The Zero to Hero Legend

**From Zero to 10 Billion: The Incredible Success Story of Riaz** The young boy's name is Riaz. He was a 15-year-old orphan. His parents had passed away, and it had been about 40 days since their death. Now, he didn't even have money to buy food. He had many well-off relatives and neighbors who wanted to give him a good amount of money, but he refused to take it. If he wanted, he could stand on his own feet, work hard through his own labor, and earn his meals. In the morning, he stepped out of his house. His home was in a rural area. He went to the river with a man—a fisherman—to catch fish. Going down to the river to catch fish this way, he made 200 Taka. Out of those 200 Taka, he set aside 50 Taka for that day's food, ate with that 50 Taka, and with the remaining 150 Taka, he bought some fish. He took these 150 Taka worth of fish to the market and sold them for 500 Taka. Out of that 500 Taka, he kept 50 Taka aside for the next day's food. With the remaining 450 Taka, he went back to the fishermen early in the morning and bought fish. He took those fish to another market and sold them, and the sales came to 1,000 Taka. From this 1,000 Taka, he kept 100 Taka for food. The next morning, buying fish again, he sold 900 Taka worth of fish for 2,000 Taka. The following day, he kept 100 Taka for food, bought 1,900 Taka worth of fish, and sold them for 5,000 Taka. At that point, he left the fish business and stepped into a different path. He bought 4,500 Taka worth of raw goods and brought them home to store. *(Experiencing a loss in business)* He kept 500 Taka for food. He bought items like carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, coriander leaves, and sweet pumpkins for 4,500 Taka and sold them for 4,000 Taka, resulting in a 500 Taka loss. The next day, learning about a wedding ceremony, he brought 3,500 Taka worth of cucumbers straight from the field, kept 500 Taka for food, and sold them to the party, making a profit of 5,000 Taka. Now he was the owner of a total of 8,000 Taka. Out of this 8,000 Taka, keeping 500 Taka for food and including transportation costs, Riaz used the remaining money to buy some lungis, t-shirts, and jeans pants from Dhaka, which he sold for 25,000 Taka. Again, keeping 2,000 Taka for his own food from the 25,000 Taka, he bought wholesale lungis, three-piece suits, and gamchas from a Dhaka market, including travel expenses for a total of 23,000 Taka, and sold them for 40,000 Taka. He rented a shop for 1,000 Taka, kept 1,000 Taka for food, and with the remaining 38,000 Taka, he once again went to the wholesale market in Dhaka to buy three-pieces, lungis, sarees, and gamchas, bringing them back to sell for 60,000 Taka. Then, leaving this business behind, he learned the recipe for making Haleem from a man selling Haleem in a distant market and started selling Haleem inside his own shop. Riaz gave 2,000 Taka to the man from whom he learned the Haleem recipe in exchange, along with 500 Taka for travel expenses, 500 Taka for food costs, and money to buy his other raw materials. Finally, selling 40,000 Taka worth of Haleem, he earned 100,000 Taka. Thus, within six months, he became the owner of 5 million (50 lakh) Taka. With the 5 million Taka, he rented some ponds for pearl cultivation, raised fish at the same time, and rented some crop fields to set up orchards for fruit trees—papaya trees, guava trees, dragon fruit trees, coconut trees, and litchi trees, all of them valuable fruit trees. Just one month after planting, the fruit trees started bearing fruit. Within another six months, he became the owner of 10 million (1 crore) Taka. Investing this 10 million Taka, Riaz made a profit of 20 million (2 crore) Taka in the same business. From that 20 million, he invested 15 million (1.5 crore) Taka and earned 40 million (4 crore) Taka. He used 20 million Taka to purchase land and built several tin-shed rooms there to rent out to people for housing, while reinvesting the remaining 20 million Taka into business to earn 40 million Taka. Out of those 40 million Taka, he constructed a good-quality building for rent using 20 million Taka, and with 10 million Taka, he ran a business that turned 10 million Taka into 50 million (5 crore) Taka a year later. Now, including his other assets—such as the rental income coming in, the buildings, and the tin-shed houses he constructed—his total assets reached about 70 to 80 million Taka. Just two years later, through continuous reinvestment, these 80 million Taka grew until he became the owner of about 500 million (50 crore) Taka. In the following six months, he became the owner of 2 billion (200 crore) Taka. In this way, before he knew it, Riaz became the owner of 10 billion (1,000 crore) Taka within 5 years. Now, his annual profit from that 10 billion Taka amounts to 5 billion (500 crore) Taka. Seeing this success, a journalist came to interview him, make a video about him, and feature his name in the news. That is when he revealed the tragic history of his life, laying out all the events from the very beginning. Riaz said, "When I became the owner of 500,000 (5 lakh) Taka through selling Haleem, many people saw this success and wanted to invest in my business, wishing to become shares and partners with me, and many people turned into my enemies. Then I brought them along with me as well. After that, losses started hitting my business. My funds dropped straight back down from 500,000 Taka to 100,000 Taka, and because of this, all the partners who had joined me packed up and left. Then, with complete honesty, through another year of hard work and struggle with that 100,000 Taka, I once again earned 10 million (1 crore) Taka. When I became the owner of 50 to 100 million Taka, right then some people came back to invest in my business and join me. I thought to myself, they are people from my area; if they can find a good path through me and earn a good living to run their families, I have no problem with that. But due to their greed and deceit, losses started occurring in the business again. Once more, my business capital dropped by half, going from 10 million down to 5 million Taka. At that point, many of them left me because they had to share in the losses too. When I rose again to become the owner of 50 million Taka, many people tried to harm me in numerous ways, but they did not succeed. In the end, I emerged victorious." The media broadcasted all of this, and he established himself across Bangladesh as a viral, successful man. In this manner, he arranged employment for many people in his own area and began helping and supporting the poor, distressed, and helpless. Based on readers' interest and feedback, the second part is coming very soon.