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? Struggle stories of successful people

Li Ka-shing

Age: 81 years old

Time of entrepreneurship: Yangtze River Plastics Factory was founded in 1950

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The first pot of gold: plastic flower business

In times of adversity, you have to ask yourself whether you have enough conditions. When I am in adversity, I think I have enough conditions, because I am diligent, frugal, perseverant, willing to seek knowledge, and willing to establish credibility.

Li Ka-shing: The Legend of Plastic Flowers

In order to fulfill his promise to his father, Li Ka-shing felt that he had to work harder. If he wanted to get ahead, learning was the only weapon, so he began to study on his own. While working and studying on his own, Li Ka-shing felt very fulfilled despite the hardships. "When I was young, I was humble on the outside, but very proud on the inside. Because you see the people around you remain the same every day, while your own knowledge is improving day by day."

In the autumn of 1940, Li Ka-shing’s family fled from Chaozhou to Hong Kong and lived in his uncle’s watch shop. The Li family originally had no business tradition. Before coming to Hong Kong, his father was a primary school principal, and his grandfather was the last scholar in the Qing Dynasty. Both uncles obtained doctorates from Tokyo Imperial University in Japan in the early years of the Republic of China. The Li family is a scholarly family and is respected locally.

However, these were of little value in Hong Kong at that time, and even brought pressure to survival. The family was as humble as ants. At the age of 13, Li Ka-shing had to drop out of school and become an apprentice. There was endless work to be done during the day, and at night he had to move furniture and sleep next to other workers.

After the Pacific War broke out and Japan occupied Hong Kong, Li Ka-shing’s mother had no choice but to return to her hometown with her younger siblings, leaving behind their father and son. Even more unfortunate was that his father, who was poor and depressed, contracted tuberculosis and died half a year later. The day before his father passed away, he did not explain the matter to him. Instead, he asked him what he had to say. "I comforted my father and told him, 'We will all live well.'" 14-year-old Li Ka-shing faced his father's death alone, "as if he was forced to grow up in an instant." After experiencing family decline, losing school as a teenager, the death of his father, and living alone in a foreign land, Li Ka-shing was forced to compress his growth in a short period of time.

In order to fulfill his promise to his father, Li Ka-shing felt that he had to work harder. If he wanted to get ahead, learning was the only weapon, so he began to study on his own. While working and studying on his own, Li Ka-shing felt very fulfilled despite the hardships. "When I was young, I was humble on the outside, but very proud on the inside. Because you see the people around you remain the same every day, while your own knowledge is improving day by day."

Li Ka-shing’s opportunity finally came. In 1945, one day after the end of World War II, the boss of his factory needed to send a letter urgently, but the clerk asked for leave, and Li Ka-shing was recommended to help because he was studious. His outstanding performance made his boss treat him differently, and he was transferred from a handyman to a warehouse manager. Then he became a salesman with excellent performance, and then promoted to manager, and even became general manager at the age of 19. Li Ka-shing also learned more about the entry and exit of goods, prices, goods management, sales and other skills.

Due to business relationships, Li Ka-shing has been subscribing to English plastics professional magazines to improve his English. This also allows him to always grasp possible business opportunities in the industry. With the economic recovery after World War II, the market demand for plastic products was very strong. Li Ka-shing believed that the opportunity was not to be missed and decided to start his own business. In 1950, he used his savings and a loan from his uncle to invest HK$50,000 to open the Yangtze River Plastic Factory.

In 1957, Li Ka-shing got inspiration from industry magazines and went to Italy for inspection. After returning to Hong Kong, he switched to plastic flowers. Thanks to the consumer environment at that time, the business developed rapidly. Due to continuous product innovation, Li Ka-shing went on to become the plastic flower king in Hong Kong and even the world. This has now become a classic plot in Li Ka-shing’s wealth story. After that, Li Ka-shing took his sights on opportunities in the real estate industry, and thus began a reborn upgrade to become a "Superman".

Liu Chuanzhi

Age: 65 years old

Time of entrepreneurship: Founding Lenovo in 1984

First pot of gold: Hanka

In the early stages of an enterprise, the goal is a hidden, hazy consciousness. Because you are still very weak and lack the grasp of the ever-changing market and enterprises. No matter how confident you are, the goal for a start-up company is at best a lofty ambition, so it cannot be quantified and clear.

Liu Chuanzhi: Being a "traitor" was cheated

In the early 1980s, the computer revolution had emerged around the world, and Silicon Valley had also become a hot topic among Chinese technology researchers. The scientific and technical personnel within the Chinese Academy of Sciences have long been unable to resist the temptation and continue to go out of the high walls of the academy to establish companies.

Veteran coach Liu Chuanzhi returned as chairman of the board of directors of Lenovo Group in early February. "Lenovo is my life. It is my duty to come out when you need me." Liu Chuanzhi confessed his feelings. Although he is over 65 years old, his passion is still the same as before.

In the early 1980s, the computer revolution had taken off around the world, and Silicon Valley had become a hot topic among Chinese technology researchers. The scientific and technical personnel within the Chinese Academy of Sciences have long been unable to resist the temptation and continue to go out of the high walls of the academy to establish companies. Zeng Maochao, then director of the Institute of Computing (currently chairman of Legend Holdings), has also been privately encouraging his subordinates to establish companies. Liu Chuanzhi, who is over 40 years old, took the initiative to start a business. "When I was 40 years old, I chose to start a business because there was no way ahead."

In October of that year, the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced the development of new technologies. The company (the predecessor of Lenovo) was "established" with Wang Shuhe, Liu Chuanzhi, and Zhang Zuxiang as its three core members, with Liu serving as deputy general manager. Zeng Maochao handed over the communication room of the Computing Institute to Liu Chuanzhi, gave him another 200,000 yuan in start-up funding, and also gave a lot of unwritten support: unrestricted recruitment of the institute's personnel, the ability to use the institute's technical achievements, and the ability of employees to Use your original office, phone, and all resources at the computing facility.

Although there was a lot of support, in the months from the winter of 1984 to the spring of 1985, the most troublesome thing in the company was not knowing what to do. Liu Chuanzhi later recalled, "I really didn't know what to do at that time, so I just did whatever I could, even if it meant making some money to pay wages." As a result, all employees, including Liu, had become "traitors", "Banye" pulls a flatbed truck in Zhongguancun to sell sportswear, electronic watches, roller skates, and refrigerators.

Later, because I heard that I could earn 1,000 yuan by buying a color TV, Lenovo followed suit. At that time, it was said that "there are more scammers than color TVs." Although Liu Chuanzhi carefully warned them to pay after seeing the TV, they did see the TV, but when the money was transferred, the other party disappeared. Think about it, they were defrauded out of 140,000 yuan. . The company suddenly became more difficult.

By 1985, almost every business that might bring revenue to the company had been tried. The most important thing was to bring the "Chinese Character System" developed by Ni Guangnan of the Institute of Computing Technology to the company. After the product was commercialized, it became the famous "Hanka". At that time, most computers were imported, all had English systems, and had to be equipped with Chinese cards. The profit after modification for each computer was as high as 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. Lenovo sold at least 100 units within six months, bringing the company a gross profit of about 400,000 yuan.

Zeng Maochao’s wife, Hu Xilan, a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology, saw an unforgettable scene from upstairs in her home in the summer of 1985: Under the scorching sun, Liu Chuanzhi and Li Qin (currently the executive vice president of Legend Holdings) and others People were carrying a bunch of computers in from the entrance of the compound. Liu Chuanzhi was sweating profusely and his clothes were soaked. Li Qin had his pants rolled up on his thighs and was panting. Recalling the scene that day, Liu Chuanzhi later said, “We made our first pot of gold by selling technical labor.

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Lu Guanqiu

Age: 64 years old

Time of entrepreneurship: Taking over the Ningwei Commune Agricultural Machinery Repair Factory in 1969

First Pot of Gold: Universal Joint

People's biggest enemy is themselves, and the most difficult thing to defeat is themselves. Controlling people's material desires is conducive to tempering their will when they are entrepreneurs. If you drive around in the car, around the plate at noon, and around the skirt at night, you will not become an entrepreneur, but a loser.

Lu Guanqiu: The little blacksmith who was forced to go to Liangshan.

Lu Guanqiu was born in Ningwei Township, Xiaoshan City, Zhejiang Province. His father worked in a pharmaceutical factory in Shanghai with a meager income. He and his mother lived in a poor rural area and had a very difficult life. After dropping out of school at the age of 15, Lu Guanqiu was helped. He was introduced to Xiaoshan County Iron Industry Co., Ltd. as a young blacksmith apprentice.

In an interview with an American media in 2007, Lu Guanqiu, chairman of Wanxiang Group, explained his motivation for starting a business at that time. , "If you are born in a classroom, then you can study there in the future. If you were a farmer in the past, you will always be a farmer. And I don't want to be a farmer forever. I want to find every way to jump over the dragon gate." "

Lu Guanqiu was born in Ningwei Township, Xiaoshan City, Zhejiang Province. His father worked in a pharmaceutical factory in Shanghai with a meager income. He and his mother lived in a poor rural area and had a very difficult life. After dropping out of school at the age of 15, , with the help of others, Lu Guanqiu was introduced to Xiaoshan County Iron Industry Co., Ltd. as a young blacksmith apprentice.

But three years later, due to downsizing, he was dismissed and returned to the countryside. Guan Qiu decided to start a business, “I never thought about becoming an entrepreneur, but I was forced to run a business. "At that time, he saw that it was inconvenient for the villagers to grind rice and noodles, but he was very interested in the equipment, so he raised money to purchase the equipment and opened a rice and flour processing factory that he did not dare to put up a brand. Later, due to the ban on private operation, the processing factory was forced to close. , in order to repay debts, Lu Guanqiu had to sell three old houses.

Despite the blow, Lu Guanqiu did not give up. Because of the "cessation of production for revolution", people even bought shovels and sickles at that time. After 15 applications, Lu Guanqiu opened a blacksmith shop, and the business quickly became prosperous. By 1969, the government required every town to have an agricultural machinery repair shop. Lu Guanqiu, who was somewhat famous, was invited by the commune to take over the dilapidated Ningwei Commune Agricultural Machinery Repair and Parts Factory. In addition to managing the agricultural machinery repair and parts factory, Lu Guanqiu tried to make a living as long as he could make money.

In the next 10 years, Lu Guanqiu struggled to complete his initial accumulation by producing various products such as plows, iron rakes, universal joints, and lost-wax cast steel in a workshop style. There are many brands such as Ningwei Agricultural Machinery Factory, Ningwei Bearing Factory, and Ningwei Chain Factory hanging on the door of the factory, and the number of employees has reached more than 300. Seeing that the Chinese automobile market is starting to take off, Lu Guanqiu adjusted the company's strategy. Concentrate on the production of specialized automobile universal joints. In the fall of that year, he changed the name of the factory to Xiaoshan Universal Joint Factory (the predecessor of today's Wanxiang Group).

At the 1980 National Auto Parts Fair. Even though he was refused admission, Lu Guanqiu did not give up and set up a stall outside the venue. When the Wenting venue was caught in a price tug-of-war, he posted an advertisement selling at a price 20% lower than the price inside the venue. With its high-quality products, manufacturers soon began to trade over-the-counter. Wanxiang received an order worth 2.1 million yuan, and Lu Guanqiu became the most unknown winner and became famous.

Liu Yonghao

Age: 58 years old

Time of entrepreneurship: In 1982, four brothers started engaging in breeding industry

First pot of gold: quail breeding

Entrepreneurship After more than 20 years of training, it doesn’t matter how much wealth I have. What’s important is that I have the ability to create this wealth! If all my wealth disappears, I can start all over again.

?——Liu Yonghao

Liu Yonghao was born in a poor family in Xinjin, Sichuan. He almost never wore new shoes before the age of 20, so his biggest goal is to own a new pair of shoes and a bicycle. In his mind, the best job is to work as a worker in a local factory, so that he can have no worries about food and clothing.

Liu Yonghao was born in a poor family in Xinjin, Sichuan. He almost never wore new shoes before the age of 20, so his biggest goal was to own a new pair of shoes and a bicycle. In his mind, the best job is to work as a worker in a local factory, so that he can have no worries about food and clothing.

After the nearly five years of his career as an educated youth, Liu Yonghao entered school again and stayed in school to become a teacher after graduation. At this time, his eldest brother Liu Yongyan had graduated from Chengdu Telecommunications Engineering College and was assigned to work in the Computer Institute of Chengdu 906 Factory; his second brother Liu Yongxing worked in the County Education Bureau after graduating from Chengdu Normal College; his third brother Chen Yuxin (Liu Yongmei) moved to the Chen family due to adoption After graduating from Sichuan Agricultural College, he worked as an agricultural technician in the County Agricultural Bureau.

Under the general situation of reform and opening up, the four brothers began to become restless. During the Spring Festival of 1980, Liu Yongxing set up a street stall repairing TVs and radios on the side of the road from the first to the seventh day of the lunar new year so that his four-year-old son, who was crying for meat, could eat some meat during the New Year. In just a few days, he actually earned 300 yuan, which was equivalent to 10 months' salary at the time!

As soon as the four brothers discussed it, they wanted to set up an electronics factory and quickly produced audio samples. Liu Yonghao took the stereo to the countryside and wanted to cooperate with the production team. They would provide technology and management, and the production team would provide the money. Unexpectedly, after the matter was reported to the commune, the commune secretary said, "Collective enterprises cannot cooperate with private individuals and are not allowed to take the capitalist road," and the matter was stillborn.

In 1982, after intense discussions and a three-day and three-night family meeting, the four brothers made the decision: to resign from public service and become independent individuals. They just think that the investment in the audio system they have done before is huge, and there are many rules and regulations; but the breeding industry does not require a lot of investment, has low technical content, and is familiar to them. The business goal was set, but the funds were not yet available. The four brothers thought of borrowing 1,000 yuan from the bank, but the result was a cold water blow.

They had to pawn their watches, bicycles and other valuable possessions to raise 1,000 yuan and start raising chickens and quails. "At that time, we really made money every penny. Watching a quail lay an egg meant making a penny." One thing that impressed Liu Yonghao deeply was that at that time, a quail egg on his bicycle was killed by a dog. After chasing him, he fell to the ground and broke all 200 quail eggs. He shed tears at that time, not because of the pain of being bitten by the dog, but because he regretted the broken eggs.

Realizing that the quail business could no longer expand, in 1986, the four brothers used the nearly 10 million yuan they had accumulated to invest in the pig feed market. Hope Group was born and became the leading local feed company. In 1997, the four brothers announced a peaceful separation. Liu Yongyan founded the Continental Hope Group, Liu Yongxing founded the Eastern Hope Group, Liu Yongmei founded the West China Hope Group, and Liu Yonghao founded the New Hope Group.