A while back, an older guy in my group chat told a story. He had a childhood friend who used to work as a wedding emcee in Guangzhou. During peak season, gigs came one after another—his voice went hoarse. Even with a sore throat, he’d keep going, popping lozenges and still taking the stage.
After saving for a few years, he had around three hundred thousand yuan in hand. He had planned to keep doing it for another couple of years to save up for a down payment on a rundown old apartment.
Then, that winter, he started doing contract work with some people. At first it was a “trial” with 20,000 yuan. Once he tasted the sweet spot, he got bolder and moved the entire sum in. Along the way there were several times when it nearly doubled, but he didn’t leave—he thought he’d wait a bit more. Later, a huge bearish drop hit; his margin money got wiped out, and he even ended up owing several tens of thousands on his credit card. For half a year, he hid the trading app on the last screen of his phone. Just seeing the red chart icons made his chest tighten.
The turning point wasn’t in any cool way at all. One day he was eating wonton noodles in a small place, and suddenly he figured it out. He decided to “admit defeat.” If it didn’t work, then it didn’t. He went back and found a team of emcees to take gigs again. During the day he ran around for bookings; at night he went home and kept only a small position, taking just a few hundred US dollars to practice. He chopped the leverage in one slash, and also hand-copied a few rules and stuck them on the fridge in his rental—things like: don’t chase price spikes, don’t average down to cover losses, and only trade two or three times a week. When things were good, he could add over ten thousand yuan to the account; more often, he’d make a little and then give some back—small moves only.
After roughly more than a year of grinding, he paid off the tens of thousands he owed. And that money he lost earlier had crawled back some too. Still, it was nowhere near the high point from back then. But he said that compared to that time, now he can finally sleep at night. That’s it—live on, and take it slow. It’s much more solid than always thinking about getting everything back with the next one.
Do you know anyone around you who, after hitting rock bottom, climbs back up and keeps moving forward quietly, without making noise?
#币圈故事 #Risk
After saving for a few years, he had around three hundred thousand yuan in hand. He had planned to keep doing it for another couple of years to save up for a down payment on a rundown old apartment.
Then, that winter, he started doing contract work with some people. At first it was a “trial” with 20,000 yuan. Once he tasted the sweet spot, he got bolder and moved the entire sum in. Along the way there were several times when it nearly doubled, but he didn’t leave—he thought he’d wait a bit more. Later, a huge bearish drop hit; his margin money got wiped out, and he even ended up owing several tens of thousands on his credit card. For half a year, he hid the trading app on the last screen of his phone. Just seeing the red chart icons made his chest tighten.
The turning point wasn’t in any cool way at all. One day he was eating wonton noodles in a small place, and suddenly he figured it out. He decided to “admit defeat.” If it didn’t work, then it didn’t. He went back and found a team of emcees to take gigs again. During the day he ran around for bookings; at night he went home and kept only a small position, taking just a few hundred US dollars to practice. He chopped the leverage in one slash, and also hand-copied a few rules and stuck them on the fridge in his rental—things like: don’t chase price spikes, don’t average down to cover losses, and only trade two or three times a week. When things were good, he could add over ten thousand yuan to the account; more often, he’d make a little and then give some back—small moves only.
After roughly more than a year of grinding, he paid off the tens of thousands he owed. And that money he lost earlier had crawled back some too. Still, it was nowhere near the high point from back then. But he said that compared to that time, now he can finally sleep at night. That’s it—live on, and take it slow. It’s much more solid than always thinking about getting everything back with the next one.
Do you know anyone around you who, after hitting rock bottom, climbs back up and keeps moving forward quietly, without making noise?
#币圈故事 #Risk