1993 15 at 9: 00 am on March 9, Fang Hong, president of Shanghai Volkswagen, committed suicide by jumping off a building in his office on the fifth floor. This matter is like a blockbuster, causing great shock. Overseas media have reported in succession, and there are also many speculations. So, why did Fang Hong die?
0 1 Fang Hong's suicide
On Tuesday, March 9th, Fang Hong came to work early as usual. This morning, Fang Hongyuan planned to hold an office meeting of Shanghai Volkswagen Co., Ltd. At 9 o'clock in the morning, the heads of various departments at home and abroad of the company came to the conference room one after another, among which the newly appointed finance manager Yu came earlier. I used to be the director of the president's office and had a good relationship with Fang Hong. On this day, he wanted to take advantage of some time before the meeting to visit Mr. Fang in the president's office next door. He was about to push the door when a comrade in the general manager's office said that Mr. Fang was talking to Deputy General Manager You. Therefore, if you want to enter, stop.
At 9: 0010, the meeting room is full of people, but General Fang has not come out yet. I was shocked when I saw the deputy general manager especially coming in from the outside. At 9: 20, a staff member of the president's office rushed in and whispered to Vice President You that someone had committed suicide by jumping off the office building. Therefore, the vice president especially asked Xu Bin, director of the office, to handle this matter. They both ran downstairs, and when they saw it from a distance, their hearts tightened, because the body lying on the ground was too familiar. I dare not think there. He hurried back, reported to Vice Chairman You, and immediately went to open the general's door. The door was locked, and I suddenly felt my blood pressure rise. He didn't give up. He immediately called the driver and asked Fang Hong if he had gone out. Then, he searched around the factory ... Finally, they knocked on President Fang Hong's door: there was no one inside, and the window behind his desk was wide open.
When jumping from his office, Shanghai Volkswagen Co., Ltd. had a witness: staring at his window for a long time, some workers said that Fang always "riveted" them today (Shanghai dialect: staring). An eyewitness said that he saw Fang Zhouzi climb the windowsill and then fell awkwardly. Just before Fang Hong landed from the air, the car of the Korean car company delegation just passed by, and Fang Hong fell to his death less than two meters in front of the car. The scene is terrible.
After Fang Hong jumped to his death, the public security department confirmed that Fang Hong died of non-external causes through reconnaissance and evidence collection.
In front of Fang Hong's body, the police took a watch from his wrist, which was given to him by Toyota. The watch is broken, and the pointer stays at 9 o'clock 15.
02 Fang Hong's abnormal phenomenon before his death.
After Fang Hong committed suicide, although no suicide note was found in his home and office, there were still many abnormal phenomena before Fang Hong committed suicide.
1, Fang Hong is usually a person who pays great attention to appearance. He often wears a suit and tie, and his hair is neatly combed. But some time before committing suicide, he seemed to care little about his appearance and dressed casually. He had been wearing dark trousers for more than a week when he died. According to people around Fang Hong, this kind of situation will never happen in the past. He died in overalls instead of his usual suit. This shows that he was in a bad mood at that time.
Fang Hong usually has lunch in the company, and always likes to chat with the workers while eating. But recently, he always sits alone in an inconspicuous corner. According to Yu, he looks like a forgotten man.
Fang Hong used to be a quick-thinking person, but recently he seems a little slow and unresponsive. Some people go to report their work to him, and he will stare at others for a long time, and then suddenly wake up and dream. German Vice President Meesmann once told Comrade Zhang in the sales department that he should see a doctor, otherwise, he would get it. Several comrades of Shanghai Volkswagen are also going to let Mr. Fang go to Shaoxing for a few days after the board meeting.
A few days before Fang Hong died, Shanghai Jiaotong University wanted to invite Fang Hong as a visiting professor. Fang Hong said on the phone that I may not be here after 10. Two days before his death, he took photos of himself with Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji, Huang Ju and other leaders on the wall. He said it was meaningless to hang these things, so it would be better to have less influence.
These circumstances show that Fang Hong's suicide must have gone through a long-term ideological struggle.
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There are different opinions about the cause of Fang Hong's suicide. There are three main theories,
First of all, he may have financial problems. According to foreign reports, Fang Hong approved 15 Santana cars to his private customers every month, and said that he approved a cheque of 654.38+10,000 yuan for his wife's work unit. At that time, cars were a tight commodity. I remember that the rebate for a Santana was 1 10,000 yuan.
Second, he may have a problem with his life style and have two mistresses.
Third, he sold the national economic information to collect foreign exchange and funded his son to study in Canada.
On economic issues, it is understood that Fang Hong usually does not have much savings at home. He sent his son to study in Canada and borrowed some money. In addition, Fang Hong opposes his son's study abroad. If his wife Yao didn't insist, he would never let his son Fang Jinjiang go abroad.
It is not accurate to say that Fang Hong can approve 15 cars to his private customers every month. In fact, Fang Hong can approve 30 cars every month, but he rarely approves bills. Comrades working beside him said that in their impression, Mr. Fang only approved the note several times. Once, his former classmate, now a principal of North Jiaotong University, asked him to buy two cars. At ordinary times, his wife's relationship, want to buy a car, are afraid to find Mr. Fang, but to find a department in Fang Hong to solve.
It is even more groundless to say that he takes kickbacks from cars. Once, his wife's hometown of Changshu wanted to set up a taxi company and buy a car from Shanghai Volkswagen. For this reason, the leaders of Changshu once sent some hairy crabs to his home, but Mr. Fang threw them out. As for that check, it's even more nonsense. The reason for the inspection is as follows:1In June 1992, foreign coach schlappner came to China. At the welcome banquet, Fang Hong happened to sit at the same table with a vice mayor in charge of health. During the dinner, the vice mayor said, you Shanghainese are so rich, do you also support medical and health undertakings? The vice mayor also said, for example, Liqun Hospital, the conditions are relatively poor. Immediately, Fang Hong and Shanghai Volkswagen Chairman Lu Ji 'an decided to give Liqun Hospital 500,000 yuan. In other words, Liqun Hospital donated by Fang Hong has nothing to do with his wife, who is a famous ophthalmologist in Shanghai First People's Hospital.
People who are familiar with Fang Hong think that it is absolutely impossible to have the lifestyle that Fang Hong hates most at ordinary times. This may be related to his traditional family education. Strictly speaking, Fang Hong is a conservative person. Born in a famous family, he is a descendant of Fang Bao from Tongcheng, Anhui. Besides, Fang Hong and his wife are very loving. As for the sale of national economic information, it has been confirmed to the relevant departments that there is no such problem. It is said that Fang Hong may not be as clear about some economic information as the people below him.
04 Fang Hong's suicide motive.
According to the analysis, Fang Hong committed suicide because of mental disorder caused by heavy life and work pressure. Specifically, three things have greatly stimulated him recently.
1, his wife Yao Xinwei was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer a few days before the Spring Festival, which was a great blow to Fang Hong. Because, in family life, the wife's position is very important. At ordinary times, Fang Hong doesn't ask about family affairs at all, and everything is up to her. Now, his wife is terminally ill, and Fang Hong suddenly feels the weight of life. In those days, Fang Hong just got a new house. He is not satisfied, but his wife likes it. Helpless, he had to consider moving. This is a question that he would never consider in the past. A few days before committing suicide, he kept nagging people: how to move that mahogany table at home? Fang Hong used to be a very decisive person, but that was at work. As for this life experience, he didn't. Perhaps, Fang Hong's consideration is more complicated. How should he take care of his family if his wife dies? There is an 80-year-old mother and a son working in Canada.
2. At work, Fang Hong recently faced a big problem. German Volkswagen, the partner of Shanghai Volkswagen, asked Shanghai Volkswagen to pay dividends according to the contract. In the negotiation with Volkswagen, Germany insisted that Shanghai Volkswagen pay foreign exchange (this is a clear clause in the contract). But Shanghai Volkswagen has been short of foreign exchange recently. Shanghai's foreign exchange swap market is also restricted by foreign exchange management. At that time, the price of foreign exchange swap (USD against RMB) remained at around 8.20 yuan, making it difficult for Shanghai Volkswagen to transfer foreign exchange from the foreign exchange market. Therefore, China has been asking Shanghai Volkswagen to stand firm in the negotiations with German Volkswagen and pay dividends in RMB. This is not a problem at all today. But it was a big problem at the time. This makes Fang Hong, who has always been extremely trustworthy, feel very embarrassed. On the day of his suicide, the sub-meeting he will preside over will be reported by the negotiators who came back from Germany. For this matter, Fang Hong once told people that he had a bad headache, but there was nothing he could do. He was deeply moved by this.
3. Football is an important part of Fang Hong's recent life. Inviting foreign coach schlappner to coach in China, making him a man of the hour in China football; Planning to revitalize the China Football Foundation has greatly increased his popularity. However, in the activities of supporting China football, he also experienced many hardships. In the planning of 654.38+million funds of the Football Foundation, he also encountered something that made him sad. Some enterprises that originally agreed to contribute capital backed down, which made Fang Hong very anxious and in a very bad mood. Finally, with the strong support of Lu Ji 'an, the chairman of Shanghai Volkswagen, the foundation was finally established, but Fang Hong was depressed. Many people felt this at the foundation's inauguration ceremony.
Someone commented, "Santana is the life of Fang Hong, football is the soul of Fang Hong, and his wife is the root of Fang Hong". That's right. These three factors are related to Fang Hong's life, soul and roots, and the other macro may be fatal. Of course, if he is a cheerful person, Fang Hong seems to have no need to die at all. As it happens, Fang Hong is a different person. From a psychological point of view, everyone's sensitivity to psychological stress is completely different. Some people can bear great pressure, while others can only bear two or three points.
What kind of mental state is Fang Hong? He is an introverted person, not good at words, and he usually has few friends to chat with; He is also very lofty, especially looking down on people without real talent and learning; At the same time, he is also a very emotional person, with a rich inner world, and often daydreams alone.
Fang Hong's family is also very special. His mother lived with him all her life and had a great influence on him. It is an exaggeration to say that his mother raised him from 1 to 58, and his mother influenced him in the same way until Fang Hong died. For example, his mother gets up every morning to make breakfast for her son and watches him go to work every day. Later, considering her mother's advanced age, Fang Hong insisted on letting the nanny cook. However, his mother cooked the meal, and the only change was to ask the nanny to bring breakfast.
At home, Fang Hong doesn't even wash handkerchiefs. He often sits on the sofa and reads newspapers. He basically has no spare time, does not smoke or drink, and his life is monotonous, and he can't get rid of depression. Over time, there will always be a time.
From the perspective of psychoanalysis, the above reasons are very reasonable reasons for Fang Hong's death. Of course, the halo on Fang Hong's head is because of football, and his status and reputation have also aggravated his mental disorder to some extent.
Fang Hong is dead. It's too bad, too sad, too unworthy. Shortly after Fang Hong committed suicide, his wife, Dr. Yao Xinwei, also died of cancer. His old mother is still alive. The old-school traditional China woman sent her son and daughter-in-law away. The feeling of pain is beyond words.
I attended Fang Hong's memorial service. Comrade Zhu Rongji, then Vice Premier of the State Council, telephoned twice to inquire about the situation and expressed condolences to Fang Hong's family. Comrade Jiang Zemin, then General Secretary, also asked his secretary to call Fang Hong's family in the name of Mrs. Jiang Zemin. This shows the official attitude towards Hong's death. Relevant leaders of Shanghai also attended the commemorative ceremony.
On that day, there was always a scene in my mind that was unforgettable. Julu Road Fang Jia Apartment, I always have tea and chat in his living room. A good oolong tea. Drinking tea is one of Fang Hong's hobbies. We talked about football, Volkswagen, history and culture in China. During the dinner, Mr. Fang received a phone call from Comrade Jiang Zemin, then General Secretary. Just for a very small thing. Comrade Jiang Zemin said that he heard from the guards in Zhongnanhai that the brake pads of Santana car were loud. Is it because the brake pads are too hard? Comrade Jiang Zemin also said that he hoped that Shanghai Volkswagen would attach importance to product quality, which is the life of an enterprise. Mr. Fang immediately told General Secretary Jiang that technicians would be arranged to come to Beijing tomorrow to understand the situation. After receiving this call, Fang Hong was very excited. General Secretary Jiang is concerned about the quality of Santana car brake pads, and we are all ashamed as enterprises. That night, we talked late. Hi. The scene at that time was vivid.