幾十年從槍林彈雨中得來后，讓你頂替的！你想說辭就辭掉了，這讓我傷心哪！如果你真要辭掉工作，我就死給你看！”

Shen quitted her job and gave up her guaranteed "iron rice bowl", which could earn about 2,000 yuan a month, causing a stir in her family. Shen, the family's favorite daughter, was asked to take her father’s place after her father took early retirement. When the family learned that she was going to marry a penniless pauper and go to Mianyang to start a new business, his father was so angry that he almost spat blood and raged at his daughter, saying, "Your job was given by me after decades of hardwork! You just quit when you want, which makes me sad! If you really want to quit your job, I'll die!"

除了家庭的重重壓力，社會給這對新人的壓力也足以讓人沒有喘息的機會。在這期間，小申多次被前夫用鳥槍威脅，周興和也多次聽說劉鳳瓊要請人來“修理”他們——這些都還罷了，更要命的是，他們在綿陽火車站附近申請注冊的“四川省星河建材總公司”，房子是租住人家的，沒有任何流動資金，幾乎就是一個空殼呀！周興和要繼續(xù)從事他的研究發(fā)明，除了他的意志和韌性的支撐，沒有任何經(jīng)濟和物質(zhì)支撐哪！

In addition to the heavy family pressure, the social pressure on the couple was also enough to make them suffocated. During this period, Shen had been threatened by her ex-husband with shotguns for many times, and Zhou Xinghe also repeatedly heard Liu Fengqiong would send people to "teach them a lesson" - what's more, their "Sichuan Xinghe Building Materials Company" registered near Mianyang Railway Station was almost a shell, since the house was rented, without any liquidity! Zhou Xinghe wanted to continue his research and invention, but there was no economic or material support except for the support of his will and tenacity.

“唉，那時真是太難了！債主上門催債的，房主催收房租的，親戚朋友上門要錢的，幾乎踏破了門檻。我們出門，還要前后左右看一下，是不是有來追債的。”采訪時，小申陷入久久的回憶中，“就是因為欠債，老周官司纏身。有一回，還被弄到派出所關(guān)了一天一夜。后來還是老周的朋友借給他5萬塊錢，才免遭被房主逐出門外，才解了燃眉之急……”

"Oh, it was so difficult then! Creditors came to press for the repayment of debts, homeowners came to collect the rent, relatives and friends came to ask for money, which almost broke the threshold. When we went out, we needed to look around to see if there were any creditors." In the interview, Shen lost herself in the memory for a long time. "Because of the debt, Zhou was entangled in the lawsuit. On one occasion, he was detained in the police station for a day and a night. Later, his friend lent him 50,000 yuan, which saved us from being evicted from the house and helped us meet the pressing need..."

當(dāng)時的小申，是鐵了心跟著周興和創(chuàng)業(yè)，比一個男人還要能干。她不但要管家里大人小孩的溫飽，為了開辟市場，還長期在綿陽與成都之間奔波；幾十斤重的東西，她從不請搬運工，都是自己搬上搬下；當(dāng)時無錢做廣告，每天夜里她都和周興和提著漿糊桶，滿城貼廣告；她送兒子上學(xué)，有時連3毛錢的三輪車也舍不得坐。

At that time, Shen was determined to follow Zhou Xinghe for the business startup, who was more capable than a man. She not only had to take care of the children and adults at home, in order to open up the market, but also ran about between Mianyang and Chengdu for a long time; she never hired a porter for the loading and unloading of heavy things, but all by herself. At that time, they had no money for advertising. Every night, she and Zhou Xinghe carried a paste bucket and posted advertisements all over the city. She sent their son to school by herself, and sometimes even refused to take a tricycle for 30 cents.

為了節(jié)約經(jīng)濟，周興和出差在外，只能是啃饅頭面包喝涼水，晚上經(jīng)常是睡火車站汽車站；為了繼續(xù)他的發(fā)明，開發(fā)出新的產(chǎn)品，他長期熬更守夜，甚至通宵達旦，以致多次頭昏眼花眼前發(fā)黑，一頭就撞在墻上去；實在太累了，他不分時間地點，倒頭便睡，連打雷下雨也驚他不醒。而經(jīng)濟上一旦小有收獲，他不是用來改善一下困苦的生活，而是不顧一切又將它投入到產(chǎn)品研制，以及再生產(chǎn)中去；在一些關(guān)鍵技術(shù)問題上，他不惜花錢請科研院所和高校幫助試驗解決。如此一來，造成不少急功近利的合作者、親戚、朋友的誤解，以致有人卷款而逃，有人盜走部分專利，想利用周興和已取得的部分研究成果，另起爐灶仿冒產(chǎn)品生產(chǎn)，這樣一來，使得各種投訴不斷，官司纏身，債主盈門。

In order to save money, Zhou Xinghe went on business trips and had to just eat the steamed buns and drink the cold water. He often slept at the railway stations at night. In order to continue his invention and develop new products, he always stayed up late, and even throught the night, so that he was dizzy and blackened for many times, and his head was even dashed against the wall; he was so tired that he fell asleep regardless of the time and place. Even the thunder and rain could not wake him. And once there were some economy incomes, he did not use it to improve their poor life, but desperately put it into the product development and reproduction; and he was not hesitated to pay the research institutes and universities to help him solve some key technical problems. In this way, many collaborators, relatives and friends eagering for quick success and quick profit misunderstood him, so that some people stole some patents and tried to make use of Zhou Xinghe's research achievements to start their own production of counterfeit products. So that various complaints were made constantly, lawsuits were filed and creditors became numerous.

“那時，債主上門來要賬，根本不聽你的解釋，也不跟你講什么道理，指著罵人還算好的?！毙∩暾f，“一些不講情面的人，見你拿不出錢，甚至連辦公室的電話、桌椅板凳都給搬走了……”

"At that time, the creditors came to ask for payment, but they did not listen to your explanation, nor did they reason things out. It was OK that they cursed." Shen said, "Some people even didn't show any kindness. When they saw that you couldn't repay the money, they even moved the office phone, desks, chairs and benches..."

苦不堪言，往事不堪回首！

Bitter, bitter, and bitter to look back into the past!

最讓周興和刻骨銘心的是：有一次在小申妹妹家里吃飯，小申一家人十幾口人聚集一起，他們鑒于周興和兩口兒的生存境況艱難，連基本的生活都沒有保障，竭力勸告周興和不要再想入非非，趁早放棄那遙不可及、沒有經(jīng)濟效益的秸稈建材研究發(fā)明，改行干點其它事情。周興和理解他們的苦心，但不贊同他們那種急功近利的想法，他輕言細(xì)語給他們解釋道：“是的，我們目前是很困難。但，我認(rèn)為這困難只是暫時的。我相信，如果我的項目一旦成功，上千萬的錢我沒想過，我的目標(biāo)是以億來計算?！?/p>

The most unforgettable thing for Zhou Xinghe was that: once they had dinner in Shen’s sister’s home, and the family of more than a dozen people gathered together; in view of Zhou Xinghe couple’s survival difficulty, even the basic life was not safeguarded, so they tried to advice Zhou Xinghe stopped dreaming, from the distant invention of straw materials research without any economic benefit, and diverted to do other business. Zhou Xinghe understood their worries, but he did not agree with their eagerness for quick success. "Yes, we are having a hard time at the moment," he explained in a mild tone, "But I think the difficulty is only temporary. I believe that if my project is successful, I have never thought of tens of millions. My goal is to calculate in hundreds of millions."

小申的姐姐見周興和如此執(zhí)迷不悟，不識好歹，并且在她看來是口出狂言，她有些生氣了。大概她知道周興和經(jīng)常因沒錢住旅館，在車站過夜的情況，她帶著嘲諷的口吻說道：“哼，以億來計算？今天晚上你沒有錢，就在外面去過‘夜’！過一‘夜’就是一‘億’，過兩‘夜’就是兩個‘億’！……”

Shen's sister saw that Zhou Xinghe was so obstinate and ignorant of good and evil, and in her eyes, he just talked widely, so she was a little angry. Presumably knowing that Zhou Xinghe often spent the night at the station because he could not afford to stay in a hotel, she said with a sneer: "Well, in hundreds of millions? You have no money tonight, so you have been out for the night! One night dreaming of one billion, and two nights of two billion! ..."

按周興和平時的個性，他肯定會拂袖而去，但這回他聞聽此言，卻只是心平氣和地對她說：“姐，你剛才說的話，就當(dāng)是對我周興和的一個鞭策吧?！?/p>

According to Zhou Xinghe's personality, he would certainly leave in a huff, but at hearing this, he just calmly said to her, "Sister, what you just said should be a spur to me."

其實，周興和確實不是口出狂言，以后的事實證明了他的預(yù)見。

As a matter of fact, Zhou Xinghe really did not talk widely, and the later facts had proved that he foresaw.

“是呀，當(dāng)今這個社會，人們大凡做一點事情，講求的都是立竿見影、吹糠見米的效益。像周興和這樣能夠著眼于未來，處理好眼前利益和長遠(yuǎn)利益的關(guān)系，潛下心來搞發(fā)明創(chuàng)造，執(zhí)著追求自己人生理想的人，實在是太罕見了！”寫作過程中，筆者一個作家朋友，聽我講周興和發(fā)明創(chuàng)造的過程，他感慨地評價道，“我們現(xiàn)在這個社會，為什么制假造假屢禁不止，貪污腐敗現(xiàn)象層出不窮，有人甚至冒著殺頭坐牢的危險販毒販槍、拐賣婦女兒童，就是想走暴發(fā)的捷徑，幻想著一覺睡醒起來，就成億萬富翁啊！”

"Well, in today's society, when people do some things, they always focus on the immediate results and benefits. Zhou Xinghe is a rare person who can focus on the future, deal with the relationship between immediate and long-term interests, dive into the invention and creation, and persistently pursue his ideal of life." In the writing process, the author’s writer friend, after listening to Zhou Xinghe’s innovation process, sighed with emotion and said, "In current society, why the counterfeiting fraud emerges repeatedly, the embezzlement and corruption phenomenon emerges in endlessly, and some people even take the risk of trafficking drugs, guns, women and children, which is because they want to go the shortcut, and dream to become a billionaire after waking up!"

哦，這里有個細(xì)節(jié)還要向讀者交代一下：不知是鬼使神差，還是種瓜得瓜，前面提到的南江縣來“星河公司”逼債的那一幫人，周興和欠了他們1000多塊錢，他們卻強行扣押開走了價值2萬多元的小車。他們車上共坐了8個人，由于車況實在不好，回南江的路又不好走，車還沒開到南江，就翻到了山崖下——他們實在是得不償失有苦難言！車禍造成他們1人重傷，7人輕傷。由于對方人員受傷，整個車輛報廢，此事也就不了了之了。

Well, here is a detail to explain to the reader: nobody knew whether it was a trick of the devil or the cause and effect, something happened to the aforementioned people who came to "Xinghe Company" to press for repayment of debts from Nanjiang County, that Zhou Xinghe owed them just 1,000 yuan, but they forcibly drove away the car worth more than 20,000 yuan. There were 8 people in the car. Due to the bad condition of the car, and the road back to Nanjiang was not good, before the car reached Nanjiang, it went over to the bottom of the cliff. One of them was seriously injured and seven others were slightly injured. As they got injured, and the car was scrapped, the matter ended up with nothing.