South Beauty Zhang Lan: Young people don't rush to start a business, just like F4 in Meteor Garden. Wang Xiaofei actually doesn't have to work: his mother ranks the third richest restaurant in China with assets of/kloc-0.5 billion yuan. She can eat five-star exquisite meals every day and often travels to and from Southeast Asia by ultra-luxury tanker. However, Phillips went out early and returned late, flyINg back and forth between Beijing and Shanghai like a trapeze. At the age of 29, he created the most fashionable coordinate LAN CLUB in Beijing, which caused a sensation in Beijing. The outside world calls Phillips a typical post-80s rich second generation representative, and an extraordinary handful.

However, the protagonist this time is not him, but his mother Zhang Lan, a high-end restaurant brand? South Beauty? Helmsman.

Lan, as the name implies, is intelligent and blue-hearted. Friends nicknamed him Alan. Alan is a beauty, so Phillips is handsome.

Alan had a simple childhood.

1968, 10-year-old Zhang Lan came to Xiaogan, Hubei Province from Beijing with his decentralized mother, and slept on the heatable adobe sleeping platform in the pigsty below the chicken coop; Playing is touching birds' eggs in the tree and picking mushrooms in the grave. ? It was especially happy at that time, with blue sky, white clouds, dogs, cats, pigs and sheep? At that time, I woke up and reached for an egg and ate it. The mountains are really dancing with wolves. I'm on this ridge, and on that ridge, wolves walk with me. Sometimes I feel lonely without wolves. ? Zhang Lan, with long wavy hair, big red clothes and bright spirits, described the crazy and happy days to the Times Weekly reporter with great joy.

/kloc-at the age of 0/8, Zhang Lan returned to Beijing. She was born with noble ancestry of Banners, and she was beautiful and lovely. She was often scouted when walking in the street? Stare at? Even being chased to the bus. Zhang Lan's answer is only one word: No. In 1950s, he was the father of Professor Tsinghua University, and what he instilled in his daughter from beginning to end was: You must go to college, and knowledge is power.

When Wang Xiaofei was four or five years old, Zhang Lan set his own goal in life: I want to earn enough money, and I must let my son study hard and be an upright person in the future, and I must let him receive foreign education.

Are you online? The moon in foreign countries is particularly round? In the s, Zhang Lan followed his uncle out of the country and went to Canada. ? 20 thousand dollars, return to China immediately after earning enough. ? For this goal, Zhang Lan gets up early and comes home late every day. At most, he works six jobs a day, washes his hair with both hands in the hairdresser, wipes the table in the restaurant, and even carries a hundred kilograms of pork. ? Dwelling? It's free. As long as you cook cereal for the old man at 6 o'clock every morning and wash the sick grandmother, you can live in the basement where the Taiwan Province couple can only put a bed and a bedside table.

Two years later, at Christmas, Zhang Lan was holding the first bucket of gold? 20 thousand dollars, give up the Canadian green card, give up? Chinese beauty contest champion? Title, give up the world of flowers and fly back to your hometown.

Phillips's childhood was very tempered.

When his mother worked hard in a foreign country, his son Phillips knew how to take care of himself very early. At that time, I still lived in a bungalow, and I had to build a stove in winter. At night, I built three pieces of coal, all of which burned red and prosperous, before I dared to go to bed. When I got up the next morning, I could still see my breath with my mouth open. After his mother returned to China, he ran out again, and they were always at the two ends of the scale.

In order to temper this jade, Zhang Lan gave him 200 francs a month (equivalent to 1500 yuan RMB), which was only enough for his daily expenses, so that he could be self-disciplined since childhood. Phillips has to work for the rest of the expenses.

The most bitter part of Wang Xiaofei was when he went from Monaco to Paris. He had no house, no friends and no money. He was carrying three big boxes and didn't have the money to take a taxi. He stayed in a small hotel for 80 yuan a night. The house was still leaking and he slept soundly. When he woke up, he began to run to school to find a house. I once ate spaghetti in Paris for three months, and I thought it was quite fun. ? At that time, he told me that he didn't feel bitter at all, at least there was no pressure to survive. ? Like all mothers in the world, she always speaks of her son with pride.

In Paris, Jiang Xiaofei lived in a very small room, and the small table, stool and cot collapsed, which made Zhang Lan, who came to visit him, so sad that he wanted to cry. ? Phillips is also very happy to tell me,? Mom, I haven't seen the sun for two years. I didn't see the sun until you came. Almost every day, I get up in the morning and get into the subway, and it is dark when I get out of the subway at night. ? I think we should love our children, but we should not spoil them. Mother's love is a kind of example, not money. ?

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After returning home, Zhang Lan rode a bicycle, wrapped his head in a scarf and walked around Beijing for three days against the north wind, and found a small note on the street of Dongsi for renting a house. So there is 199 1 year? Alan restaurant? . Soon, Zhang Lan opened a roast duck restaurant and a shark fin seafood restaurant? Then, Zhang Lan did? No madness, no magic? The move, selling the seafood restaurant that earns more than 500 thousand a day, will realize 60 million cash in 9 years and establish her Chinese food brand? South Beauty? The first branch opened in the top 500 international trade center, which was dedicated to the blank white-collar catering market at that time.

At the entrance, there is an arch bridge plank, two bamboos hidden by the bridge side, exquisite rattan chairs and hand-woven bamboo curtain ornaments, thus showing the Jiangnan style; Colorful American ice bars and simple Italian chandeliers add a touch of modernity to Chinese restaurants. Zhang Lan hired a Chinese-American designer from the Department of Architecture of Harvard University to design this design.

Zhang Lan, who has a persistent pursuit of beauty, knows that urban white-collar workers are fashion makers and followers. The beauty of food must first be beautiful? It is especially important for this group of people. ? For the decoration of every store, I will do whatever it takes. ?

Gradually, South Beauty became as famous as International Trade, and many people began to admire it. South Beauty was on fire: starting from the International Trade Center, Wan Tai Beihai Building, Kerry Center and Pacific Century Center; Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Hangzhou are all over China. ? Is South Beauty going to be the LV in Chinese food? As soon as the slogan of Zhang Lan came out, South Beauty began to March into London and new york? Mother and son are partners.

At this time, his son Phillips returned to China with a double master's degree in design and hotel management.

IN 2006, Wang Xiaofei created LAN CLUB, the most in-depth fashion coordinate in Beijing, organically integrated the traditional China catering culture with international fashion elements, and made up for the vacancy of fashion catering brands for high-end people.

At the beginning of preparing for this project, many people were throwing cold water on it, feeling that it was unrealistic. They had to eat and sleep when the sky was falling, and Zhang Lan blocked all the storms for their son.

Phillips tried hard to get in touch with Philip, the top French designer. Stark? Former French President Mitterrand's private apartment, Royalton in the United States and Sanderson Hotel in the United Kingdom all came from him. Orchid Club has also become Philip's first design work in China, and the design fee alone is as high as12 million yuan.

The whole clubhouse cost 300 million yuan, a chair180 thousand yuan, a Baccarat crystal chandelier of more than 400 thousand yuan, and thousands of famous oil paintings were hung on the wall. As soon as it opened, it became the top clubhouse in China, causing a sensation in Beijing.

Soon, Phillips' second masterpiece, the top domestic fashion restaurant brand for young fashion people? SUBU also opened in late 2007. As the founder of these two brands, Wang Xiaofei is also the executive director of South Beauty Group. But South Beauty is by no means a family business? Zhang Lan said that Phillips is a member of South Beauty's entrepreneurial team. Like other employees, he has to sign letters of responsibility and guarantees, and he will leave his job automatically if he fails to reach his goal.

Dialogue Zhang Lan: Young people should not rush to start a business.

Time Weekly: Will your absence from Phillips for so many years affect the relationship between mother and son?

Zhang Lan: Not really. Phillips is very sensible, often calls me, and is considerate of his mother. We have no obstacles in communication, like friends. Our personalities are quite different. He is cautious, and he is considerate of others' feelings and endurance in dealing with problems and communicating with others. I am careless, especially in entrepreneurship and management. He is quick-tempered and slow-tempered, and I am quick-tempered and quick-tempered. Now he also calls me countless times every day to ask me where I am and whether I have eaten.

Times Weekly: Many people will say that South Beauty is a family business and Phillips is the successor?

Zhang Lan: The world's top 500 companies are all family businesses, and family businesses have a responsibility. When the financial crisis comes, family members can stand up. I don't think the concept of family business is that all the important positions belong to your family. Zhang Lan is the only one in South Beauty who belongs to our family. So Phillips is now engaged in the industry he loves, and he wants to build a five-star hotel with China culture.

Time Weekly: As a female manager, what are your advantages from starting a business to now?

Zhang Lan: I think as a manager, there is no gender difference. There is no difference between men and women in learning ability, mentality and mind. It doesn't mean that I am a female manager and can use the advantages of women to retain and manage this team. In fact, it's the same, the same effort, the same charisma and the same responsibility.

Time Weekly: Have you given up anything so far? Is the so-called greatest sacrifice?

Zhang Lan: Actually, we should manage our time well. 24 hours a day, I sleep well, and it only takes 6 hours to be full of energy. I am not a procrastinator, and I am very efficient, no matter at work or in life. Get up at 7 o'clock every day, the first thing is to open the curtains, smile at the sun, then run for an hour, and then take a shower to work after you come back, which is very energetic.

I am also very efficient in my work. For example, when I hold an Expo project meeting, I will ask my secretary to get everything related to this project ready in advance, and the meeting will last for one hour. Life is also important. For example, I will take a break from my busy schedule, go to the 798 meeting with my husband on weekends, have coffee and discuss art with some artists.

Times Weekly: Your childhood experience is different from that of your children. How can you better educate the young people now? Now it's all about the post-90 s

Zhang Lan: Now the competition is more intense. I don't think it's too early to start a business. Young people born in 1980s and 1990s are not suitable for starting a business. Studying in a good enterprise, even as a secretary, can learn a lot of management experience, which is a subtle influence. I think today's entrepreneurs in China have surpassed the Welch we studied in previous years. Because today's enterprises in China are more challenging.

I suggest that young people should still suffer more in the enterprise, learn more from entrepreneurs and experience all the challenges encountered in the development of the enterprise. As an excellent professional manager, you will be more valuable if you can help outstanding private enterprises to enter the top 500 in the world. Today's young people should not be too eager to start a business.

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