Guo Yuexiang's characters experience

Guo Yuexiang, 1982 graduated from Xingtai Labor and Technology School in June and became an ordinary skilled worker in the National Cotton Factory of this city. In the days that followed, like countless female workers in state-owned factories, she lived a plain but comfortable life on a meager salary. She is an ordinary woman with a lot of money and no ambition, and soon married someone. Soon, her daughter Feifei was born. Maybe she just lives day by day, although she is not rich.

However,1June 2, 992, she will never forget that day. The factory announced that she was fired. She doesn't remember how she got home that day. When my daughter saw her coming back, she threw herself into her arms as usual and asked what to cook. Looking at her daughter's tender little face, tears could not stop flowing downwards. Children are still young, and parents-in-law are old. What should I do in the future? Her husband's comfort stopped her tears, and she leaned on her husband's solid arm. She felt that she had to rely on it again. However, it rained, and within a few months, my husband was laid off, fearing that she would be sad. Her husband rides a bike every day without telling her, and watches it outside. When her husband went out to work by bike, he was hit by an agricultural vehicle and hurt his leg. She sat in front of the bed and stroked his injured leg. She looked at their small house, only 65,438+06 square meters, full of a double bed, a wardrobe and a table. She thought of the smiling face of her daughter that day and the old figure of her parents-in-law. This time, she didn't cry, but called her name over and over again in her heart. Guo Yuexiang, you must be strong.

In order to support this family, she has sold clothes, shoes, socks and cosmetics, as well as sheets and quilts. Because she is willing to endure hardships, although she doesn't earn much money, she can make do. However, at this time, Guo Yuexiang is no longer an ordinary working woman who only wants to rely on the state to support her life. The hardships of life made her strong and mature quickly. She learned to think seriously and gradually realized that everything has two sides. Laid-off made her lose her iron rice bowl, but it also gave her a chance to choose again. We must seize this opportunity and do something.

Guo Yuexiang has been very sensitive to beauty since she was a child, and she is also very good at dressing up. Her hair suits her face and is beautiful. An eyebrow pencil and a lipstick will enable her to visit the United States and Japan in a few minutes. When I was in the factory, my little sisters often asked her for advice on dressing. She also comes to the net and volunteers to cut hair and make up for the young ladies. Everyone praised her for her dexterity and her hair was cut better than that of the barber shop.

Life will always care for those who have a heart. In a chat, Guo Yuexiang overheard that a small barber shop run by a Chongqing girl named Meisijia was short of staff. The speaker didn't want to listen, so Guo Yuexiang came to this small barber shop the next day. This is a small barber shop with only a barber chair and a simple beauty bed, with an area of less than 20 square meters. At that time, Guo Yuexiang never imagined that she would one day become the owner of this small shop and develop her into a beauty and cultural center with a business area of nearly 3,000 square meters and more than 100 employees, integrating beauty salons, aromatherapy baths, laser therapy and professional training schools.

The owner of this shop is Li Ping. She told Guo Yuexiang that she was operating on a shoestring and her salary was not high. Guo Yuexiang said that she didn't care, and she liked this beautiful job. Since then, Guo Yuexiang and Meska have forged an indissoluble bond. She goes out early and comes back late every day, taking care of all the chores in the shop. When she has a little time, she will carefully observe and ponder the way Liping gives customers haircuts. Because she is smart and eager to learn, she also had hobbies in this field before, and she can gradually cut some simple hairstyles for customers. However, when books are used, people don't hate them so much. Guo Yuexiang sometimes sees someone getting a good haircut in the street. When he comes back, he wants to give the customer a haircut, but he can't start. Guo Yuexiang clearly realized that it is impossible to make a name for himself in this industry without systematically learning the knowledge of beauty salons.

She told Li Ping that she was going to study in Beijing. Liping looked at her appreciatively and said, "You have high understanding, are willing to learn and can endure hardships. You will definitely be more successful than me in this field in the future. Don't worry. " Guo Yuexiang embarked on the road of studying in Beijing. In order to save money, Guo Yuexiang lives in her aunt's house, which is far from school, but she can't bear to take a bus, so she goes to school by bike every day. She can't go back to menstruation's house at noon, and she can't bear to eat out. So she brought more breakfast from her aunt's house every morning and then a bottle of boiled water. She makes do at noon and makes do with life. Guo Yuexiang is not careless in his studies. In every class, she listens and thinks attentively for fear of missing the teacher's lecture. During the break, she was reluctant to be idle, and asked the teacher for questions she didn't understand in class or doubts in the practice of beauty salons. During lunch break and after school, Guo Yuexiang plunged into the bookstore near the school and eagerly read professional books on beauty and hairdressing. Because of lack of money, she read only and didn't buy it. Afraid of forgetting some wonderful chapters, she took out her notebook and copied it page by page. After a long time, all the salespeople in the bookstore got to know Guo Yuexiang. Once, a clerk in this bookstore where she often went saw that she only read books and didn't buy books, so she said angrily, "Go to the library to read books and look up information." This is a bookstore. " Guo Yuexiang suddenly flushed. Fortunately, Beijing is a cultural center with many bookstores, and most of them are high-quality and polite salespeople.

Guo Yuexiang almost traveled to several big bookstores in Beijing by bike and read hundreds of books. I remembered five big books just by extracting them. Some salespeople in bookstores watch her read for hours at a time and even bring her a stool. It is this desperate effort that enabled her to complete the course of this major 1 year in less than two months and master the basic knowledge of beauty salons. The trip to Beijing not only enabled Guo Yuexiang to learn the knowledge and technology of beauty salons, but also broadened her horizons and saw the thriving beauty salons in big cities. She seemed to see the future of this industry in Xingtai. To bring beauty to everyone, her belief that she must be an excellent beautician has been further strengthened in her heart. I used to know in practice that a certain skill looks good when cut out, but I don't know why. The study of beauty knowledge made Guo Yuexiang know why, and she knew why on the next level. Back in Mei Scarlett, she applied the skills she had learned to hairdressing practice, and constantly summed up new skills in practice. Customers all praised her for her good hairstyle, and Mei Scarlett has more and more customers.

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1993 One day, Liping told Guo Yuexiang that she was going back to her hometown in Chongqing to sell Meska. Liping asked Guo Yuexiang if she wanted to buy this small shop. If you want to buy it, you will give her priority, but at least 40 thousand yuan is needed, which is astronomical for Guo Yuexiang at that time, let alone let her take it out, even so much money she has never seen. Guo Yuexiang tossed and turned for several nights in a row, making it difficult to sleep. She knew that she had reached a crossroads in her life. The road of life is long, but the key is only a few steps. Guo Yuexiang hesitated how to take this crucial step. Because of her concern and love for the beauty and hairdressing industry, she has extensively dabbled in books and magazines in this field, and has already had a certain understanding and understanding of this industry. She firmly believes that this is a sunrise industry. With the improvement of people's material living standards in the reform and opening up, people will inevitably pay more and more attention to their own image and pay more and more for beauty. However, for a family with only one worker, 40,000 yuan is tantamount to an idiotic dream. Besides, how can I live in this house after I get the money? After several sleepless nights, Guo Yuexiang finally made up his mind to try his best to get rid of Mei Scarlett. She began to borrow money from house to house, and all her relatives and friends borrowed it from her, only less than 1 10,000 yuan. Her friends and family advised her to get a haircut, work for others and earn money to eat. Why take such a big risk? Guo Yuexiang looks delicate and weak, but she has a fortitude from the heart. Once she has determined something, even ten cows can't be pulled back. Just when she was at a loss, she saw the news that the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions had come up with various ways to encourage and support laid-off workers to re-employment. She is beaming at the moment. Why not try the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions? But then she denied herself. I am an ordinary laid-off woman worker, not to mention anyone who knows the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, but I don't know where the gate of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions is. Will people ignore you if you come to me? However, there is no other way. Guo Yuexiang summoned up his courage and walked into the gate of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions for the first time in his life. To her surprise, Chairman Qiao Guimin of the Federation of Trade Unions received her very warmly, wrote down her situation and requirements, and left her contact information. What she didn't expect was that the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Government and the Federation of Trade Unions quickly extended a helping hand to her, and the bank gave her a loan of 40,000 yuan. From the moment he got the loan, Guo Yuexiang warned himself that the government gave you the opportunity to start a business, and you must repay the society in the future.

Mei Sijia, who belongs to Guo Yuexiang, opened. Guo Yuexiang knows how difficult it is to come here. She takes care of the shop wholeheartedly and treats every customer who comes here for a haircut with a hundred times enthusiasm. She chats with customers while getting a haircut, from which she can learn about their tastes and occupations, and then cut out different hairstyles suitable for each customer according to their face and figure. Because of her good craftsmanship, thoughtful service and low fees, there are more and more repeat customers, and there are often queues in small shops. Seeing that the business of the store is getting better and better, relatives and friends are relieved for Guo Yuexiang. However, Guo Yuexiang realized that her beautiful Scarlett had grown up and needed more room for development. She also realized that if her beautiful Scarlett wanted to develop, she had to expand her business scope.

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Guo Yuexiang is determined to walk out of Xingtai again and go to a big city where beauty salons are developing rapidly to learn new knowledge and technology of beauty salons. Relatives and friends don't understand her, so they put down the good business in the store and go out to learn something. Guo Yuexiang also knows that going out to study will affect the business in the store, and she has to pay a lot of tuition fees, but she believes that sharpening the knife will not mistake the woodcutter. In the puzzled eyes of everyone, Guo Yuexiang once again embarked on the road of knowledge. She went to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi 'an and other places to learn a series of the most advanced hairdressing techniques, such as eyebrow tattoo, eyeliner tattoo, bride makeup and image design. Traveling north and south not only enabled her to learn new hairdressing techniques, but also broadened her horizons. In the process of studying, she got to know Xu Jing, Mao Geping, Zheng Mingming and other famous beauty and makeup masters. Their superb technology and unique insights into beauty salons have greatly inspired Guo Yuexiang, let her realize the true meaning of beauty salons, and let her see the unchanging and eternal things behind various concrete, complicated and dazzling beauty salons. Beauty salon is a very practical occupation. Although she learned the latest techniques of eyebrow embroidery and eyeliner, she didn't dare to tattoo customers because she didn't practice many times. In order to master this technique quickly and skillfully, she doesn't know how many times she has tattooed on her hands, arms and legs. After countless times of practice, she was gradually able to do whatever she wanted. To be more sure, her relatives volunteered to do experiments on their faces.

Soon, Guo Yuexiang's mother, sister and younger sister all wore eyebrows and eyeliner, which naturally looked good. Where does she go, and the people she knows who don't often ask, are they in Beijing or Shanghai? When they learned that they were tattooed in Xingtai, they came to Guo Yuexiang one after another. In Xingtai, a small city, word of mouth is better than all advertisements. Everyone spread the word, and the names of Guo Yuexiang and Mesjia soon spread in Xingtai City. The needs of the masses are the driving force for the development of Meijia. Soon, Guo Yuexiang rented another 80-square-meter storefront. After some new decoration, Mei Scarlett welcomes customers with a brand-new look.

Business is getting better and better, and there is an urgent need to recruit employees. Someone suggested to Guo Yuexiang to find someone with hairdressing skills and practical experience. But Guo Yuexiang has her own plans. She will never forget who helped her in her most difficult time, nor will she forget that she is also a laid-off worker.

She quickly posted a job advertisement, and the first notice was clear: give priority to laid-off workers. From this recruitment to the development of Meisijia 'er into a beauty and cultural center with more than 100 people, the purpose of focusing on laid-off workers has never changed. For the employees recruited, Guo Yuexiang must be trained first, and the skills must pass before he can serve customers. Her training is not only skill training, but also job service training and professional psychological training. No wonder, customers who come to Mei Scarlett all praise the staff here for their good skills and thoughtfulness. It's like going back to Mei Scarlett's home, so comfortable and relaxed.

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1999- 10, Guo Yuexiang is the director of the second Council of Hebei Hairdressing and Beauty Association.

In order to improve the overall beauty hairdressing technology and comprehensive quality of the employees of Meisijia, Guo Yuexiang not only invested tens of thousands of yuan to buy a large number of beauty books and CDs for employees to learn, but also adopted the way of "going out, please come in". Invest in sending employees to well-known beauty salons in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places for further study, and regularly invite celebrities from beauty salons at home and abroad to train and teach Meisijia.

Meisijia treats employees very well, and employees are proud to be a member of Meisijia. More and more people want to join the ranks of Mei Scarlett, including many laid-off women workers who have difficulties in life. Whenever I see laid-off women workers applying for jobs and listen to their stories about the hardships of life, Guo Yuexiang seems to see her former self and feel the same for their hardships. Guo Yuexiang really wants to help these sisters, but the positions provided by Meskaneng are limited after all. There is an old saying: "It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish." If we want to help laid-off sisters fundamentally, we must teach them a skill and enhance their social competitiveness. Guo Yuexiang's idea was strongly supported by the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, and with the help of the Federation of Trade Unions, the Beauty and Hairdressing School was established. The school has formulated a series of preferential policies for laid-off poor workers: 1, and employees with laid-off certificates can reduce their tuition fees by 50%; 2. At the end of the study period, priority can be given to recommending jobs, and those with excellent grades can be given priority to stay in this institution; If you start your own beauty salon, you can get the full support of our organization. 4. The laid-off workers in Mei Scarlett's shop can participate in the training of our school for free. Meisijia Beauty and Hairdressing School has also set up scholarships and grants to provide practical help to students from poor families. Some students who graduated from Meisijia Beauty Salon School opened beauty salons in the local area and won special prizes in international and domestic competitions. Meisijia Beauty & Hairdressing Training School also participated in the provincial 5. 18 economic and trade fair held in Langfang as a representative of Xingtai Vocational and Technical School, and performed well in the achievement exhibition of vocational and technical schools in the province, winning unanimous praise from provincial and municipal leaders. Meisijia Beauty Salon School was awarded "Advanced Social Training Institution" by the Provincial Labor Department in 2002. Xingtai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal People's Government "advanced unit of reemployment work"; The training school was also awarded the title of "Re-employment Training Base for Unemployed Youth and Laid-off Workers" by the Municipal Labor and Social Security Bureau, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions and the Municipal Youth League Committee.

The more honors Meska won, the more Guo Yuexiang felt that he didn't repay the society enough. She often said: "It was the municipal party committee and the municipal government that gave me the opportunity to start a business, and it was the help of everyone in the city that made me attractive to Scarlett today. I should do all this. " Guo Yuexiang gave up a lot to flatter Scarlett. Like all people in the beauty salon industry, she loves beauty and will be beautiful, but since she had Mei Scarlett, she has shifted her attention and pursuit of beauty from herself to her customers. Tattooing eyebrows and drawing eyeliner for customers, she can work for hours at a time and keep improving until she is satisfied. But I am often too busy to eat or sleep, let alone get dressed. On one occasion, she participated in an inspection tour to Britain organized by CCTV and fashion magazines. When she left, she found that she didn't have a decent suit to wear. She usually works in the shop from morning till night and doesn't pay attention. So she had to go to her sister's house to rummage through a few pieces.

Some people say that she dug up so much money. What does she do with it? She doesn't know this truth. Who doesn't want to enjoy it? But since I had Mei Scarlett, she couldn't help living for it. In fact, as a woman, she feels that she is not qualified in many aspects. She is neither a good wife nor a good mother. When talking about family, Guo Yuexiang's face is full of happiness: "I am very grateful to my husband and daughter. They care about me everywhere and understand me. When I encounter difficulties, I feel much more comfortable when I see them, but I pay too little for them. I think I owe them too much. " She devoted herself wholeheartedly to her career and didn't care enough about her husband and daughter. On the contrary, her husband and daughter understand and care about her. When she first started her business, she couldn't find a venue, so her husband ran around for her, and the funds were not enough. Her husband helped her raise money everywhere. She has no time to take care of her daughter's study, or even talk to her daughter, let alone go shopping together like other mothers and daughters. Once, my daughter complained that she said, "Mom doesn't like me, but only cares about Mei Scarlett's sisters." Yes, once my daughter came to see her with a cold and fever, and she didn't even notice. However, Mei Scarlett can see at a glance which employee is uncomfortable and which employee has something on her mind. On one occasion, employee Yu Aiyun had a fever and a cold for several days. She repeatedly advised her to go home and rest, but she still came to work every day. After a heart-to-heart conversation, she realized that life at home was difficult and she was reluctant to lose the opportunity to make money. She immediately said to her, don't worry about going home and resting, and come to work when you are well. I will still pay your salary during the sick leave.

The process of starting a business can not be separated from the strong support of the General Union of Trade Unions. Bai Lvtang, Fu Shuangjian, deputy director of the Provincial People's Congress, Liu Baoquan, deputy governor, Shi Yuchun, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Wang Ruihua, deputy director of the Municipal People's Congress, Zhang Guangyu, director of the Municipal Labor Bureau, and Qiao Guimin, vice chairman of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, all came to Meisijia to inspect and guide the work and solve practical problems. Recommended by the Federation of Trade Unions, she was awarded the honorary titles of "Star of Re-employment" and "Star of Self-employment of Laid-off Women Workers" by the Hebei Federation of Trade Unions. She was also rated as "Four Self-actresses" by the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions and "Top Ten Heroines", "May 1st Labor Medal" and "March 8th Red Flag Bearer" in Xingtai City. In order to spread the beauty culture, a lecture on "Being a confident, healthy and beautiful new woman" was held jointly with the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, which caused a great sensation among female workers. From June to 10, 2002, employees were organized to donate more than 2,000 yuan worth of nutrition and books to Xingtai Social Welfare Institute to express their condolences to the elderly and disabled orphans. On June 5438+February, 2002, we jointly organized a "worker-peasant family" service activity to the countryside with the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, and went to Xima Village in Guangzong County, Weizhuang Village in Longyao County and Xitongma Village in Julu County respectively, which not only brought rich and colorful cultural programs to farmers' friends, but also brought medical care, home appliance maintenance and agricultural machinery maintenance services to the fields. And donated books worth more than 2000 yuan to local primary schools, which were warmly welcomed by local township governments and farmers' friends. I went to Xingtai Social Welfare Institute and brought milk, sausage and other condolences worth nearly 1,000 yuan. According to the introduction of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, there are three college students in a poor worker family in our city. These three college students are in danger of dropping out of school at any time because of difficulties. Although she was facing cash flow difficulties at that time, she donated 3000 yuan to these three college students. During the period of SARS in 2003, while doing a good job seriously and thoroughly and carrying out comprehensive disinfection, she also actively contacted the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions to donate "anti-Africa" drugs and disinfectants to poor workers in some cities and family members of provincial model workers to help them do a good job in prevention.

With the increase of employees, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of employees and doing a good job in their ideological work have attracted her attention. In order to relieve the worries of employees, she insured all employees of Meisijia with medical and endowment insurance. She actively contacted the Municipal Youth League Committee and set up a League branch in Meisijia in February, 20001year, becoming the first private enterprise in Xingtai to set up a League branch, and actively established a grass-roots trade union organization. At the same time, she used the rest day to organize activities to contribute to the society with practical actions, and led employees to use their spare time to go to the legal education center, the community for the widowed, the five guarantees, the disabled, retirees and provincial and municipal model workers to have their hair cut voluntarily, and often. Through these activities, the employees of Meisijia have received great education.

Through 10 years of entrepreneurial experience, Guo Yuexiang summed up a truth that being laid off is not terrible. As long as we are self-reliant and find our own direction in life, everyone will become a strong person in life. When her beautiful Scarlett grows stronger day by day, she hopes all the laid-off sisters will be strong, and her desire to live a better and better life is getting stronger and stronger, because she realizes that it is not spring that outshines others, but spring that is full of flowers.