One day the librarian saw that Koti Reddy was reading the novels of chalam. He was extremely surprised. He wondered to see a 13 or 14 year old school boy was reading the novels of chalam. He advised him that those novels are for elders and not for students. But, Koti was determined to read all the novels of chalam.
Koti Reddy had a great desire in reading religious and cultural books from his childhood. He said, I never saw my grandmother work in the house. I remembered that she was reading only slogans and meditating Geetha Ubathesam. He began to read the Geetha Ubathesam right from his childhood. Even though, he was too young to understand the entire meaning and basics of the book, he did not stop reading it. Bhagavath Geethai give solutions to many problems in his life. He considered this book as a Guru in his life.
Even in his childhood, he learnt the basic rules for the art of winning in the industries. Some incidence were like this, by which, he had many benefits which was enough for his industrial developments.
Once in his school days, his uncle gave him some packet greeting cards. He liked those cards and took them to school with him. Same time, one of his school mate had another greeting card and showed him. Koti showed his greeting card to him, that boy liked Koti's cards and asked its price. Koti lied to the boy. He said the cost of the card was 25 paisa were the actual cost of the greeting card is 10 paisa. His friend bought the cards for 25 paisa. He made his first earning and profit in business at that stage of life. He started a greeting cards sales business in school. School students liked the color full greeting cards and felt they were entirely new to them. Many students became crazy to buy these greeting cards. The students did not know from where these cards are coming and its original price. Reddy started to think about the usage of these cards. Now, Reddy began to buy these cards and sell the cards to the students with a double profit from it actual cost. Since the students were so crazy for the cards, within 15 to 20 min, all the cards that Koti bought will be sold out. Koti was so happy with his business and its profits. But this happiness didn’t last long. One day a girl came to know the actual cost of the card and then she complied it to the Headmaster. Master liked Koti Reddy very much, but when he came to know Koti doing such a business in school and making money, he became so angry with him. Master used some bitter words to scold him and also beat him.
Koti said that I learnt a new lesson in business at that time. We should not do business for small benefits and also business that brings shame to us. Before master beat me, I lived like a king. Many teachers liked me and I be first in my class. I had great respect, but after this incident I felt so shame for it. I felt so sorry for my action.
By performing excellently in his 10th exam, Koti won back all the hearts of his teachers. In his Taluk level, he came first. The most interesting thing happened at that time was, Koti got distinction in his level even when the overall pass percentage at that level was very low. He bought fame to his school by ranking first in his Taluk level and also gave lot of joy to his family.
Koti Reddy had to face many troubles in his childhood. He suffered in the hands of poverty. Many nights, he had to sleep without food. His family depended on the field for food. Even though the harvest was good, the profit was low. Since the yield was less, the earning was also less. Once the loss was so heavy, his father became a debtor. The debt became a burden to the family.
