Celebrity success stories 1: Zong
As a successful entrepreneur from scratch, what is the entrepreneurial process of Zongyi Road?
1987, the school-run factory lost money because of poor management, so Zong contracted the school-run factory and began to practice his entrepreneurial dream buried in his heart for many years. That year, he was 42. Zong led two retired teachers to start a business by borrowing 6.5438+0.4 million yuan to sell soda, popsicles and stationery paper on a commission basis.
1988, the enterprise successfully developed and put into production Wahaha children's nutrient solution and established Hangzhou Wahaha nutritious food factory. Children's nutrient solution emphasizes the real use value and solves the problem of anorexia and partial eclipse in children. Because of its definite curative effect and obvious effect, it quickly swept the market, and its products sold well all over the country, and enterprises stood firm in the fierce market competition.
199 1 year, Wahaha, a small school-run factory with only 100 people, bought Hangzhou Canned Food Factory, an old state-owned factory with more than 2,000 employees, at a price of 80 million yuan. After the merger, Wahaha Food Group Company was established. Hangzhou can factory, which originally lost more than 40 million yuan, turned losses into profits in only three months. 199 1 year, the enterprise's output value exceeded 1 100 million yuan for the first time, reaching 2170,000 yuan. The merger was successful and Wahaha took shape.
From 65438 to 0994, Wahaha actively responded to the State Council's call for counterpart support for the resettlement work in the Three Gorges reservoir area, devoted itself to the development of the western region, creatively merged three flooded poor enterprises in Fuling area with the reform idea of "resettlement tasks and general contracting of resettlement funds", and established the first branch of Wahaha outside the province-Fuling Company. Since then, Wahaha has taken the step of "going west and going north", and established more than 60 branches in 29 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country.
From 65438 to 0996, Wahaha Group invested part of its fixed assets and established five joint ventures with foreign parties such as France's Danone Group, absorbing investment of 45 million US dollars. Wahaha holds 49% of the shares, while Danone and Baifuqin jointly hold 5 1%. After the Asian financial turmoil, Baifuqin sold its equity to Danone Overseas, making it jump to an absolute controlling position of 565,438+0%. Danone immediately proposed to transfer the trademark right of Wahaha to the joint venture company, which was rejected by the State Trademark Office. The two sides signed a contract. In the same year, Zong led Wahaha employees to target the bottled water market and produce Wahaha pure water.
1In May, 998, Wahaha launched the carbonated beverage "Very Coke" to challenge Coca-Cola and Pepsi. With the channel advantage, the sales volume reached 600,000 tons in 2006.
1999, Zong continued to advance westward and northward, and decided to set up a number of companies unrelated to Danone. Most of these companies are built in the west and old areas. By 2006, the total assets reached 5.6 billion yuan, and the profit for that year was 65.438+0.04 billion yuan.
In the restructuring in 2000, Zonghe employees bought back 55% shares of Wahaha Group from * *, and Wahaha realized "full shareholding". Among them, Zong holds 30%, senior executives hold 5% and employees hold 20%. Hangzhou Shangcheng State-owned Assets Management Co., Ltd. owns 46% of the shares .. This year, Danone acquired Robust, Wahaha's biggest competitor.
In 2002, Wahaha used its own brand and strength advantages to enter the children's wear industry from a high starting point.
After the SARS epidemic ended in May 2003, Zong sent a large number of drinks to retail terminals before his competitors, which made the sales increase by 65,438+06% every year. The company's operating income exceeds10 billion yuan, making it the fifth largest beverage producer in the world, second only to Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Cadbury and Kurt.
In 2004, Wahaha implemented the strategy of "all-round innovation", and the continuous introduction of new products such as nutrition fast line and refreshing made the enterprise get rid of homogenization competition.
In 2007, under the leadership of Zong, Wahaha's turnover exceeded 25 billion yuan. In April, Zong, the head of Wahaha, revealed that Danone wanted to buy 565,438+0% shares of other non-joint venture companies in Wahaha at a low price of 4 billion yuan, but it was rejected by itself. Danone immediately hit back at Wahaha for violating the joint venture contract, and said that it could not tolerate the huge private wealth empire established outside the joint venture company.
On April 9, 2007, Danone requested Zong, as the chairman of the joint venture company, to institute legal proceedings against the non-joint venture company. On May 3 1, Danone filed an application for international arbitration against Wahaha, claiming that Chinese shareholders had infringed upon the interests of the joint venture company. On June 4, Danone filed a lawsuit against Zong's daughter's company in the United States, saying that its non-joint venture could not use Wahaha brand. On June 7, 2007, Zong resigned as the chairman of the joint venture company and submitted a letter to the chairman of Danone. He said that he couldn't stand the bullying and framing of two directors of Danone, Fan Yimou, president of Asia-Pacific region, and Qin Peng, chairman of China region, so he resigned and specialized in litigation.
In 2008, despite the troubles of Danone's strong purchase, Wahaha's sales continued to grow under the leadership of Zong, with sales increasing by more than 40% in the first half of the year and annual sales exceeding 30 billion yuan.
On September 30, 2009, Danone announced that it had reached a friendly settlement plan with Wahaha with the support of China and France. As part of the settlement, Danone and Wahaha will terminate their joint venture. Danone agreed to sell its 5 1% equity in several Dawa joint ventures to Chinese partners.
On 20 10, Wahaha launched its high-end milk powder-Edison infant formula milk powder, which was produced by the cooperative enterprise Holland Centennial Royal Dairy Company and imported into China. This also created a precedent for foreign enterprises to contract for China. This year, Zong was named the richest man in China by Forbes with a total wealth of 53.4 billion yuan.
In 20 1 1 year, the group company achieved an operating income of 67.855 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.65%.
In 20 12, 67-year-old Zong became the richest man in China again, with a total wealth of 63 billion RMB.
Celebrity success story 2: Hawking
Stephen william hawking's life is legendary. As far as scientific achievements are concerned, he is one of the most outstanding scientists in history. Because at the age of 2 1, he unfortunately suffered from Luger's disease, which would lead to muscle atrophy, and was confined to a wheelchair with only three fingers moving. The disease has severely deformed his body. His head can only be tilted to the right, his shoulders are low and his right is high. His hands are tightly tied together and he holds a mimeograph keyboard the size of a palm. This has become his iconic image. During the period of 1985, he completely lost his speech ability because of pneumonia, and his speech and question-and-answer could only be completed by a speech synthesizer. At that time, the doctor predicted that he would live for two years at most, but he was still alive. Confined in a wheelchair by Luger's disease for 20 years, he can still make great scientific contributions, which is really unprecedented and has a far-reaching impact on human concepts, so there have been many stories in the media about how he struggled with total paralysis.
Hawking, an Englishman, is now a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University. He was born on194265438+1October 8th. This day happens to be the 300th anniversary of the death of Galileo, an Italian physicist and founder of modern physics. A few days ago was Newton's birthday:1643 65438+1October 4th. Of course, this does not mean that the little Hawkins who landed was covered with a golden halo. In Hawking's own words, "I estimate that about 200,000 babies were born on the same day".
Hawking's childhood story
Like ordinary children, Hawking likes toys, is fascinated by toy trains, and even buys electric trains at his own expense. When he was a teenager, Hawking also liked to make airplane models and ship models, and even tried to invent some games, such as factories that make parts with different colors, roads and railways that transport products, and stock markets. Hawking and a classmate are responsible for writing the rules of the game. When compiling these games, Hawking's goal is to "build a movable model that I can control", and "these games and productions all come from the requirements of exploring and controlling things". This requirement has always driven Hawking to "explore things" and even played a role in later cosmological research.
During school, Hawking was assigned to a good class. Although he never ranked in the top half, he was still respected by his classmates, who gave him a nickname-Einstein. There are some good students in Hawking's class. They like listening to music, especially classical music, such as Mozart, * * * and Beethoven. They also go to the concert hall to listen to music. They also often discuss some scientific and religious issues, such as the origin of the universe and whether the realization of the universe needs the role of God.
Hawking in middle school
In the last two years of middle school, a math teacher came to the class. His teaching was enlightening and aroused Hawking's interest in mathematics and physics. Although his father encouraged him to study science, he hoped that he would study biology similar to his father's major. Recalling his study in middle school, Hawking said, "When I was young, I treated all sciences equally. After I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I knew I would do research in physics, because it was the most basic science, although I knew that middle school physics was too easy, too simple and too boring. Chemistry is much more interesting, and many unexpected things keep happening, such as explosions and so on. But physics and astronomy are expected to solve the problem of where we come from and why we are here. I want to explore the secrets of the universe. " It can be seen that although the young Hawking is not ambitious, "wanting to explore the inner details of the universe" will definitely have an impact on his later research. After graduating from high school, Hawking was admitted to Oxford University and won a scholarship as his father wished. Hawking didn't study physics hard, and later he was admitted to the doctoral program of theoretical physics at Cambridge University. Why did you choose the major of theoretical physics? Hawking later said: "theoretical physics has two basic fields ... one is to study very large-scale, that is, cosmology;" The other is to study very small scales, that is, elementary particles. " In other words, theoretical physics links the "largest" universe with the "smallest" elementary particles. Finally, he decided to study cosmology because "there is a well-defined theory in cosmology, namely Einstein's general theory of relativity". General relativity is the theoretical basis of studying cosmology.
Hawking's story of disability and determination
Hawking got a strange disease during his school days, which is a motor neuron disease. This disease made Hawking, who was already inflexible, more clumsy and his condition deteriorated rapidly. Hawking was so sad that he thought he would not live long. However, Hawking did not give up the work, study and life of normal people. He got married at this time. Five years later, he became the father of three children.
Hawking, who is sick, remains the same and even more diligent. He once dreamed that he was executed, from which he hoped that "if I was pardoned, I could do many valuable things". He believes that "I will sacrifice my life to save others" and do some good deeds to repay the kindness of society to him. Hawking has made great achievements because of his hard work. He is famous in physics for his study of black holes. A black hole is a very small and massive celestial body, that is, it has a high density. This celestial body is theoretically inferred. As early as 200 years ago, a French scientist put forward the problem of black holes. He believes that stars that meet certain conditions will absorb their own light under the action of gravity, making us look like a "dark mass". However, this sci-fi prediction has not been taken seriously. When Einstein established general relativity, a German scientist re-predicted the existence of black holes with the help of general relativity. He found that a black hole with a mass equal to the mass of the sun is only 2.95 kilometers in diameter; A black hole equivalent to the mass of the earth is only 0.9 cm in diameter. In the late 1930s, an American scientist studied the problem of black holes while studying the evolution of stars. He believes that when the star burns out, under the action of gravity, the star will collapse endlessly and eventually form a black hole.
Hawking's scientific achievements
In 1960s, a series of new discoveries in astronomy stimulated the research of astrophysics. Hawking came at the right time, and his research on black holes made him emerge. Hawking introduced heat into the study of black holes, which greatly deepened the understanding of black holes. At this time, Hawking thinks that there may be a kind of "miniature black hole". This kind of black hole is very small, and some will be as small as protons or neutrons. According to the theory of modern physics, when an object is so small, it should obey the laws of quantum mechanics. Hawking's further research shows that black holes can evaporate; The smaller the black hole, the faster it evaporates. 1 1 100 million proton-sized black holes need 1 100 million years to completely evaporate, and the energy released at last 0. 1 sec is equivalent to1100 million tons of hydrogen bombs exploding. In other words, should we carefully observe astronomy and try to find this kind of "miniature black hole" in space and use it? !
Hawking made great contributions to the study of the Big Bang theory. He believes that the universe originated from a "singularity", the explosion at the "singularity" produced particles and energy, and the interaction between particles produced nebulae, which then evolved into our world today. Today's universe is still expanding, and the future universe may continue to expand, or it may shrink to the "singularity" that originally formed the universe when it reached its limit. It seems interesting, but this is the level of people's understanding of the universe today. Hawking won the Einstein Prize of 1978 because of his achievements in astrophysical research. 1980 Became Lucas Chair Professor of Trinity College. Newton used to be the professor of this lecture. Now, Hawking is almost sixty years old. Although he is physically disabled, he often travels, speaks and writes. His A Brief History of Time has been published in tens of millions of copies and translated into more than 40 languages. Because of Hawking's legendary struggle experience, his A Brief History of Time has also been put on the screen. People saw pictures of black holes and elementary particles, and heard Hawking's tapping on the computer keyboard and computer synthesis. People are shocked by the abstinence of modern physics and the theory of the universe, sigh for the wisdom of human beings, and admire Hawking's great spirit of climbing the scientific peak even if he suffers great pain.
We often say that God is fair to everyone. Hawking has physical defects, but his mind is smart!
Celebrity success story 3: Jeremy Lin
"To tell you the truth, I'm not surprised at all, and you won't be surprised if you know the difficult experience the book owner experienced in college." When the world was shocked by Jeremy Lin. He Kaicheng, activity coordinator of NR Major League Soccer China Company, said this. He and Jeremy Lin have been roommates at Harvard University for three years, and they are like brothers. After graduation, he still kept close contact.
When Jeremy Lin first started playing in the NBA, He Kaicheng rushed to the scene to support his friends. "See ShuHao performance now, I'm really happy for him. His belief has supported him to the present and inspired me a lot. " Cheng said:
The power of faith
We met at the orientation meeting. I know he is on the school basketball team, and he knows I am on the football team. We soon became good friends.
We were not roommates in freshman year. It was arranged by the school at that time. When we were free to choose in the second year, we didn't hesitate. I live together.
When I first came to Harvard, I was not a Christian. It can be said that the piety of calligraphers infected me and made me believe in the power of faith.
When I was in college, Shuhao set up a Christian group, which was small in scale and had only six or seven members. I am one of them. In this group. We will share a lot of things and say everything. We will pray together, especially when other members of the group have difficulties.
In my junior year, I was removed from the main position by the coach because of injury. That kind of gap makes me feel uncomfortable and depressed. Shuhao saw it and began to pray for me every day. Those prayers make my ears grind cocoons.
Shuhao also sent me a long email, in which he told me a lot about how he used the power of God to spend his sufferings. He deliberately picked out all the parts of the Bible that could help me at that time, hoping to inspire me.
In the college league, Shuhao and I met many things of racial discrimination. I'm fine. After wearing a helmet, not many people can see that I am Asian, but Shu Hao is different. He was completely exposed to his fans. Many extreme fans will say nasty things, but the book owner told me that no matter what they want to say, they will still say that God will help us through these difficulties.
Basketball is a tool for calligraphers to spread God's belief. He wants to tell people how important the power of faith is to everything he does on the court and his success.
When I was about to be laid off this year, Shuhao told me that if he didn't play ball, he would become a priest.
You can pass the exam by surprise.
Although we entered Harvard with the help of sports expertise. But Shuhao's academic performance is also very good.
He is not the kind of bookworm who studies hard, so he won't spend so much time on his homework. Our knowledge is that we should spend more time building interpersonal relationships in college. Make your circle of friends wider.
This guy is really smart. Before he finishes his homework or exam, he will take out his textbook and read it well. He can easily cope with the exam in a short time and get good grades.
Booksellers like playing video games and watching movies, and their interests are extensive, which has not affected their studies.
Being smart is one thing, and his concentration is also very important. When he is doing something, he will never be distracted, but will focus all his attention on it. No matter how he studies and plays ball, he will devote himself wholeheartedly. In this way, the work efficiency will be high.
Shoot all night.
When he first came to Harvard basketball team, he was very thin and his running and jumping ability was not the best in the team. He has many weaknesses, such as the weakness of his left hand at that time, but he will spend a lot of time training and improving, so that these weaknesses will no longer restrict him.
In a college competition. He missed the chance to kill his opponent with a last-minute free throw, and as a result, this guy kept shooting in the arena that night.
He was very thin at that time, and he has been practicing strength. I watched him get stronger little by little. Physical training is boring. He is a guy with perseverance.
In his senior year, his strength attracted many NBA scouts. At first, Shu Hao found that scouts came to watch him play and wanted to show off and get more points. In this case, he will not use more passes to drive the team as before, and the game will not look good.
Later, he also changed his beliefs and became a selfless calligrapher again.
Nowadays, many people say that the book owner is good at information, but what he really doesn't care about is the information on the court. If the team can win, even if he doesn't score. He won't care.
Celebrity success story 4: edgar allan poe
Once, because he was down and out, he only sold his poem 10 yuan, and was ridiculed as "mentally retarded", and he used this poem for 10 years; The word "pauper" once became synonymous with him, and a series of blows in his life once made him almost collapse and cornered.
He was born in Boston, USA. He is a retribution child. He lost his parents when he was 3 years old and became a poor orphan. Later, a local tobacco merchant adopted him and sent him to school. The adoptive father who is interested in doing business never understands him who loves to write poems, even dislikes him, and often calls him "* * *". When he grew up, his romance was in sharp contrast with his adoptive father's obedience. They inevitably had a fierce conflict, and finally he was driven out of the house.
Later, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. He likes writing poetry so much that he ignored the school rules, didn't take part in drills, and was expelled from the military school. From then on, he killed time by writing poems.
At the age of 26, he met the most important woman in his life-cousin Wei Qinya. They fell in love and got married soon, regardless of secular vision and obstruction. This is an unforgettable time for him, and it is also the most unforgettable memory in his life.
After marriage, because of poverty, they can't even afford the rent of $3 a month and often go hungry. His weak wife was overwhelmed and fell ill, so he could only watch and do nothing. Many people laugh at him and ridicule him, saying that he is an out-and-out "pauper" who can't even protect his wife, who always sticks to him in the face of people's ridicule. They interpreted the strongest love in the world with true love.
In such a difficult environment, he never gave up his pen, wrote poems crazily every day, and deeply integrated his love for his wife into his words. He is eager to change the status quo one day and let his wife live a good life. It is this desire that strongly supports him and makes him forget the pain, forget all the unhappiness in the world and only think about "success" and "struggle".
However, although he never gave up his efforts, his wife, who loved him deeply, left him with nostalgia and reluctance. Almost collapsed, he endured sad tears, devoted all his love for his wife to writing, and wrote a world-famous and touching classic poem "Ode to Love", which finally achieved great success.
"Every time the moon smiles, it makes me relive the old dream of the beautiful Annabel Lee; Every time the stars take off, they look like my beautiful Annabel Lee's eyes, so! Day and night, I want to lie beside my bride-I love, I love, my life, I want to mourn her grave by the sea ... "Such affectionate words make people cry after reading them, and I think his beloved wife should be relieved to know.
He is edgar allan poe, a famous American writer and poet, and is regarded as one of the most famous and romantic literary geniuses in the world.
His experience tells us not to sink in adversity, but to rise up to achieve a brilliant life.