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Died by suicide
January 2018, which is the eighth day of the lunar month, coincides with the traditional Chinese Laba Festival. According to traditional customs, this day is a time for family members to come together and share a steaming Laba congee.
The streets and alleys are also filled with a strong New Year atmosphere, and many people who are studying or working hard outside have embarked on the journey home, looking forward to the arrival of the Spring Festival.
At this moment, Mao Kankan was sitting alone in a closed room, at a loss in his heart. His once glorious life has now fallen to such a point.
I remember that in 2015, he also co-founded Wanjia E-sports with Wanjia Culture, a well-known listed company, and ambitiously wanted to show his strength in the field of e-sports. But now, the company that was once pinned on high hopes is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Mao Kankan's financial situation is precarious, the company's employees' salaries, utilities and other basic expenses are unsustainable, and his cars, housing and other assets are also fully mortgaged.
After experiencing this series of setbacks, Mao Kankan's inner sense of despair has spread to the extreme. He no longer sees hope for the future, and he does not want to fight this harsh reality any longer.
On this Laba Festival, when everyone else is sitting around the warmth of their homes enjoying the reunion time, Mao Kankan sits alone in a cold room, his heart full of despair and helplessness.
He slowly closed the door of his house, turned on the gas canister, and waited quietly for death to come.
Just before committing suicide, Mao Kankan left a short sentence in the circle of friends: "I love you and never regret it, and at the same time I respect the ending of every story." This lyric comes from the movie's theme song "Decent", perhaps Mao Kankan wants to add a heart-wrenching decency to himself.
Soon, his life came to an end in the silence of this Laba Festival.
This genius boy, who was only 35 years old, left this world forever. As soon as the news of Mao Kankan's suicide was confirmed, all kinds of media immediately reported the news overwhelmingly.
Most followers and the general public wondered why this once-glamorous genius would choose to end his life in such an extreme way.
The trajectory of life
Mao Kankan was born in a military camp family compound near Wukesong in Beijing, and his grandmother worked at Bayi Film Studio. From an early age, he has already shown unusual talent and talent.
6-year-old Xiao Mao Kankan was able to skillfully operate the computer collected at home, which undoubtedly brought a key turning point in his life trajectory.
While other children are attracted to computer games, Xiao Mao Kankan discovers the infinite mysteries inherent in computers. His passion for computer programming has reached an uncontrollable level, and it has become the number one priority in his life to devote himself to the in-depth exploration of computers immediately after school.
At the age of 14, Mao Kankan's talent has already shone brightly. His written works began to be published in well-known IT professional journals such as Popular Software, and gained wide attention.
At the same time, he has also successfully obtained three heavyweight certifications from Microsoft: MCP, MCSE, and MCDBA. These moves undoubtedly show the young Mao Kankan's profound strength in the field of computer technology.
With these outstanding achievements, Mao Kankan successfully found a lucrative job with a monthly salary of up to 3,600 yuan. But he didn't rest on his laurels, but began to look for opportunities to change jobs, dreaming that he could embark on the road of entrepreneurship.
Eventually, he successfully founded an advertising agency and started his own entrepreneurial journey.
In just 23 years, this genius boy has a net worth of up to 60 million yuan. He is known as one of the "Four Lesser IT Workers in Beijing", and he has also appeared frequently in major media reports.
The young and promising Mao Kankan seems to have become an entrepreneurial idol in the hearts of countless young people.
While his career was booming, Mao Kankan's life began to fall into one trough after another. After the failure of his first venture, he began to suffer from severe depression, and since then he has been on a bumpy journey in life.
Although Mao's family did not support his choice at first, he still insisted on embarking on the path of entrepreneurship.
Mao Kankan's life trajectory can be called a bumpy journey of a genius boy. Having shown an extraordinary talent for programming since the age of 6, he has amassed such a wealth in just 23 years and has become a high-profile entrepreneurial icon.
However, the impermanence of fate eventually pushed him into the abyss, and his life was full of ups and downs.
Entrepreneurial experience
Although the failure of his first venture brought a serious blow to Mao Kankan, he did not give up. After suffering successive failures in the field of medical resources and traffic navigation software, Mao Kankan ushered in new opportunities in 2015.
That year, he joined forces with Wanjia Culture, a well-known listed company, to jointly establish Wanjia E-sports. It was a big decision for the young entrepreneur.
He is ambitious to dedicate himself to esports and hopes to make it even greater.
Contrary to expectations, Wanjia E-sports encountered unprecedented challenges in the process of operation. At that time, the esports industry and the capital market were not yet fully integrated, and Mao Kankan's innovative business strategy could not find any previous experience to refer to.
The most desperate thing is that Wanjia Esports is like a bottomless pit, which needs to be continuously injected with a lot of money to keep running.
At this moment, the news that seemed to be a glimmer of life came - the famous actor Zhao Wei and her husband's company, Longwei Media, announced that they would fully enter Wanjia Culture.
The acquisition has sparked a lot of controversy, because Longwei Media has only prepared a measly 60 million yuan for this purpose, and this excessive use of leverage has attracted great attention from the regulatory authorities.
This undoubtedly became the last straw that crushed Wanjia E-sports. Faced with the situation of being on the verge of bankruptcy, Wanjia E-sports finally found Xiangyuan, which is good at tourism real estate business, as a successor, and officially changed its name to Xiangyuan Culture.
Regrettably, Xiangyuan Holdings has not been able to completely reverse the long-term difficulties of Wanjia E-sports. The containment of the new shareholders makes it difficult for Mao Kankan to obtain the necessary funds even if he exerts all his strength.
The company's financial situation is precarious, and Mao Kankan's assets such as cars and housing have been fully mortgaged, but it is still difficult to afford necessary expenses such as employee salaries and the company's water, electricity, and rent, so he has no choice but to declare the company bankrupt.
The once high-spirited entrepreneur Mao Kankan instantly became a poor man with a lot of assets. This turning point in his entrepreneurial journey undoubtedly brought him a heavy blow and became an important fuse that triggered his final tragic ending.
Sprawl and impact
In fact, Mao's tragedy stems from the severe depression that began to haunt him as early as after the failure of his first venture. Since his diagnosis, he has experienced more than 10 years of painful suffering, and although he has always insisted on receiving medication, his condition has not improved significantly.
The causes of depression are often caused by a combination of factors, including sudden and major changes in life, increased social stress, and even genetic or physiological factors.
When Mao's mother's diary was made public, most people believed that it was the failure of the business that caused Mao's depression, which directly caused the source of great changes in his life and the huge social pressure, which led to worsening depressive symptoms.
Depression is not an instantaneous onset, but a long and tortuous process. From the moment Mao Kankan came to prominence in the public eye, the hidden danger of depression has been quietly buried.
Although Mao Kankan's family did not support his choice at first, he made his own decision in the face of difficulties.
The answer lies in the fact that these achievements are too amazing for Mao Kankan's age. This makes him an idol in the hearts of many young entrepreneurs. However, being young is not a good thing, and on the contrary, it can lead to a serious lack of social experience.
At a time when he should have been playing and struggling with his peers carefree, Mao Kankan was prematurely exposed to the complexities of real life. The absence of these experiences is bound to have a profound impact on their mental health.
When he suffered an unprecedented defeat, the protective wall of his mind gradually collapsed, and depression came into being.
Mao Kankan's once brilliant reputation has now evolved into a heavy shackle that binds his body and mind. And the shadow of failure behind the halo is even more unwilling.
Whether it is a career failure or debt, it is not the most terrible thing in itself, the saddest thing is that Mao Kankan's hope for life has been completely lost.
When Mao Kankan chose to end his life by suicide, what kind of huge changes and great pressure did he encounter, so that the continuous entrepreneurial failure and debt troubles could no longer be supported? As a genius boy who is regarded as an entrepreneurial idol, there must be a revelation worth pondering behind Mao Kankan's tragedy.
Every stage of life, big or small, is an integral part. The level of psychological maturity is closely related to each experience and growth. Therefore, the absence of any experience is bound to have an impact on mental health.
Mao Kankan lacked a lot of necessary growth experience in his childhood, which undoubtedly became the fuse for the subsequent tragedy.
When he suffered an unprecedented defeat, the protective wall of his mind gradually collapsed, and depression came into being. In this regard, we must not only mourn Mao Kankan's tragic experience, but also draw a warning from it.
Entrepreneurship isn't just about the glamorous side, more often than not, it's accompanied by a lot of stress and painful struggles.
We should look at the so-called "entrepreneurial myth" rationally, pay attention to the mental health of entrepreneurs, and provide them with timely support and counseling. Only in this way can we avoid more tragedies that will be repeated in the future.
Let us mourn together for this talented young man, and at the same time light the lamp of hope for all entrepreneurs, and wish everyone can reap their own success and happiness on the entrepreneurial journey.