Tang, 22, a broadcasting and hosting arts senior at cheapest runescape gold Wuhan Media and Communications College of Huazhong Normal University, has netted about 500,000 yuan ($75,850) since 2009 through his pet dog sup-ply business.
He now manages two online shops and two entity companies - one in Wuhan and the other in Hong Kong, selling imported pet supplies such as shampoo and combs, and even recently opened a beauty salon in Changsha, Hunan Province for both regular dogs and those who participate in dog contests.
Puppy fans
Tang has liked canines since childhood. But as a doctor who cares much for personal sanitation, his father did not allow him to raise one at home. It wasn't until Tang entered university and got his own living space that he spent his allowance of about 1,000 yuan ($149) to buy a Bichon Frise named Xiaoguai, and sent it to a buy cheap runescape gold friend's home to look after.
In Tang's opinion, this purchase changed his life.
"I love Xiaoguai so much and always use the best pet supplies for him," Tang told the Global Times. He feels strongly about topics such as animal cruelty and the fur trade.
"On the street, seeing those in expensive fur, I don't think they are fashionable or noble. They are ignorant because they don't know what the animals go through before their fur comes onto their bodies. They should feel guilty," he told the Global Times.
With domestic products not of top quality, Tang used to ask his friends from the US or Britain to bring some over when they returned home.
The first product his friend brought to him was a bottle of shampoo from the US runescape powerleveling costing $13. In China, similar ones cost about 340 yuan ($51). Tang also found a lack of any imported pet supplies in the domestic market. He invested about 10,000 yuan ($1 ,492) to buy more pet shampoo from the US and sold them for about 238 yuan ($36) in China.
"Instead of my expectation, the shampoos sold out in only few days, and I earned almost double the original cost," said Tang.
From then on, Tang worked as agent for various international brand pet supplies, such as the US's Crown Royale.
Dog beautician
Due to Tang's reputation in the business, he has now got a stable group of clients and made friends with them. Tang found that most of the clients who buy his international brand products are owners of dogs who participate in contests. These people are much concerned with the quality of products and the health and comfort of their pets.
With their help, Tang began to visit all kinds of contests and took the opportunity to promote his dog supplies. His passion has gained him lots runescape power leveling of social contacts in this field.
Tang has since switched his role from being an appreciator to a beautician but mainly focuses on the cosmetology of Bichon Frises. A proper cut and treatment lasts from one to two hours and costs 100-120 yuan, with contestant dogs costing 400 yuan.
Tang said that as a professional pet beautician, besides excellent skills and passion, patience is also needed.
"Dogs don't like others to touch their bodies with a pair of scissors. They rs gold struggle and resist," he told the Global Times.
Animal protector
Tang's road to start his business was not smooth. For a long time, he was thought to be fooling around, a playboy without ambitions. But Tang believed that doing what one is interested in is a kind of life experience as well as happiness.
"At the start, I was also worried my business would affect my study. But I found that there is actually a lot of spare time at university. As long as I arranged it properly, I could balance work and study," he told the Global Times.
Tang is now doing an internship at a TV station in Changsha. He admitted that although he loves his pet business, he could not break through traditional conceptions.
"Traditionally, a pet beautician seems improper for a university student's career. As my mum expected, I will treat it as my hobby. In the future, I still want to be an rs2 items TV anchorman," he told the Global Times.
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