Legend of Entrepreneurship温州一家人

At the beginning of the 1980s, the Reform and Opening up has taken place in the southern part of China with emergence of many individual businesses. Zhou Wanshun, who lived in Rui’an City, announced two big decisions. One was to let his daughter, Ayu, go to study in Italy. The expenses came from selling the house. The other was that he planned to search opportunities of businesses in Wenzhou City with his wife, Zhao Yinhua and his 16-year-old son, Maigou. From then on, the family members lead different lives in different places. Zhou started with picking garbage, and tried selling shoes, switches, lamps and oil, etc. He did whatever making a profit. Besides, his wife found opportunities in selling buttons and managed to start her own business. Maigou, who was a stubborn man, fought for his business in the northwest part of China. Ayu, who struggled from a young age, grew into an outstanding representative of Wenzhou businessmen and met the love of her life.
上世纪八十年代初期，改革开放的春风已经率先吹绿了中国南方，个体经济遍地开放，家住瑞安古树村的周万顺宣布了石破天惊的决定：一是卖掉房子让13岁的女儿阿雨跟随表舅去意大利上学，二是他和媳妇赵银花带着16岁的儿子麦狗闯荡温州城，寻找商机。一家人为此分隔天涯，踏上了不同的道路。进城的周万顺从拾荒做起，皮鞋、开关、灯具、石油……什么赚钱做什么，逆来顺受的妻子赵银花也从小小的纽扣上发掘商机，成功创业。个性腼腆倔强的麦狗由于不能摆脱父亲的影响，远走大西北也开始了创业之路。远离家人来到异国他乡的阿雨，小小年纪吃尽苦头从刷碗工到成为海外温商的出色代表，并遇到了一生挚爱。
Key words
温州wēn zhōu：Wenzhou (city in Zhejiang)
改革开放ɡǎi ɡé kāi fànɡ：reform and opening; reform and opening to the outside world
媳妇xí fù：son’s wife ；daughter-in-law
商机shānɡ jī：business opportunity