(Going to the grassroots level during the New Year) The entrepreneurial persistence of the "post-90s" Taiwan guys: the mainland has a chance to have policies
China News Service, Zhangzhou, January 27th (Zhang Jinchuan, Gong Wen) Crispy sliced dragon fish, pan-fried pineapple foie gras, jade roast, sea salt omelette...in the "In the Cloud House" of the "post-90s" Taiwanese youth Youping , Blindly fry fresh ingredients and cooking oil on the iron plate, and the mouth-watering fragrance of delicious food is exuded from the sizzling sound; a portion of unique Taiwanese iron plate dishes are delivered from here.
"Post-90s" Taiwanese youth You Ping.
Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
As the Spring Festival is approaching, in response to the need for the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, companies in the Taiwanese Investment Zone in Zhangzhou, Fujian have encouraged their employees to stay for the New Year.
As a result, You Ping became more busy, and he personally took the lead to make a New Year gift box, seizing the wave of business opportunities left by migrant workers during the New Year under the normalized epidemic prevention and control.
The unique Taiwanese iron plate dishes in "Iryun House".
Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
"There are opportunities to start a business in the mainland. If you want to take root here, the most important thing is persistence." Standing in front of the teppanyaki equipment, You Ping told reporters while preparing the table-top lunch box that guests had reserved.
Taiwanese youth You Ping makes Taiwanese bento.
Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
"Incloud House" was opened in the Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone. This is the fifth venture in the past 7 years since Youping "landed".
Although he came back again and again, he has always rooted in the catering industry and is full of confidence.
Zhangzhou is the main ancestral home of Taiwan compatriots on the mainland, and it is also a densely invested area for Taiwanese businessmen in the mainland, attracting more and more young Taiwanese to start businesses here.
For You Ping, his mother was married from Zhangzhou to Taiwan. He often traveled between Zhangzhou and Taiwan during his childhood. "Part of me belongs here."
Desktop bento.
Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
This sense of familiarity and attachment made him resolutely choose to come to Zhangzhou with his mother after his father passed away to work hard for the future of himself and his family.
He has been engaged in catering services in Taiwan for 7 years, and has a technician certificate in Chinese cooking, baking, bartending, etc., which laid the foundation for his entrepreneurship.
In 2014, the first coffee shop he founded by "Landing" opened.
At that time, Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone had just been established, and it was in the "initial stage" with 22-year-old You Ping.
You Ping told reporters that at the beginning of the business, funds were tight and complicated affairs. It was normal to work more than a dozen hours a day. The Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone also had a sparse passenger flow. “The daily turnover is only 30 yuan, which lasted for half a year.
He is very optimistic about the development prospects here.
In 2016, You Ping was recommended to participate in Fujian Province’s "101 Taiwan Youth Entrepreneurship Support Program" and was awarded the "Entrepreneurship Star", so he renewed his support and invested the support funds to open a western restaurant.
In 2017, he also operated Taiwanese milk tea.
The first three entrepreneurial experiences have allowed You Ping to gradually accumulate young customers and operational experience.
For his fourth venture, he opened the "Qing Chuang Coffee" in Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone, a youth entrepreneurship base on both sides of the strait, and also established a company.
"The Youth Innovation Base helped me find out various favorable policies, including accommodation subsidies, rent subsidies, and entrepreneurial-related charity courses. They all helped me a lot." You Ping said that entrepreneurship is like turning a "ghost" in a pair of cards. "License, try more with low cost, and slowly find your own rhythm.
The mainland's support and guarantee for Taiwan's youth entrepreneurship made him feel particularly emotional: "Let us'rescue' and start again when our entrepreneurship fails."
The "Cloud House" opened in August 2018 is your fifth venture.
Today, "Iryun House" has gradually entered the track in terms of dish design, production process, and personnel management. Not long ago, it also boarded the regional food rankings of review software, attracting many nearby guests to check in and taste.
The unique Taiwanese iron plate dishes in "Iryun House".
Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
At lunchtime, You Ping and a few shop assistants were extremely busy, taking orders, preparing dishes, cooking, and serving dishes, and packed out the Taiwan-flavored bento.
Cooking an exquisite "Yuziyaki" requires skill and time, but You Ping is reluctant to cross it off the menu.
"I want people to be touched by the food in the store after work." You Ping hopes to create a restaurant with a human touch and warmth.
He is full of enthusiasm by personally purchasing, cooking on-site, and delving into good taste every day.
In the past seven years, You Ping has witnessed the development and changes of the Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone.
"Grow together with this piece of land, and at the same time use our own efforts to build it." He said that Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone has more and more "city demonstrations", economic development and pleasant environment.
With his home in Zhangzhou, Youping’s happiness is beyond words, “I met love here, owns my own house, and has a sense of belonging with my family.” This Spring Festival, he decided to take a holiday for himself and prepare for the beloved “Mainland China”. The bride’s wedding.
Having spent many New Year holidays with his mother on the mainland, You Ping never worried about the lack of New Year’s taste. “Not only did he receive a New Year’s gift package, but also the cross-strait youth networking activities were very lively.”
In recent years, You Ping has organized youth entrepreneurship public welfare exchange training, and planned to bring young Taiwanese students to the mainland for internships, but the situation was shelved due to the impact of the epidemic.
"The mainland has many opportunities. Taiqing can come to experience and feel first, and then decide whether to stay." (End)