One man's handiwork rewrites the prospects of a small Slovenian town

In the real world, the vast majority of the people are earning money through hard and persistent work for years and years.

Some are more successful at it than the rest of us. Their life is full of long working hours, personal sacrifices and many small steps towards their dream.

In the end, even after they reach the top, it is hard to distinguish them from the rest of us. They are still living a normal life, driving average cars and not wearing expensive clothes.

Their thrills are in their inventions and in the positive impact they have on their community.

Vivapen founder Jože Melanšek overseeing his grandson Luka working at the family's factory in Celje, Slovenia.

Seventy-six years old, Jože Melanšek from the small Slovenian industrial town of Celje is one of these people.

He invested over half a century of his life in what is today Vivapen, a world-class pen-making factory giving work to almost 100 people and providing income for their families.

Vivapen is a family business and its third generation is already actively working there.

The youngest of the Melanšeks, 27-years-old Luka, is proud of his grandfather - Vivapen founder: "My grandfather is always sparkling with new ideas.

"He is 76 years old, but it feels like he's this kid from school right now, and with all different ideas. We are currently working on three new products that are not in existence in our range," says Luka.

Vivapen is famous for its unique patented fountain pens filling systems. They are selling it in millions throughout Europe, and now, they are opening another market - China. After establishing solid relations with the Chinese partner company, exports kicked off soon after.

"We started last year, and we sold 100 thousand pieces of fountain pens to China, and we plan to sell two hundred to three hundred thousand fountain pens in this year," says Luka.

Vivapen workers manually assembling the company's fountain pens.

Some of Vivapen's latest eco-friendly products, wooden cased fountain pens.

Robots are extensively used in fountain pens production in Vivapen.

Fountain pens are tools of an almost forgotten way of writing, yet demand for them is still strong in many parts of the world, China included.

Some schools in European countries such as Germany and France require that children start learning writing using fountain pens only.

And millions of children around the world are making those first writing steps with Vivapen fountain pens in their hands.

A priceless reward for the inventor, hard and dedicated worker - Jože Melanšek.