Chuang Yong, Founder Of Tulip Media, From Olympic Champion To Businesswoman

She once achieved a breakthrough in swimming gold medals in the Olympic history of China. She had filmed a movie as a TV host after her early retirement. She eventually 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 her 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, who is on the way to NASDAQ.

"It is undeniable that the Olympic Games did bring me another life opportunity."

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, Zhuang Yong, who was once again placed high hopes for his brilliant career, announced his 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 she was young and unworldly, she came to Hongkong, a city with a sense of sincerity.

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

In the busy and busy Hongkong, Chuang Yu has met many different people. She is very strong and likes new things. She is also changing herself in this fast developing city.

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

At this time, Wang Min, who has been acquainted 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 with a strong personality and a careless shopping mall. Zhuang Chuang 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 it came from careful calculation and half of it was boldness.

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.

When Wang Min had his own idea of running a company, he first sent an invitation to Zhuang 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 Yong, 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."

Today, the two have a clear division of labor, Wang Min is responsible for tulips media strategic layout and direction, and Zhuang Yong is more tactical implementation of force, do some development and government coordination work.

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

Zhuang Yong said.

Wang Min said that she 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.

The company is like her children, and her son is a treasure in her heart. She only keeps learning how to be a good mother when dealing with things she cherishes.

After the beginning of outdoor advertising, Zhuang Swimming Association will often communicate with Lining, who also has a successful career. Two people can 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 has already begun to appear since 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 market, 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 Yong 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! "

Zhuang and Chuang tried to balance their families and their beloved sons.

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.

On the windowsill behind her, she placed more than ten pictures, almost all of which she took with her son or husband, or her son's single photo. Zhuang Chuo said with a smile, "maybe I prefer my son to my husband."