Li Ka-shing's road to entrepreneurship (detail)

On September 17, the 6th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference opened in Nanjing. In the 21st century, many Chinese businessmen around the world are making a name for themselves in the global business community with their outstanding achievements. Among them, Hong Kong richest Li Ka-shing is one of the best.

In January of this year, Fortune named Li Ka-shing the "Best Businessman in Asia." In the latest global list of the world's richest people published by Forbes magazine in June, Li Ka-shing, chairman of Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings Group, ranked first in the Asian region over Sunsoft's president, Sun Zhengyi, and was named "Asia's richest man" and "the world's richest man" The total assets reached $12.6 billion. In Forbes magazine's ranking of 538 richest people this year, Li Ka-shing's global ranking jumped to 18th place, the only Chinese rich who entered the top 20.

Start-up in an old factory

On July 29, 1928, Li Ka-shing was born into a teacher family in Chaozhou, Guangdong. Li Jiazu was once a famous scholar, but Li Ka-shing was very obsessed with reading. When Li Ka-shing was 11 years old, his father left the country with his family and fled to Hong Kong because of the Japanese invasion.

Li Ka-shing, who loves to read books, has only read two years in Hong Kong. As the father died, the family’s livelihood became a problem. As the eldest son, Li Ka-shing resolutely provoked the burden of being a master and dropped out of school. He was only 13 years old. Li Jiacheng first became a salesman in a toy manufacturing company. Since he was hardworking and eager to learn, he was promoted to the general manager of the plastic toy factory when he was less than 20 years old. But Li Ka-shing is not satisfied with the status quo. Two years later, he resolutely rented an old factory in Tsuen Wan with the savings he saved and spent 7,000 dollars from his relatives, and set up his own plastic factory. He named it "Changjiang Plastic Factory". It is from this old factory that the future "Asia's best businessman" is the richest man in the world.

In the first few years, Li Ka-shing worked more than 16 hours a day, and his career improved. However, not long after, due to excessive rush to expand their own enterprises, Li Ka-shing's plastic factory had a dilemma of capital turnover and defective products. From 1950 to 1955, it can be said that Li Ka-shing’s ups and downs, he suffered from the bitterness of failure, and he has since honed his calm and calm style.

In the mid-to-late 1950s, Li Ka-shing, who experienced a big ups and downs, re-started his business and established Changjiang Industrial Co., Ltd. to develop plastic flowers. The huge plastic flower market has brought Li Jiacheng a profit of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. The “Yangtze River” has thus become the world's largest plastic flower manufacturing base, and Li Ka-shing has been hailed as “the plastic flower king”.

Since then, Li Ka-shing has been out of control. The “Yangtze River” soon made a foray into the real estate market. In 1979, it invested 620 million yuan to purchase 22.4% of the shares of Hutchison Group from HSBC Group, making “Yangtze River” the first to control the British capital. Chinese-funded consortium. In 1986, Li Ka-shing entered Canada and purchased more than half of Husky’s rights.

Over the past 40 years, Li Ka-shing has been operating the plastics industry and the real estate industry to master a diversified group industry. His business operations have already crossed the Pacific Ocean and extended to the United States and the world, becoming China's pride.

"吝啬" and "大方"

Li Ka-shing’s son once asked him: “Dad, what do we mean by making so much money?” Li Ka-shing’s answer is simple: “Most money can be patriotic and return to society.”

Although Li Ka-shing, 72, is the richest man in Hong Kong, his net worth is $12 billion, but some of his performances are somewhat embarrassing. He still insists on wearing a traditional blue suit, wearing a cheap watch for about $26, and proudly said that the amount of money spent on himself is now much less than when he was young.

Over the years, Li Ka-shing has been paying his directors' salaries on his own. The remuneration received from the company, no matter how much, has been transferred to the company. He does not receive a salary in the company. He only receives more than 600 US dollars in director fees per year, and there is no other welfare allowance. All personal items, even lunch, never open a public account.

But like many other rich people, he spends a lot of money and time on philanthropy. Today, he spends an average of 20% of his time on charitable activities and says he will invest more energy and money in charity in the future. Li Ka-shing has donated $500 million to build schools, hospitals and medical research activities in Hong Kong, China, the United States and the United Kingdom. Not long ago, he donated another HK$200 million for the cause of the disabled.

Someone once asked Li Ka-shing whether he had considered donating corneas. He said freely: "I have already said that all the organs that are still in use will be donated."

The voice of the wise is the direction of the fool, and learning from successful people is the key to success for all of us. Let's take a look at Li Ka-shing's entrepreneurial path.

"The first-class wisdom of being a man, the first-class knowledge of doing business." It means that you have to believe that everyone in the world is savvy, convincing and like to associate with you. That is the most important thing. This is the way Mr. Li Ka-shing is a man.

If you pay a little more in the fierce competition, you can win more. Just like taking part in the Olympics, you look at one, two and three. The first and third best wins are just a little faster. If you are running a short distance, it may not be enough to move, so it is faster to win. This is the way Li Ka-shing does business.

First, the person who is capable: open a new world of life by yourself

Business: 1 Inspire yourself and provoke the pillars of life. 2 Strengthening the quality and ability can be beyond ordinary people. 3 Hone your mind and vision in a bitter environment. 4 The harder you work, the closer you can get to your goals. 5 The hard work is to sell the best: good at packing yourself, good at making friendships, and good at observation. Being a person: 1 Being a person must be diligent and pay more. 2 As long as you use your heart, you must have great achievements.

Second, do the person who stands up: prove that you are strong

Business: 1 The most favorite player is the strong hand. 2 There is always a “sedative” in mind. 3 Determined to make a big picture. 4 Put the hard work in the first place. Becoming a person: 1 Four entrepreneurial beliefs that must be adhered to: self-fulfilling, yearning for money, power, and freedom. 2 Mentality is the key to determining wealth.

Third, to be a good person: talent is the greatest wealth

Business: 1 The employer is a university that does business. 2 Recruit your favorite person. 3 Reuse people who have the ability. Be a man: 1 is a talent, let him stand up. 2 Let the subordinates show their talents.

Fourth, be honest people: you must be assured of you

Business: 1 Losing credit means you are blocking your own path. 2 Honest people always have food to eat. 3 Manage yourself and be humble. Be a man: 1 Treat each other with sincerity. 2 Based on honesty, you can turn things around.

V. To be a good person: to keep the business of "joining money together"

Business: 1 "Never lose yourself, no loss to everyone." 2 Play the card with the Eli man first. 3 Small profits don't give up, big profits don't come. Being a man: 1 It is the last word to be angry with money. 20,000 can not create a deadly enemy.

6. People who are conscience: put the interests in the second place

Business: 1 A lifetime of "generous generosity". 2 Think of everyone as your own home. 3 Think of investing in school as your contribution. Being a man: Doing a good deed, and living with the spirit of the world.

Seven, to cultivate people: turn experience into experience

Business: 1 Cultivate people who can take heavy burdens. 2 Set up a platform for people to take off. 3 To teach a person to do business in a decision. To be a man: to master the law of the person.

Eight, the way to make decisions: look for things to help

Business: 1 All lucky is a smart product. 2 Catch up at a faster pace. 3 Keep your business personality and take your own path. 4 Cleverly master the way people abandon me. 5 Be sure to make decisions first. 6 Chest in the chest There is a set of global operations.7 The method of decision-making: patient operation, passive and active. Behave: let go and build yourself.

Nine, the plan of good planning: first think and then shoot

Business: 1 Wisdom is the card of business. 2 Good things must have a victory. 3 Spread your own business operations map. 4 Too good and bad is the winning chip. 5 Take out the magical skills to win. Be a man: once the judgment is accurate Dare to fight.

Ten, grasp the opportunity: not let go of the best offensive point

Business: 1 Keep your chances and never let go. 2 Wearing a magnifying glass to find the heavenly machine.3 Immediately start your own battle of the Fortune. 4 When the time comes, don't be in a hurry. 5 Capture business opportunities to get the most out of it. Be a man: take the initiative to open the door to opportunity.

Eleven, the way to strong competition: guts is the capital of success

Business: 1 No unprepared, no confidence. 2 Good 'splitting and raising funds'. 3 Put out the “dress rate and handsome” rack. 4 There must be hard work to get out of the difficulties. 5 Dedicated at a critical moment. Be a human: grasp the word "stable" with both hands.

Twelve, the way of layout: flexible operation

Business: 1 Use your money to make more money for yourself. 2 Seek for change and always run at the forefront. 3 “Blessing flowers and offering Buddha” is an inexplicable move. 4 The whole process is zero and the operation method is flexible. 5 Seeking business in change. 6 The law of making money. Be a man: 1 Seek change in the time of change. 2 Take the road that others have not found.

Thirteen, the road to more investment: master the knowledge of financial management

Business: 1 Do long-term investment. 2 The most powerful trick: "empty gloves white wolf" 3 hold three big: big hand, big investment, big gain. 4 Develop a strategy for “egg baskets”. 5 Perform the “empty hand nugget” approach. 6 rely on others to accumulate funds. Be a man: prevent blindness and do things in a targeted manner.