This is the 859th real person we tell
My name is Yange
(this is me)
In 1988, I was born in a "home of books" in Wanzai County, Yichun City. My mother, grandmother, aunt, etc. are all people's teachers. My father also worked as a teacher before he became a senior executive of a private company. Therefore, the family atmosphere is very harmonious and the fragrance of books is strong.
The years from elementary school to high school were spent by my mother and I, because my father worked alone in other places for a high income, and his grades were pretty good, and he worked as an executive in a private company.
Therefore, in this small county, my family is relatively wealthy. Although my mother raised me alone, my parents loved each other very much and loved each other.
What impressed me most was that one day my mother took me out for dinner. After dinner, my friends and I chased each other in the square, and accidentally hit the basketball club there and fell into a coma on the spot.
When I woke up, I saw my mother crying and her eyes were red. The first thing I said to her was: "Don't tell dad." It was because I was worried that my father would not be able to work with peace of mind outside.
(Take your parents to Singapore to play)
It is really not easy for my mother to raise me up alone. In fact, she is very timid and dare not be at home alone on the night of the Zhongyuan Festival . But she is also very strong. When I was bullied by my classmates and ran home crying, she would immediately drive to the school playground to warn him not to bully me again.
Although my father is not at home often, we will go to my father's city to live for a while during the winter and summer vacations. He will do his best to take me to watch and play more.
Dad was still taking a month off to accompany me before my college entrance examination. It was an unforgettable night on the eve of the college entrance examination.
I went to school at the age of 5, and my grades have always been very good. I was less than 17 years old when I was in the college entrance examination. Before the exam, was so excited that he was not sleepy. He was not nervous, but his mind was full of what college was like. A child who lived in a small county for a long time was very much looking forward to the distant university life.
At about 12 a.m., my father whispered outside my door: "Jizi (son), aren't you sleeping yet?"
(Tourism in Lombok, Indonesia)
I replied: "Yes, I'm thinking about everything in my mind, I can't sleep." Dad said: "Come here, let's chat with you.
So our family of three squeezed in a small bed for the first time. After chatting for a long time, I still didn't feel sleepy. Suddenly, I heard my mother say to me with a little crying voice: "Jizi, if you are really nervous, we won't take the exam tomorrow. "
I didn't know what to answer at the time, but tears in the corners of my eyes couldn't stop flowing out. This sentence was like a special medicine, which made me fall asleep quickly.
After such a sleepless night, I was successfully admitted to Sun Yat-sen University with the scores of the top 10 in the county.
was able to achieve such outstanding results because my parents gave me loving and stable living guarantees. I made me soar and finally became a "small town worker" who stood out.
(Macau University Graduation Reception)
When I filled out my application in 2004, I chose Chemistry major. After entering university, I was immediately attracted by overwhelmed club activities. During my time at school, I actively participated in debate teams, baseball and softball associations, and drama clubs.
College life is rich and colorful. As long as I have never seen or played with, I will try them one by one, and slowly develop a character of being brave enough to try new things.
When I was about to graduate from college, I was like many college students, and I was confused about the postgraduate entrance examination or work. At that time, I happened to have an opportunity. The School of Pharmacy came to our School of Chemistry to recruit graduate students.
can study different majors, which made me particularly want to try. However, during college, because club activities took up a lot of time and their grades were not particularly outstanding. So I went out to rent a house and focused on reviewing for a whole month.
(teacher and classmate in Macau when he was studying for graduate school)
Unexpectedly, under the day and night surprise, the postgraduate entrance examination score was good and he passed smoothly. At this time, the Chinese Medical Research Institute of the University of Macau came to our college to poach people. I want to recruit several students from the school to promote pharmacy research in Macau, and give preferential conditions for full scholarship.
is like this. In 2008, I went to the University of Macau to study for the Chinese medicine chemistry major. Compared with the traditional Sun Yat-sen University, the overall atmosphere of the University of Macau is more open and is taught in full English.
During my graduate school study, my life became more colorful. Because I have participated in a drama troupe before, I often go to Hong Kong and Macao to play supporting roles, and I am also fortunate to participate in the shooting of well-known movies. In fact, this is related to my love for liberal arts.
In addition to studying, I would walk around the streets of Macau with bright lights and wine, and occasionally go to the casino to play. Macau is relatively small, and its main tourist attraction is the casino, and people here live a comfortable life.
(first job in Macau)
Many locals do not need a high education and can go to the casino to find a job, and easily earn 20,000 or 30,000 yuan a month. So, you will find that most of the students from the mainland are from the Institute of Macau.
In addition to some entertainment life, I also actively participate in social practice, often deal with some scientific research instruments and equipment companies, and assist in the installation and maintenance of instruments.
So after graduating in 2011, I went to a familiar company and became a sales engineer. The main customers are foreign suppliers and various universities and government agencies in Macau, and their salaries are pretty good.
In fact, I participated in many campus recruitment at that time, and they were all front-end enterprises in the mainland. But I was too young at that time and was still attracted by the flower world of Macau, so I chose to stay.
When I work normally, I need to contact some European and American companies frequently, so my English speaking has been greatly improved. This also laid a good foundation for me to live overseas later. Therefore, there is no way to go in life, every step counts.
(the first time I connected with Xinhua News Agency)
2014 was my third year of working in Macau. I have achieved some success, so I went to Zhuhai to buy a house.
Under the influence of the bright and bright life of Macau, I have also seen many talented classmates around me who have lost again and again in the casino in order to take advantage of opportunities. Therefore, you must not lose yourself as a person. No matter when, you must know what you should do and what you should not do.
In July, a traditional Chinese medicine manufacturer in Macau wanted to dig me to their company to do a new research and development and quality control work on traditional Chinese medicine products.
But the location was in Indonesia, thousands of miles away. At that time, the boss of this company was afraid that I would disagree, so he took me to Bali for a tour.
came to Indonesia. I was attracted by the beautiful natural environment in the local area, so I followed my boss to Indonesia's Semarang . I didn't expect that the first half of the year was very painful.
(employees working in Semarang)
Indonesia's work system is easier than in China, with no overtime, no 996, and no workplace intra-volume . But in a foreign country, I have no playmates around and cannot speak the language, which is really depressing.
For a while, I really wanted to give up and want to return to China to develop. By chance, I met my current wife, who is also the first Chinese I met in Indonesia.
Since I met her, my life in Indonesia has gradually become richer. We had a great time having dinner together, climbing mountain together, and going to the sea together.
She was an international student in Indonesia. At that time, she knew much more people than me. At first, I just relied on her simply, and then I gradually developed feelings for her.
Most of my first friends in Indonesia were introduced by my wife, and her Indonesian is great. When I went out to play, it would be hard to move without her. In the fourth year of together, we got married.
(on-site inspection of rural Jakarta)
In 2017, it turned out that the company's business operations suddenly had problems and decided to withdraw from the Indonesian market. At that time, the boss gave me two choices, one was to go back to China directly, and the other was to stay and look for new opportunities. I chose the latter.
So the boss used part of the funds to Jakarta to re-establish a trading company and handed it over to me to preside over the entirety. I also came from Semarang to work and live in Jakarta, the capital.
After coming to Jakarta, I opened a self-media account, which is mainly used to publish local news, life and entertainment in Indonesia and other information.
At that time, this type of self-media was still relatively scarce in the local area. 2019 coincides with the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Because I saw many overseas Chinese compatriots from other countries making exquisite videos to express patriotism, I also had an idea to follow them in Indonesia to organize a tribute event - singing my motherland.
As the initiator, with my passion, I invited many like-minded friends to plan and complete this event together. With the efforts and support of many parties, the video was finally completed successfully.
(first time to Bali) After the video of
attracted the attention of local Chinese and overseas Chinese, and even the Embassy in Indonesia noticed this work. At that time, he was also invited to attend the reception for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
With such encouragement, I am determined to make more high-quality content and spend more time making meaningful videos to show the style of my Indonesian compatriots, and I also want our voice in Indonesia to be more powerful.
But at this moment, the work was in crisis again. Two years ago, I suddenly changed from a technician to the head of a trading company and had never found the right business model, and the survival of this company has become a problem.
At the same time, has a language company founded by local Chinese students. As the boss is preparing to return to China to develop, he is seeking new partners to take over. I was found because I had dealt with in previous events.
(Singing Activity for the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China)
Language communication and text-related work have always been something I love, So I made a bold decision again to change careers!
took out the savings saved from work over the past few years and was about to roll up your sleeves and do a big fight when an unexpected situation reappeared and the epidemic broke out.
In February 2020, when the epidemic came, I was in my hometown in China to celebrate the New Year with my parents. Considering that all my careers are still in Indonesia, my wife and I rushed back to Jakarta the day before the international flight was closed. At that time, my wife was pregnant.
Unexpectedly, in March of that year, an epidemic began to occur in Indonesia. It is conceivable that after being hit by the epidemic, the company's operating conditions in the first year were very bad and almost faced bankruptcy.
But under such a difficult situation, my self-media has not stopped updating and insists on sharing the latest epidemic information for my compatriots in Indonesia every day. Gradually, more and more people know about the account and gained a certain popularity in the local Chinese circle.
(Wedding held in Bali)
So far, I have insisted on creating thousands of articles and hundreds of videos, with more than 100,000 fans on the entire network.
I believe that as long as you work hard, the next corner will come. After achieving a certain level of popularity, I gradually came into contact with some official activities.
During the Spring Festival in 2021, I was invited by a platform to connect with Xinhua News Agency as a representative of Chinese in Indonesia and accepted their interview.
In April of the same year, I received an invitation from a certain satellite TV station to report on the situation of the ASEAN summit of in Jakarta.Because the epidemic was serious at that time, domestic reporters were unable to arrive at the scene, so the president of a well-known news agency recommended me to be a special correspondent.
At that time, I had no experience at all, but with my previous skills in writing news events and shooting videos, I boldly took on this job. For three consecutive days, I have been thinking, writing, memorizing and shooting every day, and thus completing their series of reports.
(when I first took over the company)
This is really an extraordinary experience and has greatly improved my popularity in Indonesia. Good luck comes one after another, and my company also ushered in a turning point at this time.
More and more domestic and foreign companies know that I am engaged in the language industry in Indonesia and handed over the translation business to us, including file translation, video subtitles, animation translation, etc.
There are also many Chinese companies with Indonesian businesses. Let us train our Indonesian language for our employees in Indonesian branches. Well-known language training institutions in China have also begun to cooperate with us to do market and publicity in Indonesia.
As a result, the company has undertaken more and more new projects, and its momentum has improved. The team has grown from only 3 full-time employees at the beginning to 20 full-time and hundreds of part-time jobs, with a business volume of millions per year. Moreover, during this period, I also signed a contract to become a member of a satellite TV global observation group.
(become a special correspondent)
Looking back on my 8 years of life in Indonesia, I once suffered so much that I wanted to give up.
It can be seen that every enviable career may not be interested in it at the beginning; every business that makes money every day may not be enough to support itself at the beginning.
In Indonesia, I started from scratch, and now I have become a family and established a business, gained a reputation.
from the bottom of my heart, I also fell in love with this place in Indonesia. It is located in the tropical region, has excellent scenery, a unique culture, and has increasingly close contact with China. If I have the opportunity, I also want to be a bridge of friendly relations between Indonesia and China and a messenger to promote friendly exchanges between the two countries.
(interviewed by Xinhua News Agency)
Many times, it’s not that you are lucky, but you happen to encounter a good opportunity. Instead, you have made a lot of preparations in the early stage, and when the opportunity comes, you can accurately seize it.
I came out of a small 18th-tier city and knew that every opportunity to improve my life is hard-won. I am grateful for the turning point in my life, and I am grateful for my efforts to strive for every opportunity.
No matter what stage of life, there are countless people looking down at you when you look up, and there are countless people looking up at you when you look down. So adjust your mindset, identify your positioning, see the path you are walking, and live out your own value. And these values often need to be accumulated bit by bit.
[Oral: Yi Yan]
[Editor: Tang Man Score]
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