I have previously written about Hong Kong's most ruthless wife, He Lili, who was born as a movie star and married Zhao Shiguang, the son of Zhao Congyan, one of the four major ship kings in Hong Kong.
Why is she called the most ruthless woman in Hong Kong? See this article I wrote earlier:
Hong Kong's most ruthless wife: her fierceness, her wisdom, ordinary people can not learn
Today I plan to write about her daughter Zhao Shiming.
Zhao Shiming was born a Hong Kong celebrity, as a celebrity, she is also fierce enough:
First, she turned the tide and was put in charge of the family business when she was in danger.
It not only reversed the performance of the family business, but also maintained an eight-year continuous profitability.
Second, at the age of 40, she married a rich man who was 15 years younger, and gave birth to two children for her love at an advanced age.
The following is written about how Zhao Shiming, a Hong Kong celebrity with a golden key, has transformed into a company helmsman and a strong woman.
And her unique marriage: at the age of 40, married to a rich man who was 15 years younger.
Zhao Shiming has been relatively wealthy since his great-grandfather's generation.
Her grandfather was Zhao Congyan, one of the four great ship kings of Hong Kong.
At that time, the four major ship kings were: Bao Yugang, Dong Haoyun, Zhao Congyan and Cao Wenjin.
Bao Yugang and Dong Haoyun may be familiar to everyone, they are all from Ningbo,
Zhao Congyan is from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and Cao Wenjin is a native of Shanghai.
Born in Wuxi in 1912, Zhao Congyan graduated from Soochow University in Suzhou and became a lawyer after graduation.
Later, it came to Hong Kong to develop and established Huaguang Shipping Company, which at first had only one ship.
At that time, it was the golden age of global shipping, coupled with good management, the company developed rapidly, and by the 1970s, Huaguang Shipping was already one of the major shipping companies in Hong Kong.
By the 1980s, Zhao had owned more than 70 cargo ships.
At the same time as his career soared, Zhao Congyan's family was also happy and happy, and his wife bore him 4 sons and a daughter in one go.
Zhao Congyan's wife was named Ni Yazhen. She and Zhao Congyan are college classmates, and both share a common hobby--- collecting antiques.
Ni Yazhen gave birth to 4 sons and a daughter:
Sons: Zhao Shipong, Zhao Shiyi, Zhao Shizeng, Zhao Shiguang
Daughter: Zhao Shiliang
The eldest, Zhao Shipeng, studied marine engineering at university, and after graduation, he worked in a shipyard in Norway for many years and also worked as a ship inspector in Britain.
The second son, Zhao Shiyi, chose to become a surgeon, and he married Hong Kong actress Zhang Yan. But he died unexpectedly while diving, at the age of 38.
The third son, Zhao Shi, was the most loved by his mother since he was a child, and he graduated from a British university.
In 1988, he was optimistic about the vigorous development of real estate, independent of the portal, and established Zhuoneng Real Estate, mainly for luxury housing projects.
Therefore, Zhao Congyan intended to train his eldest son Shi Peng and fourth son Shi Guang to manage the family business.
The oil crisis that broke out in the 1980s brought Huaguang into a trough, with debts reaching 6.7 billion yuan. Because the performance was so embarrassing, trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was suspended for a time.
Hua Guang was Zhao Congyan's life's work, how could he watch Hua Guang go bankrupt?
Therefore, he did everything in his power to preserve Huaguang:
On the one hand, the group's core businesses such as the real estate sector will be sold in exchange for cash flow,
On the other hand, the antiques of his own collection were auctioned, according to statistics, hundreds of antiques were auctioned and sold for 300 million Hong Kong dollars.
In this way, Huaguang gradually came out of the trough.
In 1989, Zhao Congyan suffered a stroke and fell ill, so he handed over the company to his eldest son Zhao Shipong and his younger son Zhao Shiguang to take care of.
But unexpectedly, it caused an earthquake within the family:
In 1997, the third son, Zhao Shizeng, together with his elderly mother Ni Yazhen, asked the court to prove whether Zhao Congyan could properly dispose of his property under the Mental Health Regulations.
Zhao Shipong, Zhao Shiguang and Zhao Shiliang, the three brothers and sisters, became another front, demanding the approval of the High Court to interrogate their mother and Zhao Shizeng.
When the family was fighting for production, Zhao Congyan died in 1999, and his wife died the following year.
The Zhao brothers and sisters have different opinions and even scold each other in the media.
When the brothers and sisters turned against each other, Huaguang once again encountered a financial crisis.
Zhao Shiguang stepped forward at this time, and he spent HK$400 million to buy back all of Huaguang's shares.
The eldest brother, Zhao Shipong, died of a sudden heart attack in 2001, and Huaguang has been in the hands of Zhao Shiguang ever since.
In 1972, He Lili and Zhao Shiguang held a grand wedding, after the two had gone through a 5-year love run.
Zhao Congyan also liked this daughter-in-law, and gave He Lili a Rolls-Royce with a big wave of his hand on the wedding day.
When He Lili and Zhao Shiguang got married, the Zhao family's Huaguang Aviation Industry made a profit of more than 70 million yuan that year.
In 1973, the second year after He Lili married into the Zhao family, the Zhao family's Huaguang Shipping Industry was listed, thus becoming one of the four major ship kings in Hong Kong.
After that, Zhao Congyan entered the real estate industry in a big way, investing in the construction of bungalows, office buildings and parking lots, etc., and made a lot of money from real estate developers.
After marriage, He Lili gave birth to 3 daughters in succession, and the fourth child only chased a son.
Less than 10 years after the two were married, Zhao Shiguang had aesthetic fatigue with the star wife and began to pick flowers and weeds outside.
He Lili also knows her husband's affair, but she turns a blind eye, and she is determined not to divorce.
Because she knows that if she divorces, she will only get a alimony.
With Zhao Shiguang's style, he will definitely get a stepmother for his four children, and it is likely that in the future, the family property will belong to Zhao Shiguang's illegitimate children outside.
He Lili is a very open-minded person, she is very good at life herself, and she is willing to spend money on her children.
Zhao Shiming is the eldest daughter of He Lili.
Although He Lili is a movie star, it seems that the level of education is not high, but in fact, she is a very intelligent woman.
She did not value sons over daughters at all, nor did she feel that the family property would be inherited by her son in the future.
She attaches great importance to the education of her daughters:
When Zhao Shiming was 15 years old, he was sent to the United Kingdom by his mother to study.
In terms of professional choices, she also advised her daughter to learn a major that would be helpful in managing the family business.
Therefore, Zhao Shiming clarified his direction very early and studied very hard.
Unlike the eldest daughter of the gambling king, the fourth wife originally suggested that she study business management, but she went to study art.
After graduating from high school, Zhao Shiming entered the University of London to study mathematics and management.
After graduation, Zhao Shiming also stayed in London to study shipping courses.
It can be seen that she has planned her life quite clearly.
After returning to Hong Kong, in order to exercise herself, Zhao Shiming entered jardine securities and other companies.
In 1999, Grandpa Zhao Congyan died, and several brothers of the Zhao family made a lot of trouble, repeatedly facing the court, and suddenly became a laughingstock.
Huaguang's stock price plummeted, and many shareholders withdrew their shares.
Zhao Shiguang resolutely bought all the shares back, and Huaguang once again completely returned to the hands of the Zhao family.
In 2001, his uncle Zhao Shipong died of a sudden heart attack, and the family business was taken over by his father Zhao Shiguang.
Zhao Shiguang was very busy at this time, so he called his eldest daughter Zhao Shiming back to help him take care of the company's business.
Zhao Shiming was ordered to return to Huaguang.
But two years later, his father, Zhao Shiguang, was hospitalized for a stroke and needed to stay in bed for a long time.
At this time, the company's affairs can only be managed by Zhao Shiming alone, and the pressure she faces at this time can be described as not small:
On the one hand, after Zhao Shipong's death, his children also looked at the family business and hoped to take power.
On the other hand, Huaguang's performance at that time was still relatively sluggish, and both shareholders and employees appeared to have insufficient confidence.
Although Zhao Shiming was still relatively young at that time, she was very calm and calm.
She held a board meeting, listened to the company's core senior management suggestions on the development of the enterprise, and jointly found the bottleneck problems faced by the development of the enterprise, and also formed an effective countermeasure.
With hard work, the company has survived a serious crisis.
Not only that, in the gradual decline of the shipping industry and the overall downturn, Huaguang has maintained a remarkable performance of profitability for eight consecutive years under her leadership.
In 2015, Zhao Shiming became the chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association as the chairman of the board of directors of Huaguang Shipping.
It is also the first female president of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association since its inception in 1965.
His father, Zhao Shiguang, died in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital in 2016 at the age of 76.
He saw that the eldest daughter was so good, and he must have been more pleased, in the last days of his life, he made a will, leaving 7 billion yuan of property to the original He Lili and his four children.
His 3 illegitimate children outside were not mentioned in the will.
This popular Hong Kong rich man, perhaps at the last moment of his life, realized:
People who have always really cared about themselves are always their original match.
Zhao Shiming has always been in charge of the family business, in addition to his own excellent ability, there is another reason, that is:
Her younger brother Zhao Shiqing was not interested in the management of the family business.
When Zhao Shiqing graduated from high school, his father hoped that he would study law and help run the family business in the future.
However, Zhao Shiqing did not listen to his father's advice, nor did he realize the heavy responsibility he would have to bear as the only son in the future.
He insisted on going his own way, and with the love of his heart, he chose to major in philosophy.
He went to Durham University in the United Kingdom to study philosophy.
Zhao Shiqing has been very interested in Chinese martial arts since childhood, and since the age of 8, he has insisted on learning martial arts.
He has always believed that martial arts are the treasures of profound traditional Chinese culture, exuding endless charm.
When he was studying in the UK, he actively promoted martial arts culture abroad, and he hoped that more people could appreciate the charm of Chinese martial arts.
Haha, it is estimated that it was deeply influenced by Bruce Lee.
Zhao Shiqing used his resources and influence to promote the establishment of the Chinese Guoshu Association and the Hakka Kung Fu Culture Research Association.
At the same time, he also collaborated with the City University of Hong Kong to establish the world's first library of martial arts living movements.
The folk Chinese martial arts have been raised to the height of scholarship.
He is also very interested in the culture of ethnic minorities, likes to travel to places inhabited by ethnic minorities, observe the local customs and customs, and he also makes a special documentary.
In short, he pursues more things at the spiritual level of self and is more artistic.
Zhao Shiqing himself is relatively relaxed and dashing, and can freely engage in the cause he loves.
However, all this is because there is a sister Zhao Shiming, who is helping him withstand the pressure and shoulder the heavy responsibility.
Only two or three years after Zhao Shiming entered the family business, his father suffered a stroke and was paralyzed.
Generally speaking, it is more prudent to cultivate family successors in ten years and eight years, so that there will be a comprehensive and clear understanding of the operation of the enterprise.
It can be seen that the pressure and difficulties faced by Zhao Shiming at that time were not generally small.
But she gritted her teeth and persevered.
To this end, she also gave up a lot of things, and when other celebrities were busy dressing up and falling in love, she had to hold meetings and work overtime in the company.
In order to improve the performance of the enterprise, it is also necessary to keep running around.
Faced with such a lot of work pressure, Zhao Shiming's personal feelings are not smooth.
Zhao Shiming had been photographed and dragged with Wang Shide, Hu Wenxin and others, but they all died without a problem.
Hu Wenxin is the son of Hu Yingxiang, a rich man in Hong Kong.
Maybe the ability is too good for men to reach,
Maybe she couldn't find the time to think about getting married and having children.
In short, by the age of 35, she was still single.
But she doesn't seem to be in a hurry, a confident, confident woman who doesn't marry for the sake of getting married.
In 2010, 35-year-old Zhao Shiming ushered in his love.
At that time, Qiu Huawei, the son of Qiu Dachang, chairman of the Far East Development Group, met her at an event, and then fell in love with Zhao Shiming, who was 15 years older, and boldly confessed.
At that time, Qiu Huawei was only 20 years old, in fact, when Qiu Huawei was a child, Zhao Shiming knew him.
Previously, she had always regarded Qiu Huawei as a younger brother, and did not think that this little boy would grow up to be 20 years old and actually fall in love with herself.
Born in 1990, Yau Wai Wai is also a well-known rich third generation in Hong Kong.
Qiu Huawei's grandfather was the famous Asian Television founder Qiu Degen.
Mr. Qiu was a self-made billionaire who first worked in Shanghai and later in Hong Kong.
When he first arrived in Hong Kong, he only opened a small theater in the countryside of Hong Kong, and he didn't think that the business was surprisingly good. Later he opened more than a dozen cinemas.
After digging the first pot of gold, Qiu Degen entered the financial industry.
Founded a lot of money houses in the countryside of Hong Kong, which is also very profitable, and then Qiu Degen upgraded the money house to a bank.
Founded the Far East Group.
Qiu Degen's wife later died in an air crash, and he went on to turn his sister-in-law into his wife.
At one point, the original children were dissatisfied with this father.
After years of hard work, Qiu Degen has become a billionaire in Hong Kong, with several listed companies under his name.
But the billionaire reached his old age and suffered from dementia, but the children of the two wives ignored him, because they felt that he was partial to the other room, so the evening scene was a bit desolate.
After Qiu Degen's death, Qiu Huawei's father, Qiu Dachang, inherited the family business.
Therefore, Qiu Huawei also became the heir of the third generation of the family.
Qiu Huawei has three older sisters, who are very famous in Hong Kong and are known as the three sisters of the Qiu family.
They are often active in hong Kong's celebrity circle, and they also have very good relations with Xu Ziqi, Li Jiaxin and others.
At first, when Qiu Huawei confessed to Zhao Shiming, Zhao Shiming did not take this matter to heart.
The two have known each other since childhood, Qiu Huawei's sister is Zhao Shiming's close girlfriend, and Zhao Shiming has always regarded Qiu Huawei as his younger brother, so when he heard his confession, he was really shocked.
However, Qiu Huawei is very persistent.
In 2015, the two secretly obtained a license abroad and registered for marriage without the parents of both sides.
In the same year, Zhao Shiming and Qiu Huawei's first child was born.
After Qiu Huawei's parents learned the news, they were very happy and gladly accepted the marriage that they did not agree to.
The next year, Zhao Shiming had another child.
During the period when the sister was pregnant and gave birth, the younger brother took over the baton of his sister in 2017 and managed the family business.
So that the sister can give birth to children and take care of small babies with peace of mind.
However, a few years later, in 2019, Zhao Shiming returned to Huaguang Aviation again to assist her brother in running the company.
Qiu Huawei's unpromising relationship with Zhao Shiming has now gone through ten years.
He Lili's fierceness lies in the fact that she can survive and has a strong psychological quality.
Even if the rich husband has relatives outside and has given birth to 3 illegitimate children, she just does not divorce, in one sentence:
Survive the husband of the affair and obtain 7 billion family property.
He Lili is so fierce because she is sober enough and transparent enough:
As long as her original status is there, the children outside are illegitimate children, and the inheritance of family property is her own children.
Her daughter Zhao Shiming was even more ruthless:
She entered the family business in her 20s and became the first female president of the Hong Kong Shipowners' Association for 50 years.
And at the age of 40, he married a rich boyfriend who was 15 years younger and gave birth to two children.
Wealth, career, love, children, she has it.
The point is that her husband, although 15 years younger than her, is not a flirtatious person, and both focus on running the family business.
He Lili is fierce enough, in fact, her daughter is even more fierce:
She managed the family business with her own ability and handed over beautiful performance to shareholders.
She ignored the world's eyes and married her boyfriend, who was 15 years younger, and the boyfriend was still a rich man, and after marriage, she held her husband.
She can withstand the pressure, without fear of the outside world's eyes, to show everyone:
Who says women are inferior to men? Who says a daughter can't inherit the family business?
Who rules that women must marry men older than themselves?
She was born with a golden key, and inherited the beauty of a star mother,
At the same time, she has the ability to take the family business to a new level and is super resistant to pressure.
She also married a rich old friend who was 15 years younger and firmly controlled her husband's heart.
Among the famous women in Hong Kong, she is beautiful, powerful, intelligent, and family happiness.
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The author | Linda
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