Cao Dewang: I will not invest money in real estate, but would rather donate money directly to society

Jack Ma single-handedly activated China's stagnant Internet industry and created a series of platforms such as Alibaba, Taobao, and Alipay that have facilitated the lives of people across the country. He is China's well-deserved "Father of the Internet."

In comparison, Cao Dewang is more like an unknown person, which makes us curious: Why on earth can he say "Everyone says that Jack Ma is great, let him try to do my thing." Such arrogant words should question Jack Ma, who has made great contributions to China's Internet industry.

In the early 1980s, domestic automotive glass basically relied on imports, but foreign manufacturers could make huge profits of thousands of dollars on a piece of glass that cost one or two hundred yuan.

"Can China have to rely on imports and be forced to accept this unfairness?" Cao Dewang was filled with emotions and was unconvinced in every possible way.

"Chinese people should have a piece of glass of their own." Cao Dewang secretly made up his mind and established Fuyao Glass Co., Ltd. This was the simple idea of ??the young Cao Dewang, and it became his lifelong career in the future.

In order to break through the technical difficulties, Cao Dewang tightened his belt, introduced the world's most advanced production equipment from Finland at the time, recruited technical talents from all over the country to overcome the difficulties, experienced countless failures and setbacks, and finally developed a product that belongs to China. Special glass for automobiles produced by people themselves.

In the next five years, Cao Dewang insisted on introducing new technologies and equipment and continued to invest in scientific research. Finally, five years later, it became China's largest automotive glass supplier, while the Japanese manufacturers that had previously made a fortune in China gradually disappeared.

In this way, Cao Dewang relied on his forward-looking vision and love for the nation to rewrite the history of China's automotive glass, so that Chinese people can also use the glass produced by their own people.

But Cao Dewang, who has an international vision, did not stop there. In the early 1990s, Cao Dewang commanded the United States and started his journey on the world stage. The hardships during this period ranged from the two anti-dumping cases suffered by Fuyao Glass. You can get a glimpse of it.

Shortly after China joined the World Trade Organization, Canada and the United States sued Fuyao Glass one after another. Cao Dewang led the company to fight an arduous lawsuit. This battlefield without artillery fire but full of gunpowder smoke lasted for four years. After spending more than 100 million yuan, this world-famous business war was finally won.

Fuyao Glass has also become the first Chinese company in China to sue the U.S. Department of Commerce and win! Its huge research and development expenses make some of Fuyao Glass's high-tech products represent the world's top manufacturing levels, and Fuyao owns independent intellectual property rights for these technologies.

All this paves the way for it to become China's first and the world's second largest automotive glass supplier.

Taking a small part of Cao Dewang’s rich life experience is enough to prove: Questioning Jack Ma, Cao Dewang is qualified!

As the only Chinese who has won the world's most influential international business award, Cao Dewang always carries in his heart the responsibility and responsibility of an entrepreneur, as well as his love and sincerity for the motherland. .

Cao Dewang even said bluntly to his children: Whoever becomes a citizen of another country should not inherit my property!

The huge profit margins in the financial and real estate industries have attracted countless entrepreneurs, but no one cares about the real economy, which is regarded as the foundation of the country. This is a situation that Cao Dewang does not want to see and cannot bear to see.

As this society becomes more and more impetuous, and the structural imbalance between the real economy and financial real estate becomes more and more serious, Cao Dewang feels sad but has no choice but to immerse himself in the field he is good at and make it a success. Be bigger, stronger and better.

Cao Dewang is like an outlier among entrepreneurs. For decades, he has always focused on the glass industry. Even though the virtual economy has developed rapidly and the real estate giants have made a lot of money, Cao Dewang has never invested a penny in these industries. Even though decades of wandering in the mall have given him a vicious vision and sharp.

Having been in business for more than 30 years, Cao Dewang has stuck to his original intention and is deeply involved in the glass industry. Unlike Haier Group, which makes home appliances and is greedy for huge profits in the real estate industry, he lost his wife and lost his army.

Cao Dewang has always been outspoken. When it comes to China's economy, he says bluntly: "Except for manpower, everything is more expensive than the United States." When it comes to entrepreneurs who immigrate overseas, he is even more precise: "Choose to immigrate." He is not an entrepreneur, he is a small boss; he who is truly married and ambitious will not immigrate, he is a character and he must be responsible to history. "It doesn't sound very nice but it makes sense.

And Cao Dewang’s seemingly arrogant words were not only aimed at Jack Ma, but also indirectly asked today’s entrepreneurs: Are there any of you who are willing to contribute to China’s real economy in a down-to-earth manner, step by step? My own power?

If you read Cao Dewang's words carefully, you will find that such comparisons and assumptions are meaningless. The environments in which Jack Ma and Cao Dewang started their businesses were inherently different.

Jack Ma graduated from the Foreign Languages ??Department of Hangzhou Normal University and served as an English and international trade teacher at Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Technology in the same year. In this environment, it is reasonable for Jack Ma to be able to access the Internet and smell business opportunities with his keen business acumen.

It is logical that Cao Dewang works as a buyer in a glass factory and sells glass to everyone. His long-term exposure and exposure eventually led him to this path.

Everyone’s success cannot be copied. There will be no second Cao Dewang in the world, nor will there be a second Jack Ma. Put these two people into each other's living environment, they may not be as successful as the other, but it is undeniable that these two are now industry giants.

On the road to success, there are no ifs. Everyone is good at taking advantage of opportunities, and who is worse than the other.

Based on the differences in the industries, the two people will naturally have different wealth and social influence. Cao Dewang made Chinese glass go global, and Jack Ma also shocked the world with Chinese e-commerce. They have specializations in the industry. There is no need to stand in your own advantageous industry and ridicule others for their inaction in this industry.

The acquisition of wealth and status only represents success in the traditional sense. What a person can really be remembered for is what he has done for this society. From 1983 to now, Cao Dewang has donated a total of 11 billion yuan to society; and Jack Ma's efforts in environmental protection, education and technology are even more eye-catching.

I think there is no need to try each other's industry. In China, both of them are equally great!