Qianjiang Evening News·Houri News Reporter Wang Yanping
"When I saw the current situation of this old man, I felt a little scared: Can I be the same as him in the future?! That's really worse than death!" Until now, Gu Chengjie is still deeply impressed by this scene. That year, he was only eight or nine years old.
Because of congenital glaucoma , Gu Chengjie was labeled as "blind" since he was born.
The old man mentioned by Gu Chengjie is a blind person from the neighboring village.
"The only thing that can change your destiny is reading!" Since then, Gu Chengjie has made up his mind to study hard. From entering a blind school to studying culture, to studying blind massage for Zhejiang Vocational and Technical College for Disabled, to studying psychology, acupuncture and massage at Beijing United University, he was fascinated by his whole body and mind in the ocean of learning knowledge and skills, and was called "book fanatic" by his classmates.
After entering society, Gu Chengjie started from a small blind massage shop. With his solid basic skills, he has won more and more "repeated customers". Through learning from famous artists, integrating traditional Chinese medicine massage and Western bone preparation, he has developed his unique massage skills. "It feels quite comfortable to massage in Master Gu's place and will not hurt." This is a general reflection from customers.
Happy family of three
·Childhood "nightmare"
Gu Chengjie was born in 1983 in Gujia Village, Songxia Town, Shangyu District, Shaoxing City (formerly Shangyu County). Although he has congenital glaucoma, he was able to learn from words when he was a child, and his grades have always been very good after studying in elementary school. However, by the fourth grade of elementary school, he could no longer see the words on the book, let alone the words on the blackboard. Despite this, he insisted on studying until he graduated successfully in elementary school. "The next two or three years of study can be said to be a guess."
The scene of the blind old man in the neighboring village always appeared in his mind. Because he is completely blind, this completely blind old man never works. He sits at the entrance of the village every day and lives on his sister to send him some money to live.
"Actually, I'm waiting to die." Many people in the village commented on this old man in this way. Some children in the village are naughty and often go to hit him secretly or even spit at him.
"What kind of dignity does a person have when he lives like this?" The fear comes to Gu Chengjie's heart from time to time, and it becomes stronger and stronger.
For Gu Chengjie, many villagers often pointed at him, not caring about his feelings at all: "This child is blind, he is helpless."
Some even "kindly" reminded him: "In the future, you will be like that blind old man, and you will rely on your sister to raise him."
Coincidentally, Gu Chengjie also has a sister. And his family basically gave up on him, thinking that he was a burden to the family.
"Rely on knowledge to change your destiny!" After graduating from elementary school, Gu Chengjie survived a difficult summer vacation at home. He racked his brains to find a way out, and finally thought of asking for help from the local Disabled Persons' Federation, hoping to study at the blind school. However, because school had already started at that time, the staff of the Disabled Persons' Federation told him that it would be the second year for him to go to a blind school. In this way, the following year, Gu Chengjie came to Zhejiang Province Blind Children's School (now Zhejiang Province Blind School) located in Fuyang , and the fees were all responsible for the Disabled Persons' Federation.
·Become a "book fan"
Gu Chengjie cherishes this learning opportunity especially, and his love for learning has reached a crazy level. It took him one semester to learn , Braille , and he only learned it in half a month.
"You need to practice the speed of touching your hands when you study Braille. In addition to class, I spend time studying in the library whenever I have time. When I return to the dormitory, I also bring a book next to my pillow, and I will also study when I wake up at night. When it is cold, my fingers often freeze." Therefore, the students gave him the nickname "book fanatic".
After studying in a blind school for two years, Gu Chengjie came to Zhejiang Disabled Vocational and Technical College on Tiancheng Road, Hangzhou to learn blind massage.
Three years after Vocational and Technical College , Gu Chengjie also devoted himself to learning without any distractions. The contents of learning include basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine , Chinese medicine diagnosis , normal human anatomy , Chinese medicine internal medicine , traditional pediatrics, traditional injury science, etc. When he met some classmates in love at school, he sneered at it and felt that this was a waste of great time.
The human anatomy entity specimen touch course in school, the teacher usually teaches two or three lessons to give students a basic understanding of human body structure . Gu Chengjie was fascinated by this course, especially his interest in human bones. He studied in the anatomy classroom for a total of half a month. Sometimes he spent the whole afternoon soaking in the anatomy classroom, touching the location and shape of various parts of the human bones, spleen, and liver, and having to fully understand the details of where the bones are concave and convex, where the bends and other convexities are, etc.
Hard work pays off. Gu Chengjie basically gets first in the grade every semester and receives scholarships from the school every academic year.
A summer vacation ended in the first grade of technical secondary school, Gu Chengjie went to the blind massage shop to work part-time to help students and help. Because the body has not fully developed and is relatively thin, I feel that the strength of doing massage is not enough. After returning to school, he practiced his arm strength hard, doing push-ups and pulling horizontal bars every day, and practiced for two hours. "It turns out that I can only pull two of the horizontal bars, and later I can easily pull 30."
In the second semester of the third grade of technical secondary school in 2001, Gu Chengjie went to the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for an internship. His humble and studious attitude and solid basic skills were also appreciated by the instructor. He was recommended by the instructor to study psychology at of Beijing United University. These four years of university study experience have played a very important role in communicating with customers in the future and establishing his correct outlook on life.
From entering a blind school to a vocational and technical college to studying at a university, Gu Chengjie did not ask his family for a penny, and he also spent four years in college in half-time.
·Dream Upgrade
In the first half of 2003, while still studying in college (taking self-study), Gu Chengjie used all the savings he had accumulated from half-working and half-study to rent a room of more than 40 square meters at the intersection of Hangzhou Stadium Road and Baochu Road and opened a blind massage shop. "At that time, due to the SARS epidemic, the rent was not expensive. The rent was 26,000 yuan a year, and every six months was paid, plus air conditioners, massage tables, etc., and the investment was no more than 30,000 yuan."
In 2005, due to the demolition of the municipal construction store, Gu Chengjie rented a store of more than 60 square meters at 190, Baochu Road, nearby. At most, he hired six or seven employees. "I have opened a store there for 9 years, and that was also the best time for business. This should be related to the rapid development of the domestic economy in those years." Gu Chengjie believes.
Baochu Road store is not large in size, and its business has always been booming
In 2014, Gu Chengjie used the 3.2 million yuan he had accumulated over the years to buy a three-bedroom and one-living street house on the first floor of No. 19 Shuguang Road, and opened a massage shop that truly belonged to him. "Since I started to learn massage, my dream was to own my own store, and this dream was finally realized. At that time, I thought, I would never move again in my life."
has a smooth career and a harmonious family. In the blind massage industry, Gu Chengjie is undoubtedly the object of envy. If you live your life like this, you will feel full of happiness! The psychological shadow left to him by the blind old man back then had long disappeared.
bought Shuguang Road street house, Gu Chengjie truly owned his own store
However, Gu Chengjie had a new idea. In the first half of this year, he rented a total of 250 square meters of store at No. 5618 to No. 620, Stadium Road, and opened a "Medical Massage House for Body and Mind Source" which officially opened in August.
"I have really struggled and hesitated to open a store this time. After all, the epidemic has affected many industries in recent years. Business is not easy to do, and the rent here is not cheap. The store on Shuguang Road has its own store, and the business is very stable all year round. Many people also advise me to consider it carefully." Gu Chengjie said.
New stores opened in August this year
, but Gu Chengjie has higher goals."Although my skills have long been recognized by the government and customers, after all, my business has not entered the medical insurance system, and I cannot be called a doctor legitimately. This is like I am an official brand. Once I pass the qualification review, carry out medical massage and enter the medical insurance system, I have a professional label and can be recognized by the society." Of course, for customers, entering the medical insurance system can also save personal expenses.
The new store is neat and bright
In fact, as early as 2006, Gu Chengjie won the title of the first second-level health massage technician in Zhejiang Province and the highest-level second-level health massage technician in Zhejiang Province at that time, and later won the title of the blind medical massage therapist (the difference between the two is that the former belongs to the health care system and the latter belongs to the medical and health system).
On the other hand, opening a new store can help more blind people find jobs. In the past 20 years since its founding, Gu Chengjie's blind massage shop has all the employees of blind men, unlike some stores that "sell dog meat with sheep's head". There are now 10 employees in the store, only one or two of them have low vision.
"Compared with ordinary people, it is difficult for blind people to find employment. The new store has hired 4 more blind massagers than the old store. This is also a social responsibility for me." In fact, this is also Gu Chengjie's gratitude and feedback. From a blind child to a massage master, Gu Chengjie has received strong support from the Disabled Persons' Federation at all levels.
The blind massagers who are employed in the store have a commission based on performance. The average monthly income of each person can reach 5,000 or 6,000 yuan per month, and in good condition, it can reach 10,000 yuan per month. Because food and accommodation are all the same as net income.
·Two "special skills"
Since opening a massage shop, Gu Chengjie still maintains his enthusiasm for learning. From 2015 to 2017, he studied acupuncture and massage knowledge at the Special Education College of Beijing United University through correspondence courses for two and a half years, and successfully obtained a bachelor's degree in .
He also learned the techniques of many famous domestic experts, including bone preparation method. Some asked face-to-face questions. For example, during his studies at Beijing United University, he found an expert at , Beijing Dongzhimen Hospital, through the relationship of classmates who were internships, and spent two or three months to learn about meridians and acupoints. Some bought CDs and listened to them while learning. He also learned American flexible bone preparation techniques and integrated them himself.
Most people have a feeling when going to massage shops: the massage master feels obvious pain when pressing certain acupoints, and sometimes even makes them scream with pain. "In the past, there was a misunderstanding. Even the massage industry thought so. It was normal for health massage to be comfortable, and it was normal for medical massage to feel pain. But I think massage should be aimed at comfort, because customers are originally doing massage because of discomfort. If we bring pain to them during massage, they will undoubtedly be more nervous and uncomfortable, and will feel more uncomfortable." Gu Chengjie believes.
Gu Chengjie's concept was also heard from an expert during an industry exchange in Nanjing in early years. He thought it made sense and put it into practice. "There are two types of massage. My faction belongs to "happy press", which means that you will feel sore and comfortable during massage, which customers prefer; the other type is called "happy press". Pressing certain acupoints will make you feel pain, and customers will feel afraid. My requirement is that it is considered to be qualified if you reach more than 80% of the joy press during massage."
. To achieve "happy press", you need to have a precise grasp of the acupoints. Sometimes the direction and angle of the pressing acupoints are different, and the customer's feelings will be completely different. "For example, if the Fengchi point is pressed directly to the occipital bone, the customer will feel pain; if he exerts force on the inclined surface, it will feel more comfortable and sore," said Gu Chengjie. For old customers, Gu Chengjie's "happy" ratio can basically reach 100%, because he has a relatively good understanding of the customer's symptoms and habits, and at least 98%.
Another specialty of Gu Chengjie is to make the bones clean. "If some people are dislocated joints (such as spinal bones), it is not enough to just rely on massage to relax, and then they will be the same. The joints must be reduced through bone reorganization to solve the fundamental problem."
But many people go to massage shops or even hospitals to get bones. Because the movements are relatively large, they will also feel fearful. Some even feel pain in the process of bone preparation and scream like a pig. And Gu Chengjie can also achieve a state of "happy pressing" when he is bone preparation. "I have not done much bone preparation. After setting the human body posture, sometimes it can be completed with a light connection. Of course, the premise is to have a full understanding of human anatomy knowledge. This is like a carpenter making furniture. As long as the tenons are aligned and a light push is done without vigorously hitting it. "
In fact, Gu Chengjie's bone preparation technology has integrated Western flexible bone preparation knowledge, which is a combination of traditional Chinese medicine bone preparation technology and Western flexible bone preparation knowledge. However, Western bone preparation is more about instruments, while traditional Chinese medicine bone preparation is entirely based on both hands.
Gu Chengjie's customers are also recommended and introduced through old customers through one or ten or ten, and the recommended targets include their relatives, friends, colleagues and classmates. Among these customers are sports stars, film and television celebrities, as well as many government agencies, bank staff, media practitioners, etc.
5·Family hopes
In the process of entrepreneurship, Gu Chengjie also found his own end As a partner, his 11-year-old son is now in the fifth grade of elementary school.
Gu Chengjie's wife Shou Wenfang is also 5 people in Shangyu html, and the two people's hometowns are only more than 10 kilometers apart. In 2001, when Gu Chengjie graduated from the Provincial Vocational and Technical College of the Disabled, Shou Wenfang had just entered the school. It is precisely because of the fellow villagers that the staff of the local Disabled Persons' Federation of Shangyu also instructed Gu Chengjie to take care of this fellow villagers who are not familiar with their lives in Hangzhou.
Gu Chengjie is still obedient. What's more, the Disabled Persons' Federation has kindness to himself. Whether it is going to a blind school or studying for the Vocational and Technical College of the Disabled Persons' Federation, they are actually inseparable from the support and help of the Disabled Persons' Federation. In this way, as long as you have time, Gu Chengjie will come to the school to visit this fellow villager Girl. After
, Shou Wenfang participated in the internship and naturally went to Gu Chengjie's massage shop. After graduation, he also came to his massage shop to work. Gu Chengjie's excellent massage skills, diligent work attitude, and modest behavior gradually won Shou Wenfang's heart.
At that time, Shou Wenfang's vision was basically visible, so in addition to doing massage, such as accounting on membership cards, basically all Shou Wenfang did. However, it was very hard to do massage. It was not only technical jobs, but also physical jobs. He often had to stay up late. Over time, Shou Wenfang's vision gradually became worse. After the child was born in 2011, his vision was much worse because his intravenous pressure was high when he gave birth, but he could not take medicine.
The annual parent-child trip is the happiest time for the family
. What makes the two feel relieved is that the child's body is healthy in all aspects, his eyes and vision are normal, and he is smart and sensible. It is reported that from the perspective of genetics, the heredity rate of glaucoma is relatively low, unlike diseases such as retinoblastoma , which has a high heredity rate.
children grow up healthily and happily, becoming the family's greatest hope.
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