Zhang Xue Motorcycle, Chongqing's pride, China's pride

Honestly, I’m not really sure what Zhang Xue’s motorcycle actually is, because I’m a small-town crypto trader working full-time, and I also have to bring along students. Every day I’m analyzing the trend of the big Bitcoin, paying attention to international finance and political developments—our focus is different.

A few days ago, Big Mingge sent me a message. He said, “You guys in Chongqing are famous now.” I replied, “Come on! Haven’t you been a net-famous city for ages? We’ve already pulled up the prices of our hot pot, skewers, and noodles—now we even have to make way for tourists.” He said, “No, it’s Zhang Xue’s motorcycle that won. That’s wild—what a beast. A motorcycle worth tens of thousands of yuan went and beat down motorcycles worth hundreds of thousands.”

Then I was a bit excited. I’ve known for a long time that Chongqing is a mountain city, so even when I was little, I knew that there were motorcycles everywhere. Because bicycles are hard to pedal and they’re easy to overwork yourself. Back then, the Lifang football team was the one that dealt with motorcycles, and Lifang sponsored them—I even went to get their signatures.

I seriously looked through personal introductions and video content related to Zhang Xue. A simple summary is that he’s a teenager who has a dream, and through love, effort, and persistence, he completed a comeback that surpassed other motorcycle brands around the world. Of course, during this process, there were definitely many people’s support—like his partner, who had been together with him since he was in his teens and even kept borrowing money to support him. And there were many, many others too. Also, as Chongqing is the capital of motorcycle and auto parts (“mo-parts”), it provides convenient conditions to lower costs. The setbacks he faced during his entrepreneurship—when he was short on money and no funds, and had no space so he slept in a carport for the vehicles—yet after success he still, as always, maintained his original intention, and so on.

His achievements speak for themselves. He not only surpassed all brands in the high-end motorcycle field, but also serves as proof that Chinese manufacturing is moving toward high-end. There are too many praises and compliments online to list, so I won’t go into more.

When I look back on what I do with trading, first of all, you have to love it. Even though it’s also for making money, if you want to go long-term, without enough original intention to support you, without pure dreams to carry you, too much noise will prevent you from focusing. Every success isn’t isolated. When summarized, there are also many similarities. People see his success but often overlook the hardship and persistence on the road to success.

We all want to be successful, but we often ignore the difficulties on the path to success—and the necessary hardships you have to endure, and the grind you have to go through. Watching other people’s stories and experiencing things firsthand are completely different levels. Just take CZ, for example—behind the shiny, dazzling halo of a Chinese billionaire, how many people know what hardships and ordeals he went through?