The following information is reproduced for reference: The charismatic leadership style of Liu Chuanzhi, founder of Lenovo Group Liu Chuanzhi: "Each stage is different. When the company faced difficulties in operation from 1996 to 1997, I traveled back and forth between Beijing and Hong Kong and was extremely busy. At that time,

The words "Don't be impatient" are written above the desk. After the company's situation improved, I wanted to do bigger things, and the motto became "Hongyi", which means setting long-term goals and persisting to the end."

When he was young, he would go to the golf course near his home at 7 o'clock in the morning and play 9 holes before going to work.

Working time is around 10 o'clock.

Editor's note: Chosun Ilbo's exclusive interview with Liu Chuanzhi is for the readers' pleasure.

Liu Chuanzhi, President of Legend Holdings, is known as the "godfather" of Chinese IT companies. He has a tenacious will that is not afraid of hardships and obstacles, and a challenging spirit that is calm and unafraid of competition.

He was born in Shanghai in 1944.

Because his father is a bank employee, his family is relatively well off.

After the founding of New China in 1949, he moved to Beijing with his parents.

Liu Chuanzhi’s childhood dream was to be a pilot.

At that time, this was also a career that many people aspired to.

After graduating from high school in 1961, he took the test to recruit pilots, but because his uncle was a rightist, he failed.

He had no choice but to change his original intention and entered Xi'an Military Electronic Technology University.

Liu Chuanzhi mainly learned radar-related knowledge, which is somewhat similar to his future computer path.

The experience at this time became the basis for his future career in computers.

After the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, he was sent to rural areas in Guangdong and Hunan to engage in manual labor.

At that time, all intellectuals had to undergo labor reform in rural areas.

In 1970, he was assigned to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a basic scientific research institution in Beijing, and began to study computers.

It was during the Cold War, and various countries invested heavily in weapons development, and computer technology development was one of them, as did China.

In 1984, Liu Chuanzhi and 10 researchers who worked together established a small computer company - "Lenovo" with 200,000 yuan in entrepreneurial funds provided by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The company achieved sales of 3 million yuan in the year after its establishment, and then achieved astonishing sales of 18 million yuan and 70 million yuan in 1986 and 1987 respectively.

He said, "At that time, I thought that only cutting-edge IT technology could lift China out of poverty." Whenever there was a crisis, Liu Chuanzhi would stand up again like a roly-poly.

He said, "I was defrauded of 3 million yuan in 1987. It was the most difficult period for me to run a business." After Liu Chuanzhi converted 3 million yuan into Hong Kong dollars, he was defrauded by someone from a trading company in Shenzhen. The scammer escaped with the money.

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What is very unexpected is that the blue jacket worn by Liu Chuanzhi has obvious signs of wear on the cuff on the right hand side.

Who is Liu Chuanzhi?

He is the founder of Lenovo, China's largest private enterprise, equivalent to South Korea's Samsung Electronics, and Liu Chuanzhi, president of Lenovo Holdings (Lenovo's parent company), who can be called "China's Bill Gates."

On February 29, Liu Chuanzhi, who was wearing a suit and no tie, greeted our reporter with a bright smile in the president's office on the 10th floor of Building A of Beijing Legend Holdings Corporation.

First of all, the reporter was very curious about the reason why he wore frayed clothes.

Liu Chuanzhi said: "Suits are generally worn for more than 10 years. But it is not because I am frugal and deliberately save. It is because I don't care much about clothes. To be honest, I don't know much about how to spend money. What kind of clothes are famous brands?

I can’t even remember the names of well-known brands.” If you ask Chinese people who represent China’s entrepreneurs, nine times out of ten they will choose Liu Chuanzhi or Haier Group President Zhang Ruimin.

According to statistics from Fortune, the computer company Lenovo founded by Liu Chuanzhi achieved sales of US$14.6 billion in 2006, ranking first among private enterprises.

(Including state-owned enterprises, Lenovo ranks 11th in China.) He is said to be a charismatic leader.

But the first impression he gave reporters was undoubtedly that of an uncle next door.

During the more than 2 hours of interview, he seemed to be chatting with a friend, which made people feel very comfortable.

Another impression is that the reasoning is concise and orderly.

The answer to each question is "first, second" step by step analysis.

There is a reason why the Chinese are particularly enthusiastic about Liu Chuanzhi.

In 2004, he acquired the computer division of IBM in the United States for US$1.75 billion, which became a hot topic around the world.

It is equivalent to David conquering Goliath. As far as South Korea is concerned, it is equivalent to the general manager of a computer assembly company in Yongsan Electronics Mall acquiring the top computer company in the United States.

Lenovo is headquartered in the United States, and its CEO is also American.

Lenovo is one of the world's three largest computer manufacturers with an annual output of 20.22 million computers. It has approximately 25,000 employees in more than 60 countries, including South Korea.

He is equivalent to a figure who symbolizes the power of China as it leaps into the world.

But he always kept in mind the Chinese saying "There is heaven beyond the sky".

Liu Chuanzhi said: "The DNA of complacency flows in my character. I am the kind of person who is easy to take things lightly and get complacent easily. Therefore, I always remind myself not to be complacent and always be vigilant."