mesbooks 【129】 The Legendary Life Of Boss Cao
【129】 The Legendary Life Of Boss Cao
Lin Xuan was on the test line and chatted with Hedi for a while.
Wei Qiaohong usually contacts Hedi, but Hedi knows very well who is the backbone of Crimson.
I finally got the chance to meet Lin Xuan and there was a lot to talk about.
From the standardization of manufacturing accessories.
To the Longguo standard of electrical three components.
In the afternoon, the first batch of experimental data came out.
Lin Xuan and others were very happy to see it.
At least so far, these data are much higher than the admission standards for public sales of cars in the Longguo market.
As for whether there are any problems with long-term trials, that is a matter for later.
It takes time to test.
After reading the data, Wei Qiaohong invited Hedi to attend the celebration banquet. Lin Xuan did not go and went home directly.
On the second day in Haicheng, Boss Cao of Fuyao Glass came to Haicheng in person.
This man's life is very legendary.
He was born in a war-torn era, when his father was a shareholder of the famous Yong'an Department Store in Haicheng. Because Haicheng was unsafe, his parents decided to return to their hometown in Hu Jian Province.
However, people and goods were transported by separate boats. When their family arrived in Hu Jian, the goods were missing.
The person in charge said that all the goods were sunk.
Obviously, it was snatched away at that time and shipped directly to the Taiwan Strait.
Boss Cao helped his father in the tobacco business when he was a child. At that time, doing business required risks.
The cut tobacco business will soon be out of business, so Boss Cao helps him start the 913 fruit business.
Anyway, I have been influenced by it since I was a child.
In the early 1980s, Boss Cao worked as a publicist in a watch glass factory in a local town.
Responsible for traveling around the country to Haicheng, Guangfu, and Yanjing to promote watch glass.
That year ushered in a wave of layoffs and bankruptcies of factories.
In 1983, Boss Cao decided to purchase and contract this glass factory.
This glass factory is Fuyao.
After contracting the glass factory, it only took Boss Cao three months to turn a loss into a profit.
Made a lot of money.
Then go buy a car.
A Santana costs 160,000 yuan.
Boss Cao asked the salesman: "This car is too expensive."
Salesperson: "It must be expensive. Just look at the glass. It costs more than two thousand a piece. How can the car not be expensive?"
Boss Cao was shocked at the time. The glass of the same size produced by his factory cost one or two cents a piece.
He even earned a car.
How much money can a factory that produces more than 2,000 pieces of car glass make?
He decided that day that Fuyao would develop its own automotive glass.
In 1985, the research was successful, and the quality of automotive glass produced by Fuyao Glass surpassed that of foreign manufacturers.
It officially breaks the dilemma of domestic automobile production with 100% imported car glass.
Fifteen years later, Fuyao Glass has occupied 70% of the country's automotive glass sales market.
But at the same time trouble came.
Fuyao sends glass to Canada in the United States, and the price is much lower than the local products in Canada.
Therefore, it was deemed to be dumping.
The United States and Canada together want to fine Fuyao Glass 500 million!!
Boss Cao was angry at that time and found 18 famous lawyers in North America to win the lawsuit.
The fine is only 500 million yuanmei coins, 60 million U.S. dollars.
Boss Cao spent 62 million U.S. dollars in litigation with American officials.
Won the lawsuit abruptly.
Not a penny will be fined to the U.S. official.
Because of this lawsuit, Fuyao Glass was reported by major media around the world.
Suddenly it became the most famous glass manufacturer in the world.
Boss Cao's business naturally started to go smoothly.
By 10 years, it was already the largest automotive glass manufacturer in the world.
Then Boss Cao began to develop more types of glass and reduced the production of automotive glass.
However, he has all the glass supplies for mid- to high-end car brands in his hands. Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Land Rover, and Audi all use his products.
It is equivalent to telling downstream manufacturers that if they use my products, they are high-end cars. If they cannot use my products, they are low-end cars.
This is the first domestic manufacturing company to do this.
Later, Boss Cao invested in a glass factory in the United States.
The news at that time said that he was preparing to flee.
Boss Cao came out at that time and said that any of his children who dared to get a green card from the United States would permanently lose their inheritance rights.
Whoever runs away will be the grandson!
However, Xuan admires Boss Cao more than he admires his brilliant business resume.
But admire his charity.
In 2020, Forbes (cheg) gave Boss Cao's personal worth of US$2 billion, equivalent to US$12.9 billion.
According to Forbes statistics, Boss Cao has donated a total of 11 billion to various natural disasters, poverty-stricken areas, and out-of-school children since 1983.
This is not Pan Dasha’s stupid behavior of donating to the United States.
Every penny of Boss Cao's money is brought into China.
In other words, he gave away half of the money he earned throughout his life.
This is not accurate. Forty percent of the money he earned in his life was used to develop Fuyao Glass, and 90% of the remaining money that went into his personal pockets was donated. What he spent on himself and his savings combined Up, only 10% of the money you earn.
When Jack Ma was at his most arrogant, he said that doing business was charity, and that Dibao had 1.3 billion users.
Boss Cao directly criticized Jack Ma when he was interviewed by the media: How can Long Country have 1.3 billion users to register and pay for you? How many mobile phones and computers are there in the country? How many people in the country have purchasing power? Is it 800 million or 900 million? Are you all registered for Taobao? Less bragging and more work.
After that, he defeated Jack Ma on three consecutive matters.
Jack Ma didn't even dare to speak back.
The so-called heart-breaking words.
What's more important is that Boss Cao has been doing charity all his life. When people say that doing business is charity, anyone else would be furious.
Boss Cao came to Lin Xuan’s villa.
Lin Xuan asked Da Zhuang to play in the backyard, and then walked out by himself.
After the car stopped, Lin Xuan stepped forward with a smile: "Boss Cao."
Boss Cao was seventy-six years old, but he was still very energetic and laughed loudly: "Mr. Lin.
He pointed to the car behind him: "I'm waiting to switch to your 2040."
"Your slogan is too much. What do you mean by selling to people between 20 and 40 years old? I'm 76 and want to sell it. You should call it 2099."
Lin Xuan laughed loudly: "This is just a promotional slogan, please.
After arriving at Lin Xuan's house, Boss Cao sighed: "Today's young people know how to use money better than we did before, which is a good thing."
"We definitely wouldn't live in such a luxurious place before."
"But making money is just for spending it. If you don't make money, there is no need to make money."
Lin Xuan: "To be honest, the reason why I made an appointment with you, Boss Cao, is to ask you something."
"If I have more money, I should do charity instead of spending it on myself.
"I would like to hear your views."
Boss Cao’s life experience shows this issue more clearly than most people.
Boss Cao smiled and sat on the sofa: "You can use it yourself, you can develop your career, and of course it's good if you do charity."
"Are you thinking that I am the person who donates the most money in the country, so you want to ask me if my donation is really that useful?"
Lin Xuan nodded: "Yes."
Boss Cao talked to Lin Xuan for a long time.
Finally, a summary was made.
"Donating money can help many people but there is no return. You can also help some people by doing business but there is return. You spend it to make yourself comfortable. How you do it is up to you. Just make yourself comfortable."