Wang Yongqing's ancestors were inland. Wang Tianlai, his great grandfather, took refuge from Fujian to Xindian in Taipei during Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty. After arriving in Taiwan Province Province, the Wangs made a living by growing tea. Through the efforts of two generations of the Wangs, they gradually became a relatively wealthy family in the local area. Wang Tianlai has six sons, among whom Wang Tianquan is the fourth son of Wang Tianlai. He is smart and studious, and runs a private school, taking teaching as his profession, which is deeply loved by Wang Tianlai.
As an adult, Wang Tianquan married Su Hao and gave birth to three men and one woman. The second son, Wang Changgeng, is Wang Yongqing's father. Wang Changgeng was sickly and ill in bed all the year round, so Wang Yongqing and his mother took on the heavy responsibility of supporting their families from an early age. Although his grandfather, Wang Tianquan, was a private school teacher with profound knowledge, Wang Yongqing was not a "literate man". /kloc-Wang Yongqing, who graduated from primary school at the age of 0/5, left his hometown and decided to go out and experience himself.
Wang Yongqing first came to a rice shop in Chiayi as an apprentice. After learning some experience, in the second year, Wang Yongqing started to open his own rice shop with the "venture fund" borrowed from 200 yuan. However, the business of Wang Yongqing rice shop is not good, and it cannot compete with other rice shops, so Wang Yongqing of 16 decided to sell his rice at home.
Wang Yongqing sells rice door to door, and also helps others to wash rice jars for free, making others feel embarrassed not to buy his rice. Wang Yongqing not only serves seriously, but also attaches great importance to the quality of rice. The rice sold in the rice shop usually has small sand, and Wang Yongqing always picks up the small sand before selling it. It's a little troublesome, but it's really effective. Rice shops in Wang Yongqing have accumulated a little popularity, and more and more repeat customers come to buy rice.
Wang Yongqing's warm service, down-to-earth attitude and effective management have made his rice shop business bigger and bigger. Later, he opened a rice mill and accumulated some funds, which provided the initial source of funds for his later transformation and development.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the economy of Taiwan Province Province developed rapidly. Wang Yongqing felt that the construction industry had broad prospects and rich profits, which was much more than buying rice, so he started to operate the timber business and made a lot of money. But the competition is fierce, there are more and more operators, and the businessmen in this industry earn less and less, so Wang Yongqing resolutely quit the timber industry.
With the development of Taiwan Province Province to a certain extent, the demand for textile, cement and plastic industries is increasing. It is generally believed that the plastic products in Taiwan Province Province cannot compete with the Japanese plastic industry, so they are unwilling to engage in this industry. However, Wang Yongqing smelled business opportunities from the inside and invested in the plastics industry in Taiwan Province with his accumulated wealth. His friends all think that he is a money addict, and the prospect of this industry is too narrow, so he will definitely pay for it, but Wang Yongqing disagrees. He insisted that his decision could not be wrong.
In fact, Wang Yongqing's decision was not desperate. It was made after strict investigation and analysis, and even after a field trip to the local Japanese plastic industry. Later, Zhao Tingzhen co-founded the first plastic company in Taiwan Province Province, but the development was not smooth. Among the first batch of 100 tons of plastic products, 80 tons are unsalable. Some investors think that Taiwan Province's plastic industry has no future, so they quit the plastic market, and some investors are still waiting to see because of Wang Yongqing's face.
It stands to reason that if the market is bad, the output will be reduced, but Wang Yongqing made another bold decision, and he asked the company to expand production. This decision made his partners panic, but Wang Yongqing's goal would not change, so other partners also quit, but Wang Yongqing didn't back down. He sold his property and bought all the property rights of the company, turning it into a monopoly. He believes that the low sales of plastic products are due to high prices, and only when the prices come down can the sales come up, so he ordered more production. Later it turned out that he was right.
The following year, he invested in the establishment of a plastic products processing factory, which is the famous South Asia Plastic Factory. With the decrease of product price, his plastic products sell faster and faster, and his income continues to rise. Wang Yongqing also made a lot of money, and later his company became the world's largest manufacturer of PVC plastic powder.
Wang Yongqing Formosa Plastics Group covers the whole industrial chain of this industry, with 9 companies and more than 70,000 employees. It has become the leader of enterprises in Taiwan Province Province, and it is natural that he should be listed on Forbes' list of the world's richest people. In 2002, Wang Yongqing announced his retirement, but he remained the helmsman and spiritual leader of the whole group. His success is inseparable from his management, and he is called "the father of Taiwanese businessmen" by Guo Taiming.
After retirement, Wang Yongqing was keen on public welfare undertakings. His ancestors were inland, so he also had deep feelings for the mainland. He once said that he would build 10,000 primary schools in poor areas in the mainland. This project is still going on. Up to now, more than 4200 primary schools have been built! In addition, he also set up a "Chang Gung Scholarship" named after his father in Chinese mainland, which benefited many poor and thirsty students.
In addition, he also did many public welfare undertakings, such as donating 1 100 million yuan to support the disaster-stricken areas during the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan. He also established "Wang Changgeng Social Welfare Fund Trust" and "Wang Zhanyang Social Welfare Fund Trust" to engage in social charity. Up to now, the accumulated trust funds of these two charitable trusts have exceeded10 billion yuan.
After the death of Wang Yongqing, the king of public welfare, countless people came to mourn, including a very famous business and political tycoon, Foxconn founder Guo Taiming, who has always been an example to Guo Taiming. Guo Taiming admires Wang Yongqing very much and highly praises him many times, although the relationship between them is not close. At the memorial service in Wang Yongqing, Guo Taiming knelt in front of Wang Yongqing three times and cried sadly.
Wang Yongqing's success is due to his indomitable character and perseverance. Wang Yongqing can be respected because he doesn't care about fame and fortune, keeps a low profile and is keen on public welfare. In a word, there are many bright spots in him that deserve our serious study.
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