preface
When it comes to Li Ka-shing, I believe that many people are not strangers. This legendary business wizard has been the richest man in China for 15 consecutive years since 1999 and the richest man in Hong Kong for 21 consecutive years.
For this self-made businessman who was selected as one of the "World's Top Ten Most Influential Chinese Business Figures", someone once said, "When it comes to Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, people always say how he founded Acer with superhuman skills, and few people talk about his virtuous helper and career helper Ms. Zhuang Yueming." ”
However, it is lamentable that it was this Kenneth Assistant Ms. Zhuang Yueming, who made an important contribution to Li Ka-shing's cause, who died at the age of 58. For the death of Ms. Zhuang Yueming, the Li family gave the claim that it was due to a sudden heart attack and died after ineffective rescue.
However, there are various rumors about the cause of Zhuang Yueming's death, one of which is that in 1989, during the cross-Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, took Li Ka-hsin home, and 3 hours later, mrs. Zhuang Yueming, found that he died suddenly. What kind of story has happened to this? Is the death of Ms. Zhuang Yueming as rumored?
01 The poor boy meets his cousin who loves each other
Li Ka-shing can be said to be one of the models of self-made among the rich. In 1928, Li Ka-shing was born into an intellectual family in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, and his father, Li Yunjing, returned to his hometown to become a primary school principal after failing to do business in his early years. If there is no accident, the smart and studious Li Ka-shing may inherit his father's mantle and become a teacher who "peach and plum are all over the world".
However, contrary to his wishes, in 1939, when Li Ka-shing was still in junior high school, his fate changed due to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. In order to escape the devastation of artillery fire, Li Ka-shing's family had to leave their hometown in Chaozhou and flee to their uncle's house in Hong Kong.
At that time, his uncle Zhuang Jing'an, as the founder of Zhongnan Watch Company, had a well-off family, and Li Ka-shing first worked as a handyman in his uncle's watch shop to pour tea and water as an apprentice.
The days under the fence are also lived day by day. In 1943, Li Ka-shing's father died of lung disease, and before he died, he called his son to his side and said to him in a serious voice: "It is better to seek others than to seek oneself. Don't be discouraged when you're frustrated, and don't forget when you're proud. ”
Li Ka-shing's words before his deathbed were always remembered by Li Ka-shing, which also became the source of his courage in the face of setbacks and difficulties in the future.
When his father died, Li Ka-shing was only 15 years old and was still a minor child, but by this time he already knew that he had to shoulder the burden of the family.
Even if he helps out at his uncle's watch shop, he knows how to look at words and colors. While helping in his uncle's shop, Li Ka-shing met his cousin Zhuang Yueming, his future wife, and an ignorant love sprouted in the hearts of these young boys and girls.
Li Ka-shing's little cousin Zhuang Yueming, not only smart and clever but also kind-hearted, studied at the Hong Kong Higher College since childhood, proficient in English and Japanese, and also studied at Meiji University in Japan, which can be said to be the palm pearl of his uncle's family.
At that time, Li Ka-shing was a poor boy in the eyes of everyone, and he was not worthy of Zhuang Yueming, a well-off, dignified and beautiful Miss Qianjin.
Leaving aside that the two are close relatives, the disparity in family situation has become a huge obstacle on the road of love between the two, and I would like to ask where in the world would a father be willing to marry his baby daughter to a down-and-out migrant worker, so that his daughter can live a poor life? Even her own mother, Zhuang Biqin, was not optimistic about the love between the two.
But the obstruction of his father and his family did not separate the two fiery hearts, and Zhuang Yueming not only did not dislike Li Ka-shing who had nothing, but also particularly appreciated his talent.
02 To be recognized to marry a lover Boys struggle to earn tens of millions
Perhaps in order to prove to his uncle that he had the ability to provide a better life for his cousin, or perhaps for a strong sense of self-esteem, Li Ka-shing resolutely quit his job at the watch shop arranged by his uncle and went to the watch shop outside to work as an ordinary clerk.
2 years later, Li Ka-shing began to work as a hardware factory salesman sweeping the street to sell things, why did he leave the bookmaker and choose to be a salesman outside? In his later years, Li Ka-shing said:
"First, I don't want to send people under the fence. People should have dignity, and men should be even more so. Second, the work of the salesman trains people. Young people do not suffer bitterly. ”
As a salesman, you can contact all kinds of people, from the work experience of salesmen, Li Ka-shing is also constantly being tempered, with a generous treatment of others, honest style of life, he made a lot of good friends, laid a good foundation for later entrepreneurship.
Because of his outstanding performance, in his second year as a salesman in a hardware factory, Li Ka-shing, who was only 20 years old, was promoted to general manager. And this is just the beginning of Li Ka-shing's career. In 1950, 22-year-old Li Ka-shing used the 7,000 yuan he had saved from his part-time job to establish the Yangtze River Plastic Factory in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong.
Because of the limited funds, Li Ka-shing had to save costs everywhere, many things were personally done, he held several positions, he was not only the boss, but also an operator, technician, designer, salesman, purchaser, accountant, cashier... In short, he appears wherever he is needed.
1957 was also a meaningful year for Li Ka-shing, when he changed the former Changjiang Plastic Factory to today's Changjiang Industrial Co., Ltd.
In order to produce products different from other manufacturers, Li Ka-shing had a unique vision of Italian plastic flowers, so he went to Italy alone to learn the craft, and it was this learning that brought unexpected gains to Li Ka-shing.
As the business of the factory is getting better and better, the scale is gradually expanding, the Yangtze River Factory at this time has also become the world's largest manufacturer of plastic flowers, on this basis, Li Ka-shing has set his sights on foreign countries, actively explored foreign markets, and finally became the "King of Plastic Flowers".
In fact, in the early days of the factory, Li Ka-shing was also briefly lost. Because after going to Italy to learn the plastic flower process, the business is extremely hot, the product has been in short supply, at this time in order to cope with the order of the Yangtze River Plastic Factory there was a quality accident, this accident once made the plastic factory into a crisis, on the verge of bankruptcy.
With the encouragement of his mother and the help of his cousin Zhuang Yueming, Li Ka-shing and his plastic factory survived this difficult time.
Li Ka-shing, who has a successful career, after earning 10 million yuan with his own efforts, the first thing he did was to go to his uncle's house to propose marriage and put forward a request to marry Zhuang Yueming. Zhuang Yueming's father also saw Li Ka-shing's ability, and his daughter was also determined not to marry, and was finally persuaded by the sincerity of the two and agreed to marry his daughter to him.
03 The couple should have been happy to be with each other, but they were stepped in by a bright actress
In 1963, 35-year-old Li Ka-shing and 31-year-old Zhuang Yueming finally entered the palace of marriage under the blessing of two family relatives and friends, and this love of young plum bamboo horses went through several twists and turns, and finally came to fruition after more than ten years.
In fact, from the perspective of age, Zhuang Yueming knew Li Ka-shing in her teenage years, and communicated with her heart, and now when she gives Li Ka-shing, she is 31 years old, and it is reasonable to say that she has passed the girlhood, but she has been loved by her parents since she was a child, and her mind has always been as simple as a girl.
Her feelings for Li Ka-shing are also very pure and loyal, in order to let her daughter give up Li Ka-shing, Zhuang father and Zhuang mother did not spend less effort to arrange blind dates for their daughters, but no matter how their parents persuaded, Zhuang Yueming was dead set on Li Ka-shing, and told her parents that they only had one boyfriend in this life, and they would not marry in this life.
Perhaps when Father Zhuang agreed to this marriage, he was also touched by his daughter's persistence!
After marriage, Zhuang Yueming joined the Yangtze River Industrial Company, she herself has a higher education, coupled with proficiency in English and Japanese, contributed a lot to Li Ka-shing's career, coupled with her generosity, modesty and diligence, very respected by the company's employees.
As a helper, Li Ka-shing's many major decisions contain Zhuang Yueming's wisdom and painstaking efforts.
Just as the so-called "husband and wife are in the same heart and their profits and gold", with the joint efforts of the two, Li Ka-shing's career is in the sky. However, Zhuang Yueming, who has superior ability, does not have much ambition in his career, and he has never wanted to be alone, become the existence of a strong woman, and when his career is at its most brilliant, he is willing to retreat behind the scenes for love.
After the birth of li zeju and Li Zekai's two sons, Zhuang Yueming put away his sharp edge, gave up his career, focused his life on the family, and was willing to take care of the children and family for Li Ka-shing, and be the woman behind Li Ka-shing.
As a woman, Zhuang Yueming gave her all for Li Ka-shing and her family.
In the 1980s, Li Ka-shing, who had transformed into a real estate tycoon, soared in value and became a well-known and wealthy businessman in Hong Kong. It is said that men who have money will become bad, and even Li Ka-shing, a wise and foolish business tycoon, has not escaped the "beauty pass".
At that time, Hong Kong can be said to be the heyday of the film and television industry, and at the same time, a large number of goddesses emerged, and a hundred flowers competed for glory. Li Ka-shing also has a scandal with some famous movie stars, the most popular topic of which is Li Ka-shin.
Everyone's first reaction to mentioning Li Jiaxin is a goddess, and Li Jiaxin in her youth is indeed incredibly beautiful! In this gentle township of beautiful women, Li Ka-shing fell. Some people even said that Li Ka-shing was able to win the Miss Hong Kong in 1988.
04 Happy New Year for the Family Zhuang Yueming suddenly died violently
"The new flowers are better than the old ones, and there is no heart to part from them from now on." In the face of her husband's various peach scandals, Zhuang Yueming was heartbroken, but in order to protect love and family that were not easy to come by, Zhuang Mingyue could only choose to turn a blind eye, but everything had to have a bottom line, and the final bottom line of Zhuang Yueming to Li Ka-shing was that he could play but could not take it home.
However, on New Year's Day 1989, Li Ka-shing finally broke this bottom line.
On the evening of December 31, 1989, which was supposed to be a good day to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, Li Ka-shing and Zhuang Yueming attended the welcome party, and the couple became the most eye-catching spotlight as soon as they appeared.
On that day, Zhuang Yueming was dressed in a lake green velvet cheongsam, draped in a snow-white mink coat, and greeted everyone with a smile.
At this time, the husband and wife have spent 26 spring and autumn together. However, unexpectedly, the next afternoon, Zhuang Yueming was found to have died suddenly at home, at the age of 58.
For Zhuang Yueming's sudden and sudden death, the Li family fell into deep grief. Why did you attend the banquet last night and die suddenly the next day?
Because Zhuang Yueming died too suddenly, there were rumors that on New Year's Day 1989, Li Ka-shing gave his lover Li Ka-hsin a check for 30 million yuan and took it home for the night in the early hours of the morning.
This undoubtedly touched the bottom line of his wife Zhuang Yueming, who died suddenly just three hours after Li Jiaxin entered Li Ka-shing's home, and her death had a lot to do with Li Jiaxin.
These are just some rumors of the people, for the death of Zhuang Yueming, the Li family still firmly said to the outside world that it was because of a sudden heart attack.
However, some people here have questioned why Zhuang Yueming did not live in the villa that Li Ka-shing bought for him at great expense in Deep Water Bay, but in a small apartment.
Coupled with the fact that it was the time of the New Year's family reunion, why Zhuang Yueming only lived alone, and found that her person was still her brother, and after being sent to the hospital, the Li family came to the hospital. For these doubts and some speculations circulating, the Li family has denied them one by one.
For the real cause of Zhuang Yueming's death, perhaps it was because of a sudden heart attack, or some other reason, as they said, this may only be known to the parties involved!
05 Grief-stricken remembrance of his wife Vows not to marry again in this life
After Zhuang Yueming's death, Li Ka-shing was very sad and made a vow at his wife's grave not to marry his wife again, and there was only one wife in his life, Zhuang Yueming.
In fact, he did indeed do it, although he was accompanied by a confidant with a red face, but it was limited to the relationship between male and female friends, and the position of wife in Li Ka-shing's heart could only be possessed by Zhuang Yueming, which may also be the last dignity he left for his deceased wife.
The reason why she was able to make Li Ka-shing pay so much attention was actually doomed from the initial encounter between the two. As a rich woman, Zhuang Yueming did not abandon the poor li ka-shing, and when he was lonely and helpless, he reached out to help, perhaps at that time Li Ka-shing had already determined in his heart that this girl was his only wife in this life.
Zhuang Yueming's heart is kind, dignified and virtuous, and he is smart and sensitive, which makes Li Ka-shing feel that this is a woman who can fight with herself.
If you have such talent and beauty in this life, what do you want from a woman who is fully helpful to yourself? It was Zhuang Yueming's intelligence and kindness that made Li Ka-shing remember her, and even after her death, she made a promise not to continue the string.
For 31 years, Li Ka-shing has taken his whole family to worship his wife every New Year's Day, rain or shine. In honor of his beloved wife, Li Ka-shing also built the "Zhuang Yueming Building Group" at the University of Hong Kong. However, opinions vary on the building.
Because the appearance is different from other buildings, it looks like a "coffin" shape, it is said to mean "promotion and fortune", plus the handrail of the staircase is all made of Liuzhou wood (high-grade coffin), the elevator in the building can only go up, and there are three fountains outside the building, just like the form of three-pillar incense...
These anti-human designs inevitably make people speculate that this "Zhuang Yueming Building" built by Li Ka-shing is a large feng shui array, in order to retain a wisp of the soul of his beloved wife, and some people say that this building was built to trap his wife's soul, because Zhuang Yueming once brought Li Ka-shing endless wealth.
For all kinds of speculation from the outside world, Li Ka-shing did not express his position, as to why he did this, I am afraid that only he himself knows.
In fact, throughout Zhuang Yueming's life, his life is still not bad. Rich family from a thousand gold, from a young age is the parents' "palm pearl", even in the turbulent times, with a solid family situation can still live a rich life, and later married to the cousin of Qingmei Bamboo Horse Li Ka-shing, the two are in love, the cousin is still her first love.
Although she waited for more than ten years from love to marriage, after marriage, her husband also spoiled her to heaven, and after giving birth to two sons, Zhuang Yueming finally chose to retreat behind the scenes, became her husband's helper, and lived a happy life of her husband's godson. For a woman, to have such a life is actually satisfied.
If there are any regrets, for this rich family, the biggest regret in life may be a little unwilling before death. However, after her death, she also more or less gained a part of the affection from her husband.
epilogue
However, things are uncertain. Once the vicissitudes of the sea were shipwrecked as water, except that Wushan is not a cloud, it may be that the so-called legendary love in the world will probably lose to the actual humanity in the end.
Every woman has a youthful and beautiful time, When Zhuang Yueming was a teenager, Li Ka-shing fell for her cute appearance, but the passage of time has passed, and in the face of greedy and demented human nature, Li Ka-shing still failed Zhuang Yueming, who gave everything for him.
For Li Ka-shing's evaluation, there are many opinions from the outside world. Leaving aside his emotional history for the time being, only from the perspective of Li Ka-shing's philanthropy and anti-epidemic actions in the society in recent years, this real estate tycoon has also made outstanding contributions to the construction of the country.
For example, on 19 May 2008, the Li Ka Shing Foundation, Cheung Kong Group and Hutchison Whampoa Group donated RMB 100 million in the name of the Li Ka Shing Foundation to set up a special education fund for students in the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken areas of 5.12.
On September 8, 2015, Hurun's 2015 Chinese Charity Report was released: Li Ka-shing ranked first. According to the data, the amount of donations from the "Li Ka Shing Foundation" has exceeded HK$15 billion.
In 2020, the Li Ka Shing Foundation donated HK$100 million to Wuhan's epidemic prevention and control work. On 19 February 2022, the Li Ka Shing Foundation announced that it would donate 30 million yuan in the first phase of the fight against the epidemic.
……
In terms of charity, in the face of the country's epidemic, even if he is old, Li Ka-shing still stands at the forefront and does his best to contribute to charity and anti-epidemic causes.
In any case, the achievements of this business giant and the business empire he has created are unshakable, and I believe that he can become a superior person, and there must be something superior to him. As for his history and feelings, everyone has different comments, but what we can do is mutual respect.
bibliography
[1] CCTV: The Li Ka Shing Foundation donated HK$100 million to the Mainland to the disaster relief account
[2] Oriental Fortune Network: The Li Ka Shing Foundation donated HK$30 million to support private hospitals in Hong Kong to accept non-COVID-19 patients
[3] Phoenix.com: She made Li Ka-shing love for forty years (Photos)