These outstanding representatives of self-made enterprises seized this good opportunity with their diligence and shrewdness when China's market economy was just budding. Most of them are engaged in traditional industries, accumulating wealth step by step and having a solid career foundation. Their education level is not high, but in the process of enterprise development and growth, they insist on continuous learning, write the legend of Zhejiang businessmen with their own wisdom and efforts, and grow into respected senior entrepreneurs.
I wonder, 30 years later, when Zhu Jingen attracted admiration for the cutting performance of metal machine tools, and completed overseas acquisition, and developed into a multinational company in his hands, was he destined to take over this enterprise? I don't know if Zheng Yonggang has any plans to build an international brand of China clothing when he takes the initiative to take over this clothing factory that has suffered losses for years. I wonder if Xu Wenrong, at the age of 18, became a salesperson of supply and marketing cooperatives, which indicates the birth of a Hengdian group. ...
I visited many well-known Zhejiang businessmen and found that most people's first jobs were far from their current jobs: who would have thought that Nan Cunhui, who repaired shoes on the roadside, later built the first brand of low-voltage electrical appliances in China; Who would have expected that Zong Houqing, who was unknown on the farm until he was puzzled, established the first beverage kingdom in China; Who would have thought that 16 years ago, Zheng Jianjiang, president of Oaks Group, was still hiding in the ravine as a repairman. ...
The first job in life may not be directly related to success, but when you choose the starting point of life, you have already chosen the way to go in the future. The reporter made a small survey of entrepreneurs in Zhejiang, and found that although their first jobs were varied, they more or less affected today's achievements.
Origin: A brave and resourceful "grassroots" clan.
Typical figure: Nan Cunhui
As a shoemaker, I understand that quality is life.
Nan Cunhui, who is clean and personable, often gives people the illusion that he should grow up in a rich family and receive a good education. In fact, children born in the 1960 s grew up in an ordinary environment, and Nan Cunhui was not luckier than others.
Nan Cunhui has been selling eggs on the street with rice bran on his back since he was six or seven years old. /kloc-One night when he was 0/3 years old, his father called him to his side and told him with a heavy heart, "Don't study any more, you are needed at home."
My father was smashed into a comminuted fracture in labor and lay down for two years. As the eldest son, Nan Cunhui provoked the burden of life early.
My father is a skilled old shoemaker in the neighborhood, so Nan Cunhui naturally inherited his father's first job and became a shoemaker. He goes out early and returns late with his toolbox every day, walking in the streets of Liushi Town, Wenzhou, and setting up a stall to repair shoes for others.
The hard life experience made Nan Cunhui develop the habit of frugality. In recent years, he has been on Forbes China's rich list many times, and his life is still simple, so that his son studying in the United States can earn living expenses through work-study programs. When his son returned to Wenzhou on holiday, Nan Cunhui also asked him to be anonymous, put on work clothes, work in the workshop of Zheng Tai Company, and eat and work with the workers.
Nan Cunhui is very devoted to his career. For decades, he has been the first in Asia for low-voltage electrical appliances, but he still told reporters: "I haven't done my best yet. Only by doing my best in this market will I consider doing something else. " Practicality is his first impression, which is inseparable from his experience in repairing shoes.
Once, in a cold winter, the awl for repairing shoes accidentally plunged into Nan Cunhui's finger. He gritted his teeth and pulled out the awl, bandaged the wound, endured great pain and insisted on repairing shoes for the guests. Although young, Nan Cunhui's business has always been the best among his peers nearby. The reason is that he is not only skilled in movements, but also always repairs more attentively and the quality is more reliable.
Seeing the child lead such a hard life at an early age, his father, who is afraid that he can't stand it, often warns Nan Cunhui with a simple truth: make further progress and be down-to-earth in doing things.
It is precisely because the shoes repaired by Nan Cunhui are of high quality and low price that the business is booming soon. Later, many people would rather be far away than near, and came to him to repair shoes, which made him understand that quality is the lifeline. This also laid a solid foundation for his later thought of attaching great importance to product quality.
Origin: a cultural class unwilling to be mediocre
Typical figure: Guo Yu
When I met Guo Yu, the winger had just been bought by Shanda, and he made a fortune. With this money, he founded Tianchang Network Technology Co., Ltd. and began to develop his own original online games. There is no denying that his marketing is better than games. Not long ago, he sold Tianchang to concentrate on network integration, and at the same time took a fancy to a new network company and planned to invest. But no matter what he did, he didn't leave the network.
"The real first job should be to be a Chinese teacher, but I didn't have a good class that year, but I published three books, a martial arts novel and two poems. The first job I really did at work was a reporter. " After graduating from Hangzhou Normal University, Guo Yu was assigned to the school as a teacher without any choice, but the activist who jumped up and down in the university did not like the stable career of teaching.
1993, all the buddies who wrote poems together went to Hainan, and Guo Yu also bought a lot of flowered shirts and shorts to prepare for the south. The day before he left, he suddenly got the news that a newspaper in Hangzhou wanted to recruit people, and Guo Yu was very moved. Being a reporter and guiding public opinion is like writing poetry in a university and being a "cultural leader". Guo Yu immediately changed his idea of "going to Hainan" and became a reporter for a newspaper. Two years later, he joined a TV station. "This industry has a great influence on my future."
Regardless of whether he can become a public opinion leader or not, Guo Yu found that his vision was suddenly enlightened after he entered the ranks of journalists, and he always came into contact with the best people and the most advanced things.
1995, Guo Yu got his first computer, spent 6500 yuan to buy a 386, and had to make a long-distance call to Shanghai to surf the Internet.
It was also because of this interview that Guo Yu met Bao Qiaoyue, the founder of Lianzhong. Several years as a journalist tempered his sensitivity, and he foresaw the future prospect of chess and cards. Guo Yu stepped into the business world and invested in wingers.
"Before I really went to sea, I planned a series of programs and interviewed Lu, Zong and other predecessors, saying it was an interview. In fact, it can also be said that it is stealing fists and purposefully understanding something for my use. "
Guo Yu analyzed his personality: "Apart from my wife, my passion for one thing is usually only 3-4 years, and then I will pursue something new." Today, Guo Yu is very natural and unrestrained, and really embarked on his favorite road. He has invested in good projects, so he can start with his own team, find a good team and then quit.
The ancients joined the army, but today people are in business. Cultural people who have absorbed advanced knowledge always have a prepared heart. There are also many Zhejiang businessmen with cultural background, mainly from three groups: civil servants, such as Weng Nandao of Gao Yi Group and Huang Qiaoling of Song Cheng Group; Journalists, such as Guo Yu of Tianchang Technology and Zhong Shanshan of Yangshengtang; Teacher background, such as Ma Yun of Alibaba [18.74 0.32%]. They are a knowledgeable generation. Generally, their first job is relatively stable, but they are restless, so they come out to start a business. Most of them are engaged in services, consumer goods and emerging industries. Most of them are eloquent, have strong planning ability and the ability to find new business opportunities, showing the other side of the new Zhejiang businessmen group. They make Zhejiang's economy more dynamic and its business model more perfect.
Birth: Always a worker.
Representative: Ling Lanfang.
As a worker, we should also do our best.
1970, Ling Lanfang 17 years old. After graduating from junior high school, he was assigned to work in Zhejiang No.2 Silk Weaving Factory ... In this enterprise, he experienced several ups and downs in his life, such as joining the party to promote cadres, overthrowing probation, reusing and starting a business. He stayed in this enterprise for 37 years. Five years ago, he became the head of this enterprise again.
When he first entered the factory, Ling Lanfang was a cocoon delivery worker. Because he is short, he can't carry a cocoon bag or push a cocoon cart. He gritted his teeth and practiced. Today, Ling Lanfang is walking fast and windy. He joked: "This skill comes from being a cocoon delivery worker."
At that time, the factory often lost power, and it was necessary to replace the motor with manpower to shake the cooked cocoon out of the "belly" of the machine. Most people just shook it a dozen times and gasped for a replacement, but Ling Lanfang always shook it harder and harder, and the indomitable spirit made this little man respected by everyone. At the age of 28, he shook the cocoon cooking machine in one breath. When the last cage of cooked cocoons came out, Ling Lanfang turned pale, staggered a few steps and fell on the cocoon package. "My wife, my lover at that time, often called me' psycho'. I know she loves me dearly, but no one has broken my record so far! " Ling Lanfang said proudly.
Now, when the factory newspaper Silk Road newspaper signed the article "Song", employees will know that it was written by Ling Dong-the person who wrote "Song" is also a cocoon delivery worker! Ling Lanfang has always regarded himself as an ordinary worker in this factory.
When he first entered the factory, he often read newspapers to uneducated workers, wrote letters to his family, turned on water to buy snacks, and was helpful. Ling Lanfang was soon trained as an organizational successor, and at the age of 2 1 he became the party secretary of a large enterprise. However, in the later period of the Cultural Revolution, Ling Lanfang was regarded as an "aspirant who usurped the party and seized power" and was severely censored. He "supervises work" in the workshop every day, sometimes reaching 1 1 hour. Although those simple workers can't understand the political ups and downs of a young man in a blink of an eye, their heartfelt pity and sympathy make Ling Lanfang feel a little warm. Many employees secretly sent food stamps to Ling Lanfang, helped him mend his clothes, and said some comforting words-under the circumstances at that time, it was possible to be implicated in politics.
Ling Lanfang is still moved to recall these scenes. So although he has now taken over the factory and become the head of the family, he still regards the workers as his brothers and sisters.
There are not many well-known Zhejiang businessmen who can persist in the end in a company, just as it is rare for a couple to get married and stay together until they are old. Zhu Jingen, chairman of Hanggang Machine Tool Group, is also one of them. All their life footprints can not be separated from their "first job" that lasted for decades, so their emotional investment is self-evident. After many years, they have become the heads of enterprises, and their characteristics are also very obvious: caring for employees and doing a good job in corporate culture; At the same time, there are many old employees in such a big factory. In addition to starting a business, such entrepreneurs also assume more social responsibilities.
Interviewing so many entrepreneurs' "first jobs" is not for curiosity, but to show that what matters in life is not the beginning, but the turning point. The master of the future is not others, but himself.
Who would have thought that mitarai, one of the founders of Japanese Canon Company, had his first job as an assistant in obstetrics and gynecology in the affiliated hospital of Hokkaido University; Who would have thought that Wang Yongqing, a business tycoon in Taiwan Province Province, was originally just a teahouse waiter; I'm afraid people don't know that the first job of Mike Dell, the founder of Dell, was related to China. He works as a coolie in a China restaurant. ...
Everyone was young and ignorant, and everyone was a scholar. It's not easy to start life, but when I was a teenager, I didn't pay so much attention to choice. Time seems to be abundant, and there are endless tomorrows waiting for us to toss and struggle. I chatted with a friend in his fifties yesterday. He lamented that when he was a child, he always felt that the days were very long. The older he gets, the faster life seems to pass. In the blink of an eye, he was close to retirement. Life is like a moment. Cherishing today means cherishing life.
The first job may or may not be related to success. Whatever you are doing now doesn't mean what you will do in the future. The future is in your own hands.