From the medicine teller to the post-90s salesman who smells fragrance and knows about medicinal materials.

Seven or eight years ago, when Shang Yangyang was doing nothing to read the Compendium of Materia Medica in the library, he was just surprised by the beautiful flowers and plants inside. At that time, he did not think that one day in the future, he would be accompanied by potions. After graduating from the pharmacy major of Beijing Experimental Vocational School in 2010, the post-90s young man has successively moved from the drugstore counter to the hospital pharmacy, and now he is selling across the border. However, everything changes, and he and pharmacy never give up and keep company with each other.

The pharmacy major is selected only for practical purposes.

When it comes to why he chose pharmacy as his major in the first place, Shang Yangyang's idea is very simple, that is, "practical". "there are relatives in the family who work in the hospital, so I think knowing something about pharmacy is helpful to the health of my family and my own life." After entering the school classroom, Shang Yangyang felt that he had really chosen the right place. The smell of medicine that many people avoid, on the contrary, makes Shang Yangyang feel particularly friendly and familiar. "I just love the smell of that medicine."

After entering Beijing Experimental Vocational School in 2007, Shang Yangyang's curriculum includes not only TCM courses such as "processing of traditional Chinese Medicine", but also Western medicine courses such as "Analytical Chemistry". The integration of traditional Chinese and western medicine has trained the way and ability of comprehensive thinking. Now when I think of the courses I took when I was a student, Shang Yangyang still recalls them with relish. "take the processing of traditional Chinese medicine as an example. it seems to be a simple stir-fry, but in fact, there are many ways to stir-fry. There is a great deal of attention to the time and heat of stir-frying, and there will be a big difference between one more second and one second less." However, despite the fact that Shang Yangyang speaks plausibly now, when he was "cooking" for the first time in class, he even poured oil with trepidation: "with more experience, you can tell from the color, softness, and smell of medicinal materials." is this medicine fried? "

The "palm eye" of the medicine base was frustrated.

In addition to the study of professional knowledge in class, going out regularly to participate in social practice is also a feature of pharmacy major in Beijing Experimental Vocational School. For Shang Yangyang, the social practice of his student life is not so pleasant. In the second year of senior high school, under the leadership of his teacher, Shang Yangyang and his classmates came to Hebei Anguo Medicinal material Base, one of the four major medicinal bases in China. Different from the finished medicine, there are many kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is difficult to tell the true from the false. Before going, Shang Yangyang was full of ambition and was ready to go to the market to "palm his eyes" and use what he had learned in his textbooks as a "golden eye".

After arriving on the market, Shang Yangyang was stunned by a dazzling array of medicinal materials: red ginseng, white ginseng, mountain ginseng. Ginseng alone is enough for him to distinguish, not to mention to distinguish between true and false, and it is not easy to make clear the names of all kinds of medicinal materials. "it was only then that I realized how unsound my knowledge was." Shang Yangyang's shame did not stop at the level of reflection. After returning to school, he began to reread the textbook of traditional Chinese medicine. "when he really settled down to do something, he realized that time passed so fast that he couldn't catch it." In the second semester of the second year of senior high school, Shang Yangyang participated in the national vocational skills competition and won the third prize.

From medicine teller to salesman

In 2010, Shang Yangyang went to work and became a member of the tablet group of Wangfujing Pharmaceutical Store. The tablet group operates nearly a thousand kinds of drugs. Wangfujing Pharmaceutical Store has a large flow of people and is often patronized by foreign customers. You can imagine the pressure from Shang Yangyang and colleagues. Once, a Russian customer came to the drugstore. After entering the store, the customer went straight to the clerk, opened his mouth and pointed to "ah". The clerk who could not communicate was in a panic. Several people from Shang Yang came forward and guessed together for a long time, successively took out sprays and other drugs, but did not guess what medicine the foreigner wanted. Later, when someone who knew English came, everyone realized that the customer originally wanted lozenges.

Shang Yangyang was greatly touched by similar things. after reflecting the situation to the manager, he took the initiative to put forward the suggestion of organizing colleagues to learn English collectively. They prepared their own study materials and gave up their rest time. After more than half a year of persistence, Shang Yangyang gradually found that his colleagues were no longer afraid of foreigners and dared to open their mouths. "it is impossible to say how high the level can be reached," but at least the applicable symptoms and methods of taking drugs can be easily communicated. " When it comes to these things, Shang Yangyang still can't help being a little complacent.

At the end of 2013, Shang Yangyang came to Jiang TCM and became a terminal supervisor, responsible for the agency of some drugs in Beijing drugstores, thus realizing his first major transformation in the workplace. Shang Yangyang said that different positions bring him different exercises. If his over-the-counter career in the past few years has enabled him to lay a solid foundation in his major, then the new professional field will allow him to begin to shape his character more. How to communicate and cooperate with people. Everything is a great knowledge. "I am willing to be a down-to-earth person and work conscientiously in an ordinary position." Shang Yangyang said.