The post-80s boy's dream of starting his own business

As a dessert chef in a five-star hotel, how many food lovers would envy such a career? However, Hu Zhongqi, a boy born in the 1980s, resolutely gave up the fashionable and well-paid position and quit opening a snack shop to pursue his dream of starting a business from scratch.

Located near the back door of Guangqian Road Industrial and Commercial University in Chongqing's Nanan district, Hu Zhongqi's shop, called "Spicy Crazy Stomach", is not a good business place. Four tables take up most of the space, and the white walls are adorned with cute cat stickers. Despite its relatively secluded location, Ma La Crazy Stomach looks remarkably clean compared to other street shops.

Quit his fancy job to start his own business

Hu Zhongqi, 29, used to make mouth-watering desserts at a bakery in a five-star hotel in Chongqing. After this year's Spring Festival, he decided to quit his job of eight years and started planning to start his own business.

Why do you want to open this humble shop if you don't have a job that is fashionable and well-paid? "I don't want to spend my time dully. I want to have more passion in my life." Not much Hu Zhongqi about the reason for resignation is not at the status quo, want to change.

Since we want to change, we will simply disrupt everything and start all over again. We will not do the dessert line that we have been dealing with for 8 years.

It took Hu two months to find the small shop on Guangqian Road. Although the store is selected, because of no experience, what to sell has become a new problem he faces.

Hu Zhongqi turned around a few times, thought for a long time, finally decided to sell a little fried meat skewers snacks, and opened their first entrepreneurial journey.

The first test of water encountered a dilemma income is not enough to pay water and electricity bills

The wifi password of the "Ma La Crazy Stomach" store is 20150509, which is the date of Hu Zhongqi's opening. On that day, he was excited to welcome the first batch of guests after starting his own business, but some things are often more expected, more disappointed. On the first day of business, he only sold more than 20 skewers of meat, earning only a few dozen yuan.

"If you earn only a few dozen yuan as you did at the beginning, you may not even be able to pay the electricity and water bills, let alone the rent." Although the first day of business let Hu Zhongqi greatly disappointed, he is still very optimistic and packed up the shop ready for the next day of business.

Open a month or so, business still failed to improve, the daily income is still dozens of pieces, and Hu Zhongqi some worried. "Fried meat skewers although delicious, but after all is not a staple food, can only become the nearby girl's dormitory girls' snacks, and now the girls more and more love the United States, fried food to eat more easy to get hot acne, for appearance, many girls may not come to greed this bite." Hu Zhongqi began to think, should change the management of the product.

Soon, to the cold summer vacation, Hu Zhongqi and around a few big circles. Careful he finally found a business opportunity, "there are no rice noodles around, simply changed to 'hot pot rice noodles', a business may be better."

Transposition to usher in a successful business opportunity to pay their salary very proud

"As a first-time entrepreneur, you will likely encounter setbacks, but I believe that if you explore slowly, you will find something that suits you." Hu Zhongqi said, even if the store is small, it is always their first change in business strategy, knowing how to stand in consumer psychology to think is a good thing.

When Hu launched his "hot pot rice noodles" after school started, business picked up immediately: the store's four tables were often full, and on many days diners lined up outside.

"The transition was successful, and I finally didn't have to worry about paying rent and utilities!" Business gradually got better, Hu Zhongqi long sigh of relief, happy every day a person busy busy outside.

"Now THE shop a month can earn more than 4000 pieces, ALTHOUGH COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS work WHEN THE SALARY OF more THAN 6000 there is a certain gap, BUT THIS is to pay their wages, feel really good cool!" "Mr. Hu said.