Report

a. The exploration of the self-made businessmen.

b. Since my topic is about the self-made businessmen, the best way to conduct an interview is to find a self-made businessman. I asked my father if any one of his friends can be my interviewee. Mr. Chen Hong is my interviewee. He is the boss of his company.

c. I conducted the interview by using a voice call. I translate the conversation into English with my words.

d. Quotes

1. “Money is an adjunct to the achievement of self-value.”
2. “I had a clear goal since I was young, which is that I had to go to the city to get a better life.”
3. “The more friends you have, the less problems you need to worry about.”
4. “Absolutely internet industries. There are so any new fields waiting for the pioneers.”
5. “Try to work in a big company, learn how it is operated.”
6. “Commerce is everywhere in your life.”
7. “Information collection is crucial for a businessman.”
8. “Learn some business nous and develop your business mind from a young age.”

e. I did learn something new. Before this interview, to be honest, I had no idea about how a company is founded. Now I know one way to start up a business, and the key is to utilize the interpersonal network, resources are really important for the development of a company. Self-made businessmen should be good at the accumulation of resources. Another interesting discovery is how success is defined. I came up with this question when I watched a tv show, it said that “do you think success is measured by how much money you have? NO! There’s more meaningful things to measure success other than money.” I was confused because I believed that the more money you have the more successful you are. After the interview I understood that success is the achievement of self-value.

f. I’m a shy person so I feel stressful when I need to talk with an unfamiliar person for a long time. So I prepared some questions which can make them talk more, and I can concentrate on what they’re talking about without responding with long answers. This is a good chance for me to learn how to have conversation with an unfamiliar person, I’m a commerce student and my future job is likely to work in commerce, I have to have social contact with different people and get to know more people, it’s good to have a practice like this.