How did Summer Lei Shidong get rich?

1923, Summer Lei Shidong was born in a Jewish immigrant family in Boston, USA. When Lei Shidong was young, his family was not rich, and his father was a vendor selling tarpaulins.

Lei Shidong engaged in legal work when he was young, working for the Ministry of Justice and private lawyers, with an annual income of $654.38 million. At that time, he thought that law could make the world a better place. While running his own law firm in Lei Shidong, Lei Shidong's father also achieved some success in the entertainment industry and founded the Northeast Film Company. Later, he found that 10' s lawyers were successful, but they were still business behaviors, not humanistic behaviors. Since it is a business, why not start with his own family business? At that time, his father built the first drive-in cinema in new york, and the business was very good. Later, I became a chain cinema-Northeast Cinema Company. Lei Shidong gave up the law firm that brought him rich income and devoted himself to the entertainment business run by his father. At that time, his father gave Lei Shidong an annual income of $5,000. Lei Shidong's passion for success and business talent began to find a place to display. For Lei Shidong, fierce market competition has aroused his strong fighting spirit and brought him great satisfaction.

Under the management of Lei Shidong, the business of Northeast Film Company quickly expanded to the whole United States and changed its name to National Entertainment Company. By developing a small company with only a few drive-in cinemas into a large chain cinema with 400 screens, Lei Shidong's talent and passion are galloping in his own world. However, for Lei Shidong, this success is only a prelude to his dream.

1979, when Lei Shidong attended a party of Warner Bros., he was caught in a fire in the hotel. In the fire, Lei Shidong was caught in a sea of fire, 45% of her skin was burned by the fire, and her right wrist almost left her body. For a 55-year-old man, survival has become a serious problem. It was Lei Shidong's winning passion and indomitable will that made him win in the direct dialogue with death and spent the most difficult years in his life. The 55-year-old Lei Shidong is like a phoenix in China mythology, reborn from the ashes, making his life more dazzling.

1In June 1987, Lei Shidong, 63, successfully acquired Viacom, a media giant, in fierce competition. Together with Viacom's mother, Lei Shidong began to plan his media kingdom and took a solid first step towards becoming an international media giant. The acquisition of Viacom is only the first step for Lei Shidong to establish its own media kingdom. Through the acquisition of Viacom, Lei Shidong has mastered powerful media such as 5 TV stations, 8 broadcasting companies, 18 cable TV network with 930,000 users, Viacom production company and Viacom parent company. Lei Shidong has begun to take shape in the media kingdom of the United States.

1994, produced by the movie Forrest Gump. This inspirational film is full of philosophy of life, leaving people with profound thoughts on life. Forrest Gump, who is mentally retarded but never gives up, deeply touched the global audience. At the same time, the eye-popping movie special effects in the film make people fully experience the magical charm of movie magic. Forrest Gump is also considered as one of the greatest American films after the war. From 65438 to 0995, Brave Heart deeply shocked the whole world. This magnificent epic is full of sublime and tragic beauty, and the dedication to fighting for justice and freedom once again makes the audience feel the sublime charm of film art. 1997 The romantic Scottish bagpipes in Titanic, the brilliance of human nature in distress, and the unswerving love for life and death have brought the whole world a romantic and beautiful touch, bringing people a deep shock and enduring sound. Titanic is one of the most successful films in film history, which has achieved the greatest win-win situation in box office value and artistic enjoyment. Its huge production, magnificent scenes, epic tragic beauty and touching love make Titanic a classic among the classics.

According to Lei Shidong, 98% of TV viewers are not in the United States. After Viacom's parent company implemented the acquisition, Lei Shidong vigorously promoted the development of overseas markets.

During the period of 1997, Viacom's share price plummeted due to the possible failure of the acquisition of Blockbuster, and two executives also left to join the rival camp. At the company's annual meeting, shareholders demanded that Lei Shidong step down. Lei Shidong said, "Now I control the best media company in the world. How did I get here? I rely on diligence, responsibility and wisdom. " This year, Lei Shidong came to China for the first time, and has since forged an indissoluble bond with China. From 65438 to 0998, Hollywood studios reached a revenue sharing agreement with Blockbuster, which greatly improved Viacom's financial situation, and Lei Shidong once again showed his outstanding talent. Viacom sold Madison Square Garden for 1 1 billion dollars, and sold half of USANetworks for10.7 billion dollars. Simon &; Schustr's majority stake, which greatly reduced Viacom's debt.

In 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cleared the way for Viacom to acquire CBS, so Viacom became a media giant including CBS, UPN, MTV, Nickelodeon, Showtime and TheNashvilleNetwork, with 38 TV stations and 162 radio stations. Lei Shidong promised CBS CEO Kamakin operational control. In 2002, Viacom's MTV Global TV Network and China Hunan Satellite TV jointly produced the first China canvassing party for MTV Asia Awards. In 2004, he and Hunan Satellite TV jointly hosted an NPC tracing activity, which had a very strong response.

At the age of 63, he bought Viacom's parent company, Paramount Film Company at the age of 70 and CBS at the age of 76 ... In the past 50 years, Lei Shidong's bold expansion has turned him from the owner of a motorcycle theater into the leader of a media empire with an annual income of 24.6 billion US dollars. His creed is "APassiontoWin" (passion for victory). This is also the name of his autobiography. No complaints, only tenacious fighting spirit. "My values have never changed, that is, the eternal passion for winning, which embodies all my meaning." It is this passion and perseverance to win that enabled Lei Shidong to spend the most difficult years in his life. He said optimistically, "You don't have to be close to death to realize the value of life. As long as you like, life can start at any time. " "Everything is possible. If you want to be truly successful, you must have the desire to be the first, not whether they are businessmen, doctors, lawyers or teachers. My enthusiasm for work has never waned, and the will to win is the will to survive. The passion for winning in my heart makes me feel young forever. "

As one of the largest media and entertainment groups in the world, Viacom's parent company is involved in film, television, publishing and other entertainment-related retail businesses. In 2003, the market value of the company was $87 billion. The company owns CBS, MTV Global TV Network, Paramount Film Company, 19 TV Station, 1300 Cinema and other industries.

Interestingly, people in charge of media giants succumb to feelings rather than professional analysis. For example, 196 1, Lei Shidong bought a lot of Disney shares with the only Dalmatian (10 1) without any middleman. After watching Star Wars, he left the cinema immediately and bought 25,000 shares of 20th Century Fox Company by telephone. Fortunately, these intuitive decisions brought him a lot of money. Successful people are actually similar. But entrepreneurs like Lei Shidong, who believe in intuition, persist in winning passion and persevere in life, are still rare.

For an enterprise that needs global expansion, it is very lucky to have a world-renowned leader, and Lei Shidong is a kind of productivity of Viacom. Lei Shidong loved it. This tall old man dutifully plays the role of the diplomatic ambassador of the media empire he built himself, and his whirlwind everywhere is absolutely no less than that of any star. Because of the burn on his deformed right hand, his faltering footsteps and his white hair are the traces left by years on Lei Shidong, but years have also given him rich gifts-wisdom, humor and a young heart. Anyone who can get close to this world-class business leader will admit that Lei Shidong, known as "the leader among business leaders", has a strong personality charm. When he said "I'm Viacom's mother, and I'm here to win your love" on the stage of Hunan Satellite TV Studio, everyone present was moved.