preface
In 2009, an entrepreneur refused an offer from a well-known American company and insisted on leaving the United States.
After returning to China, he founded a company called "Innovation Factory".
What is even more surprising is that this company has attracted 864 foreign investment and successfully collected hundreds of billions of funds.
This move by this company injected a strong force into China at that time, allowing China to successfully pass that difficult stage.
Who is the founder of this company, and why did he turn down an invitation from an American company?
Gifted children, young abroad
In 2009, it was well known that after several disasters in '08 and a huge Olympics, China became relatively tight on finance.
At this time, the country needs some new enterprises to blossom all over the country to stimulate China's overall economy, which will help restore the economic market as soon as possible.
At this time, a company called "Innovation Factory" was established in Beijing, and the company's founder, Kai-Fu Lee, attracted 864 companies to enter the Chinese market with his strong connections, promoting the inflow of foreign-funded enterprises.
It was also his decision to invest all the funds originally prepared in the Chinese market, and a series of actions directly led to the loss of hundreds of billions of dollars in the US economic market.
At the same time, his decision has indeed helped countless founders realize their dreams here, and the Meitu mobile phone we know about it, as well as the Maverick electric car, are among the projects that this company has invested in.
Even Lin Bin, one of Xiaomi's founders, has participated in a training course at the Innovation Factory.
Many people admire Kai-Fu Lee's decision, but after learning about his life process, I found that his attitude towards life is worth learning from everyone.
Lee Kai-fu was born in 1961 in Taipei, Taiwan, China, to a political family, and his father, Li Tianmin, was a member of the Legislative Council of the Republic of China and a teacher at the Whampoa Military Academy.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was appointed secretary general of the Sichuan Special Party Department of the Kuomintang.
In 1949, Li Tianmin went to Taiwan with the Nationalist Government and served as a researcher on international issues, later as a professor of history at the National Chengchi University.
After Kai-Fu Lee's mother arrived in Taiwan, she also worked as a professor at Chengchi University.
Born in such a family, his academic talent surpassed that of his older brothers and sisters, and he became the smartest child in the family.
At the age of 4, he could memorize the multiplication formula, and at the age of 5, he was admitted to elementary school with the first grade, and he began to read world classics before he was 10 years old.
Such a genius child, both the Li family's parents were very proud, until the eldest son returned to Taiwan and saw his younger brother attending like this, so they wanted to take him to the United States.
With the consent of the Li family's parents, 11-year-old Kai-Fu Lee followed his brother to the United States, and under his brother's arrangement, he entered a school in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to complete his junior and senior high school studies.
He also won the title of "math genius" with excellent math results.
After graduating from high school, because of his prediction of the computer field, he was admitted to the computer science department of Columbia University with excellent grades.
The university curriculum did not satisfy his desire for a computer science major, and he was admitted to Carnegie Mellon University to pursue a doctorate.
After successfully obtaining his Ph.D., he did not immediately look for a job, but accepted the advice of his supervisor and stayed at the university as an assistant professor.
But being an assistant professor was not his ultimate goal, and he spent two years further consolidating his expertise and working on more related projects under the guidance of his mentor.
In 1990, after deciding to leave school, he submitted his resignation and accepted an olive branch from Apple.
After joining Apple, he successively served as the voice team manager, multimedia director, and finally the vice president of the multimedia department.
During his six years at Apple, he learned a lot and worked on a number of patent projects, but when he felt that his career had reached a bottleneck, he moved to SGI Computer as vice president of the Internet department.
At SGI, he was not put to good use, and his expertise was not put to good use, and he was ready to sell the subsidiary he had established.
Take turns to change jobs and gain experience
Knowing that his hard work was going to be sold, Kai-Fu Lee was very reluctant, and in order to keep his company, he thought of a person, that is, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft.
At first, Bill Gates did not attach much importance to this Chinese, but seeing the patents on his information, Bill Gates was moved.
After some arrangement, Bill Gates agreed to buy the company, but also made a request to him to go to China to open a research institute for Microsoft.
Hearing such a request, Li Kaifu felt that this was an opportunity for himself.
He has always maintained a patriotic heart, and the reason why he is so crazy about absorbing computer knowledge is also to be able to return to the arms of the motherland one day to serve the country.
It was very important for him to have such an opportunity, so he agreed.
In July 1998, he officially joined Microsoft and also went to China to set up a research institute at the request of Bill Gates.
Perhaps both sides attach great importance to this research institute, and this research institute was established in a short period of time, and at the same time, it is also known as "the hottest computer laboratory" by virtue of the gold content of the research laboratory.
Kai-Fu Lee also relied on his previous patents to focus on human-machine software development, and at the same time upgraded the intelligent voice system.
In the years at Microsoft, Kai-Fu Lee made new breakthroughs in multimedia, information processing technology and other projects, which also made important contributions to Microsoft.
After doing a good job in the development project, Microsoft seems to be ready to adjust personnel changes, and at this time, Kai-Fu Lee also feels that the time at Microsoft is almost up.
It so happened that at this time, he received the news that Google was going to set up an R&D center in China.
Microsoft's top management learned that Kai-Fu Lee was about to leave for Google, and they were unwilling to let go, and the two sides fell into anxiety, and finally he officially resigned.
In July 2005, Kai-Fu Lee officially joined Google, but he didn't expect Microsoft to take him to court, accusing him of violating the non-compete agreement.
After nearly half a year of negotiation between the three parties, Google actively campaigned for him, and finally the three parties signed an agreement to maintain peace on the surface, and Microsoft also withdrew the complaint.
With such a resume, it is enough to prove Kai-Fu Lee's ability, and at the same time, the US government also offered to issue him a green card.
But he did not accept that, in his own words, he was Chinese and could not accept a green card from the United States.
In September 2009, he made the shocking decision to leave Google, only to find out that he had set up an "innovation factory" just as everyone wondered where he would go next.
In order to successfully establish this company, he visited the CEOs of Lenovo, New Oriental, Youku and other companies one after another, and the purpose of the visit was to attract sponsorship.
It can be said that in order to return to China to set up this company, he lost part of the network he had built in the United States, but fortunately, his network is strong enough to attract more than 800 companies to invest.
Since the establishment of the Innovation Factory, it has been awarded the title of "One of the Top 10 Brands of the Year 2009".
Lee Kai-fu has much more to China's development, but it is a pity that a physical examination report in 2013 sentenced him to "death".
Diagnosed with cancer, living to die
Since 2013, Kai-Fu Lee has often felt unwell, all because he has been working overtime and staying up late all year round, especially when the project is critical, and his spirit is even more stressful.
For such a period of time, his body lit up with a red light.
After he took the time to go for a physical examination in September, he was dumbfounded the moment he got the physical examination report, and for him, that moment was like the sky had fallen.
It turned out that the physical examination report said "advanced lymphoma", and these words smashed into his heart like a boulder.
Holding the report card, he couldn't calm down for a long time, for him, his career was on the rise, his family was happy and harmonious, and he had a lovely and lively daughter.
is obviously holding the script of a winner in life, why did God give him a heavy blow.
Since his diagnosis of terminal cancer, his mentality has changed dramatically, and he lives in deep pain every day.
It wasn't until one day, looking at the sun outside and looking at the worried eyes of his family, that he realized how stupid it was for him to give up on himself like this.
In order to be able to live, he found the doctor, asked the doctor about the treatment plan, and began to adjust his daily routine and diet according to the doctor's guidance.
Originally, he stayed up late to work every day, but he quit eating irregularly, and he changed his original dislike of sports.
The change of lifestyle, the adjustment of his mentality in the face of illness, and the treatment plan given by professional doctors, he worked hard to cooperate.
In June 2015, after nearly two years of silence, he was active in front of the public again, and at the same time brought good news to everyone, that is, his lymphoma was successfully controlled and continues to improve.
In order to share his treatment experience, he has published several books, including "A Death Lesson" and "Life to Death".
At the same time, he also filmed a short film, hoping that through his own experience, everyone will pay attention to the health of the body, and at the same time, do not give up treatment until the last minute.
Because anything is possible.
epilogue
Kai-Fu Lee is successful as an entrepreneur, and he is equally successful as a patient.
No matter what difficulties he encountered, he never thought of giving up and living to die, which was the best evaluation he gave himself, and it was also the most correct choice he made.