Table of Contents
A Media Director
A Bridge to Learning Science
A Countryside Doctor
Staying in a Rural Corner Dedicated to a Virtuous Cause
A Volunteer Commentator
Delivering Knowledge and Sharing Its Charm
A Piano Tuner
Hope Soars Through Striking the Right Notes
An Industrial Designer
Opening the "Door of Creaivity" Through Originality
A Shield—tunneling Machine Operator
Driving an "Unrivaled Giantto Build a Subway Network
A NaNre Reserve Worker
Protecting a National Treasure in Remote Mountains
A Cadre Sent to Aid Tibet
GMng Something Back to the Snowy Plateau
A Taobao Shop Owner
Building a Buy—and—Sell Platform to Promote Domestic Demand and Achieve Win—Win Results
A Qiang Embroidery Artist
Advancing Minority and Folk Arts
A Blind Health Masseur
Holding Up the Sky Through Self—reliance
A Journalist Reviews the South—to—North Water Dwersion Project
ResettlingThousands ofMiles Away for the Larger Family
An Arcticologist
Exploring the Secrets ofthe Earth's Three Poles
An Intellectual Property Judge
Guardian of an Innovative Economy
A Plateau Road Maintainer
Witness to Transformations in the "Road to the Skies"
An Ombudswoman Handling Complaints and Visits
Ordinary People's Affairs Are the Most Important
A Woman Dedicated to Public Welfare and Charity
Doing Small Things with Great Love
A Large—scale Grain Grower
Who Says Farmers Are Not Happy？
A Digital Copyright Service Provider
Growing Along with Digital Publishing in China
A Pet Physician
Fun Through a New Career
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This is a demanding career with some strict requirements.The age for beginners should be between 18 and 25.I am the teacher at the training center, and I often tell students to "have a try in their 20s, and persevere through their 30s." If one lacks willpower and can't concentrate, I would suggest he or she never choose this job.If always thinking about how much money can be earned by tuning a piano, one won't become a good tuner.
Looking back on my career through these years, a strong sense of having a mission to solve problems for more clients, tuning for Chinese and foreign pianists when needed, has inspired me to constantly study further.
Sometimes I also encounter certain types of customers: When I take out the entire set of over 50-kilo tools from my case but only use a portion of them, they may ask, "So quickly? You haven't used many tools.Did you just tune it randomly?" They don't know that, if I used all the tools, his piano's problems would be even bigger.
Other clients don't understand our work.I was once asked to tune a piano worth 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.It hadn't been maintained for ten years and was severely damaged, so I suggested he replace the mechanical parts.He asked me how much it would cost, and I told him two or three thousand yuan.He immediately replied, "You want to earn even more? You're charging too much already!" I felt very uncomfortable, I didn't want to argue with him, so Ijust gathered my tools and left quietly.Perhaps one day he will understand I never tried to cheat him.
