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In 1980, after the 90-year-old KFC founder Harlan Sanders died of leukemia, he left a precious posthumous photo, in which Harlan Sanders lay quietly in a wooden coffin, wearing a white suit, wearing black-framed glasses with his eyes closed, and his expression was peaceful and solemn, as if he had fallen asleep peacefully.
Harlan Sanders, the founder of KFC, is a legendary figure, he has experienced vicissitudes in his life, the first half of his life has gone through hardships and hardships, in order to realize his ideals and ambitions, at the age of 65, he chose to start a business, founded KFC, the world's second largest fast food and the largest fried chicken chain, thus creating a world business legend that has influenced this day.
Harlan Sandoz was born in Henryville, Indiana, USA, to an ordinary family of three children, the eldest of three children, followed by a younger brother and a younger sister.
Although Harlan Sanders' family is not wealthy, his parents have placed the most caring love on Harlan Sanders, which has made Harlan Sanders grow up.
However, fate always likes to play tricks on people, when Harlan Sanders was 5 years old, his father unfortunately died of illness, and the sudden death of his father made Harlan Sanders lose his father's love, and also made the family lose its support and backbone, Harlan Sandoz's mother Margaret can only raise three children alone.
At that time, Margaret had to work two jobs in order to earn enough money to support her three children, and during the day, she would arrange for the three children in the family, and then rush to work in the food factory, and when she returned home at night, she would take on some odd jobs for sewing and mending.
As the eldest son in the family, Harlan Sanders saw his mother working so hard, so he took the initiative to share the responsibility of taking care of the family for his mother and help his mother take care of the younger siblings in the family.
In the process of taking care of his younger siblings, Harlan Sanders learned to be self-reliant and to rely on himself.
In 1902, Harlan Sanders' mother chose to remarry, but Harlan Sanders did not get along well with his stepfather, and conflicts and contradictions often broke out between the two.
After leaving home, Harlan Sandoz went to a farm in Greenwood and worked as a farm worker, every day, Harlan Sandoz would get up early, not only to feed and milk the cows, but also to clean and clean the farm, the farm worker was very heavy, so that Harlan Sanders, who was only 12 years old at the time, felt the hardships and realities of life.
In 1906, 16-year-old Harlan Sanders first worked as a conductor for a period of time in a tram company, and then joined the army and became a soldier for a while, but the status of a soldier did not allow the young Harlan Sanders to find a sense of belonging and achievement, so he chose to leave the army not long after joining the army.
After being discharged from the army, Harlan Sanders worked as a blacksmith, furnace burner, lawyer and other professions, but these occupations became more and more bumpy, which made Harlan Sanders fall into the predicament and quagmire of life, which made him very confused and lost.
In 1925, 35-year-old Harlan Sandoz was driving out to sell tires when he accidentally drove his car into the river, and he almost lost his life.
In 1935, at the age of 40, Harlan Sandoz came to Corbin, Kentucky, to run a gas station, and during the operation of the gas station, Harlan Sandoz found that the truck drivers and customers who came and went here did not have a place to rest and eat, so he had the idea of opening a fast food restaurant next to the gas station to provide convenient food for truck drivers and customers.
So, with his wife's consent and support, Harlan Sandoz opened a fast-food restaurant next to the gas station and began to provide some convenience food to the truck drivers and customers who stopped by.
In addition, after running this fast food restaurant, Harlan Sandoz has developed a unique fast food - fried chicken nuggets, which is the prototype of KFC fried chicken that later dominated the world catering industry.
Not only is this unique fast food delicious, unique in taste, but also very affordable, it has been well received and praised by truckers and customers alike, and has become a best-selling fast food in Corbyn Town and throughout Kentucky, attracting guests from other states to try it.
Sandoz fried chicken quickly became popular throughout Kentucky, not only making Harlan Sandoz earn a lot of money, but also making Harlan Sandoz a household name throughout Kentucky, and the governor of Kentucky awarded Harlan Sandoz the rank of Kentucky colonel in recognition of his contributions to Kentucky in the field of catering.
But the good times did not last long, in 1939, after the outbreak of World War II, the US government implemented oil rationing, and the gas stations and fast food restaurants run by Harlan Sandoz were closed one after another.
At that time, in order to repay a large amount of bank debts, Harlan Sandoz not only used up all his savings, but also cashed out all the valuable items in his home in exchange for money, which made Harlan Sanders destitute and reduced to a complete poverty.
As the saying goes: a person can be defeated by suffering, but can not be defeated by it, although Harlan Sanders once again experienced the "Waterloo" of life, but he did not collapse because of this, but the more frustrated and braver, chose to start his second entrepreneurial journey at the age of 60.
At that time, the gray-haired Harlan Sandoz wore a white suit and drove his old Ford to Ohio to sell fried chicken, but the sales trip was full of setbacks, and Harlan Sandoz was rejected 1010 times. Sandoz did not give up, but continued to sell, and finally at 1011, he successfully sold it, and in this successful promotion, his KFC restaurants were opened all over the United States, opening an era belonging to the KFC restaurant empire, and also letting the world know his legendary story and past.
In his later years, although Harlan Sandoz was not as healthy as before, he still maintained a positive attitude towards life, and often gave speeches on stage, encouraging those young entrepreneurs to always believe in themselves, treat themselves well, face failure calmly, and never give up.
In 1980, Harlan Sandoz, a legendary figure who faced difficulties and always had a confident and smiling face, completed his legendary life, died of leukemia at the age of 90, and after the death of Harlan Sandoz, his body was buried in Louisville Cemetery, and the American people came here to remember and mourn this legendary man who never gave up.