Work and choice

He asked about the years he went out on his own

23 June 2025Jinan, Shandong Translated by AI

I asked if he started his own business around 2015. He said yes, and asked how I knew.

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Zongyuan

Which luck period was it when you went out to work on your own?

之前是哪一步运气出来自己单干的

The Xu luck pillar, I think 😀

戌运吧😀[emoji]

Around 2015

15年前后

Client

2015

15年

How did you know

你怎么知道

That's so good 😀😀😀

那么厉害😀[emoji]😀[emoji]😀[emoji]

11:47

Zongyuan

😀

😀[emoji]

Client

I was typing at the same time as you

我和你同时打字

Zongyuan

You made most of your money between 2016 and 2018, right?

16-18年发的大吧

Client

That's amazing 👍👍👍👍

太牛了👍[emoji]👍[emoji]👍[emoji]👍[emoji]

Yes

对的

I sold the company, got 4 million in cash

公司卖了，拿到400W现金

Zongyuan

Your good luck runs long. After the Xu luck pillar comes Xinyou, then Gengshen.

你好运时间走的长，戌运走完了辛酉庚申

[redacted] is even better

[redacted]更好

11:49

Client

Merged into a big company, they wanted scale, to go public

并给一家大公司，对方要体量，上市

Actually, thinking about it now, money is what matters

其实，现在想想，其实还是钱重要

A person who helps matters

贵人重要

Zongyuan

That's right

是了

Client

And emotional intelligence, knowing how to get along with people

还有情商，会做人

Zongyuan

Your next big period of gain starts in the Wushen year

你下一次发的大，要戊申年开始

11:50

When you're in the Geng luck pillar

走庚运的时候

The scale will be different from what it is now

体量和现在又不一样了

Client

What you're saying now is exactly how it was

现在说你说的，一模一样呀

Zongyuan

Did you quit in 2014 or 2015

辞职是14还是15年

Most people don't leave on good terms then, there's arguments 😀

当时多数不会好聚好散，要吵架😀

Did you have a falling out with your old company?

和原来公司闹起来了吧

Or did you just not get along with the people there?

还是看里面人不顺眼?

Client

That's so accurate!

太准啦!

After Spring Festival in 2015

15年过完春节之后

Zongyuan

Mm, you actually wanted to leave in the second half of 2014

嗯，想要走实际是在14年的下半年

Client

Got into a big argument with the head of the president's office about a pay raise

和总裁办的领导大吵提价

Zongyuan

You couldn't stand staying there any longer

怎么都待不住了

Client

I was already planning to leave

其实已经准备要走了

Zongyuan

You thought, after Spring Festival, there's still a sum of money in the Chou month, you'll take it and then leave

想着过完春节，丑月还有一笔钱，拿了再走

That's how it was, right 😀

应该是这样😀

You took it and then didn't go back

拿完就不

That's how it was [emoji]

应该是这样[emoji]

Took the money and quit

拿完就不干了

11:58

Client

Haha

哈哈

That's exactly how it was

就是这样

Zongyuan

In 2014 you were anxious all year, also confused, impatient. The outside environment was very different from what you wanted, it didn't fit you anymore.

14 年你全年都比较焦虑，也有迷茫，急躁。外环境和你要的差的很多，匹配不上了

Client

Yes!

对呀!

Zongyuan

Your own business got on track in the second half of 2015, right?

单干是在 15 年的下半年上道的吧

There was a person who helped you then

当时有贵人帮你

Client

Yes

对

12:00

Yes, a former principal said, let's go out and start our own business, so I left.

是的，以前的一个校长说，一起出来单干，就跑了

Took the year-end bonus [redacted]

拿完了年终奖[redacted]

12:00

Then I left

我就跑了

Zongyuan

Wei earth is also a backer, a kind of support. But this person has both good and bad sides. That year he was your helper, but when you actually started working together, you two also had disagreements.

未土也是靠山，是一种支持。但是这个人有好有不好，这一年他是你贵人，但是实际干起来的时候，你俩也有意见不和。

Client

After New Year's Day 2015, that president's office person argued with me, fined me, so I took [redacted] sick leave, made his life hell

15年的元旦过完，那个总裁办和我吵架，罚我，我就开了[redacted]病假，整死他了

Zongyuan

Haha [emoji]

哈哈[emoji]

Client

Yeah, he wanted to do some side business in the work

是呀，他想业务中，有一个偏门

Zongyuan

Mm, you didn't really want to do it, your long-term views were different, that's also the disagreement.

嗯，你不是特别想干，远景不同，也是意见不和。

When you left your job at the start of 2015, it made a lot of noise. Chou and Wei clash, you two even had public conflicts, everyone at the company knew about it.

你15年年初离职，闹出了很大的动静，丑未冲，你俩甚至有公开场合冲突，单位的人都知道

Client

Yes! It was almost like a live stream [emoji][emoji][emoji]

对呀！就差直播了[emoji][emoji][emoji]

12:04

Almost came to blows

好差点动刀

It was vicious

凶伐

[emoji][emoji][emoji]

Zongyuan

[emoji]