China’s worst entrepreneur #Zhejiang Province has long been known for its clever entrepreneurs. It seems however, that one foolish local is doing his best to change the province’s reputation. The man, surnamed Zhang, stole 30,000 bottles of ice tea, worth over 170,000 yuan ($27,370), and then emptied their contents so he could resell the plastic bottles to recyclers. The total profit from the enterprise: 115 RMB (about 18 USD). A local beverage distributor surnamed Liang returned from a business trip to find his locked storage facility had been burgled and his stock missing on March 16. After he was apprehended, Zhang told police he had arrived at the storehouse in the early morning and found it unlocked. Inside he discovered 2,000 stacked cartons of iced tea. After moving the goods outside, Zhang then recruited three nearby trash recyclers who, over the course of 12 hours, poured out the iced tea and harvested the plastic bottles. So far, no charges have been pressed. Netizens on #Chinas social media site Weibo questioned the wisdom of his choices: “It’s terrible to be lowly educated, and having a low IQ does a lot of damage @chuxiaohanyin “Sticking to their professional principles: only using the waste (just the bottles)!” @yingxiaoxuezhezhuhuafeng “IQ levels decide your fate. No wonder some people become rich, while others can only be #thieves all their lives.” @jinghongyipie1984 (Adapted from Global Times and ECNS)
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:02:15 +0000