cerita dan tajuk ini saya cuma copy dari blog lama. memandangkan, terkenangkan peristiwa pagi tadi, semasa sesi berbual dengan taxi driver.
060809 & 070809 (dua hari nak karang cerita nieh, sibuk sangat masa tu agaknya)
#maafkan penggunaan bahasa yang agak kasar. ;p
semalam, aku terjumpe ngan 1 chinese guy ni. terjumpa kt hotel sebenarnya, xsangka pun dia ada kat labuan jugak. before this pernah jumpa dia kt KL. he is very simple and easy guy, eventhough have millions dollar singapore (dalam bank). dia ni mudah & senang nak berborak. xpernah sempat aku nak hulur tangan dia hulur dulur, memang kali ni aku hasrat nak hulur dulu, tapi x sempat, dia jugak yang hulur dulu. cara dia layan aku, w/pun aku ni hanya orang biasa, tapi dia seriously sangat respect ngan orang lain. so, nama dia aku kenalkan as V.L.
V.L : hello my fren. how are u?
aku : (tengah lap2 muka, pasal baru mandi nak pegi makan, peluh2..) hello V.L. im fine.
V.L : bla..bla..bla..MAS? Air Asia? bla..bla..dinner? aah, lets go..my treat..
kitorang sembang2 sambil makan seafood (kat labuan ni serious seafood murah gilo, makan 6 orang kurang dari rm250..gile aa. tu siap termasuk ketam hidup, ikan masak stim, lobster..huish..xlarat nak senaraikan..)
dia pun start telling the story of his life. simple and very tersusun, plot by plot. as if dia tgh bacakan the story of his biography/life. (aku sgt respek aa, sambil kupas2 isi ketam guna garpu, terkial2 gak la..sebab tangan kupas isi ketam, mata pandang V.L,kusyuk dengar cerita dia)
(gambar sekadar hiasan. #gambar minah italy diambil di tripoli,libya)
suddenly one of us asked his background.. V.L, what u did before this aa ? (yang lain semua terpaku nak dengar jawapan V.L)
so, V.L pun start his story. From how he started till now, become one of the millionaires! milionaire tu beb!V.L started as salesman (sebab tu dia pandai layan customers/clients,friendly, warm welcome), jual wire rope je! before that, dia jadi penghantar barang. lepas few years, he decided to fully understand about his life, and his mission in life (what he wants). dia decided to stop everything, then become wire rope cooley. setakat panjat crane, naik tower, check wire, kene maki, cari sebab wire rosak, buat inspection, till jual wire rope. almost 12 years dia buat kerja ni, then one day, dia nampak peluang.
PELUANG!
Dia tau apa yang dia buat, dia tau apa yang client nak, dan dia pernah kerja dengan company supply barang. so he decided utk jual wire rope sendiri ikut his specs. sebab dia ni memang da categorized as a specialist! so dia tau apa yang dia buat la kan? combine skills in salesman+penghantar wire (logistic)+specialist in wire thingy+berani ambil peluang+xcuba, xtahu, dia pun start buat bisnes sendiri. buat sendiri spec wire yang bagus+tahan, then asked supplier to folow his specs, then jual. rasa2 berjaya? off course berjaya! memula mmg banyak cabaran, but he already spent more than 12 years in this wire rope industry, so he knows everything la.. dia berjaya, itupun selepas bankrupt!lagi sekali, bankrupt! nape bankrup? itu nanti aku story in another entry.
kawan aku : V.L, apa u punya strategi huh? (slllllrrrpppp, hirup teh cina)
V.L : to be the best, i’ll supply the best wire rope laaa..
kawan aku : aiseh, itu cerita common.. semua orang mcm tu
V.L : yes, im telling u the truth (suara ala2 patrick teoh, muka pun lebih kurang)
V.L : u know y? i tell u..
V.L bagitau, dia travel around the world, cari the best wire rope creator. then dia pun jumpa 1 kilang buat wire rope, the eldest one, got reputation too. even queen elizabeth pun recognized this factory. Cerita pasal factory ni, nak sentuh 1 benda, factory ni sangat pentingkan mutu produk. they are not chasing the profit semata2, tp as tradition bisnes,…..
p/s : to be continued (semalam 06/08/09)
(hari ni 07/08/09)
ok, continue balik, sibuk sangat ngan kerja2 kat luar. sorry eh, ramai lak yang x sabar nak tahu camna plot cerita ni berakhir.
pasal kilang tu, memang kekayaannya dah tahap kaya sangat. tapi still buat benda yang sama, x expand pun to another business. just focus on making the wire rope only. kilang ini sangat pentingkan jenama. dari moyang, till now cicit-cicit yang run the business. but langsung x pernah rugi. sebab brand da kukuh. kagum betul aku ngan dorang punya skills dalam isu branding ni. (ada few stories after this, ingat nak upload..bebile dah x bz nanti, cerita pasal branding the business, menarik topic ni). ok, now back to V.L punya kisah. lepas dia dah dapat MOU with wire rope co. tu (which i don’t remember the name.. :p) then dia pun start la jual his product. Dari 1 company to another company. memula agak susah nak perkenalkan business on his own inisiatif, tapi atas sikap x pernah kalah/jemu/bersungguh2, dia tetap jual those wire. until he got 1 contract from 1 company. Peluang dah ada depan mata. dengan peluang yang ada tu, dia berikan sepenuh perhatian (tiada belah bagi) on his business. Clients happy with his performances, and continue his contract for another few years till now followed by contract by another companies worldwide. He got contracts for almost oil and gas field (especially in well intervention/services companies) covered from U.K,Australia,Malaysia, Thailand and etc. Dia sapu habis supply wire rope kat Malaysia (eventhough dia bukan Malaysian,psst..malaysian patut take note about this thing!).
(sekadar gambar hiasan, gambar diambil di tunisia, berhampiran kota lama tunis)
kawan aku : (tepuk tangan)..wah V.L, gile gempak u..
V.L : i learnt from history & failures (everytime orang tanya in malay, he answered in English)
kawan aku : so now, ur company must be big enough la eh? how many personnel o u have aa?
V.L : me, my brother, my tukang jaga akaun, 2 workers downstairs
aku la plak : huh? u kidding me la V.L.. how come u untung million million dollars, but only 5 workers there??
V.L : (baru nak jawab)
kawan aku : aah la.. u always travel here and there.. so tinggal 4 orang saja lagi..
V.L : (bukak mulut, nak jawab..then terus tutup pasal nak ketawa)..
kawan & aku : (saling berpandangan..apahal pulak mamat ni..)
V.L : actually, my brother did the finance job, but he did it manually. (macam masa kita belajar prinsip akaun la kat sekolah, bukak lejer baru, imbangkan..etc), the he xtahan, x sanggup, suda tua, mahu buat akaun lagi, manual plak tu (terjemahan).
V.L : but u know guys, maximum, i repeat, maximum not more than 10 invoces per month.. very sikit maaa..
semua orang : (ketawa ramai2 serentak…)
(sekadar gambar hiasan, gambar di ambil di luzern, switzerland)
yela, bisnes untung juta2 ringgit, tapi sebulan 10 invoices je.. memang la kelakar. itupun his brother x tahan nak buat. so now he is looking for junior accountant (full time or part time), gaji lumayan, kerja sket, hari2 boleh chatting, baca paper..), luahan ikhlas V.L..
aku ada mentioned V.L ni memang suka travel. so he said, everytime he travel, dia akan try to naik teksi untu pergi office,factory,warehouse,jalan2 in town. reasonnya? before dia berjaya till now, dia banyak belajar tips dari pemandu teksi, how to PR client, how to bullshit ( macam2 cerita boleh keluar, tapi mostly cerita yang keluar tu sedap didengar, tapi belum tau kesahihahnya), dan paling penting, taxi driver ni dia tahu segala isu semasa dengan pantas, pastu siap boleh kupas isu tu mengikut pandangan dorang sendiri. senang cerita, untuk tahu apa keperluan masyarakat, tanya la pemandu teksi, mesti dorang boleh bagi at least 1 peluang bisnes yang bagus untuk diterokai, walhal kita x pernah terpikir pun pasal tu.. V.L sudah banyak kali naik teksi di serata dunia, dan x pernah jemu nak naik lagi walaupun dia da jadi jutawan. as what V.L selalu cakap, the taxi driver is my best friend!
morale of the story : banyak betul sikap2 paling asas untuk jadi orang yang berjaya aku sudah listkan kat atas, cari la sendiri eh.. sendiri mau ingat la kan if nak berjaya..
