As a Fujianese, how do you view Fujian?

We have always been familiar with the saying that Cantonese people rely on ideas, Shanghai people rely on methods, and Fujian people rely on means. In some people's impression, Fujian people are particularly stingy. There is a saying that they will bring two umbrellas when it rains, use one for themselves, and then sell one. In fact, Fujian men are optimistic by nature, do not stick to trivial matters, and are very diligent. They are good at continuously accumulating funds to engage in solid careers; they are enterprising, unwilling to be dominated by others, and have a warm-blooded personality; they are very patient and perseverant. Their indomitable will makes them formidable business opponents; they are straightforward and have the spirit of organization and cooperation.

Fujian has always been a strange place in my mind. Fujian was called Ba Min in ancient times. In ancient times, it was inhabited by indigenous people called Baiyue Nation in ancient books. They were also snake-eating people and had their own magical and fierce lifestyle. In the subsequent Jin, Tang and Song dynasties, Han people continued to move into this dangerous landscape and blended with the local indigenous people, gradually forming Fujian people with unique personalities.

It seems that most Fujian men are not good at speaking, and they seem almost clumsy when speaking Mandarin with a strong Fujian flavor. But if it is a conversation between fellow villagers, it is as fast as a machine gun and as loud as a machine gun. I have a college classmate who is from Fujian, and I can see a lot of Fujian character from him. He doesn't speak much, but occasionally his words are surprising and make people laugh. Talk less, do more, and don’t make a fuss. He has a cold appearance and a cool expression, but he takes action silently at critical moments, showing an air of loyalty. Pay attention to friendship and dignity, and if you are violated or insulted, stand up and resolve it with force. All of this seems to exude an unyielding indigenous style.

The impression given by Fujian men always seems to be that they are veiled, and there is no consistent statement. What's even more amazing is that you can hear completely different comments about Fujian men from different people. For example, when you say "Fujian people", some people will immediately make a fuss about the word "Min" and what it means to be a "worm in the door", but you will soon find that the impression is that Fujian men are all able to make a living in the world, so that in Europe, where Nine out of ten Chinese people came from Fujian. You want to say that Fujian people are short in stature and look relatively weak, but in fact Fujian has always produced sports stars, such as Ni Zhiqin, who broke the men's high jump world record with 2.29 meters, who is from Fujian; Chen Yanping is also from Fujian, and participated in the 11th Asian Games If it weren't for the super wind speed at the meeting, his triple jump score of 17.50 meters would have been a new Asian record; and Cai Huanzong, the gymnastics genius who dominated China, was almost synonymous with Chinese men's gymnastics at that time. As for Tang Xianhu, the uncrowned king of world badminton, and world table tennis champions Guo Yuehua and Chen Xinhua, there are countless sports elites from Fujian. Chen Zhonghe, the coach who led the women's volleyball team to the world championship again after 20 years, is also from Fujian. Fujian men generally do things in a low-key manner and are not good at showing off. However, two years ago, Fujian men made big news - the Yuanhua case. It gave the impression that all Fujian men were related to smuggling. This is of course a misunderstanding. .

The number of Fujian men in Shenzhen is not small, but of course it pales in comparison to those who have gone overseas. Most of the Fujian men who were the first to venture into Shenzhen knew the Overseas Chinese Building (also known as Overseas Chinese Travel Agency) near Shenzhen Railway Station, which can also be regarded as an ancient hotel in Shenzhen. It's not too luxurious, but business has always been booming, because at the beginning of the reform and opening up, businessmen from Jinjiang and Shishi, Fujian Province who came to Shenzhen to start businesses all liked to stay there. As long as you live there, you will be in a trance and think you are in southern Fujian. The upstairs Downstairs, in the restaurant and bar, there are more guests speaking Hokkien than Cantonese, and even the dishes cooked by the chef are authentic Hokkien flavors. However, perhaps because Shenzhen's market has become increasingly mature, it seems that Fujian men are rarely seen in the business world now. However, tea houses in Shenzhen can be seen everywhere called "Anxi Tea House", and almost all are owned by Fujianese. Fujian has been a famous tea town since ancient times and is rich in oolong tea. The most precious and famous one is the "Dahongpao" rock tea produced in Wuyi Mountain, and the other is the "Tieguanyin" produced in Anxi, Quanzhou. Fujian men themselves are cheerful and optimistic by nature, and they have the kind of temperament that would make them feel like they were covered if the sky fell. Therefore, what Fujian men like most is to meet up with a few friends and sit in a teahouse for half a day or even a whole day, doing nothing and enjoying their leisure time. This kind of nature seems difficult to associate with the phenomenon of "smuggling", but in fact, Fujian men were the first to travel across the ocean to work and earn money to support their families.

For example, in Changle City, apart from farmland, the largest number are independent villas designed in a bungalow style. Most of these "luxury houses" were built by Changle people who worked hard abroad and sent money home. It is said that overseas immigrants send as much as US$500 million back to their hometown in Fujian every year, which is an important source of foreign exchange for Fujian.

It’s just that Fujian men who focus on running tea and tea restaurants in Shenzhen seem to be very inconspicuous. In fact, this is the shrewdness of Fujian men. Let’s look at Heng’an, Septwolves, Anta, Fuguiniao and Guirenniao. , Qipai, Pinpai and other well-known enterprises in Fujian are not doing very big things, but the wealth of Fujian people is comparable to the power of Beijing people. For example: the annual advertising revenue of the five CCTV stations is about 500 million yuan, of which 300 million is contributed by Jinjiang City, a county-level city in Fujian. The recent craze for brand ambassadors has led companies in Jinjiang City to hire all the country’s biggest sports stars! This shows the wealth of Fujian people. In fact, regardless of the fact that the daily retail sales of private traders with the "Anxi Tea House" sign are not high, and some are even only a few hundred yuan. In fact, tea is a high-margin product, and the retail gross profit margin can reach 100% (that is, a purchase of 1 yuan can Sold for 2 yuan). Therefore, in fact, Fujian men have quietly monopolized a highly profitable industry in Shenzhen.

Enthusiasm and roughness

Wearing shorts and slippers, or taking off your shoes and lying crookedly on the chair, rubbing your feet while talking, it doesn't matter at all. Ya, except for the somewhat "unbridled" speech and behavior, this is what many people think of a Fujian man, and this man is often a big boss.

What I see on TV is that Fujian men wear thick gold rings on their hands, hang thick gold necklaces around their necks, have thick gold front teeth on their mouths, and speak in a forced Mandarin. After two glasses of wine, they started calling each other brothers. They may be vulgar in their language, but they are actually endearingly straightforward. They are easy to sympathize with and understand people. They have no more words to comfort you and will only persuade you to have another drink. Fujian men are hospitable and like to invite friends to their homes for dinner. They drink and make noise during meals, which shows that Fujian men live a rosy, lively and comfortable life. There are some men in Fujian who are very warm-hearted and can't be described as friends and colleagues. They belong to the category of "just tell me if I have anything to do". Just say hello and they will appear immediately to help you solve your problems. But once such a Fujian man becomes a husband, he will be in bad luck. This type of man puts the interests of others first at all times and puts the loyalty of friends first in everything. Whenever the interests of family and friends conflict, the former must be sacrificed. When friends come to borrow money, they are generous; when my wife wants to buy clothes, she worries about everything. When a friend calls me, I leave immediately in the middle of the night, completely ignoring that my wife is still sick at home. You don’t have to expect them to be willing to share their thoughts with their wives or to be attentive and considerate. For example, when going out with the opposite sex, they will first let the opposite sex in and out of the elevator, pick up food and pour tea for the opposite sex, etc. It’s not that they don’t have gentlemanly demeanor, it’s just that they don’t notice such things. "Little things".

Fujian men are sometimes very childish, immature, narrow-minded, and self-righteous. They often say ridiculous things and their conversations are boring. They come and go either talking about TV series or what happened in the company. thing. Sometimes I lack common sense and often make jokes without realizing it. I am really like a "frog in a well". Despite this, some women living in Shenzhen are attracted by the fact that Fujian men speak rough Mandarin and create a warm atmosphere of life around them all the time.

Awareness of fellow students

Classmate resources and fellow countrymen resources can be regarded as the two most important external resources for most entrepreneurs in Shenzhen. Living in a different place with the same cultural and geographical background will give fellow villagers a natural sense of closeness. Zeng Guofan only liked to recruit people from Hunan. The two most successful business gangs in Chinese history, Huizhou merchants and Shanxi merchants, were formed by fellow villagers and formed gangs wherever they went. Therefore, for a long time, if a person wants to start a business in Shenzhen, having many fellow villagers will still be one of the most advantageous conditions. This is the reason why there are many Hunanese in Shenzhen in recent years. In fact, Fujian men have always had this tradition in this regard, and the largest number of them are Fujian tea merchants in Shenzhen. Fujian is the largest tea-producing province in the country. One in every ten people is engaged in the tea industry. In Shenzhen, Fujianese account for the vast majority of tea merchants. In fact, in many industries, we can see the industries that Fujian men naturally formed out of their hometown awareness. For example, if Fujian people start ceramic tile enterprises, they will soon continue to form ceramic tile industrial villages.

Such clothing villages, sneaker villages, umbrella villages, stone villages... are everywhere. A complete processing industry group has been formed as a whole, which is both specialized and comprehensive. This may be an important factor for Fujian men to successfully establish a foothold in Shenzhen and even the world.

There is no unified "Fujian dialect" in Fujian, but only dialects. Dialects with relatively wide coverage include Fuzhou dialect, southern Fujian dialect, Hakka dialect, northern Fujian dialect, Putian dialect, and Sanming dialect. There are many differences among them due to different regions. For example, Quanzhou, Xiamen, and Zhangzhou are all Hokkien dialects, but their pronunciation and intonation are different. Yongding, Changting and Wuping are both Hakka dialects, but their pronunciation is also different. Sometimes the pronunciation is completely different just across a mountain. Sometimes a single county has a unique language system. Therefore, the language is another problem that Fujian men find difficult in other places. It is also very difficult for Fujian people to communicate with each other using dialects. Perhaps because of this "language barrier", Fujian people have developed the habit of focusing more on actions than words. They believe in a principle of life: talk less and do more, and pay attention to practical work. This is also one of the reasons why Fujian men in Shenzhen are very low-key.

Smart bargaining

When doing business with Fujian men, it is simply abnormal not to bargain. I once asked a Fujianese man if he wanted customers to bargain. He first said: "Of course I hope they don't bargain. It's easy to make money." After a pause, he added: "However, this kind of business is boring. . Bargaining, although doing business is tiring, is also fun, and the wisdom is also enhanced. The other party always finds some reason for bargaining, such as lower prices elsewhere, etc., so that we can also learn some market information. Sometimes they are very picky about the products and will make various comments on the quality, packaging, etc., which invisibly reminds us that we will pay more attention to the next purchase. "In the eyes of the Fujian man, a person who doesn't understand. The bargaining customers are cute and silly. If you want to marry a wife, you can't marry someone like this; if you want a husband, you can't marry someone like this, because you won't be able to live well.

Only those who work hard will win

The fortune of Fujian men has always been a mystery. Many people believe that Fujian wealth comes from "smuggling, policies, overseas relations and geographical location". In fact, Fujian men also have a little-known "secret weapon" in doing things.

People say that Wenzhou people are powerful because Wenzhou people have natural economic acumen and local resources, but Fujian people have none. To be honest, many Fujian men with billions of dollars cannot read at all. Therefore, the Chinese call Wenzhou entrepreneurs "boss" and Fujian entrepreneurs "boss". In the early 1990s, the song "If the wine is sold without..." was popular in karaoke halls in major cities, it was called the "Fujian song" at the time. As soon as the owner of the entertainment venue meets the Fujian boss, he will put flowers on his face and sweet words, just for the endless money. Social comments have been mixed, but it also reflects the Fujian people's generous spirit outside of comments.

The book "If You Love to Fight, You Will Win" has become popular all over the country in the past two years. The word "pin" is so good that it spells out billions of assets and spells out a kind of Fujian man who is not respected but is. Very effective business model. In front of Fujian men, some of our spirits are obviously cowardly. And the Fujian boss has a frightening "wild spirit" in him. If he sees it right, he will do it and fight! It doesn’t matter if you bankrupt your entire family, it doesn’t matter if you throw away your life, or you can take on huge debts to start a business without your heart skipping a beat! These seem to us unreasonable and barbaric. But in Fujian, which has no talents and no resources, Fujian men have created their own unique private enterprise model.

Wenzhou people are shrewd and Fujian people are bold. Fujian men have used these to accumulate their original capital.

Girls are preferred over boys

In fact, although Fujian men have been singing "You will win if you love to work hard" outside, in fact there are still quite a few Fujian men who are weak and inexperienced in their hearts. Those who experience setbacks are very realistic, and they clearly calculate the pros and cons, and they disdain to do things that are not beneficial. They are too self-protective, don't trust people very much, and often suspect that others are trying to defraud them of their money. This is also the impression that Fujian men give people the impression of being stingy. Fuzhou men are among them. They sometimes make petty plans, such as how to work less overtime and get more overtime pay, and how to move more of the company's surplus gadgets to their own homes.

Otherwise, they spend all their time studying trivial things like how to win the lottery, leaving Fuzhou men with the same bad reputation that only Shanghai men had in the early years in the minds of everyone: they are not enterprising in their careers, they do not understand the style of life, and they are self-indulgent. Feeling good, it is easy to be satisfied with the status quo.

But the biggest advantage of Fuzhou people is that they value women over men. Many people know that men in Fuzhou are "good in the kitchen and good in the hall". Therefore, Fuzhou has been a "blessed place" for women all over the world to live a happy life since ancient times. One sign of the prevalence of "feminism" is that for a long time, most women in Fuzhou have been pampered and have not done housework. In the past, Fuzhou citizens used toilets and urinals in their homes for a long time. Most of the people who carried the urinals at night were Fuzhou men. Fuzhou people are famous for their emphasis on hygiene. Some people say that the floors in Fuzhou homes are even cleaner and neater than the pot covers in the kitchens of many northern homes.

"Xianhui" is definitely not too much to apply to Fuzhou men. Fuzhou men take care of their families, love their wives, and know how to do housework. Many of them are also good at cooking. Fuzhou women are spoiled by Fuzhou men and are notoriously lazy, so much so that they are "notorious" in Fujian. Fuzhou women, who are quite modern and urban, advocate a free and equal family life. They disdain domestic rule, are shrewd and have a strong sense of diplomacy. So the housework basically fell on Fuzhou men. The women had a good meal and went to play mahjong in groups, while the men carried vegetable baskets to the market to buy vegetables. The woman might even take the time to look up from the card table and order two dishes, and the man would agree to go to the market to bargain with the vendors.

Fuzhou men are not as bourgeois as Shanghai men, and they cannot speak sweet words, but they are afraid of their wives. They obediently hand over their monthly salary and take the initiative to do all the household chores. There is a joke in Fujian that says, "Fuzhou men are full of machismo, and Southern Fujian women are typical examples of gentleness, respect, thrift, and tolerance. If a Fuzhou man and a Southern Fujian woman are combined into a family, it will definitely be a model family."

Maybe Fuzhou is really a blessed place, with a mild climate, fertile land, mountains and sea, and all kinds of delicacies and seafood, so that Fuzhou people can enjoy it without much effort. to the blessings of nature. "Small wealth brings peace of mind" is a characteristic of Fuzhou men. "A small fortune means peace" has also created a narrow vision among Fuzhou men. They "walk around and never leave Fuzhou" and like to stay with their wives, children and family, completely unaware of how colorful the outside world is.

Leisure and comfort

To put it lightly, it means leisure and comfort, and to put it more seriously, it means to be delicious and lazy. In fact, it is difficult to distinguish between the two words. Tasty but lazy is about Hui'an men. In southern Fujian, the husband's status in the family is unquestionable. It is this chauvinistic behavior of men that has led to the saying "a good girl will not marry a Kamata man". In the past, most men in Hui'an went out to make a living or go fishing, and women naturally became the main force in productive labor. Nowadays, even if they don't go to sea, men still seem to retain this "inertia." Hui'an men living in the Quanzhou area are absolutely happy. The reputation of the women there as gentle and virtuous has already spread beyond the Fujian area and into the hearts of men across the country. They are "Tian Li" when they leave the house and are housewives when they enter the house. They are top leaders inside and outside. Sisters go to the fields and go to sea in groups. On the contrary, men are not the main labor force, and they live a good life with clothes on hand and food on hand.

In Xiamen, the city is characterized by a laid-back temperament, so the men in Xiamen also have a laid-back temperament, although they also have a good reputation of being diligent and docile, which is unique to southern Fujianese. There will never be a so-called trend among men in Xiamen. When foreigners come, they don’t watch, when singers come, they don’t chase after them. Whatever happens, it won’t become a craze in Xiamen. They have a calm, nonchalant air about them - they are indifferent to any trend.

Interesting Fujian proverb

Seven months of sitting, eight months of crawling and nine months of teething: A child can sit at seven months, crawl at eight months, and teeth can grow at nine months.

Raising children does not matter, raising parents is a matter of care: raising children is very generous, but raising parents requires care.

Nuozai people have ears but no mouth: teach children not to talk too much.

If you stand at the foot of the shed for a long time, it belongs to others: Remind people to be careful about letting others live in the house. If you live in the house for a long time, it will belong to others.

If the head of the tree is there, don’t be surprised if a typhoon rises at the end of the tree: It tells people that if the roots are firmly rooted, they will not be afraid of being blown down by the typhoon.

There is no money without two dollars: it is a metaphor that both parties in the quarrel are at fault and must self-examine.

A tiger cannot stand up to a group of monkeys: I advise people to know themselves and their enemies, that is, a dragon crossing a river cannot defeat a local snake.

The eggs are dense but have cracks: it is a metaphor that if you do bad things, you will be exposed one day.

Businesses and purchases are calculated according to points, regardless of invitations: When teaching people to do business, you can care about every penny, but when you treat guests, you should be casual and don't care about them.

Tomatoes are delicious, where does it come from: It describes that a person must drink water and think about the source.

Selling calendars out of date: Missed opportunity.

The chicken with its tilted head wants to eat good rice: described as a person who does not know what he can do.

The Qingman chicken pecks at worms: It describes good luck. A blind chicken can also peck at worms.

Eating from the bowl, washing the dishes outside: scolding someone to eat the inside out.

Watermelon is on the big side: calling people snobbish.

Spit saliva to a chicken, and the chicken will die: a metaphor for a person who is unlucky.