In the old street of Huotong Town, Fujian Province, Lao Chen, a construction contractor, stands in front of the outer wall of the Huotong Historical and Cultural Museum. His rough palm gently strokes the lines of the cement paint, as if caressing a frozen period of time. "We used to do the real stone paint on this outer wall. We handle both interior and exterior work, and we also do this kind of cement paint. Since I started contracting, the most meaningful project to me is this cultural museum," he says with a long-lost sense of pride in his voice, as if that wall is a medal of his half-life.

In this episode of Happy Encounter User Endorsement, let's get close to Lao Chen, the construction contractor, and learn about his story from cement walls to the steering wheel.

Lao Chen was born in the 1980s. He started carrying paint buckets with a master craftsman when he was a teenager. Catching up with the era of infrastructure boom, he led his construction team to move between high-rise buildings and factories. "In the first few years as a contractor, I made good money. I could earn almost 300,000 to 400,000 yuan after finishing a building," he recalls. Cement painting is his craft and the foundation for supporting his family. However, in recent years, the cold wind in the industry has been more biting than imagined - there are fewer projects, and payments are slow. In the most difficult times, this once "Boss Chen" even had no work for several months.

We asked Lao Chen if doing decoration work was tiring. "Of course it is. How can a worker not be tired?" he grins, with several deep lines squeezing out at the corners of his eyes. "For the sake of our family, we'll do whatever it takes. If you have nothing to do, the pressure is even greater." For the sake of his wife, children and family, he gritted his teeth and refused to change his career: "Our industry won't collapse or anything. For example, this year may be a bit tough, but after these one or two years, if we get through it, we'll be okay. We've been doing this decoration and cement painting work for almost 20 to 30 years."

When talking about cars, Lao Chen's brows finally relaxed. He bought his car from Happy Encounter Group. "I saw it online, and we thought it was more convenient here," he says. For him now, this car is not only a tool for making a living, but also a safe haven for his emotions. "Anyway, since I bought this car, sometimes when I'm in a bad mood, I'll sit in the car, play some music at a low volume, and just stay quiet for a while. It's nice."

During the industry downturn, the low-threshold car purchase plan became a "timely rain" for Lao Chen - no need for a large down payment, the monthly payment pressure is manageable, and even the repayment method can be flexibly adjusted. He tells us that this car has given him more dignity when running around construction sites, and more importantly, it has made him believe that no matter how hard life is, as long as he holds the steering wheel in his own hands, he can still move forward.

Lao Chen's story is a microcosm of countless ordinary people who rise and fall in the tide of the times. Industries have their ups and downs, but life must go on. Happy Encounter's car purchase plans are helping many people like Lao Chen maintain the rhythm of life even in temporary setbacks.

As Lao Chen says: "For the sake of our family, no matter what, we must persist in doing this decoration work." And the significance of low-threshold, low monthly payment car purchases may lie in this - it supports not vanity, but the dignity of ordinary people to hold on. Cement paint may fade, but as long as we can hold the steering wheel, life will always have the next surface to smooth out.