Thirty Years of Turbulence - Chinese Enterprises

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In Wuhu, Anhui, a illiterate and self proclaimed "fool" small vendor posed a huge challenge to theorists across China.

Nian Guangjiu, who is 42 years old, is an insignificant person in the local area. He is illiterate and started collecting cigarette butts in the streets and alleys to earn money at the age of 7. At the age of 9, he became an apprentice in business and took over his father's fruit stall to start managing the household in his teens. In 1963, he was sentenced to one year in prison for the crime of "speculation and profiteering". After his release, in order to make a living, Nian Guangjiu started frying melon seeds. He secretly learned a craft from somewhere, and the melon seeds he stir fried were surprisingly delicious. With just three cloves, the fragrance filled his mouth and slowly became famous. This year, he wanted to give his melon seeds a name. After thinking about it, he suddenly realized that his father was called a "fool" by the neighbors, and he had been called a "little fool" since childhood. So he decided to call it a "fool melon seed".

As soon as the sign of "Foolish Melon Seeds" was hung up, he unexpectedly attracted a lot of applause because of its uniqueness. His business became increasingly prosperous, and he could sell two to three thousand pounds of melon seeds a day. He then invited some unemployed young people to help him, and one by one, these people increased. In the autumn, when others helped him count, there were actually 12, which caused a big stir.