Who is Li Ka-shing? I believe this question can be answered, China's richest man, China's most influential industrialist, 15 consecutive years on the list of richest Chinese, 21 consecutive years in Hong Kong's richest man, one of the world's top ten most influential people. He is the most legendary figure in the business world, born poor, he did not finish junior high school, his father unfortunately died, 14-year-old Li Ka-shing was forced to drop out of school to make a living in the community, then he remembered his father's dying words, "it's better to beg than to beg for their own, only to eat the pain in the bitter, can become a dragon and phoenix in the people." By the age of 22, he used the 7,000 U.S. dollars he had saved to start an industrial plastics factory, named "Cheung Kong Plastics Factory", meaning that the Yangtze River does not choose the smallest streams, so it can be swept away for thousands of miles.
From this start, Li Ka-shing's career by down-to-earth, sincere and gradually towards the brilliant, became a bright and dazzling business star, Li Ka-shing not only has Hong Kong's Grand Bauhinia Medal, but also has five countries to grant him a different title, such a supreme honor, Li Ka-shing only one case. As we all know, China since the reform and opening up, the domestic influx of a large number of foreign-funded enterprises, which undoubtedly gave China's economic prosperity and employment has brought a huge impact, but to the nineties, due to a variety of reasons, the domestic withdrawal of the tide of foreign capital, and in this difficult period, Li Ka-shing against the tide of danger, a large number of funds invested in the mainland, a move that had been highly praised by the national leaders.
Li Jiacheng with superior courage and insight, in China's domestic business sector has become a pivotal figure, he invested in any place, the bank will be chasing and begging to lend money to him, in the business community to fight for decades, he experienced countless storms, whether it is the way of doing business or life experience, he is a deservedly strong, however, it is such a giant, but there is a person who does not recognize him at all. does not recognize him, this person once said Li Ka-shing, "If he has one hundred billion in cash, then there must be one hundred and fifty billion of them are borrowed." He thought that Li Ka-shing's financial strength was far from as strong as rumors had it, and that his strength was simply not enough to be feared.
Such outspoken dislike of Li Ka-shing's people, but also China's rich list list of famous people, his name is Zhou Zhengyi, Forbes list in 2000 ranked ninety-fourth, for the list of such a position, he was very unimpressed, had openly boasted to all the media, said: "In fact, my family property is far more than this amount of money, my family on the development of Shanghai's Real estate, annual turnover of more than 4 billion yuan, there are other projects in the billions of income." Listened to him very high-profile, the old adage of "wealth does not reveal the rich" saying, so many rich people are actually very reluctant on the rich list, but Zhou Zhengyi is different, he took the initiative to find the "Hurun Hundred Fortune" founder of Hurun, for him to provide their own property information, in 2002, based on the information he provided, Zhou Zhengyi in the list of the rich and powerful re-ranking, has been ranked in the country's top 100 billionaires. rankings and has been ranked 11th in the country.
His high-profile do things, take the initiative to expose their wealth behavior, once smacked, he is the first in Shanghai to drive a Ferrari luxury car rich people in Hong Kong, he has two mansions, valued at 148 million Hong Kong dollars, spent on the two mansions on the renovation of more than 30 million. Zhou Zhengyi is not only very high-profile, but also love to show off their wealth, in his home at any time can be seen in the mountains of cash, and therefore also by the thieves on the lookout for, in 2000 his home a theft, was stolen cash 1.3 million Hong Kong dollars, this matter once became the laughing stock of the Hong Kong people, stirring up the whole Hong Kong.
The rich can generally be divided into two kinds, one is Li Ka-shing style step by step, from the bottom of the slow fight, and gradually accumulated rich, the other is Zhou Zhengyi type of speculation by the rapid eruption of the rich, the former focus on the operation of their own hard-won relationships, family reputation and business operations, and constantly improve the quality of the entire family, for their own wealth inheritance, lay a solid and solid foundation. The former focuses on managing their hard-earned relationships, family prestige and business operations, constantly improving the quality of the entire family and laying a solid foundation for the inheritance of their wealth. The latter are keen to show off their wealth, but also particularly high self-esteem, there is a clear look down on the former arrogant mentality, such as this type of profiteering its low quality, extremely high-profile spending, luxury life, because of the sudden wealth, but also let them get carried away.
Why should Zhou Zhengyi be said to belong to the latter? In fact, in his father's generation, the family is still very poor, born in 1961 Zhou Zhengyi in Shanghai, siblings 5 people and his mother rely on his father alone to support, many times their family meals are a problem, not to mention for the children to study, the family's predicament makes Zhou Zhengyi, and therefore finished elementary school was forced to drop out of school. 19 years old, he was fortunate enough to get to know a woman called Mao Yuping, and later became his wife, the eighties China has entered a new era.
The two of them discussed opening a store specializing in wontons in the 1980s when China had entered a good period of reform and opening up, but the store didn't open long enough to close at a loss.
Looking around friends one by one are rich, Zhou Zhengyi and Mao Yuping extremely reluctant, they borrowed a little money to open a grocery store, although earned a little money, but only enough for daily life, from the ranks of the rich is still out of reach, in order to become a rich man, the two young people with a bigger heart than the sky, decided to backwater, they decided to discuss the decision of Zhou Zhengyi to go to Japan to develop, Mao Yuping to Hong Kong efforts, they also vowed to each other. Hong Kong efforts, they also swore to each other, not mixed into a personal kind will never come back. So, Zhou Zhengyi through the relationship, elementary school are not graduated, he even "study" in Japan, in Japan, he and his partner smuggling with goods, from which profiteering.
And let him really change his fate is that a coincidence, one day he was in Japan, a cafe, met a Hong Kong woman was molested, in the woman most helpless time, Zhou Zhengyi even heroes, out to save the woman, and then after the two people know, and then slowly interacted with the Hong Kong woman inexplicably fell in love with him, the Hong Kong woman's family is very good when Zhou Zhengyi put forward very much want to return to Shanghai to develop the cause of the desire, Hong Kong women do not hesitate to sponsor him 6 million Hong Kong dollars, which at that time in that era, is undoubtedly a huge sum of money, so Zhou Zhengyi with this huge sum of money back to Shanghai.
Zhou Zhengyi's strange encounter is a bit like the plot of the movie, and his girlfriend Mao Yuping to Hong Kong, there is also a very strange experience, a lot of movies and TV dramas such as her similar description, Mao Yuping young and beautiful, which is the woman's biggest capital, Hong Kong is a very complex and drunken society, as long as you're pretty enough to let loose, it's easy to come into contact with a variety of upper-class characters, Mao Yuping is not only quite attractive, but also a good friend, and the woman is a good person. Mao Yuping is not only quite beautiful, but also able to talk, smooth, and soon she met two Southeast Asian businessmen, she saw the opportunity to lose time to recognize the two as godfather, in the godfather's matchmaking, penniless she was among the business circle, after a few years of "hard work", Mao Yuping has been worth The company's business is a very important part of the company's success," he said.
Mao Yuping has succeeded in accordance with the original agreement, also returned to Shanghai, at this time Zhou Zhengyi because of the principal, in his hometown development is also very good, he and Mao Yuping married, the two began to *** with the entertainment nature of the operation of the KTV, sauna and catering and other businesses, this period of time they are particularly good luck, the business is also very red-hot, the annual profit of more than ten million, the accumulation of funds and With the accumulation of capital and understanding of business operation, they saw a huge business opportunity. During this period, Chinese state-owned enterprise employee stocks began to circulate in the market, and almost all state-owned enterprise employees, this emerging stocks are not yet very understanding, they are not businessmen, they do not know the meaning of the stock, the RMB is the most important thing for them.
And Zhou Zhengyi and Mao Yuping have been in contact with stocks for a long time, and understand that stocks can bring huge profits that can not be predicted, so they took out all the money, and bought stocks from the hands of the state-owned enterprise workers at a very low price, and then threw them out at a high price, and in a very short period of time, the two of them just rely on the operation of the stock business, the assets have already been hundreds of millions of dollars.
The two couples, who have tasted the great sweetness, think that the stock finance is a business with huge profits, and they put all their energy into the stock business. 1997, all of Asia was seriously affected by the financial turmoil, and the Hong Kong stock market has reached a record low, Zhou Zhengyi thinks that this is a perfect time to speculate, and so he took his wife south to Hong Kong.
These two people not only have the brains to run the stock business, there is the courage to be particularly big, and then the luck is also surprisingly good, they bought a large number of blue chip stocks under Li Ka-shing, Erlang this stock began to rebound and continue to soar, they look at the right time to throw out in a timely manner, this time they made a big profit, earned a lot of money. With more than 100 million in assets, do any business have the courage, but also easier to get up. At this time, they saw a lot lower than the risk of the stock business another speculative business, they once again turned the strategic goal back to Shanghai, the development of real estate, this business as long as there is the principal is profiteering, and is a sure thing.
Just entered the real estate industry, they were surprised to find that this business is 10 times the profit of the stock, in a few years time, they only do a few real estate projects, earned more than a billion, then their business as a snowball, assets are also rolling more and more big, really become one of the few big tycoons in Shanghai, with the money, they began to become empty-handed, and even do not put the Li Ka-shing in the eyes, in Hong Kong Zhou Zhengyi often in and out of luxury high-grade clubs, surrounded by beautiful women, what red singers and movie stars are all around him, which makes him very satisfied, but also a sense of achievement.
While living the life of a top tycoon, but he was surrounded by a lot of beautiful women, but also just play games, never dare to forget his wife Mao Yuping with their own fight, she is also obedient, respect and love. At this time, Mao Yuping has not been the original that yellow hair girl, with money she, even more than Zhou Zhengyi domineering, arrogant and unselfconscious, once Zhou Zhengyi in the Italian restaurant, around the natural less beautiful stars, when Yang Gongru was also at his side, Mao Yuping learned that a gas rushed to the restaurant, in full view of the many customers, she ruthlessly gave Yang Gongru a very loud slap.
Then Zhou Zhengyi saw his wife so, even scared even the atmosphere did not dare to come out, and Yang Gongru was so insulted, in public disgrace, and can not do anything to her, angry, humiliated, shame surged to the head, suffered grievances Yang Gongru announced this forever out of the showbiz industry, no comeback. Regardless of how rich Zhou Zhengyi is, he is always a thug mentality, driving luxury cars, living in luxury homes, playing with the stars, etc. He is the first young thug in Shanghai to drive a Ferrari to show off, and was called Zhou Gongzi, which shows the low quality of the quality of the man, and he also put a wild statement to belittle Li Ka-shing, but also illustrates the darkness of its mentality and despicable.
The reason why he dared to make a big speech questioning Li Ka-shing's financial strength is because he blindly overestimated his own assets, and was overconfident in his own financial strength, but this confidence of his is actually a kind of shameless arrogance that does not know the sky and the earth in the eyes of our public. Water is overflowing, people will decline, September 5, 2003, Zhou Zhengyi suspected of misrepresentation of registered capital and illegal manipulation of securities and futures trading prices, was arrested by the Shanghai public security organs according to the law, in June 2004, the Shanghai Municipal Court sentenced Zhou Zhengyi to 3 years of imprisonment in Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai. From an arrogant tycoon all of a sudden became a prisoner, it is reasonable to reflect properly, but, Zhou Zhengyi did not, he is still arrogant "self-confidence".
Zhou Zhengyi always believe that "can use money to smooth things, that are not a thing", such a creed of life, he has money, in prison, he used money as a pass to enjoy the incredible privileges, prison naturally than the mansion to live comfortably, the weather is hot, a small space on the heat, so he spent money to each of the prisoners, the prison is not as comfortable as the mansion, the weather is hot, the heat in the small space, so he spent money to each of the prisoners, he spent money to each of the prisoners. So, he spent money to install an air conditioner in every prison cell, and the prison guards who guarded him, under his money, also became prisoners, at Zhou Zhengyi's beck and call, opened all kinds of convenient doors for him, in prison, he can still manipulate his own company with the body of a criminal, and even call his men to the prison to hold a board of directors' meeting.
This sounds a bit unimaginable, but it is something that really happened, the world sometimes, really can use the money to make the kid push the mill, Zhou Zhengyi once again with the money to get through the joints, through the means of bribery, for their own success in reducing the sentence, he was very "confident" stride out of prison, continue to live the life of a tycoon. But soon came to light, was he bought through the prison guards and the director of the detention center, because of bribery and many other crimes, change the police clothing to wear criminal clothes, from outside the prison into the cell. And out of the prison, only to live not many hours of luxury life of Zhou Zhengyi, had to once again take off the value of the suit, re-replaced on the cotton fabric of the prison uniform, was locked into the prison cell without air conditioning.
This time, he put himself completely played out, several crimes and punishments, the charges together sentenced to 16 years, this time the money not only can not please the little ghosts, and perhaps also for him to increase the sentence, so he had to clip up the proud tail, honestly in the prison without the privilege of serving a sentence. At that time, his wife, MAO Yuping, was also arrested in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Court, after hearing the case, sentenced him to three-and-a-half-years' imprisonment in accordance with the law for the crimes of conspiracy to defraud the market and perverting the course of public justice. This is really the same life, this pair of speculative business by speculative business rich couple, even in jail are rushed at the same time.
In 2008, Mao Yuping was released on parole from prison, where it must be said that God is still extremely favorable to her, Mao Yuping from the sea, not a day to stop investing in the business, but in the 3 years of serving a prison sentence, she had no way to go back to the investment, and in 2008 it was the global financial turmoil, she was in prison accidentally dodged the horrors of the financial crisis, the past 3 years, she was out of prison! and the money in her bank account, just the interest alone, can make an ordinary person jump into a rich man. After coming out, Mao Yuping is still living a glamorous and happy life, while her husband, Zhou Zhengyi, has to live a long life without freedom in prison.
Zhou Zhengyi, who is in prison for the second time, no longer has the privilege of shaving the same short hair as other prisoners, eating their same meals, sleeping on the same hard iron beds, doing the same hard work, and most of all this summer of July 2019, he can no longer give the prison room to install air-conditioning to enjoy the comfort of cool days. Shanghai's big-name richest man, threatened to exceed Li Ka-shing's arrogant man, once in the business world of the heavyweight big brother Zhou Zhengyi, no longer have the prestige of the old days, here and now, we can hardly imagine what kind of state of mind he has.