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There are no rewards in the world to encourage hard work. All rewards are only used to reward the results of work. Action is the ladder of success, the more you act, the higher you climb. The following is what I have compiled for you, I hope it will be helpful to you!

Chapter 1: The Legend of Li Ka-shing’s Plastic Flowers

In the autumn of 1940, Li Ka-shing’s family fled from Chaozhou to Hong Kong and lived in In my uncle's watch shop. The Li family is a scholarly family and is respected locally. But 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 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 by himself, although it was difficult, Li Ka-shing felt very fulfilled. "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 finally had the opportunity. advent.

In 1945, one day after 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.

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.

Li Ka-shing Age: 81 Years of entrepreneurship: 1950 when he founded the Yangtze River Plastic Factory First pot of gold: plastic flower business

Famous quote: 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.

Chapter 2: Zong Qinghou’s Children’s Nutrient Solution was an instant success

In 1987, when the 42-year-old Zong Qinghou was driving a “yellow croaker cart” on the streets of Hangzhou to sell popsicles, he You probably wouldn’t have thought that more than ten years later, the Wahaha Group he founded would become China’s largest beverage company. In 2007, Wahaha Group's sales revenue was 25.8 billion yuan.

In the era of "originality alone", Zong Qinghou's origin as a "descendant of old bureaucrats" made him experience the hardships of life. When he was 16 years old, Zong Qinghou was "arranged" to go to Zhoushan, Zhejiang to fill in the beaches, and stayed there for 15 years. In 1979, Zong Qinghou replaced his mother and returned to Hangzhou to work as a primary school janitor.

In 1987, he and two retired teachers borrowed 140,000 yuan to form a school-run enterprise distribution department, mainly delivering stationery, popsicles, etc. to nearby schools. During the delivery process, Zong Qinghou learned that many children have loss of appetite and malnutrition, which is the biggest headache for parents. "At that time, I felt that there should be a big market for children's nutrition solution." The perseverance formed during reclamation made Zong Qinghou decide to seize this opportunity to make a fortune.

Faced with the well-meaning persuasion of many friends, he seemed extremely stubborn: "Can you understand the mood of a middle-aged man in his 40s facing the last opportunity in his life?"

In 1988, they Started to add oral liquid for others, and founded Hangzhou Wahaha Nutritional Food Factory to develop and produce Wahaha Children's Nutritional Oral Liquid based on the theory of "medicine and food come from the same source" of traditional Chinese medicine and food therapy to solve the problem of children's reluctance to eat. The product became an instant hit and became popular across the country. In 1990, the output value of Wahaha, which had only been in business for three years, exceeded 100 million yuan.

After becoming famous, someone once asked Zong Qinghou whether he regretted spending the most promising 15 years in his life in the countryside? He replied: "These 15 years, although they were the youngest and youngest years in my life, The most promising time for growth may seem like I won’t accomplish much in the countryside, but it will indeed be of great help to my entire life. These 15 years of hard life have sharpened my fighting spirit, and I have learned to endure hardships. My relatively good health has laid a solid foundation for me to start my own business again after I turn 42."

Zong Qinghou Age: 64 Years since he started his business: In 1987, he established the school-run enterprise management department and made his first pot of gold. ：Children's Nutritional Oral Liquid

Famous quote: I think a business must have these qualities, especially in the Chinese market, that is: the imagination of a poet, the acumen of a scientist, the mind of a philosopher, and the skills of a strategist .

Chapter 3: Ding Lei’s Miracle of Free Email System

163 is the domain name that Ding Lei applied for before NetEase was founded. In May 1997, Ding Lei decided to found NetEase. Since Ding Lei founded NetEase, he has not borrowed a penny from banks or friends. All the entrepreneurial funds were accumulated slowly while he was writing software. Taking such a path, Ding Lei experienced more difficulties than others.

Ding Lei made his first pot of gold with Chen Leihua. In 1997, the two met at NetEase BBS. Chen Leihua was still a second-year student at South China University of Technology at the time. Ding Lei invited him to NetEase ***. Before the cooperation, the two agreed that Chen Leihua would get 20 and work together to develop a "decentralized free email system." ". In March 1998, 163 was officially implemented. It was the first VPN system in China with a full Chinese interface. NetEase started selling this software, but encountered obstacles everywhere, so that at the most difficult time, it only had 20,000 yuan of funds available.

At this time, Microsoft spent huge sums of money to acquire the free VPN service provider Hotmail. The demonstration effect of this case saved Ding Lei and NetEase. Guangzhou Telecom got some inspiration from it and thought of the "decentralized free email system" that Ding Lei had promoted, and proposed an acquisition request. Ding Lei's idea was to cooperate in providing email services. The deal was finally completed for 200,000 yuan, and Ding Lei also caught up with 163 domain names. Later, 163 was resold to Xinfei.com for 50 million yuan, and was later acquired by TOM Group for 370 million Hong Kong dollars. But this has nothing to do with Ding Lei.

NetEase used the influence of the Guangzhou Telecom transaction to successfully sell the free email system to other users, such as 188, 990, 371, etc., many of which had caused Ding Lei to run into trouble. company. This year, Ding Lei was both a boss and a salesman, traveling all over the country. For a time, Ding Lei’s “children” were all over the world. By the end of 1998, NetEase, which had only 8 people, had a profit of 5 million yuan. Some investors at home and abroad began to negotiate with him and were willing to inject funds. At this time, NetEase was still just a small, workshop-like company. Later, Ding Lei began to transform into a portal, and then focused on online games. Now it is said that he is planning to set up a pig-raising website.

Ding Lei’s Age: 38 Years since he started his business: Founded NetEase in 1997. First pot of gold: *** system

Famous saying: Actions can be slow, but the strategy must be correct and accurate. Follow up again.