"My name is Zhang Ziqiang, and I kidnapped your son..."
In May 1996, a recording was disclosed in large and small media in Hong Kong, causing a lot of turmoil. The reason is that this kidnapper named Zhang Ziqiang kidnapped Li Ka-shing's son Li Zeju and demanded a ransom of one billion.
You must know that it has become common for rich people to be kidnapped for ransom, but most people are afraid that their true faces will be exposed, but Zhang Ziqiang directly appeared at Li Ka-shing's home and traded with him face-to-face.
is such a bold robber, but he warned his subordinates more than once: Do not touch Huo Yingdong and his family.
The reason for this is inseparable from the fact that Huo Yingdong was able to obtain the "state funeral specifications" after his death.
Patriotism in both directions
At the end of 1950, Chairman Mao kicked off the prelude to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea with the slogan of "fight with one punch, lest a hundred punches come".
In the case of New China, it is not easy to send nearly 10,000 volunteers to the battle.
First and foremost, there is the problem of resource scarcity.
Time is tight and the tasks are heavy, and many volunteers do not have winter clothes after entering the DPRK, let alone armaments, medical supplies and other materials. Therefore, the state called on all walks of life to donate money and materials to support the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
At this time, some people started to think crookedly, and they actually wanted to make a "national disaster".
On the other hand, there are people who are truly patriotic. Among them, Huo Yingdong can be called on the list.
At that time, Britain submitted to the coercion of the United States and announced that it would "prohibit the shipment of 13 types of goods from Britain or its place of origin (leased Hong Kong) to the mainland".
After Huo Yingdong learned about it, he took over the heavy responsibility despite the assassination of people outside the country.
With his influence and generosity, he raised materials such as hemostatic cotton wool, gasoline, and tires, and then formed a fleet and secretly transported them to Shekou, a small rural village in Shenzhen, and handed them over to the Chinese Communist Party.
From a literal point of view, it is already dangerous, but the actual operation is even more dangerous.
At that time, there were a lot of gossips about Fok Yingdong, and he never defended it, only confiding the truth later.
"You know, if something is unfair when doing business and dealing with the mainland, some people will say that you are making 'national troubles' and 'robbing shopping materials' - the crime can be told by others. I have my principles. At that time, some people sold Western medicines, some were fake, some were expired medicines, or there was no disinfectant film, which was unreasonable. ”
However, Premier Zhou's words "friends in adversity" strongly rejected the outside world's doubts about Fok Yingdong, and also affirmed his considerable contribution to resisting US aid to Korea.
And Fok Yingdong has indeed lived up to the trust of the country and devoted himself to promoting the country's development.
For example, he was one of the first Hong Kong businessmen to participate in reform and opening up, and also established the "Fok Ying Tung Foundation" to help the development of the mainland, and resolutely supported the idea of "one country, two systems" after Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and got involved in sports and charity in the mainland.
Fok Yingdong's contribution to the motherland is undoubted, so he is known as a "red businessman". And his behavior also opened the continuation and inheritance of the Huo family's family style.
A continuous future development
"Investment and donation have only one purpose, that is, to hope that the country will prosper and the nation will be prosperous and strong. I have never forgotten that I am a Chinese, and I am willing to do my best to do more practical things for the prosperity of the country. ”
This is what Fok Yingdong once said, and it is also his words and deeds from the inside out.
Born in May 1923 in a poor family in Hong Kong, Fok Ying-tung lost his father and brother at an early age, and lived a difficult life with his mother, and also went through that difficult period related to China's fate.
Huo Yingdong remembered that humiliating history, and also embarked on the road of rebellion against the sky and changed his life.
As the saying goes, "he is still a teenager after returning from a thousand sails", he can succeed, in addition to his good business acumen, he also has his own unswerving original intention.
That is a pure patriotic heart.
In 1964, Fok Yingdong was invited to participate in the "National Day Night", and in 1984, he participated in the 35th anniversary military parade and climbed Tiananmen Square.
This is enough to see the recognition of him at the national level.
Therefore, if someone with bad intentions wants to move Huo Yingdong, he must weigh the country standing behind him.
After Fok Ying-tung died of illness on October 28, 2006, his coffin was draped with the "five-star red flag", and he was praised as "an outstanding social activist, a well-known industrialist in Hong Kong, a famous patriot, and a close friend of the Communist Party of China".
It can be said that no merchant's funeral, and no country's evaluation of a merchant, can be worthy of him.
Since then, the Huo family has continued the tradition of Fok Yingdong and has always been a staunch guardian of the motherland and a patriotic businessman. Although he is said to be "in the middle of the road" and rarely conducts commercial activities, his descendant Huo Qigang entered politics and can be regarded as inheriting his grandfather's mantle in a certain sense.
"Businessmen value profits", human nature, but there should be nationality, to know that the prosperity of the country is the premise of personal development.
Without the stability of the country, how can there be stability and prosperity of a small family!