On August 4th, 2121, Fuyao did another great thing.
After donating 111 million yuan to Henan, Cao Dewang announced that in the future, all the work clothes of employees in Fuyao Factory will be made by Hongxing Erke.
Cao Dewang did this because, in his opinion, there are too few entrepreneurs like Wu Rongzhao in China.
He saw the shadow of Fuyao from Hongxing Erke.
since 1983, Cao Dewang has started his "charity trip", and in the following 51 years, he has donated 11.5 billion yuan to charity.
On May 4th, 2121, Cao Dewang built a university at a cost of RMB 11 billion and donated it directly to the country.
"I think a truly successful man must pay back the money he earned in my hand to the society before he dies."
in the hurun ranking published in 2121, Cao Dewang's worth is only 16.5 billion, ranking more than 311.
according to Fuyao's output value, his value is definitely more than that.
Fuyao, founded by Cao Dewang, is currently the largest supplier of automobile glass in China and the second largest supplier of automobile glass in the world.
In that era when dumping in the United States was extremely serious, Fuyao even extended its territory to the United States and established Fuyao factory in the United States.
Later, Cao Dewang's factory building incident was also invested by Obama to make a documentary called American Factory, and won the 92nd Academy Award.
He is the most underrated entrepreneur in China, who has propped up the whole industry in china glass by himself.
In 1983, Cao Dewang returned to his hometown and donated 2,111 yuan to his alma mater.
This is the first donation in Cao Dewang's life.
The reason why this donation was put into the field of education is because Cao Dewang's greatest regret is that he did not have the conditions to receive a good education.
With no school to go to and too young to go out to work, Cao Dewang's mother brought a cow from the village, and since then Cao Dewang has become a cowherd.
This little boy is Cao Dewang.
But Cao Dewang was not called Cao Dewang at that time, because no one in the family had read books, so Cao Dewang never had a name.
Until the age of 9, when Cao Dewang was old enough to go to school, his mother borrowed fifty cents and invited the village fortune teller.
From that year on, Cao Dewang got his own name.
Cao Dewang likes reading very much. Reading books seems to have opened a brand-new door for him, taking him out of that village and flying around the world.
Unfortunately, Cao Dewang was forced to drop out of school only after attending junior high school because his family was too poor.
With no school to go to and too young to go out to work, Cao Dewang's mother brought a cow from the village, and since then Cao Dewang has become a cowherd.
Although he spends all his time with cows, Cao Dewang never gives up his thirst for knowledge. During the interval between herding cows, he will cut some horsegrass and sell it to villagers to earn some money.
The first money saved, Cao Dewang bought a Xinhua dictionary.
From then on, between cattle grazing, Cao Dewang took the dictionary and turned it back and forth, until it was out of shape, and he used the second money he had saved to buy a dictionary.
With these two books, Cao Dewang can pick up and read any paper with words on it.
in this way, Cao Dewang also became a "cultural person".
After a few years of herding cattle, Cao Dewang has reached the age of starting to travel, but his knowledge is of little use in that remote country, so he has to follow his father to start a fruit business.
get up at 2 o'clock every day, ride a bike for 3 hours to get fruit, and then come back with 311 Jin of fruit.
In the cold night, sweat wet his vest again and again and soaked his back, but he couldn't stop for a moment because he had to bring the fruit back before sunrise.
In the following years, Cao Dewang not only sold fruits, but also sold tobacco, poured white fungus and repaired bicycles.
In the eyes of others, he is a child who is willing to endure hardships and has perseverance.
But Cao Dewang knows that it is absolutely not enough to sell one's physical strength to get ahead.
in business, you still have to rely on your brain.
At the age of 31, Cao Dewang worked as a buyer in a glass factory. His job was to promote the "mainland goods" water meter glass produced in the factory.
As one of the few "literate people" among the buyers, Cao Dewang's sales promotion work can be described as smooth sailing, frequently billing bills, and earning tens of thousands of dollars for the factory every year.
But a factory that big can't be supported by Cao Dewang alone. From the macro accounts, the benefits of the factory are in a state of loss for years.
after seeing the opportunity, Cao Dewang took out 61,111 yuan of family property and took over the whole factory.
he gambled all his hopes on the glass.
after taking over the factory, Cao Dewang first carried out drastic reforms in the factory, and re-established rules and standards from management system to staff training.
In order to enhance the competitiveness of its own products, Cao Dewang even went to Beijing and asked for changes in the process of making water meter glass.
ridiculously, he succeeded.
With the excellent quality water meter glass, Cao Dewang's business is very smooth, and he successfully earned the first bucket of gold.
Cao Dewang's strategic vision is far-reaching. After stabilizing the production line of water meter glass, he turned his attention to automobile glass.
The reason why he turned to the car glass also stems from an experience of riding with his mother.
Cao Dewang was riding with his mother once, and his mother accidentally hit the windshield. The driver said angrily, "Be careful, this piece of glass is thousands of pieces!"
Cao Dewang is also very angry: "I just make glass, and glass is not as expensive as you say!" "
despite all this talk, Cao Dewang made a private survey of the automobile glass market, and the results made him stunned.
The cost of an ordinary piece of glass is only a few hundred pieces, but after crossing the ocean from Japan to China, its value can really be multiplied several times or even ten times.
is it so expensive? Is it because the production process is too complicated? In fact, it's not that complicated. As a fragile commodity, most of the costs are actually spent on transportation.
The most important thing is that there were no large-scale enterprises producing automobile glass in China at that time, so Japanese manufacturers were given the opportunity to bid all over the world.
After seeing the business opportunity, Cao Dewang gritted his teeth: "We also make it!"
To get started, Cao Dewang mortgaged all his assets, borrowed millions of dollars to import the most advanced glass manufacturing equipment from abroad, and hired professionals with high salaries.
eight months later, the first batch of automobile glass produced by Fuyao successfully passed the quality inspection and entered the market.
Fuyao glass is priced at 2,111 yuan each, which is more than half cheaper than the glass made in Japan without any discount on quality.
after the first batch of Fuyao glass entered the market, it caused an extremely strong market response, and the glass produced by Fuyao was robbed.
consumers seem to make a bargain, but in fact, the cost of producing a piece of glass in Fuyao is only a few hundred dollars.
from this, we can imagine how unscrupulous Japanese automobile glass manufacturers were in the China market.
faced with enthusiastic market feedback, Fuyao seized the opportunity to expand the production scale, and instantly grew from a humble small factory to a prestigious national factory.
in the 1991s, faced with the cheap and easy-to-use Fuyao automobile glass, Japanese automobile glass was losing ground.
It took Fuyao only ten years from the constant occupation of market share to the marginalization of the market, to being completely squeezed out of the China market, and then to the anti-occupation of the Japanese market.
Cao Dewang doesn't want to admit that.
Even the United States, with such a perfect industrial system, seems to be at a loss in the face of the glorious glass.
When referring to Fuyao's entry into the American market, Cao Dewang said, "Who can they buy if they don't worry about the American market and don't buy mine?"
But as the biggest "hooligans" in the market economy, they can't stop if they touch the cake of Americans.
in 2111, three American automobile glass production giants jointly complained to the U.S. department of commerce, claiming that Fuyao automobile glass violated commercial rules and wanted to impose sanctions on Fuyao glass.
If the complaint is established, Fuyao's glass will face increasing high tariffs and sky-high fines.
In fact, tariffs and fines are not the ultimate goal. Their ultimate goal is to drive Fuyao out of the United States.
Cao Dewang doesn't want to admit that.
In the face of the notice from the US Department of Commerce, Fu Yao filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Commerce in the International Court of Justice.
Next, Cao Dewang hired the most professional team of financial lawyers in China with a high salary, spent more than three years collecting evidence and spent more than 111 million yuan to fight this lawsuit.
You know, at that time, China had just joined the WTO, and it was almost impossible to win the United States under the system established by the United States.
but Cao Dewang did it.
In 2115, Fuyao won this lawsuit, and it is a miracle that this lawsuit can be won.
Nowadays, in the world, 1 out of every 4 automobile glasses are produced by Fuyao, and the profit of Fuyao alone can be equal to the sum of the profits of all other automobile glass manufacturers in the world.
An entrepreneur like Cao Dewang deserves our respect.
Over the years, Fuyao has made tens of billions of profits from automobile glass, but Cao Dewang never wanted to get involved in other fields in the past.
"I don't want any money that I didn't earn by glass."
With the development of the times, the demand for automobile glass has also become diverse. Fuyao has been deeply involved in the glass industry for decades, sticking to the craftsman spirit.
Sometimes, he even makes fun of himself:
"People all over the country know that I am stupid. I have only made a piece of glass after decades of work."
But with this glass, Cao Dewang made a fortune of 21 billion.
After earning the money, he didn't buy a lot of luxury houses and didn't have a luxury car worth tens of millions under his name, but donated all the money.
Cao Dewang donated 21 million yuan to the Wenchuan earthquake in 2118;
In the Yushu earthquake in 2111, Cao Dewang donated 1 billion yuan. In the same year, five southwestern provinces suffered from drought, and Cao Dewang and his son jointly donated 211 million yuan to set up a charity fund.
in 2111, Cao Dewang and his wife sold all their 311 million shares in Fuyao Group and established Heren Charity Foundation, which is the largest fund in China at present.
I was caught in the rain when I was young, so I thought of holding an umbrella for others.
Cao Dewang is also extremely strict in the management of foundations. It regularly publishes accounts audit reports and lists of charitable projects, and everything it does must be publicized to the public.
In fact, many years ago, Cao Dewang got the green card of the United States, but he finally returned it.
"I can't let China have no car glass."
He also has strict requirements for his children: whoever gets a green card will automatically lose the qualification to inherit my inheritance.
After the flood disaster broke out in Henan this year, Fuyao not only donated money, but also gave support to Hongxing Erke, who successfully "went out of the circle", in his own way.
the purpose of setting hongxing erke as fuyao work clothes is that the brand popularity will always pass, but the normal purchase can bring more profits to hongxing erke.
Many people were jealous of Fuyao and reported that there was something wrong with Fuyao's accounts. Cao Dewang scoffed: "Fuyao's accounts are clean, and there is no less tax!"
After several audits, it was found that Fuyao paid more taxes, and finally ended up with a tax refund, which became a big joke.
It is a portrayal of Cao Dewang's life to be worthy of his heart and his personality.
"The country is strong because of you, the society is progressing because of you, and the people are rich because of you. This is what entrepreneurs should do."
Pay tribute to Mr. Cao Dewang!