During military training, I threw up on the bus, and many people looked back at me. They thought I wasn't the kind of girl who's easy to mess with, as if I were more prone to getting hurt.

Back then, Heidi was quite popular, and times were tough. I remember one night she performed in a cultural show. Later, when I became a floor monitor, we passed by each other. This girl eventually went into filmmaking and became my friend—a very fair-skinned girl who explained the principles of entrepreneurship to me. Back then in Beijing, we had meals together.