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December 14, 2009

Once, I am Sure, I knew what I have to , but seems there is blank last few years. Untill I recall now, Monday, December 14, 2009. That is ‘Good business is business that help people much more than reward’.

As most of families in China, I am the only child of my parents. They are government employees, decent income, they give me everything I wanted and even feed me for life, I so afraid about that .
I want to be a business owner. When I was a child in primary school, teacher ask us to establish the ambition, I do not hesitate to say that I would like to be a free small business owner. Because in my school days, always make trouble, the teacher told me many times that my wrong behaviors had been recorded to my file , and you have no future, cannot find jobs.

After graduating in 2001 from SCUT. As before graduation, I spend too much time playing online games, I found a job but not very well in Shenzhen. Then my father advise me a job in the Canton Fair, work in Guangzhou, so I did not go to Shenzhen, that work in Canton Fair . It a very comfortable work, when there is no fair, we play games in the office, and even go home to sleep a while. Although this work is near to my childhood ambition which hope my work is free , but I still want to set up my own business, I began to pay attention that if any opportunity .

It is really busy when the Canton Fair time, I and my companies like firemen to solve ‘fire’ everywhere, so many staff but the work always not done in place. The visitors just like flies without head, waste there time. Both exhibitors and guests are complaining. I even thing the Fair will close down if there is not official support and resources.

I know it is an opportunity to set up my own business. Because I believe good business is business that help people much more than reward . Fair’s website was very poor at that time, use Microsoft’s asp and windows 2000 server, it is impossible to open when there is too much people click on the website, and no specific person to answer the question for exhibitors and guests.

I played a lot computer games at that time, found that many unofficial websites and forums are better than the official website, and also much more people visited, because they can really help the players. I want to set up an unofficial website like a trade fair Q & A website.

So I prepare and began to do it, registered a domain name cantonshare.com, find hosting(expensive at that time), write progarm, design by myself.

Unexpectedly, during the fair, some student, who temporary employment, were playing pokers just right in my very eyes. They are relatively to poor vocational school only, I was exasperated against such actions happening, so I just threw their cards into the trash at working time. However, they were not repentant of that and even my work mass up either. My leaders came to me for that, and I was very aggressive and insist that my point was right, which shocked his reputation, finally he just getting very angry on me!

I resigned and asked the leader if they could do me some supports if I am going to build up an unofficial Canton Fair website. But he just treated me as the fun of a bold, and I’m just sneering in confidence.

At that time I had already lived on myself out of my family, I do not want to get any suport form them since I graduate.

I had money could let me survive only 5 months, more or less, so I could not invite any employee. I asked for help from my girlfriend, however, a few days later she just went away from me.
4 months after, my Fair Q & A Website was on line, when the SARS epidemic happening willfully. I emailed to all my friends, but none came to help me. I’m just impressed of a friend from Greece, who wrote several articles for me warmly. From then on, I have to do all by myself with my poor English language. I made numerous of mistakes. First of all, I had not enough money, even I could not offer myself with food soon, and I could not get too much to be prepared. Secondly, my host was in the China, and I think many guests could not visit the website. Thirdly, I could not find advertisers for advertising because of lack of money. Even more, my website starting to work just before the fair time, which was not so popular.

The deadly thing I was too lonely, and I stay in the house more than four months without a past, and did not find friends to play. Eat without a timetable, day and night reversed, and the body getting worse. That few people visit the website, I began to miss the days of employees and friends. Without money, and I have to look for parents to take some money, and they although they are still in favor of me, but I know they are inveracious.

I become crazy and quit, no money, I took down the server.

I have sent too much resumes to the company, working in the factory in Guangzhou Shenzhen and Dongguan, to do some magazine advertisements, do the express in Guangzhou, making the high-tech server , do external trade , although I have done a poor job, but I sill save some money?

Before 97th of the Canton Fair, I was very confused. By chance I found we can cleaned up a profit of hotel agency during the fair, I was think of my cantonshare.com, use it to booking! But I can not find the procedure when I want to find it, I sent up a simple booking website,
informed my foreign friends before I worked in the fair, we gladly it is a good business, and also ask for a girl for the job, but it was also too busy . So a partner Ansi who from the same university with me, he came to help, I have bought cantonfair.biz, cantonfair.net domain name. Next Fair, has not spent a lot of money on advertising, I can actually earn money for survival and development for two years. Anythin I shoud do next is spent more money on google and other advertisements, improve service, untill now.

Look at our website,besides the booking service something else is garbage. Why should this thing happen? Only this to make money so we only update this. But I was wrong, We should help people more. I know that made it best the Canton Fair and China’s import and export information, then will be more people visit our website in order to help them, this is the business.
When I star to doing business, I know just help the people is the business, but I got a lesson have not money and put it forgot. I take it back now. Any difficulties I have to hang on.

Now we have to make it best and help our business friends and exhibitors friends by our three website:
1. Canton Fair Business Service and Hotel Reservation: http://www.cantonfair.net
2. Canton Fair Information: http://www.cantonfair.info
3. Canton Fair and China Business Forum: http://www.guangzhoubbs.com

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105th Canton Fair finally end, and we could have a break as we use to be. This time we plan to visit Guilin — one of the famous tour city in China, with beautiful landscape . We can stay in Guilin City and Yangsuo City for about 3 nights, see the Lijiang River and the peculiarity grotto.

We could not wait to go there!! The weather is very good , just a little cold. When we arrive at Guilin airport, we could breath the fresh air which is different in Guangzhou.

Our journey is arrange by tour guide in Guilin, and the first day we took a boat to travel on the Lijiang River, the river is very long, we only travel the part in Guilin City , other part is in Yangsuo City. We were a little disappointed, because we knew the most beautiful part is in Yangsuo, and we have other route planed in Yangsuo. But we still can see the water in the river is very clear, you even could see all the stone on the river bottom, and some times can saw some small fish went around.

Beside Lijiang River , another attraction give me a deep impression is Caprock Grotto. It was huge, we need to spend about 1 hour in it, not only walked but also take a boat in the little river inside the grotto. The rock we saw in the grotto is amazing, pass millions of years, they show out various shapes, told us how magical of nature. Inside the little river, it was very dark, even have lights in the corner, we still need to carefully about the rock upside our heads. Some place without lights we even could not see our hands. This is one of the famous grotto in Guilin, another one I know is Silver Cave, it is a small one, and I have been there, it is very beautiful, and I can see many kinds of crystal.

The third day, we were in Yangsuo, we rented bikes and went along the road and saw the beautiful scenery around, breathed the fresh air, it was very good when the wind blow at your side. We ride for about 3 hours, and enjoyed ourselves very much. Then we rest for a while and go to see the Yangsuo West Street which is famous , many people come from different countries or different place like visit here. We stroll around the shops on the street, and saw the famous bar street there, because we were tired , so did not go into the bar, and come back to the hotel .

When we went to airport there was a small accident, our plane was delay for 2 hours, and we played killer games to spend the time. Any way we still have a fun time during this Guilin Travel, I’d like to come again some times later.

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Nov 20, 2008

After 104th Canton Fair closed, our teem went to one of Guangzhou famous buffet restaurant—Four Sea to have our dinner party!!

Four Sea is in Panyu District, about 20mins away from the city center, have hundreds kinds of food, we were the first time to go there and expecting very much.

Four Sea is bigger than I though, but a little noise because too much people, the sitting place is separate from the food area, everyone can have a ticket to take one set of Haagen-Dazs. We go around and take the food, and we chat with each other, talking about the funny things .

There many kinds of food, and some of them is delicious, but some of them have to line up to get one, because so many people that night, it is a little waste time, but still OK overall.

There had singer to sing and play the piano in the restaurant, atmosphere is very good.

We talked the joke, share the food and enjoyed the party. We tasted many kinds of food, and full. The party end after about 3 hours, and we go home respectively with happy mood~~

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If you are first time to Guangzhou, one of the most famous place you must go to take a visit, The Pearl River night swims. In this situation of Gobal Ecomic, everyone hopes to use less money to enjoy a better view,. The Pearl River night swims will fit all of you. The trip in Pearl River will let you see the most beautiful side of Guangzhou..

When you travel in Pearl River, you will feel you are shuttling back and forth at all times. You also can compare with Victoria Harbour, it will bring you diffient feelings. Guangzhou’s building gives you both quietly and lively feeling, In the two hours trip, you will feel you are travelling from acent to the future. This is the fastest way to feel all around Guangzhou. It will help you get to know more about Guangzhou City.

May 3rd,

 Manfy from Malaysia invite us to do shopping with them. In the morning we go to the hotel to pick them to Guangzhou Shishi Scared Heart Cathedral to do the church

Then we have lunch in the Cheese Theme restaurant, and we have such delicious meal there,

In the afternoon we go to Tee Mall Shopping Center to do the shopping. We have a nice day there, we bought so many things there and we ate Haagen-Dazs Ice-cream there.

After dinner, we go to Pearl River night swims to have a visit, to enjoy the trip at night in Guangzhou.

Today we have a such nice day that we have such deep impression.

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