How did Huo Yingdong become rich?

Mr. Fok Ying-tung is a famous industrialist in Hong Kong. The business empire he established involves construction, shipping, hotels, sand exploration, department stores, oil and other industries, and spreads all over the world at home and abroad. The Fok Ying-tung family is the leading wealthy family in Hong Kong. Fok Ying-tung himself was the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. It is such a remarkable person who started his life as a "Sampanner". Huo Yingdong's ability to build a wealthy family from nothing is all due to his unique vision, courage to do things, hard work, and careful management. Huo Yingdong experienced countless hardships and ups and downs on his way to becoming a billionaire.

A miserable childhood

Huo Yingdong’s starting point in life was very low. In May 1923, Fok Ying-tung was born in a small boat of a floating family in Hong Kong. His parents made a living by helping people transport goods at sea all year round. When Huo Yingdong was 7 years old, a typhoon took away the lives of his father and two brothers. From then on, Fok Yingdong's mother took Fok Yingdong to give up the maritime business and go to the slums of Hong Kong to make a living.

While working, he sold himself as a coolie

When Huo Yingdong was eighteen years old, he took his first job in life - shoveling coal. The so-called coal worker means working as a fireman on a ship. The ship's furnace is at the bottom of the cabin, and the working environment is usually above 40 degrees. Use a shovel to shovel coal into the furnace. Although Huo Yingdong worked hard, he was weak and was fired by his boss soon. Later, he worked as a laborer at Kai Tak Airport. While transporting a large oil drum, a finger was broken off by the oil drum.

Opening a grocery store and auctioning supplies

In about two years, Huo Yingdong changed six or seven jobs, but each time he could not work for long. He felt I am not suitable to work for others. Later, his mother pawned the family's only valuable gold jewelry to get some money, and opened a "Youru" grocery store in partnership with relatives. Under Huo Yingdong's greeting, the grocery store's reputation was good and its profits were considerable.

In 1945, after the Japanese surrendered in World War II, a lot of wartime materials were left in the waters of Okinawa, such as ships, cannons, gun barrels and other junk. Huo Yingdong bought the machines at a low price and reassembled them. Sold it at a high price and made the first pot of gold in my life.

From then on, Huo Yingdong became unstoppable, becoming more and more courageous in the business world, and gradually became a generation of rich people. During the Korean War, he made great contributions to helping mainland China transport strategic materials. When Huo Yingdong passed away in 2006, he enjoyed a "state funeral."