01 The clear stream among the rich
In Hong Kong, where the paper was drunk and gold-obsessed in the last century, there were many well-known rich people such as gambling kings Ho Hung-sun, Lin Baixin, Fok Ying Tung, Zhuang Shiping, and Hui Shixun.
Several of them are famous playboys, just as the gambling king Ho Hung Sun married four wives and had seventeen children in his lifetime, Lin Baixin also married four wives and gave birth to eight children.
In Hong Kong at that time, it was a common thing to marry multiple wives, due to the particularity of Hong Kong's modern history, it was ceded to the British during the Opium War in the Qing Dynasty, and there was no replacement law at that time, so it has been used more feudal and decadent laws.
In the eyes of the rich at that time, power and women were indispensable things in their mixed high society, and these were often discussed in their after-dinner conversations.
In the eyes of many people, it may seem that the rich are vulgar people who only like to chase fame and fortune and women.
But in fact, this is not the case, and there is also a clear stream in the Hong Kong rich market that chases fame and fortune, that is, Zhuang Shiping and Hui Shixun.
They are like black swans, loyal to love, although their wives are suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but they are also as careful as they are taking care of their wives as children.
Xu Shixun was born in 1921 and his ancestral home is zhanjiang, Guangdong. His father, Xu Aizhou, the first generation of ship kings, made his fortune in World War II by shipping oil.
Hui Aizhou later went to Hong Kong to develop, at that time it was not a small amount of land in Hong Kong, Xu Aizhou was very discerning to start his own real estate business and continue to develop his own shipping business. Soon, Hui Aizhou became one of the four richest people in Hong Kong.
Xu Shixun also became a veritable rich second generation, and after Xu Aizhou's death, he handed over his career to his three sons to inherit.
Unfortunately, Xu Shixun's two brothers died, and the burden of inheriting and developing the family business naturally fell on Xu Shixun's shoulders.
In the 1980s, the development of the world shipping industry was sluggish, in order not to be affected, Xu Shixun made a decisive decision, packaged his own shipping business and sold it to other enterprises, focusing on the development of real estate business.
Before officially taking over the family business, Xu Shixun had always wanted to escape the family's aura and work outside the country. Hang Seng Bank, editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Electric Corporation, HSBC and other places have given him the ability to exercise and lay the foundation for his future career.
While concentrating on his career, Xu Shixun did not forget to accompany his wife, and he did not have three wives and four concubines in his life, only Jian Jianxun.
Since the two were married, Xu Shixun has never had any peach news, and whenever Xu Shixun attends a business event, he will bring his wife Jian Jianxun, who and his wife will hold each other's hands and snuggle with each other wherever they are.
Hong Kong did not really abolish polygamy until 1971, and this feudal custom had not been explicitly prohibited when the two were married, and in the case of other rich people with multiple wives and multiple children, Hui Shixun only identified Jian Jianxun alone.
Xu Shixun's dedication is long-lasting, in the old age of the two, Jian Jianxun was found to have Alzheimer's disease during a physical examination, at first Jian Jianxun's memory was relatively complete, but with the passage of time, Jian Jianxun's memory gradually became blurred.
Whenever a relative came to visit Jian Jianxun, Jian Jianxun would only stare at them and say that she did not know, but it was very romantic that in the case that she did not remember anyone, whenever Xu Shixun appeared in front of his eyes, she could accurately call out his name.
Love is powerful, if it is not a deep love for each other for decades, how can we remember only you without remembering everyone?
After Jian Jianxun suffered from Alzheimer's disease, Xu Shixun was even more protective of her, taking his wife with him wherever he went, and in the face of his wife who was anxious about not remembering someone he knew, he would patiently comfort Jian Jianxun.
His perseverance is worth learning, and single-mindedness is a precious quality.
02 Hard work
Xu Shixun has great business talent and has a very sensitive nerve to the direction of the economy, so he is also very bold in doing things and has the courage that ordinary people do not have.
After inheriting the family business, as long as he did not travel, he would stay in the company and personally handle the company's large and small affairs, and he truly became a role model for the company's large and small employees.
After packaging and selling the family's shipping industry, he directly controlled wan chai Aiqun Building and China Construction Building through Zhouxing Real Estate during the most brilliant period of Hong Kong's real estate career, with a market value of tens of billions.
In 2015, the family's wealth had reached HK$10 billion, and in addition to his cherished wife, who was the love of his life, the horses were also his favorites, and he had already raised many horses sixty-one years ago.
Bringing his favorite horses to the race is also one of the most important ways for him to relieve the stress of work.
In early December 2018, hui Shixun, a centenarian, passed away in Hong Kong, and his huge wealth was not all given to his son, but half for charity, and the remaining half as a trust fund and a huge insurance policy for the family.
Such a heritage setting actually has important significance for the Xu family, which obviously tells everyone in the family two points:
1. It is not easy for the family to start from scratch, do not think that you can get a huge amount of money by lying down;
2. Charitable foundations can help cultivate the moral character of family members and unite family members.
Another beloved saint, Zhuang Shiping, is an excellent entrepreneur who deserves our respect.
Zhuang Shiping was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong in 1911, and his children who grew up in the wave of the Xinhai Revolution were destined to be unusual, and the Zhuang family was a large family of scholars in Guolong Village, Puning County, so Zhuang Shiping received a very good family education when he was young.
After the New Culture Movement of 1915-1923, the ideas of "science" and "democracy" really opened up the minds of some people, and Zhuang Shiping was also influenced by these ideas, began to study seriously, and was admitted to the Department of Economics of China University in Beijing in 1934.
During his time in Thailand, he served as the vice principal of Xinmin School, the director of the training department of Zhonghua Middle School, and the reporter and editor of Zhongyuan Daily.
With a strong patriotic feeling, during his tenure as the Anti-Japanese Federation of Overseas Chinese from all walks of life, he repeatedly launched fundraising activities to support the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, and actively encouraged young people with lofty ideals to return to China to participate in the War of Resistance.
Premier Zhou Enlai once said of Zhuang Shiping: "In the history of the Chinese revolution, Chaoshan has given birth to two economic talents, one is Xu Dixin, who contributed new theoretical knowledge, and the other is Zhuang Shiping, who emphasizes putting theory into practice. ”
The severity of the anti-Japanese situation made Zhuang Shiping understand that he could not only help the motherland through external means such as fundraising, but should apply what he had learned in practice.
Therefore, he started his own Hesheng Trading Company from scratch, its main business is to operate overseas Chinese remittance exchange and trade, the well-run Zhuang Shiping will make the business bigger and bigger, and Zhuang Shiping, who has made a lot of money, did not squander these money on eating, drinking and having fun.
In such a difficult period, the war of escape was constantly staged, and it was precisely because Zhuang Shiping had a virtuous and gentle wife in the family that he could focus on his business wholeheartedly.
His wife, Lin Yingping, is an intellectual who has been educated by the power of new women, and unlike traditional women who teach their husbands and children at home, she also earns her own salary through labor outside the home, just like Zhuang Shiping.
It is precisely because of the salary that Lin Yingping has accumulated for so many years that Zhuang Shiping can still have the confidence to break out of the world again when he flees to Hong Kong in the later stage.
He always remembered the help of the Chinese Communist Party to him, so he used all the money he earned to support the anti-Japanese base areas on the front line, and actively established communication outlets between the rear and Southeast Asia.
In addition to funding the War of Resistance together, he and his wife often taught knowledge to the children in the back, and no one at that time did not know them, and often praised them as a model couple.
The feelings of the two did not die out in the passage of time, but became deeper in the tribulations, and Zhuang Shiping only identified Lin Yingping as a wife in his life.
As the business continued to grow, Zhuang Shiping was once again targeted by the Japanese army, and in desperation, he had no choice but to go to Chongqing to join his teacher, Xu Dixin, who had become the leader of the economic group of the Eighth Route Army.
Xu Dixin suggested to Zhuang Shiping at a dinner: "Now there are many talents and political talents who fight wars, but there are very few people doing business, and what we lack most now is actually funds, and the organization hopes that you will go overseas to do business." ”
After listening to his teacher's words, Zhuang Shiping said that he agreed very much, so he packed his bags again and embarked on the road of overseas business, starting a career of acting as an agent for Soviet films, handicrafts and seafood.
In 1945, Zhuang Shiping successively established the Chubb Company in Vietnam and Thailand to promote Soviet films to Southeast Asia, when the end of World War II, the enthusiasm of the people of the world against fascism was very high, so the films related to the Soviet Union were very popular, so Zhuang Shiping's business was once again ignited.
But his overheated business attracted the attention of his pursuers, and astutely he evaded the pursuit again, and took his wife to Hong Kong overnight, but unfortunately the funds in the accounts in Southeast Asia were not taken with him.
When he arrived in Hong Kong, his company had only 3,000 Hong Kong dollars on its books, and the debt and lack of money were like two mountains pressing down on him.
Lin Yingping, his wife who lived with him day and night, also saw Zhuang Shiping's difficulties early, and she once took out 300,000 savings when Zhuang Shiping sat on the table and sighed and thought about how to get out of the deadlock: "This money is mine, we are a family, you take it!" ”
Watching his wife's actions, Zhuang Shiping couldn't help but start choking up, and he hugged his wife and said, "Thank you." ”
Lin Yingping smiled and patted his back and said, "I also thank you, with you I think I am not bitter at all, and I live a very happy life." ”
The two supported each other in this way, through the most difficult period. It is the mutual support and mutual redemption of the two that love can be maintained until both of them die.
Zhuang Shiping's eldest son, Zhuang Rongxu, once described the scene of the family's lowest decline: "In those days of exile, my father worked hard outside the country every day to do business, and my mother took good care of us at home and held several jobs for the family. ”
In the face of such a difficult day, Lin Yingping has never complained, she has always supported Zhuang Shiping with her own practical actions and silently took care of the family.
Looking at the emaciated face of his overworked wife, Zhuang Shiping was heartbroken, so he made up his mind to never live up to his wife's expectations, and he must break out of the world in Hong Kong.
Because Zhuang Shiping repeatedly provided many financial supports to the organization during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the leaders of the Hong Kong branch of the Communist Party of China provided him with ten thousand US dollars after hearing about Zhuang Shiping's experience.
Zhuang Shiping, who had excellent business acumen, used this fund to establish nanyang commercial bank in Hong Kong, because of the small principal, so the bank size at that time was quite small, but this did not prevent it from becoming the only bank that could transfer funds between Hong Kong and the mainland.
Because of the contacts accumulated in Southeast Asia when he was young, Zhuang Shiping's Nanyang Commercial Bank quickly acquired many assets, and overseas Chinese abroad chose Nanyang Commercial Bank for domestic trade, and the original assets of 10,000 US dollars quickly grew to 5.23 million Hong Kong dollars.
Despite earning so much money, Zhuang Shiping never squandered a penny.
Many rich people will choose to buy a garage after earning a lot of money, but Zhuang Shiping is one of the clear streams, in his decades of working life, he did not buy any car for himself, and every day he went to work by tram or bus.
At that time, hong Kong, which was not so rich, he did not choose to buy a suite, the family has always lived in a rented house, and whenever a guest wants to visit him, he will lament Mr. Daozhuang's "poverty".
This is actually a consensus decision between him and his wife, who once said to Lin Yingping: "If I can't give you the material life of these drunken fans, will you not be dissatisfied?" ”
The wife just smiled and said to him: "We have eaten so much suffering, and now the life is already very good, if this money is more useful to the motherland, then dedicate it to the motherland!" ”
Whenever Zhuang Shiping was distressed and confused in his heart, he would always choose to tell his wife, and whenever those gentle words slowly came out of her mouth, he could always feel relieved.
Lin Yingping is his confidant, friend, and spouse. When Lin Yingping suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his old age, he always followed Lin Yingping every step of the way, because Lin Yingping only remembered him at that time.
Because Mrs. Zhuang suffers from Alzheimer's disease in her old age, she forgets most of the people she knows in her life, and the only thing she remembers is Zhuang Shiping, so she usually only swallows those foods when Zhuang Shiping feeds her.
Zhuang Shiping, who was nearly 90 years old at the time, was always the first to leave in the socializing, because he had to rush back to take care of his wife.
Lin Yingping has not handled medical care in these years in Hong Kong, and the high hospitalization costs in Hong Kong have caused Zhuang Shiping to send his wife to Shenzhen for treatment, but this incurable disease still makes Mrs. Zhuang die early.
After Zhuang Shiping's death, he donated all his assets to the motherland free of charge, and his son did not become a veritable rich second generation, but just an ordinary truck driver working in Hong Kong.
03 The responsibility of entrepreneurs
After more than 30 years of development, after the reform and opening up, Xu Shixun and Zhuang Shiping's business has been doing well.
Xu Shixun became a real real estate tycoon, and Zhuang Shiping's Nanyang Commercial Bank became a powerful listed company, both of which injected extremely powerful forces into China's economic recovery.
In March 1980, the plan to establish the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was officially approved by the government, but in the early stage of reform and opening up, the mainland's economy was still recovering and could not provide a large amount of funds, so Deng Xiaoping said: "The central government can only provide policy help." ”
At this time, Wu Nansheng, secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, made a mistake about this, and it is not a joke to talk about development without funds? Just when he was at a loss, he thought of Zhuang Shiping.
Zhuang Shiping suggested to him that foreign capital be introduced to transform land resources into pecuniary benefits, and at the National People's Congress, Zhuang Shiping also proposed a bill to reduce the tax rate of the special administrative region.
It was at zhuang Shiping's suggestion that the lower tax rate and undeveloped land attracted a large number of foreign investors and overseas Chinese businessmen, and Shenzhen's economy began a rapid development model.
Shenzhen's unique economic development model also provided a reference for the subsequent return of Hong Kong, and Zhuang Shiping's construction in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone once again expanded his influence in Hong Kong.
Mr. Zhuang Shiping has always stood on the stand of the Communist Party of China to serve the people and the motherland, and on July 1, 1997, Hong Kong was officially returned to his hometown, and Zhuang Shiping was also awarded the highest level of the Medal of Honor, the Grand Bauhinia Medal.
From adolescence to old age, Zhuang Shiping used the money he earned to support the development of the motherland and seek the welfare of the country, because his selfless dedication also led many people to doubt his good deeds, but he did not care.
Zhuang Shiping once said before his death: "I am very grateful to the motherland, and everything I can have is given by the motherland." From my youth to Peiping's firm adherence to the Communist Party, I stopped being obsessed with money and fame. As long as our country can be good and can make all Chinese have a status and dignity in the world, I will die without regrets. ”
He and Mr. Hui Shixun are very socially responsible entrepreneurs, and they will appear in hong Kong's welfare and charity activities large and small, and they have always engraved the responsibility of entrepreneurs in their hearts.
On the day of Mr. Chuang Shiping's funeral, many friends and key officials of the Hong Kong government arrived at the scene to commemorate this great entrepreneur.
At the scene, Gao Qiren, director of the Central Liaison Office, spoke highly of Mr. Zhuang Shiping in his eulogy, affirming Mr. Zhuang Shiping's spirit of unremitting struggle for national liberation.
What makes a company really bigger and stronger is not only the founder's business acumen, but the founder's social responsibility as an entrepreneur.
Remember Elder Zhuang and commemorate Elder Xu!
Reference sources
1. Chaoshan Periodical" Zhuang Shiping: A Red Capitalist with a Heart for His Homeland
2. Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference "Hong Kong Association for the Promotion of Culture from All Walks of Life"
3. Shanghai-Hong Kong Economy: The Poor Life of Hong Kong's Rich Under the Financial Crisis