From Olympic Champion To Businesswoman -- Zhuang Yong, Founder Of Tulip Media

She once achieved a breakthrough in swimming gold medals in the history of Chinese Olympic Games. She had filmed a movie as soon as she retired, and also acted as a TV host. She finally chose to start a business with her friends, and the company she started was going to the Nasdaq market. She said frankly that she was the darling of fate. She succeeded because she was lucky. She thought that her luck was that she had caught every olive branch of her fate. She was a ten square meter office in Chuang Yong, and she didn't have many decorations and objects.

The woman behind the desk, dressed in a white casual little suit, has a dry, yet feminine short curly hair, and a smiling face with no pink face.

It's hard to get people to associate her with Olympic champions except for her long arms and broad shoulders.

She is Zhuang Yong, one of the five golden flowers in Chinese swimming, the first swimmer medal and the first gold medals of swimming in China's Olympic Games.

Today, her identity is COO, the current executive director of tulip media, which is on the way to NASDAQ.

"It's undeniable that the Olympics really brought me another chance of life."

In Zhuang's view, from Olympic Games to today's career, from Shen's strong marriage with her brother to her beloved son, she was convinced that fate was pushing her forward many times, "but how to go, or to see yourself".

In 1992, at the twenty-fifth Olympic Games in Barcelona, Zhuang Yong, 21 years old, won the gold medal in the 100 meter freestyle swimming at the second Olympic Games she participated in.

Unexpectedly, in second years, Chuang Yong, who was once again placed high hopes for her brilliant achievements, announced her retirement and said goodbye to her athlete career forever.

At that time, I had won almost all gold medals.

When you stand at the top of your life, you often feel scared and empty.

At that time, few books were read, and people were always sheltered. So when I retired, I wanted to find a way for my soul, and let my heart settle down and think quietly. "

When he was young and unworldly, he came to Hongkong, where she had a strange feeling.

She declined the invitation from the Hongkong Swimming Association and photographed two films by chance, which was the host of Phoenix TV and ESPN.

Hongkong, which is busy and busy, makes Zhuang swimming know many different people. She is strong and likes new things. She also realizes her pformation in this fast developing city.

After trying to slowly unload the Olympic champion's aura, Chuang began to feel another emptiness - the TV station's work could bring rich rewards, but the self value seemed to be less obvious.

At that time, Wang Min, who had known him for many years, sent an invitation to Chuang Yong, hoping to start a career of two people together.

When Wang Min and his friend were introduced to Hongkong by a friend of mine, two people suddenly said, "Oh, we are old neighbors!"

Wang Min, who is a few years old, is a strong woman in a shopping mall, but Chuang Yu is a man who thinks a lot.

Chuang Yong says that although she is B blood, many people around her feel that she is not as careless as B blood.

In 1998, when she accepted Wang Min's invitation to start outdoor advertising, half of them came from careful calculations and half of them were bold.

At that time, Wang Min Min had already started outdoor advertising.

Because of his work, Wang Min often flew to Hongkong, so the two people would have frequent communication and communication, and two people who were equally obsessed with fashion would sometimes go shopping together.

So when Wang Min had his own idea of running a company, he first sent an invitation to Chuang Yong.

Soon, a tulip media, a feminine name Outdoor Advertising Company, began with two women and was born in Shanghai.

In 2000, Chuang Yong returned from Hongkong to Shanghai to concentrate on running his own business.

Neither Chuang Yong nor Wang Min, as a woman, did not expect to make the company very successful when they first started their company.

When she saw the billboard in the east commercial building, she intuitively told her that if it was a huge dynamic screen like TV, it would attract many eyeballs.

A brand new business model is gradually brewing and shaping in their minds.

However, every new thing will always encounter difficulties and problems in the first place.

At the most difficult time, the two women did not cry together until they were tired, then wiped away their tears and began to discuss how to solve the problem.

In the view of Zhuang Chong, they are no longer crying like that. "On the one hand, they are more mature and more capable. On the other hand, only two women are doing one thing at the time. Now there are many people doing one thing. The relative pressure will be smaller, and there will be more ways."

Now, the two people have a clear division of labor. Wang Min is responsible for the strategic layout and direction of tulips media, while Zhuang Yong is more involved in tactical execution and in some areas of development and government coordination.

"Talking about rentals, talking about cooperation, I am good at it, and I am also very handy."

Zhuang Yong said.

She said that Wang Min and her family were close to each other, even when they were at home.

Two people were calling after returning home at night, until both husband and wife began to complain, "why do two women have so much to say?"

Learning: business and motherhood. In 1998, the tulip media was founded; in 2004, the son Shen Junyan was born.

She said, "the company is like her child, and her son is a treasure in her heart."

After the beginning of outdoor advertising, Mr. Zhuang often communicated with Lining, who also had a successful career. Two people could talk a lot from business to capital market.

She is very aware of the advantages of the Olympic champion.

But she knows more clearly that this is just her stepping stone, and others are willing to meet with her just because they are interested in their identity, but when they really talk about business, business people will still act according to the business rules.

Her strong desire to learn new things began to appear when she became an athlete.

At that time, Zhuang Chuang did not laugh and play with the little players, but liked to work with coaches and veteran players.

Because the coach was a master from the United States, so early in the 80s of last century, Zhuang Yong had learned to use computers with his coach.

Now, after introducing venture capital and launching the IPO, Chuang Yong, the first one who doesn't understand the capital market, is learning hard.

In these days, Zhuang Yong has to receive two or three investment banks every day, listening to them talking about net profit and talking about options.

But when the topic turned from work to son Shen Junyan, Chuang Yong's face appeared a happy smile that could not be hidden.

"I was reading a book about how to teach mothers before I went to sleep these nights.

Now the 3 year old son is at a critical time, and I want to do the role of my mother. "

Her busy work made Zhuang Bao have to travel a lot. Zhuang Chuo said that she had not been home for more than ten days when she was away on a business trip. Then her son called and said, "Mom, you are too bad!

If we don't come back, we will not want you! "

He is still trying to balance his family and his beloved son.

As long as he is at home, Chuang Yong always gets up at 7:30 every morning to send his son to school bus.

If you are away on a business trip, you will also try to rush home to spend the weekend with your son before the weekend.

In the window sill behind her, she placed more than ten pictures, almost all of them taking photos with her son or husband, or his son's single photo. Zhuang Chuo smiled and said, "maybe I prefer my son to my husband."