The Struggle Course of Successful People: Li Ka-shing
Age: 8 1 year
Start-up time: 1950 to set up Changjiang Plastic Factory.
The first bucket of gold: plastic flower business
When you are in adversity, ask yourself if you have enough conditions. When I am in adversity, I feel I have enough conditions, because I am diligent and have perseverance, willing to learn, establish credibility and strive for the stories of successful people.
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 redouble his efforts. In order to get ahead, learning is the only weapon, and he began to teach himself. Work and study by yourself. Although hard, Li Ka-shing felt a sense of accomplishment. "When I was young, I was very modest on the surface, but I was very proud at heart. Because you see that the people around you are unchanging every day, but your knowledge is improving day by day. "
/kloc-in the autumn of 0/940, the Li Ka-shing family fled from Chaozhou to Hongkong and stayed in my uncle's watch shop. The Lee family had no business tradition. Before coming to Hong Kong, my father was a primary school principal and my grandfather was the last scholar in the Qing Dynasty. In the early years of the Republic of China, my second uncle received his doctorate from Imperial University in Tokyo, Japan. Li Jiake's scholarly family is highly respected in the local area.
But these were worthless in Hong Kong at that time, and even brought survival pressure. This family is as humble as ants. Li Ka-shing, 13 years old, had to drop out of school and become an apprentice under a sponsor. I have endless work during the day, and I have to move furniture and sleep next to other guys at night.
After the Pacific War broke out, the Japanese occupied Hongkong, so Li Ka-shing's mother had to take her sister-in-law back to her hometown, leaving her father and son behind. More unfortunately, my poor and depressed father contracted tuberculosis and died six months later. The day before my father died, I didn't tell him anything, just asked him what he had to say. "I comforted my father and told him that' we will all be fine'." Li Ka-shing, 14 years old, faced his father's death alone, "as if he was forced to grow up in an instant". Li Ka-shing was forced to grow up in a short time because of the decline of family wealth, the drop-out of school by teenagers, the death of his father and the lonely exile in a foreign land.
In order to fulfill his promise to his father, Li Ka-shing felt that he had to redouble his efforts. In order to get ahead, learning is the only weapon, and he began to teach himself. Work and study by yourself. Although hard, Li Ka-shing felt a sense of accomplishment. "When I was young, I was very modest on the surface, but I was very proud at heart. Because you see that the people around you are unchanging every day, but your knowledge is improving day by day. "
Li Ka-shing's chance has finally come. 1945, one day after World War II, the boss of his factory urgently needed to send a letter, but the clerk asked for leave and recommended Li Ka-shing for help because he was eager to learn. His outstanding performance made the boss look at him differently, and he was transferred from a handyman to a warehouse manager, and then he became a salesman with excellent performance, and then he was promoted to a manager. 19 years old became a general manager. Li Ka-shing also learned about the import and export of goods, the price, and the skills of goods management and marketing.
Because of his business relationship, Li Ka-shing has been subscribing to English plastic professional magazines to improve his English, which also allows him to always grasp the possible business opportunities in this industry. With the economic recovery after World War II, the market demand for plastic products is very strong. Li Ka-shing thought it was now or never and decided to start his own business. 1950, he used his savings and 50,000 Hong Kong dollars borrowed by his uncle to open the Changjiang Plastic Factory.
From 65438 to 0957, inspired by trade magazines, Li Ka-shing visited Italy. After returning to Hong Kong, he switched to producing plastic flowers. Thanks to the consumption environment at that time, business developed rapidly. Due to the continuous innovation of products, Li Ka-shing has become the king of plastic flowers in Hong Kong and even in the world. Now this has become a classic plot in Li Ka-shing's wealth story. After that, Li Ka-shing saw the opportunity of real estate, and started a thoroughly remoulded upgrade as a "superman".
The second struggle course of successful people: Liu Chuanzhi
Age: 65 years old
Start-up time: Lenovo was founded in 1984.
The first bucket of gold: Hanka
In the initial state of an enterprise, the goal is a hidden and hazy consciousness. Because you are still weak, you are not sure about the ever-changing market and enterprises. No matter what kind of confidence you have, the goal is at most a lofty ambition of a startup, so it can't be quantified and defined.
Liu Chuanzhi: When "profiteers" are cheated.
From 65438 to the early 1980s, the computer revolution rose all over the world, and Silicon Valley became a hot topic for technical researchers in China. The scientific and technological personnel inside the Chinese Academy of Sciences have long been eager to move out of the high wall and deep courtyard to start a company.
Coach Liu Chuanzhi returned in early February and became the chairman of Lenovo's board of directors. "Lenovo is my life. It is my bounden duty to come out when necessary. " Although Liu Chuanzhi's self-description is over 65 years old, his passion is no less than that of that year, which inspires "the struggle of successful people".
From 65438 to the early 1980s, the computer revolution rose all over the world, and Silicon Valley became a hot topic for technical researchers in China. The scientific and technological personnel inside the Chinese Academy of Sciences have long been eager to move out of the high wall and deep courtyard to start a company. Zeng Maochao (currently chairman of Legend Holdings), then director of the Institute of Computing, has been privately encouraging his employees to set up a company. Liu Chuanzhi, who is in his forties, offered to start a business. "When I was 40 years old, I chose to start a business because there was no road ahead."
June+10 in 5438, with three core members as the core, Liu Chuanzhi and Zhang Zuxiang authorized the establishment of the new technology development company of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (the predecessor of Lenovo), with Liu as the deputy general manager. Zeng Maochao gave Liu Chuanzhi the communication room of the institute, gave him 200,000 yuan of start-up capital and gave him a lot of unwritten support: unrestricted recruitment of staff of the institute, access to the technical achievements of the institute, and employees can use their original offices, telephones and all resources of the institute.
Although there is a lot of support, from the winter of 1984 to the spring of 1985, the biggest headache in the company is not knowing what to do. Liu Chuanzhi later recalled, "I really didn't know what to do at that time, so I did what I could, even if I earned some money to pay my salary." As a result, all employees, including Liu, became "profiteers" and "board owners", pulling flatbeds in Zhongguancun to sell sportswear, electronic watches, roller skates and refrigerators.
Later, because I heard that buying a color TV can earn 1000 yuan, Lenovo also earned it. At that time, there was a saying that "there are more scammers than color TVs." Although Liu Chuanzhi carefully told them to watch TV before paying, they did watch TV. However, when the remittance was made, the other party disappeared, and Lenovo was cheated by 6.5438+0.4 million yuan. The company suddenly became more difficult.
By 1985, all kinds of businesses that may bring income to the company have been tried almost once. The most important thing is to bring the "Chinese character system" led by Ni Guangnan to the company, and the product became the famous "Hanka" later. At that time, most computers were imported, all in English, and they had to be equipped with Chinese cards. After modification, the profit of each computer is as high as 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. Lenovo sold at least 65,438+000 units in six months, bringing the company a gross profit of about 400,000 yuan.
Zeng's wife, Hu Xilan, a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology, saw an unforgettable scene from her upstairs in the summer of 1985: under the scorching sun, Liu Chuanzhi and others (now the executive vice president of Legend Holdings) carried their shoulders and moved in a bunch of microcomputers from the gate of the compound. Liu Chuanzhi was sweating profusely and his clothes were soaked, while Qin Li rolled his trousers on his thigh, panting. Recalling the scene that day, Liu Chuanzhi later said, "Our first bucket of gold was earned by selling skilled labor."
The Third Struggle Course of Successful People: Lu
Age: 64 years old
Opening time: 1969 to take over the agricultural machinery repair shop of Ningwei commune.
The first bucket of gold: universal joint
Man's greatest enemy is himself, and the most difficult thing to overcome is himself. Controlling people's material desires is conducive to honing their will. If an entrepreneur can only enjoy himself, walking around the car in the morning, walking around the plate at noon and walking around the skirt at night, he is not an entrepreneur, but a loser.
Lu: The little blacksmith who was driven to Liangshan.
Lu was born in Ningwei Town, Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province. My father works in a pharmaceutical factory in Shanghai with a meager income. He and his mother lived a hard life in a poor village. /kloc-after dropping out of school at the age of 0/5, with the help of Lu, he was introduced to Xiaoshan County Iron Industry Society as a small apprentice while working while the iron was hot.
In 2007, Lu, the chairman of Wanxiang Group, explained his entrepreneurial motivation at that time when interviewed by American media. "If you were born in the classroom, you can study there in the future. If you used to be a farmer, you will always be a farmer, but I don't want to be a farmer all the time. I will try my best to jump the dragon gate. "
Lu was born in Ningwei Town, Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province. My father works in a pharmaceutical factory in Shanghai with a meager income. He and his mother lived a hard life in a poor village. /kloc-after dropping out of school at the age of 0/5, with the help of Lu, he was introduced to Xiaoshan County Iron Industry Society as a small apprentice while working while the iron was hot.
But three years later, he was dismissed and returned to the countryside because of downsizing. Decided to start a business if he refused to admit defeat. "I never wanted to be an entrepreneur. My business is to force Liangshan. " At that time, he saw that it was inconvenient for villagers to grind rice noodles, but he was very interested in equipment, so he raised money to buy equipment and opened a rice noodle processing factory that dared not hang up. Later, due to the prohibition of private operation, the processing factory was forced to close down. In order to pay off the debt, Lu had to sell three old houses.
Although hit, Qiu Guan didn't give up. Because of the "shutdown revolution", people couldn't even buy shovels and sickles at that time, and there was no place to repair bicycles. After Lu applied for 15, he opened a blacksmith's shop, and the business soon flourished. At 1969, because the government requires every town to have an agricultural machinery repair shop, experienced and famous Lu was invited by the commune to take over the dilapidated agricultural machinery repair shop of Ningwei commune. During this period, in addition to operating agricultural machinery repair shops, Lu also made an attempt as long as he could make money and do business well.
10 years later, various products such as plows, rakes, universal joints and lost wax cast steel were used by Lu, and the initial primitive accumulation was difficult to complete. In the spring of 1978, many brands, such as Ningwei Agricultural Machinery Factory, Ningwei Bearing Factory and Ningwei Chain Factory, have been hung at the gate of the factory in Lu, and the number of employees has reached more than 300. Seeing that the automobile market in China began to take off, Lu adjusted the company's strategy and concentrated on producing specialized automobile universal joints. That autumn, he renamed the factory Xiaoshan Universal Joint Factory (the predecessor of Wanxiang Group today).
At the 1980 National Auto Parts Ordering Conference, Lu did not give up and set up a stall outside the venue, although he was refused admission. When the hearing venue was caught in a price tug-of-war, he posted advertisements at the venue to sell his high-quality products at a price below 20%, and soon the manufacturers rushed out of the OTC market. Wanxiang won an order of 26.5438 million yuan in this campaign, and Lu became the most obscure big winner and became famous in one fell swoop.
The Fourth Struggle Course of Successful People: Guo Taiming
Twenty years ago, in Taiwan Province Province, he was unknown, and his company was not even large enough for one thousand manufacturing industries in Taiwan Province Province. But now he is the richest man in science and technology in Taiwan Province province, with companies all over Europe and America. He is Guo Taiming, the boss of Hon Hai Group, the largest technology enterprise group in Taiwan Province.
Regarding the growth process of Hon Hai, Guo Taiming once said: "The reason why the Shenmu of Alishan (the most famous scenery in Taiwan Province Province) is so big was decided when the seeds fell into the soil four thousand years ago, and it was not known until four thousand years later." Looking back at the growth process of Hon Hai, I am afraid that only Guo Taiming can understand the ups and downs.
Guo taiming was born in 1950. He is the eldest in the family. Due to his poor family background, Guo Taiming was admitted to "China Maritime College" in Taiwan Province Province from 65438 to 0966, and completed his studies through work-study program. After military service, Guo Taiming worked as a salesman in Fuxing Shipping Company. 1In February, 973, Guo Taiming invested NT$ 65,438+10,000 to establish Hon Hai Plastic Enterprise Co., Ltd. with friends in Taipei County to produce plastic products. However, one year later, due to poor management, the original shareholders withdrew one by one and the company became a wholly-owned company of Guo Taiming.
At that time, black-and-white TV was just emerging in Taiwan Province, and Guo Taiming got his start by making channel selection buttons for black-and-white TV. At this time, Hon Hai was only a small company with a scale of NT$ 300,000, with only 15 employees. 1975, changed its name from 65438 to Hon Hai Industrial Co., Ltd. 0977, and the company began to turn losses into profits. Guo Taiming immediately purchased equipment from Japan to establish a mold factory, laying a foundation for future development. Later, they successively invested in the establishment of electroplating departments and stamping plants. In the 1980s, when the world entered the era of personal computers, Guo Taiming relied on his mature mold technology, focusing on connectors, housings and other products, and practiced the competitive strategy of "large quantity and low price" to quickly occupy the market. 1982, the company was renamed as "Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd." again, and Guo continued to invest160,000 yuan in the field of computer cable assembly. 1985, Guo set up a branch in the United States, began to explore the market outside Taiwan Province province, and founded the brand of "Foxconn". At this point, Guo Taiming has successfully created his "connector kingdom".
The Struggle Course of Successful People V: Jolin Tsai's Road to Fame
Although Jolin Tsai was appraised by the media as having Ruby Lin's face, his experience was far from so smooth. After signing the contract, the Chua family always thought that Universal would undertake a large number of advertisements and performances through signing the contract, but the remuneration was much harsher, and the contribution was far from the income. The company regards Jolin Tsai as a money-making machine. It can be seen from her fleeting time that she has had this idea for not a day or two. From 200 1 February, the penalty for the number of days that water bottles flow will start today, and the penalty will be suspended for several months. Hard face is the most dramatic, which will make her mood change quickly. This dual role will force her to speed up her choice of development path. At the same time, Saturn is still stationed in the sixth house, rushing to the moon, and his work problems make him very headache. As we noticed in the last article, the coincidence of the moon and the sky in Jolin Tsai's astrolabe itself makes her prone to change. There is no doubt that the fleeting king intensified this desire for change. She will have the impulse to change her life, or suddenly want to go on a diet (the moon rules her stomach). In fact, during this period, Jolin Tsai was really exposed by the media to speed up her weight loss. The key is that during this time, she will have the impulse to change for the sake of change and want to complete this process quickly. Such a fleeting king heralds a great change, especially for Aquarius.
This contradiction deepened in August. 200/kloc-0 held a press conference in Jolin Tsai on August 5th, 2000, announcing the unilateral termination of the contract due to lack of mutual trust with Loud Music Production Company. On the other hand, Loud Company claimed that Jolin Tsai's unilateral termination of the contract violated the contract, and demanded compensation of NT$10 million as liquidated damages. Observing Jolin Tsai's disk that day, we can find that both violent drifting day and drifting day were punished. Obviously, the determination to break the contract with the company has reached an irreparable level. This incident shook the music scene in Taiwan Province Province. After that, Jolin Tsai didn't sing for almost a whole year. By August of the following year, this series of lawsuits ended with Jolin Tsai paying 9 million yuan.
Almost all the media are not optimistic about the development of lad. Because Jolin Tsai was choosing to join a new production company at that time, Loud Company had the right to apply to the court to take back all her records in the market. At that time, Jolin Tsai was faced with the embarrassing situation of "no songs to sing" and burst into tears in front of the camera.
At the same time, Neptune began to punish the principal for a long time, and her emotional confusion and hardship can be seen. However, this is a period of accumulating strength. Under the influence of Neptune, we can only see what we expect. This influence is reflected in love and artistic sense, which makes people pay attention to things that they have never dismissed. This is a good development opportunity for an artist, even if he is in a difficult stage.
Judging from the astrolabe of this period, this lawsuit was mainly caused by the great revolutionary force that the flying king was imprisoned for a long time this month. Therefore, we must pay attention to the great power brought by the fleeting king at any time.
The Sixth Struggle Course of Successful People: walter cronkite
Walter cronkite is a famous TV news program host in the United States. He has been interested in news since he was a child. 14 years old, became a small reporter of the school's own newspaper "Campus News".
Fred Bernie is the news editor of a daily newspaper in Houston. He teaches an hour-long news course in Cronkite's school every week and directs the editing of campus news. Once, Cronkite was responsible for writing an article about Karp Harding, the school track and field coach. Cronkite wrote a perfunctory article and handed it in because there was a class reunion that day. The next day, Fred called Cronkite to his office alone, pointed to the article and said, "Cronkite, this article is terrible." You didn't ask him the right questions, didn't give him a comprehensive report, and you didn't even know what he did. " Then, he added a sentence that Cronkite will never forget: "Cronkite, you must remember that if something is worth doing, you must do it well."
During her 70-year journalism career, Cronkite always kept in mind Mr. Fred's teachings and remained loyal to journalism.
"If a thing is worth doing, it must be done well." Walter cronkite kept this sentence in his mind forever, and eventually became a famous TV news anchor in the United States.
Now we should be like walter cronkite. As long as we think it is worth doing, we must do it well. As long as you have worked hard and struggled hard. Failure is nothing, at least in retrospect, I won't regret it. I have tried and struggled myself.
The seventh struggle course of successful people: the road to success of Avon female president
Loving one's work and family, and not forgetting the virtue of modesty in China culture, these two points have created the most striking woman in American business circles today-Ms. Andrea Jung, president of Avon Company. On June 4th, 65438, Ms. Andrea Jung revealed the secret of this success in his speech at the World Business Forum.
The annual gathering of the world's top business leaders in new york Radio City is full of stars. As the only woman among the speakers, Ms. Andrea Jung wore her usual black suit, white pearl necklace and earrings, and conquered thousands of audiences with a confident smile.
Ms. Andrea Jung said in her speech that no matter how the business environment and her position in the United States change, she will always remember that she is from China and the modesty and virtue in China culture. At the same time, as a woman, she will also take care of her family, so that she can take care of her career and family.
"Many people think that women can't have careers and families. I was a little flustered at first, but I slowly found a balance point. " Ms. Andrea Jung said. Ms. Andrea Jung has a pair of sons and daughters aged 16 and 8. She takes care of the children honestly and sometimes conflicts with her work, but she can always tell which is the most urgent task. For example, she once sacrificed the opportunity of being invited to have dinner with President Bush, because that day was the first day of her daughter's new semester. "The president's dinner will not be any different because of my absence, but my daughter will." She said.
Ms. Andrea Jung is one of the few female CEOs in Fortune 500 companies and the only one from China. 1999, she became the president of Avon, which was the low point of this century-old company. She changed the fate of this company and was regarded as a myth by western business circles from now on.
Ms. Andrea Jung was born in Toronto to an immigrant family from China. His father is an architect from Hong Kong and his mother is a chemical engineer from Shanghai. Ms. Andrea Jung said that her parents made her proud to be from China. Until he became the president of Avon, Dad Zhong said in a TV interview with famous journalist Dan Lasser, "I don't know if she can be a good CEO in the United States, because we have been training her to be a typical China woman."
But a few years later, Ms. Andrea Jung, who had a successful career, received a letter written by his father in Chinese, which said: "I believe that tolerance, generosity and diligence in China culture have made you who you are today, but you must remember that you can't be proud at any time, which is also our precious cultural heritage."