A shenzhen college student has established her own business, which brought in more than 100,000 yuan (US$12,500) in two months.

He Dongmei, a student of Shenzhen Senior Technical Institute, said she wanted to find a new job after graduation, even after she had set up two basketball stores and a branch of the famous Internet portal NetEase.

She was admitted to Shenzhen Senior Technical Institute in 2001. In 2004, she began to consider establishing her own business. As a basketball fan, she found it hard to buy basketballs and related products in Bao¡¯an and it gave her the inspiration to open her own basketball store. She opened her second store in 2005.

A new business opportunity came a few months later. NetEase was looking for an agent in Shenzhen in October. Being a computer technology major, she thought it would be a good way to combine her business experience and her computer know-how.

She sold half of her stake in her stores to raise 80,000 yuan to pay the agency fee required by NetEase.

Apart from having to look after the branch¡¯s technology, she also worked as a salesperson for the online channel.

¡°Once I saw an ad on a road about a construction products fair. I came to the organizers and persuaded them to reach an agreement with me, from which I earned 50,000 yuan,¡± she said.

In the past two months, she had recruited more than 100 people as part-time salespeople and also hired three technicians for the online business.

Now, she shuttles between her business in Bao¡¯an and her school in Futian. She has to leave her company at 6 a.m. to attend school, and then rush back to her business after 3 p.m. She works until 10 p.m.

She also has plans to collaborate with stores in Huaqiangbei and Dongmen ¡ª the two best-known business areas in Shenzhen ¡ª to open their online businesses.

Editor: Yan