Hua Xiaomei: For over a decade, she has persisted in making a pair of good gloves
2019-09-12 1033
In this materialistic age, few people talk about emotions anymore. And those who do talk about emotions occasionally are more or less mixed with the desire for profit. As the head of the "Good Employee" program, I haven't heard Hua Xiaomei talk too much about her own story. She said that high-quality and qualified products are the best endorsement for us as "Good Employees". Those who talk about a lifetime and this and that at every turn are all false. When we stand on the road we came with white hair and look back, without regret or remorse, that is a wonderful life.
For Hua Xiaomei, the founder of Qihua Gloves, making every pair of gloves carefully has been her unwavering belief since entering this industry. She hopes to gain more recognition through her efforts. The birth of the "Good Employee" brand originated from the outstanding employees who never left her side. The consistent dedication of the Good Employee and her quality philosophy go hand in hand. Despite the dissuasion of many people around her, she almost stubbornly named the new brand "Good Employee". She firmly believes that only good employees can produce good products. Devoting herself to making every pair of "good employee" gloves is her lifelong pursuit.
Devote my youth to gloves without complaint or regret
At the age of eighteen, Hua Xiaomei started working in a glove factory, rising from a front-line employee to a workshop manager. From the confused learning and growth, to the ambiguous work thinking, and then to the calm and composed maturity and success. Hua Xiaomei has been gone for over a decade. During these years, she has transformed from a girl to a mother and also made a magnificent transformation into a career woman of the new era.
In the labor protection industry, there are countless managers who have come from the front line, but there are very few women. It is not only because women are faced with a dilemma between life and work, but also due to the constraints of the industry's characteristics. Every time a new production line is launched, I stay by the machine all the time, fearing that something might go wrong. Every time an order is rushed, staying up all night in the factory to keep an eye on the progress, fearing any mistakes, it greatly challenges the nerves and pressure resistance of female managers.
Hua Xiaomei said, "At the beginning of my business venture, this was nothing." The hardest part was having no customers. With the product and confidence, I went from one store to another to promote it. The "not fearing defeat" I developed in the face of countless cold stares and rejections is my precious wealth from my entrepreneurial experience.
She glossed over her entrepreneurial experience
The renowned American investor Graham believed that the most suitable age for starting a business is 25. Because at the age of 25, people are armed with "energy, poverty, rootlessness, schoolmates and ignorance". The ignorance here is that entrepreneurs have no idea how difficult the future of starting a business is, and thus they are fearless.
When talking about her entrepreneurial experience again, Hua Xiaomei laughed and said, "Back then, I neither had the ability to stay up late like a 25-year-old, nor did I have the convenience of packing everything up and moving away at any time."
Investing in machines, inspecting raw materials, renting factories and recruiting workers - there are so many things that are scattered and not so simple when starting a business. However, after getting through the initial confusion and helplessness, Hua Xiaomei said that the road ahead was smooth sailing. Compared with most of the tortuous entrepreneurial journeys, Hua Xiaomei's entrepreneurial journey was very composed.
When talking about her products, she was full of vigor and enthusiasm
I have always believed that personality can largely determine one's destiny. I'm an outgoing and strong-willed person at heart. Whenever I encounter problems, I relive a story: A girl was walking in an endless swamp, but she got lost. The smart girl didn't panic. Instead, she followed the footprints she had left along the way back to the starting point and began to try a new route. Eventually, she left the vast and boundless marshland. This story has urged me countless times to "be able to afford to lose". As long as one finds mistakes and shortcomings in failure, one can always return to the starting point and start anew.
When I first wanted to promote the brand "Good Employee", many friends said it should be given a fashionable name, as "Good Employee" was too vulgar. However, Hua Xiaomei insisted. She said that any good product is inseparable from good employees. I just want to make a pair of gloves and name it - Good Employee. Let our outstanding employees at Qihua make a good pair of gloves for every employee who uses them to protect their hands. Such a pair of gloves is the kind of "good employee" I want.
Nowadays, in everyone's mind, good things are all exported. I really don't understand why we can't use good gloves in our country. But I insist on using the best raw materials of similar products to make gloves of the best workmanship for our own use. I believe that good products will eventually have a market and last longer! So far, it has been proved that my choice was right.
A senior in the industry said to me like this: "Xiaohua, you have devoted your youth to gloves." When I heard this, my first reaction was that my eyes were moist...... It is all the customers and friends who have supported me all the way that have witnessed my efforts and dedication..... My heart is filled with gratitude. Since I entered the labor protection glove industry at the age of 18 and started my business at 26, I have been inseparable from gloves for exactly 20 years. At the very beginning, it was just for a living, but now I deeply feel a sense of mission and responsibility.
It's not difficult to make gloves.The hard part is making a good pair of gloves Since 2017, the labor protection industry seems to have faced unprecedented challenges: tightened environmental protection policies and rising raw material prices have made the already confused labor protection professionals even more bewildered in the Internet battle. However, at this time, Hua Xiaomei resolutely chose to establish a branch factory in her hometown, Zaozhuang, and founded - Zaozhuang Qihua Glove Manufacturing Co., LTD.
I have long wanted to set up a factory in my hometown. On the one hand, I want to make some contributions to the place where I was born and raised. On the other hand, building a factory in my hometown has a unique geographical advantage. It only takes more than two hours by high-speed rail from Xinchang to Beijing and Shanghai. This is also an important wharf on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, with an annual throughput of 2 million tons. Within a 150-kilometer radius, there are two seaports, Rizhao and Lianyungang."
Why are those full of vigor and enthusiasm mostly young people? Because of my lack of experience, I feel that I'm no ordinary person. After going through all this, Hua Xiaomei's face showed an extra touch of composure and determination. When it comes to products, she is still that passionate young girl who can roll up her sleeves and leave the factory. When it comes to management, she has more careful thinking about job positioning and promotion directions. When it comes to the future development of the enterprise, she has a clear positioning and goal. The products our company goes out will definitely have the best word-of-mouth from users.
The process of persistence is difficult. At the beginning, there is passion and fantasy to support it. But in the middle, reality gradually emerges, and human nature begins to take the upper hand: fear, inertia, and calculation. What people truly believe in is often not themselves but the huge temptation brought by success. All of them inevitably have a gambler's mentality. This is the truth that you can start. However, Hua Xiaomei's persistence has always been to make a good pair of gloves and has never changed. (Shi Yibing, editor of China Labor Protection Network
