Originally, the title of the article was Turbulent Waves, but the moment before it was published, I suddenly felt calm and felt calm.
Unknowingly, 2017 has passed. Recently, I sometimes wake up at three or four in the morning. Occasionally, I think of a question: why does time fly so fast in dreams, but when I wake up and toss and turn, time seems to stand still. Thinking of everything in this world, there is such a big difference between waking up and going to sleep.
Thinking on Li Xi’s cold rainy night, my mind is indeed particularly clear. Every story or detail in daily life in my mind is so clear that I feel enlightened. Sometimes I don’t understand that the clearer and more concise the statement, the more ambiguity will arise.
The mountaineering season has begun again, and various training sessions in the circle of friends are becoming more and more lively. Every year in late winter and early spring, many famous high-altitude snow-capped mountains gather large and small mountaineering teams. They will gather for two or three months to train and patiently wait for the climbing window, just to climb to the top. The secular world has some prejudices against mountaineering and hiking. Whenever they see news about mountain disasters, many people who have never been to a mountain begin to educate themselves on morality.
But in fact, every climber knows in his heart that he really doesn’t need to prove himself.
I am also looking forward to climbing to an 8,000-meter snow-capped mountain in the next few years. Due to technical and economic reasons, it is not possible for the time being, and maybe I will become bloated and mediocre in a few years. As you grow older, those who work hard may be able to earn some money and acquire material things, but their dreams will fade away little by little over time. And losing your dream is exactly the fact that people who work hard are least willing to accept.
In the mountaineering team, the most experienced and taciturn Sherpas are usually at the front. They silently open up the snow line for the team, lay down ropes and anchor points, and also very carefully remind them to pay attention to falling rocks. Team leaders who have excellent skills, sufficient physical fitness and are good at boosting morale will often be the last ones to cheer up. After all, in commercial climbing teams, many people’s physical fitness is far inferior to that of team leaders who do this as a profession.
No matter how much encouragement the team leader gave, he could only keep up the pace and pat his peers on the shoulders, and whispered tiredly and persistently, ‘Go, don’t stop’. Then continue on your own. Just like climbing a snow-capped mountain, no matter how physically fit the leader is, it is impossible for the leader to carry the team members on his back to climb up. They will definitely ignore death, yes, they will definitely ignore death.
The frankness of human nature in certain extreme states is the state that I can most accept. If I was just climbing, where would I have the time and physical energy to waste time? On the way forward, I could no longer care about right and wrong, so I could only move on silently.
When it comes to mountain climbing, I don’t need to be pretentious about climbing or explain my mistakes. Snow Mountain is also a strong-willed being. It resolutely refuses the slightest mistake and leaves no room for the consequences of making mistakes.
When I had some free time, I sorted out the photo album on my mobile phone. I saved more than 6,000 photos on my mobile phone that I hadn’t replaced in two years. It turns out that every detail of my life worth recording is here. Or maybe I can’t remember it at all, but I feel a lot of emotions when I see the photo. At the time, I thought it was a ravine or a spring breeze, but it is actually just a small detail in life.
I made a year-end summary last year, and I am looking forward to every day in 2018. After all, these may really be the most difficult years.
In January 2017, we organized a happy hot spring annual meeting. Many colleagues have been added in 2017, but some of the people in the original photo have left. Some people may be tired, some may not want to go that far, and some may not think this place can be as they wish. No matter what, everyone is doing what they think is right.
In February 2017, I went to Lhasa on the third day of the Lunar New Year. After meeting an old friend, I drove to Linzhi Lulang alone. I felt the unique purity and situation before the peach blossoms bloomed. At that time, I looked at the trickling stream of the Brahmaputra River, thinking that maybe in a few weeks, after the snow melts, the yellow and colorless peach blossom forest will bloom one after another, and the world will admire this sea of flowers all over the mountains and fields. And I'm one of the few who gets to see them before they bloom.
In March 2017, a project manager also contracted h7n9 avian influenza on the third day of the Lunar New Year. He died in March. I felt a little stunned. It was not the first time I felt the fragility of life, but it seemed that while others were living a calm life, others were experiencing their last moments. Just like when I was pretentiously viewing those dead peach blossom branches, the world was experiencing many life and death separations.
In April 2017, I went to Xiangtan and bought an old off-road vehicle that had traveled 600,000 kilometers and didn’t even have lights on. Feelings seem to be a ridiculous thing, this seems to be a pile of scrap metal, but I don't think so.
In May 2017, I took the design team to Yunnan to collect the scenery. A dream reincarnates and flows for hundreds of years. Just like I drink a bottle of wine, I can’t return to the mortal world without getting drunk.
In June 2017, the establishment of the Tiangongfang manufacturing plant was not smooth. We encountered many problems in personnel, innovation and process, but failure is the mother of success. These growths made me understand that most losers will only chatter about failures without thinking about how others' success will lead to a narrow escape. Fortunately, I am not the one who chatters constantly. To this day, I seem to feel that the future is within reach.
In July 2017, I climbed a 6000-meter technical advanced snow mountain and felt for the first time that my physical fitness was declining and it was no longer as good as before. But I am obviously still very young. The goal of 1 to 2 snow-capped mountains every year has not changed. There must be some pursuits in life other than making money. Mount Everest, the North and South Poles, and reaching outer space are my small goals in life.
In August 2017, some cooperation that was not mutually beneficial due to different paths finally broke out, which seems to be a big trouble we have encountered so far. Looking back afterwards, even if we want to do a lot of good things, some people don’t care about anything and just want to make money. These people are the cancer that has caused the entire society to sway in panic.
In September 2017, I still can’t remember what I did. I seem to be exhausted all day long, solving various problems. Thank you to everyone and everything that makes us grow. Many of the difficulties I think I have are just that I have not experienced the storm yet, and I don’t know how long these stormy waves will last. If a master pats me on the shoulder and says: "The problems you are encountering now are very normal. All entrepreneurs will encounter them, including the flow of a large number of people in the early stage, the battle of capital, partners, customer relationships, human hearts and human nature, etc. Other entrepreneurs have encountered more than you." Then I may be able to maintain a firm pace.
October 2017, I believe that the values of a person, a team, or a company must be tempered, tempered, and experienced. Only a team that has experienced growth can provide better needs for others. This matter originated from a small matter, and perhaps the authorities will always have their own opinions. But there is no gray area in Tianyong. We are the team of designers with the most true values in the country.
In November 2017, a friend from Xinjiang came all the way to organize an exhibition. We talked a lot about the changes in the past few years, or what some of the friends we know together are like now. He is a Han Chinese who graduated from the Xinjiang Academy of Fine Arts, and is a descendant of the educated youth who went to Xinjiang in the 1960s. We have walked through some Gobi and deserts together, and we have a friendship without any interest. It is indeed very comfortable.
In December 2017, I think this year is a good harvest year. Of course, different people have different understandings of good harvests. Farmers refer to food, and businessmen refer to money. I did not harvest food this year, and I did not make any money, but it was indeed a good harvest. If we have a good harvest every year, we will be very close to success.
Time is nothing. Let the beauty pass away, and the beautiful beauty of the past will turn into an old body, making the ignorant young man become wise, making the stars change, making the mountains and rivers change, not to mention the sophistication of people.
I was slightly drunk and sailed out to sea. I mustered up my courage. Otherwise, I would not have dared to sail into the rough waves covered with reefs. But I may know that if I want to reach the New World, I have to go through wind and waves. No matter what the future holds, at least we are no longer in the rivers and lakes, facing the wind and moon, repeating the same old tune.
No captain thinks that his ship will never encounter a storm. There are already dark clouds ahead, with lightning and thunder. Perhaps, we will soon be sailing into rough seas.
I don’t know what words are gorgeous or plain. I only know that in life, it is not easy to see these faces clearly, and it is even harder to see them clearly without saying anything. When all living beings really cannot see others clearly, they can only see themselves clearly.
Actually, we really grew a lot last year, gained a lot, became a lot more stable, and were extremely rich. We are a team that has been in business for nine years. We have accumulated nine years of growth. We will definitely be a late bloomer in the tenth year. We hope that the dawn we see will not be like a firefly, but will shine brightly. Compared with the current business philosophy where only marketing is king, those who adhere to the Zenhai business philosophy to do business, think with heart and emotion from the perspective of customers, and do business from the perspective of social responsibility are very rare.
When a person is calm, he is always wary of the stormy waves he has experienced before.