That year, I accompanied a trade mission to South Africa with a group of hand shoes, boss let me take this emerging market to open in South Africa.
However, one of South Africa, I soon found that as a dry climate, the local ordinary people generally do not wear shoes. louis vuitton epi leather speedy cassis
I try to get in touch with several importers, but they are not interested in big China shoes, China shoes, although they unanimously found that there is no market in South Africa.
Several days later, the backlog of trade group members have received, but only I did not sign an order. Day in a hotel to see President Mandela's news, I thought a move: I can not get two pairs of shoes to the president, perhaps he can help me to open the South African market. My idea to other members of the trade group was shocked, I say this is nonsense, how Mandela figure, how to receive my shoes? But I do not care which, the President chose to wear two pairs of shoes size, the next morning arrived at the presidential palace. Africans of Chinese friends are very enthusiastic, I to the presidential palace, guards, received me very warmly. I was allowed to leave shoes and text message, I said in the letter to be from China, China sent two pairs of shoes to the President, one to express their respect for the president, the second is that the President can wear it to travel to China.
Other, even shoes, and I doubt whether the message really handed the hands of President Mandela. But on the third day, President Mandela's secretary even find the hotel, gave me an autographed a thank you President Mandela, for I gave him two pairs of comfortable shoes in China, he liked.
I heard that Chinese president like my shoes, a South African importer and I willingly signed a contract, the number of small, on the one thousand pairs, there is no profit at all.
But shortly after returning home, I actually was president of an important appointment, sent to the U.S. office. That was a people jealous of the job, and I work in the company less than two years, many people are very understanding. President who was so disgruntled people to answer this: Since he can sell shoes to President Mandela, that he can sell shoes U.S. president. louis vuitton damier ket holder
This is my personal experience of a friend, he is now that the trading companies in the United States for the first time representatives. Recently he returned from the United States, in positions of their young age, I was curious and asked him to talk about the successful experience, his faint smile, but said his first job in this story.
Friends of the story so I understand: the shoes given to the President, the impossible becomes possible, it requires courage, but also requires wisdom. A person's success may have a lot of chance, but a confident willingness to try, his success is sooner or later. Because success always favor the courage of people.