Since ancient times, most merchants only valued their own selfish interests and put the affairs of their families and countries in their hearts, so that they could truly deserve the admiration of the people of the world. Just as Fan Li, the originator of Confucianism and commerce, said: "Loyalty to the country, wisdom to protect oneself, business to get rich, fame in the world." ”
In modern China, there are many families that have achieved business empires by wisdom, but they are willing to closely link business with national fortunes, and only one family has really been able to accompany China through the most turbulent years.
They are called red capitalists, but this title is slowly praised, looking at the world, only this family can be regarded as a consortium from China - the Rong family.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > Rong family has an excellent family style and a long history of business</h1>
During the Republic of China period, Rong Zongjing and Rong Desheng opened flour and textile factories in China, thus officially opening the creation of the Rong Group's business empire. The two were born in the Rong family, and the history of the Rong family can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. According to relevant historical records, the ancestor of the Rong family was Rong Qiqi, who read a lot of books and once studied under Confucius.
The experience of being born in Xiangmendi made Rong Zongjing and Rong Desheng doomed not to be simple businessmen. The excellent family style has laid a solid foundation for their subsequent development. The business acumen necessary for doing business has long been integrated into the blood of the Rong family.
Around the 19th century, Rong Zongjing's grandfather, Rong Xiyu, showed extraordinary commercial ability. At that time, the Rong family gradually began to take root in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Rong Xiyu saw the opportunity to start a small-cost long-distance trafficking business, and he took the first step in the Rong family business with the foundation of several old houses.
Unfortunately, the change came quickly, and around the 1950s, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement broke out and was persecuted by it, and the Rong family only left Rong Zongjing's father Rong Xitai alone.
Because the family was not very well off, Rong Xitai's eldest son, Rong Zongjing, did not continue his studies at a young age but went to a factory in Shanghai as an apprentice. His youngest son, Rong Desheng, originally studied at a private school, but since he was a child, he hopes to share the burden for his family, and he himself travels from his hometown of Zhejiang to Shanghai as an apprentice in a small wooden boat.
Fortunately, Rong Xitai was also angry, and after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was destroyed, he and others cooperated to open the Shanghai Guangsheng Qianzhuang. Rong Xitai opened Qianzhuang in line with the call of the Qing government's foreign affairs movement at that time, so the Qing government gave Rong Xitai a lot of preferential treatment, and Rong Zongjing and Rong Desheng and others worked in the qianzhuang as managers and accountants respectively.
Later, Rong Xitai died, and the two brothers worked diligently to run the Qianzhuang. The well-developed money bank provides a certain economic dependence for their subsequent entrepreneurship.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > founded flour mills and spinning mills, half of which Chinese eat and wear from Rong's</h1>
Rong Desheng once found that there was a huge business opportunity in the flour industry when he went to Guangzhou on a business trip, and he told Rong Zongjing about the idea as soon as he returned, and the two officially opened a flour mill after careful consideration. After eight years, Rong's Flour Mill was on the right track, with its annual output accounting for nearly one-third of the total flour in China at that time.
After the great success of the flour mill, the Rong brothers did not stop there. In 1905, Rong Desheng and Rong Zongjing began to get involved in the textile industry and founded the Zhenxin Spinning Factory. Ten years later, in a suburb of Shanghai, the two continued to build a new spinning mill.
At that time, during the European War, there was a great demand for materials. Supply and demand have a great impact on prices, and the price of cotton yarn in Shanghai has increased several times. As a result, the two Rong brothers made a lot of money.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > the internal crisis has entered a downturn, and the nationalization of industries that conform to the trend</h1>
In 1948, the Nationalist government implemented a series of economic policies that caused severe inflation in China, and Shanghai's economy was paralyzed for a time. Affected by the situation at that time, Rong's enterprises in the mainland were also hit hard, and many Rong family members chose to leave China. Rong Desheng and his son Rong Yiren were not disturbed by the current predicament, and they decided to stay in Shanghai.
After the liberation of China, Rong's enterprises have experienced many ups and downs. Fortunately, at that time, our party and government gave the Rongshi Group a lot of preferential policies to support it, so that it gradually rejuvenated into new vitality. In order to conform to the development of our party, Rong Yiren resolutely proposed to the local government to turn Rong's industry into a public-private partnership.
Although many shareholders of the company at that time did not agree with and support this, Rong Yiren believed that such behavior was the trend of the times, and Rong's development must conform to the trend of the times.
Since then, the Rong family's industry has become a state-owned industry. Such a move was a good impetus to the transformation of relevant private industries and businesses in Shanghai at that time. Rong Yiren made his own contribution to China's one transformation and three reforms, and the vice premier of the State Council at that time praised Rong Yiren's behavior and considered Rong Yiren to be a "red capitalist".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" > find another way to set foot in politics, with the country in mind not forgetting charity</h1>
The reason why the Rong family has stood for many years is not only because of its great achievements in business, but also because of its great influence in politics.
It is not difficult for us to find that all the enterprises under the Rong family have been authorized by the state and trusted by the state. After the Rong family achieved certain achievements in the business world, they began to hope that they could cultivate corresponding talents in other industries.
Rong Yiren resolutely decided to nationalize the enterprise despite the objections and criticisms of others, and then he became the vice mayor of Shanghai and even at the end of the last century, he served as vice president of the state.
After experiencing so many ups and downs, the Rong family gradually understood that making money in vain is not the most important thing, and a family that wants to be invincible forever must rely on more than just a strong economy. It is in this process that the Rong family gradually cultivated a sense of the overall situation.
The Rong family has always had a strong sense of social responsibility, among which the third generation of the Rong family, Rong Hailan, is keen on charity, and it has set up a dragon fund, which specializes in serving related charities in China. It has a very wide range of coverage, involved in many township areas in China, and many important people at home and abroad are also involved.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="30" > conclusion</h1>
Looking at the development process of the Rong family, it is not difficult for us to find that whenever it comes to the critical moment of national development and reform, the Rong family has always made the best choice. The country has a very high level of trust in the Rong people, and the Rong family has never lived up to the trust of the state, making great achievements in the political and business circles, and contributing to the construction of China.
Rongshi Group is worthy of being the only consortium in China in the eyes of china's important leaders. It has contributed its own strength to the economic development of modern China. To a certain extent, the story of the Rong family is actually a history of changes in China over the past hundred years in modern times.
Before the liberation of China, the Rong family was the industrialists of the nation, and after the liberation, the Rong family contributed to the construction of the country. They are really using industry to love the country, and practical actions have contributed to the construction of the country.