Whilst I was buying items that I intend to sell back home, I noticed that most of the hagglers, who like me, went to shops and asked about buying at wholesale prices, were as young as me! Okay, I’m not that young anymore, but these shoppers were university students or younger.

Just walk along Fudan University’s Arts buildings during lunch hour, and you will see the sidewalks teeming with fellow students taking a shot at earning some extra bucks and gaining exposure with their gutsy entrepreneurship. They risk getting caught by the police (aka 黑猫) and having their whole collection of goods confiscated, but many youths are willing to take on such adversities face on, deriving thrills from it.

Teenagers were pulling trolleys of big canvas bags which contained the supplies that they just purchased from the wholesale market. The contrast between their numerous big canvas bags and my handful of bags of little items served to reflect the amount of guts or business-mind we have respectively.

I simply want to lelong lelong, something I must try before I die. Will you be supporting me?