【大纪元2016年11月01日讯】导语：
珍珠， 有别于一般的宝石。她的独特之处在于由生命创造而成，在不断的磨砺中，使自己更加充实、完美和璀璨！生活是一个漫长的旅程，人生充满了曲折与艰辛，但前方的希望永远都会向你挥手，衹要拥有梦想。
童年经历更励志
来到坐落于华盛顿州贝尔维尤市的一家高级购物中心Bravern，众多的全球著名品牌专卖店林立，整个商场充满了时尚、高贵、豪华的气息。一种亚洲人特有的触觉，将脚步引进了Holly Zhang珠宝店。店里一位满脸亲切笑容的亚洲面孔，穿戴高贵优雅，且又能感觉到满载青春活力的女士，她正是这家珠宝店的主人Holly Zhang。
或许每位创业者背后都会拥有一些故事或激励点，Holly也不例外。小时候的Holly，生活在中国满洲一个贫穷的农民家庭，每年衹有一件新的衣裳和一双新鞋。Holly一家靠到野外采摘野菜、草药、蘑菇等卖钱，来为她支付每个学期相当于5美元的学费，这对他们一家生活水平而言，已经是非常昂贵的开销。由于生活贫困，亲戚们都不愿与他们一家交往。更令人难过的是，Holly的父亲染上了赌博的恶习，曾有一次把一年在农地里辛辛苦苦干活得来的收入全输光了，父母经常为生活问题而吵闹。童年中的Holly就生活在如此拮据的家庭里，伴着泪水长大。
童年的经历，使得Holly更加坚强。作为一个孩子，她讨厌成为一个肮脏、凌乱的农场女孩。Holly努力学习，专注于她的梦想，她知道这是唯一的出路，相信终有一天能摆脱眼前的困境。当Holly十六岁时，就离开了家乡，踏上了孤独而又充满希望的寻梦之旅。
美国追梦成真
二十年后，一位曾经普普通通的中国女孩，已成为了一名美国公民，珠宝设计师和企业家。Holly入住了被评为全美十大最佳居住城市之一的华盛顿州贝尔维尤市，并在这里实现了自己的梦想，创立了自己的品牌，拥有了自己的公司。有时Holly看着带有自己名字的招牌，Holly Zhang珠宝店，矗立在这家美国最高档的购物中心之一Bravern里，会不由自主的问自己，是在做梦吗？这是真的吗？Holly的美国梦确实在这里得以实现了！
Holly Zhang珠宝店于2011年11月1日在贝尔维尤市高级购物中心Bravern隆重开业。在短短约五年的发展中，店面从在一楼的一个精致的小店面，扩展至二楼一间相当于原来店面面积两倍的铺位，使得Holly能陈列更多她精心设计的产品，提供更好的服务给顾客，成为一家与众不同的珠宝店。
开创一个成功的商业，也并不是一帆风顺的。尤其当遇到经济不景气的时候，及在当前处处充满竞争的商业环境中，存活更不是易事。Holly的聪慧，坚韧的个性，加以不断变化的独特设计出的珍珠首饰，反映出最新的时尚趋势，以及卓越的客户服务，令这位年轻的、敬业的、充满雄心和干劲的企业家，赢得了众多的忠实客户群和支持者，走向了成功的关键。
Holly是幸运的，成功的，她的美国梦在这里得以实现。现在越来越多不同的族裔进入贝尔维尤市，使这座城市更多元化，更具活力。在美国这个国家，处处都充满了机会，衹要你把握住，梦想便可成真！
籍以Holly Zhang珠宝店五周年店庆，在2016年11月5日下午12点到下午5点，请前来贝尔维尤高档购物中心Bravern二楼，与这位追梦成真的女孩结缘吧！
（下面是文章的英文，以飨英文读者）
A Long Journey – An American Dream Fulfilled
Life is a long journey with many twists, turns and new horizons always beckoning. Holly Zhang opened her pearl jewelry store, Holly Zhang Pearl Gallery, on November 1, 2011 in The Shops at The Bravern, and moved upstairs into an expanded Bravern suite roughly four and half years later. The new location is slightly more than twice the size of the original location, which enables Holly Zhang to offer a wider array of products and services and really differentiate ourselves from other jewelry stores. Holly Zhang would be delighted to have you join her for our 5th anniversary celebration from 12pm-5pm on November 5th, 2016.
According to Holly, “It wasn’t easy to survive the economic downturn, but we managed to establish our designer jewelry brand and build a loyal customer base, as well as good friends and local supporters. A Chinese immigrant, I am now a U.S. citizen, a jewelry designer, and an entrepreneur. I was born in a small dirt-poor peasant family village in Manchuria, China. We only had new clothes and a pair of new shoes once a year. We foraged for wild vegetables, herbs, mushrooms to sell to raise the tuition fee of roughly US$5 per semester, which was still expensive by our standards. Because we were so astonishingly poor, our relatives shunned us, depriving us of a support system most people take for granted. My father was a gambler, and my parents fought constantly over money problems. He lost a year’s worth of earnings of our hard work on the farm in short order, and we grew up with tears from constant financial hardship and distress. As a child I hated being a dirty, messy-haired farm girl, so I studied hard and focused on my dreams. I knew that was the only way out.”
“When I was 16 years old I left home and started my solitary journey. Twenty years later, I live and work in a city ranked one of the top 10 Best Cities in America—Bellevue, Washington—with my name visible in one of the most high-end glamor shopping centers in the United States. Sometimes, I pinch myself and wonder if this is really happening – that my personal American dream to be independent and have my own company has been realized. A key principle of our success is delighting our customers with a constantly changing inventory of unique designs to reflect the very latest fashion trends. Running a pearl jewelry store in the current business climate is not easy—we have lots of competitors who seek to imitate and undercut us. But our uniqueness, quality, professionalism, and excellent customer service are the keys to our loyal customer base and to a successful business. Bellevue is continues to become more and more ethnically diverse; and we are fortunate the locals have embraced this diversity and are pleased to see newly arrived foreigners like myself successfully achieve the American dream. I can now say from personal experience the American dream is alive and well–you just have to seize the many opportunities available in this great country.”
责任编辑：舜华
