On January 30, 2020, at the most severe moment of the new crown epidemic, a batch of anti-epidemic materials arrived in Guangdong. It contains 100,000 masks, 100,000 pairs of gloves, as well as anti-epidemic items such as thermometers and hand sanitizer.
These things all came from a donation from a foreigner who did not have any Chinese ancestry, but always regarded China as his motherland, and he always insisted that "he is a hundred percent Chinese."
Who is he? His name is Xiong Delong, he is not related to China, and why does he have a Chinese name? Why is he so in love with China?
Born in Indonesia in 1947, Xiong Delong has Dutch and Indonesian ancestry, but no Chinese ancestry, but it does not matter, and he has long regarded China as his hometown for many years.
Indonesian overseas Chinese businessman Xiong Delong
The story has to start when Xiong Delong was a child. He was abandoned by his biological parents shortly after his birth, so much so that he was completely unimpressed with his biological parents.
The abandoned Xiong Delong was sent to the local orphanage, and it was not until he was two years old that a kind Chinese couple came to the orphanage, and they would completely change Xiong Delong's life.
The couple's name is Xiong Rutan and Huang Fengjiao, they are from Meizhou, Guangdong, and in the early years, they went to Nanyang to work hard in Indonesia. The couple's life is not very rich, they run a pastry shop, make some buns and steamed buns, burn and sell these snacks and sell them in the streets.
Xiong Delong's adoptive parents
Unfortunately, Xiong Rutan and his wife have not had children for many years after marriage. So, they decided to adopt the child, and before Xiong Delong, the couple had already adopted 3 girls.
When they came to the orphanage to see the young Xiong Delong, a feeling of pity arose, and they immediately decided to take him home. The couple is kind in nature, regards the four adopted children as their own, they provide for the children to study, and pour all their love into the children.
Xiong Delong was influenced by his parents from an early age and completely received a complete set of Chinese education. Chinese became the language of his enlightenment, and they usually spoke Chinese at home.
When he was very young, his parents taught him to memorize ancient Chinese poems, and even many years later, he was able to skillfully recite the entire Zengguang Xianwen.
Later, his adoptive parents also sent Xiong Delong to a local Chinese school to receive formal Chinese language learning. It can be said that xiong delong began to fully accept the baptism of Chinese culture when he was a child.
During his studies at a Chinese school, he was ridiculed by his classmates for his resemblance to a foreigner. The young Xiong Delong also realized that his appearance was indeed different from his classmates, so he was very depressed, and went home to tell Huang Fengjiao with a sad face.
Unexpectedly, Huang Fengjiao, who was very gentle with him in her daily life, was very angry, and told Xiong Delong with a serious face: You are Chinese, and you were born in October.
This is not the end, Huang Fengjiao dragged Xiong Delong to the school to find a teacher, looking for the parents of classmates, until the classmates who laughed at Xiong Delong apologized personally. The impact of this incident on Xiong Delong was very far-reaching, and he still remembers the situation many years later.
Xiong Delong frankly said that his mother gave him a sense of belonging, gave him a root, so many years have passed, he has never forgotten his mother's teachings, no matter where he goes, he will regard himself as a Chinese.
In the 1960s, my parents' pastry shop business was not good, and the family was relatively poor. But one thing impressed Xiong Delong deeply, one afternoon, Huang Fengjiao took Xiong Delong to a pawnshop and pawned off her only jewelry, a bracelet.
The mother immediately sent the money back to her hometown in Meizhou to let the elderly in the family celebrate the New Year. The young Xiong Delong asked incomprehensibly, since the family has no money, why should he send money to his hometown when he drops things?
My mother took Xiong Delong's hand and said in a serious tone: Meizhou, Guangdong, where is our real hometown. Whenever you go, no matter where you go, don't forget your hometown, where is our roots. Since then, the name Meizhou has been deeply engraved in Xiong Delong's mind, and he has the concept of hometown for the first time.
Although he had never been there, he had developed a vague sense of intimacy with it, and he secretly made up his mind that he must go to his hometown to see it in the future. Later, due to his family's poverty, Xiong Delong began to drop out of school and work at the age of 16.
Mr. Xiong Delong returned to Meizhou
He first went to work as a worker in a local sponge factory. Xiong Delong is talented and intelligent, although he does boring and repetitive work on the assembly line every day, but he is carefully observing everything in the factory.
He found that their production costs were very low, and after deducting raw materials, workers' wages, equipment, etc., the boss could still earn several times the profit, while the wages that fell into the hands of these workers were pitifully small. He made up his mind that he wanted to be the boss and get ahead.
As a result, Xiong Delong worked harder, sometimes voluntarily, to figure out every detail of the sponge factory's production. Two years later, Xiong Delong realized that the time was ripe, he resigned and used the savings accumulated in the past two years to open his own sponge factory.
At first, his factory was very small, only about 100 square meters, which was a small workshop. But he can bear hardships, be good at business, and a small plus workshop is made by him. Just when his business was booming, an accident came and his sponge factory caught fire.
He was sleeping at home, and when he learned the news by phone, he couldn't even wear his shoes and rode his motorcycle to the factory. But the fire was too strong to extinguish, and Xiong Delong could only watch his own efforts being swallowed up by the fire.
Xiong Delong was so sad that he cried bitterly on the ruins, and at this time, his parents also came, and they took Xiong Delong home to comfort him. To help him revive his career, the couple decided to sell their house and pastry shop.
In this way, Xiong Delong took the 180,000 yuan raised by his parents for him and started his second business. Within a few months, Xiong Delong opened a new factory building, and in order to save money, the family lived in a corner of the factory.
This time, heaven is particularly fond of Xiong Delong, his business is smooth, and he soon earned the first bucket of gold in his life. After that, Xiong Delong's business became bigger and bigger, and he was very business-minded and invested in catering, finance, real estate and other fields, and gradually established a huge business empire.
Today, Xiong Delong's industry has spread throughout China, the United States, Canada, Indonesia, Singapore and other countries, and he has dozens of large companies such as Daxin Bank, Hollywood Metropolitan Hotel, and Singapore Cape International Gold Leaf Tobacco Company under his name.
Xiong Delong, who has a successful career, has never forgotten his roots, he has always remembered the teachings of his parents, and he has always considered himself a Chinese. As early as 1978, Xiong Delong returned to his "hometown" Meizhou for the first time.
It was the first time he set foot on Chinese soil, in his own words: the moment I set foot in Meizhou, I instantly felt that I had found a home in my life. After returning to Meizhou, Xiong Delong went to visit his grandmother, whom he had never met before.
Grandma was already ninety years old, but the crane had a childlike face, took Xiong Delong's hand and said with a smile: My eldest grandson is back. After hearing these words, Xiong Delong was filled with tears of excitement.
The old man in front of him had never met him, but as soon as they met, he recognized his grandson, and he must contribute to his hometown and his country.
Xiong Delong said that he would do it, and he donated tens of millions of yuan to the public welfare undertakings in his hometown of Meizhou. He also invested in the construction of six bridges to solve local transportation problems and help the local economic development.
In the 1980s and 1990s, when the country was not rich, he took the initiative to raise funds and sent more than 3,000 cadres abroad for the country to study and train, and these cadres made great contributions to the economic development of the motherland after returning from their studies.
Later, Xiong Delong often traveled to remote areas in the west. The first foreign-funded enterprise in Guizhou Province was established under his investment. He has also served as an economic consultant for eight provinces, including Yunnan, Guangdong and Guizhou, and has provided suggestions for local economic construction.
Someone asked him how much money he had earned by investing in China over the years, and Xiong Delong said solemnly: I did not invest in China to make money, but to fulfill my parents' promise and help poor areas of China get rich.
Indeed, Xiong Delong's early success overseas has long made him rich, and he did not come to China for money, because he has said more than once that he is Chinese.
In addition to investing and donating money everywhere in China, Xiong Delong also safeguards China's interests overseas. Overseas, there is a patriotic newspaper, the International Daily, which was founded in California by Mr. and Mrs. Li Yapin.
Because the International Daily refused to publish anti-China remarks, Li Yapin was imprisoned by the Taiwan authorities while in Taiwan. Later, under the pressure of international public opinion, the Taiwan side released Li Yapin.
In 1993, when Mr. and Mrs. Li Yapin decided not to continue running the International Daily, they approached Xiong Delong and asked him if he was willing to buy it. Xiong Delong knew the significance of the International Daily to overseas Chinese, and immediately agreed.
On October 1, 1995, Xiong Delong summoned local Chinese and overseas Chinese in Southern California and invited many American friendly people to celebrate China's National Day in Los Angeles.
During this period, they raised the five-star red flag and sang the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, which made all those present stand in awe. After that, Xiong Delong reported the news through his "International Daily", which moved countless overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese and ignited everyone's patriotic enthusiasm.
Although Mr. Xiong Delong does not have Chinese blood, he has a Chinese heart, he has always loved his motherland deeply, and his deeds are enough to move us. There is no regret in this life, and the next life is set to Chinese!