<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" data-track="1" > many bigwigs appeared at Fok Ying Tung's funeral</h1>
In 2006, Hong Kong's outstanding businessman Fok Ying Tung unfortunately died of illness, and in November of the same year, people from all walks of life in Hong Kong held a farewell ceremony for him.
At that time, in addition to the Huo family and the vast number of enthusiastic citizens, there were also many big-man-level figures who also came to see them off.
Fok Ying Tung funeral
At Fok Ying Tung's funeral, the eldest grandson Huo Qigang held a portrait in his hand, and the richest man, Li Ka-shing, and the gambling king Ho Hung-sun also joined the team of fuling.
It is worth noting that his coffin also has a bright red five-star red flag on it.
The five-star red flag covered the coffin, and the eldest grandson Huo Qigang held the posthumous statue
So why can this 84-year-old man enjoy such a special honor?
In fact, the reason why Huo Yingdong was able to obtain the treatment of "state burial" was because he had always been concerned about the motherland, and had devoted himself to sports, public welfare undertakings, and education for many times, and at the beginning of the founding of New China, he also extended a helping hand to the motherland many times.
Fok Ying Tung develops education
And he himself was not so rich at the beginning, and he also struggled from poverty to a net worth of more than 100 billion.
In the 1920s, Fok Yingdong was born in Hong Kong into a barge family, and his ancestors had been running boats on the water for generations, so Fok Yingdong's father also supported his family by running boats.
But the accident always came so suddenly, a typhoon took the lives of several of his family members, leaving only his mother and him to survive, and Huo Yingdong and his mother have been dependent on him ever since.
Fok Ying Tung
After Fok Yingdong's father died, even though his family was destitute, his mother insisted on providing him with education, just so that he could get ahead in the future.
When he was a teenager, Fok Ying Tung was also very hard-working, and when he studied at Queen's In College in Hong Kong, he was excellent in every subject, and he could even speak fluent English, and the scholarship was even softer.
Fok Ying Tung when he was young
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and soon after, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing, and Fok Yingdong was forced to drop out of school due to the closure of schools.
After that, he tried a variety of jobs, worked as a worker, apprenticed, and opened his own grocery store, and after the accumulation of social experience and work experience, he also became more and more business-minded.
Due to the unstable political situation in Hong Kong at that time, some foreign-funded companies issued announcements on changing hands of "turbines" in order to stop losses. After Huo Yingdong understood the English notices, he quickly made a net profit of 20,000 yuan by reselling the turbine.
In the 1940s, Fok Ying Tung officially started his business and returned to his father's old business, the barge business, seizing the opportunity of The Urgent Development of Hong Kong's Transport Industry at that time.
Grow your career
In the early 1950s, Fok Yingdong gained insight into another business opportunity, entered the real estate industry, and pioneered the business mode of "installment payment" and "pre-sale" of buying a house, which solved the strong market demand for land, floors and shops after the surge of Hong Kong people.
Today, this way of doing business has become a common practice in the real estate industry around the world, and Fok Yingdong, who pioneered this sales model, not only achieved several times the increase in personal assets, but also ranked among the richest people in Hong Kong.
After Fok Yingdong's career, he has been committed to doing things for the country.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" data-track="46" > Fok Ying Tung's life contribution</h1>
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the United States joined forces with other countries around China to implement a "blockade" policy against China.
At that time, Huo Yingdong resisted the pressure of the British authorities in Hong Kong and organized a fleet of ships to break through the blockade at sea and transport a large number of scarce materials to the interior, thus solving the worries of the soldiers in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Young Huo Qidong
Since the beginning of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Fok Yingdong has been diligently transporting supplies. In order to avoid the water patrols of the British authorities in Hong Kong, he could only organize, drop off cargo, load ships, sail and other activities secretly when it was dark.
He did everything himself, so he only slept for three or four hours a day, so that he quickly lost more than 80 pounds.
At the beginning of the founding of New China, the economic development was far inferior to that of Hong Kong and Western countries, so Fok Yingdong became a "patriotic businessman", became the first wealthy businessman to return to China to invest, and quickly devoted himself to the development and construction of his ancestral hometown, Guangzhou.
Subsequently, Fok Yingdong began to invest in the hotel industry, cooperating with the Guangdong Provincial Government to operate the White Swan Hotel, developing Nansha in Guangzhou, building a gymnasium, donating teaching facilities, investing in various cultural projects, etc., and eventually turning the backward Nansha into a very dynamic area in the Pearl River Delta.
Fok Ying Tung and a hotel under construction
At the same time, with the efforts of Fok Yingdong, China's sports industry has also begun to take off.
He believed that if a country wants to become strong, it must first develop sports, so Fok Yingdong ran to the international sports world to help China join various national sports organizations.
Fok Ying Tung, who runs in the sports world
After his unremitting efforts, China has finally returned to the international sports arena and won a place in the Badminton Federation, Basketball Federation, Football Federation and so on.
In 1984, Fok Yingdong finally witnessed his motherland participate in the Olympic Games, and when China's national anthem was played, his face finally showed relief.
Fok Ying Tung brings medals to the players
In addition, Fok Yingdong also invested 100 million yuan to contribute to the development of China's sports industry.
Subsequently, in order to win more national honors, he began to plan for China's Olympic bid.
Fok Ying-tung plans to bid for the Olympic Games
After Huo Yingdong felt the charm of Olympia sports, he had an Olympic dream.
In order to make China's Bid for the Olympic Games successful, he repeatedly approached the President of the Olympic Committee, Samaranch, and in addition to personally negotiating with him, he also invited him to watch China's National Games, hoping that he could see the progress of Chinese sports.
Fok Yingdong insisted on applying for the Olympic Games
Although Beijing was unable to be elected when voting for the 2000 Olympic Games, many people remembered Fok Yingdong's dedication to Chinese sports.
Because he could not see China hosting the Olympic Games, Huo Yingdong was always unwilling, but at this time, his health was deteriorating, and he could no longer continue to run around for the sports cause, so he let his eldest son Huo Zhenting continue to contribute to Chinese sports.
Huo Yingdong and his eldest son Huo Zhenting
After the outbreak of SARS in China in 2003, Fok Yingdong generously donated 20 million yuan to the motherland, which was highly praised by many Chinese people.
All his life, Fok Yingdong has contributed money to the motherland and also served as a bridge for Communication between Hong Kong and the motherland. Before Hong Kong's return to the motherland, he always supported the great concept of "one country, two systems" and made many efforts for the reunification of the motherland.
In 1997, when Hong Kong was officially returned, Fok Ying-tung sighed: "I am really becoming a Chinese now." ”
Fok Ying Tung and the Five Star Red Flag
In order to commend his meritorious deeds, the PARTY Central Committee also invited him to participate in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and even let him sit on the chairmanship.
In addition, Huo Yingdong also won three consecutive terms as vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference by virtue of his huge influence.
Fok Ying Tung delivered a speech
However, he had reached the age of the flower armor, and his health was getting worse and worse. He had been diagnosed with cancer and his family had wanted to send him abroad for treatment.
But Huo Yingdong, who has loved the country all his life, disagreed, insisting that he fly to Beijing for medical treatment and said that even if he died, he would be on the territory of the motherland.
Before and after Fok Yingdong fell ill
Subsequently, it was reported that after learning that Huo Yingdong was going to Beijing for medical treatment, the Party Central Committee sent a special plane to pick him up and specially sent him to the hospital of the People's Liberation Army in Beijing for recuperation.
Unexpectedly, his illness recurred, and he eventually died of illness in 2006. Although the patriotic businessman passed away, his legacy was inherited.
Fok Yingdong died in Beijing
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" data-track="88" > the descendants of the Huo family continue their patriotic feelings</h1>
In 2008, China successfully hosted the first Olympic Games, and countless Chinese cheered, but Fok Yingdong, who can help us realize the "Olympic dream", can no longer be seen.
Fok Ying Tung is a very traditional patriarch, he has had three wives in his life, and he has also had many children with them. In order to avoid "cannibalism" between his children, he made a will early on to indicate that the children of the second and third rooms were not allowed to engage in business.
Huo family tree
After Fok Ying-tung's death, his sports career was taken over by his eldest son, Huo Zhenting. In addition, his grandson Huo Qigang was also deeply influenced by the sportsmanship of his ancestors and joined the team to develop China's sports industry.
Huo Zhenting and Huo Qigang
In addition, he also married the world diving champion Guo Jingjing. From love to marriage, the two not only have the same relationship as ever, but also often transmit positive energy, run to the front line of disasters, and donate money and contribute.
For the combination of his son Huo Qigang and sports star Guo Jingjing, his father Huo Zhenting also expressed great satisfaction, and he even stressed that Guo Jingjing was married to the Huo family.
Huo Qigang and Guo Jingjing
Influenced by his ancestors, Huo Qigang also has a sense of home and country, and he once said that he has shed tears twice in ten years, once at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the other at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games.
The first time was for Guo Jingjing to win the championship, and the second time was for the country to win the e-sports competition for the first time.
Huo Qigang esports competition
When he saw the country step by step becoming stronger, Huo Qigang would exude great pride and emotion. And his performance also seems to tell everyone that the Huo family, a patriotic family, will have a successor.
Fok Kai-gang proudly leads the Hong Kong delegation
There are many rich people in Hong Kong, Fok Ying Tung is not the richest, but his contribution to the country far exceeds that of Li Ka-shing and Ho Hung-sin.
Speaking of Ho Hongshen's contributions, the most famous one is that he once spent a lot of money to photograph the horse's head in the Yuanmingyuan and donated a lot of money to help the development of the motherland, but these contributions were immediately seen compared with Fok Yingdong.
Ho hung sun donated horse heads
Li Ka-shing, who has been the richest man in Asia for 15 consecutive years, is worth more than Fok Ying Tung and Ho Hung Sun, but his contribution to the country only stops at donating property, so it is even more insignificant compared with Fok Ying Tung's contribution.
Fok Ying Tung and Ho Hung Sun
Fok Yingdong set a patriotic example for the world, but also inspired his children and grandchildren.
In a sense, Fok Yingdong is not only a successful businessman, but also a great patriot, who has done his best to contribute to the motherland all his life, and here, we salute this old man!